10 USC § 480 - Reports to Congress: submission in electronic form

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title: "10 USC § 480 - Reports to Congress: submission in electronic form"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "480"
section_name: "Reports to Congress: submission in electronic form"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES AND REPORTS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title X, § 1042(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1218; amended Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1042, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2646.)"
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# § 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 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title X, § 1042(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1218; amended Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1042, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2646.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002—Subsec. (a).  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”.