---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 6115"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "6115"
heading: "Major warhead refurbishment program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/6115"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part VI — Elements of Department of Defense and Other Matters"
  - "Subpart B — Atomic Energy Defense"
  - "Chapter 602 — Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Matters"
  - "Subchapter I — Stockpile Stewardship and Weapons Production"
---

# §6115. Major warhead refurbishment program


In fiscal year 2015 and subsequent fiscal years, the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Energy shall submit to the [congressional defense committees](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-16) a report, on each major warhead refurbishment [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) that reaches the Phase 6.3 milestone, that provides an analysis of alternatives. Such report shall include—

- (1) a full description of alternatives considered prior to the award of Phase 6.3;
- (2) a comparison of the costs and benefits of each of those alternatives, to include an analysis of trade-offs among cost, schedule, and performance objectives against each alternative considered;
- (3) identification of the cost and risk of critical technology elements associated with each alternative, including technology maturity, integration risk, manufacturing feasibility, and demonstration needs;
- (4) identification of the cost and risk of additional capital asset and infrastructure capabilities required to support production and certification of each alternative;
- (5) a comparative analysis of the risks, costs, and scheduling needs for any [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) requirement intended to enhance warhead safety, security, or maintainability, including any requirement to consolidate and/or integrate warhead systems or mods as compared to at least one other feasible refurbishment alternative the Nuclear Weapons Council considers appropriate; and
- (6) a life-cycle cost estimate for the alternative selected that details the overall cost, scope, and schedule planning assumptions.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1352.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 6115, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 382, prescribed a time limit for filing claims for drill pay and for the uniform gratuity. Section was also amended by Pub. L. 85–861, § 33(a)(31), which amended catchline by substituting “uniform gratuity” for “unform gratuity”, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 85–861, § 36B(17), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1571.

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2523c of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(3).