Sec. 72002. Supply chain database and toolkit
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall establish a database and online toolkit under which— United States businesses may voluntarily submit to the Secretary information on— the products produced by such businesses in the United States, which may be finished goods or inputs for other goods; the inputs required for such products, which may include, with respect to such an input— the specific geographic location of the production of the input, including if the input is sourced from the United States or a foreign country; the business name of a supplier of the input; information related to perceived or realized challenges in securing the input; information related to the suspected vulnerabilities or implications of a disruption in securing the input, whether related to national security or the effect on the United States business; or in the case of an input sourced from a foreign country, information on— why the input is sourced from a foreign country rather than in the United States; and if the United States business would be interested in identifying an alternative produced in the United States;
United States businesses may request and receive contact information or general information about a United States source or a foreign source for an input; United States businesses are able to specify— what information can be shared with other United States businesses; what information should be shared only with the Department of Commerce; and what information could be submitted to Congress or made available to the public; and the Secretary makes information provided under this paragraph available, subject to subparagraph (C), to enable other United States businesses to identify inputs for their products produced in the United States.
The Secretary shall— provide the database and online toolkit established under paragraph
(1)on a publicly available website of the Department of Commerce; and ensure that the database and online toolkit are— searchable and filterable according to the type of information; and presented in a user-friendly format. Information submitted to the Secretary in relation to the database and online toolkit established under paragraph (1)— may not be considered public records and shall be exempt from any Federal law relating to public disclosure requirements; and may not be subject to discovery or admission as public information or evidence in judicial or administrative proceedings without the consent of the United States business that submitted the information. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes— an assessment of the effectiveness of the database and online toolkit established under paragraph (1), including statistics regarding the number of new entries, total businesses involved, and any change in participation rate during the preceding 180-day period; recommendations for additional actions to improve the database and online toolkit and participation in the database and online toolkit; and such other information as the Secretary considers appropriate. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall post on a publicly available website of the Department of Commerce a report that sets forth— general statistics related to foreign and domestic sourcing of inputs used by United States businesses; an estimate of the percentage of total inputs used by United States businesses obtained from foreign countries; data on such inputs disaggregated by industry, geographical location, and size of operation; and a description of the methodology used to calculate the statistics and estimates required by this paragraph. The Secretary shall carry out a national public outreach campaign— to educate United States businesses about the existence of the database and online toolkit established under subsection (a); and to facilitate and encourage the participation of such businesses in the database and online toolkit. In carrying out the campaign under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— establish an advertising and outreach program directed to businesses, industries, State and local agencies, chambers of commerce, and labor organizations— to facilitate understanding of the value of an aggregated demand mapping system; and to advertise that the database and online toolkit established under subsection
(a)are available for that purpose; notify appropriate State agencies not later than 10 days after the date of the enactment of this Act regarding the development of the database and online toolkit; and post a notice on a publicly available website of the Department of Commerce and establish a social media awareness campaign to advertise the database and online toolkit. In carrying out the campaign under paragraph (1), the Secretary may coordinate with other Federal agencies and State or local agencies as appropriate. The Secretary shall include in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) specific identification, as a budgetary line item, of the amounts required to carry out the campaign under paragraph (1). Amounts appropriated to carry out this subsection may not be commingled with any other amounts appropriated to the Department of Commerce. The Secretary — shall, to the maximum extent practicable, construct the database and online toolkit required by subsection (a), and related analytical features, using expertise within the Department of Commerce; and may, as appropriate, adopt new technologies and hire additional employees to carry out this section. If the activities described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of paragraph
(1)cannot be completed without the employment of contractors, the Secretary should seek to minimize the number of contractors and the scope of the contract. This section shall terminate on September 30, 2025.