S.Amdt. 2371

SA 2371. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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. STUDY ON USE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES BY U.S.
CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.

(a) Study.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection 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 U.S. Customs and Border
Protection; and
(2) how applications of blockchain technology, cloud and
edge computing, and other innovative technologies can--
(A) make the data analysis of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection more efficient and effective;
(B) be used to support strategic initiatives of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection; and
(C) be further leveraged to improve the informed compliance
model of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and enhance the
transparency of supply chains.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Commissioner 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 efforts by U.S. Customs and
Border Protection--
(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 the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate
and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives.
(2) 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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