[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5312]
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  SA 5834. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO 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 C of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 848. 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 30 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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