; or (D) any other procurement in a category of procurements determined appropriate by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, with the advice of the Federal Acquisition Security Council. (3) Covered procurement action The term covered procurement action means any of the following actions, if the action takes place in the course of conducting a covered procurement: (A) The exclusion of a source that fails to meet qualification requirements established under section 3311 of this title for the purpose of reducing supply chain risk in the acquisition of information technology. (B) The exclusion of a source that fails to achieve an acceptable rating with regard to an evaluation factor providing for the consideration of supply chain risk in the evaluation of proposals for the award of a contract or the issuance of a task or delivery order. (C) The decision to withhold consent for a contractor to subcontract with a particular source or to direct a contractor to exclude a particular source from consideration for a subcontract under the contract. (4) Information technology The term information technology has the meaning given that term in section 11101 of title 40. (5) Supply chain risk The term supply chain risk means the risk that any person may sabotage, maliciously introduce unwanted function, extract data, or otherwise manipulate the design, integrity, manufacturing, production, distribution, installation, operation, maintenance, disposition, or retirement of information technology so as to surveil, deny, disrupt, or otherwise manipulate the function, use, or operation of the information technology. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 47 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 4713. Authorities relating to mitigating supply chain risks in the procurement of information technology. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to