[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8125]
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  SA 4613. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Ms. Rosen) 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 G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. ACTIONS TO INCREASE AND STABILIZE THE SUPPLY OF 
                   MICROELECTRONICS FOR UNITED STATES COMPUTER 
                   NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED (CNC) MANUFACTURING 
                   BASE.

       The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce 
     shall--
       (1) take immediate action to increase and stabilize the 
     supply of microelectronics available to the United States 
     computer numerically controlled (CNC) manufacturing base in 
     order to sustain critical defense programs and the defense 
     industrial base; and
       (2) not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, jointly provide a briefing to the Committees on 
     Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
     on efforts to carry out paragraph (1).
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