[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 849 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 849

 To require the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of 
 the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct a study to identify supply 
     chains critical to national security, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 18, 2021

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. King) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Select Committee on 
                              Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of 
 the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct a study to identify supply 
     chains critical to national security, 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 Vulnerability 
Assessment Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON SUPPLY CHAINS CRITICAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency shall jointly--
            (1) complete a study--
                    (A) to identify--
                            (i) supply chains that are critical to the 
                        national security, economic security, or public 
                        health or safety of the United States; and
                            (ii) important vulnerabilities in such 
                        supply chains; and
                    (B) to develop recommendations for legislative or 
                administrative action to secure the supply chains 
                identified under subparagraph (A)(i); and
            (2) submit to the congressional intelligence committees (as 
        that term is defined in section 3 of the National Security Act 
        of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) the findings of the directors with 
        respect to the study conducted under paragraph (1).
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