Sec. 704. Review of practices to detect and prevent the use of counterfeit parts
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Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a review of NASA’s processes and controls to detect and prevent the use of counterfeit parts in NASA mission projects, instruments, and other mission-related assets. The review shall examine— the trends in known and identified counterfeit parts in NASA’s supply chain;
NASA’s processes and controls to detect counterfeit parts and prevent their incorporation into NASA mission projects, instruments, and other mission-related assets; key differences between how the Department of Defense and NASA detect and prevent the use of counterfeit parts, and lessons learned by the Department of Defense that could be valuable to NASA; and any gaps in NASA’s controls and processes for detecting counterfeit parts and preventing their incorporation into NASA mission projects, instruments, and other mission-related assets.