S.Amdt. 2048

SA 2048. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer 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 end of title V of division B, insert the following:

SEC. 2528. ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING LARGE POWER TRANSFORMERS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this division, the Secretary of Energy shall
prepare and submit to Congress a report containing the
results of the assessment described in subsection (b).
(b) Assessment.--The Secretary of Energy shall conduct an
assessment of existing large power transformers in the United
States. The assessment shall include the following:
(1) An analysis on the country of origin of existing large
power transformers currently installed in the bulk power
system.
(2) An assessment of the supply chain vulnerabilities of
large power transformers.
(3) An assessment of the vulnerabilities of large power
transformers to cyber or physical attacks.
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