S.Amdt. 2086

SA 2086. Mr. CORNYN 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, insert the following:

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SEC. ___. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE STUDY ON STATUS OF
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES IN THE UNITED STATES
INDUSTRIAL BASE.

(a) In General.--Commencing not later than 120 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Commerce and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
undertake a survey, using authorities in section 705 of the
Defense Production Act (50 U.S.C. 4555), to assess the
capabilities of the United States industrial base to support
the national defense in light of the global nature of the
supply chain and significant interdependencies between the
United States industrial base and the industrial base of
foreign countries with respect to the manufacture, design,
and end use of semiconductors.
(b) Response to Survey.--The Secretary shall ensure
compliance with the survey from among all relevant potential
respondents, including the following:
(1) Corporations, partnerships, associations, or any other
organized groups domiciled and with substantial operations in
the United States.
(2) Corporations, partnerships, associations, or any other
organized groups domiciled in the United States with
operations outside the United States.
(3) Foreign domiciled corporations, partnerships,
associations, or any other organized groups with substantial
operations or business presence in, or substantial revenues
derived from, the United States.
(4) Foreign domiciled corporations, partnerships,
associations, or any other organized groups in defense treaty
or assistance countries where the production of the entity
concerned involves critical technologies covered by section
2.
(c) Information Requested.--The information sought from a
responding entity pursuant to the survey required by
subsection (a) shall include, at minimum, information on the
following with respect to the manufacture. design, or end use
of semiconductors by such entity:
(1) An identification of the geographic scope of
operations.
(2) Information on relevant cost structures.
(3) An identification of types of semiconductor
development, manufacture, assembly, test, and packaging
equipment in operation at such entity.
(4) An identification of all relevant raw materials and
semi-finished goods and components sourced domestically and
abroad by such entity.
(5) Specifications of the semiconductors manufactured or
designed by such entity, descriptions of the end-uses of such
semiconductors, and a description of any technical support
provided to end-users of such semiconductors by such entity.
(6) Information on domestic and export market sales by such
entity.
(7) Information on the financial performance, including
income and expenditures, of such entity.
(8) A list of all foreign and domestic subsidies, and any
other financial incentives, received by such entity in each
market in which such entity operates.
(9) A list of information requests from the People's
Republic of China to such entity, and a description of the
nature of each request and the type of information provided.
(10) Information on any joint ventures, technology
licensing agreements, and cooperative research or production
arrangements of such entity.
(11) A description of efforts by such entity to evaluate
and control supply chain risks it faces.
(12) A list and description of any sales, licensing
agreements, or partnerships between such entity and the
People's Liberation Army or People's Armed Police, including
any business relationships with entities through which such
sales, licensing agreements, or partnerships may occur.
(d) Report.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary
of Homeland Security, submit to Congress a report on the
results of the survey required by subsection (a). The report
shall include the following:
(A) An assessment of the results of the survey.
(B) A list of critical technology areas impacted by
potential disruptions in production of semiconductors, and a
detailed description and assessment of the impact of such
potential disruptions on such areas.
(C) A description and assessment of gaps and
vulnerabilities in the semiconductor supply chain and the
national industrial supply base.
(2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) may be
submitted in classified form.
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