10 U.S.C. § 6134: Incorporation of integrated…

§6134 Incorporation of Integrated Surety Architecture

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART VI — ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS › Subpart B — Atomic Energy Defense › CHAPTER 602 — NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS › SUBCHAPTER I — STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP AND WEAPONS PRODUCTION › § 6134

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Make sure over-the-road shipments of the Administration that carry any nuclear weapon planned to be in the active stockpile after 2025 use surety technologies made by the Administration’s Integrated Surety Architecture program. The Administrator must also work with the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Council so warhead development, life extension, and major alteration programs use integrated designs that fit that program. If the Administrator decides for a specific shipment or program not to use some or all of those technologies or designs, they must send that decision to the congressional defense committees with a written system risk analysis that looks at security risk reduction, operational effects, and technical risk. These rules end on December 31, 2029.

Title 10, §6134

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(a)Shipments.—

(1)The Administrator shall ensure that shipments described in paragraph (2) incorporate surety technologies relating to transportation and shipping developed by the Integrated Surety Architecture program of the Administration.

(2)A shipment described in this paragraph is an over-the-road shipment of the Administration that involves any nuclear weapon planned to be in the active stockpile after 2025.

(b)Certain Programs.—

(1)The Administrator, in coordination with the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Council, shall ensure that each program described in paragraph (2) incorporates integrated designs compatible with the Integrated Surety Architecture program.

(2)A program described in this subsection is a program of the Administration that is a warhead development program, a life extension program, or a warhead major alteration program.

(c)Determination.—

(1)If, on a case-by-case basis, the Administrator determines that a shipment under subsection (a) will not incorporate some or all of the surety technologies described in such subsection, or that a program under subsection (b) will not incorporate some or all of the integrated designs described in such subsection, the Administrator shall submit such determination to the congressional defense committees, including the results of an analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (2).

(2)Each determination made under paragraph (1) shall be based on a documented, system risk analysis that considers security risk reduction, operational impacts, and technical risk.

(d)Termination.—

The requirements of subsections (a) and (b) shall terminate on December 31, 2029.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2538d of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(d)(2)(B), realigned margins.