§6280 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§6280 Availability of funds

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART VI— - ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS › Subpart Subpart B— - Atomic Energy Defense › Chapter CHAPTER 607— - BUDGET AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MATTERS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - RECURRING NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATION PROVISIONS › § 6280

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money given under a DOE national security authorization for operation and maintenance or for plant projects can stay available until it is fully spent if the law that provides the money says so. Money given for program direction for a fiscal year can only be used or committed until the end of that fiscal year.

Title 10, §6280

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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), amounts appropriated pursuant to a DOE national security authorization for operation and maintenance or for plant projects may, when so specified in an appropriations Act, remain available until expended.

(b)Amounts appropriated for program direction pursuant to a DOE national security authorization for a fiscal year shall remain available to be obligated only until the end of that fiscal year.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2749 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

§6280 Availability of funds

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Title 10, §6280

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