Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§6172 Classification of Defense Environmental Cleanup as Capital Asset Projects or Operations Activities
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART VI — ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS › Subpart B — Atomic Energy Defense › CHAPTER 604 — DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP MATTERS › SUBCHAPTER I — DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP › § 6172
Summary
The Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management must set rules, with DOE officials, to decide whether defense environmental cleanup projects are treated as capital asset projects or as operations activities.
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Title 10, §6172
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, in consultation with other appropriate officials of the Department of Energy, shall establish requirements for the classification of defense environmental cleanup projects as capital asset projects or operations activities.
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Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 3123(a) of Pub. L. 116–283, which was set out in a note under section 2581 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(8).
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10 U.S.C. § 6172
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102