Inventory of legacy semiconductor dependencies
Division A — Department of Defense Authorizations › Title XVIII — Revitalization of the Defense Industrial Base › Subtitle F — Other Matters
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(a) In general The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an inventory of legacy semiconductors that are required for the production, sustainment, maintenance, or modernization of a major defense acquisition program and submit to the congressional defense committees a plan to eliminate reliance on foreign single-source suppliers of such legacy semiconductors. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) The term legacy semiconductor means— (A) a semiconductor device fabricated using process technologies of 28 nanometers or larger; or (B) any semiconductor designated by the Secretary of Defense as a mature-node semiconductor critical to the sustainment, maintenance, or operation of a major defense acquisition program. (2) The term major defense acquisition program has the meaning given in section 4201 of title 10, United States Code.