Title 6 — Domestic Security
Part B · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization
§ 596a. Joint annual interagency review of global nuclear detection architecture
Statutory text
Annual review
In general
The Secretary, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly ensure interagency coordination on the development and implementation of the global nuclear detection architecture by ensuring that, not less frequently than once each year—
each relevant agency, office, or entity—
assesses its involvement, support, and participation in the development, revision, and implementation of the global nuclear detection architecture; and
examines and evaluates components of the global nuclear detection architecture (including associated strategies and acquisition plans) relating to the operations of that agency, office, or entity, to determine whether such components incorporate and address current threat assessments, scenarios, or intelligence analyses developed by the Director of National Intelligence or other agencies regarding threats relating to nuclear or radiological weapons of mass destruction;
each agency, office, or entity deploying or operating any nuclear or radiological detection technology under the global nuclear detection architecture—
evaluates the deployment and operation of nuclear or radiological detection technologies under the global nuclear detection architecture by that agency, office, or entity;
identifies performance deficiencies and operational or technical deficiencies in nuclear or radiological detection technologies deployed under the global nuclear detection architecture; and
assesses the capacity of that agency, office, or entity to implement the responsibilities of that agency, office, or entity under the global nuclear detection architecture; and
the Assistant Secretary and each of the relevant departments that are partners in the National Technical Forensics Center—
include, as part of the assessments, evaluations, and reviews required under this paragraph, each office’s or department’s activities and investments in support of nuclear forensics and attribution activities and specific goals and objectives accomplished during the previous year pursuant to the national strategic five-year plan for improving the nuclear forensic and attribution capabilities of the United States required under section 1036 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010;
attaches, as an appendix to the Joint Interagency Annual Review, the most current version of such strategy and plan; and
includes a description of new or amended bilateral and multilateral agreements and efforts in support of nuclear forensics and attribution activities accomplished during the previous year.
Technology
Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall examine and evaluate the development, assessment, and acquisition of radiation detection technologies deployed or implemented in support of the domestic portion of the global nuclear detection architecture.
Annual report on joint interagency review
In general
Not later than March 31 of each year, the Secretary, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall jointly submit a report regarding the implementation of this section and the results of the reviews required under subsection (a) to—
the President;
the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives.
Form
The annual report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form to the maximum extent practicable, but may include a classified annex.
Definition
In this section, the term “global nuclear detection architecture” means the global nuclear detection architecture developed under section 592 of this title.
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.
Homeland Security Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–296 title XIX § 1927 · 116 Stat. 2135
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 596a
Pub. L. 107–296, title XIX, § 1927, formerly § 1907, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title XI, § 1103(a), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 379
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 107–296, title XIX, § 1927, formerly § 1907, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title XI, § 1103(a), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 379Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act
Pub. L. 111–140 § 4(b) · 124 Stat. 31
Added · 6 U.S.C. § 596a(a)(1)(C)
Pub. L. 111–140 added subpar. (C)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a)(1)(C). Pub. L. 111–140 added subpar. (C).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Joint Interagency Annual Reporting Requirement to Congress and the President.— (1) In general.— Section 1907(a)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 596a(a)(1)) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon; (B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(C) the Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office and each of the relevant departments that are partners in the National Technical Forensics Center— “(i) include, as part of the assessments, evaluations, and reviews required under this paragraph, each office’s or department’s activities and investments in support of nuclear forensics and attribution activities and specific goals and objectives accomplished during the previous year pursuant to the national strategic five-year plan for improving the nuclear forensic and attribution capabilities of the United States required under section 1036 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010; “(ii) attaches, as an appendix to the Joint Interagency Annual Review, the most current version of such strategy and plan; and “(iii) includes a description of new or amended bilateral and multilateral agreements and efforts in support of nuclear forensics and attribution activities accomplished during the previous year.” .Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–387 § 2(a)(9)(A) · 132 Stat. 5162
Substituted · 6 U.S.C. § 596a(a)(1)(C)
Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(9)(A), substituted “Assistant Secretary” for “Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office” in introductory provisions
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a)(1)(C). Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(9)(A), substituted “Assistant Secretary” for “Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office” in introductory provisions.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(C), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office” and inserting “Assistant Secretary”; andCountering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–387 § 2(a)(9)(B) · 132 Stat. 5162
Changed · 6 U.S.C. § 596a(c)
Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(9)(B), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 592 of this title
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(9)(B), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 592 of this title.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(B) in subsection (c), by striking “section 1902” and inserting “section 1923”; and
3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 1036 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, referred to in subsec. (a)(1)(C)(i), is section 1036 of Pub. L. 111–84, , 123 Stat. 2190, which is not classified to the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Amendments2010–2018 · 2 rounds
2018
Subsec. (a)(1)(C). Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(9)(A), substituted “Assistant Secretary” for “Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(9)(B), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 592 of this title.
2010
Subsec. (a)(1)(C). Pub. L. 111–140 added subpar. (C).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Committee on Science and Technology of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, .
Credits
2007–2018 · 3 acts
- 2007Pub. L. 107–296, title XIX, § 1927, formerly § 1907, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title XI, § 1103(a), , 121 Stat. 379
- 2010amended Pub. L. 111–140, § 4(b), , 124 Stat. 35
- 2018renumbered § 1927 and amended Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(5), (9), , 132 Stat. 5163, 5164.
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(Pub. L. 107–296, title XIX, § 1927, formerly § 1907, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title XI, § 1103(a), , 121 Stat. 379; amended Pub. L. 111–140, § 4(b), , 124 Stat. 35; renumbered § 1927 and amended Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(5), (9), , 132 Stat. 5163, 5164.)