6 U.S.C. § 596a
Joint annual interagency review of global nuclear detection architecture
United States · Title 6 — DOMESTIC SECURITY · Status: effective
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- 6 U.S.C. § 596a, Joint annual interagency review of global nuclear detection architecture, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/428110
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The Secretary, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly ensure interagency coordination on the development and implementation of the global nuclear detection architecture by ensuring that, not less frequently than once each year—
each relevant agency, office, or entity—
each agency, office, or entity deploying or operating any nuclear or radiological detection technology under the global nuclear detection architecture—
the Assistant Secretary and each of the relevant departments that are partners in the National Technical Forensics Center—
Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall examine and evaluate the development, assessment, and acquisition of radiation detection technologies deployed or implemented in support of the domestic portion of the global nuclear detection architecture.
Not later than March 31 of each year, the Secretary, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall jointly submit a report regarding the implementation of this section and the results of the reviews required under subsection (a) to—
The annual report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form to the maximum extent practicable, but may include a classified annex.
In this section, the term “global nuclear detection architecture” means the global nuclear detection architecture developed under section 592 of this title.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Homeland Security Act of 2002
- Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
- Nuclear Forensics and Attribution ActHouse: 397–10Senate: no recorded tally
- Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 2018House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally