[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5895]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6361. Mr. TUBERVILLE 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 B of title XIV, add the following:

     SEC. 1414. REPORT ON STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS.

       (a) Finding.--Congress finds that the annex provided by the 
     Department of Defense under section 851 of the William M. 
     (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3773) did not 
     contain every element required under such section.
       (b) Report Required.--Not later than June 1, 2023, the 
     Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 
     shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report describing 
     strategic and critical materials requirements of the 
     Department of Defense, including the gaps and vulnerabilities 
     in supply chains of such materials.
       (c) Elements.--The Under Secretary shall include in the 
     report required by subsection (b) the following:
       (1) The overall annual tonnage of each strategic or 
     critical material used by the Department of Defense during 
     the 10-year period ending on December 31, 2021.
       (2) An evaluation of the benefits of a robust domestic 
     supply chain for strategic and critical materials.
       (3) An evaluation of the effects of the use of waivers by 
     the Strategic Materials Protection Board established under 
     section 187 of title 10, United States Code, on the domestic 
     supply of strategic and critical materials.
       (4) An identification of the improvements to the National 
     Defense Stockpile that are required to further ensure that 
     the Department of Defense has access to strategic and 
     critical materials, aligning the goals of the stockpile with 
     those of the Department and prioritize existing and future 
     needs for emerging technologies.
       (5) An evaluation of the domestic processing and 
     manufacturing capacity required to supply strategic and 
     critical materials to the Department of Defense, including 
     identifying, in consultation with the Director of the United 
     States Geological Survey, domestic locations of proven 
     sources of such strategic and critical materials with 
     existing commercial manufacturing capabilities.
       (6) An identification of all minerals that are strategic 
     and critical materials, and supply chains for such minerals, 
     that originate in or pass through the Russian Federation.
       (7) An evaluation of the process required to immediately 
     halt the procurement of minerals described in paragraph (6) 
     or products by the Federal Government without adversely 
     affecting national security.
       (8) Any limits on the availability of information 
     preventing or limiting the Under Secretary from fully 
     addressing an element described in paragraphs (1) through (7) 
     in the report.
       (9) Any legislative recommendations, statutory authority, 
     or appropriations necessary to improve the ability of the 
     Department to monitor and address its strategic and critical 
     materials requirements.
       (d) Form.--The report required in subsection (b) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (e) Strategic and Critical Materials Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``strategic and critical materials'' has 
     the meaning given such term in section 12 of the Strategic 
     and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h-3).
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