§6340 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§6340 Appropriate scoping of artificial intelligence research 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 › § 6340

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money made available for fiscal year 2026 or later for the Administration to do AI research, run AI programs, or buy or keep AI computers and infrastructure can only be used to support the Administration’s nuclear security missions. That rule does not stop other parts of the Department of Energy or other federal agencies from creating long-term national security AI research programs. It also does not stop Administration labs or nuclear weapons production sites from helping those programs, as long as a non-DOE group pays the full costs (including infrastructure and utility costs) and the help does not interfere with the lab’s nuclear security work.

Title 10, §6340

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(a)Funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 11 See References in Text note below. or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026, or any subsequent fiscal year, for the Administration for the purposes of conducting research and development of artificial intelligence technologies, executing a program to develop or manage the application of such technologies, or developing, acquiring, or sustaining any associated computing hardware or supporting infrastructure may only be used to support the nuclear security missions of the Administration.

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

(1)to prohibit the establishment of an enduring national security artificial intelligence research and development program 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 an enduring national security artificial intelligence research and development program or activity, if such support is provided—

(A)on a full cost recovery basis, including any associated infrastructure or utility costs, to an entity that is not a component of the Department of Energy; and

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

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, means the Atomic Energy Defense Act, div. D of Pub. L. 107–314, which was classified generally to chapter 42 (§ 2501 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense, and was repealed and substantially restated as this subpart. As enacted by Pub. L. 119–60, this section was originally part of that Act. See Codification note below. Codification Amendment by section 3117 of Pub. L. 119–60, which was directed to subtitle B of title XLVIII of Pub. L. 107–314 (50 U.S.C. 2791 et seq.) by adding section 4816 at the end, was executed by adding this section at the end of this subchapter pursuant to section 3111(d)(1)(H) of Pub. L. 119–60 and by numbering it as section 6340 to reflect the probable intent of Congress. See Further Technical

Amendments

note set out under section 6114 of this title.