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Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSEChapter 42 - ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONSSubchapter II - NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS
Part A - STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP AND WEAPONS PRODUCTION
Section 2524 - Stockpile management program

50 U.S.C. § 2524

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Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
Section 2524 - Stockpile management program
(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 of the weapons in the nuclear weapons stockpile, including the extension of the effective life of such weapons. The program shall have the following objectives:

(1) To increase the reliability, safety, and security 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 achieve reductions in the future size of the nuclear weapons stockpile.
(4) To reduce the risk of an accidental detonation of an element of the stockpile.
(5) 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 made to achieve the objectives identified in subsection (a); and
(2) any such changes made to the stockpile shall-
(A) remain consistent with basic design parameters by including, to the maximum extent feasible, components that are well understood or are certifiable without the need to resume underground nuclear weapons testing; and
(B) use the design, certification, and production expertise resident in the nuclear security enterprise to fulfill current mission requirements of the existing stockpile.
(c) Program budget

In accordance with the requirements under section 2529 of this title, for each budget submitted by the President to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, the amounts requested for the program under this section shall be clearly identified in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of that budget.

50 U.S.C. § 2524

Pub. L. 107-314, div. D, title XLII, §4204, formerly Pub. L. 106-65, §3133, 113 Stat. 926; renumbered Pub. L. 107-314, div. D, title XLII, §4204, and amended Pub. L. 108-136, §§3111, 3141, 117 Stat. 1743, 1758; Pub. L. 111-84, §3113, 123 Stat. 2704; Pub. L. 112-239, div. C, title XXXI, §3133(d), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2192; Pub. L. 113-66, §3146, 127 Stat. 1073.

EDITORIAL NOTES

CODIFICATIONSection was formerly set out as a note under section 2121 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108-136.

AMENDMENTS2013-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113-66 struck out "for Nuclear Security" after "Administrator" in introductory provisions. Subsec. (b)(2)(B). Pub. L. 112-239, §3133(d)(1), substituted "nuclear security enterprise" for "nuclear complex".Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 112-239, §3133(d)(2), (3), redesignated subsec. (e) as (c) and struck out former subsecs. (c) and (d), which related, respectively, to program plan and annual updates.2009- Pub. L. 111-84 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to the nuclear weapons stockpile life extension program. 2003-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108-136, §3111, struck out subsec. (c), which related to a plan for the extension of the effective life of the weapons in the nuclear weapons stockpile.Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 108-136, §3141(e)(5)(D), substituted "October 5, 1999" for "the date of the enactment of this Act".Subsecs. (d) to (f). Pub. L. 108-136, §3111, struck out subsecs. (d) to (f). Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) required submittal to committees of the House and Senate of a plan for the extension of the effective life of the weapons in the nuclear weapons stockpile and annual updates of the plan, subsec. (e) required a GAO assessment of the plan and updates, and subsec. (f) stated the sense of Congress regarding funding of the program under subsec. (a).

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2003 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 108-136, §3111, 117 Stat. 1743, provided that the amendment made by section 3111 is effective December 31, 2004.

Administrator
The term "Administrator" means the Administrator for Nuclear Security.
nuclear security enterprise
The term "nuclear security enterprise" means the physical facilities, technology, and human capital of the national security laboratories and the nuclear weapons production facilities.