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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7675 
To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to 
establish an Agricultural and Food System Supply Chain Resilience and 
Crisis Response Task Force, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2022 
Ms. CRAIG (for herself, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mrs. 
HINSON, Mrs. AXNE, and Mr. FEENSTRA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization 
Act of 1994 to establish an Agricultural and Food Sys-
tem Supply Chain Resilience and Crisis Response Task 
Force, 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. AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SYSTEM SUPPLY 
CHAIN RESILIENCE AND CRISIS RESPONSE 
TASK FORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title II of the De-
partment of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 
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U.S.C. 6931 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 229. AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SYSTEM SUPPLY 
CHAIN RESILIENCE AND CRISIS RESPONSE 
TASK FORCE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
shall establish in the Department an Agricultural and 
Food System Supply Chain Resilience and Crisis Response 
Task Force (in this section referred to as the ‘Task 
Force’). 
‘‘(b) MISSION.—The mission of the Task Force shall 
be the following: 
‘‘(1) Help to promote the leadership of the 
United States with respect to the stability of the ag-
riculture and food system supply chain. 
‘‘(2) Encourage a Government-wide approach 
through partnerships and collaboration with the pri-
vate sector, labor organizations, the governments of 
countries that are allies or key international part-
ners of the United States, States or political subdivi-
sions thereof, and Tribal governments in order to— 
‘‘(A) promote the resilience of the agri-
culture and food system supply chain; and 
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‘‘(B) identify, prepare for, and respond to 
shocks to the agricultural and food system sup-
ply chain. 
‘‘(3) Monitor the resilience, diversity, security, 
and strength of the agricultural and food system 
supply chain. 
‘‘(4) Support the availability of agricultural and 
food system supply chain goods for domestic manu-
facturers, domestic producers, and domestic enter-
prises in the United States and in countries that are 
allies or key international partners. 
‘‘(5) Assist the Federal Government in pre-
paring for and responding to shocks to the agricul-
tural and food system supply chain. 
‘‘(6) Support the creation of jobs with competi-
tive wages in the United States agricultural and 
food system sector. 
‘‘(7) Coordinate executive branch actions nec-
essary to carry out the functions described in para-
graphs (1) through (6). 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL ADVISOR ON SUPPLY CHAIN RESIL-
IENCE AND CRISIS RESPONSE.—The head of the Task 
Force shall be the Special Advisor on Supply Chain Resil-
ience and Crisis Response (in this section, referred to as 
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the ‘Special Advisor’) who shall be appointed by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(d) AGRICULTURE
AND FOOD SYSTEM SUPPLY 
CHAIN EVALUATION AND REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) EVALUATION.—The Special Advisor, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and 
the Secretary of Transportation, shall conduct an 
evaluation of the stability and reliability of the agri-
culture and food system supply chain. The evalua-
tion shall focus on the items listed in subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
270 days after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, the Special Advisor shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 
evaluation conducted under subsection (a) that in-
cludes the following: 
‘‘(A) An evaluation of— 
‘‘(i) the strengths of the agriculture 
and food system supply chain; 
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‘‘(ii) the weaknesses of the agriculture 
and food system supply chain; 
‘‘(iii) current and potential future 
critical bottlenecks in the agriculture and 
food system supply chain, including trans-
portation bottlenecks in the distribution of 
agricultural inputs, processed and unproc-
essed food and food input products, and 
consumer-ready food products; 
‘‘(iv) workforce challenges and oppor-
tunities in the agriculture and food system 
supply chain; and 
‘‘(v) the overall stability and reliability 
of the agriculture and food system supply 
chain. 
‘‘(B) An evaluation of Federal, State, and 
local laws and regulations that— 
‘‘(i) increase the stability and reli-
ability of the agriculture and food system 
supply chain; or 
‘‘(ii) decrease or otherwise negatively 
impact the stability and reliability of the 
agriculture and food system supply chain. 
‘‘(C) Specific recommendations to improve 
the security, safety, and resilience of the agri-
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