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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6157 
To require the Secretary of State to implement a strategy to reduce reliance 
on concentrated supply chains for critical goods, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2021 
Mr. KINZINGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of State to implement a strategy 
to reduce reliance on concentrated supply chains for crit-
ical goods, 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 ‘‘Allies Strengthening 
Economies And Manufacturing Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
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(1) resilient supply chains are paramount to the 
national security and economic security of the 
United States; 
(2) a coordinated and whole-of-government ap-
proach to safeguarding supply chains will benefit all 
Americans and ensure disruptions are avoided or 
mitigated; 
(3) the Secretary of State and Secretary of 
Commerce, and other interagency stakeholders as 
appropriate, should assist and incentivize countries 
in the Western Hemisphere to build capacity for 
manufacturing of critical goods; 
(4) the Secretary of State should promote the 
leadership of the United States with respect to crit-
ical industries and supply chains that— 
(A) strengthen the national security of the 
United States; and 
(B) have a significant effect on the eco-
nomic security of the United States; 
(5) the Secretary of State should support the 
availability of critical goods by assisting with the co-
ordination of activities to supporting manufacturing 
operations in the Western Hemisphere; and 
(6) the Secretary of State should support ef-
forts to reduce the reliance of domestic entities and 
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domestic manufacturers on critical goods with con-
centrated supply chains from countries of concern by 
assisting in the identification of alternative procure-
ment sources within the Western Hemisphere. 
SEC. 3. UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO COUNTER THREATS 
TO SUPPLY CHAINS FOR CRITICAL GOODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with Executive 
Order 14017 (86 Fed. Reg. 11849), the Secretary of State 
shall implement a strategy to reduce reliance on con-
centrated supply chains for critical goods and protect 
against any threats from countries of concern relating to 
supply chains for critical goods. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall include plans to— 
(1) coordinate with other countries in the West-
ern Hemisphere to mitigate the effects of supply 
chain shocks, avoid disruptions to manufacturing op-
erations, and ensure continuity of the flow of goods 
during the period of a covered emergency; 
(2) execute a unified effort between countries in 
the Western Hemisphere to reduce reliance on con-
centrated supply chains for critical goods and pro-
tect against threats from countries of concern relat-
ing to supply chains for critical goods; 
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(3) identify alternative sources for procuring 
critical goods by ensuring that supply chains for 
critical goods are not vulnerable to disruption, 
strain, compromise, or elimination, including by 
being concentrated in a country of concern; 
(4) collaborate with other relevant Federal Gov-
ernment agencies to assist the Western Hemisphere 
to build capacity for manufacturing critical goods; 
and 
(5) provide technical assistance to governments 
in the Western Hemisphere to improve regulatory 
and investment frameworks to welcome companies 
with intention to relocate manufacturing facilities, 
especially those currently located in countries of con-
cern. 
(c) SUBMISSION OF STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
and publish on the website of the Office of the Sec-
retary, a report containing the strategy required 
under subsection (a). 
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(2) UPDATES.—Not less than once every 4 
years after the date on which the report is submitted 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to 
the committees specified in such paragraph a report 
containing an update to such strategy. 
(3) FORM.—The report submitted under para-
graph (1), and updates submitted under paragraph 
(2), shall be submitted in unclassified form and may 
include a classified annex. 
(d) CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN TASK FORCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall establish a ‘‘Critical Supply 
Chain Task Force’’ to— 
(A) implement the strategy required under 
subsection (a); 
(B) encourage partnerships and collabora-
tion with the Federal Government, the private 
sector, and governments of countries in the 
Western Hemisphere to— 
(i) promote the resilience of supply 
chains for critical goods; and 
(ii) respond to and mitigate the ef-
fects of supply chain shocks to critical in-
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dustries and supply chains for critical 
goods; 
(C) encourage the relocation of facilities 
that manufacture critical goods from countries 
of concern to the United States or Western 
Hemisphere to safeguard against supply chain 
disruptions; 
(D) support the development, maintenance, 
improvement, competitiveness, restoration, and 
expansion of the productive capacities, effi-
ciency, and workforce of critical industries in 
countries in the Western Hemisphere; and 
(E) encourage manufacturing growth and 
opportunities in economically distressed areas in 
the Western Hemisphere. 
(e) COORDINATION OF EFFORTS.—The Secretary of 
State shall cooperate and complement interagency actions 
necessary to carry out the functions described in the strat-
egy required under subsection (a). 
(f) DIVERSITY IN RECIPIENTS.—Activities to imple-
ment the strategy required under subsection (a) shall be 
performed in a manner that will serve the greatest needs 
for the most diverse array of critical industries. 
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(g) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made available 
to carry out this Act may be used to support manufac-
turing in a country of concern. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CONCENTRATED.—With respect to a supply 
chain, the term ‘‘concentrated’’ means— 
(A) a supply chain— 
(i) that is under a level of control or 
influence by the government of a country 
of concern that presents an unreasonable 
risk to national security or economic secu-
rity; 
(ii) that is subject to undue manipula-
tion by the government of a country of 
concern; or 
(iii) for which 30 percent of the pro-
duction of such critical good occurs in a 
single foreign country; or 
(B) a supply chain for a critical good for 
which more than 50 percent of the supply of 
such good in the United States is imported. 
(2) COUNTRY OF CONCERN.—The term ‘‘coun-
try of concern’’ means a country— 
(A) in which a concentrated supply chain 
for a critical good is located; 
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(B) that poses a significant national secu-
rity or economic security threat to the United 
States; and 
(C) the government of which, or elements 
of such government, has proven, or has been 
credibly alleged to have, committed crimes 
against humanity or genocide. 
(3) COVERED EMERGENCY.—The term ‘‘covered 
emergency’’ means any of the following: 
(A) 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). 
(B) An event for which the President de-
clares a major disaster or an emergency under 
section 401 or 501, respectively, of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191). 
(C) A national emergency declared by the 
President under the National Emergencies Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
(4) 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, 
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or item of supply, the absence or shortage of which 
would have a significant effect on— 
(A) the national security or economic secu-
rity of the United States; and 
(B) critical infrastructure, as such term is 
defined in the Critical Infrastructures Protec-
tion Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)). 
(5) CRITICAL
INDUSTRY.—The term ‘‘critical 
industry’’ means an industry that is critical for the 
national security or economic security of the United 
States because of its relationship to any of the fol-
lowing key technology focuses: 
(A) Artificial intelligence, machine learn-
ing, autonomy, and related advances. 
(B) High performance computing, semi-
conductors, and advanced computer hardware 
and software. 
(C) Quantum information science and 
technology. 
(D) Robotics, automation, and advanced 
manufacturing. 
(E) Natural and anthropogenic disaster 
prevention or mitigation. 
(F) Advanced communications technology, 
including optical transmission components. 
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(G) Biotechnology, medical technology, 
genomics, and synthetic biology. 
(H) Data storage, data management, dis-
tributed ledger technologies, and cybersecurity, 
including biometrics. 
(I) Advanced energy and industrial efficacy 
technologies, such as batteries, advanced nu-
clear technologies, and polysilicon for use in 
solar photovoltaics, including but not limited to 
for the purposes of electric generation (con-
sistent with section 15 of the National Sciences 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1874). 
(J) Advanced materials science, including 
composites and 2D materials and equipment, 
aerospace grade metals, and aerospace specific 
manufacturing enabling chemicals. 
(6) WESTERN HEMISPHERE.—The term ‘‘West-
ern Hemisphere’’ means a country that satisfies the 
following criteria: 
(A) Has a democratically elected govern-
ment and a market economy. 
(B) Is one of the following countries: 
(i) Anguilla. 
(ii) Antigua and Barbuda. 
(iii) Argentina. 
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(iv) Aruba. 
(v) The Bahamas. 
(vi) Barbados. 
(vii) Belize. 
(viii) Bermuda. 
(ix) Bolivia. 
(x) Brazil. 
(xi) The British Virgin Islands. 
(xii) Canada. 
(xiii) Chile. 
(xiv) Colombia. 
(xv) Costa Rica. 
(xvi) Dominica. 
(xvii) Dominican Republic. 
(xviii) Ecuador. 
(xix) El Salvador. 
(xx) Grenada. 
(xxi) Guatemala. 
(xxii) Guyana. 
(xxiii) Haiti. 
(xxiv) Honduras. 
(xxv) Jamaica. 
(xxvi) Mexico. 
(xxvii) Montserrat. 
(xxviii) Netherlands Antilles. 
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(xxix) Nicaragua. 
(xxx) Panama. 
(xxxi) Paraguay. 
(xxxii) Peru. 
(xxxiii) Saint Kitts and Nevis. 
(xxxiv) Saint Lucia. 
(xxxv) Saint Vincent and the Grena-
dines. 
(xxxvi) Suriname. 
(xxxvii) Trinidad and Tobago. 
(xxxviii) Turks and Caicos Islands. 
(xxxix) Uruguay. 
(xl) The sovereign government recog-
nized by the United States in Venezuela. 
(7) MANUFACTURE.—The term ‘‘manufacture’’ 
means any activity that is necessary for or incidental 
to the development, production, processing, distribu-
tion, or delivery of any raw, in process, or manufac-
tured material (including minerals, metals, and ad-
vanced processed materials), article, commodity, sup-
ply, product, critical good, or item of supply. 
(8) SUPPLY CHAIN SHOCK.—The term ‘‘supply 
chain shock’’ includes the following: 
(A) A natural disaster or extreme weather 
event. 
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