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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4662 
To establish a National Supply Chain Database, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2021 
Mr. MEIJER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To establish a National Supply Chain Database, 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 ‘‘National Supply Chain 
Database Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN DATABASE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN 
DATABASE.—The Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (referred to in this section as 
‘‘NIST’’) shall establish and maintain a National Supply 
Chain Database. 
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(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the National Supply 
Chain Database shall be to assist the Federal government 
and industry sectors in minimizing disruptions to the 
United States supply chain by having an assessment of 
United States manufacturers’ capabilities. 
(c) STUDY
ON NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN DATA-
BASE.—In establishing the National Supply Chain Data-
base, the Director of NIST shall consider the findings and 
recommendations from the study authorized in section 
9413 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), including measures to 
secure and protect the National Supply Chain Database 
from adversarial attacks and vulnerabilities. 
(d) DATABASE AND MANUFACTURING EXTENSION 
PARTNERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Supply Chain 
Database shall be carried out and managed through 
the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
program and the Director of NIST shall ensure that 
the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
Centers are connected to the National Supply Chain 
Database. 
(2) CAPABILITIES.—The National Supply Chain 
Database shall be capable of providing a national 
view of the supply chain and enable authorized data-
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base users to determine in near real-time the United 
States manufacturing capabilities for critical prod-
ucts, including defense supplies, food, and medical 
devices, including personal protective equipment. 
(3) INDIVIDUAL
STATE
DATABASES.—Each 
State’s supply chain database maintained by the 
NIST-recognized Manufacturing Extension Partner-
ship Center within the State shall be complementary 
in design to the National Supply Chain Database. 
(e) MAINTENANCE
OF NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN 
DATABASE.—The Director of NIST, acting through the 
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, 
shall maintain the National Supply Chain Database as an 
integration of the State level databases from each State’s 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center and may be 
populated with information from past, current, or poten-
tial Center clients. 
(f) EXEMPT FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—The Na-
tional Supply Chain Database and any information related 
to it not publicly released by NIST shall be exempt from 
public disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United 
States Code, and access to non-public content shall be lim-
ited to the contributing company and Manufacturing Ex-
tension Partnership Center staff who sign an appropriate 
non-disclosure agreement. 
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(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
funds authorized to the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership Program, $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2022 through 2026 are authorized to carry out this 
Act. 
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