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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SUPPLY CHAIN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE TRAINING ACT OF 2019
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 191, S. 1388.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The clerk will report the bill by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 1388) to manage supply chain risk through
counterintelligence training, and for other purposes.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered
read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered
made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill (S. 1388) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading,
was read the third time, and passed as follows:
S. 1388
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
Counterintelligence Training Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE TRAINING PROGRAM TO MANAGE SUPPLY
CHAIN RISK.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Director of
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the Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with the
Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, and the Administrator of General Services, shall
establish and implement a counterintelligence training
program for officials with supply chain risk management
responsibilities at executive agencies (including
programmatic, information communications technology, and
acquisition officials). The program shall be designed to
prepare such personnel to identify and mitigate
counterintelligence threats that arise during the acquisition
and use throughout the lifecycle of information and
communications technology.
SEC. 3. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, and every 180 days for the next three years, the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in
consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Administrator of
General Services, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees and leadership a report on
implementation of the program required under section 2.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees and leadership;
information and communications technology.--The terms
``appropriate congressional committees and leadership'' and
``information and communications technology'' have the
meanings given the terms in section 4713(k) of title 41,
United States Code.
(2) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has
the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United
States Code.
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