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10 U.S.C. § 493a — Industrial base monitoring for B–21 and Sentinel programs
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**(a) Designation.—** The Secretary of the Air Force, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, shall designate a senior official, who shall report to the Assistant Secretary, to monitor the combined industrial base supporting the acquisition of—
(1) B–21 aircraft; and
(2) the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system.
**(b) Requirements for Monitoring.—** In monitoring the combined industrial base described in subsection (a), the senior official designated under such subsection shall—
(1) have the authority to select staff to assist the senior official from among civilian employees of the Department and members of the armed forces, who may provide such assistance concurrently while serving in another position;
(2) monitor the acquisition by the combined industrial base of—
(A) materials, technologies, and components associated with nuclear weapons systems; and
(B) commodities purchased on a large scale;
(3) monitor the hiring or contracting by the combined industrial base of personnel with critical skills; and
(4) assess whether personnel with critical skills and knowledge, intellectual property on manufacturing processes, and facilities and equipment necessary to design, develop, manufacture, repair, and support a program are available and affordable within the scopes of the B–21 aircraft program and the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system program.
**(c) Annual Report.—** At the same time as the submission of the budget of the President pursuant to [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense commi
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**(a) Designation.—** The Secretary of the Air Force, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, shall designate a senior official, who shall report to the Assistant Secretary, to monitor the combined industrial base supporting the acquisition of—
(1) B–21 aircraft; and
(2) the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system.
**(b) Requirements for Monitoring.—** In monitoring the combined industrial base described in subsection (a), the senior official designated under such subsection shall—
(1) have the authority to select staff to assist the senior official from among civilian employees of the Department and members of the armed forces, who may provide such assistance concurrently while serving in another position;
(2) monitor the acquisition by the combined industrial base of—
(A) materials, technologies, and components associated with nuclear weapons systems; and
(B) commodities purchased on a large scale;
(3) monitor the hiring or contracting by the combined industrial base of personnel with critical skills; and
(4) assess whether personnel with critical skills and knowledge, intellectual property on manufacturing processes, and facilities and equipment necessary to design, develop, manufacture, repair, and support a program are available and affordable within the scopes of the B–21 aircraft program and the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system program.
**(c) Annual Report.—** At the same time as the submission of the budget of the President pursuant to [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report with respect to the status of the combined industrial base described in subsection (a).
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**(a) Requirements.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall provide that—
(A) a covered system may not proceed beyond low-rate initial production until realistic survivability testing of the system is completed in accordance with this section and the report required by subsection (d) with respect to that testing is submitted in accordance with that subsection; and
(B) a major munition program or a missile program may not proceed beyond low-rate initial production until realistic lethality testing of the program is completed in accordance with this section and the report required by subsection (d) with respect to that testing is submitted in accordance with that subsection.
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall provide that a covered product improvement program may not proceed beyond low-rate initial production until—
(A) in the case of a product improvement to a covered system, realistic survivability testing is completed in accordance with this section; and
(B) in the case of a product improvement to a major munitions program or a missile program, realistic lethality testing is completed in accordance with this section.
**(b) Test Guidelines.—**
(1) Survivability and lethality tests required under subsection (a) shall be carried out sufficiently early in the development phase of the system or program (including a covered product improvement program) to allow any design deficiency demonstrated by the testing to be corrected in the design of the system, munition, or missile (or in the product modification or upgrade to the system, munition, or missile) before proceeding beyond low-rate initial production.
(2) The costs of all tests required under that subsection shall be paid from funds available for the system being tested.
**(c) Waiver Authority.—**
(1) T
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 493
(5) The Director for Strategy, Plans, and
Policy of the Joint Staff.
(6) The Director for Capability and Resource
Integration for the United States Strategic
Command.
(c) DELEGATION.—An official specified in sub-
section (b) may delegate the authority to pro-
vide a briefing under subsection (a) to a member
of the Senior Executive Service who reports to
the official.
(d) TERMINATION.—The requirement to provide
a briefing under subsection (a) shall terminate
on January 1, 2028.
(Added Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title XVI, § 1631,
Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2934; amended Pub. L.
118–159, div. A, title XVI, § 1621(d)(2), Dec. 23,
2024, 138 Stat. 2171.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
As enacted by Pub. L. 117–263, ‘‘SEC.’’ preceding sec-
tion designation and catchline text were editorially
conformed to the style used in this title.
AMENDMENTS
2024—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 118–159 substituted ‘‘Nu-
clear Deterrence, Chemical, and Biological Defense Pol-
icy and Programs’’ for ‘‘Nuclear, Chemical, and Bio-
logical Defense Programs’’.
§ 493. Reports to Congress on the modification of
the force structure for the strategic nuclear
weapons delivery systems of the United
States
Whenever after December 31, 2011, the Presi-
dent proposes a modification of the force struc-
ture for the strategic nuclear weapons delivery
systems of the United States, the President
shall submit to Congress a report on the modi-
fication not less than 180 days before the in-
tended effective date of the modification. The
report shall include a description of the manner
in which such modification will maintain for the
United States a range of strategic nuclear weap-
ons delivery systems appropriate for the current
and anticipated threats faced by
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