§6276 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§6276 Fund Transfer Authority

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part VI— ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS › Subpart B— Atomic Energy Defense › Chapter 607— BUDGET AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MATTERS › Subchapter I— RECURRING NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATION PROVISIONS › § 6276

Last updated Apr 18, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy may move money that was approved for DOE national security accounts to other federal agencies so those agencies can do the work the money was meant for. Money moved can be combined with the receiving agency’s funds and used for the same purpose and during the same time period. The Secretary can also move money between DOE national security accounts, but no more than 5 percent of any account may be moved, and no account may go up or down by more than 5 percent because of a transfer. Money can only be moved to pay for higher-priority national security activities and cannot be used for anything Congress has specifically refused to fund. The Secretary must quickly tell the congressional defense committees whenever any transfer to or from a DOE national security account is made.

Title 10, §6276

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(a)The Secretary of Energy may transfer funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy pursuant to a DOE national security authorization to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which the funds were authorized. Funds so transferred may be merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the authorizations of the Federal agency to which the amounts are transferred.

(b)(1)Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Energy may transfer funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy pursuant to a DOE national security authorization to any other DOE national security authorization. Amounts of authorizations so transferred may be merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the same period as the authorization to which the amounts are transferred.

(2)Not more than 5 percent of any such authorization may be transferred to another authorization under paragraph (1). No such authorization may be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by a transfer under such paragraph.

(c)The authority provided by this subsection to transfer authorizations—

(1)may be used only to provide funds for items relating to activities necessary for national security programs that have a higher priority than the items from which the funds are transferred; and

(2)may not be used to provide funds for an item for which Congress has specifically denied funds.

(d)The Secretary of Energy shall promptly notify the congressional defense committees of any transfer of funds to or from any DOE national security authorization.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2745 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. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(d)(2)(A), struck out pars. (1) and (2) headings which read as follows: “Transfers permitted” and “Maximum amounts”, respectively.