Us Code § 499b - Participation in United States Strategic Command strategic deterrence exercises
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§ 499b. Participation in United States Strategic Command strategic deterrence exercises
(a)
(1) the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs is encouraged to participate in each such exercise that occurs during an even-numbered year;
(2) the Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs is encouraged to participate in each such exercise that occurs during an odd-numbered year;
(3) the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy shall participate, in whole or in part, in each such exercise;
(4) the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall participate, in whole or in part, in each such exercise;
(5) appropriate senior staff of the Executive Office of the President or appropriate organizations supporting the White House relating to continuity of government activities are encouraged to participate in each such exercise;
(6) appropriate general or flag officers of the military departments, and appropriate employees of Federal agencies in Senior Executive Service positions (as defined in section 3132 of title 5), shall participate, in whole or in part, in each such exercise, to provide relevant expertise to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; and
(7) in the case of such an exercise for which a unified combatant command has a geographic area of responsibility relevant to the scenario planned to be used for the exercise, not fewer than two of the following individuals from that command shall participate, in whole or in part, in the exercise:
(A) The Commander.
(B) The Deputy Commander.
(C) The Director of the Joint Staff for Operations.
(D) The Director of the Joint Staff for Strategic Plans and Policy.
(b)
(c)
(A) A description of the purpose and scope of the exercise.
(B) An identification of the principal personnel participating in the exercise.
(C) A statement of the principal findings resulting from the exercise that specifically relate to the nuclear command, control, and communications or senior leader decision-making process and a description of any deficiencies in that process identified a result of the exercise.
(D) Whether the President was briefed on the exercise and the principal findings resulting from the exercise.
(2) Not later than 60 days after the completion of an annual strategic deterrence exercise described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees—
(A) an unedited copy of the report of the Commander submitted under paragraph (1); and
(B) any additional recommendations or other matters the Secretary considers appropriate.
(Added Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVI, §1631, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2089.)
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