To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Congress a report on the national security implications of the outsourcing of industrial and manufacturing capacities to locations outside the United States.

Bill: 115-hr-3065
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars

Congressional oversight

Government studies and investigations

Manufacturing

Military operations and strategy

Military procurement, research, weapons development

Military readiness

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report to the House Committee on Armed Services on the national security implications of private companies that outsource their industrial and manufacturing capacities to locations outside the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3065 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 27, 2017 Ms. Shea-Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Congress a report on the national security implications of the outsourcing of industrial and manufacturing capacities to locations outside the United States.

1. Comptroller General report on national security implications of outsourcing of industrial and manufacturing capacities Not later than November 1, 2018, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services in the House of Representatives a report on the national security implications of private companies that outsource their industrial and manufacturing capacities to locations outside of the United States. Such report shall include— (1) an assessment of the material effects of such outsourcing on the United States defense industrial base; (2) an assessment of the national security risks to the United States defense industrial base of such outsourcing, including the integrity of the Department of Defense acquisition system, logistics network, or supply chains; (3) an assessment of the risks posed by such outsourcing to the readiness of the United States Armed Forces to field a full spectrum of military capabilities; and (4) a description of the risks posed by such outsourcing and its effects on the United States defense industrial base, including on the capacity of the United States to sustain a protracted conflict against a near-peer adversary.