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50 U.S.C. § 2523a — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 2523c
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘10 U.S.C. 101(a)(16)’’.
‘‘(1) the President should maintain the stated posi-
tion of the United States that the follow-on treaty to
the START Treaty not include any limitations on the
ballistic missile defense systems, space capabilities,
or advanced conventional weapons systems of the
United States;
‘‘(2) the enhanced safety, security, and reliability of
the nuclear weapons stockpile, modernization of the
nuclear weapons complex, and maintenance of the nu-
clear delivery systems are key to enabling further re-
ductions in the nuclear forces of the United States;
and
‘‘(3) the President should submit budget requests
for fiscal year 2011 and subsequent fiscal years for the
programs of the National Nuclear Security Adminis-
tration of the Department of Energy that are ade-
quate to sustain the needed capabilities to support
the long-term maintenance of the nuclear stockpile
of the United States.’’
INCLUSION
IN
2005 STOCKPILE
STEWARDSHIP
PLAN
OF
CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO STOCKPILE STEW-
ARDSHIP CRITERIA
Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, § 3133, Nov. 24, 2003,
117 Stat. 1751, provided that:
‘‘(a)
INCLUSION
IN
2005
STOCKPILE
STEWARDSHIP
PLAN.—In submitting to Congress the updated version
of the 2005 stockpile stewardship plan, the Secretary of
Energy shall include the matters specified in sub-
section (b).
‘‘(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The matters referred to in
subsection (a) are the following:
‘‘(1) An update of any information or criteria de-
scribed in the report on stockpile stewardship cri-
teria submitted under section 4202 of the Atomic En-
ergy Defense Act [50 U.S.C. 2522] (as transferred and
redesignated by section 3161(e)(3) [probably should be
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Page 435
TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 2523c
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘10 U.S.C. 101(a)(16)’’.
‘‘(1) the President should maintain the stated posi-
tion of the United States that the follow-on treaty to
the START Treaty not include any limitations on the
ballistic missile defense systems, space capabilities,
or advanced conventional weapons systems of the
United States;
‘‘(2) the enhanced safety, security, and reliability of
the nuclear weapons stockpile, modernization of the
nuclear weapons complex, and maintenance of the nu-
clear delivery systems are key to enabling further re-
ductions in the nuclear forces of the United States;
and
‘‘(3) the President should submit budget requests
for fiscal year 2011 and subsequent fiscal years for the
programs of the National Nuclear Security Adminis-
tration of the Department of Energy that are ade-
quate to sustain the needed capabilities to support
the long-term maintenance of the nuclear stockpile
of the United States.’’
INCLUSION
IN
2005 STOCKPILE
STEWARDSHIP
PLAN
OF
CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO STOCKPILE STEW-
ARDSHIP CRITERIA
Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, § 3133, Nov. 24, 2003,
117 Stat. 1751, provided that:
‘‘(a)
INCLUSION
IN
2005
STOCKPILE
STEWARDSHIP
PLAN.—In submitting to Congress the updated version
of the 2005 stockpile stewardship plan, the Secretary of
Energy shall include the matters specified in sub-
section (b).
‘‘(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The matters referred to in
subsection (a) are the following:
‘‘(1) An update of any information or criteria de-
scribed in the report on stockpile stewardship cri-
teria submitted under section 4202 of the Atomic En-
ergy Defense Act [50 U.S.C. 2522] (as transferred and
redesignated by section 3161(e)(3) [probably should be
‘‘3141(e)(3)’’] of this Act).
‘‘(2) A description of any additional information
identified, or criteria established, on matters covered
by such section 4202 during the period beginning on
the date of the submittal of the report under such
section 4202 and ending on the date of the submittal
of the updated version of the plan under subsection
(a) of this section.
‘‘(3) For each science-based tool developed by the
Department of Energy during such period—
‘‘(A) a description of the relationship of such
science-based tool to the collection of information
needed to determine that the nuclear weapons
stockpile is safe and reliable; and
‘‘(B) a description of the criteria for judging
whether or not such science-based tool provides for
the collection of such information.
‘‘(c) 2005 STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP PLAN DEFINED.—In
this section, the term ‘2005 stockpile stewardship plan’
means the updated version of the plan for maintaining
the nuclear weapons stockpile developed under section
4203 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act [50 U.S.C. 2523]
(as transferred and redesignated by section 3161(e)(4)
[probably should be ‘‘3141(e)(4)’’] of this Act) that is re-
quired to be submitted to Congress not later than
March 15, 2005.’’
Executive Documents
ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE REPORT SPECIFIED IN SECTION
1251 OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 (PUBLIC LAW 111–84)
Memorandum of President of the United States, Feb.
7, 2011, 76 F.R. 7477, provided:
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the
Secretary of Energy
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, I hereby direct the Secretaries of Defense and
Energy to jointly provide annual updates to the report
specified in section 1251 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84)
(the ‘‘1251 Report’’) [set out as a note above]. I further
authorize and direct the Secretaries of Defense and En-
ergy to jointly submit this annual update to the 1251
Report concurrently with the President’s budget each
year, beginning in calendar year 2011.
The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed
to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
BARACK OBAMA.
§ 2523a. Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title
XXXI, § 3133(c)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2192
Section, Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4203A, as
added Pub. L. 111–383, div. C, title XXXI, § 3112(a), Jan.
7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4507, related to biennial plan on mod-
ernization and refurbishment of the nuclear security
complex.
§ 2523b. Transferred
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section, Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title X, § 1045, Dec. 31,
2011, 125 Stat. 1577; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X,
§ 1076(a)(19), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1949, which related to
nuclear force reductions, was transferred to section 494
of Title 10, Armed Forces, by Pub. L. 112–239, div. A,
title X, § 1033(b)(1)(A)–(C), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1920.
§ 2523c. Major warhead refurbishment program
In fiscal year 2015 and subsequent fiscal years,
the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees (as defined in
U.S.C. 101(a)(16) 1) a report, on each major war-
head refurbishment program that reaches the
Phase 6.3 milestone, that provides an analysis of
alternatives. Such report shall include—
(1) a full description of alternatives consid-
ered prior to the award of Phase 6.3;
(2) a comparison of the costs and benefits of
each of those alternatives, to include an anal-
ysis of trade-offs among cost, schedule, and
performance objectives against each alter-
native considered;
(3) identification of the cost and risk of crit-
ical technology elements associated with each
alternative, including technology maturity,
integration risk, manufacturing feasibility,
and demonstration needs;
(4) identification of the cost and risk of addi-
tional capital asset and infrastructure capa-
bilities required to support production and
certification of each alternative;
(5) a comparative analysis of the risks,
costs, and scheduling needs for any military
requirement intended to enhance warhead
safety, security, or maintainability, including
any requirement to consolidate and/or inte-
grate warhead systems or mods as compared
to at least one other feasible refurbishment al-
ternative the Nuclear Weapons Council con-
siders appropriate; and
(6) a life-cycle cost estimate for the alter-
native selected that details the overall cost,
scope, and schedule planning assumptions.
(Pub. L. 113–235, div. D, title III, § 308, Dec. 16,
2014, 128 Stat. 2324.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Energy and Water
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 101
§ 101. Definitions
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The following definitions
apply in this title:
(1) The term ‘‘United States’’, in a geo-
graphic sense, means the States and the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
[(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X,
§ 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term ‘‘possessions’’ includes the Vir-
gin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the
Guano Islands, so long as they remain posses-
sions, but does not include any Common-
wealth.
(4) The term ‘‘armed forces’’ means the
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space
Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term ‘‘uniformed services’’ means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public
Health Service.
(6) The term ‘‘department’’, when used with
respect to a military department, means the
executive part of the department and all field
headquarters, forces, reserve components, in-
stallations, activities, and functions under the
control or supervision of the Secretary of the
department. When used with respect to the De-
partment of Defense, such term means the ex-
ecutive part of the department, including the
executive parts of the military departments,
and all field headquarters, forces, reserve com-
ponents, installations, activities, and func-
tions under the control or supervision of the
Secretary of Defense, including those of the
military departments.
(7) The term ‘‘executive part of the depart-
ment’’ means the executive part of the Depart-
ment of Defense, Department of the Army, De-
partment of the Navy, or Department of the
Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of
government.
(8) The term ‘‘military departments’’ means
t
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 2522
could be addressed or mitigated in the warhead and
related delivery systems;
‘‘(C) exercise the full set of design skills nec-
essary for an effective nuclear deterrent and re-
sponsive enterprise through production of concep-
tual designs and, as the Administrator determines
appropriate, production of non-nuclear prototypes
of components or subsystems; and
‘‘(D) examine and recommend actions for signifi-
cantly shortening timelines and significantly re-
ducing costs associated with design, development,
certification, and production of the warhead, with-
out reducing worker or public health and safety.
‘‘(2) TIMING.—The Administrator shall—
‘‘(A) during fiscal year 2018, develop a plan to
carry out paragraph (1); and
‘‘(B) during fiscal year 2019, implement such plan.
‘‘(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 1, 2018, the Ad-
ministrator, in coordination with the Chairman, shall
provide a briefing to the congressional defense commit-
tees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives]
on the plan of the Administrator to carry out the war-
head design competition under subsection (b). Such
briefing shall include an assessment of the costs, bene-
fits, risks, and opportunities of such plan, particularly
impacts to ongoing life extension programs and infra-
structure projects.’’
PLAN
FOR DEVELOPING EXASCALE COMPUTING
AND IN-
CORPORATING SUCH COMPUTING INTO
THE STOCKPILE
STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM
Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3129, Dec. 26, 2013,
127 Stat. 1066, provided that:
‘‘(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Administrator for Nuclear
Security shall develop and carry out a plan to develop
exascale computing and incorporate such computing
into the stockpile steward
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 2522
could be addressed or mitigated in the warhead and
related delivery systems;
‘‘(C) exercise the full set of design skills nec-
essary for an effective nuclear deterrent and re-
sponsive enterprise through production of concep-
tual designs and, as the Administrator determines
appropriate, production of non-nuclear prototypes
of components or subsystems; and
‘‘(D) examine and recommend actions for signifi-
cantly shortening timelines and significantly re-
ducing costs associated with design, development,
certification, and production of the warhead, with-
out reducing worker or public health and safety.
‘‘(2) TIMING.—The Administrator shall—
‘‘(A) during fiscal year 2018, develop a plan to
carry out paragraph (1); and
‘‘(B) during fiscal year 2019, implement such plan.
‘‘(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 1, 2018, the Ad-
ministrator, in coordination with the Chairman, shall
provide a briefing to the congressional defense commit-
tees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives]
on the plan of the Administrator to carry out the war-
head design competition under subsection (b). Such
briefing shall include an assessment of the costs, bene-
fits, risks, and opportunities of such plan, particularly
impacts to ongoing life extension programs and infra-
structure projects.’’
PLAN
FOR DEVELOPING EXASCALE COMPUTING
AND IN-
CORPORATING SUCH COMPUTING INTO
THE STOCKPILE
STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM
Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3129, Dec. 26, 2013,
127 Stat. 1066, provided that:
‘‘(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Administrator for Nuclear
Security shall develop and carry out a plan to develop
exascale computing and incorporate such computing
into the stockpile steward
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### Statutory Notes
Section 2521, Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4201, formerly Pub. L. 103–160, div. C, title XXXI, § 3138, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1946; Pub. L. 105–85, div. C, title XXXI, § 3152(e), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2042; renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4201, by Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, § 3141(e)(2), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1758; Pub. L. 111–84, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2702; Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3131(b), (bb)(1)(C), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2180, 2185; Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3146(c)(1), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1073; Pub. L. 118–159, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(c)(1), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2293, related to establishment of a stockpile stewardship program. See [section 6111 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section6111&num=0&edition=prelim), Armed Forces.
Section 2522, Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4202, formerly Pub. L. 105–261, div. C, title XXXI, § 3158, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2257; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1067(3), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 774; renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4202, by Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, § 3141(e)(3), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1758; Pub. L. 111–84, div. C, title XXXI, § 3112, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2703; Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3133(b)(1), (2), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2192, related to development of criteria to assess safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile. See [section 6113 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section6113&num=0&edition=prelim), Armed Forces.
Section 2523, Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4203, formerly Pub. L. 105–85, div. C, title XX
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