To require a report on the impact of foreign boycotts on the defense industrial base.

1. Adds SEC. 889. REPORT ON IMPACT OF FOREIGN BOYCOTTS ON THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE at the end of subtitle E of title VIII

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   Inserted: SEC. 889. REPORT ON IMPACT OF FOREIGN BOYCOTTS ON THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Not later than February 1, 2012, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report setting forth an assessment of the impact of foreign boycotts on the defense industrial base.

   Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include--

   Inserted: (1) a summary of foreign boycotts that posed a material risk to the defense industrial base from January 2008 to the date of the enactment of this Act;

   Inserted: (2) the apparent objection of each such boycott;

   Inserted: (3) an assessment of harm to the defense industrial base as a result of each such boycott;

   Inserted: (4) an assessment of the sufficiency of Department of Defense and Department of State efforts to mitigate the material risks of any such foreign boycott to the defense industrial base; and

   Inserted: (5) recommendations of the Comptroller General to reduce the material risks of foreign boycotts to the defense industrial base, including recommendations for changes to legislation, regulation, policy, or procedures.

   Inserted: (c) Confidentiality.--The Comptroller General shall not publicly disclose the names of any person, organization, or entity involved in or affected by any foreign boycott identified in the report required under subsection (a) without the express written approval of the person, organization, or entity concerned.

   Inserted: (d) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) Foreign boycott.--The term "foreign boycott" means any policy or practice adopted by a foreign government or foreign business enterprise intended to directly penalize, disadvantage, or harm any contractor or subcontractor of the Department of Defense, or otherwise dissociate the foreign government or foreign business enterprise from such a contractor or subcontractor on account of the provision by that contractor or subcontractor of any product or service to the Department.

   Inserted: (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term "appropriate congressional committees" means--

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   Inserted: (A) the congressional defense committees; and

   Inserted: (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

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   At the end of subtitle E of title VIII, add the following:

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