116th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to make disclosures related to supply chain disruption risk, and for other purposes.
March 23, 2020
Ms. Velázquez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to make disclosures related to supply chain disruption risk, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Disclosures related to supply chain disruption risk.
Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(s) Disclosures related to supply chain disruption risk.—
“(1) IN GENERAL.—Each issuer required to file an annual report under subsection (a) shall disclose in that report—
“(i) the risks in the issuer’s sourcing of goods, labor, services, and other supply chain related matters, including—
“(I) risks of dependency upon sole sourcing arrangements or sourcing concentrated in one geographic locality;
“(II) shipping risks; and
“(III) risks arising from natural disasters, pandemics, extreme weather, armed conflicts, refugee and related disruptions, trade conflicts or disruptions, and labor wage, safety, and health care practices; and
“(ii) the impacts any risk or disruption identified in clause (i) would have on the issuer’s workforce, suppliers, and customers;
“(B) the issuer’s business continuity or other contingency plans that will be implemented in the case of a supply chain disruption in order to mitigate such risks and impacts; and
“(C) all other material information.
“(2) UPDATES.—Disclosures required under this subsection shall be updated when there are material changes.”.