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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 1960 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 1086

Sec. 1086. Protection of tier one task critical assets from electromagnetic pulse and high-powered microwave systems

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Not later than June 1, 2014, the Secretary of the Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees certification that defense critical assets designated as tier one task critical assets (hereinafter referred to as TCAs ) are protected from the adverse effects of man-made or naturally occurring electromagnetic pulse and high-powered microwave weapons. Any such assets found not to be so protected shall be included in the plan required under subsection (b). Not later than January 1, 2015, the Secretary of the Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for tier one TCAs to receive electricity by means that are protected from the adverse effects of man-made or naturally occurring electromagnetic pulse and high-powered microwave weapons.
The plan shall include the following elements: An analysis of how the Department of Defense plans to mitigate any risks to mission assurance for non-certified tier one TCAs, including any steps that may be needed for remediation. The development or adoption by the Department of a standard of resistance or protection against man-made and natural electromagnetic threats for electricity sources that supply electricity to tier one TCAs. The development by the Department of a strategy to certify by December 31, 2015, that all electricity sourced to tier one TCAs is provided by facilities that meet the standard developed under paragraph (2).
In preparing the plan required by subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall use the guidance and recommendations of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack established by section 1401 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–398 ; 114. Stat. 1654A–345). The plan required by subsection
(b)shall be submitted in classified form. In this section: The term task critical asset means an asset of such extraordinary importance to operations in peace, crisis, and war that its incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on the ability of the Department of Defense to fulfill its missions. The term tier one with respect to a task critical asset means such an asset the loss, incapacitation, or disruption of which could result in mission (or function) failure at the Department of Defense, military department, combatant command, sub-unified command, Defense Agency, or defense infrastructure sector level.
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