[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1532. Mr. DONNELLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 86, strike line 4 and all that follows 
     through page 87, line 5, and insert the following:
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall direct the executive 
     agent for printed circuit board technology appointed under 
     section 256(a) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 
     10 U.S.C. 2501 note) to coordinate execution of the study 
     required by subsection (a) using capabilities of the 
     Department in effect on the day before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act to conduct technical analysis on a 
     sample of failed electronic parts in field systems.
       (2) Elements.--(A) The technical analysis required by 
     paragraph (1) shall include the following:
       (i) Selection of a representative sample of electronic 
     component types, including digital, mixed-signal, and analog 
     integrated circuits.
       (ii) An assessment of the presence of counterfeit parts, 
     including causes and attributes of failures of any identified 
     counterfeit part.
       (iii) For components found to have counterfeit parts 
     present, an assessment of the impact of the counterfeit part 
     in the failure mechanism.
       (iv) For cases with counterfeit parts contributing to the 
     failure, a determination of the failure attributes, factors, 
     and effects on subsystem and system level reliability, 
     readiness, and performance.
       (B) For any parts assessed under subparagraph (A) that 
     demonstrate unusual or suspicious failure mechanisms, the 
     federation established under section 937(a)(1) of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 
     (Public Law 113-66; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) shall--
       (i) conduct a technical assessment for indications of 
     malicious tampering; and
       (ii) submit to the executive agent described in paragraph 
     (1) a report on the findings of the federation with respect 
     to the technical assessment conducted under clause (i).
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