41 U.S.C. § 1324 — Strategic plan

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The Council must create a strategic plan for identifying and managing supply-chain risks from covered articles. The Council’s Chairperson must send the completed plan to Congress within seven calendar days.

(a) In general. Within 180 days after enactment of the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018, the Council must develop a strategic plan for addressing and managing supply-chain risks from acquiring covered articles. The plan must include: (1) the criteria and processes required by section 1323(a), including a threshold and rules for sharing relevant risk information with all executive agencies and, when appropriate, other Federal and non-Federal entities; (2) existing authorities for addressing the risks; (3) best practices, procedures, and available resources for executive agencies to assess and reduce the risks; (4) recommended legislative, regulatory, or other policy changes to improve those efforts; (5) recommended changes to encourage private-sector adoption of supply-chain risk-management best practices; (6) an evaluation of how new policies or procedures would affect existing contracts and procurement; (7) a plan for working with executive agencies, the private sector, and other nongovernmental stakeholders; (8) a plan to identify, assess, reduce, and vet risks from existing and potential information and communications technology that executive agencies make available to other executive agencies through common contracts, shared services, acquisition vehicles, or other assisted-acquisition services; and (9) plans to strengthen every executive agency’s ability to assess (A) supply-chain risks from covered articles and (B) compliance with this subchapter. (b) Submission to Congress. Within seven calendar days after the plan is completed, the Council’s Chairperson must submit it to the appropriate congressional committees and leaders.

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(a)In General.—

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018, the Council shall develop a strategic plan for addressing supply chain risks posed by the acquisition of covered articles and for managing such risks that includes—

(1)

the criteria and processes required under section 1323(a) of this title, including a threshold and requirements for sharing relevant information about such risks with all executive agencies and, as appropriate, with other Federal entities and non-Federal entities;

(2)

an identification of existing authorities for addressing such risks;

(3)

an identification and promulgation of best practices and procedures and available resources for executive agencies to assess and mitigate such risks;

(4)

recommendations for any legislative, regulatory, or other policy changes to improve efforts to address such risks;

(5)

recommendations for any legislative, regulatory, or other policy changes to incentivize the adoption of best practices for supply chain risk management by the private sector;

(6)

an evaluation of the effect of implementing new policies or procedures on existing contracts and the procurement process;

(7)

a plan for engaging with executive agencies, the private sector, and other nongovernmental stakeholders to address such risks;

(8)

a plan for identification, assessment, mitigation, and vetting of supply chain risks from existing and prospective information and communications technology made available by executive agencies to other executive agencies through common contract solutions, shared services, acquisition vehicles, or other assisted acquisition services; and

(9)

plans to strengthen the capacity of all executive agencies to conduct assessments of—

(A)

the supply chain risk posed by the acquisition of covered articles; and

(B)

compliance with the requirements of this subchapter.

(b)Submission to Congress.—

Not later than 7 calendar days after completion of the strategic plan required by subsection (a), the Chairperson of the Council shall submit the plan to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 115–390, title II, § 202(a), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5184.)

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2018Enacted · Pub. L. 115-390 · 132 Stat. 5184

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