Sec. 231. Strategy for assured access to trusted microelectronics
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The Secretary of Defense shall develop a strategy to ensure that the Department of Defense has assured access to trusted microelectronics by not later than September 30, 2020. The strategy under subsection
(a)shall include the following: Definitions of the various levels of trust required by classes of Department of Defense systems. Means of classifying systems of the Department of Defense based on the level of trust such systems are required to maintain with respect to microelectronics. Means by which trust in microelectronics can be assured. Means to increase the supplier base for assured microelectronics to ensure multiple supply pathways. An assessment of the microelectronics needs of the Department of Defense in future years, including the need for trusted, radiation-hardened microelectronics. An assessment of the microelectronic needs of the Department of Defense that may not be fulfilled by entities outside the Department of Defense. The resources required to assure access to trusted microelectronics, including infrastructure and investments in science and technology. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees the strategy developed under subsection (a). The strategy shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. Not later than September 30, 2020, the Secretary of Defense shall issue a directive for the Department of Defense describing how Department of Defense entities may access assured and trusted microelectronics supply chains for Department of Defense systems. Not later than September 30, 2020, the Secretary of the Defense shall certify to the congressional defense committees that— the strategy developed under subsection
(a)has been implemented; and the Department of Defense has an assured means for accessing a sufficient supply of trusted microelectronics, as required by the strategy developed under subsection (a). In this section, the terms trust and trusted refer, with respect to microelectronics, to the ability of the Department of Defense to have confidence that the microelectronics function as intended and are free of exploitable vulnerabilities, either intentionally or unintentionally designed or inserted as part of the system at any time during its life cycle.