National Supply Chain Database Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.4661 | Sponsor: Rep. Meijer, Peter (R-MI)
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
National Supply Chain Database Act of 2021
This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish and maintain a National Supply Chain Database to assist with minimizing disruptions to the U.S. supply chain through an assessment of U.S. manufacturers' capabilities.

To establish a National Supply Chain Database, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Supply Chain Database Act 
of 2021''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN DATABASE.

    (a) Establishment of National Supply Chain Database.--The Director 
of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (referred to in 
this section as ``NIST'') shall establish and maintain a National 
Supply Chain Database.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the National Supply Chain Database 
shall be to assist the Federal government and industry sectors in 
minimizing disruptions to the United States supply chain by having an 
assessment of United States manufacturers' capabilities.
    (c) Study on National Supply Chain Database.--In establishing the 
National Supply Chain Database, the Director of NIST shall consider the 
findings and recommendations from the study authorized in section 9413 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public 
Law 116-283), including measures to secure and protect the National 
Supply Chain Database from adversarial attacks and vulnerabilities.
    (d) Database and Manufacturing Extension Partnership.--
            (1) In general.--The National Supply Chain Database shall 
        be carried out and managed through the Hollings Manufacturing 
        Extension Partnership program and the Director of NIST shall 
        ensure that the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
        Centers are connected to the National Supply Chain Database.
            (2) Capabilities.--The National Supply Chain Database shall 
        be capable of providing a national view of the supply chain and 
        enable authorized database users to determine in near real-time 
        the United States manufacturing capabilities for critical 
        products, including defense supplies, food, and medical 
        devices, including personal protective equipment.
            (3) Individual state databases.--Each State's supply chain 
        database maintained by the NIST-recognized Manufacturing 
        Extension Partnership Center within the State shall be 
        complementary in design to the National Supply Chain Database.
    (e) Maintenance of National Supply Chain Database.--The Director of 
NIST, acting through the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
program, shall maintain the National Supply Chain Database as an 
integration of the State level databases from each State's 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center and may be populated with 
information from past, current, or potential Center clients.
    (f) Exempt From Public Disclosure.--The National Supply Chain 
Database and any information related to it not publicly released by 
NIST shall be exempt from public disclosure under section 552 of title 
5, United States Code, and access to non-public content shall be 
limited to the contributing company and Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership Center staff who sign an appropriate non-disclosure 
agreement.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the funds authorized to 
the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, $10,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026 are authorized to carry 
out this Act.
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