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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6090. Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. Cotton) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. . IMPROVEMENTS TO REQUIREMENT THAT DEFENSE
MICROELECTRONICS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES MEET
TRUSTED SUPPLY CHAIN AND OPERATIONAL SECURITY
STANDARDS.
Section 224 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i)—
(i) in the matter before subparagraph (I), by inserting
“supply chain and operational security, including”;
(ii) in subclause (V), by striking “; and” and inserting
a semicolon;
(iii) by redesignating subclause (VI) as subclause (VII);
and
(iv) by inserting after subclause (V) the following new
subclause (VI):
“(VI) provenance verification technologies that ensure
traceability of design, fabrication, and assembly processes,
regardless of geographic location; and”;
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new
paragraph (5):
“(5) Alternative assurance equivalency.—The Secretary
shall ensure that trusted supply chain and operational
security standards established under this subsection
recognize secure silicon provenance technologies and
lifecycle traceability methods as capable of providing
assurance equivalent to or greater than manufacturing at a
Defense Microelectronics Activity-accredited trusted
supplier, when validated through risk-based assessment.”;
(2) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting “, including
fabrication facilities operating under validated alternative
assurance methodologies” before the period at the end; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
“(e) Pilot Program for Assured Fabless Microelectronics.—
Not later than 210 days after the date of the enactment of
this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a pilot
program to assess the feasibility and advisability of using
secure silicon provenance technologies as an alternative
assurance pathway for microelectronics designed by United
States persons and fabricated at commercial facilities.
“(f) Reporting Requirements.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2027, the Secretary shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
describing—
“(1) criteria for approving alternative assurance methods;
“(2) applicability to commercial fabrication facilities
operated by allies and partners of the United States;
“(3) impacts on access to advanced node technologies; and
“(4) participation by fabless United States semiconductor
companies.”.