§6134 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§6134 Incorporation of integrated surety architecture

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 › § 6134

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must make sure over‑the‑road shipments of the Administration that carry any nuclear weapon planned for the active stockpile after 2025 use surety technologies from the Integrated Surety Architecture program. The Administrator, with the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Council, must also require warhead development, life‑extension, and major‑alteration programs to include designs that work with that program. If the Administrator decides to leave out any of those technologies or designs for a specific shipment or program, they must notify the congressional defense committees and include a written system risk analysis that covers security risk reduction, operational impacts, and technical risk. These requirements end on December 31, 2029.

Title 10, §6134

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(a)(1)The Administrator shall ensure that shipments described in paragraph (2) incorporate surety technologies relating to transportation and shipping developed by the Integrated Surety Architecture program of the Administration.

(2)A shipment described in this paragraph is an over-the-road shipment of the Administration that involves any nuclear weapon planned to be in the active stockpile after 2025.

(b)(1)The Administrator, in coordination with the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Council, shall ensure that each program described in paragraph (2) incorporates integrated designs compatible with the Integrated Surety Architecture program.

(2)A program described in this subsection is a program of the Administration that is a warhead development program, a life extension program, or a warhead major alteration program.

(c)(1)If, on a case-by-case basis, the Administrator determines that a shipment under subsection (a) will not incorporate some or all of the surety technologies described in such subsection, or that a program under subsection (b) will not incorporate some or all of the integrated designs described in such subsection, the Administrator shall submit such determination to the congressional defense committees, including the results of an analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (2).

(2)Each determination made under paragraph (1) shall be based on a documented, system risk analysis that considers security risk reduction, operational impacts, and technical risk.

(d)The requirements of subsections (a) and (b) shall terminate on December 31, 2029.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2538d of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(d)(2)(B), realigned margins.