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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7853 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a task force to identify 
vulnerabilities in supply chains for United States entities, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2020 
Ms. STEVENS (for herself and Mr. BALDERSON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a task 
force to identify vulnerabilities in supply chains for 
United States entities, 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 ‘‘Resilient Manufac-
turing Task Force Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. RESILIENT MANUFACTURING TASK FORCE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Commerce; 
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(2) the term ‘‘supply chain bottleneck’’ means 
a limitation in a production value chain that re-
stricts the overall speed or reliability of the manu-
facturing process; 
(3) the term ‘‘Task Force’’ means the Resilient 
Manufacturing Task Force established under sub-
section (c)(1); and 
(4) the term ‘‘veteran’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 101 of title 38, United States 
Code. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the COVID–19 pandemic has— 
(A) exposed significant vulnerabilities in 
the manufacturing sector of the economy of the 
United States; and 
(B) led to equipment shortages, supply 
chain bottlenecks, and workforce misalignments; 
(2) the vulnerabilities described in paragraph 
(1) go largely unnoticed until they are revealed by 
disease outbreaks, cyber attacks, natural disasters, 
and other emergencies; 
(3) the crises described in paragraph (2) 
produce valuable information, the collection and 
analysis of which can inform policies to fortify the 
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economy of the United States against future threats; 
and 
(4) the responsibility for promoting national 
economic resilience lies with the Federal Govern-
ment, which must not miss the opportunity pre-
sented by the COVID–19 pandemic to learn from 
that crisis and prepare the United States to better 
withstand future emergencies. 
(c) RESILIENT MANUFACTURING TASK FORCE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the 
heads of any other Federal agencies that the 
Secretary determines appropriate, shall estab-
lish the Resilient Manufacturing Task Force. 
(B) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—In carrying out subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary, in coordination with the officials 
described in that subparagraph, shall— 
(i) determine— 
(I) the number of members who 
shall comprise the Task Force; and 
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