Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60

§2538d Incorporation of Integrated Surety Architecture

Title 50 › Chapter 42— ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS › Subchapter II— NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS › Part A— Stockpile Stewardship and Weapons Production › § 2538d

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Require the Administrator to make over-the-road shipments that carry any nuclear weapon planned for the active stockpile after 2025 use surety technologies from the Integrated Surety Architecture program, and to ensure warhead development, life-extension, and major-alteration programs use compatible designs. If the Administrator decides not to include some or all technologies or designs in a case, they must notify the congressional defense committees and give a written system risk analysis that addresses security risk reduction, operational impacts, and technical risk. These requirements end on December 31, 2029.

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Title 50, §2538d

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

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50 U.S.C. § 2538d

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60