Sec. 1620. Amendment to annual report on the plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and nuclear weapons command and control systems
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Section 492a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: Not later than 150 days after the submission to Congress of the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Commander of United States Strategic Command shall complete an independent assessment of the sufficiency of the execution of acquisition, construction, and recapitalization programs of the Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration to modernize the nuclear forces of the United States and meet current and future deterrence requirements. The assessment required under paragraph
(1)shall evaluate the ongoing execution of modernization programs associated with— the nuclear weapons design, production, and sustainment infrastructure; the nuclear weapons stockpile; the delivery systems for nuclear weapons; and the nuclear command, control, and communications system. Not later than 15 days after completion of the assessment required by paragraph (1), the Commander of United States Strategic Command shall— submit the assessment to the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Council; and notify the congressional defense committees that the assessment has been submitted to the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Council. Not later than 15 days after the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Council receives the assessment required by paragraph (1), the Chairman shall transmit the assessment, without change, to the congressional defense committees. .