tric distribution grid, the defense, intelligence, 
cyber, homeland security, health, climate, envi-
ronmental, natural, market, economic, geo-
political, human-rights, or forced-labor risks or 
other contingencies that may disrupt, strain, 
compromise, or eliminate such supply chain and 
that are sufficiently likely to arise so as to re-
quire reasonable preparation for their occur-
rence, including risks— 
(i) posed by the reliance of such sup-
ply chain on digital products that may be 
vulnerable to failures or exploitation; and 
(ii) resulting from the elimination of, 
or failure to develop domestically, the ca-
pabilities identified under subparagraph 
(B); 
(D) reviews the resilience and capacity of 
domestic supply chains for essential components 
of local electric distribution grids, and the in-
dustrial and agricultural base of the United 
States, to support national and economic secu-
rity and emergency preparedness in the event 
any of the contingencies identified under sub-
paragraph (C) occurs, including identification 
and review of— 
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(i) the resilience and capacity of the 
manufacturing or other needed capabilities 
of the United States, including the ability 
to modernize to meet future needs; 
(ii) gaps in domestic manufacturing 
capabilities, including nonexistent, extinct, 
threatened, or single-point-of-failure capa-
bilities; 
(iii) any supply chain for an essential 
component of a local electric distribution 
grid with a single point of failure, single or 
dual suppliers, or limited resilience, espe-
cially for subcontractors (as defined under 
section 44.101 of title 48, Code of Federal 
Regulations); 
(iv) the location of key manufacturing 
and production assets, with any significant 
risks identified under subparagraph (C) 
posed by the assets’ physical location; 
(v) any exclusive or dominant supply 
of goods and materials identified under 
subparagraph (A) by or through nations 
that are, or are likely to become, un-
friendly or unstable; 
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(vi) the availability of substitutes or 
alternative sources for goods and materials 
identified under subparagraph (A); 
(vii) current domestic education and 
manufacturing workforce skills for each 
supply chain for an essential component of 
a local electric distribution grid, and iden-
tified gaps, opportunities, and potential 
best practices in meeting the future work-
force needs for such supply chain; 
(viii) the need for research and devel-
opment capacity to sustain leadership in 
the development of goods and materials 
identified under subparagraph (A); and 
(ix) the role of transportation systems 
in supporting existing supply chains for es-
sential components of local electric dis-
tribution grids and risks associated with 
those transportation systems; 
(E) examines allied and partner actions re-
garding supply chains for essential components 
of local electric distribution grids, including 
with respect to the goods and materials identi-
fied under subparagraph (A), and possible ave-
nues for international engagement; and 
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(F) identifies a prioritization of the goods 
and materials identified under subparagraph 
(A) for the purpose of identifying policy rec-
ommendations that is based on— 
(i) statutory or regulatory require-
ments; 
(ii) importance to national security, 
emergency preparedness, and strength-
ening the resilience of supply chains for es-
sential components of local electric dis-
tribution grids; and 
(iii) the review conducted pursuant to 
subparagraph (D). 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 3 months after 
the task force is established, the task force shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the study conducted under paragraph 
(1) that includes— 
(A) specific policy recommendations for en-
suring resilient supply chains for essential com-
ponents of local electric distribution grids, in-
cluding recommendations for— 
(i) sustainably reshoring such supply 
chains and developing domestic supplies 
for such supply chains; 
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(ii) cooperating with allies and part-
ners to identify alternative supplies for 
such supply chains, including for goods 
and materials identified in the study under 
paragraph (1)(A); 
(iii) building redundancy into domes-
tic supply chains for essential components 
of local electric distribution grids; 
(iv) ensuring and enlarging stockpiles 
of goods and materials identified in the 
study under paragraph (1)(A); 
(v) developing workforce capabilities 
for producing essential components of local 
electric distribution grids, including goods 
and materials identified in the study under 
paragraph (1)(A); 
(vi) expanding research and develop-
ment with respect to such supply chains; 
and 
(vii) 
addressing 
risks 
due 
to 
vulnerabilities in digital products relied on 
by any such supply chain; 
(B) any recommendations for executive, 
legislative, regulatory, and policy changes and 
any other actions to— 
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(i) strengthen the capabilities identi-
fied in the study under paragraph (1)(B); 
and 
(ii) prevent, avoid, or prepare for any 
of the contingencies identified in the study 
under paragraph (1)(C); and 
(C) any recommendations for improving 
Government-wide efforts to strengthen supply 
chains for essential components of local electric 
distribution grids, including proposals for co-
ordinating Government actions. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; and 
(E) the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce of the House of Representatives. 
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(2) SUPPLY CHAIN.—The term ‘‘supply chain’’ 
includes, with respect to minerals, the exploration, 
mining, concentration, separation, alloying, recy-
cling, and reprocessing of minerals. 
(3) TASK
FORCE.—The term ‘‘task force’’ 
means the task force established under subsection 
(a). 
Æ 
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