Sec. 1033. REPORT IN THE EVENT OF INSUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR MODERNIZATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE
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## SEC. 1033 REPORT IN THE EVENT OF INSUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR MODERNIZATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE ###
(a)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— ####
(1)consistent with Condition 9 of the Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification of the New START Treaty of the Senate, agreed to on December 22, 2010, the United States is committed to ensuring the safety, security, reliability, and credibility of its nuclear forces; and ####
(2)the United States is committed to— #####
(A)proceeding with a robust stockpile stewardship program and maintaining and modernizing nuclear weapons production capabilities and capacities of the United States to ensure the safety, security, reliability, and credibility of the nuclear arsenal of the United States at the New START Treaty levels and meeting requirements for hedging against possible international developments or technical problems; #####
(B)reinvigorating and sustaining the nuclear security laboratories of the United States and preserving the core nuclear weapons competencies therein; and #####
(C)providing the resources needed to achieve these objectives, using as a starting point the levels set forth in the President’s 10-year plan provided to Congress in November 2010 pursuant to section 1251 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2549). ###
(b)Insufficient Funding Report ####
(1)In general Section 1045 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 50 U.S.C. 2523b) is— #####
(A)transferred to chapter 24 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 1031(b); #####
(B)inserted after section 493 of such title, as added to such chapter 24 by such section 1031(b); #####
(C)redesignated as section 494; and #####
(D)amended by amending paragraph
(2)of subsection
(a)to read as follows: > > #### “(2) Insufficient funding > > > ##### “(A) Report > > During each year in which the New START Treaty is in force, if the President determines that an appropriations Act is enacted that fails to meet the resource levels set forth in the November 2010 update to the plan referred to in section 1251 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2549) or if at any time determines that more resources are required to carry out such plan than were estimated, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees, within 60 days of making such a determination, a report detailing— > > > ###### “(i) > > a plan to address the resource shortfall; > > > ###### “(ii) > > if more resources are required to carry out the plan than were estimated— > > > ###### “(I) > > the proposed level of funding required; and > > > ###### “(II) > > an identification of the stockpile work, campaign, facility, site, asset, program, operation, activity, construction, or project for which additional funds are required; > > > ###### “(iii) > > any effects caused by the shortfall on the safety, security, reliability, or credibility of the nuclear forces of the United States; > > > ###### “(iv) > > whether and why, in light of the shortfall, remaining a party to the New START Treaty is still in the national interest of the United States; and > > > ###### “(v) > > a detailed explanation of why the modernization timelines established in the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review are no longer applicable. > > > ##### “(B) Prior notification > > If the President transmits a report under subparagraph (A), the President shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of any determination by the President to reduce the number of deployed nuclear warheads of the United States by not later than 60 days before taking any action to carry out such reduction. > > > ##### “(C) Exception > > The limitation in subparagraph
(B)shall not apply to— > > > ###### “(i) > > reductions made to ensure the safety, security, reliability, and credibility of the nuclear weapons stockpile and strategic delivery systems, including activities related to surveillance, assessment, certification, testing, and maintenance of nuclear warheads and strategic delivery systems; or > > > ###### “(ii) > > nuclear warheads that are retired or awaiting dismantlement on the date of the report under subparagraph (A). > > > ##### “(D) Definitions > > In this paragraph: > > > ###### “(i) > > The term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means— > > > ###### “(I) > > the congressional defense committees; and > > > ###### “(II) > > the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. > > > ###### “(ii) > > The term ‘New START Treaty’ means the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed on April 8, 2010, and entered into force on February 5, 2011.” > . ####
(2)Clerical amendments #####
(A)Table of contents The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 24 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 1031(b), is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 493 the following new item:" “494. Nuclear force reductions.” ". #####
(B)Section heading typeface and typestyle Section 494 of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), is amended— ######
(i)in the enumerator, by striking “SEC.” and inserting “§”; and ######
(ii)in the section heading— ######
(I)by striking the period at the end; and ######
(II)by conforming the typeface and typestyle, including capitalization, to the typeface and typestyle as used in the section heading of section 491 of such title. ####
(4)Effective date **[**[10 U.S.C. 494 note](/us/usc/t10/s494)**]** The amendment made by paragraph (1)(D) shall take effect on October 1, 2012.
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- Pub. L. 111-84
- 123 Stat. 2549
- Pub. L. 112-81
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Sec. 1033
REPORT IN THE EVENT OF INSUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR MODERNIZATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE
Pub. L.Pub. L. 111-84
Stat.123 Stat. 2549
Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-81
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