Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§6127 Notification of certain regulations that impact the 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 › § 6127
Summary
A lab director who finds a federal rule would block maintaining the nuclear stockpile without explosive testing must notify Congress in 15 days. Notice is unclassified but may include a classified annex.
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Title 10, §6127
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(a)If a director of a national security laboratory of the Administration determines that a Federal regulation could inhibit the ability of the Administrator to maintain the safety, security, or effectiveness of the nuclear weapons stockpile without engaging in explosive nuclear testing, such director, not later than 15 days after making such determination, shall submit to Congress a notification of such determination.
(b)Each notification required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 3125 of Pub. L. 118–159, which was set out as a note under section 2538 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(12).
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10 U.S.C. § 6127
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73