S.Amdt. 1501

SA 1501. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON ACHIEVING SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPARENCY.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit to Congress a report that--

(1) assesses how limited supply chain visibility hinders the ability of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify and conduct enforcement actions with respect to articles imported in violation of the customs and trade laws of the United States, including articles produced with forced labor or with respect to which unfair subsidies were provided;

(2) identifies the types of information U.S. Customs and Border Protection would require to achieve supply chain transparency;

(3) identifies the parties who would be required to submit those types of information to U.S. Customs and Border Protection;

(4) assesses how U.S. Customs and Border Protection would store and utilize that information; and

(5) provides estimates of the costs to collect, store, and utilize that information.