[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1769. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. 
Schumer 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 end of title V of division B, add the following:

     SEC. 2528. NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN DATABASE.

       (a) Establishment of National Supply Chain Database.--The 
     Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology (referred to in this Act as the ``NIST'') shall 
     establish a National Supply Chain Database that will assist 
     the Nation in minimizing disruptions in the supply chain by 
     having an assessment of United States manufacturers' 
     capabilities.
       (b) Connections With State Manufacturing Extension 
     Partnerships.--
       (1) In general.--The infrastructure for the National Supply 
     Chain Database shall be created through the Hollings 
     Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program of the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology by connecting 
     the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnerships Centers 
     through the National Supply Chain Database.
       (2) National view.--The connection provided through the 
     National Supply Chain Database shall provide a national view 
     of the supply chain and enable the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology to understand whether there is a 
     need for some manufacturers to retool in some key areas to 
     meet the need of urgent products, such as defense supplies, 
     food, and medical devices, including personal protective 
     equipment.
       (3) Individual state databases.--Each State's supply chain 
     database maintained by the NIST- recognized Manufacturing 
     Extension Partnership Center within the State shall be 
     complementary in design to the National Supply Chain 
     Database.
       (c) Maintenance of National Supply Chain Database.--The 
     Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program or its 
     designee shall maintain the National Supply Chain Database as 
     an integration of the State level databases from each State's 
     Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center and may be 
     populated with information from past, current, or potential 
     Center clients.
       (d) Database Content.--
       (1) In general.--The National Supply Chain Database may--
       (A) provide basic company information;
       (B) provide an overview of capabilities, accreditations, 
     and products;
       (C) contain proprietary information; and
       (D) include other items determined necessary by the 
     Director of the NIST.
       (2) Searchable database.--The National Supply Chain 
     Database shall use the North American Industry Classification 
     System (NAICS) Codes as follows:
       (A) Sector 31-33--Manufacturing.
       (B) Sector 54--Professional, Scientific, and Technical 
     Services.
       (C) Sector 48-49--Transportation and Warehousing.
       (3) Levels.--The National Supply Chain Database shall be 
     multi-leveled as follows:
       (A) Level 1 shall have basic company information and shall 
     be available to the public.
       (B) Level 2 shall have a deeper overview into capabilities, 
     products, and accreditations and shall be available to all 
     companies that contribute to the database and agree to terms 
     of mutual disclosure.
       (C) Level 3 shall hold proprietary information.
       (4) Exempt from public disclosure.--The National Supply 
     Chain Database and any information related to it not publicly 
     released by NIST shall be exempt from public disclosure under 
     section 552 of title 5, United States Code, and access to 
     non-public content shall be limited to the contributing 
     company and Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center staff 
     who sign an appropriate non-disclosure agreement.
       (e) Rules of Construction.--
       (1) Private entities.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to require any private entity to share data with 
     the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology relating to the National Supply Chain Database.
       (2) Prohibition on new regulatory authority.--Nothing in 
     this section shall be construed to grant the Director of the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology, or the head 
     of any other Federal agency, with any authority to promulgate 
     regulations or set standards on manufacturers, based on data 
     within the National Supply Chain Database, that was not in 
     effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.
       (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated--
       (1) $31,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 to develop and launch 
     the National Supply Chain Database; and
       (2) $26,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2025 
     to maintain, update, and support Federal coordination of the 
     State supply chain databases maintained by the State 
     Manufacturing Extension Partnerships.
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