§6276 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§6276 Fund transfer authority

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy can move money that was approved for DOE national security work to other federal agencies or to other DOE national security accounts. Money moved can be combined with the receiving account and used for the same purpose and time period. When moving money between DOE accounts, no more than 5 percent of any account may be transferred, and no account may be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent because of a transfer. Transfers can only pay for national security work that is higher priority than what the money came from, and they cannot fund something Congress specifically denied. The Secretary must quickly tell the congressional defense committees about any transfers to or from DOE national security accounts.

Title 10, §6276

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(a)The Secretary of Energy may transfer funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy pursuant to a DOE national security authorization to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which the funds were authorized. Funds so transferred may be merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the authorizations of the Federal agency to which the amounts are transferred.

(b)(1)Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Energy may transfer funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy pursuant to a DOE national security authorization to any other DOE national security authorization. Amounts of authorizations so transferred may be merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the same period as the authorization to which the amounts are transferred.

(2)Not more than 5 percent of any such authorization may be transferred to another authorization under paragraph (1). No such authorization may be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by a transfer under such paragraph.

(c)The authority provided by this subsection to transfer authorizations—

(1)may be used only to provide funds for items relating to activities necessary for national security programs that have a higher priority than the items from which the funds are transferred; and

(2)may not be used to provide funds for an item for which Congress has specifically denied funds.

(d)The Secretary of Energy shall promptly notify the congressional defense committees of any transfer of funds to or from any DOE national security authorization.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2745 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(d)(2)(B), realigned margins. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(d)(2)(A), struck out pars. (1) and (2) headings which read as follows: “Transfers permitted” and “Maximum amounts”, respectively.