[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 188 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7386]
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  SA 3907. Mr. WARNOCK (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 E of title VIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 857. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP SHORTAGE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
     effects of the semiconductor chip shortage on the national 
     and economic security of the United States, including the 
     effects of the shortage on--
       (1) current defense acquisition programs; and
       (2) the ability of current and future defense acquisition 
     programs--
       (A) to use state-of the-art semiconductor capabilities; and
       (B) to incorporate state-of-the-art artificial intelligence 
     capabilities.
       (b) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a) 
     shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
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