(14) KEY
TECHNOLOGY
FOCUS
AREAS.—The 
term ‘‘key technology focus areas’’ means the key 
technology focus areas identified under section 
10387 of the Research and Development, Competi-
tion, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 19107; Public 
Law 117–167). 
(15) LABOR ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘labor 
organization’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 
U.S.C. 152(5)), except that such term shall also in-
clude— 
(A) any organization composed of labor or-
ganizations, such as a labor union federation or 
a State or municipal labor body; and 
(B) any organization which would be in-
cluded in the definition for such term under 
such section 2(5) but for the fact that the orga-
nization represents— 
(i) individuals employed by the United 
States, any wholly owned Government cor-
poration, any Federal Reserve Bank, or 
any State or political subdivision thereof; 
(ii) individuals employed by persons 
subject to the Railway Labor Act (45 
U.S.C. 151 et seq.); or 
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(iii) individuals employed as agricul-
tural laborers. 
(16) MANUFACTURE.—The term ‘‘manufac-
ture’’ means any activity that is necessary for the 
development, production, processing, distribution, or 
delivery of any raw, in process, or manufactured ma-
terial (including any mineral, metal, and advanced 
processed material), article, commodity, supply, 
product, critical good, or item of supply. 
(17) 
MANUFACTURING
TECHNOLOGY.—The 
term ‘‘manufacturing technology’’ means tech-
nologies that are necessary for the manufacturing of 
a critical good. 
(18) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the 
Office of Manufacturing Security and Resilience es-
tablished under section 2. 
(19) RELEVANT COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 
The term ‘‘relevant committees of Congress’’ means 
the following: 
(A) The Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate. 
(B) The Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate. 
(C) The Committee on Finance of the Sen-
ate. 
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(D) The Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(E) The Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate. 
(F) The Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate. 
(G) The Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate. 
(H) The Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives. 
(I) The Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives. 
(J) The Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives. 
(K) The Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives. 
(L) The Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives. 
(M) The Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives. 
(N) The Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 
(O) The Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives. 
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(P) The Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate. 
(20) RESILIENT CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN.—The 
term ‘‘resilient critical supply chain’’ means a crit-
ical supply chain that— 
(A) ensures that the United States can 
sustain critical industry production, critical sup-
ply chains, services, and access to critical goods, 
industrial equipment, and manufacturing tech-
nology during supply chain shocks; and 
(B) has key components of resilience that 
include— 
(i) effective private sector risk man-
agement and mitigation planning to sus-
tain critical supply chains and supplier 
networks during a supply chain shock; 
(ii) minimized or managed exposure to 
supply chain shocks; and 
(iii) the financial and operational ca-
pacity to— 
(I) sustain critical supply chains 
during supply chain shocks; and 
(II) recover from supply chain 
shocks. 
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(21) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Commerce. 
(22) 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)). 
(23) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, and any other territory 
of the United States. 
(24) SUPPLY CHAIN SHOCK.—The term ‘‘supply 
chain shock’’ includes the following: 
(A) A natural disaster or extreme weather 
event. 
(B) A pandemic. 
(C) A biological threat. 
(D) A cyber attack. 
(E) A great power conflict. 
(F) A terrorist or geopolitical attack. 
(G) A public health emergency declared by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d). 
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