Sec. 1255. Independent study on the defense industrial base of the People’s Republic of China
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Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center to conduct a study on the defense industrial base of the People’s Republic of China. The study required under subsection
(a)shall assess the resiliency and capacity of China’s defense industrial base to support its objectives in competition and conflict, including with respect to the following: The manufacturing capacity and physical plant capacity of the defense industrial base, including its ability to modernize to meet future needs. Gaps in national-security-related domestic manufacturing capabilities, including non-existent, extinct, threatened, and single-point-of-failure capabilities. Supply chains with single points of failure or limited resiliency, especially suppliers at third-tier and lower. Energy consumption and vulnerabilities. Domestic education and manufacturing workforce skills. Exclusive or dominant supply of military and civilian materiel, raw materials, or other goods (or components thereof) essential to China’s national security by the United States or United States allies and partners. The ability to meet the likely repair and new construction demands of the People’s Liberation Army in the event of a protracted conflict. The availability of substitutes or alternative sources for goods identified pursuant to paragraph (6). Recommendations for legislative, regulatory, and policy changes and other actions by the President and the heads of Federal agencies as appropriate based upon a reasoned assessment that the benefits outweigh the costs (broadly defined to include any economic, strategic, and national security benefits or costs) over the short, medium, and long-term to erode, in the event of a conflict, the ability of China’s defense industrial base to support the national objectives of China. Not later than 210 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the federally funded research and development center shall submit to the Secretary a report containing the study conducted under subsection (a). Not later than 240 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees the report submitted to the Secretary under subsection (c), without change but with any comments of the Secretary with respect to the report.