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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.

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