[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3264]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1834. Ms. HASSAN 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN INTELLIGENCE CENTER.

       (a) Definition of Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In 
     this section, the term ``appropriate congressional 
     committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate;
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
       (3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
       (4) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
     of the Senate;
       (5) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;
       (6) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (7) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (8) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (9) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (10) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (b) Requirement to Submit Report.--Not later than 1 year 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
     National Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 
     State, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of 
     Commerce, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a classified report, which may include an 
     unclassified summary, that assesses the viability of a 
     national supply chain intelligence center to consolidate and 
     coordinate Federal supply chain intelligence efforts and 
     coordinate with industry stakeholders.
       (c) Elements of the Report.--The report submitted under 
     subsection (b) shall--
       (1) identify existing supply chain intelligence efforts and 
     capabilities, including those focused on foreign investment 
     risks, across the Federal Government;
       (2) identify existing supply chain intelligence efforts and 
     capabilities in the private sector, including efforts by 
     information sharing and analysis centers, information sharing 
     and analysis organizations, systemic analysis and research 
     centers, and cybersecurity intelligence firms;
       (3) identify continuing gaps between, and opportunities 
     for, greater integration of national supply chain 
     intelligence efforts among--
       (A) Federal agencies;
       (B) State, local, Tribal, and territorial entities; and
       (C) the private sector in its role of securing critical 
     supply chains;
       (4) identify any gaps in intelligence support to the 
     Department of Commerce and recommend options to provide any 
     necessary and appropriate support, such as by adding 
     appropriate offices within the Department of Commerce to the 
     definition of the term ``intelligence community'' in section 
     3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003) and 
     expanding hiring authorities of the Department of Commerce in 
     a manner comparable to that of other elements of the 
     intelligence community;
       (5) assess areas where existing Federal supply chain 
     intelligence centers, or portions of a center's mission, such 
     as those examining foreign investment risks, would benefit 
     from greater integration or collocation to support cross-
     governmental collaboration and collaboration with critical 
     infrastructure operators;
       (6) identify facility needs for a national supply chain 
     intelligence center to adequately host personnel, maintain 
     sensitive compartmented information facilities, and other 
     resources to fulfill its mission as the primary center for 
     supply chain intelligence in the Federal Government and the 
     integrator of public-private efforts to create, analyze, and 
     disseminate supply chain intelligence products;
       (7) assess the resources, funding, and personnel required 
     for a national supply chain intelligence center to fulfill 
     its mission as the primary center for supply chain 
     intelligence in the Federal Government and an integrator of 
     public-private efforts to create, analyze, and disseminate 
     supply chain intelligence products;
       (8) assess continuing gaps and limitations in the ability 
     of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to 
     provide for greater centralization of Federal Government 
     supply chain intelligence efforts, including whether to 
     create national intelligence officer and national 
     intelligence manager positions for national supply chain 
     security;
       (9) assess continuing limitations or hurdles in the 
     security clearance program for private sector partners and in 
     integrating private sector partners into a national supply 
     chain intelligence center;
       (10) assess continuing limitations or hurdles in 
     downgrading intelligence from a higher to lower level of 
     classification, or creating tear lines for private sector 
     partners; and
       (11) recommend procedures and criteria for increasing and 
     expanding the participation and integration of public- and 
     private-sector personnel into Federal Government supply chain 
     intelligence efforts.
       (d) Plan.--Upon submitting the report under subsection (b), 
     the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with 
     the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, 
     the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the 
     Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Commerce, 
     may submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     classified plan, which may include an unclassified summary, 
     to establish a national supply chain intelligence center, if 
     appropriate, or to implement other mechanisms for improving 
     supply chain intelligence coordination and sharing among 
     Federal departments and agencies and to provide direct supply 
     chain intelligence support to the private sector.
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