[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7683]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4218. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. Hassan) 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 C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 838. MAINTENANCE OF CRITICAL SUPPLY LINES.

       (a) Addition of Certain Items to List of High-priority 
     Goods and Services for Analyses, Recommendations, and Actions 
     Related to Sourcing and Industrial Capacity.--Section 849(c) 
     of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(14) Unmanned aerial systems.''.
       (b) Designation of Critical Technology Areas.--Section 
     217(b)(2) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) 
     is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the semicolon and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) a strategy to support domestic manufacturing and 
     industrial base capabilities to support future defense 
     requirements;''.
       (c) Comptroller General Report on Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense for Industrial Base Policy.--
       (1) Briefing and report.--Not later than 270 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
     the United States shall brief the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on 
     the Comptroller General's preliminary findings related to the 
     topics set forth in paragraph (2). The Comptroller General 
     shall submit to such committees a report with a final 
     description and assessment of such topics at an agreed upon 
     date.
       (2) Topics covered.--The topics referred to under paragraph 
     (1) are as follows:
       (A) The strategy, effectiveness, and responsibilities of 
     the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base 
     Policy.
       (B) The efforts of the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Research and Engineering and the Under Secretary of Defense 
     for Acquisition and Sustainment to assess the manufacturing 
     and procurement of critical materials, including describing 
     the offices and individuals that are responsible for 
     identifying critical materials supply chain shortfalls, how 
     such shortfalls are identified, and any variation in methods 
     used across the Department of Defense.
       (C) The efforts of the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Research and Engineering and the Under Secretary of Defense 
     for Acquisition and Sustainment to implement procedures to 
     protect supply chains for critical programs and technologies 
     and disseminate that information to other appropriate Federal 
     agencies and organizations.
       (D) Such other matters as the Comptroller General 
     determines appropriate.
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