[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5111]
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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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