Sec. 1613. EVALUATION AND ENHANCED SECURITY OF SUPPLY CHAIN FOR PROTECTED SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS AND OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED SYSTEMS

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## SEC. 1613 EVALUATION AND ENHANCED SECURITY OF SUPPLY CHAIN FOR PROTECTED SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS AND OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED SYSTEMS ###

(a)Evaluations of Supply Chain Vulnerabilities ####

(1)In general Not later than December 31, 2020, and in accordance with the plan under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall conduct evaluations of the supply chain vulnerabilities of each covered program. ####

(2)Plan #####

(A)Development The Secretary shall develop a plan to carry out the evaluations under paragraph (1), including with respect to the personnel and resources required to carry out such evaluations. #####

(B)Briefing Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and to any other appropriate congressional committee upon request, a briefing on the plan under subparagraph (A). ####

(3)Waiver The Secretary may waive, on a case-by-case basis with respect to a covered program, either the requirement to conduct an evaluation under paragraph

(1)or the deadline specified in such paragraph if the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees before such date that all known supply chain vulnerabilities of such covered program have minimal consequences for the capability of such covered program to meet operational requirements or otherwise satisfy mission requirements. ####

(4)Risk mitigation strategies In carrying out an evaluation under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall develop— #####

(A)strategies for mitigating the risks of supply chain vulnerabilities identified in the course of such evaluation; and #####

(B)cost estimates for such strategies. ###

(b)Prioritization of Certain Supply Chain Risk Management Efforts ####

(1)Instructions Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a Department of Defense Instruction, or update such an Instruction, establishing the prioritization of supply chain risk management programs, including supply chain risk management threat assessment reporting, to ensure that acquisition and sustainment programs relating to covered programs receive priority of such supply chain risk management programs and reporting. ####

(2)Requirements #####

(A)Establishment The Secretary shall establish requirements to carry out supply chain risk management threat assessment collections and analyses under acquisition and sustainment programs relating to covered programs. #####

(B)Briefing Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and to any other appropriate congressional committee upon request, a briefing on the requirements established under subparagraph (A). ###

(c)Definitions In this section: ####

(1)The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the following: #####

(A)The congressional defense committees. #####

(B)The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. ####

(2)The term “covered programs” means programs of the Department of Defense relating to any of the following: #####

(A)Protected satellite communications. #####

(B)Next-generation overhead persistent infrared systems.