3.0.0 1419 2023-03-08T20:12:44Z 2023-03-08T20:12:44Z Senate S 2021-04-28 117 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-28T18:38:51Z 2021-04-28 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2021-04-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO N Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Asia China Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Department of Defense Espionage and treason Europe Government trust funds Iran Manufacturing Middle East Military procurement, research, weapons development North Korea Public contracts and procurement Russia Subversive activities Technology assessment Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-04-28 Introduced in Senate 2022-01-25T21:26:11Z Protecting Critical Boards and Electronics Through Transparency and Enduring Reinvestment Act of 2021 or the PCBETTER Act of 2021

This bill provides funding for and otherwise addresses the electronics industry as it relates to national security and Department of Defense (DOD) programs.

The bill establishes in the Department of the Treasury the Electronics Supply Chain Fund to create a commercially competitive electronics industry in the United States that is capable of meeting national security needs. Among other activities, the fund must be available for DOD to (1) fund the construction, expansion, or modernization of facilities to develop or manufacture semiconductors, microelectronics, advanced electronic packaging, and printed circuit boards; and (2) carry out a program (established by this bill) to test DOD systems for vulnerabilities to foreign interference, sabotage, espionage, and attack.

Providers of certain electronic systems must provide DOD with a list of the printed circuit boards in their system that includes an attestation of whether (1) the printed circuit board was partially or fully manufactured and assembled in China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran; (2) the printed circuit board was fully manufactured outside of those nations; or (3) the provider cannot determine where the printed circuit board was manufactured and assembled.

DOD must designate a senior official to remediate any vulnerabilities discovered by the established testing program.

DOD must promulgate regulations to require contractors selling goods or services to DOD (e.g., printed circuit boards) to undertake such due diligence as DOD considers appropriate to prevent the occurrence of vulnerabilities.

]]> PCBETTER Act of 2021 Display Title PCBETTER Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to support and provide incentives for domestic manufacturing of printed circuit boards, to identify national security risks in printed circuit boards imported from certain foreign countries, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced PCBETTER Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Protecting Critical Boards and Electronics Through Transparency and Enduring Reinvestment Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1419is/xml/BILLS-117s1419is.xml 2021-04-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.