shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership, not later than 10 days after such last day and every 90 days thereafter until the final rule is issued, a report explaining why the final rule was not timely issued and providing an estimate of the earliest date on which the final rule will be issued. (B) Appropriate congressional committees and leadership defined In this paragraph, the term appropriate congressional committees and leadership has the meaning given that term in section 1321 of title 41, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). 203. Authorities of executive agencies relating to mitigating supply chain risks in the procurement of covered articles (a) In general Chapter 47 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 4713. Authorities relating to mitigating supply chain risks in the procurement of covered articles (a) Authority Subject to subsection (b), the head of an executive agency may carry out a covered procurement action. (b) Determination and notification Except as authorized by subsection (c) to address an urgent national security interest, the head of an executive agency may exercise the authority provided in subsection (a) only after— (1) obtaining a joint recommendation, in unclassified or classified form, from the chief acquisition officer and the chief information officer of the agency, or officials performing similar functions in the case of executive agencies that do not have such officials, which includes a review of any risk assessment made available by the executive agency identified under section 1323(a)(3) of this title, that there is a significant supply chain risk in a covered procurement