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10 USC § 500a - Guidance on electromagnetic spectrum operations mission area and joint electromagnetic spectrum operations 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s500a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 500a - Guidance on electromagnetic spectrum operations mission area and joint electromagnetic spectrum operations"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "500a"
section_name: "Guidance on electromagnetic spectrum operations mission area and joint electromagnetic spectrum operations"
chapter_number: 25
chapter_name: "ELECTROMAGNETIC WARFARE"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVI, § 1682(a), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 613, § 501; renumbered § 500a, Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(a)(10), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2203.)"
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# § 500a. Guidance on electromagnetic spectrum operations mission area and joint electromagnetic spectrum operations

The Secretary of Defense shall—

**(1)** establish processes and procedures to develop, integrate, and enhance the electromagnetic spectrum operations mission area and the conduct of joint electromagnetic spectrum operations in all domains across the Department of Defense; and

**(2)** ensure that such processes and procedures provide for integrated defense-wide strategy, planning, and budgeting with respect to the conduct of such operations by the Department, including activities conducted to counter and deter such operations by malign actors.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVI, § 1682(a), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 613, § 501; renumbered § 500a, Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(a)(10), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2203.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2024— renumbered , relating to guidance on electromagnetic spectrum operations mission area and joint electromagnetic spectrum operations, as this section.