10 U.S.C. § 499a (ARMED FORCES)
§ 499a. Collection, storage, and sharing of data relating to nuclear security enterprise and nuclear forces
(a) In General.—
The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, and the Administrator for Nuclear Security, acting through the Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation, shall collect and store cost, programmatic, and technical data relating to programs and projects of the nuclear security enterprise and nuclear forces.
(b) Sharing of Data.—
If the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation or the Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation requests data relating to programs or projects from any element of the Department of Defense or from any element of the nuclear security enterprise of the National Nuclear Security Administration, that element shall provide that data in a timely manner.
(c) Storage of Data.—
(1) Data collected by the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation and the Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation under this section shall be—
(A) stored in the data storage system of the Defense Cost and Resource Center, or successor center, or in a data storage system of the National Nuclear Security Administration that is comparable to the data storage system of the Defense Cost and Resource Center; and
(B) made accessible to other Federal agencies as such Directors consider appropriate.
(2) The Secretary and the Administrator shall ensure that the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation and the Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation have sufficient information system support, as determined by such Directors, to facilitate the timely hosting, handling, and sharing of data relating to programs and projects of the nuclear security enterprise under this section at the appropriate level of classification.
(3) The Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors of the National Nuclear Security Administration may coordinate with the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation and the Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation to ensure that, at the discretion of the Deputy Administrator, data relating to programs and projects of the Office of Naval Reactors are correctly represented in the data storage system pursuant to paragraph (1)(A).
(d) Contract Requirements.—
The Secretary and the Administrator shall ensure that any relevant contract relating to a program or project of the nuclear security enterprise and nuclear forces that is entered into after December 11, 2017, appropriately includes—
(1) requirements and standards for data collection; and
(2) requirements for reporting on cost, programmatic, and technical data using procedures, standards, and formats approved by the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation and the Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation.
(e) Nuclear Security Enterprise Defined.—
In this section, the term “nuclear security enterprise” has the meaning given that term in section 6101.
(Added Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XVI, § 1652(a), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1757; amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title X, § 1081(a)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1983; Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(c)(1)(B), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1460.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2025—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “section 6101” for “section 4002 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501)”.
2018—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “after December 11, 2017,” for “on or after the date of the enactment of this section” in introductory provisions.