Sec. 238. STUDY OF FIELD FAILURES INVOLVING COUNTERFEIT ELECTRONIC PARTS

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## SEC. 238 STUDY OF FIELD FAILURES INVOLVING COUNTERFEIT ELECTRONIC PARTS ###

(a)In general The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a hardware assurance study to assess the presence, scope, and effect on Department of Defense operations of counterfeit electronic parts that have passed through the supply chain of the Department and into fielded systems. ###

(b)Matters Included The study under subsection

(a)shall include the following: ####

(1)The technical analysis conducted under paragraph

(1)of subsection (c). ####

(2)The report on the technical assessment submitted under paragraph (3)(B) of subsection (c). ####

(3)Recommendations for such legislative and administrative action, including budget requirements, as the Secretary considers necessary to conduct sampling and technical hardware analyses of counterfeit parts in identified areas of high concern. ###

(c)Execution and Technical Analysis ####

(1)In general The Secretary shall direct the executive agent for printed circuit board technology designated under section 256(a) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 10 U.S.C. 2501 note) to coordinate the execution of the study under subsection

(a)using capabilities of the Department in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act to conduct a technical analysis on a sample of failed electronic parts in fielded systems. ####

(2)Elements The technical analysis required by paragraph

(1)shall include the following: #####

(A)The selection of a representative sample of electronic component types, including digital, mixed-signal, and analog integrated circuits. #####

(B)An assessment of the presence of counterfeit parts, including causes and attributes of failures of any identified counterfeit part. #####

(C)For components found to have counterfeit parts, an assessment of the effect of the counterfeit part in the failure mechanism. #####

(D)For cases with counterfeit parts contributing to the failure, a determination of the failure attributes, factors, and effects on subsystem and system level reliability, readiness, and performance. ####

(3)Technical assessment For any parts assessed under paragraph

(2)that demonstrate unusual or suspicious failure mechanisms, the federation established under section 937(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) shall— #####

(A)conduct a technical assessment for indications of malicious tampering; and #####

(B)submit to the executive agent described in paragraph

(1)a report on the findings of the federation with respect to the technical assessment. ###

(d)Report ####

(1)In general Not later than 540 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the study carried out under subsection (a). ####

(2)Contents The report required by paragraph

(1)shall include the following: #####

(A)The findings of the Secretary with respect to the study conducted under subsection (a). #####

(B)The recommendations developed under subsection (b)(3).

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