PROMOTING RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAINS ACT OF 2025

On 2025-04-28, Representative John James (R-MI-10) delivered a floor speech titled "PROMOTING RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAINS ACT OF 2025" in the House.

PROMOTING RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAINS ACT OF 2025

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 70 (Monday, April 28, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 70 (Monday, April 28, 2025)] [House] [Pages H1653-H1657] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] {time} 1600 PROMOTING RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAINS ACT OF 2025 Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2444) to establish a critical supply chain resiliency and crisis response program in the Department of Commerce, and to secure American leadership in deploying emerging technologies, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 2444 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the ``Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INDUSTRY AND ANALYSIS. In addition to the responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall have the following responsibilities: (1) Promote the stability and resilience of critical supply chains and critical and emerging technologies that strengthen the national security of the United States. (2) Lead the Working Group established pursuant to section 3 and consult covered nongovernmental representatives, industry, institutions of higher education, and State and local governments in order to-- (A) promote resilient critical supply chains; and (B) identify, prepare for, and respond to supply chain shocks to-- (i) critical industries; (ii) critical supply chains; and (iii) critical and emerging technologies. (3) Encourage the growth and competitiveness of United States production and manufacturing in the United States of emerging technologies. (4) Assess the resilience, diversity, and strength of critical supply chains and critical and emerging technologies. (5) In consultation with the Secretary of State and the United States Trade Representative, support the availability of critical goods from domestic manufacturers, domestic enterprises, and manufacturing operations in countries that are allies or key international partner nations. (6) Assist the Federal Government in preparing for and responding to supply chain shocks to critical supply chains, including by improving flexible manufacturing capacities and capabilities in the United States. (7) Consistent with United States obligations under international agreements, encourage and incentivize the reduced reliance of domestic enterprises and domestic manufacturers on critical goods from countries that are described in section 7(2)(B). (8) Encourage the relocation of manufacturing facilities that manufacture critical goods from countries that are described in section 7(2)(B) to the United States and countries that are allies or key international partner nations to strengthen the resilience, diversity, and strength of critical supply chains. SEC. 3. CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE WORKING GROUP. (a) Establishment.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall establish a working group to be known as the ``Supply Chain Resilience Working Group'' (in this title referred to as the ``Working Group'') composed of the Federal agencies that rely upon the Industry and Analysis Business unit analysis, including agencies enumerated in subsection (c). (b) Activities.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall carry out the following activities: (1) In consultation with the Working Group-- (A) assessing, mapping, and modeling critical supply chains, including for critical and emerging technologies, which may include-- (i) modeling the impact of supply chain shocks on critical industries (including for critical and emerging technologies), and critical supply chains; (ii) assessing the demand for and supply of critical goods, production equipment, and manufacturing technology needed for critical supply chains, including critical goods, production equipment, and manufacturing technology obtained by or purchased from a person outside of the United States or imported into the United States; and (iii) assessing manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, and distribution related to critical supply chains; (B) identifying high priority gaps and vulnerabilities in critical supply chains and critical industries (including critical industries for critical and emerging technologies) that-- (i) exist as of the date of the enactment of this Act; or (ii) are anticipated to occur after the date of the enactment of this Act; (C) identifying potential supply chain shocks to a critical supply chain that may disrupt, strain, or eliminate the critical supply chain; (D) evaluating the capability and capacity of domestic manufacturers or manufacturers located in countries that are allies or key international partner nations to serve as sources for critical goods, production equipment, or manufacturing technology needed in critical supply chains; (E) evaluating the effect on market stability that may result from the disruption, strain, or elimination of a critical supply chain; (F) evaluating the state of the manufacturing workforce, including by-- [[Page H1654]] (i) identifying the needs of domestic manufacturers; and (ii) identifying opportunities to create high-quality manufacturing jobs; and (G) identifying and describing necessary tools, including commercially available risk assessment tools, that leverage data and industry expertise to provide insights into critical supply chain vulnerabilities, including how such tools fulfill the requirements described in subparagraphs (A) through (F). (2) In consultation with State and local governments, the Working Group, and (as appropriate) countries that are allies or key international partner nations-- (A) identifying opportunities to reduce gaps and vulnerabilities in critical supply chains and critical industries; (B) encouraging consultation between the Federal Government, industry, covered nongovernmental representatives, institutions of higher education, and State and local governments to-- (i) better respond to supply chain shocks to critical supply chains and critical industries (including critical industries for emerging technologies); and (ii) coordinate response efforts to supply chain shocks; (C) encouraging consultation between the Federal Government and the governments of countries that are allies or key international partner nations; (D) identifying opportunities to build the capacity of the United States in critical supply chains, critical industries, and emerging technologies; (E) identifying opportunities to build the capacity of countries that are allies or key international partner nations in critical industries (including critical industries for emerging technologies) and critical supply chains; and (F) developing and assessing contingency plans and coordination mechanisms to improve the response of critical supply chains and critical industries to supply chain shocks. (c) Working Group Membership.--The Working Group shall include a representative from each Federal agency that relies on the analysis of the Industry and Analysis business unit, including-- (1) the Department of State; (2) the Department of Defense; (3) the Department of Homeland Security; (4) the Department of Transportation; (5) the Department of Energy; (6) the Department of Agriculture; (7) the Department of the Interior; (8) the Department of Health and Human Services; (9) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and (10) the Small Business Administration. (d) Designations.--The Assistant Secretary shall-- (1) not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, designate-- (A) critical industries; (B) critical supply chains; and (C) critical goods; (2) provide for a period of public comment and review in carrying out paragraph (1); and (3) update the designations made pursuant to paragraph (1) not less frequently than once every 4 years, including designations for technologies that are not described in section 7(12)(B) that the Assistant Secretary considers necessary. (e) Implementation Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress a report that-- (1) details supply chain activities, including applicable activities described in subsection (b) and responsibilities described in section 2, that the Assistant Secretary has conducted over the past year; (2) describes supply chain data collected, retained, and analyzed by the Assistant Secretary over the past year; (3) identifies and describes necessary tools, including commercially available risk assessment tools, that leverage data and industry expertise to provide insights into critical supply chain vulnerabilities, including how such tools fulfill each responsibility described in subsection (b); (4) identifies and describes all Federal agencies with authorities or responsibilities described in subsection (b); and (5) identifies Federal agencies, programs, and bureaus with duplicative purposes to fulfill any of the authorities or responsibilities described in subsection (b). (f) National Strategy and Review on Critical Supply Chain Resiliency and Manufacturing in the United States.-- (1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Working Group, covered nongovernmental representatives, industries, institutions of higher education, and State and local governments, shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress a report that-- (A) identifies-- (i) critical infrastructure that may assist in fulfilling the responsibilit

Referenced legislation: HR2444, HR2444