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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part I · Chapter 23 — Miscellaneous Studies and Reports

§ 480. Reports to Congress: submission in electronic form

Statutory text

(a)

Requirement.—

Whenever the Secretary of Defense or any other official of the Department of Defense submits to Congress (or any committee of either House of Congress) a report that the Secretary (or other official) is required by law to submit, the Secretary (or other official) shall provide to Congress (or such committee) a copy of the report in an electronic medium.

(b)

Exception.—

Subsection (a) does not apply to a report submitted in classified form.

(c)

Definition.—

In this section, the term “report” includes any certification, notification, or other communication in writing.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002

    Pub. L. 107–107 div. A title X § 1042(a) · 115 Stat. 1012

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 480

    Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title X, § 1042(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1218

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title X, § 1042(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1218

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Chapter 23 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the table of sections the following new section: “§ 480. Reports to Congress: submission in electronic form “(a) Requirement.— Whenever the Secretary of Defense or any other official of the Department of Defense submits to Congress (or any committee of either House of Congress) a report that the Secretary (or other official) is required by law to submit, the Secretary (or other official) shall, upon request by any committee of Congress to which the report is submitted or referred, provide to Congress (or each such committee) a copy of the report in an electronic medium. “(b) Exception.— Subsection (a) does not apply to a report submitted in classified form. “(c) Definition.— In this section, the term ‘report’ includes any certification, notification, or other communication in writing.”.

  2. Pub. L. 107–314 div. A title X § 1042 · 116 Stat. 2458

    Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 480(a)

    Pub. L. 107–314 substituted “shall provide to Congress (or” for “shall, upon request by any committee of Congress to which the report is submitted or referred, provide to Congress (or each”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–314 substituted “shall provide to Congress (or” for “shall, upon request by any committee of Congress to which the report is submitted or referred, provide to Congress (or each”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1042. REQUIREMENT THAT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORTS TO CONGRESS BE ACCOMPANIED BY ELECTRONIC VERSION. Section 480(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “shall, upon request” and all that follows through “(or each” and inserting “shall provide to Congress (or”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–314 substituted “shall provide to Congress (or” for “shall, upon request by any committee of Congress to which the report is submitted or referred, provide to Congress (or each”.

Credits

2001–2002 · 2 acts
  1. 2001Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title X, § 1042(a), , 115 Stat. 1218
  2. 2002amended Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1042, , 116 Stat. 2646.
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(Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title X, § 1042(a), , 115 Stat. 1218; amended Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1042, , 116 Stat. 2646.)

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