§6112 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§6112 Portfolio management framework for National Nuclear Security Administration

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART VI— - ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS › Subpart Subpart B— - Atomic Energy Defense › Chapter CHAPTER 602— - NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP AND WEAPONS PRODUCTION › § 6112

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The NNSA Administrator must, within one year after the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act became law, work with the Nuclear Weapons Council (section 179) to create and put into use a portfolio management framework for the nuclear security enterprise. The framework must say what programs make up the stockpile and infrastructure work, set up a governance system with selection and prioritization rules and performance measures, explain how the Administration will manage the portfolio, and use the leading practices from the GAO report GAO-21-398 (June 2021). The Administrator must also finish a full assessment of the management capabilities needed to carry out the weapons activities portfolio. By June 1, 2022, the Administrator must brief the congressional defense committees on progress developing the framework and assessment, and on plans to implement the GAO report’s recommendations.

Title 10, §6112

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(a)Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81), the Administrator shall—

(1)in consultation with the Nuclear Weapons Council established under section 179, develop and implement a portfolio management framework for the nuclear security enterprise that—

(A)defines the Administration’s portfolio of nuclear weapons stockpile and infrastructure maintenance and modernization programs;

(B)establishes a portfolio governance structure, including portfolio-level selection criteria, prioritization criteria, and performance metrics;

(C)outlines the approach of the Administration to managing that portfolio; and

(D)incorporates the leading practices identified by the Comptroller General of the United States in the report titled “Nuclear Security Enterprise: NNSA Should Use Portfolio Management Leading Practices to Support Modernization Efforts” (GAO-21-398) and dated June 2021; and

(2)complete an integrated, comprehensive assessment of the portfolio management capabilities required to execute the weapons activities portfolio of the Administration.

(b)Not later than June 1, 2022, the Administrator shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on—

(1)the progress of the Administrator in developing the framework described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and completing the assessment required by paragraph (2) of that subsection; and

(2)the plans of the Administrator for implementing the recommendations of the Comptroller General in the report referred to in paragraph (1)(D) of that subsection.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 117–81, which was approved Dec. 27, 2021.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 6112, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 381; Oct. 9, 1962, Pub. L. 87–777, § 1, 76 Stat. 777, prohibited employment of officers of the Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps, other than a retired officer, from being employed by any person furnishing naval supplies or war materials to the United States under pain of loss of payment from the United States during that employment, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 87–649, § 14c(36), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 501, and by Pub. L. 89–718, § 75(6), (7), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1124. Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 3121 of Pub. L. 117–81, which was set out as a note under section 2521 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(10).