I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5505 
To establish a National Resilience Center of Excellence in the Department 
of Commerce, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 5, 2021 
Ms. WILD (for herself, Mr. KINZINGER, and Mrs. DINGELL) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish a National Resilience Center of Excellence in 
the Department of Commerce, 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 ‘‘Supply Chain Security 
and Resilience Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL RESILIENCE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Office of the Secretary of Commerce a Supply Chain Resil-
iency and Crisis Response Office to carry out the activities 
described in subsection (d). 
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(A) monitoring the financial and oper-
ational conditions of domestic manufacturers 
and domestic enterprises; 
(B) performing stress tests for critical in-
dustries, supply chains, domestic enterprises, 
and domestic manufacturers; and 
(C) monitoring the demand and supply of 
critical goods and services, industrial equip-
ment, and manufacturing technology. 
(4) Support the development, maintenance, im-
provement, competitiveness, restoration, and expan-
sion of the productive capacities, efficiency, and 
workforce of critical industries and domestic manu-
facturers of critical goods and services, industrial 
equipment, and manufacturing technology. 
(5) Prepare for and take appropriate steps to 
minimize the effects of supply chain shocks on crit-
ical industries and supply chains. 
(6) Support the creation of jobs with competi-
tive wages in the manufacturing sector. 
(7) Encourage manufacturing growth and op-
portunities in economically distressed areas and 
communities of color. 
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(8) Promote the health of the economy of the 
United States and the competitiveness of manufac-
turing in the United States. 
(9) Coordinate executive branch actions nec-
essary to carry out the functions described in para-
graphs (1) through (8). 
(c) UNDER SECRETARY OF THE OFFICE.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT
AND
TERM.—The head of 
the Office shall be the Under Secretary of the Office 
of Supply Chain Resiliency and Crisis Response, ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, for a term of not more than 
5 years. 
(2) PAY.—The Under Secretary shall be com-
pensated at the rate in effect for level II of the Ex-
ecutive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(3) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
AUTHORITIES.—The 
Under Secretary may appoint officers and employees 
in accordance with chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code. 
(d) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Director of the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology, shall, on an ongoing basis, facilitate 
and support the development of a voluntary set of stand-
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ards, guidelines, best practices, management strategies, 
methodologies, procedures, and processes for domestic 
manufacturers and entities manufacturing, purchasing, or 
using a critical good or service to— 
(1) measure the resilience, diversity, security, 
and strength of supply chains; 
(2) evaluate the value of the resilience, diver-
sity, security, and strength of supply chains; and 
(3) design organizational processes and incen-
tives to reduce the risks of disruption, strain, com-
promise, or elimination of a supply chain. 
(e) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out subsection (d), 
the Under Secretary shall do the following: 
(1) Coordinate closely and regularly with rel-
evant private sector personnel and entities, manufac-
turing extension centers established as part of the 
Hollings 
Manufacturing 
Extension 
Partnership, 
Manufacturing USA institutes as described in sec-
tion 34(d) of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278s(d)), and other 
relevant stakeholders and incorporate industry ex-
pertise. 
(2) Consult with the head of any relevant Fed-
eral agency, including those with jurisdiction over 
supply chains, State and local governments, Tribal 
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governments, the governments of other nations, and 
international organizations, as necessary. 
(3) Identify a prioritized, flexible, repeatable, 
performance-based, and cost-effective approach that 
may be voluntarily adopted by domestic manufactur-
ers and entities purchasing or using a critical good 
or service to help them— 
(A) identify, assess, and manage risks to 
supply chains; and 
(B) value the resilience, diversity, security, 
and strength of their supply chain. 
(4) Design voluntary processes for selecting 
suppliers that support the resilience, diversity, secu-
rity, and strength of supply chains. 
(5) Include methodologies to identify and miti-
gate the effects of a disruption, strain, compromise, 
or elimination of a supply chain. 
(6) Disseminate research and information to as-
sist domestic manufacturers redesign products, ex-
pand manufacturing capacity, and improve capabili-
ties to meet domestic needs for critical goods and 
services and supply chains. 
(7) Incorporate relevant voluntary standards 
and industry best practices. 
(8) Consider small business concerns. 
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(9) Any other elements the Under Secretary de-
termines to be necessary. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Office $500,000,000 
for fiscal years 2022 through 2027, to remain available 
until expended, for the Under Secretary to carry out this 
section, of which not more than 2 percent per fiscal year 
may be used for administrative costs. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CRITICAL
GOOD
OR
SERVICE.—The term 
‘‘critical good or service’’ means any raw, in process, 
or manufactured material (including any mineral, 
metal, or advanced processed material), article, com-
modity, supply, product, or item of supply the ab-
sence of which would have a significant effect on— 
(A) the national security or economic secu-
rity of the United States; and 
(B) critical infrastructure. 
(2) DOMESTIC
ENTERPRISE.—The term ‘‘do-
mestic enterprise’’ means an enterprise that con-
ducts business in the United States and procures a 
critical good or service. 
(3) DOMESTIC
MANUFACTURER.—The term 
‘‘domestic manufacturer’’ means a business that— 
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(A) conducts in the United States the re-
search and development, engineering, or pro-
duction activities necessary or incidental to 
manufacturing; or 
(B) if provided financial assistance by the 
Federal Government, will conduct in the United 
States the research and development, engineer-
ing, or production activities necessary or inci-
dental to manufacturing. 
(4) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘agency’’ 
in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 
(5) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the 
Supply Chain Resiliency and Crisis Response Office 
established under subsection (a). 
(6) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 3(a) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632(a)). 
(7) SUPPLY CHAIN.—The term ‘‘supply chain’’ 
means a supply chain for a critical good or service. 
(8) UNDER
SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Under 
Secretary’’ means the Under Secretary of the Office 
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