§16279 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must send two different 10-year budget plans for civilian nuclear energy research and development to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology no later than 1 year after September 28, 2018. One plan must assume the same annual funding for 10 years as the amount appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Department’s civilian nuclear R&D. The other plan must be unconstrained. Each plan must show a prioritized list of programs and activities to support advanced reactors, realistic budget needs to carry out sections 16275(c), 16277, and 16278, reasons to continue or stop existing civilian R&D programs, and a report on progress under section 16279a. At least once every 2 years the Secretary must send updated 10-year plans to those committees and explain any major changes.

Title 42, §16279

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Not later than 1 year after September 28, 2018, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives 2 alternative 10-year budget plans for civilian nuclear energy research and development by the Secretary, as described in subsections (b) through (d).

(b)One of the budget plans submitted under subsection (a) shall assume constant annual funding for 10 years at the appropriated level for the current fiscal year for the civilian nuclear energy research and development of the Department.

(c)One of the budget plans submitted under subsection (a) shall be an unconstrained budget.

(d)Each alternative budget plan submitted under subsection (a) shall include—

(1)a prioritized list of the programs, projects, and activities of the Department to best support the development of advanced nuclear reactor technologies;

(2)realistic budget requirements for the Department to implement section 16275(c), 16277, and 16278 of this title;

(3)the justification of the Department for continuing or terminating existing civilian nuclear energy research and development programs; and

(4)a description of the progress made under the programs described in section 16279a of this title.

(e)Not less frequently than once every 2 years, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate updated 10-year budget plans which shall identify, and provide a justification for, any major deviation from a previous budget plan submitted under this section.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2020—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–260, § 2005(1), amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “One of the budget plans submitted under subsection (a) shall assume constant annual funding for 10 years at the appropriated level for the civilian nuclear energy research and development of the Department for fiscal year 2016.” Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 116–260, § 2005(2)–(4), added par. (4). Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 116–260, § 2005(5), added subsec. (e).

§16279 Budget plan

Summary

Title 42, §16279

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Citations & Metadata