§6113 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§6113 Stockpile stewardship criteria

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 › § 6113

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must create clear, specific rules to decide if the Department of Energy’s science-based tools for checking the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile are working well enough to give an adequate degree of certainty that the stockpile is safe and reliable. While making these rules, the Energy Secretary must work with the Secretary of Defense.

Title 10, §6113

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(a)The Secretary of Energy shall develop clear and specific criteria for judging whether the science-based tools being used by the Department of Energy for determining the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile are performing in a manner that will provide an adequate degree of certainty that the stockpile is safe and reliable.

(b)The Secretary of Energy, in developing the criteria required by subsection (a), shall coordinate with the Secretary of Defense.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 6113 was renumbered section 8253 of this title. Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2522 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

§6113 Stockpile stewardship criteria

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Title 10, §6113

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