Under Secretary, in coordination with relevant Fed-
eral agencies and relevant private sector entities, 
labor organizations, State governments and political 
subdivisions of a State, and Tribal governments, 
shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress 
and post on the website of the Under Secretary a re-
port on supply chain resilience and domestic manu-
facturing (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘re-
port’’) to strengthen, improve, and preserve the di-
versity, security, reliability, and strength of supply 
chains. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out paragraph 
(1), the Under Secretary shall— 
(A) identify— 
(i) the critical industries, supply 
chains, and critical goods and services des-
ignated under subsection (h); 
(ii) supplies that are critical to the 
crisis preparedness of the United States; 
(iii) substitutes for critical goods and 
services, industrial equipment, and manu-
facturing technology; and 
(iv) the matters identified and evalu-
ated pursuant to subsection (e)(3); 
(B) provide a description of— 
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(i) the manufacturing base and supply 
chains in the United States, including the 
manufacturing base and supply chains 
for— 
(I) industrial equipment; 
(II) critical goods and services, 
including raw materials and semi-
conductors, that are essential to the 
production of technologies and sup-
plies for critical industries; and 
(III) manufacturing technology; 
and 
(ii) the ability of the United States 
to— 
(I) maintain readiness with re-
spect to preparing for and responding 
to supply chain shocks; and 
(II) in response to a supply chain 
shock— 
(aa) surge production in 
critical industries; 
(bb) surge production of 
critical goods and services and 
industrial equipment; and 
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(cc) maintain access to crit-
ical goods and services, industrial 
equipment, and manufacturing 
technology; 
(C) provide an assessment and description 
of— 
(i) demand and supply of critical 
goods and services, industrial equipment, 
and manufacturing technology; 
(ii) production of critical goods and 
services, industrial equipment, and manu-
facturing technology by domestic manufac-
turers; and 
(iii) the capability and capacity of do-
mestic manufacturers and manufacturers 
in countries that are allies or key inter-
national partners of the United States to 
manufacture critical goods and services, in-
dustrial equipment, and manufacturing 
technology; 
(D) identify defense, intelligence, home-
land, economic, domestic labor supply, natural, 
geopolitical, or other contingencies and other 
supply chain shocks that may disrupt, strain, 
compromise, or eliminate a supply chain; 
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(E) provide an assessment of— 
(i) the resilience and capacity of the 
manufacturing base, supply chains, and 
workforce of the United States, the allies 
of the United States, and the key inter-
national partners of the United States that 
can sustain critical industries through a 
supply chain shock; 
(ii) the flexible manufacturing capac-
ity and capabilities available in the United 
States in the case of a supply chain shock; 
and 
(iii) the effect innovation has on do-
mestic manufacturing; 
(F) provide specific recommendations to 
improve the security and resiliency of manufac-
turing capacity and supply chains through— 
(i) developing long-term strategies; 
(ii) increasing visibility into the net-
works and capabilities of suppliers and do-
mestic manufacturers; 
(iii) identifying industry best prac-
tices; 
(iv) evaluating how diverse supplier 
networks, multi-platform and multi-region 
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production capabilities and sources, and in-
tegrated global and regional supply chains 
can— 
(I) enhance the resilience of crit-
ical industries in the United States; 
(II) support and create jobs in 
the United States; 
(III) enhance the resilience of 
manufacturing 
capabilities 
of 
the 
United States; and 
(IV) support access of the United 
States to critical goods and services 
during a supply chain shock; 
(v) identifying and mitigating risks, 
including— 
(I) the financial and operational 
risks of a supply chain; 
(II) significant vulnerabilities to 
supply chain shocks and other emer-
gencies; and 
(III) 
exposure 
to 
gaps 
and 
vulnerabilities in— 
(aa) domestic capacity or ca-
pabilities; and 
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(bb) 
sources 
of 
imports 
needed to sustain critical indus-
tries and supply chains; 
(vi) identifying enterprise resource 
planning systems that are— 
(I) 
compatible 
across 
supply 
chain tiers; and 
(II) affordable for small- and me-
dium-sized businesses; 
(vii) understanding the total cost of 
ownership, total value contribution, and 
other best practices that encourage stra-
tegic 
partnerships 
throughout 
supply 
chains; 
(viii) understanding Federal procure-
ment opportunities to increase resiliency of 
supply chains and fill gaps in domestic 
purchasing of critical goods and services; 
(ix) identifying policies that maximize 
job retention and creation in the United 
States, including workforce development 
programs; 
(x) identifying opportunities to work 
with allies or key international partners of 
the United States in building more resil-
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ient critical industry supply chains and 
mitigating risks; 
(xi) identifying areas requiring further 
investment in research and development or 
workforce education; and 
(xii) identifying such other services as 
the Under Secretary determines necessary; 
(G) provide guidance to the Department of 
Commerce, the National Science Foundation, 
and other relevant Federal agencies with re-
spect to critical goods and services, industrial 
equipment, and manufacturing technologies 
that should be prioritized; 
(H) with respect to countries that are al-
lies or key international partners of the United 
States— 
(i) review and, if appropriate, provide 
recommendations 
for 
expanding 
the 
sourcing of critical goods and services, in-
dustrial equipment, and manufacturing 
technology associated with critical indus-
tries from those countries; and 
(ii) 
recommend 
coordination 
with 
those countries on— 
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(I) sourcing critical goods and 
services, industrial equipment, and 
manufacturing technology; and 
(II) developing, sustaining, and 
expanding production and availability 
of supply chains, critical goods and 
services, industrial equipment, and 
manufacturing technology during a 
supply chain shock; 
(I) make recommendations for strength-
ening the financial and operational health of 
small- and medium-sized businesses in supply 
chains of the United States and countries that 
are allies or key international partners of the 
United States to mitigate risks and ensure di-
verse and competitive supplier markets that are 
less vulnerable to failure; 
(J) make an assessment of policies, rules, 
and regulations that impact domestic manufac-
turers’ operating costs and inhibit the ability 
for domestic manufacturing to compete with 
global competitors; and 
(K) 
make 
recommendations 
regarding 
freight and logistics necessary to support supply 
chains. 
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(3) PROHIBITION.—The report may not in-
clude— 
(A) supply chain information that is not 
aggregated; or 
(B) confidential business information of a 
private sector entity. 
(4) COLLABORATION.—The head of any Fed-
eral agency with jurisdiction over any supply chain 
shall collaborate with the Under Secretary and pro-
vide any information, data, or assistance that the 
Under Secretary determines to be necessary for de-
veloping the report. 
(5) FORM.—The report submitted under this 
subsection, and any update submitted thereafter, 
shall be submitted in unclassified form and may in-
clude a classified annex. 
(6) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Under Secretary 
shall provide for a period of public comment and re-
view in developing the report required under para-
graph (1). 
(j) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Concurrent with the an-
nual submission by the President of the budget under sec-
tion 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary 
shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress and 
post on the website of the Under Secretary a report that 
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contains a summary of the activities required under sub-
section (e) carried out under this section during the fiscal 
year covered by the report. Such report shall be submitted 
in unclassified form and may include a classified annex. 
(k) COORDINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In implementing the require-
ments under subsection (i), the Under Secretary 
shall, as appropriate coordinate with— 
(A) the heads of appropriate Federal agen-
cies, including— 
(i) the Secretary of State; and 
(ii) the United States Trade Rep-
resentative; and 
(B) the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission with respect to— 
(i) advice on the design and activities 
of the unified coordination group described 
in subsection (g)(1); and 
(ii) ensuring compliance with Federal 
antitrust law. 
(2) SPECIFIC COORDINATION.—In carrying out 
the requirements under this section, with respect to 
supply chains involving specific sectors, the Under 
Secretary shall, as appropriate, coordinate with— 
(A) the Secretary of Defense; 
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(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security; 
(C) the Secretary of the Treasury; 
(D) the Secretary of Energy; 
(E) the Secretary of Transportation; 
(F) the Secretary of Agriculture; 
(G) the Under Secretary of National Intel-
ligence; 
(H) the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services; 
(I) the Small Business Administration; 
(J) the Secretary of Labor; and 
(K) the heads of other relevant Federal 
agencies, as appropriate. 
(l) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to require any private entity— 
(1) to share information with the Secretary or 
Under Secretary; 
(2) to request assistance from the Secretary or 
Under Secretary; or 
(3) that requests assistance from the Secretary 
or Under Secretary to implement any measure or 
recommendation suggested by the Secretary or 
Under Secretary. 
(m) PROTECTIONS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Supply chain information 
that is voluntarily and lawfully submitted by a pri-
vate entity and accompanied by an express state-
ment described in paragraph (2) of this subsection— 
(A) shall be exempt from disclosure under 
section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code; 
(B) shall not be made available by any 
Federal, State, local, or Tribal authority pursu-
ant to any Federal, State, local, or Tribal law 
requiring public disclosure of information or 
records; and 
(C) shall not, without the written consent 
of the person or entity submitting such infor-
mation, be used directly by the Under Sec-
retary, or any other Federal, State, or local au-
thority in any civil enforcement action brought 
by a Federal, State, or local authority. 
(2) EXPRESS STATEMENT.—The express state-
ment described in this paragraph, with respect to in-
formation or records, is— 
(A) in the case of written information or 
records, a written marking on the information 
or records substantially similar to the following: 
‘‘This information is voluntarily submitted to 
the Federal Government in expectation of pro-
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