tection from disclosure as provided by the provi-
sions of section 2(m) of the Supply Chain 
Health And Integrity for the Nation Act.’’; or 
(B) in the case of oral information, a writ-
ten statement similar to the statement de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) submitted within a 
reasonable period following the oral communica-
tion. 
(3) INAPPLICABILITY TO SEMICONDUCTOR IN-
CENTIVE PROGRAM.—This subsection shall not apply 
to the voluntary submission of supply chain informa-
tion by a private entity in an application for Federal 
financial assistance under section 9902 of the Wil-
liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116– 
283). 
(n) NO EFFECT ON DISCOVERY.—Subject to sub-
section (m), nothing in this section, nor any rule, regula-
tion, or amendment shall be construed to create a defense 
to a discovery request, or otherwise limit or affect the dis-
covery of supply chain information from a private entity 
arising from a cause of action authorized under any under 
Federal, State, local, or Tribal law. 
(o) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress 
and post on the website of the Under Secretary a re-
port on the implementation of this section. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall— 
(A) identify any office or bureau within the 
Department of Commerce that the Secretary 
determines has duties, responsibilities, re-
sources, or expertise that support or duplicate 
the mission of the Office; 
(B) describe the purposes of the offices or 
bureaus identified under subparagraph (A); 
(C) identify if the Under Secretary is co-
ordinating with the offices and bureaus identi-
fied under subparagraph (A) in implementing 
the requirements of this Act; 
(D) if the Secretary makes a positive de-
termination under subparagraph (C), evaluate 
the effectiveness and efficiency of the Under 
Secretary and the offices and bureaus identified 
under subparagraph (A) at implementing the 
requirements of this section; and 
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(E) identify if the Secretary will consoli-
date functions amongst the Office and the of-
fices and bureaus identified under subpara-
graph (A). 
(p) CONSISTENCY WITH INTERNATIONAL AGREE-
MENTS.—This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(q) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary 
$500,000,000 for fiscal years 2022 through 2027, to re-
main available until expended, to carry out this section, 
of which not more than 2 percent per fiscal year may be 
used for administrative costs. 
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