mation or records substantially similar to 
the following: ‘‘This information is volun-
tarily submitted to the Federal Govern-
ment in expectation of protection from dis-
closure as provided by the provisions of the 
Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act.’’; 
or 
(ii) in the case of oral information, a 
written statement similar to the statement 
described in clause (i) submitted within a 
reasonable period following the oral com-
munication. 
(2) LIMITATION.—No communication of critical 
supply chain information to the Department of Com-
merce made pursuant to this section may be consid-
ered to be an action subject to the requirements of 
chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code. 
(3) 
INDEPENDENTLY
OBTAINED
INFORMA-
TION.—Nothing in this subsection may be construed 
to limit or otherwise affect the ability of a State, 
local, or Federal Government entity, agency, or au-
thority, or any third party, under applicable law to 
obtain critical supply chain information in a manner 
not covered by paragraph (1), including any infor-
mation lawfully and properly disclosed generally or 
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broadly to the public and to use such information in 
any manner permitted by law. For purposes of this 
subsection, a permissible use of independently ob-
tained information includes the disclosure of such in-
formation under section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(4) TREATMENT OF VOLUNTARY SUBMITTAL OF 
INFORMATION.—The voluntary submittal to the De-
partment of Commerce of information or records 
that are protected from disclosure by this section 
may not be construed to constitute compliance with 
any requirement to submit such information to an 
agency under any other provision of law. 
(5) INAPPLICABILITY TO SEMICONDUCTOR IN-
CENTIVE PROGRAM.—This subsection does not apply 
to the voluntary submission of critical supply chain 
information in an application for Federal financial 
assistance under section 9902 of the William M. 
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 
SEC. 404. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CAPABILITY AS-
SESSMENT. 
(a) 
REPORT
REQUIRED.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
produce a report— 
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(1) identifying the duties, responsibilities, re-
sources, programs, and expertise within the offices 
and bureaus of the Department of Commerce rel-
evant to critical supply chain resilience and manu-
facturing innovation; 
(2) identifying and assessing the purpose, legal 
authority, effectiveness, efficiency, and limitations of 
each office or bureau identified under paragraph (1); 
and 
(3) providing recommendations to enhance the 
activities related to critical supply chain resilience 
and manufacturing innovation of the Department of 
Commerce, including— 
(A) improving the effectiveness, efficiency, 
and impact of the offices and bureaus identified 
under paragraph (1); 
(B) coordinating across offices and bu-
reaus identified under paragraph (1); and 
(C) consulting with agencies implementing 
similar activities related to critical supply chain 
resilience and manufacturing innovation. 
(b) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress the 
report required by subsection (a), along with a strategy 
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to implement, as appropriate and as determined by the 
Secretary, the recommendations contained in the report. 
SEC. 405. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this title. 
SEC. 406. SUNSET. 
This title and all requirements, responsibilities, and 
obligations under this title shall terminate on the date that 
is 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 407. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(2) ALLY
OR
KEY
INTERNATIONAL
PARTNER 
NATION.—The term ‘‘ally or key international part-
ner nation’’— 
(A) means a country that is critical to ad-
dressing critical supply chain weaknesses and 
vulnerabilities; and 
(B) does not include— 
(i) a country that poses a significant 
risk to the national security or economic 
security of the United States; or 
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(ii) a country that is described in sec-
tion 503(b) of the RANSOMWARE Act 
(title V of division BB of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023; Public Law 
117–328; 136 Stat. 5564). 
(3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce assigned by the Secretary to direct the 
office of Industry and Analysis. 
(4) COVERED NONGOVERNMENTAL REPRESENT-
ATIVE.—The term ‘‘covered nongovernmental rep-
resentative’’ means a representative as specified in 
the second sentence of section 135(b)(1) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(b)(1)), except 
that such term does not include a representative of 
a non-Federal government. 
(5) CRITICAL GOOD.—The term ‘‘critical good’’ 
means any raw, in process, or manufactured mate-
rial (including any mineral, metal, or advanced proc-
essed material), article, commodity, supply, product, 
or item for which an absence of supply would have 
a debilitating impact on— 
(A) the national security or economic secu-
rity of the United States; and 
(B) either— 
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(i) critical infrastructure; or 
(ii) an emerging technology. 
(6) CRITICAL
INDUSTRY.—The term ‘‘critical 
industry’’ means an industry that— 
(A) is critical for the national security or 
economic security of the United States; and 
(B) produces or procures a critical good. 
(7) CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 
‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 1016 of the Critical Infrastructures 
Protection Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c). 
(8) CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN.—The term ‘‘crit-
ical supply chain’’ means a supply chain for a crit-
ical good. 
(9) CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN INFORMATION.— 
The term ‘‘critical supply chain information’’ means 
information that is not customarily in the public do-
main and relates to— 
(A) sustaining and adapting a critical sup-
ply chain during a supply chain shock; 
(B) critical supply chain risk mitigation 
and recovery planning with respect to a supply 
chain shock, including any planned or past as-
sessment, projection, or estimate of a vulner-
ability within the critical supply chain, includ-
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ing testing, supplier network assessments, pro-
duction flexibility, supply chain risk evaluations, 
supply chain risk management planning, or risk 
audits; or 
(C) operational best practices, planning, 
and supplier partnerships that enable enhanced 
resilience of a critical supply chain during a 
supply chain shock, including response, repair, 
recovery, reconstruction, insurance, or con-
tinuity. 
(10) DOMESTIC ENTERPRISE.—The term ‘‘do-
mestic enterprise’’ means an enterprise that con-
ducts business in the United States and procures a 
critical good. 
(11) DOMESTIC
MANUFACTURER.—The term 
‘‘domestic manufacturer’’ means a business that 
conducts in the United States the research and de-
velopment, engineering, or production activities nec-
essary for manufacturing a critical good. 
(12) 
EMERGING
TECHNOLOGY.—The 
term 
‘‘emerging technology’’ means a technology that is 
critical for the national security or economic security 
of the United States, including the following: 
(A) Technologies included in the American 
COMPETE Act (title XV of division FF of the 
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; Public 
Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 3276). 
(B) The following technologies: 
(i) Artificial intelligence. 
(ii) Automated vehicles and unmanned 
delivery systems. 
(iii) Blockchain and other distributed 
ledger, data storage, data management, 
and cybersecurity technologies. 
(iv) Quantum computing and quan-
tum sensing. 
(v) Additive manufacturing. 
(vi) Advanced manufacturing and the 
Internet of Things. 
(vii) Nano technology. 
(viii) Robotics. 
(ix) Microelectronics, optical fiber ray, 
and high performance and advanced com-
puter hardware and software. 
(x) Semiconductors. 
(xi) Advanced materials science, in-
cluding composition 2D, other next genera-
tion materials, and related manufacturing 
technologies. 
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(13) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(14) MANUFACTURE.—The term ‘‘manufac-
ture’’— 
(A) means any activity that is necessary 
for the development, production, processing, 
distribution, or delivery of any raw, in process, 
or manufactured material (including any min-
eral, metal, and advanced processed material), 
article, commodity, supply, product, critical 
good, or item of supply; and 
(B) does not include software unrelated to 
the manufacturing process. 
(15) 
MANUFACTURING
TECHNOLOGY.—The 
term ‘‘manufacturing technology’’ means a tech-
nology that is necessary for the manufacturing of a 
critical good. 
(16) PRODUCTION
EQUIPMENT.—The term 
‘‘production equipment’’ means any component, sub-
system, system, equipment, tooling, accessory, part, 
or assembly necessary for the manufacturing of a 
critical good. 
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(17) 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 Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives. 
(18) 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, including emerging 
technologies, production, critical supply chains, 
services, and access to critical goods, production 
equipment, and manufacturing technology dur-
ing a supply chain shock; 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; and 
(ii) minimized or managed exposure to 
a supply chain shock. 
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(19) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Commerce. 
(20) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, each 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 
(21) SUPPLY CHAIN SHOCK.—The term ‘‘supply 
chain shock’’— 
(A) means an event causing severe or seri-
ous disruption to normal operations or capacity 
in a supply chain; and 
(B) includes— 
(i) a natural disaster; 
(ii) a pandemic; 
(iii) a biological threat; 
(iv) a cyber attack; 
(v) a geopolitical conflict; 
(vi) a terrorist or geopolitical attack; 
(vii) a trade disruption caused by— 
(I) a country described in para-
graph (2)(B); or 
(II) an entity or an individual 
subject to the jurisdiction of such a 
country; and 
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(viii) an event for which the President 
declares a major disaster or an emergency 
under section 401 or 501, respectively, of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170; 42 U.S.C. 5191). 
TITLE V—DEPLOYING AMERICAN 
BLOCKCHAINS 
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Deploying American 
Blockchains Act’’. 
SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advi-
sory Committee’’ means the National Blockchain 
Deployment Advisory Committee established pursu-
ant to section 503(c). 
(2) BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY OR OTHER DIS-
TRIBUTED
LEDGER
TECHNOLOGY.—The 
term 
‘‘blockchain technology or other distributed ledger 
technology’’ means a distributed digital database 
where data is— 
(A) shared across a network of computers 
to create a ledger of verified information among 
network participants; 
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(B) linked using cryptography to maintain 
the integrity of the ledger and to execute other 
functions; and 
(C) distributed among network partici-
pants in an automated fashion to concurrently 
update network participants on the state of the 
ledger and other functions. 
(3) COVERED NONGOVERNMENTAL REPRESENT-
ATIVE.—The term ‘‘covered nongovernmental rep-
resentative’’ means a representative as specified in 
the second sentence of section 135(b)(1) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(b)(1)), except 
that such term does not include a representative of 
a non-Federal government. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, each 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 
(6) TOKEN.—The term ‘‘token’’ means a trans-
ferable, digital representation of information re-
corded on blockchain technology or other distributed 
ledger technology. 
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(7) TOKENIZATION.—The term ‘‘tokenization’’ 
means the process of creating a token. 
SEC. 503. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE LEADERSHIP ON 
BLOCKCHAIN. 
(a) FUNCTION OF SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall 
serve as a principal advisor to the President for policy per-
taining to the deployment, use, application, and competi-
tiveness of blockchain technology or other distributed ledg-
er technology, applications built on blockchain technology 
or other distributed ledger technology, tokens, and 
tokenization. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall support the 
leadership of the United States with respect to the deploy-
ment, use, application, and competitiveness of blockchain 
technology or other distributed ledger technology, applica-
tions built on blockchain technology or other distributed 
ledger technology, tokens, and tokenization by organizing 
the Advisory Committee— 
(1) to examine and to provide recommendations 
on issues and risks relating to the deployment, use, 
application, and competitiveness of blockchain tech-
nology or other distributed ledger technology, appli-
cations built on blockchain technology or other dis-
tributed ledger technology, tokens, and tokenization, 
including the issues of decentralized identity, cyber-
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security, key storage and security systems, artificial 
intelligence, fraud reduction, regulatory compliance, 
e-commerce, health care applications, and supply 
chain resiliency; 
(2) to support and to promote the improvement 
and security of blockchain technology or other dis-
tributed ledger technology, applications built on 
blockchain technology or other distributed ledger 
technology, tokens, and tokenization; 
(3) to help to promote the leadership of the 
United States with respect to the deployment, use, 
application, and competitiveness of blockchain tech-
nology or other distributed ledger technology, appli-
cations built on blockchain technology or other dis-
tributed ledger technology, tokens, and tokenization; 
(4) to promote the national security of the 
United States with respect to blockchain technology 
or other distributed ledger technology, applications 
built on blockchain technology or other distributed 
ledger technology, tokens, and tokenization; 
(5) to support engagement with the public to 
develop a compendium of proposals for practices as 
part of the work described in subsection (d); 
(6) to consider policies to encourage coordina-
tion among Federal agencies with respect to the de-
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ployment of blockchain technology or other distrib-
uted 
ledger 
technology, 
applications 
built 
on 
blockchain technology or other distributed ledger 
technology, tokens, and tokenization; 
(7) to examine— 
(A) how Federal agencies can benefit from 
utilizing blockchain technology or other distrib-
uted ledger technology, applications built on 
blockchain technology or other distributed ledg-
er technology, tokens, and tokenization; 
(B) the current use by Federal agencies of 
blockchain technology or other distributed ledg-
er technology, applications built on blockchain 
technology or other distributed ledger tech-
nology, tokens, and tokenization; 
(C) the current and future preparedness 
and ability of Federal agencies to adopt 
blockchain technology or other distributed ledg-
er technology, applications built on blockchain 
technology or other distributed ledger tech-
nology, tokens, and tokenization; and 
(D) additional security measures Federal 
agencies may need to take— 
(i) to securely use blockchain tech-
nology or other distributed ledger tech-
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nology, applications built on blockchain 
technology or other distributed ledger tech-
nology, tokens, and tokenization, including 
to support the security of critical infra-
structure; and 
(ii) to enhance the resiliency of Fed-
eral systems against cyber threats to 
blockchain technology or other distributed 
ledger technology, applications built on 
blockchain technology or other distributed 
ledger 
technology, 
tokens, 
and 
tokenization; and 
(8) to support coordination of the activities of 
the Federal Government relating to the security of 
blockchain technology and other distributed ledger 
technology, applications built on blockchain tech-
nology or other distributed ledger technology, to-
kens, and tokenization. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT
OF NATIONAL BLOCKCHAIN 
DEPLOYMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall, in consultation with 
the heads of relevant Federal agencies, establish 
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an advisory committee to support the adoption 
of blockchain technology or other distributed 
ledger 
technology, 
applications 
built 
on 
blockchain technology or other distributed ledg-
er technology, tokens, and tokenization. 
(B) DESIGNATION.—The advisory com-
mittee established pursuant to subparagraph 
(A) shall be known as the ‘‘National Blockchain 
Deployment Advisory Committee’’. 
(2) MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITION.—The Advisory 
Committee shall consist of members appointed by 
the Secretary, which shall include— 
(A) the Secretary; 
(B) representatives of Federal agencies (as 
determined necessary by the Secretary); and 
(C) covered nongovernmental representa-
tives with expertise related to blockchain tech-
nology or other distributed ledger technology 
(as determined necessary by the Secretary), 
which may include— 
(i) blockchain technology or other dis-
tributed ledger technology infrastructure 
operators, suppliers, service providers, and 
vendors; 
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