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HR 5855 113th Congress House

To require a report on procurement supply chain vulnerabilities within the Department of Defense.

Introduced: December 11, 2014 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Conflicts and warsCongressional oversightFinancial crises and stabilizationMilitary procurement, research, weapons development
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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 Latest action December 11, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to report to Congress regarding how sole source suppliers of components to the DOD procurement supply chain create vulnerabilities to military attack, terrorism, natural disaster, industrial shock, financial crisis, or geopolitical crisis, such as an embargo of key raw materials or industrial inputs.

Requires the report to include: (1) a list of the supply chain components for which there is a supplier that controls over 50% of the global market; (2) a list of parts of the supply chain where there is inadequate information to ascertain whether there is a single source supplier of components; and (3) the Secretary's recommendations on which single source suppliers create vulnerabilities and on how to reduce those vulnerabilities.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1960 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5855: To require a report on procurement supply chain vulnerabilities within the Department of Defense.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5855/
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"H.R. 5855: To require a report on procurement supply chain vulnerabilities within the Department of Defense.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5855/.
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H.R. 5855, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5855/.
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