Under rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission implementing these conflict minerals provisions (the "Conflict Minerals Rules"), public reporting companies having "Conflict Minerals" that are necessary to the functionality or production of a product manufactured or contracted by that company to be manufactured must disclose annually whether those Conflict Minerals originated in any of the "Covered Countries," and if so, information about the source and chain of custody of those Conflict Minerals.
https://www.cerner.com/about/procurement/conflict-minerals-policy