{"id":461421,"date":"2021-04-29T08:23:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T12:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=461421"},"modified":"2021-04-29T09:23:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T13:23:21","slug":"hawley-introduces-bill-to-reduce-pentagons-reliance-on-technology-from-china-and-other-adversary-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawley-introduces-bill-to-reduce-pentagons-reliance-on-technology-from-china-and-other-adversary-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawley Introduces Bill to Reduce Pentagon\u2019s Reliance on Technology from China and Other \u2018Adversary Nations\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhawley-introduces-bill-to-reduce-pentagons-reliance-on-technology-from-china-and-other-adversary-nations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=461421&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has introduced a bill aiming to reduce\u00a0Chinese control over technology used by the U.S. armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>Called the Protecting Critical Boards and Electronics Through Transparency and Enduring Reinvestment (PCBETTER) Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawley.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-04\/PCBETTER%20Act.pdf\">pdf<\/a>), the measure intends \u201cto prevent Beijing from inserting and exploiting vulnerabilities in printed circuit boards (PCBs) that are made in China and used throughout the American military,\u201d\u00a0Hawley\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawley.senate.gov\/senator-hawley-introduces-bill-defend-us-circuit-boards-chinese-exploitation-strengthen-supply\">said in an April 28 statement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hawley\u2019s office said that \u201ca\u00a0disproportionate amount\u201d of printed circuit boards used in the Pentagon\u2019s electronic systems come from China, where they are \u201cvulnerable to sabotage\u201d by the Chinese regime.<\/p>\n<p>Under the measure, Department of Defense contractors would be required to notify the Pentagon if the systems they provide contain printed circuit boards made in China \u201cor other adversary nations\u201d so that the U.S. military could take precautionary measures.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would also establish a 10-year supply chain fund meant to strengthen American manufacturing of printed circuit boards and other microelectronics and enhance the security of the electronics supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley\u2019s measure would also establish a testing, remediation, and prevention regime meant to identify and address vulnerabilities in systems that contain or may contain components made in China and other nations such as Russia, Iran, and North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChinese printed circuit boards pose a serious threat to the integrity of America\u2019s defense systems. It is imperative that we give the Department of Defense the tools it needs to secure its printed circuit board supply chains, so that our warfighters can have full confidence in the weapons they rely on to protect our nation,\u201d Hawley said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Wes Hallman, the National Defense Industrial Association\u2019s policy chief, told Defense News that industry groups are \u201cbroadly supportive\u201d of the objectives of legislation like Hawley\u2019s, namely to reduce reliance on technology provided by strategic rivals, although he expressed reservation about the bill\u2019s effectiveness and concern about whether its provisions would be cumbersome. The bill, for instance, would require contractors who supply the Pentagon with electronic system to provide a list of each printed circuit board they contain, which would feature information about its country of origin.<\/p>\n<p>Hallman expressed support for the bill\u2019s provisions that aim to strengthen domestic supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody wants to be dependent on single source, especially a single source that\u2019s problematic,\u201d Hallman told the outlet. \u201cThe defense-industrial base and NDIA has been highly supportive of making investments in domestic capabilities in microelectronics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The American printed circuit board manufacturing market is valued at $2.7 billion, about a third of what it was 20 years ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/international\/514609-we-are-to-blame-for-the-us-manufacturing-decline\">according to The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is under bipartisan pressure to invest in emerging technologies and counter threats posed by China\u2019s ruling communist party.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, nearly two dozen Republican House lawmakers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/house-lawmakers-urge-biden-to-confront-chinas-threat-to-emerging-technologies_3675029.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote a joint letter<\/a>\u00a0calling on Biden to work with allies on the development of technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, semiconductor chips, and 5G communications \u201cin order to challenge China\u2019s goal of total global technology leadership and tech authoritarianism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/02\/24\/executive-order-on-americas-supply-chains\/\">executive order<\/a> on Feb. 24 to bolster the resilience of supply chains in a number of key sectors, including energy, communications technology, public health, food production, and\u00a0defense.<\/p>\n<p>Biden officials have projected a tough line on China but said they would also focus on building an alliance in a more multilateral approach.<\/p>\n<p><em>Eva Fu contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has introduced a bill aiming to reduce\u00a0Chinese control over technology used by the U.S. armed forces. 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