Sec. 848. Study on use of off-the-shelf information technology products from foreign adversary countries
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The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a study on the use by the Department of Defense of off-the-shelf information technology products that were manufactured, produced, or assembled by a covered company, including goods used by the Department that contain such an off-the-shelf information technology product. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the findings of the study required by subsection (a).
In this section: The term commercially available off-the-shelf item has the meaning given such term in section 104 of title 41, United States Code. The term covered company means— an entity that is organized under the laws of or located in a foreign adversary country; a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of an entity described in subparagraph (A); and an entity otherwise directly or indirectly owned by or subject to the control of an entity described in subparagraph
(A)or (B), as determined by the Secretary of Defense. The term foreign adversary country has the meaning given the term covered nation in section 4872(d) of title 10, United States Code. The term off-the-shelf information technology product means a commercially available off-the-shelf item that can process, store, or transmit digital data.