Administration of Barack Obama, 2011

Memorandum on the Report on the United States Nuclear Weapons Stockpile

February 7, 2011

Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy

Subject: Annual Update to the Report Specified in Section 1251 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84)

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to jointly provide annual updates to the report specified in section 1251 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84) (the "1251 Report"). I further authorize and direct the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to jointly submit this annual update to the 1251 Report concurrently with the President's budget each year, beginning in calendar year 2011.

The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

BARACK OBAMA

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:15 a.m., February 8, 2011]

NOTE: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on February 9.

Categories: Communications to Federal Agencies : U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile report, memorandum.

Subjects: Arms and munitions : Nuclear weapons and material :: Security; Arms and munitions : Nuclear weapons and material :: U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, reduction.

DCPD Number: DCPD201100074.