I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3848 
To establish the National Commission on Critical Supply Chains, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2021 
Mr. RYAN (for himself and Mr. POSEY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish the National Commission on Critical Supply 
Chains, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Critical Supply Chains 
Commission Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Many Americans were shocked to find that 
the United States was unable to find or produce 
enough face masks, ventilators, hand sanitizer, test-
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ing kits, hospital beds, sedatives, and other medical 
necessities in response to the COVID–19 crisis due 
to limitations in the manufacturing supply chain and 
our dependence on foreign suppliers. 
(2) Shortages of medical supplies and equip-
ment are just one example of the risks we face due 
to the United States’ reliance on other countries for 
making many of our critical products. The United 
States also relies on other countries for— 
(A) technologies involved with renewable 
energies and car battery manufacturing; 
(B) rare earth materials that are essential 
to many high-technology products, including cell 
phones, satellites, and computers; 
(C) fabricating the most precise integrated 
circuits and microchips that are needed for 
complex electronics used in weapon systems, 
space systems, automobiles, and a variety of 
consumer products; 
(D) production of advanced machine tools 
and production equipment that U.S. factories 
need to manufacture their products; 
(E) delivery of precision scientific equip-
ment needed to produce breakthroughs in nano-
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technology, medicine, and future batteries for 
electric vehicles; 
(F) manufacturing of clothing and other 
textiles; 
(G) production and distribution of food 
and agricultural goods; and 
(H) other critical products where substan-
tial harm would come to U.S. economic secu-
rity, national defense, or way of life if the sup-
ply chains were compromised or no longer avail-
able. 
(3) The American supply chain is the founda-
tion of our Nation’s economic competitiveness and is 
the delivery system that moves products to con-
sumers in every State across the Nation. 
(4) While U.S. manufacturers and domestic 
suppliers have substantial resources, some domestic 
capabilities and expertise have eroded due to reliance 
on the global supply chain. 
(5) Dependable and high-quality suppliers are 
crucial assets to any manufacturing company since 
manufacturers must get the right products to the 
right place at the right time to be most successful. 
(6) A secure and stable American supply chain 
is a necessary component of a prosperous manufac-
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turing sector that contributes two trillion dollars an-
nually to the U.S. economy. 
(7) United States manufacturers are a major 
source of high quality employment in the U.S. at 
roughly 9 percent of the workforce. 
(8) United States manufacturers are a major 
driver of innovation, responsible for more than two- 
thirds of private sector research and development, 
receiving more than 90 percent of new patents. 
(9) United States manufacturers are essential 
to ensuring our national defense and homeland secu-
rity, as they provide the tools, equipment, systems, 
and protective gear for our military and first re-
sponders. 
(10) Manufacturers must consider supply chain 
risks and potential disruptions in their business deci-
sions, though many times supplier selection is driven 
by fixed production costs and other primary factors. 
(11) A more robust and resilient American sup-
ply chain is integral to the health and well-being of 
our economy and of businesses across every State, 
and improvements in the supply chain will drive af-
fordability, sustainability, and availability of prod-
ucts for our Nation. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) a national commission on critical supply 
chains will benefit the United States in several im-
portant ways; 
(2) such a commission will provide expert 
knowledge, guidance, and recommendations to Con-
gress on the complex and strategically important 
issues related to bolstering American supply chains, 
which will help Congress find common ground to ad-
vance supply chain policies and approaches that ben-
efit our Nation both today and far into the future; 
(3) such a commission will provide rec-
ommendations to fix the shortcomings exposed in 
our existing national manufacturing strategy, so 
that we are prepared for the next crisis—whether it 
is due to a pandemic, a war, natural disaster, or 
something else—and that these strategic directions 
will catalyze a much-needed update to our national 
manufacturing strategy for revitalizing the U.S. 
manufacturing sector and increasing our economic 
growth; 
(4) such a commission will establish the basis 
for strengthening the security of, and adding resil-
iency to, an eroded American supply chain system, 
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so that U.S. economic security, national defense, and 
way of life are not harmed when natural disasters or 
other events disrupt the supply of critical ingredi-
ents, components, or products from a specific source 
or region; 
(5) such a commission will trigger new domestic 
manufacturing jobs as a result of the growth and in-
creased robustness in the domestic supply chain and 
the manufacturing sector, and such domestic 
sourcing will also improve the security of intellectual 
property, reduce environmental impact and transpor-
tation costs due to fewer parts traveling overseas, 
and encourage economic clusters for supporting op-
erations to be located near manufacturing facilities; 
and 
(6) such a commission will improve the Nation’s 
national defense and homeland security by reducing 
vulnerabilities and risks due to excessive reliance on 
foreign sources of critical materials or components. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CRITICAL SUPPLY 
CHAINS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Congress shall establish a 
National Commission on Critical Supply Chains (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
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(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Commission 
shall be to— 
(1) convene an independent entity that brings 
together national experts in a highly visible forum to 
conduct a systematic study and give guidance to 
Congress on the complex and strategically important 
issues related to rebuilding critical American supply 
chains; 
(2) identify the critical supply chains in which 
the United States is dependent on materials, prod-
ucts, equipment, or services from foreign countries 
and in which substantial harm would come to U.S. 
economic security, national defense, or way of life if 
those supply chains were compromised or no longer 
available; 
(3) investigate in depth and report on existing 
dependencies, limitations, and risks to the United 
States for each of these critical supply chains, in-
cluding considerations for medical supplies, equip-
ment, and medications; rare earth materials; preci-
sion-integrated circuits and microchips; machine 
tools and production equipment; defense components 
and homeland security capabilities; scientific equip-
ment needed for advanced technology research and 
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