Sec. 1646. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO INCIDENTS THAT AFFECT AVAILABILITY OF UNITED STATES HOMELAND MISSILE DEFENSES
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## SEC. 1646 CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO INCIDENTS THAT AFFECT AVAILABILITY OF UNITED STATES HOMELAND MISSILE DEFENSES ###
(a)Requirement If the Secretary of Defense determines that an incident has affected the availability of the ground-based midcourse defense system, or has impeded the function of such system, in a manner that inhibits the capability of such system to adequately respond to the operational mission of such system as required by the Commander of the United States Northern Command, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate Members of Congress a notification of such incident by not later than 24 hours after the Secretary makes such determination. ###
(b)Appropriate Members of Congress Defined In this section, the term “**appropriate Members of Congress**” means each chair and ranking member of the congressional defense committees.