§6339 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§6339 Limitation on establishing an enduring bioassurance program within the administration

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 › § 6339

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must not create, run, or help run a long-term bioassurance program inside the Administration that would expand the Department of Energy’s role in national biodefense. That ban does not stop other parts of the Department of Energy or other federal agencies from having such a program. The Administration may help by using its resources, including national security labs or nuclear weapons sites, only if it is paid back for costs by an entity that is not part of the Department of Energy and the help does not get in the way of the lab’s or facility’s mission.

Title 10, §6339

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(a)The Administrator may not establish, administer, manage, or facilitate a program within the Administration for the purposes of executing an enduring national security research and development effort to broaden the role of the Department of Energy in national biodefense.

(b)The limitation described in subsection (a) shall not be interpreted—

(1)to prohibit the establishment of a bioassurance program for the purpose of executing enduring national security research and development in any component of the Department of Energy other than the Administration or in any other Federal agency; or

(2)to impede the use of resources of the Administration, including resources provided by a national security laboratory or a nuclear weapons production facility site, to support the execution of a bioassurance program, if such support is provided—

(A)on a cost-reimbursable basis to an entity that is not a component of the Department of Energy; and

(B)in a manner that does not interfere with mission of such laboratory or facility.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2796 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

§6339 Limitation on establishing an enduring bioassurance program within the administration

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Title 10, §6339

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