Title 50War and National DefenseRelease 119-73

§2923 Authorization of appropriations for the Department of Energy programs to prevent weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 43— - PREVENTING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATION AND TERRORISM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - ASSISTANCE TO ACCELERATE PROGRAMS TO PREVENT WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATION AND TERRORISM › § 2923

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Congress can provide whatever money is needed for fiscal year 2008 to the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, to speed up, expand, and strengthen four programs to stop weapons of mass destruction spread and terrorism: Global Threat Reduction; Nonproliferation and International Security; International Materials Protection, Control and Accounting; and Nonproliferation and Verification Research and Development. That money cannot be more than the amounts any National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2008 allowed for these DOE programs, whether that Act was passed before or after August 3, 2007.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §2923

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(a)Subject to subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated to Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 to accelerate, expand, and strengthen the following programs to prevent weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation and terrorism:
(1)The Global Threat Reduction Initiative.
(2)The Nonproliferation and International Security program.
(3)The International Materials Protection, Control and Accounting program.
(4)The Nonproliferation and Verification Research and Development program.
(b)The sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) may not exceed the amounts authorized to be appropriated by any national defense authorization Act for fiscal year 2008 (whether enacted before or after August 3, 2007) to Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation for such purposes.

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50 U.S.C. § 2923

Title 50War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73