10 USC § 6133 Plan for domestic enrichment capability to satisfy Department of Defense uranium requirements | United States Code | US Law

10 USC § 6133

Plan for domestic enrichment capability to satisfy Department of Defense uranium requirements

through Public Law 119-88

USC

(a) Report.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31), the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that contains a plan to establish a domestic enrichment capability sufficient to meet defense requirements for enriched uranium. Such plan shall include—

(1) a description of defense requirements for enriched uranium expected to be necessary between the date of the enactment of this Act and 2060 to meet the requirements of the Department of Defense, including quantities, material assay, and the dates by which new enrichment is required;

(2) key milestones, steps, and policy decisions required to achieve the domestic uranium enrichment capability;

(3) the dates by which such key milestones are to be achieved;

(4) a funding profile, broken down by project and sub-project, for obtaining such capability;

(5) a description of any changes in the requirement of the Department of Defense for highly enriched uranium due to AUKUS; and

(6) any other elements or information the Administrator determines appropriate.

(b) Annual Certification Requirement.—(1) Not later than February 1 of each year after the year during which the report required by subsection (a) is submitted until the date specified in paragraph (2), the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees a certification that—

(A) the Administration is in compliance with the plan and milestones contained in the report; or

(B) the Administration is not in compliance with such plan or milestones, together with—

(i) a description of the nature of the non-compliance;

(ii) the reasons for the non-compliance; and

(iii) a plan to achieve compliance.

(2) No report shall be required under paragraph (1) after the date on which the Administrator certifies to the congressional defense committees that the final key milestone under the plan has been met.

(c) Form of Reports.—The report under subsection (a) and each annual certification under subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of the enactment of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 118–31, which was approved Dec. 22, 2023.

The date of the enactment of this Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 119–60, which was approved Dec. 18, 2025.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 3133 of Pub. L. 118–31, which was set out as a note under section 2538c of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, §3111(b)(13).

Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60, §3111(d)(2)(B), realigned margins.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 119–60, §3111(d)(2)(A), struck out pars. (1) and (2) headings which read as follows: "In general" and "Termination date", respectively.

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