2016 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part IV - Service, Supply, and Procurement
Chapter 135 - Space Programs
Sec. 2277 - Report on foreign counter-space programs

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 2277 (2016)
Section Name §2277. Report on foreign counter-space programs
Section Text

(a) Report Required.—Not later than January 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly submit to Congress a report on the counter-space programs of foreign countries.

(b) Contents.—Each report required under subsection (a) shall include—

(1) an explanation of whether any foreign country has a counter-space program that could be a threat to the national security or commercial space systems of the United States; and

(2) the name of each country with a counter-space program described in paragraph (1).


(c) Form.—

(1) In general.—Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), each report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form.

(2) Classified annex.—The Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence may submit to the covered congressional committees a classified annex to a report required under subsection (a) containing any classified information required to be submitted for such report.

(3) Foreign country names.—

(A) Unclassified form.—Subject to subparagraph (B), each report required under subsection (a) shall include the information required under subsection (b)(2) in unclassified form.

(B) National security waiver.—The Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence may waive the requirement under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary and the Director of National Intelligence jointly determine it is in the interests of national security to waive such requirement and submits to Congress an explanation of why the Secretary and the Director waived such requirement.


(d) Covered Congressional Committees Defined.—In this section, the term "covered congressional committees" means the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title IX, §913(c)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1875.)

Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 2277, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 127, related to availability of appropriations, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VIII, §821(a)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1704.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, 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 IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 135 - SPACE PROGRAMS
Sec. 2277 - Report on foreign counter-space programs
Contains section 2277
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 107 Stat. 1704
126 Stat. 1875
Public Law References Public Law 103-160, Public Law 112-239
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