[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3687]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 660. Mr. RUBIO 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 II, add the following:

     SEC. ___. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE FEASIBILITY AND 
                   ADVISABILITY OF CREATING A DEFENSE 
                   MICROELECTRONICS AGENCY.

       (a) Study and Report Required.--The Defense Science Board 
     shall--
       (1) conduct a study on--
       (A) the state of the microelectronics industrial base as it 
     relates to the Department of Defense;
       (B) implementation of the recommendations made by the 2005 
     Defense Science Board Task Force On High Performance 
     Microchip Supply;
       (C) assessment of where the assured microelectronics 
     mission of the Department should lie, in particular with 
     research and engineering or with acquisition and sustainment; 
     and
       (D) the feasibility and advisability of creating a Defense 
     Microelectronics Agency by elevating the existing Defense 
     Microelectronics activity and consolidating all related 
     functions under this agency; and
       (2) submit to the congressional defense committees a 
     report, in writing, on the findings of the Defense Science 
     Board with respect to the study conducted under paragraph 
     (1).
       (b) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) Acquisition of trusted microelectronic components.--(A) 
     Development of recommendations on how the Department of 
     Defense can develop a plan of action that encompasses both 
     short- and long-term technology, acquisition, and 
     manufacturing capabilities needed to assure ongoing 
     availability of supplies of trusted microelectronic 
     components.
       (B) Identification and characterization of the volume and 
     scope of microelectronics that require trusted sources.
       (2) Consolidation.--(A) Review all Department stakeholders 
     with decisionmaking or procurement authority for 
     microelectronics.
       (B) Determination of whether it is in the best interests of 
     national security to consolidate these efforts and designate 
     a single Department organization with responsibility to 
     maintain the focus on microelectronic capabilities available 
     to the Department.
       (c) Briefings.--Not later than May 1, 2020, the Defense 
     Science Board shall provide to the congressional defense 
     committees with one or more briefings on the status of the 
     study required by subsection (a)(1), including any 
     preliminary findings and recommendations of the Defense 
     Science Board as a result of the study as of the date of the 
     briefing.
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