[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 120 (Tuesday, June 30, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4045-S4046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2336. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. King) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him

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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 A of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 815. NATIONAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 
                   INDUSTRIAL BASE STRATEGY.

       (a) Strategy.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and once every 4 years thereafter, 
     the President shall develop and submit to Congress a 
     comprehensive report on the national strategy for the 
     information and communications technology (ICT) industrial 
     base for the following 4-year period, or a longer period, if 
     appropriate. The report should include inputs from the 
     Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, 
     the Department of Commerce, the Department of State, the 
     Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and relevant 
     private sector entities.
       (2) Elements.--The strategy required under paragraph (1) 
     shall--
       (A) delineate a national ICT industrial base strategy 
     consistent with--
       (i) the most recent national security strategy report 
     submitted pursuant to section 108 of the National Security 
     Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043);
       (ii) the strategic plans of other relevant departments and 
     agencies of the United States; and
       (iii) other relevant national-level strategic plans;
       (B) assess the ICT industrial base, to include 
     identifying--
       (i) critical technologies, trusted components, products, 
     and materials that comprise or support the ICT industrial 
     base;
       (ii) industrial capacity of the United States, as well as 
     its allied and partner nations necessary for the manufacture 
     and development of ICT deemed critical to the United States 
     national and economic security; and
       (iii) areas of supply risk to ICT critical technologies, 
     trusted components, products, and materials that comprise or 
     support the ICT industrial base;
       (C) identify national ICT strategic priorities and estimate 
     Federal monetary and human resources necessary to fulfill 
     such priorities and areas where strategic financial 
     investment in ICT research and development is necessary for 
     national and economic security; and
       (D) assess the Federal government's structure, resourcing, 
     and authorities for evaluating ICT components, products, and 
     materials and promoting availability and integrity of trusted 
     technologies.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after developing 
     the strategy under subsection (a), the President shall submit 
     a report to the appropriate congressional committees with the 
     strategy.
       (2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee 
     on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (2) Information and communications technology.--The term 
     ``information and communications technology'' means 
     information technology and other equipment, systems, 
     technologies, or processes, for which the principal function 
     is the creation, manipulation, storage, display, receipt, 
     protection, or transmission of electronic data and 
     information, as well as any associated content.
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