[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 178 (Thursday, November 7, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6483-S6484]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         SUPPLY CHAIN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE TRAINING ACT OF 2019

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 191, S. 1388.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1388) to manage supply chain risk through 
     counterintelligence training, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered 
read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1388) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 1388

       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 
     Counterintelligence Training Act of 2019''.

     SEC. 2. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE TRAINING PROGRAM TO MANAGE SUPPLY 
                   CHAIN RISK.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Director of

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     the Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with the 
     Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, and the Administrator of General Services, shall 
     establish and implement a counterintelligence training 
     program for officials with supply chain risk management 
     responsibilities at executive agencies (including 
     programmatic, information communications technology, and 
     acquisition officials). The program shall be designed to 
     prepare such personnel to identify and mitigate 
     counterintelligence threats that arise during the acquisition 
     and use throughout the lifecycle of information and 
     communications technology.

     SEC. 3. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, and every 180 days for the next three years, the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
     consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Administrator of 
     General Services, shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees and leadership a report on 
     implementation of the program required under section 2.

     SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees and leadership; 
     information and communications technology.--The terms 
     ``appropriate congressional committees and leadership'' and 
     ``information and communications technology'' have the 
     meanings given the terms in section 4713(k) of title 41, 
     United States Code.
       (2) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United 
     States Code.

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