10 USC § 6113 - Stockpile stewardship criteria

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s6113"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 6113 - Stockpile stewardship criteria"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "6113"
section_name: "Stockpile stewardship criteria"
chapter_number: 602
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP AND WEAPONS PRODUCTION"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1345.)"
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# § 6113. Stockpile stewardship criteria

**(a)** **Requirement for Criteria.—** The Secretary of Energy shall develop clear and specific criteria for judging whether the science-based tools being used by the Department of Energy for determining the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile are performing in a manner that will provide an adequate degree of certainty that the stockpile is safe and reliable.

**(b)** **Coordination With Secretary of Defense.—** The Secretary of Energy, in developing the criteria required by subsection (a), shall coordinate with the Secretary of Defense.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1345.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 6113 was renumbered .

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , War and National Defense, prior to repeal by .