Acquisition of sensitive materials from non-allied foreign nations: prohibition

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Title 10—ARMED FORCES > Subtitle A—General Military Law > PART V—ACQUISITION > Subpart I—Defense Industrial Base > CHAPTER 385—OTHER TECHNOLOGY BASE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS > SUBCHAPTER III—LIMITATIONS ON PROCUREMENT FROM CERTAIN FOREIGN SOURCES

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procure any covered material melted or produced in any covered nation, or any end item that contains a covered material manufactured in any covered nation, except as provided by subsections (c) and (e); or

(Added Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 871(a) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 1904 , § 2533c; amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title VIII, § 849 , Dec. 20, 2019 , 133 Stat. 1508 ; renumbered § 4872 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title VIII, § 844(a) , title XVIII, § 1870(d)(2), (3), Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 3766 , 4286; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(t)(2)(B) , (C), (3), Dec. 27, 2021 , 135 Stat. 2150 ; Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title XIV, § 1411(d)(2)(B) , Dec. 23, 2022 , 136 Stat. 2872 ; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title VIII, § 834 , Dec. 22, 2023 , 137 Stat. 337 ; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title VIII, § 844(b) , Dec. 23, 2024 , 138 Stat. 1991 ; Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title VIII , §§ 843–844(b)(2), 848, title XVII, § 1701(a)(31), Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 975 , 976, 978, 1209.)

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