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 119 STAT. 3432

PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006 (B) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members of the Commission shall be appointed from among private United States citizens with knowledge and expertise in the political, military, operational, and technical aspects of nuclear strategy. (3) CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION.—The Secretary of Defense shall designate one of the members of the Commission to serve as chairman of the Commission. (4) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.—Members shall be appointed for the life of the Commission. Any vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. (5) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—All members of the Commission shall hold appropriate security clearances. (b) DUTIES OF COMMISSION.— (1) REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW.—The Commission shall examine programmatic requirements to achieve the goals set forth in the report of the Secretary of Defense submitted to Congress on December 31, 2001, providing the results of the Nuclear Posture Review conducted pursuant to section 1041 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–262) and results of periodic assessments of the Nuclear Posture Review. Matters examined by the Commission shall include the following: (A) The process of establishing requirements for strategic forces and how that process accommodates employment of nonnuclear strike platforms and munitions in a strategic role. (B) How strategic intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance requirements differ from nuclear intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance requirements. (C) The ability of a limited number of strategic platforms to carry out a growing range of nonnuclear strategic strike missions. (D) The limits of tactical systems to perform nonnuclear global strategic missions in a prompt manner. (E) An assessment of the ability of the current nuclear stockpile to address the evolving strategic threat environment through 2008. (2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Commission shall include in its report recommendations with respect to the following: (A) Changes to the requirements process to employ nonnuclear strike platforms and munitions in a strategic role. (B) Changes to the nuclear stockpile and infrastructure required to preserve a nuclear capability commensurate with the changes to the strategic threat environment through 2008. (C) Actions the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy can take to preserve flexibility of the defense nuclear complex while reducing the cost of a Cold War strategic infrastructure. (D) Identify shortfalls in the strategic modernization programs of the United States that would undermine the ability of the United States to develop new nonnuclear strategic strike capabilities.

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