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Report on the feasibility of requiring Bills of Materials for defense acquisition

Division A · Title XVIII: Revitalization of the Defense Industrial Base · Subtitle A: Provisions to Protect and Strengthen Supply Chains

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The Secretary of Defense must provide a report within 270 days on whether it is practical to require detailed lists of components, including software and hardware, for defense acquisitions. The report will also assess how useful this information would be for managing risks and supply chains, and whether a new or existing system should be used to store this data for current weapon systems. The report will be mostly unclassified but may include a classified section.

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Section Text · Sec. 1818.
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(a) Report required

Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the following:

(1)

The feasibility of including requirements for Bills of Materials, including software, hardware, artificial intelligence, and cryptography, within DoD Instruction 5000.87 and the Software Acquisition Pathway.

(2)

The expected value of the information gained through Bills of Materials as it relates to risk management and supply chain integrity.

(3)

The necessity of establishing a new system or consolidating existing systems to perform asset management within the Department to house the information in Bills of Materials as it relates to weapon system components currently in use across the Armed Forces.

(b) Form

The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form and may include a classified annex.