S.Amdt. 660

SA 660. Mr. RUBIO 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 end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:

SEC. ___. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE FEASIBILITY AND
ADVISABILITY OF CREATING A DEFENSE
MICROELECTRONICS AGENCY.

(a) Study and Report Required.--The Defense Science Board
shall--
(1) conduct a study on--
(A) the state of the microelectronics industrial base as it
relates to the Department of Defense;
(B) implementation of the recommendations made by the 2005
Defense Science Board Task Force On High Performance
Microchip Supply;
(C) assessment of where the assured microelectronics
mission of the Department should lie, in particular with
research and engineering or with acquisition and sustainment;
and
(D) the feasibility and advisability of creating a Defense
Microelectronics Agency by elevating the existing Defense
Microelectronics activity and consolidating all related
functions under this agency; and
(2) submit to the congressional defense committees a
report, in writing, on the findings of the Defense Science
Board with respect to the study conducted under paragraph
(1).
(b) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) Acquisition of trusted microelectronic components.--(A)
Development of recommendations on how the Department of
Defense can develop a plan of action that encompasses both
short- and long-term technology, acquisition, and
manufacturing capabilities needed to assure ongoing
availability of supplies of trusted microelectronic
components.
(B) Identification and characterization of the volume and
scope of microelectronics that require trusted sources.
(2) Consolidation.--(A) Review all Department stakeholders
with decisionmaking or procurement authority for
microelectronics.
(B) Determination of whether it is in the best interests of
national security to consolidate these efforts and designate
a single Department organization with responsibility to
maintain the focus on microelectronic capabilities available
to the Department.
(c) Briefings.--Not later than May 1, 2020, the Defense
Science Board shall provide to the congressional defense
committees with one or more briefings on the status of the
study required by subsection (a)(1), including any
preliminary findings and recommendations of the Defense
Science Board as a result of the study as of the date of the
briefing.
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