Sec. 137. Development of data and policy recommendations for improved domestic supply chain resiliency
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Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (referred to in this section as the National Academies ) under which the National Academies will conduct a study on— tools and processes for the Federal Government to collect comprehensive data on supply chains across sectors for use in strengthening the resiliency of domestic supply chains, including recommendations for maintaining confidentiality of responses from companies, protections of proprietary information, and ways of collecting such data that would not be burdensome for respondents to ensure wide industry participation; ways in which such data should be updated on a regular basis and accessible for research and evaluation purposes for the Federal Government; the development of policies and procedures for the Federal Government to use data on supply chains for activities to strengthen the resiliency of domestic supply chains, including the use of data— to identify and respond to shortages in materials or services caused by natural disasters and other emergencies; to provide early warning of vulnerabilities in supply chains; to facilitate the growth of new industries by identifying firms whose capabilities could contribute to the supply chains of these new industries; to research effective ways of selecting and managing suppliers, including methods of evaluating a supplier’s total cost of ownership or total value contribution; to coordinate domestic supply chains for the purposes of achieving Buy America and Buy American Federal requirements and domestic manufacturing requirements for federally funded intellectual property included in the chapter 18 of title 35, United States Code (commonly known as the Bayh-Dole Act ), and Stevenson-Wydler Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.); and to reshore companies critical to domestic supply chain resiliency in critical materials and technologies; recommendations on types of data useful to Federal Government policies and procedures for strengthening the resiliency of domestic supply chains; and models for establishing and maintaining networks critical to resilient domestic supply chains to ensure the collection and use of data that may be made up of stakeholders that may include— private firms; institutions of higher education; labor and community organizations; trade associations; lenders and investors; and Federal, State, and local agencies.
In carrying out the study required by subsection (a), the National Academies shall coordinate with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, including the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and such others as the National Academies considers necessary to carry out the study.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the President and the appropriate congressional committees an initial report that includes— the findings of the National Academies with respect to the study conducted under subsection (a); and such recommendations as the National Academies may have for legislative or administrative action to improve the collection and use of data to strengthen the resiliency of domestic supply chains across industry sectors.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the President and the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive report on the findings of the National Academies with respect to the study required by subsection (a). The reports submitted to the appropriate congressional committees under subsections
(b)and
(c)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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Sec. 137
Development of data and policy recommendations for improved domestic supply chain resiliency
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