[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5505 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5505

    To establish a National Resilience Center of Excellence in the 
            Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 5, 2021

Ms. Wild (for herself, Mr. Kinzinger, and Mrs. Dingell) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To establish a National Resilience Center of Excellence in the 
            Department of Commerce, 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 ``Supply Chain Security and Resilience 
Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL RESILIENCE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Office of the 
Secretary of Commerce a Supply Chain Resiliency and Crisis Response 
Office to carry out the activities described in subsection (d).
    (b) Mission.--The mission of the Office shall be the following:
            (1) Help to 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.
            (2) Encourage partnerships and collaboration with the 
        Federal Government and the private sector, labor organizations, 
        the governments of countries that are allies or key 
        international partners of the United States, State governments 
        and political subdivisions of a State, and Tribal governments 
        in order to--
                    (A) promote the resilience of supply chains; and
                    (B) respond to supply chain shocks to--
                            (i) critical industries; and
                            (ii) supply chains.
            (3) Monitor the resilience, diversity, security, and 
        strength of supply chains and critical industries, including 
        by--
                    (A) monitoring the financial and operational 
                conditions of domestic manufacturers and domestic 
                enterprises;
                    (B) performing stress tests for critical 
                industries, supply chains, domestic enterprises, and 
                domestic manufacturers; and
                    (C) monitoring the demand and supply of critical 
                goods and services, industrial equipment, and 
                manufacturing technology.
            (4) Support the development, maintenance, improvement, 
        competitiveness, restoration, and expansion of the productive 
        capacities, efficiency, and workforce of critical industries 
        and domestic manufacturers of critical goods and services, 
        industrial equipment, and manufacturing technology.
            (5) Prepare for and take appropriate steps to minimize the 
        effects of supply chain shocks on critical industries and 
        supply chains.
            (6) Support the creation of jobs with competitive wages in 
        the manufacturing sector.
            (7) Encourage manufacturing growth and opportunities in 
        economically distressed areas and communities of color.
            (8) Promote the health of the economy of the United States 
        and the competitiveness of manufacturing in the United States.
            (9) Coordinate executive branch actions necessary to carry 
        out the functions described in paragraphs (1) through (8).
    (c) Under Secretary of the Office.--
            (1) Appointment and term.--The head of the Office shall be 
        the Under Secretary of the Office of Supply Chain Resiliency 
        and Crisis Response, appointed by the President, by and with 
        the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of not more 
        than 5 years.
            (2) Pay.--The Under Secretary shall be compensated at the 
        rate in effect for level II of the Executive Schedule under 
        section 5313 of title 5, United States Code.
            (3) Administrative authorities.--The Under Secretary may 
        appoint officers and employees in accordance with chapter 51 
        and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States 
        Code.
    (d) In General.--The Under Secretary, in consultation with the 
Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall, 
on an ongoing basis, facilitate and support the development of a 
voluntary set of standards, guidelines, best practices, management 
strategies, methodologies, procedures, and processes for domestic 
manufacturers and entities manufacturing, purchasing, or using a 
critical good or service to--
            (1) measure the resilience, diversity, security, and 
        strength of supply chains;
            (2) evaluate the value of the resilience, diversity, 
        security, and strength of supply chains; and
            (3) design organizational processes and incentives to 
        reduce the risks of disruption, strain, compromise, or 
        elimination of a supply chain.
    (e) Requirements.--In carrying out subsection (d), the Under 
Secretary shall do the following:
            (1) Coordinate closely and regularly with relevant private 
        sector personnel and entities, manufacturing extension centers 
        established as part of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 
        Partnership, Manufacturing USA institutes as described in 
        section 34(d) of the National Institute of Standards and 
        Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278s(d)), and other relevant 
        stakeholders and incorporate industry expertise.
            (2) Consult with the head of any relevant Federal agency, 
        including those with jurisdiction over supply chains, State and 
        local governments, Tribal governments, the governments of other 
        nations, and international organizations, as necessary.
            (3) Identify a prioritized, flexible, repeatable, 
        performance-based, and cost-effective approach that may be 
        voluntarily adopted by domestic manufacturers and entities 
        purchasing or using a critical good or service to help them--
                    (A) identify, assess, and manage risks to supply 
                chains; and
                    (B) value the resilience, diversity, security, and 
                strength of their supply chain.
            (4) Design voluntary processes for selecting suppliers that 
        support the resilience, diversity, security, and strength of 
        supply chains.
            (5) Include methodologies to identify and mitigate the 
        effects of a disruption, strain, compromise, or elimination of 
        a supply chain.
            (6) Disseminate research and information to assist domestic 
        manufacturers redesign products, expand manufacturing capacity, 
        and improve capabilities to meet domestic needs for critical 
        goods and services and supply chains.
            (7) Incorporate relevant voluntary standards and industry 
        best practices.
            (8) Consider small business concerns.
            (9) Any other elements the Under Secretary determines to be 
        necessary.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Office $500,000,000 for fiscal years 2022 through 
2027, to remain available until expended, for the Under Secretary to 
carry out this section, of which not more than 2 percent per fiscal 
year may be used for administrative costs.
    (g) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Critical good or service.--The term ``critical good or 
        service'' 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 of which would have a significant effect on--
                    (A) the national security or economic security of 
                the United States; and
                    (B) critical infrastructure.
            (2) Domestic enterprise.--The term ``domestic enterprise'' 
        means an enterprise that conducts business in the United States 
        and procures a critical good or service.
            (3) Domestic manufacturer.--The term ``domestic 
        manufacturer'' means a business that--
                    (A) conducts in the United States the research and 
                development, engineering, or production activities 
                necessary or incidental to manufacturing; or
                    (B) if provided financial assistance by the Federal 
                Government, will conduct in the United States the 
                research and development, engineering, or production 
                activities necessary or incidental to manufacturing.
            (4) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the 
        meaning given the term ``agency'' in section 551 of title 5, 
        United States Code.
            (5) Office.--The term ``Office'' means the Supply Chain 
        Resiliency and Crisis Response Office established under 
        subsection (a).
            (6) Small business concern.--The term ``small business 
        concern'' has the meaning given that term in section 3(a) of 
        the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)).
            (7) Supply chain.--The term ``supply chain'' means a supply 
        chain for a critical good or service.
            (8) Under secretary.--The term ``Under Secretary'' means 
        the Under Secretary of the Office of Supply Chain Resiliency 
        and Crisis Response appointed pursuant to subsection (c).
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