50 U.S.C. § 2529
Section 2529 · Requirements for specific request for new or modified nuclear weapons
Current version, with additions and removals from the November 24, 2003 version.
(A) shall specifically request funds for such activities in the budget of the President for that fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31; and
(B) may carry out such activities only if amounts are authorized to be appropriated for such activities by an Act of Congress consistent with section 7270 of title 42.
(2) The activities described in this paragraph are as follows:
(2) The activities described in this paragraph are as follows:
(B) The conduct, or provision for conduct, of engineering or manufacturing to carry out the production of a new nuclear weapon by the United States.
(B) The conduct, or provision for conduct, of engineering or manufacturing to carry out the production of a new nuclear weapon by the United States.
(D) The conduct, or provision for conduct, of engineering or manufacturing to carry out the production of a modified nuclear weapon by the United States.
(D) The conduct, or provision for conduct, of engineering or manufacturing to carry out the production of a modified nuclear weapon by the United States.
The Secretary shall include in a request for funds under subsection (a) the following:
In any fiscal year after fiscal year 2022, the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator, in conjunction with the annual submission of the budget of the President to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, shall notify the congressional defense committees of—
Subsection (a) shall not apply to funds for purposes of conducting, or providing for the conduct of, research and development, or manufacturing and engineering, determined by the Secretary to be necessary—
(1) for the nuclear weapons life extension program;
(2) to modify an existing nuclear weapon solely to address safety or reliability concerns; or
(3) to address proliferation concerns.
(2) any plans to carry out, prior to phase 2 or phase 6.2 (as the case may be) of the nuclear weapon acquisition process, activities described in subsection (a)(2) relating to the development of a new nuclear weapon or modified nuclear weapon during the fiscal year covered by that budget.
In this section:
In this section:
(1) The term “life extension program” means the program to repair or replace non-nuclear components, or to modify the pit or canned subassembly, of nuclear weapons that are in the nuclear weapons stockpile on December 2, 2002, in order to assure that such nuclear weapons retain the ability to meet the military requirements applicable to such nuclear weapons when first placed in the nuclear weapons stockpile.
(A) is in the nuclear weapons stockpile as of December 2, 2002; and
(A) is in the nuclear weapons stockpile as of December 2, 2002; and
(B) is being modified in order to meet a military requirement that is other than the military requirements applicable to such nuclear weapon when first placed in the nuclear weapons stockpile.
(B) is being modified in order to meet a military requirement that is other than the military requirements applicable to such nuclear weapon when first placed in the nuclear weapons stockpile.
(A) in the nuclear weapons stockpile on December 2, 2002; nor
(A) in the nuclear weapons stockpile on December 2, 2002; nor
(B) in production as of that date.
(B) in production as of that date.