[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3713]
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  SA 2265. Mr. CASSIDY 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1085. STUDIES ON USE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES BY U.S. 
                   CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AND DEPARTMENT OF 
                   ENERGY.

       (a) Study.--The head of each covered agency shall carry out 
     a study, in consultation with appropriate private sector 
     stakeholders and the heads of other Federal agencies, with 
     respect to--
       (1) the status of implementation and internal use of 
     emerging technologies, including blockchain technology and 
     other innovative technologies, within the agency;
       (2) how applications of blockchain technology, cloud and 
     edge computing, and other innovative technologies can--
       (A) make the data analysis of the agency more efficient and 
     effective; and
       (B) be used to support strategic initiatives of the agency; 
     and
       (3) in the case of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, how 
     blockchain technology, cloud and edge computing, and other 
     innovative technologies can be further leveraged to improve 
     the informed compliance model of the agency and enhance the 
     transparency of supply chains.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the head of each covered agency shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     to containing--
       (1) all findings and determinations made in carrying out 
     the study required under subsection (a); and
       (2) any recommendations identified in carrying out the 
     study for using blockchain technology and other innovative 
     technologies with respect to United States efforts--
       (A) to combat money laundering and other forms of illicit 
     finance; and
       (B) to detect and deter trade-based money laundering, the 
     distribution of counterfeit goods, and goods made with 
     convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) with respect to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
     the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
     House of Representatives; and
       (B) with respect to the Department of Energy, the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Covered agency.--The term ``covered agency'' means U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Energy.
       (3) Informed compliance model.--The term ``informed 
     compliance model'' means a model based on shared 
     responsibility between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and 
     importers under which--
       (A) U.S. Customs and Border Protection effectively 
     communicates its requirements to importers; and
       (B) importers conduct their activities in accordance with 
     those requirements and the statutes and regulations of the 
     United States.
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