# 4.2002 Prohibition.

Section 1634 of Division A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-91) prohibits Government use on or after October 1, 2018, of any hardware, software, or services developed or provided, in whole or in part, by a covered entity. Contractors are prohibited from—

(a) (a)Providing any covered article that the Government will use on or after October 1, 2018; and

(b) (b)Using any covered article on or after October 1, 2018, in the development of data or deliverables first produced in the performance of the contract.