Enhanced procurement authority to manage supply chain risk

Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of Energy may— The Secretary may exercise the authority under subsection (a) only after— making a determination in writing, in unclassified or classified form, that— submitting to the appropriate congressional committees, not later than seven days after the date on which the Secretary makes the determination under paragraph (2), a notice of such determination, in classified or unclassified form, that includes— If the Secretary has exercised the authority under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— The Secretary may delegate the authority under this section to— In this section: The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— The term “covered item of supply” means an item— The term “covered procurement” means the following: The term “covered procurement action” means, with respect to an action that occurs in the course of conducting a covered procurement, any of the following: The term “covered system” means the following: