Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§493 Reports to Congress on the Modification of the Force Structure for the Strategic Nuclear Weapons Delivery Systems of the United States
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART I — ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS › CHAPTER 24 — NUCLEAR POSTURE › § 493
Summary
When the President plans a change to the United States’ systems that deliver strategic nuclear weapons after December 31, 2011, he must send Congress a report at least 180 days before the change takes effect. The report must explain how the change will keep a proper mix of delivery systems to meet current and expected future threats, compared with the current force.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §493
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Whenever after December 31, 2011, the President proposes a modification of the force structure for the strategic nuclear weapons delivery systems of the United States, the President shall submit to Congress a report on the modification not less than 180 days before the intended effective date of the modification. The report shall include a description of the manner in which such modification will maintain for the United States a range of strategic nuclear weapons delivery systems appropriate for the current and anticipated threats faced by the United States when compared with the current force structure of strategic nuclear weapons delivery systems.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification The text of this section is based on Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title X, § 1077, Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1596. section 1077 of Pub. L. 112–81, formerly classified to section 2514 of Title 50, War and National Defense, was transferred to this section by Pub. L. 112–239, § 1031(b)(3)(B)(i)–(iii).
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 117–81 inserted “not less than 180 days before the intended
Effective Date
of the modification” after “report on the modification”. 2013—Pub. L. 112–239, § 1031(b)(3)(C)(ii), made technical
Amendments
to conform section enumerator and catchline to the style of this title. See Codification note above. Pub. L. 112–239, § 1031(b)(3)(B)(iv), as amended by Pub. L. 113–66, § 1091(b)(5), substituted “December 31, 2011,” for “the date of the enactment of this Act”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2013 Amendment Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title X, § 1091(b), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 876, provided in part that the amendment made by section 1091(b)(5) is effective as of Jan. 2, 2013, and as if included in Pub. L. 112–239 as enacted.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 493
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102