§6354 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§6354 Pilot program relating to use of proceeds of disposal or utilization of certain department of energy assets

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lets the Secretary of Energy keep money from certain sales, leases, or disposals of Department of Energy assets to pay the costs of doing those transactions, even if another law would normally require the money to go elsewhere. The amount kept can equal the transaction’s costs, which include running the sale or lease, getting the asset ready or recovering it, and any other related costs. Applies to six specific actions involving assets at Savannah River Site (SC), Hanford Reservation (WA), Rocky Flats (CO), and the National Electronics Recycling Center in Oak Ridge (TN). It does not change how subchapter II of chapter 5 and section 549 of title 40 apply to disposing of the covered equipment and personal property.

Title 10, §6354

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(a)The purpose of this section is to encourage the Secretary of Energy to dispose of or otherwise utilize certain assets of the Department of Energy by making available to the Secretary the proceeds of such disposal or utilization for purposes of defraying the costs of such disposal or utilization.

(b)(1)Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, the Secretary may retain from the proceeds of the sale, lease, or disposal of an asset under subsection (c) an amount equal to the cost of the sale, lease, or disposal of the asset. The Secretary shall utilize amounts retained under this paragraph to defray the cost of the sale, lease, or disposal.

(2)For purposes of paragraph (1), the cost of a sale, lease, or disposal shall include—

(A)the cost of administering the sale, lease, or disposal;

(B)the cost of recovering or preparing the asset concerned for the sale, lease, or disposal; and

(C)any other cost associated with the sale, lease, or disposal.

(c)Subsection (b) applies to the following transactions:

(1)The sale of heavy water at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, that is under the jurisdiction of the Defense Environmental Management Program.

(2)The sale of precious metals that are under the jurisdiction of the Defense Environmental Management Program.

(3)The lease of buildings and other facilities located at the Hanford Reservation, Washington, that are under the jurisdiction of the Defense Environmental Management Program.

(4)The lease of buildings and other facilities located at the Savannah River Site that are under the jurisdiction of the Defense Environmental Management Program.

(5)The disposal of equipment and other personal property located at the Rocky Flats Defense Environmental Technology Site, Colorado, that is under the jurisdiction of the Defense Environmental Management Program.

(6)The disposal of materials at the National Electronics Recycling Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee that are under the jurisdiction of the Defense Environmental Management Program.

(d)Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the application of subchapter II of chapter 5 and section 549 of title 40 to the disposal of equipment and other personal property covered by this section.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2813 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(d)(2)(B), realigned margins.