“To prohibit certain Federal contracts with internationally owned software companies, and for other purposes.”
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This section prohibits the head of an executive agency (as defined in 41 U.S.C. 133, i.e., executive departments, military departments, independent establishments, and wholly owned government corporations) from entering into, renewing, or extending a contract for a covered software system with an internationally owned software company. It requires offerors for such contracts to certify, under penalty of perjury, that they are not an internationally owned software company; authorizes case-by-case waivers if necessary for national security, with written justification submitted to appropriate congressional committees within 30 days; and permits contract termination for default or convenience, plus other remedies such as debarment, upon violation or false certification. The section further directs amendment of the Federal Acquisition Regulation within 180 days of enactment to implement these requirements and defines (1) covered software system as software that stores, processes, or provides access to sensitive personal information of 500 or more federal employees or officers; (2) internationally owned software company as a company or subsidiary with majority ownership by non-U.S. citizens; and (3) sensitive personal information as Social Security numbers, medical or health records, personally identifiable information, or other data whose compromise could reasonably cause identity theft, personal harm, or national security risk.