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50 U.S.C. § 2524a — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4204, formerly Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXI, § 3133, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 926; renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4204, and amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, §§ 3111, 3141(e)(5), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1743, 1758; Pub. L. 111–84, div. C, title XXXI, § 3113(a)(2), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2704; Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3133(d), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2192; Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3146(c)(2), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1073; Pub. L. 118–159, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(c)(2), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2294, related to development of a stockpile management program. See [section 6116 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section6116&num=0&edition=prelim), Armed Forces.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4204, formerly Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXI, § 3133, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 926; renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4204, and amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, §§ 3111, 3141(e)(5), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1743, 1758; Pub. L. 111–84, div. C, title XXXI, § 3113(a)(2), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2704; Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3133(d), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2192; Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3146(c)(2), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1073; Pub. L. 118–159, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(c)(2), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2294, related to development of a stockpile management program. See [section 6116 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section6116&num=0&edition=prelim), Armed Forces.
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**(a) Program Required.—** The Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall carry out a program, in support of the stockpile stewardship program, to provide for the effective management, modernization, and replacement, as required, of the weapons in the nuclear weapons stockpile. The program shall have the following objectives:
(1) To enhance the performance and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile of the United States.
(2) To further reduce the likelihood of the resumption of underground nuclear weapons testing.
(3) To maintain the safety and security of the nuclear weapons stockpile.
(4) To optimize the future size of the nuclear weapons stockpile.
(5) To reduce the risk of an accidental detonation of an element of the stockpile.
(6) To reduce the risk of an element of the stockpile being used by a person or entity hostile to the United States, its vital interests, or its allies.
**(b) Program Limitations.—** In carrying out the stockpile management program under subsection (a), the Secretary of Energy shall ensure that—
(1) any changes made to the stockpile shall be consistent with the objectives identified in subsection (a);
(2) any changes made to the stockpile consistent with the objectives identified in subsection (a) are carried out in a cost effective manner; and
(3) any such changes made to the stockpile shall—
(A) be well understood and certifiable without the need to resume underground nuclear weapons testing;
(B) use the design, certification, and production expertise resident in the nuclear security enterprise to fulfill current mission requirements of the existing stockpile; and
(C) develop future generations of design, certification, and production expertise in t
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 2525
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2003 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111, Nov. 24, 2003,
117 Stat. 1743, provided that the amendment made by
section 3111 is effective December 31, 2004.
§ 2524a. Repealed. Pub. L. 111–84, div. C, title
XXXI, § 3113(a)(1), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2704
Section, Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4204A,
formerly § 4204a, as added Pub. L. 109–163, div. C, title
XXXI, § 3111(a), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3539; renumbered
§ 4204A, Pub. L. 110–181, div. C, title XXXI, § 3117(1), Jan.
28, 2008, 122 Stat. 578, related to the Reliable Replace-
ment Warhead program.
§ 2525. Annual assessments and reports to the
President and Congress regarding the condi-
tion of the United States nuclear weapons
stockpile
(a) Annual assessments required
For each nuclear weapon type in the stockpile
of the United States, each official specified in
subsection (b) on an annual basis shall, to the
extent such official is directly responsible for
the safety, reliability, performance, or military
effectiveness of that nuclear weapon type, com-
plete an assessment of the safety, reliability,
performance, or military effectiveness (as the
case may be) of that nuclear weapon type.
(b) Covered officials
The officials referred to in subsection (a) are
the following:
(1) The head of each national security lab-
oratory.
(2) The Commander of the United States
Strategic Command.
(c) Dual validation teams in support of assess-
ments
In support of the assessments required by sub-
section (a), the Administrator may establish
teams, known as ‘‘dual validation teams’’, to
provide each national security laboratory re-
sponsible for weapons design with indepe
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