[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 26, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2048. Mr. JOHNSON 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, insert the following:

     SEC. 2528. ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING LARGE POWER TRANSFORMERS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     enactment of this division, the Secretary of Energy shall 
     prepare and submit to Congress a report containing the 
     results of the assessment described in subsection (b).
       (b) Assessment.--The Secretary of Energy shall conduct an 
     assessment of existing large power transformers in the United 
     States. The assessment shall include the following:
       (1) An analysis on the country of origin of existing large 
     power transformers currently installed in the bulk power 
     system.
       (2) An assessment of the supply chain vulnerabilities of 
     large power transformers.
       (3) An assessment of the vulnerabilities of large power 
     transformers to cyber or physical attacks.
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