S.Amdt. 2087

SA 2087. 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:

SEC. ___. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR
TECHNOLOGIES AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES.

(a) RDT&E Efforts.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall, in
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary
of Homeland Security, work with the private sector through a
public-private partnership to incentivize the formation of a
consortium of United States companies to ensure the
development and production of advanced, measurably secure
microelectronics for use by the Department of Defense, the
intelligence community, critical infrastructure sectors, and
other national security applications. The consortium so
formed must be capable of producing microelectronics
consistent with security standards required by section 224 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
(Public Law 116-92).
(2) Discharge.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out
paragraph (1) jointly through the Office of the Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Sustainment, or such other component of the Department of
Defense as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(3) Other initiatives.--The Secretary of Defense shall
dedicate initiatives within the Department of Defense to
advance radio frequency, mixed signal, radiation tolerant,
and radiation hardened microelectronics that support national
security and dual-use applications.
(b) DPA Efforts.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to
Congress a report on, and shall commence implementation of, a
plan for use by the Department of Defense of authorities
available in title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950
(50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.) to establish and enhance a domestic
production capability for semiconductor technologies and
related technologies, if funding is available for that
purpose.
(2) Consultation.--The President shall develop the plan
required by paragraph (1) in consultation with the Secretary
of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of
Commerce, and appropriate stakeholders in the private sector.
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