[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3464]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1994. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REPORT ON SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES FOR RARE EARTH 
                   MATERIALS.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Administrator of the Defense Logistics Agency, 
     in coordination with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense for Industrial Policy, shall submit a report to 
     Congress assessing issues relating to the supply chain for 
     rare earth materials. Such report 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 rare 
     earth materials--
       (A) in general; and
       (B) to support a major near-peer conflict as described in 
     war game scenarios in the 2018 National Defense Strategy.
       (3) An assessment of the extent to which substitutes for 
     rare earth materials are available.
       (4) A strategy or plan to encourage the use of rare earth 
     materials mined, refined, processed, melted, or sintered in 
     the United States, or from trusted allies, including an 
     assessment of the best acquisition practices (which shall 
     include an analysis of best value contracting methods) to 
     ensure the viability of trusted suppliers of rare earth 
     materials to meet national security needs.
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