Bill > HR6162

This bill, known as the Strengthening Protections Against Chinese Printed Circuit Boards Act, modifies the Department of Defense's (DoD) acquisition restrictions on printed circuit boards. The key provisions of the bill are as follows: 1. It extends the effective date of the prohibition on the acquisition of printed circuit boards from China from January 1, 2023, to January 1, 2027. 2. It clarifies the definition of "specified type" of printed circuit boards to include those that are components of electronic devices that facilitate the routing, connecting, transmitting, or securing of data and are commonly connected to a network, as well as any other end items, goods, or products specified by the Secretary of Defense. 3. It allows the Secretary of Defense to issue rules exempting the acquisition of commercial products, commercial services, and commercially available off-the-shelf items from the prohibition, provided certain security requirements are met. 4. It modifies an independent assessment on the scope of mission-critical systems that should be subject to the prohibition, requiring the Department of Defense to use the report to determine whether any additional systems or types of printed circuit boards should be subject to the prohibition.

Military Affairs and Security

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