§1324 — Title 41 Public Contracts | U.S. Code

Summary

Create a strategic plan within 180 days to deal with supply chain risks from buying covered articles (the goods the law covers) and to manage those risks. The plan must set the rules and a sharing threshold for warning agencies and others about risks; list current authorities; create and share best practices and resources for agencies; recommend changes in law or policy to improve risk management and to encourage the private sector to follow best practices; check how new rules would affect current contracts and buying processes; describe how the Council will work with agencies, companies, and other groups; cover risks from information and communications technology that agencies share through common contracts, services, or buying programs; and help agencies get better at assessing risks and following the rules. Within 7 calendar days after the plan is finished, the Council chair must send it to the appropriate congressional committees and congressional leaders.

Title 41, §1324

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(a)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)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.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of the enactment of the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 115–390, which was approved Dec. 21, 2018.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after Dec. 21, 2018, and applicable to contracts that are awarded before, on, or after that date, see section 202(c) of Pub. L. 115–390, set out as a note under section 1321 of this title. Title II of Pub. L. 115–390 effective 90 days after Dec. 21, 2018, see section 205 of Pub. L. 115–390, set out as a note under section 1321 of this title.

§1324 Strategic Plan