10 U.S.C. § 6276: Fund transfer authority

§6276 Fund Transfer Authority

Title 10 › 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 Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Secretary of Energy to move money that was approved for DOE national security work to other federal agencies to carry out that work, or to move money between DOE national security accounts. Money that is moved can be combined with the receiving account and used for the same purposes and time period as that account. When moving money inside DOE, no more than 5 percent of any account can be moved, and no account can be raised or lowered by more than 5 percent because of a transfer. Money can only be moved to pay for national security activities that are a higher priority than the things the funds came from, and it cannot be used for items Congress has specifically denied. The Secretary must promptly notify the congressional defense committees about any such transfer.

Title 10, §6276

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(a)Transfer to Other Federal Agencies.—

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)Transfer Within Department of Energy.—

(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)Limitations.—

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)Notice to Congress.—

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.