Sec. 215. NEXT GENERATION FOUNDRY FOR THE DEFENSE MICROELECTRONICS ACTIVITY
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## SEC. 215 NEXT GENERATION FOUNDRY FOR THE DEFENSE MICROELECTRONICS ACTIVITY None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2013 for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Next Generation Foundry for the Defense Microelectronics Activity (PE #603720S) may be obligated or expended for that purpose until a period of 60 days has elapsed following the date on which the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering— ####
(1)develops a microelectronics strategy as described in the Senate report to accompany S. 1253 of the 112th Congress (S. Rept. 112-26) and an estimate of the full life-cycle costs for the upgrade of the Next Generation Foundry; ####
(2)develops an assessment regarding the manufacturing capability of the United States to produce three-dimensional integrated circuits to serve national defense interests; and ####
(3)submits to the congressional defense committees the strategy and cost estimate required by paragraph
(1)and the assessment required by paragraph (2).