§6311 Reports on financial balances for atomic energy defense activities

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must send a report to the congressional defense committees at the same time the President’s budget papers go to Congress. The report covers the money balances for each atomic energy defense program. It must use the budget control levels from the most recent Energy and Water Development appropriations report and show money tied to recurring DOE national security authorizations separately from money from other laws. The report has two parts. Part one, as of the end of the last fiscal year, gives amounts for unobligated funds and why they are unused; total funds available to cost; totals for costed and uncosted funds; the dollar threshold for uncosted balances and how much is over or under it with an explanation if it is over; and how uncosted funds are split between encumbered and unencumbered, with over/under threshold amounts and explanations if needed. Part two gives, for each program at the end of the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the unobligated balance, the total uncosted balance, and any unalloted budget authority. Costed — money spent after goods or services were received. Encumbered — money set aside under a contract for a known purpose. Uncosted — money tied to a contract but goods or services not yet received. Unencumbered — money tied to a contract but not set aside for a specific purpose. Threshold — a dollar benchmark that needs extra review. Total funds available to cost — prior uncosted obligations plus current-year obligations plus current-year deobligations.