[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3510]
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SA 488. Mr. CRAPO 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 H of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1086. INVESTMENT IN SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY UNDER DEFENSE
PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950.
(a) In General.--Section 303 of the Defense Production Act
of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4533) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(h) Investment in Supply Chain Security.--
``(1) In general.--The President may make available to an
eligible entity described in paragraph (2) payments to
increase the security of supply chains and supply chain
activities, if the President certifies to Congress not less
than 30 days before making such a payment that the payment is
in the national security interests of the United States.
``(2) Eligible entity.--An eligible entity described in
this paragraph is an entity that--
``(A) is organized under the laws of the United States or
any jurisdiction within the United States; and
``(B) produces--
``(i) one or more critical components;
``(ii) critical technology; or
``(iii) one or more products for the increased security of
supply chains or supply chain activities.
``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms `supply
chain' and `supply chain activities' have the meanings given
those terms by the President by regulation under section
1086(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2020.''.
(b) Regulations.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall prescribe
regulations setting forth definitions for the terms ``supply
chain'' and ``supply chain activities'' for the purposes of
section 303(h) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50
U.S.C. 4533(h)), as added by subsection (a).
(2) Scope of definitions.--The definitions required by
paragraph (1)--
(A) shall encompass--
(i) the organization, people, activities, information, and
resources involved in the delivery and operation of a product
or service used by the Government; or
(ii) critical infrastructure as defined in Presidential
Policy Directive 21 (February 12, 2013; relating to critical
infrastructure security and resilience); and
(B) may include variations for specific sectors or
Government functions.
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