Title: Allies Strengthening Economies And Manufacturing Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Allies Strengthening Economies And Manufacturing Act
This bill requires actions to address threats to supply chains for critical goods.
Under this bill, a critical good is any good, including raw materials and commodities, where a shortage or absence would have a significant effect on (1) U.S. national or economic security, and (2) critical infrastructure.
The Department of State must implement a strategy to reduce reliance on concentrated supply chains for critical goods and protect against threats from countries of concern against such supply chains. The strategy must contain various elements, including plans to (1) coordinate with other Western Hemisphere countries to mitigate the effect of supply chain shocks and avoid manufacturing disruptions, (2) execute a unified effort by Western Hemisphere countries to reduce reliance on concentrated supply chains for critical goods, and (3) provide technical assistance to help Western Hemisphere countries improve regulatory and investment frameworks to welcome companies looking to relocate manufacturing to such countries.
The State Department must annually report to Congress on the strategy.
The State Department must also establish a Critical Supply Chain Task Force to implement the strategy and take other actions to support the strategy, such as encouraging the relocation of critical goods manufacturing from countries of concern to the United States or other Western Hemisphere countries.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6157 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 2021

Mr. Kinzinger introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of State to implement a strategy to reduce 
  reliance on concentrated supply chains for critical goods, 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 ``Allies Strengthening Economies And 
Manufacturing Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) resilient supply chains are paramount to the national 
        security and economic security of the United States;
            (2) a coordinated and whole-of-government approach 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 critical industries and 
        supply chains that--
                    (A) strengthen the national security of the United 
                States; and
                    (B) have a significant effect on the economic 
                security of the United States;
            (5) the Secretary of State should support the availability 
        of critical goods by assisting with the coordination of 
        activities to supporting manufacturing operations in the 
        Western Hemisphere; and
            (6) the Secretary of State should support efforts to reduce 
        the reliance of domestic entities and domestic manufacturers on 
        critical goods with concentrated supply chains from countries 
        of concern by assisting in the identification of alternative 
        procurement 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 concentrated 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 subsection (a) shall 
include plans to--
            (1) coordinate with other countries in the Western 
        Hemisphere to mitigate the effects of supply chain shocks, 
        avoid disruptions to manufacturing operations, 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 concentrated supply 
        chains for critical goods and protect against threats from 
        countries of concern relating to supply chains for critical 
        goods;
            (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 Government 
        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 concern.
    (c) Submission of Strategy.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 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 
        Secretary, a report containing the strategy required under 
        subsection (a).
            (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 paragraph (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 Secretary of State shall 
        establish a ``Critical Supply Chain Task Force'' to--
                    (A) implement the strategy required under 
                subsection (a);
                    (B) encourage partnerships and collaboration 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 effects of 
                        supply chain shocks to critical industries 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, efficiency, 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 strategy required under subsection (a).
    (f) Diversity in Recipients.--Activities to implement 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.
    (g) Limitation.--None of the funds made available to carry out this 
Act may be used to support manufacturing 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 security;
                            (ii) that is subject to undue manipulation 
                        by the government of a country of concern; or
                            (iii) for which 30 percent of the 
                        production 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 ``country of concern'' 
        means a country--
                    (A) in which a concentrated supply chain for a 
                critical good is located;
                    (B) that poses a significant national security 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 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 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 material (including any 
        mineral, metal, or advanced processed material), article, 
        commodity, supply, product, or item of supply, the absence or 
        shortage of which would have a significant effect on--
                    (A) the national security or economic security of 
                the United States; and
                    (B) critical infrastructure, as such term is 
                defined in the Critical Infrastructures Protection 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 following key technology focuses:
                    (A) Artificial intelligence, machine learning, 
                autonomy, and related advances.
                    (B) High performance computing, semiconductors, 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.
                    (G) Biotechnology, medical technology, genomics, 
                and synthetic biology.
                    (H) Data storage, data management, distributed 
                ledger technologies, and cybersecurity, including 
                biometrics.
                    (I) Advanced energy and industrial efficacy 
                technologies, such as batteries, advanced nuclear 
                technologies, and polysilicon for use in solar 
                photovoltaics, including but not limited to for the 
                purposes of electric generation (consistent 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 ``Western Hemisphere'' 
        means a country that satisfies the following criteria:
                    (A) Has a democratically elected government and a 
                market economy.
                    (B) Is one of the following countries:
                            (i) Anguilla.
                            (ii) Antigua and Barbuda.
                            (iii) Argentina.
                            (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.
                            (xxix) Nicaragua.
                            (xxx) Panama.
                            (xxxi) Paraguay.
                            (xxxii) Peru.
                            (xxxiii) Saint Kitts and Nevis.
                            (xxxiv) Saint Lucia.
                            (xxxv) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
                            (xxxvi) Suriname.
                            (xxxvii) Trinidad and Tobago.
                            (xxxviii) Turks and Caicos Islands.
                            (xxxix) Uruguay.
                            (xl) The sovereign government recognized 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, distribution, or delivery 
        of any raw, in process, or manufactured material (including 
        minerals, metals, and advanced processed materials), article, 
        commodity, supply, 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.
                    (B) An accidental or human-caused event.
                    (C) An economic disruption.
                    (D) A pandemic.
                    (E) A biological threat.
                    (F) A cyberattack.
                    (G) A great power conflict.
                    (H) A terrorist or geopolitical attack.
                    (I) Any other supply chain disruption or threat 
                that affects the national security or economic security 
                of the United States.
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