Sec. 835. Requirement to buy certain satellite components from national technology and industrial base
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Section 4864(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: A traveling-wave tube and traveling wave tube amplifier, that meets established technical and reliability requirements, used in a satellite weighing more than 400 pounds whose principle purpose is to support the national security, defense, or intelligence needs of the United States Government. . Paragraph
(6)of section 4864(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall not apply with respect to programs that received Milestone A approval (as defined in section 2431a of such title) before October 1, 2022. Subject to subsection
(i)of section 4864 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may delegate to a service acquisition executive the authority to make a waiver under subsection
(d)of such section with respect to the limitation under subsection (a)(6) of such section, as added by subsection
(a)of this section.