; or (B) to protect vital tangible and intangible assets from theft, acquisition, and transfer by adversaries of the United States. (4) Obligor The term obligor means a party that is primarily liable for payment of the principal of or interest on a loan. 835. Requirement to buy certain satellite components from national technology and industrial base (a) In general Section 4864(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Traveling-wave tube and traveling wave tube amplifiers A traveling-wave tube and traveling wave tube amplifier, that meets established technical and reliability requirements, used in a satellite weighing more than 400 pounds whose principle purpose is to support the national security, defense, or intelligence needs of the United States Government. . (b) Exception Paragraph (6) of section 4864(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall not apply with respect to programs that received Milestone A approval (as defined in section 2431a of such title) before October 1, 2022. (c) Clarification of delegation authority Subject to subsection (i) of section 4864 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may delegate to a service acquisition executive the authority to make a waiver under subsection (d) of such section with respect to the limitation under subsection (a)(6) of such section, as added by subsection (a) of this section. 836. Sense of Congress relating to rubber supply It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Department of Defense should take all appropriate action to lessen the dependence of the Armed Forces on adversarial nations for the procurement of strategic and critical materials, and that one such material in short supply according to the most recent report from Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Material is natural rubber, undermining our national security and jeopardizing the military’s ability to rely on a stable source of natural rubber for tire manufacturing and production of other