2013 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law (§§ 101 - 2925)
Part I - ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS (§§ 101 - 498)
Chapter 24 - NUCLEAR POSTURE (§§ 491 - 498)
Section 496 - Consideration of expansion of nuclear forces of other countries
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART I - ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS CHAPTER 24 - NUCLEAR POSTURE Sec. 496 - Consideration of expansion of nuclear forces of other countries |
Contains | section 496 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 112-239, div. A, title X, §1036(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1924. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 126 Stat. 1924 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 112-239 |
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(a)
(1) the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing, for each country with nuclear weapons, the high-, medium-, and low- confidence assessment of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4))) with respect to—
(A) the number of each type of nuclear weapons possessed by such country;
(B) the modernization plans for such weapons of such country;
(C) the production capacity of nuclear warheads and strategic delivery systems (as defined in section 495(e)(2) of this title) of such country;
(D) the nuclear doctrine of such country; and
(E) the impact of such recommended reductions on the deterrence and extended deterrence capabilities of the United States; and
(2) the Commander of the United States Strategic Command shall certify to the appropriate congressional committees whether such recommended reductions in the nuclear forces of the United States will—
(A) impair the ability of the United States to address—
(i) unplanned strategic or geopolitical events; or
(ii) technical challenge; or
(B) degrade the deterrence or assurance provided by the United States to friends and allies of the United States.
(b)
(c)
(1) The congressional defense committees.
(2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(Added Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, §1036(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1924.)
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