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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 602— NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS · SUBCHAPTER I— STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP AND WEAPONS PRODUCTION · § 6124

§ 6124. Reports on critical difficulties at national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities

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(a)Reports by Heads of Laboratories and Facilities.— In the event of a difficulty at a national security laboratory or a nuclear weapons production facility that has a significant bearing on confidence in the safety or reliability of a nuclear weapon or nuclear weapon type, the head of the laboratory or facility, as the case may be, shall submit to the Administrator a report on the difficulty. The head of the laboratory or facility shall submit the report as soon as practicable after discovery of the difficulty.
(b)Transmittal by Administrator.— Not later than 10 days after receipt of a report under subsection (a), the Administrator shall transmit the report (together with the comments of the Administrator) to the congressional defense committees, to the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Defense, and to the President.
(c)Inclusion of Reports in Annual Stockpile Assessment.— Any report submitted pursuant to subsection
(a)shall also be submitted to the President and Congress with the matters required to be submitted under section 6117(f) for the year in which such report is submitted.
(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1359.)
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  • Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a)
  • 139 Stat. 1359
  • section 2533 of Title 50
  • Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1)
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§ 6124
Reports on critical difficulties at national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities
Pub. L.Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a)
Stat.139 Stat. 1359
Citesection 2533 of Title 50
Pub. L.Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1)
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