Text of Senate Amendment 6640

On 2026-07-13, Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6640" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6640

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3840-S3844] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6640. Mr. SCHMITT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following: SEC. 10__. AMERICAN SUPPLY CHAIN SOVEREIGNTY INITIATIVE. (a) Findings.--Congress finds that-- (1) the infiltration and influence of global maritime logistics networks by state-directed entities, specifically platforms such as the national transportation logistics public information platform (commonly known as ``LOGINK'') and entities identified under section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note; Public Law 116-283), constitutes a direct and immediate threat to United States national security and Department of Defense mobilization capabilities; (2) the velocity and security of maritime terminals are essential matters of interstate commerce and national defense, requiring a unified, secure Federal data architecture; and (3) the American Supply Chain Sovereignty Initiative is explicitly intended to serve as a neutral, federally protected public utility that-- (A) preserves free-market autonomy; (B) protects confidential business information of United States businesses of all sizes; and (C) ensures the United States military and domestic workforce cannot be undermined by foreign logistics platforms. (b) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Commercial intermediary.--The term ``commercial intermediary'' means-- (A) a third-party logistics provider; (B) a customs broker; and (C) a freight forwarder. (2) Country of concern.--The term ``country of concern'' means a covered nation (as defined in section 4872(f) of title 10, United States Code). (3) Covered logistics platform.--The term ``covered logistics platform'' means a logistics software, terminal operating system, or data aggregation platform that the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Commander of the United States Transportation Command, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, identifies as being owned by, systemically integrated with, or utilizing proprietary software licensed by an entity that is-- (A) identified pursuant to section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note; Public Law 116-283); (B) included on the Entity List maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor list); or (C) identified as-- (i) a country of concern; or (ii) an entity subject to the jurisdiction, direction, or control of a country of concern. (4) CTPAT.--The term ``CTPAT'' means the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism established under subtitle B of title II of the SAFE Port Act (6 U.S.C. 961 et seq.). (5) Declared national emergency.--The term ``declared national emergency'' means an emergency or major disaster that has been formally declared by the President pursuant to existing statutory authority, including-- (A) a national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); (B) an emergency declared by the President under section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191); (C) a major disaster declared by the President under section 401 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 5170); or (D) a public health emergency declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d). (6) Initiative.--The term ``Initiative'' means the American Supply Chain Sovereignty Initiative established under subsection (c). [[Page S3841]] (7) Marine terminal operator.--The term ``marine terminal operator'' has the meaning given the term in section 40102 of title 46, United States Code. (8) Ocean common carrier.--The term ``ocean common carrier'' has the meaning given the term in section 40102 of title 46, United States Code. (9) Operational tier member.--The term ``operational tier member'' means a participant described in any of clauses (i) through (xi) of subsection (g)(1)(B). (10) Participant.--The term ``participant'' means any individual or entity participating in the Initiative in accordance with subsection (e)(2)(A). (11) Participant tier member.--The term ``participant tier member'' means any participant in the Initiative that is not an operational tier member. (12) Participating.--The term ``participating'', with respect to an individual or entity, means that the individual or entity is participating in the Initiative in accordance with subsection (e)(2)(A). (13) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Transportation. (c) Establishment.-- (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the United States Trade Representative, and the Federal Maritime Commission, shall establish a program, to be known as the ``American Supply Chain Sovereignty Initiative''. (2) Requirement.--The Initiative shall build on the Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) program to encompass both containerized and bulk freight shipments, for imports and exports, in accordance with the phased deployment authority established under subsection (g)(5). (d) Integration of Data.-- (1) Authority.--The Secretary may collect and integrate-- (A) voluntary confidential business information provided by private sector supply chain entities, including agricultural producers, energy producers, manufacturers, third-party logistics providers, commodity traders, ocean common carriers, and commercial providers of meteorological, geospatial, and navigational data; (B) public sector administrative and physical domain data, including customs data, inbound and outbound vessel manifests, cross-border intermodal manifests, inland waterway infrastructure data, export control data, agricultural shipment flows and transportation market datasets maintained by the Agricultural Marketing Service, and meteorological, hydrographic, and geospatial data; and (C) advanced statistical and predictive models. (2) Objective.--The integrated data under paragraph (1) shall be utilized to reduce inflationary pressures, optimize routing alternatives, maximize the throughput capacity of existing physical infrastructure, deter domestic cargo theft, support the rapid movement of essential cargo, and counter the integration and influence of covered logistics platforms in United States supply chains by restricting such platforms and affiliated entities from the expedited service tier established under subsection (f) while permitting baseline data integration to preserve macroscopic network visibility. (3) Protection of personally identifiable information.-- (A) In general.--Nothing in this subsection authorizes the collection, storage, or analysis of personally identifiable information regarding any individual. (B) Operational tier members.-- (i) In general.--To support operational utility, asset- level data strictly limited to freight-carrying conveyances such as shipping containers, trailers, intermodal chassis, railcars, and vessels, and explicitly excluding terminal handling equipment, may be retained and shared in its granular form strictly with operational tier members under subsection (g)(1). (ii) Requirement.--The collection, retention, or sharing of individual telematics or geospatial tracking of terminal handling equipment is strictly prohibited, but the reporting of aggregated terminal capacity metrics or overall equipment availability status is permitted strictly for the purpose of predictive operational modeling and network forecasting shared with operational tier members under subsection (g)(1). (C) Participant tier members.--Data disseminated to participant tier members shall be appropriately anonymized and aggregated. (4) Mandatory cybersecurity and zero-trust integration.-- The Secretary shall ensure that the entire digital architecture of the Initiative conforms strictly to Federal zero-trust architecture mandates and incorporates rigorous logical network segmentation, boundary defenses, and continuous automated data cleansing protocols designed to completely eliminate lateral network movement, cross-domain vulnerabilities, or unauthorized executable code, particularly across interfaces accessible by participant tier members. (e) Prohibition on Operational Execution and Conditions for Expedited Service.-- (1) Prohibition on mandates.--Except as authorized under section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4511), nothing in this section provides any authority to the Secretary to mandate physical operational execution across the general supply chain, including any authority-- (A) to require reservations for berths or gates; (B) to assign specific vessels to specific terminals; or (C) to interfere with the commercial rights of participants to negotiate pricing or operational schedules. (2) Affirmation of voluntary participation.-- (A) In general.--Participation in the Initiative, including the data-sharing framework under subsection (g), shall be voluntary, subject to the condition that any individual or entity electing to participate shall-- (i) comply with the proportional, reciprocal data-sharing requirements established by the Secretary for the spe