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+title: "10 U.S.C. § 497a"
+description: "Notification required for reduction or consolidation of dual-capable aircraft based in Europe"
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+title_number: 10
+title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
+chapter_number: "24"
+chapter_name: "NUCLEAR POSTURE"
+section: "497a"
+citation: "10 U.S.C. § 497a"
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+# 10 U.S.C. § 497a - Notification required for reduction or consolidation of dual-capable aircraft based in Europe
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+## Text
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+(a) Notification.— Not less than 90 days before the date on which the Secretary of Defense reduces or consolidates the dual-capable aircraft of the United States that are based in Europe, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a notification of such planned reduction or consolidation, including the following:
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+(1) The reasons for such planned reduction or consolidation.
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+(2) Any effects of such planned reduction or consolidation on the extended deterrence mission of the United States.
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+(3) The manner in which the military requirements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will continue to be met in light of such planned reduction or consolidation.
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+(4) A statement by the Secretary on the response of NATO to such planned reduction or consolidation.
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+(5) Whether there is any change in the force posture of the Russian Federation as a result of such planned reduction or consolidation, including with respect to the nonstrategic nuclear weapons of Russia that are within range of the member states of NATO.
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+(b) Dual-capable Aircraft Defined.— In this section, the term “dual-capable aircraft” means aircraft that can perform both conventional and nuclear missions.
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+(Added Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title X, § 1051(b)(1), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 858.)