[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 18, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S2581]
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SA 1501. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for
Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to
establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and
report on economic security, science, research, innovation,
manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain
resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. REPORT ON ACHIEVING SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPARENCY.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection shall submit to Congress a report that--
(1) assesses how limited supply chain visibility hinders
the ability of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify
and conduct enforcement actions with respect to articles
imported in violation of the customs and trade laws of the
United States, including articles produced with forced labor
or with respect to which unfair subsidies were provided;
(2) identifies the types of information U.S. Customs and
Border Protection would require to achieve supply chain
transparency;
(3) identifies the parties who would be required to submit
those types of information to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection;
(4) assesses how U.S. Customs and Border Protection would
store and utilize that information; and
(5) provides estimates of the costs to collect, store, and
utilize that information.
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