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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 5997. Mr. HICKENLOOPER 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 appropriate place in title XVI, insert the
following:
SEC. . PILOT PROGRAM ON SUPPLY CHAIN VISIBILITY AND
DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC SEMICONDUCTOR
STOCKPILE.
(a) Establishment of Pilot Program.—
(1) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
establish a pilot program to assess the feasibility and
advisability of improving supply chain visibility and
developing a strategic semiconductor stockpile.
(2) Duration.—The Secretary shall complete the pilot
program required by paragraph (1) not later than one year
after the date on which the Secretary commences the pilot
program under such paragraph.
(b) Identification and Stockpiling.—
(1) Identification of requirements.—Under the pilot
program required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall
identify the stockpiling requirements for microelectronic and
semiconductor components required for the production of
critical defense systems.
(2) Stockpiling.—The Secretary shall identify critical
defense systems that require uninterrupted production during
crisis, ensure visibility of the supply chain, and stockpile
microelectronic and semiconductor components of a sufficient
quantity and a sufficient quality to meet the needs of the
Department of Defense during periods of international
conflict or other crisis causing disruption to the supply
chains for such microelectronic and semiconductor components
in which the availability of such microelectronic and
semiconductor components through normal supply chains is
reduced.
(3) Management of stockpile.—The stockpile under paragraph
(2) shall be managed to ensure continued supply as
availability of components changes.
(c) Contracts With Private Entities.—
(1) In general.—In carrying out the pilot program required
by subsection (a), the Secretary shall seek to enter into a
contract with at least one eligible entity under which such
entity shall assess the stockpiling requirements for
microelectronic and semiconductor components under the pilot
program.
(2) Eligible entity defined.—In this subsection, the term
“eligible entity” means a private entity that—
(A) has a demonstrated history of—
(i) working with the Department of Defense; and
(ii) complying with the regulations of the Department;
(B) maintains a positive past performance history with
multiple contracting entities, including civilian entities
and military agencies;
(C) maintains facility security clearances commensurate
with the appropriate level of classified access required to
support the most sensitive efforts of managing, maintaining,
and replenishing the stockpile of microelectronic and
semiconductor components, and sufficient staff in the
continental United States to support such efforts;
(D) has completed third party assessments, which verify
that the entity—
(i) is compliant with the requirements published by the
National Institute of Standards and Technology in Special
Publication 800-171 (relating to Protecting Controlled
Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and
Organizations); and
(ii) reports the status of such entity in the Supplier
Performance Risk System of the Department of Defense; and
(E) maintains compliance with the standards for
distributors of electronic and semiconductor components set
forth in—
(i) the General Requirements for Authorized Distributors of
Commercial and Military Semiconductor Devices, adopted August
2021 (JESD 31);
(ii) “Fraudulent/Counterfeit Electronic Parts: Avoidance,
Detection, Mitigation, and Disposition—Authorized/Franchise
Distribution” adopted August 2014 (AS6496);
(iii) “Counterfeit Electronic Parts; Avoidance, Detection,
Mitigation, and Disposition” issued April 2009 (AS5553); and
(iv) “Quality Management Systems Requirements” adopted
September 2015 (ISO 9001:2015).
(d) Report and Briefing.—
(1) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the date on
which the pilot program is established under subsection (a),
the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report that includes—
(A) a description of the implementation of the pilot
program; and
(B) an assessment of the viability of scaling up the pilot
program, including—
(i) an evaluation of the benefits and mission priorities of
developing a stockpile of microelectronics and semiconductor
components; and
(ii) a description of any additional resources needed to
scale up the program.
(2) Briefing.—The Secretary shall provide the
congressional defense committees a briefing on the report
submitted under paragraph (1).