§1322 Federal Acquisition Security Council Establishment and Membership

Summary

Creates a Federal Acquisition Security Council in the executive branch. The council includes representatives from the Office of Management and Budget, General Services Administration, Department of Homeland Security (including CISA), Office of the Director of National Intelligence (including the NCSC), Department of Justice (including the FBI), Department of Defense (including the NSA), Department of Commerce (including NIST), and any other executive agencies the chair picks. Each agency must name a lead representative within 45 days after the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 became law. The lead must know about supply chain risk, buying processes, or information and communications technology, and must keep their agency’s leaders and experts informed about council work. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget must pick a senior OMB official to be the council chair within 45 days after the Act became law. The chair must set meeting dates, pick additional agencies to join, and work with each agency lead to write a council charter. The chair must send the charter to the right congressional committees and leaders within 7 days after it is finished. The council must meet within 60 days after the Act became law and then at least quarterly.