IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3264 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 21, 2021 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 
research and development to identify and evaluate the 
extent to which critical domain risks within the United 
States supply chain pose a substantial threat to home-
land security, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domains Critical to 
Homeland Security Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CRITICAL DOMAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 890B. HOMELAND SECURITY CRITICAL DOMAIN RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT.—The 
Secretary is authorized to conduct research and de-
velopment to— 
‘‘(A) identify United States critical do-
mains for economic security and homeland se-
curity; and 
‘‘(B) evaluate the extent to which disrup-
tion, corruption, exploitation, or dysfunction of 
any of such domain poses a substantial threat 
to homeland security. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) RISK
ANALYSIS
OF
CRITICAL
DO-
MAINS.—The research under paragraph (1) 
shall include a risk analysis of each identified 
United States critical domain for economic se-
curity to determine the degree to which there 
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exists a present or future threat to homeland 
security in the event of disruption, corruption, 
exploitation, or dysfunction to such domain. 
Such research shall consider, to the extent pos-
sible, the following: 
‘‘(i) The vulnerability and resilience of 
relevant supply chains. 
‘‘(ii) Foreign production, processing, 
and manufacturing methods. 
‘‘(iii) Influence of malign economic ac-
tors. 
‘‘(iv) Asset ownership. 
‘‘(v) Relationships within the supply 
chains of such domains. 
‘‘(vi) The degree to which the condi-
tions referred to in clauses (i) through (v) 
would place such a domain at risk of dis-
ruption, corruption, exploitation, or dys-
function. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL RESEARCH INTO HIGH- 
RISK CRITICAL DOMAINS.—Based on the identi-
fication and risk analysis of United States crit-
ical domains for economic security pursuant to 
paragraph (1) and subparagraph (A) of this 
paragraph, respectively, the Secretary may con-
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duct additional research into those critical do-
mains, or specific elements thereof, with respect 
to which there exists the highest degree of a 
present or future threat to homeland security in 
the event of disruption, corruption, exploitation, 
or dysfunction to such a domain. For each such 
high-risk domain, or element thereof, such re-
search shall— 
‘‘(i) describe the underlying infra-
structure and processes; 
‘‘(ii) analyze present and projected 
performance of industries that comprise or 
support such domain; 
‘‘(iii) examine the extent to which the 
supply chain of a product or service nec-
essary to such domain is concentrated, ei-
ther through a small number of sources, or 
if multiple sources are concentrated in one 
geographic area; 
‘‘(iv) examine the extent to which the 
demand for supplies of goods and services 
of such industries can be fulfilled by 
present and projected performance of other 
industries, identify strategies, plans, and 
potential barriers to expand the supplier 
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ings, evidence, analysis, and recommendations. Such 
report shall be updated annually through 2026. 
‘‘(b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 
days after the publication of each report required under 
paragraph (4) of subsection (a), the Secretary shall trans-
mit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate each such re-
port, together with a description of actions the Secretary, 
in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, will un-
dertake or has undertaken in response to each such report. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) UNITED STATES CRITICAL DOMAINS FOR 
ECONOMIC
SECURITY.—The term ‘United States 
critical domains for economic security’ means the 
critical infrastructure and other associated indus-
tries, technologies, and intellectual property, or any 
combination thereof, that are essential to the eco-
nomic security of the United States. 
‘‘(2) ECONOMIC
SECURITY.—The term ‘eco-
nomic security’ means the condition of having secure 
and resilient domestic production capacity, combined 
with reliable access to the global resources necessary 
to maintain an acceptable standard of living and to 
protect core national values. 
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‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
890A the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 890B. Homeland security critical domain research and development.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 20, 2021. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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