[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5114-S5115]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3362. Mr. RICKETTS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1067. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OR INPUTS ASSESSMENT.

       (a) In General.--On an annual basis, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Secretary'') shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Agriculture of the House of Representatives an assessment of 
     the dependency of the United States on agricultural products 
     or inputs that could be exploited in the event the People's 
     Republic of China weaponizes any such dependency.
       (b) Contents.--Each report under subsection (a) shall--
       (1) address, with respect to the inputs described in 
     subsection (c)--
       (A) the current domestic production capacity of each input; 
     and
       (B) the current and potential bottlenecks in the supply 
     chain for each input that could be exploited by the People's 
     Republic of China; and
       (2) contain recommendations of the Secretary, in 
     consultation with the heads of other Federal agencies, as 
     appropriate, to reduce the dependency of the United States on 
     the People's Republic of China to supply agricultural 
     products or inputs, including recommendations--

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       (A) to mitigate potential threats posed by the People's 
     Republic of China to the supply chains of each input 
     described in subsection (c);
       (B) for legislative and regulatory actions to reduce 
     barriers to onshore or nearshore production of each such 
     input;
       (C) for potential needs in United States public research 
     investment in key agricultural sectors to maintain United 
     States global leadership; and
       (D) for potential needs in United States agricultural 
     infrastructure to maintain United States global leadership in 
     producing, processing, and exporting agricultural goods.
       (c) Description of Inputs.--The inputs referred to in 
     subsection (b) include all farm management, agronomic, and 
     field-applied production inputs, including each of the 
     following:
       (1) Agricultural equipment, machinery, and technology.
       (2) Fuel.
       (3) Fertilizers.
       (4) Feed, including its components, such as vitamins, amino 
     acids, and minerals.
       (5) Veterinary drugs and vaccines.
       (6) Crop protection chemicals.
       (7) Seed.
       (8) Any other agricultural inputs, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       (d) Collection, Distribution, and Protection of 
     Information.--
       (1) Voluntary basis.--In conducting an assessment under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary shall not require any private 
     entity to provide information to the Secretary.
       (2) Aggregate data.--In the case of information provided to 
     the Secretary to conduct an assessment under subsection (a), 
     the Secretary, any other officer or employee of the 
     Department of Agriculture or agency thereof, or any other 
     person shall not--
       (A) use that information for a purpose other than the 
     development or reporting of aggregate data in a manner such 
     that the identity of the person that supplied the information 
     is not--
       (i) discernible; or
       (ii) material to the intended uses of the information; or
       (B) disclose that information to the public, unless the 
     information has been transformed into a statistical or 
     aggregate form that does not allow the identification of the 
     person that supplied particular information.
       (3) Confidentiality.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
     assessments under subsection (a) do not include any 
     information that is a trade secret or confidential 
     information subject to--
       (A) section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code; or
       (B) section 1905 of title 18, United States Code.
       (4) Immunity from disclosure.--Information provided to the 
     Secretary as part of an assessment conducted under subsection 
     (a) shall not be used by the Secretary for any purpose other 
     than to carry out that subsection.
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