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§500a Guidance on Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Mission Area and Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part I— ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS › Chapter 25— ELECTROMAGNETIC WARFARE › § 500a
Summary
The Secretary of Defense must set up processes and rules to build, combine, and improve the military’s electromagnetic spectrum operations across the Department of Defense. Those processes must also give a single department-wide strategy, planning, and budget for those operations, including actions to stop or deter hostile actors from using the spectrum.
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Title 10, §500a
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The Secretary of Defense shall—
(1)establish processes and procedures to develop, integrate, and enhance the electromagnetic spectrum operations mission area and the conduct of joint electromagnetic spectrum operations in all domains across the Department of Defense; and
(2)ensure that such processes and procedures provide for integrated defense-wide strategy, planning, and budgeting with respect to the conduct of such operations by the Department, including activities conducted to counter and deter such operations by malign actors.
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2024—Pub. L. 118–159 renumbered section 501 of this title, relating to guidance on electromagnetic spectrum operations mission area and joint electromagnetic spectrum operations, as this section.
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10 U.S.C. § 500a
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60