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Biden Administration Seeks Changes to Supply Chain Provision in Senate Version of NDAA

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, October 18th, 2022

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Biden Administration Seeks Changes to Supply Chain Provision in Senate Version of NDAA

Aerial of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway on the left, and the Air Force Memorial up middle.

The Biden administration is seeking changes to Section 803 in the Senate's draft version of the body's fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill. Section 803 of the Senate Armed Services Committee's bill, S. 4543, "would prohibit the procurement of items used in major defense acquisition programs [MDAPs] made in, or by companies controlled by, China." "The committee is concerned about the susceptibility of Department of Defense acquisition program supply chains to a range of malign activities that have been and continue…

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