Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§500a Guidance on Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Mission Area and Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART I — ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS › CHAPTER 25 — ELECTROMAGNETIC WARFARE › § 500a
Summary
Requires the Secretary of Defense to create procedures to build and coordinate electromagnetic spectrum operations across all domains and ensure defense-wide strategy, planning, budgeting, and steps to counter hostile actors.
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Title 10, §500a
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102