CLARIFICATION OF PROCUREMENT PROHIBITION RELATED TO ACQUISITION OF MATERIALS MINED, REFINED, AND SEPARATED IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES.

SEC. 848. [10 U.S.C. 4872] CLARIFICATION OF PROCUREMENT PROHIBITION RELATED TO ACQUISITION OF MATERIALS MINED, REFINED, AND SEPARATED IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES. Section 844(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) is amended— (1) by striking “Section 2533c” and inserting “Section 4872”; and (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: “(1) in subsection (a)— “(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘; or’ and inserting a semicolon; “(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘; or’; and “(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘ ‘(3) enter into a contract for any covered material mined, refined, or separated in any covered nation.’; and’ .”