10 USC § 430 - Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities Executive Agent

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title: "10 USC § 430 - Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities Executive Agent"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "430"
section_name: "Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities Executive Agent"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE MATTERS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL MATTERS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title XVI, § 1621(a), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3631; amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVI, § 1621(e)(1)(A)(viii), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1733; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, § 1081(a)(17), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3871.)"
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# § 430. Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities Executive Agent

**(a)** **Designation.—** The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall designate a civilian employee of the Department or a member of the armed forces to serve as the Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities Executive Agent.

**(b)** **Duties.—** The Executive Agent designated under subsection (a) shall—

**(1)** report directly to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security;

**(2)** work with the combatant commands, military departments, and the intelligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)) to—

**(A)** develop methods to increase warfighter effectiveness through the exploitation of national capabilities; and

**(B)** promote cross-domain integration of such capabilities into military operations, training, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance activities.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title XVI, § 1621(a), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3631; amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVI, § 1621(e)(1)(A)(viii), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1733; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, § 1081(a)(17), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3871.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—Subsec. (b)(1).  inserted “and Security” after “for Intelligence”.

2019—Subsec. (a).  substituted “Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security” for “Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence”.