Sec. 101. Authorization to assist United States companies with global supply chain diversification and management
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The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized to establish a program to facilitate the contracting by United States embassies for the professional services of qualified experts, on a reimbursable fee for service basis, to assist interested United States persons and business entities with supply chain management issues related to the PRC, including— exiting from the PRC market or relocating certain production facilities to locations outside the PRC; diversifying sources of inputs, and other efforts to diversify supply chains to locations outside of the PRC; navigating legal, regulatory, or other challenges in the course of the activities described in paragraphs
(1)and (2); and identifying alternative markets for production or sourcing outside of the PRC, including through providing market intelligence, facilitating contact with reliable local partners as appropriate, and other services. The persons hired to perform the services described in subsection
(a)shall— be under the authority of the United States Chief of Mission in the country in which they are hired, in accordance with existing United States laws; coordinate with Department of State and Department of Commerce officers; and coordinate with United States missions and relevant local partners in other countries as needed to carry out the services described in subsection (a). The services described in subsection
(a)shall be prioritized to assisting micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises. There is authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2027 for the purposes of carrying out this section. None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section may be provided to an entity— under the foreign ownership, control, or influence of the Government of China or the Chinese Communist Party, or other foreign adversary; or determined to have beneficial ownership from foreign individuals subject to the jurisdiction, direction, or influence of foreign adversaries. The terms foreign ownership, control, or influence and FOCI have the meanings given those terms in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (DOD 5220.22–M), or a successor document.