Sec. 1818 — Report on the feasibility of requiring Bills of Materials for defense acquisition
TL;DR
Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on report on the feasibility of requiring bills of materials for defense acquisition not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Statutory text
(a) Report required. Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the following:
(1) The feasibility of including requirements for Bills of Materials, including software, hardware, artificial intelligence, and cryptography, within DoD Instruction 5000.87 and the Software Acquisition Pathway.
(2) The expected value of the information gained through Bills of Materials as it relates to risk management and supply chain integrity.
(3) The necessity of establishing a new system or consolidating existing systems to perform asset management within the Department to house the information in Bills of Materials as it relates to weapon system components currently in use across the Armed Forces.
(b) Form. The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form and may include a classified annex.