Spartz
United States Representatives Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.-05), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.-01), and Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-N.J.-09) on Tuesday introduced the National Critical Capabilities Defense Act (NCCDA) to establish a review process that would protect the United States supply chain from foreign adversaries like China and Russia.
This legislation would create a whole-of-government screening process for outbound investments and the offshoring of critical capacities and supply chains to ensure that the United States can quickly detect supply chain vulnerabilities.
“The recent pandemic highlighted significant weaknesses in supply chain resiliency, geographic imbalances, and material dependencies on the manufacturing output of our adversaries – like China – posing serious national security risks,” Rep. Spartz said. “This bipartisan, bicameral legislation will improve transparency to mitigate strategic risks and increase domestic manufacturing capabilities for critical products and materials.”
United States Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) also introduced this bipartisan legislation in the Senate.