Report on dependency on China for processing materials for Department of Defense supply chains

(a) Methodology The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a methodology to identify and assess dependencies of the Department of Defense on the People’s Republic of China for the processing, refining, separation, alloying, magnet manufacturing, or other midstream production stages of materials critical to the defense industrial base. (b) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report identifying priority defense supply chains with significant midstream processing exposure to China and recommendations for mitigation of such exposure.