Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60
§2522 Stockpile Stewardship Criteria
Title 50 › Chapter 42— ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS › Subchapter II— NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS › Part A— Stockpile Stewardship and Weapons Production › § 2522
Summary
The Energy Secretary must make clear rules to judge whether DOE's science tools give enough certainty the stockpile is safe and reliable and must work with the Defense Secretary.
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Title 50, §2522
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(a)The Secretary of Energy shall develop clear and specific criteria for judging whether the science-based tools being used by the Department of Energy for determining the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile are performing in a manner that will provide an adequate degree of certainty that the stockpile is safe and reliable.
(b)The Secretary of Energy, in developing the criteria required by subsection (a), shall coordinate with the Secretary of Defense.
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Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly set out as a note under section 2121 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108–136.
Amendments
2013—Pub. L. 112–239, § 3133(b)(2), substituted “Stockpile stewardship criteria” for “Report on stockpile stewardship criteria” in section catchline. Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 112–239, § 3133(b)(1), struck out subsecs. (c) and (d), which related, respectively, to report and definitions. 2009—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–84, § 3112(a), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) required submission of report not later than Mar. 1, 2000, to Congressional committees on Department of Energy efforts to develop subsec. (a) criteria. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111–84, § 3112(b), added subsec. (d). 1999—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–65 substituted “Committee on Armed Services” for “Committee on National Security” before “of the House of Representatives”.
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50 U.S.C. § 2522
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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