S.Amdt. 489Senate116th Congress (2019-2021)
S.Amdt. 489
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Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Submitted June 13, 2019
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June 13, 2019
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SA 489. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Daines, and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 X, insert the following: SEC. 10__. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN INTELLIGENCE CENTER. (a) Establishment of Center.--Title IX of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (50 U.S.C. 3382 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 905. NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN INTELLIGENCE CENTER. ``(a) Establishment of Center.--There is within the National Counterintelligence and Security Center in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence a National Supply Chain Intelligence Center. ``(b) Director of National Supply Chain Intelligence Center.--There is a Director of the National Supply Chain Intelligence Center, who shall be appointed by the President, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and other interagency partners as the President considers appropriate. ``(c) Center Personnel.-- ``(1) Senior management.--The Director of the National Supply Chain Intelligence Center shall ensure that the senior management of the Center includes one or more detailees from one or more other Federal agencies. ``(2) Detail or assignment of personnel.-- ``(A) In general.--With the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and in consultation with the congressional committees of jurisdiction, the Director of the National Supply Chain Intelligence Center may request of the head of any department, agency, or element of the Federal Government the detail or assignment of personnel from such department, agency, or element to the National Supply Chain Intelligence Center. ``(B) Duties.--Personnel detailed or assigned under subparagraph (A) shall assist the National Supply Chain Intelligence Center in carrying out the primary missions of the Center. ``(C) Terms.--Personnel detailed or assigned under subparagraph (A) shall be assigned or detailed to the National Supply Chain Intelligence Center for a period of not more than 2 years. ``(D) Regular employment.--Any Federal Government employee detailed or assigned under subparagraph (A) shall retain the rights, status, and privileges of his or her regular employment without interruption. ``(d) Primary Missions.--The primary missions of the National Supply Chain Intelligence Center shall be as follows: ``(1) To aggregate all-source intelligence relating to supply chains, including-- ``(A) classified and unclassified information; ``(B) threat information; and ``(C) proprietary and sensitive information, including risk and vulnerability information, voluntarily provided by private entities. ``(2) To share strategic warnings relating to supply chains or supply chain activities, as the Director of the National Supply Chain Intelligence Center considers appropriate and consistent with security standards for classified information and sensitive proprietary information, among-- ``(A) the elements of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), components of the Department of Justice and the Department of Defense, the Federal Acquisition Security Council, and other Federal agencies; ``(B) at-risk industry partners; and ``(C) governments of countries that are allies of the United States. ``(3) To serve as the central and shared knowledge resource for-- ``(A) known and suspected threats to supply chain activities or supply chain integrity from international groups, companies, countries, or other entities; and ``(B) the goals, strategies, capabilities, and networks of contacts and support of such groups, companies, countries, and other entities. ``(4) To perform tasks assigned to the National Supply Chain Intelligence Center by relevant Government supply chain task forces, including the Federal Acquisition Security Council, and other entities. ``(e) Report on Alignment With Partner Efforts.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, the Director of the National Supply Chain Intelligence Center, in coordination with the Director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency and other Government partners, shall submit to Congress a report on the alignment and deconfliction among Government partner activities on supply chain intelligence matters. ``(f) Annual Reports Required.--The Director of the National Supply Chain Intelligence Center shall annually submit to Congress a report, with classified annexes as appropriate, on the state of threats to the security of supply chains and supply chain activities for United States Government acquisitions and replenishment as of the date of the submittal of the report. ``(g) Funding.--Amounts used to carry out this section shall be derived from amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the National Intelligence Program (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)).''. (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 904 the following new item: ``Sec. 905. National Supply Chain Intelligence Center.''. ______