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50 U.S.C. 2538a: Plutonium pit production capacity
Created in 2014 by the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314). Changed by 3 later laws. 1 new law this Congress changed it.
- past change
- enacted this Congress
- proposed
This Congress
- S. 1071 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · became law · changed (f), (i)
How it got here
2023
2021
- Pub. L. 117–81 added subsecs. (d) to (f). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022) Law text · (d), (e), (f)
2019
- Pub. L. 116–92, §3116(b)(1), added par. (5) and struck out former par. (5) which read as follows: "during a pilot period of not less than 90 days during 2027 (subject to subsection (b)), demonstrates the capability to produce war reserve plutonium pits at a rate sufficient to produc… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 116–92, §3116(b)(2)–(4), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b), substituted "2030" for "2027 (or, if the authority under subsection (b) is exercised, 2029)", and struck out former subsec. (b) which authorized a two-year delay of the demonstration requirement. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 116–92, §3116(b)(3), (5), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c) and substituted "subsection (b)" for "subsection (c)". Former subsec. (c) redesignated (b). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020) Law text · (c)
- Pub. L. 116–92, §3116(b)(3), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020) Law text · (d)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.