[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7894-S7895]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4372. Mr. PORTMAN 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. CRITICAL DOMAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

       (a) In General.--Subtitle H of title VIII of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 890B. HOMELAND SECURITY CRITICAL DOMAIN RESEARCH AND 
                   DEVELOPMENT.

       ``(a) In General.--
       ``(1) Research and development.--The Secretary is 
     authorized to conduct research and development to--
       ``(A) identify United States critical domains for economic 
     security and homeland security; and
       ``(B) evaluate the extent to which disruption, corruption, 
     exploitation, or dysfunction of any of such domain poses a 
     substantial threat to homeland security.
       ``(2) Requirements.--
       ``(A) Risk analysis of critical domains.--The research 
     under paragraph (1) shall include a risk analysis of each 
     identified United States critical domain for economic 
     security to determine the degree to which

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     there exists a present or future threat to homeland security 
     in the event of disruption, corruption, exploitation, or 
     dysfunction to such domain. Such research shall consider, to 
     the extent possible, the following:
       ``(i) The vulnerability and resilience of relevant supply 
     chains.
       ``(ii) Foreign production, processing, and manufacturing 
     methods.
       ``(iii) Influence of malign economic actors.
       ``(iv) Asset ownership.
       ``(v) Relationships within the supply chains of such 
     domains.
       ``(vi) The degree to which the conditions referred to in 
     clauses (i) through (v) would place such a domain at risk of 
     disruption, corruption, exploitation, or dysfunction.
       ``(B) Additional research into high-risk critical 
     domains.--Based on the identification and risk analysis of 
     United States critical domains for economic security pursuant 
     to paragraph (1) and subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, 
     respectively, the Secretary may conduct additional research 
     into those critical domains, or specific elements thereof, 
     with respect to which there exists the highest degree of a 
     present or future threat to homeland security in the event of 
     disruption, corruption, exploitation, or dysfunction to such 
     a domain. For each such high-risk domain, or element thereof, 
     such research shall--
       ``(i) describe the underlying infrastructure and processes;
       ``(ii) analyze present and projected performance of 
     industries that comprise or support such domain;
       ``(iii) examine the extent to which the supply chain of a 
     product or service necessary to such domain is concentrated, 
     either through a small number of sources, or if multiple 
     sources are concentrated in one geographic area;
       ``(iv) examine the extent to which the demand for supplies 
     of goods and services of such industries can be fulfilled by 
     present and projected performance of other industries, 
     identify strategies, plans, and potential barriers to expand 
     the supplier industrial base, and identify the barriers to 
     the participation of such other industries;
       ``(v) consider each such domain's performance capacities in 
     stable economic environments, adversarial supply conditions, 
     and under crisis economic constraints;
       ``(vi) identify and define needs and requirements to 
     establish supply resiliency within each such domain; and
       ``(vii) consider the effects of sector consolidation, 
     including foreign consolidation, either through mergers or 
     acquisitions, or due to recent geographic realignment, on 
     such industries' performances.
       ``(3) Consultation.--In conducting the research under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2)(B), the Secretary shall consult with 
     appropriate Federal agencies, including the Bureau of 
     Industry and Security at the Department of Commerce, State 
     agencies, and private sector stakeholders.
       ``(4) Publication.--Beginning 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish a 
     report containing information relating to the research under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2)(B), including findings, evidence, 
     analysis, and recommendations. Such report shall be updated 
     annually through 2026.
       ``(b) Submission to Congress.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the publication of each report required under subsection 
     (a)(4), the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
     the Senate each such report, together with a description of 
     actions the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate 
     Federal agencies, will undertake or has undertaken in 
     response to each such report.
       ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Economic security.--The term `economic security' 
     means the condition of having secure and resilient domestic 
     production capacity, combined with reliable access to the 
     global resources necessary to maintain an acceptable standard 
     of living and to protect core national values.
       ``(2) United states critical domains for economic 
     security.--The term `United States critical domains for 
     economic security' means the critical infrastructure and 
     other associated industries, technologies, and intellectual 
     property, or any combination thereof, that are essential to 
     the economic security of the United States.
       ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
     through 2026 to carry out this section.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 
     1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-
     296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 890A the following new item:
       

``Sec. 890B. Homeland security critical domain research and 
              development.''.
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