Sec. 868. Study and report on country of origin of end items and components procured by Department of Defense
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The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to identify the degree to which the Department of Defense is dependent on entities located in foreign countries for the procurement of certain end items and components. Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report detailing the findings of the study described in subsection (a). The report described in paragraph
(1)shall contain the following: A description of the extent to which the procurement processes of the Department of Defense allow for the determination of the country of origin of the end items and components studied under subsection (a). Descriptions of the vulnerabilities in the supply chains for end items and components and the countries from which such end items and components are procured. Recommendations for legislative or administrative action to address the vulnerabilities described in subparagraph (B), including plans for alternative supply chains or alternative countries from which to procure end items and components. In this section: The term component has the meaning given the term in section 3011 of title 10, United States Code. The term end item has the meaning given the term in section 4863(n) of title 10, United States Code.