S.Amdt. 5746

SA 5746. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Carper) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1276. STRATEGY TO ENHANCE COOPERATION WITH CANADA AND MEXICO WITH RESPECT TO THE RESILIENCY OF NORTH AMERICAN SUPPLY CHAINS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the United States Trade Representative, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the heads of other relevant agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy for how the United States will work with the governments of Canada and Mexico to improve the resiliency of North American supply chains, including by reducing overdependence on, and concentration of critical supply chains in, countries that are foreign adversaries of the United States.

(b) Elements.--The strategy required by subsection (a) shall--

(1) include a summary of initiatives carried out with counterparts in Canada and Mexico to enhance cooperation between the United States, Canada, and Mexico with respect to supply chain resiliency, including through the USMCA (as defined in section 3 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 4502));

(2) identify critical sectors for which cooperation with Canada and Mexico can strengthen the resiliency of supply chains; and

(3) identify challenges to improving the resiliency of supply chains.

(c) Consultations.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the United States Trade Representative shall consult with the appropriate congressional committees regarding the development and implementation of the strategy required by subsection (a).

(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.