50 U.S.C. § 4552 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 50. War and National Defense § 4552. Definitions

(1)Critical component

The term “critical component” includes such components, subsystems, systems, and related special tooling and test equipment essential to the production, repair, maintenance, or operation of weapon systems or other items of equipment identified by the President as being essential to the execution of the national security strategy of the United States. Components identified as critical by a National Security Assessment conducted pursuant to section 113(i) of Title 10, or by a Presidential determination as a result of a petition filed under section 1862 of Title 19 shall be designated as critical components for purposes of this chapter, unless the President determines that the designation is unwarranted.

(2)Critical infrastructure

The term “critical infrastructure” means any systems and assets, whether physical or cyber-based, so vital to the United States that the degradation or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on national security, including, but not limited to, national economic security and national public health or safety.

(3)Critical technology

The term “critical technology” includes any technology designated by the President to be essential to the national defense.

(4)Critical technology item

The term “critical technology item” means materials directly employing, derived from, or utilizing a critical technology.

(5)Defense contractor

The term “defense contractor” means any person who enters into a contract with the United States--

(6)Domestic industrial base

The term “domestic industrial base” means domestic sources which are providing, or which would be reasonably expected to provide, materials or services to meet national defense requirements during peacetime, national emergency, or war.

(7)Domestic source

The term “domestic source” means a business concern--

(8)Facilities

The term “facilities” includes all types of buildings, structures, or other improvements to real property (but excluding farms, churches or other places of worship, and private dwelling houses), and services relating to the use of any such building, structure, or other improvement.

(9)Foreign source

The term “foreign source” means a business entity other than a “domestic source”.

(10)Guaranteeing agency

The term “guaranteeing agency” means a department or agency of the United States engaged in procurement for the national defense.

(11)Homeland security

The term “homeland security” includes efforts--

(12)Industrial resources

The term “industrial resources” means materials, services, processes, or manufacturing equipment (including the processes, technologies, and ancillary services for the use of such equipment) needed to establish or maintain an efficient and modern national defense industrial base.

(13)Materials

The term “materials” includes--

(14)National defense

The term “national defense” means programs for military and energy production or construction, military or critical infrastructure assistance to any foreign nation, homeland security, stockpiling, space, and any directly related activity. Such term includes emergency preparedness activities conducted pursuant to title VI of The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and critical infrastructure protection and restoration.

(15)Person

The term “person” includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or any other organized group of persons, or legal successor or representative thereof, or any State or local government or agency thereof.

(16)Services

The term “services” includes any effort that is needed for or incidental to--

(17)Small business concern

The term “small business concern” means a business concern that meets the requirements of section 632(a) of Title 15 and the regulations promulgated pursuant to that section, and includes such business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or by women.