[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4446]
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SA 3184. Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Coons,
and Mr. Gardner) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of
agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture
through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 12520. NATIONAL ECONOMIC SECURITY STRATEGY.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the national security of the United States depends in
large part on a vibrant, growing, and secure United States
economy;
(2) the United States confronts more international economic
competition and threats today than at any time in the
Nation's history;
(3) a failure of the United States to compete economically
will undermine the prosperity and security of the people of
the United States;
(4) the United States is stronger when the national
security strategy integrates economic tools in the service of
foreign policy objectives;
(5) it is in the national security and economic interests
of the United States--
(A) to promote free, fair, and reciprocal economic
relationships between the United States and foreign
individuals and entities;
(B) to promote and protect the United States innovation
base, including the defense industrial base;
(C) to ensure that the United States leads in research,
technology, and innovation;
(D) to counter anticompetitive economic behavior, policies,
and strategies by foreign individuals and entities;
(E) to promote environmental stewardship; and
(F) to ensure workers and families in the United States
have the opportunity to thrive with competitive wages and are
not unfairly disadvantaged;
(6) the Federal Government has a limited, but important,
role in facilitating the ability of the United States to
compete successfully in the international economic
competition described in paragraph (2); and
(7) the Federal Government should periodically produce a
national economic security strategy--
(A) to ensure Federal policies, statutes, regulations,
procedures, data gathering, and assessment practices are
optimally designed and implemented to facilitate the
competitiveness, prosperity, and security of the United
States; and
(B) maximally advance economic opportunity for present and
future generations of United States citizens.
(b) Strategy Required.--
(1) Initial strategy.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the President, in
coordination with the National Security Council and the
National Economic Council and the heads of other relevant
Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report setting forth a national
economic security strategy of the United States to support
the national security strategy for 2017.
(2) Subsequent strategies.--Beginning in 2021, the
President, in coordination with the National Security Council
and the National Economic Council and the heads of other
relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a national economic security
strategy--
(A) in any year in which a new President is inaugurated,
not later than October 1 of that year; and
(B) in any other year, not later than 90 days after the
transmission to Congress in that year of the national
security strategy.
(c) Elements.--Each report required by subsection (b) shall
set forth a national economic security strategy of the United
States and shall, at a minimum, include the following:
(1) An assessment of the global competitive position of key
United States economic sectors, including strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
(2) An assessment of the national debt and its implications
for the economic and national security of the United States.
(3) A description and discussion of the prioritized
economic security interests and objectives of the United
States, including key economic sectors vital to economic
security of the United States.
(4) A description of the leading threats, challenges, and
opportunities associated with the interests and objectives
described in paragraph (3), including--
(A) an assessment of the severity and likelihood of the
threats, both foreign and domestic, and an explicit linking
of each such threat to a national interest or objective;
(B) an assessment of the nature of the challenges and how
each challenge will evolve if left unaddressed; and
(C) an assessment of the opportunities and associated
potential benefits to United States interests or objectives.
(5) An overview of the public and private sector tools
necessary to address or minimize the leading threats and
challenges described in paragraph (4) and to take advantage
of the leading opportunities described in that paragraph.
(6) An assessment of whether the United States Government
or private sector possesses those tools.
(7) For each such threat, challenge, or opportunity that
the United States Government or private sector lack
sufficient tools to address, minimize, or take advantage of,
a detailed plan to develop, improve, or foster those tools.
(8) A plan to utilize available tools to address or
minimize the leading threats and challenges and to take
advantage of the leading opportunities, including--
(A) a discussion of the optimal allocation of finite
resources and an identification of the risks associated with
that allocation;
(B) specific objectives, tasks, metrics, and milestones for
each relevant Federal agency;
(C) specific plans to eliminate obstacles for the private
sector in areas supportive of the national economic security
strategy and to maximize the prudent use of public-private
partnerships;
(D) specific plans to eliminate obstacles to strengthening
United States energy security, sustainability, and resilience
in areas supportive of the national economic security
strategy, including energy diversity and sustainable
management and use of energy resources;
(E) specific plans to promote environmental stewardship and
fair competition for United States workers;
(F) a description of--
(i) how the national economic security strategy supports
the national security strategy; and
(ii) how the national economic security strategy is
integrated and coordinated with the most recent national
defense strategy under section 113(g) of title 10, United
States Code;
(G) a plan to encourage the governments of countries that
are allies or partners of the United States to cooperate with
the execution of the national economic security strategy,
where appropriate; and
(H) a plan to encourage certain international and
multilateral organizations to support the implementation of
the national economic security strategy.
(9) An identification of any additional resources or
statutory authorizations necessary to implement the national
economic security strategy.
(d) Form of Report.--Each report required by subsection (b)
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed
Services, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation, the Committee on Finance, and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed
Services, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee
on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives.
(2) National security strategy.--The term ``national
security strategy'' means the national security strategy
required by section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947
(50 U.S.C. 3043).
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