[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5111]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5746. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Carper) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1276. STRATEGY TO ENHANCE COOPERATION WITH CANADA AND 
                   MEXICO WITH RESPECT TO THE RESILIENCY OF NORTH 
                   AMERICAN SUPPLY CHAINS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the United States Trade 
     Representative, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
     the Secretary of Commerce, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 
     and Border Protection, and the heads of other relevant 
     agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a strategy for how the United States will work 
     with the governments of Canada and Mexico to improve the 
     resiliency of North American supply chains, including by 
     reducing overdependence on, and concentration of critical 
     supply chains in, countries that are foreign adversaries of 
     the United States.
       (b) Elements.--The strategy required by subsection (a) 
     shall--
       (1) include a summary of initiatives carried out with 
     counterparts in Canada and Mexico to enhance cooperation 
     between the United States, Canada, and Mexico with respect to 
     supply chain resiliency, including through the USMCA (as 
     defined in section 3 of the United States-Mexico-Canada 
     Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 4502));
       (2) identify critical sectors for which cooperation with 
     Canada and Mexico can strengthen the resiliency of supply 
     chains; and
       (3) identify challenges to improving the resiliency of 
     supply chains.
       (c) Consultations.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the United States Trade 
     Representative shall consult with the appropriate 
     congressional committees regarding the development and 
     implementation of the strategy required by subsection (a).
       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.

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