Sec. 887. Study and report on shipping containers and specialty shipping containers
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, a report that contains the results of a study on— the national security implications of reliance on shipping containers and specialty shipping containers produced by foreign adversary countries to meet national defense requirements; and the feasibility and advisability of production of shipping containers and specialty shipping containers by covered countries for procurement by the Department of Defense.
The report required by subsection
(a)shall include— an assessment of the ability of the Secretary of Defense to procure shipping containers and specialty shipping containers from sources other than foreign adversary countries, including— any barriers faced by the Secretary for such procurement, along with recommendations to mitigate such barriers; and a timetable for such procurement; in coordination with entities in the domestic defense industrial base, an assessment of requirements for shipping containers and specialty shipping containers that could be produced in a covered country or which could be acquired from allied or partner countries, including an assessment of the capabilities and capacities of the workforce of the domestic defense industrial base, supply chain considerations, and the impact on the economy of the United States; an assessment how an alternative source for procurement of specialty shipping containers would affect defense systems requiring specialty shipping containers, particularly in the event of a crisis; and any other relevant considerations, as jointly determined by the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Transportation. The report required under subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. In this section: The term covered country means the United States or an ally or partner country. The term foreign adversary country means a country specified in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code. The term shipping container has the meaning given the term container in section 80501 of title 46, United States Code. The term specialty shipping container means a shipping container that is uniquely configured to support and protect items contained during handling, storage, unpacking, and forward and return shipment, or to protect personnel and equipment from hazardous contents.