; and (2) the agency head shall— (A) notify appropriate parties of a covered procurement action and the basis for such action only to the extent necessary to effectuate the covered procurement action; (B) notify other Department of Defense components or other Federal agencies responsible for procurements that may be subject to the same or similar supply chain risk, in a manner and to the extent consistent with the requirements of national security; and (C) ensure the confidentiality of any such notifications. (e) Definitions In this section: (1) Head of a covered agency The term head of a covered agency means each of the following: (A) The Secretary of Defense. (B) The Secretary of the Army. (C) The Secretary of the Navy. (D) The Secretary of the Air Force. (2) 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 standards established in accordance with the requirements of section 2319 of this title for the purpose of reducing supply chain risk in the acquisition of covered systems. (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 for a covered system to exclude a particular source from consideration for a subcontract under the contract. (3) Covered procurement The term covered procurement means— (A) a source selection for a covered system or a covered item of supply involving either a performance specification, as provided in section 2305(a)(1)(C)(ii) of this title, or an evaluation factor, as provided in section 2305(a)(2)(A) of this title, relating to supply chain risk