S.Amdt. 4657

SA 4657. Mr. WARNOCK (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 E of title VIII, insert the
following:

SEC. 857. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP SHORTAGE ON
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House
of Representatives a report on the effects of the
semiconductor chip shortage on the Department of Defense,
including the effects of the shortage on--
(1) current defense acquisition programs; and
(2) the ability of current and future defense acquisition
programs--
(A) to use state-of the-art semiconductor capabilities; and
(B) to incorporate state-of-the-art artificial intelligence
capabilities.
(b) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.
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