; (2) identify the critical supply chains in which the United States is dependent on materials, products, equipment, or services from foreign countries and in which substantial harm would come to United States economic security, national defense, health and wellness, or way of life if those supply chains were compromised, slowed, attacked, disrupted, or no longer available; (3) investigate in depth and report on existing dependencies, limitations, and risks to the United States for each of these critical supply chains, including considerations for medical supplies, equipment, and medications; rare earth materials; precision-integrated circuits and microchips; machine tools and production equipment; defense components and homeland security capabilities; scientific equipment needed for advanced technology research and development; clothing and textiles; and food and agricultural products; (4) assess and provide guidance on key questions, including— (A) what driving forces are pushing United States companies to offshore their procurement or their manufacturing operations; (B) how the United States can predict and prevent future supply chain disruptions; (C) what the United States can do to reduce future vulnerabilities and risks; (D) how the United States can make the American supply chain resilient enough to protect necessary capabilities and resources; (E) which manufacturing activities should be performed strictly within the United States to ensure economic and national security; (F) what products circulating within the United States economy must be acquired from United States-based manufacturers to ensure economic and national security; (G) what actions should be taken by the United States to increase domestic manufacturing to meet critical supply chain needs and improve its terms of trade; and (H) what would be the effects of a new national manufacturing strategy on employment, growth, innovation, cost efficiencies, and national security