[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2201 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2201
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To manage supply chain risk through counterintelligence training, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Supply Chain Security Training Act
of 2021''.
SEC. 2. TRAINING PROGRAM TO MANAGE SUPPLY CHAIN RISK.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services, through
the Federal Acquisition Institute, shall develop a training program for
officials with supply chain risk management responsibilities at Federal
agencies.
(b) Content.--The training program shall be designed to prepare
such personnel to perform supply chain risk management activities and
identify and mitigate supply chain security risks that arise throughout
the acquisition lifecycle, including for the acquisition of information
and communications technology. The training program shall--
(1) include, considering the protection of classified and
other sensitive information, information on current, specific
supply chain security threats and vulnerabilities; and
(2) be updated as determined to be necessary by the
Administrator.
(c) Coordination and Consultation.--In developing and determining
updates to the training program, the Administrator shall--
(1) coordinate with the Federal Acquisition Security
Council, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director
of the Office of Personnel Management; and
(2) consult with the Director of the Department of
Defense's Defense Acquisition University, the Director of
National Intelligence, and the Director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology.
(d) Guidance.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the training
program is developed under subsection (a), the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall promulgate guidance to
Federal agencies requiring executive agency adoption and use of
the training program. Such guidance shall--
(A) allow executive agencies to incorporate the
training program into existing agency training
programs; and
(B) provide guidance on how to identify executive
agency officials with supply chain risk management
responsibilities.
(2) Availability.--The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall make the guidance promulgated under paragraph
(1) available to Federal agencies of the legislative and
judicial branches.
SEC. 3. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM.
Not later than 180 days after the completion of the first course,
and annually thereafter for the next three years, the Administrator of
General Services shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees and leadership a report on implementation of the training
program required under section 2.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees and leadership.--
The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Oversight and Reform and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Information and communications technology.--The term
``information and communications technology'' has the meaning
given the term in section 4713(k) of title 41, United States
Code.
(3) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has
the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United
States Code.
(4) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' means any
agency, committee, commission, office, or other establishment
in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the
Federal Government.
(5) Training program.--The term ``training program'' means
the training program developed pursuant to section 2(a).
Passed the Senate January 11 (legislative day, January 10),
2022.
Attest:
Secretary.
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2201
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To manage supply chain risk through counterintelligence training, and
for other purposes.