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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-83

§6124 Reports on Critical Difficulties at National Security Laboratories and Nuclear Weapons Production Facilities

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Last updated Apr 18, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a problem at a national security lab or a nuclear weapons plant could hurt trust in a nuclear weapon’s safety or reliability, the head of that lab or plant must quickly send a report to the Administrator. Within 10 days of receiving that report, the Administrator must forward it with comments to the congressional defense committees, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, and the President. The report must also be included in the yearly materials sent to the President and Congress under section 6117(f).

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §6124

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In the event of a difficulty at a national security laboratory or a nuclear weapons production facility that has a significant bearing on confidence in the safety or reliability of a nuclear weapon or nuclear weapon type, the head of the laboratory or facility, as the case may be, shall submit to the Administrator a report on the difficulty. The head of the laboratory or facility shall submit the report as soon as practicable after discovery of the difficulty.
(b)Not later than 10 days after receipt of a report under subsection (a), the Administrator shall transmit the report (together with the comments of the Administrator) to the congressional defense committees, to the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Defense, and to the President.
(c)Any report submitted pursuant to subsection (a) shall also be submitted to the President and Congress with the matters required to be submitted under section 6117(f) for the year in which such report is submitted.

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Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2533 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

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Transfer of Functions

, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the advanced scientific computing research program and activities at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, including the functions of the Secretary of Energy relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, see section 183(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. All national security functions and activities performed immediately before Oct. 5, 1999, by nuclear weapons laboratories and production facilities defined in this section, transferred to the Administrator for Nuclear Security of the National Nuclear Security Administration of the Department of Energy, see section 2481 of Title 50, War and National Defense.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 6124

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 18, 2026

Release point: 119-83