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15 U.S. Code § 7406 - National Institute of Standards and Technology programs
(2) Priorities for developmentThe Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall establish priorities for the development of standards, reference materials, and checklists under this subsection on the basis of—
(5) Agency use requirementsThe development of standards, reference materials, and checklists under paragraph (1) for an information technology hardware or software system or tool does not—
(1) In generalIn developing the agencywide information security program required by section 3554(b) of title 44, an agency that deploys a computer hardware or software system for which the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a checklist under subsection (c) of this section—
may treat the explanation as if it were a portion of the agency’s annual performance plan properly classified under criteria established by an Executive Order (within the meaning of section 1115(d) of title 31).
(Pub. L. 107–305, § 8, Nov. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 2375; Pub. L. 113–274, title II, § 203, Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2979; Pub. L. 113–283, § 2(e)(2), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3086.)
2014—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–274 amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, text related to checklists setting forth settings and option selections that minimize the security risks associated with computer hardware or software systems likely to become widely used within the Federal Government.
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 113–283, which directed amendment of section 8 of the Cybersecurity Research and Development Act by substituting “section 3554” for “section 3534” in subsec. (d)(1), was executed to this section, which is section 8 of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.