§6335 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§6335 Limitations on use of funds for laboratory directed research and development purposes

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 608— - ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT › § 6335

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

After fiscal year 1997, Department of Energy (DOE) money for weapons activities or for defense environmental cleanup cannot be used for lab-directed research, technology transfer, or cooperative research unless the work directly supports the matching mission (national security for weapons funds; cleanup for cleanup funds). National security labs may not use section 6331(c) funds for general overhead.

Title 10, §6335

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(a)No funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Energy in any fiscal year after fiscal year 1997 for weapons activities may be obligated or expended for activities under the Department of Energy Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program, or under any Department of Energy technology transfer program or cooperative research and development agreement, unless such activities support the national security mission of the Department of Energy.

(b)No funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Energy in any fiscal year after fiscal year 1997 for defense environmental cleanup may be obligated or expended for activities under the Department of Energy Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program, or under any Department of Energy technology transfer program or cooperative research and development agreement, unless such activities support the defense environmental cleanup mission of the Department of Energy.

(c)A national security laboratory may not use funds made available under section 6331(c) to cover the costs of general and administrative overhead for the laboratory.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 6335 was renumbered section 8335 of this title. Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2792 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

§6335 Limitations on use of funds for laboratory directed research and development purposes

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Title 10, §6335

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