Congressional Record, Volume 168 Issue 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2022)

[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S162-S163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY TRAINING ACT OF 2021

Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 153, S. 2201.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:

A bill (S. 2201) to manage supply chain risk through
counterintelligence training, and for other purposes.

There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill,
which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs, with amendments, as follows:
(The parts of the bill intended to be stricken are shown in boldface
brackets, and the parts of the bill intended to be inserted are shown
in italics.)

S. 2201

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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 [executive] 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 threats 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
(2) be updated as determined to be necessary by the
Administrator.
(c) Coordination and Consultation.--In developing 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 and the Director of
National Intelligence.
(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--
[(1)] (A) allow executive agencies to incorporate the
training program into existing agency training programs; and
[(2)] (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.

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(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.
[(4)](5) Training program.--The term ``training program''
means the training program developed pursuant to section
2(a).

Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported
amendments be withdrawn; that the Peters substitute amendment, which is
at the desk, be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be
considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The committee-reported amendments were withdrawn.
The amendment (No. 4899), in the nature of a substitute, was agreed
to, as follows:

(Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

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
(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.

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).
The bill (S. 2201), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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