S.Amdt. 1908

SA 1908. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 VIII, insert the
following:

SEC. __. NATIONAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRIAL BASE STRATEGY.

(a) Strategy.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and once every 4 years thereafter,
the President shall coordinate with the Secretary of Defense,
the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of
Commerce, the Secretary of State, and the Director of
National Intelligence, and consult with private sector
entities, to develop a comprehensive national strategy for
the information and communications technology (ICT)
industrial base for the following 4-year period, or a longer
period, if appropriate.
(2) Elements.--The strategy required under paragraph (1)
shall--
(A) delineate a national ICT industrial base strategy
consistent with--

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(i) the most recent national security strategy report
submitted pursuant to section 108 of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043);
(ii) the strategic plans of other relevant departments and
agencies of the United States; and
(iii) other relevant national-level strategic plans;
(B) assess the ICT industrial base, to include
identifying--
(i) critical technologies, trusted components, products,
and materials that comprise or support the ICT industrial
base;
(ii) industrial capacity of the United States, as well as
its allied and partner nations necessary for the manufacture
and development of ICT deemed critical to the United States
national and economic security; and
(iii) areas of supply risk to ICT critical technologies,
trusted components, products, and materials that comprise or
support the ICT industrial base;
(C) identify national ICT strategic priorities and estimate
Federal monetary and human resources necessary to fulfill
such priorities and areas where strategic financial
investment in ICT research and development is necessary for
national and economic security; and
(D) assess the Federal government's structure, resourcing,
and authorities for evaluating ICT components, products, and
materials and promoting availability and integrity of trusted
technologies.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after developing
the strategy under subsection (a), the President shall submit
a report to the appropriate congressional committees with the
strategy.
(2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence
of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Homeland Security, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
(2) Information and communications technology.--The term
``information and communications technology'' means
information technology and other equipment, systems,
technologies, or processes, for which the principal function
is the creation, manipulation, storage, display, receipt,
protection, or transmission of electronic data and
information, as well as any associated content.
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