[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3501]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 447. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title XIV, add the following:

     SEC. 1412. ASSESSMENT OF RARE EARTH SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting 
     through the Defense Logistics Agency, shall submit to 
     Congress a report assessing issues relating to the supply 
     chain for rare earth materials.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An assessment of the rare earth materials in the 
     reserves held by the United States.
       (2) A estimate of the needs of the United States for such 
     materials--
       (A) in general; and
       (B) to support a major near-peer conflict such as is 
     outlined in war game scenarios included in the 2018 National 
     Defense Strategy.
       (3) An assessment of the extent to which substitutes for 
     such materials are available.
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