H.R.5855: To require a report on procurement supply chain vulnerabilities within the Department of Defense.

About This Bill

  • Introduced Dec. 11, 2014
  • Latest Major Action Dec. 11, 2014

Bill Summary

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...

(Source: Library of Congress)

What Lawmakers Are Saying About This Bill

There is one statement associated with H.R.5855.

Bill Actions

Date Description
Dec. 11, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Dec. 11, 2014

Introduced in the House by Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)

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