S.Amdt. 2265

SA 2265. Mr. CASSIDY 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. STUDIES ON USE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES BY U.S.
CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AND DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY.

(a) Study.--The head of each covered agency shall carry out
a study, in consultation with appropriate private sector
stakeholders and the heads of other Federal agencies, with
respect to--
(1) the status of implementation and internal use of
emerging technologies, including blockchain technology and
other innovative technologies, within the agency;
(2) how applications of blockchain technology, cloud and
edge computing, and other innovative technologies can--
(A) make the data analysis of the agency more efficient and
effective; and
(B) be used to support strategic initiatives of the agency;
and
(3) in the case of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, how
blockchain technology, cloud and edge computing, and other
innovative technologies can be further leveraged to improve
the informed compliance model of the agency and enhance the
transparency of supply chains.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the head of each covered agency shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
to containing--
(1) all findings and determinations made in carrying out
the study required under subsection (a); and
(2) any recommendations identified in carrying out the
study for using blockchain technology and other innovative
technologies with respect to United States efforts--
(A) to combat money laundering and other forms of illicit
finance; and
(B) to detect and deter trade-based money laundering, the
distribution of counterfeit goods, and goods made with
convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) with respect to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of
the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the
House of Representatives; and
(B) with respect to the Department of Energy, the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Covered agency.--The term ``covered agency'' means U.S.
Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Energy.
(3) Informed compliance model.--The term ``informed
compliance model'' means a model based on shared
responsibility between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and
importers under which--
(A) U.S. Customs and Border Protection effectively
communicates its requirements to importers; and
(B) importers conduct their activities in accordance with
those requirements and the statutes and regulations of the
United States.
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