---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2275b"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2275b"
heading: "Requirements for appropriate classification guidance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2275b"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 135 — Space Programs"
---

# §2275b. Requirements for appropriate classification guidance

- (a) **In General.—** Before a space [major defense acquisition program](/usc/10/4201.md?p=a) achieves Milestone B approval, or equivalent, the milestone decision authority shall determine whether the classification guidance for the [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) remains appropriate and—
  - (1) if such guidance is determined to be appropriate, submit to the [congressional defense committees](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-16) a certification of such determination; or
  - (2) if such guidance is determined to be inappropriate, initiate an update to such guidance.
- (b) **Definitions.—** In this section:
  - (1) The term “Milestone B approval” has the meaning given such term in [section 4172(e)(7) of this title](/usc/10/4172.md?p=e-7).
  - (2) The term “[major defense acquisition program](/usc/10/4201.md?p=a)” has the meaning given such term in [section 4201 of this title](/usc/10/4201.md).
  - (3) The term “space [major defense acquisition program](/usc/10/4201.md?p=a)” means a [major defense acquisition program](/usc/10/4201.md?p=a) for the acquisition of a satellite, ground system, or command and control system.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVI, § 1602, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 584; amended Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(a)(27), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2204.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2024—Pub. L. 118–159 struck out period at end of section catchline.