2011 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law (§§ 101 - 2925)
Part I - ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS (§§ 101 - 491)
Chapter 23 - MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES AND REPORTS (§§ 480 - 491)
Section 491 - Nuclear employment strategy of the United States: reports on modification of strategy

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A - General Military Law
PART I - ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
CHAPTER 23 - MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES AND REPORTS
Sec. 491 - Nuclear employment strategy of the United States: reports on modification of strategy
Containssection 491
Date2011
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 3, 2012
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAdded Pub. L. 112-81, div. A, title X, §1046(b)(1), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1579.
Statutes at Large Reference125 Stat. 1579
Public Law ReferencePublic Law 112-81

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10 USC § 491 (2011)
§491. Nuclear employment strategy of the United States: reports on modification of strategy

On the date on which the President issues a nuclear employment strategy of the United States that differs from the nuclear employment strategy of the United States then in force, the President shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the following:

(1) A description of the modifications to nuclear employment strategy of the United States made by the strategy so issued.

(2) An assessment of effects of such modification for the nuclear posture of the United States.

(3) The implication of such changes on the flexibility and resilience of the strategic forces of the United States and the ability of such forces to support the goals of the United States with respect to nuclear deterrence, extended deterrence, assurance, and defense.

(Added Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title X, §1046(b)(1), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1579.)

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