[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S160-S161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4899. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Peters) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 2201, to manage supply chain risk through counterintelligence 
training, and for other purposes; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Supply Chain Security 
     Training Act of 2021''.

     SEC. 2. TRAINING PROGRAM TO MANAGE SUPPLY CHAIN RISK.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General 
     Services, through the Federal Acquisition Institute, shall 
     develop a training program for officials with supply chain 
     risk management responsibilities at Federal agencies.
       (b) Content.--The training program shall be designed to 
     prepare such personnel to perform supply chain risk 
     management activities and identify and mitigate supply chain 
     security risks that arise throughout the acquisition 
     lifecycle, including for the acquisition of information and 
     communications technology. The training program shall--
       (1) include, considering the protection of classified and 
     other sensitive information, information on current, specific 
     supply chain security threats and vulnerabilities; and
       (2) be updated as determined to be necessary by the 
     Administrator.
       (c) Coordination and Consultation.--In developing and 
     determining updates to the training program, the 
     Administrator shall--
       (1) coordinate with the Federal Acquisition Security 
     Council, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director 
     of the Office of Personnel Management; and
       (2) consult with the Director of the Department of 
     Defense's Defense Acquisition University, the Director of 
     National Intelligence, and the Director of the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology.
       (d) Guidance.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the training 
     program is developed under subsection (a), the Director of 
     the Office of Management and Budget shall promulgate guidance 
     to Federal agencies requiring executive agency adoption and 
     use of the training program. Such guidance shall--
       (A) allow executive agencies to incorporate the training 
     program into existing agency training programs; and

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       (B) provide guidance on how to identify executive agency 
     officials with supply chain risk management responsibilities.
       (2) Availability.--The Director of the Office of Management 
     and Budget shall make the guidance promulgated under 
     paragraph (1) available to Federal agencies of the 
     legislative and judicial branches.

     SEC. 3. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM.

       Not later than 180 days after the completion of the first 
     course, and annually thereafter for the next three years, the 
     Administrator of General Services shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees and leadership a report 
     on implementation of the training program required under 
     section 2.

     SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees and leadership.--
     The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; 
     and
       (B) the Committee on Oversight and Reform and the Committee 
     on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Information and communications technology.--The term 
     ``information and communications technology'' has the meaning 
     given the term in section 4713(k) of title 41, United States 
     Code.
       (3) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United 
     States Code.
       (4) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' means any 
     agency, committee, commission, office, or other establishment 
     in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the 
     Federal Government.
       (5) Training program.--The term ``training program'' means 
     the training program developed pursuant to section 2(a).

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