QUALITY CONTROL IN PROCUREMENT OF SHIP CRITICAL SAFETY ITEMS AND RELATED SERVICES.

SEC. 130. QUALITY CONTROL IN PROCUREMENT OF SHIP CRITICAL SAFETY ITEMS AND RELATED SERVICES.(a) Quality Control Policy.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations a quality control policy for the procurement of the following:(1) Ship critical safety items.(2) Modifications, repair, and overhaul of ship critical safety items.(b) Elements.—The policy required under subsection (a) shall include requirements as follows:(1) That the head of the design control activity for ship critical safety items establish processes to identify and manage the procurement, modification, repair, and overhaul of such items.(2) That the head of the contracting activity for a ship critical safety item enter into a contract for the procurement, modification, repair, or overhaul of such item only with a source on a qualified manufacturers list or a source approved by the design control activity in accordance with section 2319 of title 10, United States Code (as amended by subsection (d)).(3) That the ship critical safety items delivered, and the services performed with respect to such items, meet all technical and quality requirements specified by the design control activity.(c) Definitions.—In this section, the terms “ship critical safety item” and “design control activity” have the meanings given such terms in subsection (g) of section 2319 of title 10, United States Code (as so amended).(d) Conforming Amendments.—Section 2319 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting “or ship critical safety item” after “aviation critical safety item”; and(2) in subsection (g)—(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);120 STAT. 2111(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2):“(2) The term ‘ship critical safety item’ means any ship part, assembly, or support equipment containing a characteristic the failure, malfunction, or absence of which could cause a catastrophic or critical failure resulting in loss of or serious damage to the ship or unacceptable risk of personal injury or loss of life.”; and(C) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated—(i) by inserting “or ship critical safety item” after “aviation critical safety item”;(ii) by inserting “, or the seaworthiness of a ship or ship equipment,” after “equipment”; and(iii) by striking “the item” and inserting “such item”.