[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2087. Mr. CORNYN 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. ___. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR 
                   TECHNOLOGIES AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES.

       (a) RDT&E Efforts.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security, work with the private sector through a 
     public-private partnership to incentivize the formation of a 
     consortium of United States companies to ensure the 
     development and production of advanced, measurably secure 
     microelectronics for use by the Department of Defense, the 
     intelligence community, critical infrastructure sectors, and 
     other national security applications. The consortium so 
     formed must be capable of producing microelectronics 
     consistent with security standards required by section 224 of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
     (Public Law 116-92).
       (2) Discharge.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out 
     paragraph (1) jointly through the Office of the Under 
     Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the 
     Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
     Sustainment, or such other component of the Department of 
     Defense as the Secretary considers appropriate.
       (3) Other initiatives.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     dedicate initiatives within the Department of Defense to 
     advance radio frequency, mixed signal, radiation tolerant, 
     and radiation hardened microelectronics that support national 
     security and dual-use applications.
       (b) DPA Efforts.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
     Congress a report on, and shall commence implementation of, a 
     plan for use by the Department of Defense of authorities 
     available in title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 
     (50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.) to establish and enhance a domestic 
     production capability for semiconductor technologies and 
     related technologies, if funding is available for that 
     purpose.
       (2) Consultation.--The President shall develop the plan 
     required by paragraph (1) in consultation with the Secretary 
     of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
     Commerce, and appropriate stakeholders in the private sector.
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