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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§6107 Establishment of Center for Security Technology, Analysis, Response, and Testing

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART VI — ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS › Subpart B — Atomic Energy Defense › CHAPTER 601 — ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS › § 6107

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator for Nuclear Security must set up a Center for Security Technology, Analysis, Response, and Testing inside the nuclear security enterprise. The Center will give expert, unbiased help to the Administrator, the Chief of Defense Nuclear Security, and site contractors on security tools, systems, testing, and response forces. It will help make security standards and test methods, collect and share lessons learned, support inspections, train security staff, handle advance or bulk buying for multiple sites, push for ongoing improvements, and do other tasks the Administrator assigns.

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Title 10, §6107

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Establishment.—
The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall establish within the nuclear security enterprise a Center for Security Technology, Analysis, Response, and Testing.
(b)Duties.—
The center established under subsection (a) shall carry out the following:
(1)Provide to the Administrator, the Chief of Defense Nuclear Security, and the management and operating contractors of the nuclear security enterprise a wide range of objective expertise on security technologies, systems, analysis, testing, and response forces.
(2)Assist the Administrator in developing standards, requirements, analysis methods, and testing criteria with respect to security.
(3)Collect, analyze, and distribute lessons learned with respect to security.
(4)Support inspections and oversight activities with respect to security.
(5)Promote professional development and training for security professionals.
(6)Provide for advance and bulk procurement for security-related acquisitions that affect multiple facilities of the nuclear security enterprise.
(7)Advocate for continual improvement and security excellence throughout the nuclear security enterprise.
(8)Such other duties as the Administrator may assign.

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Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2515 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(2).

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 6107

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110