10 U.S.C. § 6120
Requirements for specific request for new or modified nuclear weapons
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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- 10 U.S.C. § 6120, Requirements for specific request for new or modified nuclear weapons, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/435102
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In any fiscal year after fiscal year 2002 in which the Secretary of Energy plans to carry out activities described in paragraph (2) relating to the development of a new nuclear weapon or modified nuclear weapon beyond phase 2 or phase 6.2 (as the case may be) of the nuclear weapon acquisition process, the Secretary—
The activities described in this paragraph are as follows:
In any fiscal year after fiscal year 2022, the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator, in conjunction with the annual submission of the budget of the President to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, shall notify the congressional defense committees of—
In this section:
The term “modified nuclear weapon” means a nuclear weapon that contains a pit or canned subassembly, either of which—
The term “new nuclear weapon” means a nuclear weapon that contains a pit or canned subassembly, either of which is neither—
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.
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026House: 312–112Senate: no recorded tally