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 PUBLIC LAW 102-558 —OCT. 28, 1992 106 STAT. 4213 as the President may determine to be appropriate, shall provide for the establishment of an information system on the domestic defense industrial base which— "(A) meets the requirements of this section; and "(B) includes a systematic continuous procedure, to collect and analyze information necessary to evaluate— "(i) the adequacy of domestic industrial capacity to furnish critical components and critical technology items essential to the national security of the United States; "(ii) dependence on foreign sources for critical components and critical technology items essential to defense production; and "(iii) the reliability of foreign sources for critical components and critical technology items. "(2) INCORPORATION OF DINET.— The Defense Information Network (or DINET), as established and maintained by the Secretary of Defense on the date of enactment of the Defense Production Act Amendments of 1992, shall be incorporated into the system established pursuant to paragraph (1). "(3) USE OF INFORMATION. —Information collected and analyzed under the procedure established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall constitute a basis for making any determination to exercise any authority under this Act and a procedure for using such information shall be integrated into the decisionmeiking process with regard to the exercise of any such authority. " (b) SOURCES OF INFORMATION.— "(1) FOREIGN DEPENDENCE. — "(A) SCOPE OF INFORMATION REVIEW.— The procedure established to meet the requirement of subsection (a)(l)(B)(ii) shall address defense production with respect to the operations of prime contractors and at least the first 2 tiers of subcontractors, or at lower tiers if a critical „. ^ component is identified at such lower tier. "(B) USE OF EXISTING DATA COLLECTION AND REVIEW CAPABILITIES.— To the extent feasible and appropriate, the President shall build upon existing methods of data collection and analysis and shall integrate information available from intelligence agencies with respect to industried and technological conditions in foreign countries. "(C) INITIAL EMPHASIS ON PRIORITY LISTS.— In establishing the procedure referred to in subparagraph (A), the Secretary may place initial emphasis on the production of critical components and critical technology items. "(2) PRODUCTION BASE ANALYSIS. — "(A) COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.—The analysis of the production base for any major system acquisition included in the information system maintsdned pursuant to subsection (a) shall, in addition to any information and analy- ses the President may require— "(i) include a review of all subcontractors and suppHers, beginning with any raw material, special alloy, or composite material involved in the production of a completed system;
 * (1) IN GENERAL.— The President, acting through the Secretary of Defense and the heads of such other Federal agencies

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