§6311 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§6311 Reports on Financial Balances for Atomic Energy Defense Activities

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 III— OTHER MATTERS › § 6311

Last updated Apr 18, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must send the defense committees in Congress a report on the money balances for each atomic energy defense program at the same time the President’s budget justification is sent to Congress. The report must use the budget control levels from the most recent Energy and Water Development appropriations law. It must also show balances for recurring DOE national security authorizations separately from balances that come from other laws. The report has two parts. Part one, as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, shows year-end balances including unobligated funds, total funds available to cost, costed and uncosted funds, which uncosted funds are encumbered or unencumbered, a dollar threshold for uncosted balances, and any amounts over or under that threshold with explanations. Part two, as of the end of the first quarter of the current fiscal year, shows unobligated funds, total uncosted funds, and unallotted budget authority. Defined terms (one line each): costed — funds paid for work received; encumbered — funds tied to a contract for a specific purpose; uncosted — funds tied to a contract but work not yet received; unencumbered — funds tied to a contract but not held for a specific purpose; threshold — a dollar benchmark for extra review; total funds available to cost — sum of prior uncosted obligations, current year obligations, and current year deobligations.

Title 10, §6311

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(a)(1)Concurrent with the submission of the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the President for a fiscal year (submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31), the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the financial balances for each atomic energy defense program.

(2)In each report required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—

(A)present information on the financial balances for each atomic energy defense program at the budget control levels used in the report accompanying the most current Act appropriating funds for energy and water development; and

(B)present financial balances in connection with funding under recurring DOE national security authorizations (as defined in section 6271) separately from balances in connection with funding under any other provision of law.

(b)(1)Each report required by subsection (a) shall—

(A)be divided into two parts, as specified in paragraphs (2) and (3); and

(B)set forth the information required by those paragraphs in summary form and by fiscal year.

(2)The first part of the report required by subsection (a) shall set forth, for each atomic energy defense program, the following information, as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year:

(A)The balance of any unobligated funds and an explanation for why those funds are unobligated.

(B)The total funds available to cost.

(C)The total balance of costed funds.

(D)The total balance of uncosted funds.

(E)The threshold for the balance of uncosted funds, stated in dollars.

(F)The amount of any balance of uncosted funds that is over or under that threshold and, in the case of a balance over that threshold, an explanation for why the balance is over that threshold.

(G)The total balance of encumbered, uncosted funds.

(H)The total balance of unencumbered, uncosted funds.

(I)The amount of any balance of unencumbered, uncosted funds that is over or under the threshold described in subparagraph (E) and, in the case of a balance over that threshold, an explanation for why the balance is over that threshold.

(3)The second part of the report required by subsection (a) shall set forth, for each atomic energy defense program, the following information:

(A)The balance of any unobligated funds, as of the end of the first quarter of the current fiscal year.

(B)The total balance of uncosted funds, as of the end of the first quarter of the current fiscal year.

(C)Unalloted budget authority.

(c)In this section:

(1)The term “costed”, with respect to funds, means the funds have been obligated to a contract and goods or services have been received from the contractor in exchange for the funds.

(2)The term “encumbered”, with respect to funds, means the funds have been obligated to a contract and are being held for a specific known purpose by the contractor.

(3)The term “uncosted”, with respect to funds, means the funds have been obligated to a contract and goods or services have not been received from the contractor in exchange for the funds.

(4)The term “unencumbered”, with respect to funds, means the funds have been obligated to a contract and are not being held for a specific known purpose by the contractor.

(5)The term “threshold” means a benchmark over which a balance carried over at the end of a fiscal year should be given greater scrutiny by Congress.

(6)The term “total funds available to cost” means the sum of—

(A)total uncosted obligations from prior fiscal years;

(B)current fiscal year obligations; and

(C)current fiscal year deobligations.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2772 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. (a). Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(d)(2)(A), struck out pars. (1) and (2) headings which read as follows: “In general” and “Presentation of information”, respectively. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(d)(2)(A), struck out pars. (1) to (3) headings which read as follows: “Format”, “Part 1”, and “Part 2”, respectively. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(d)(2)(A), struck out pars. (1) to (6) headings which corresponded to the defined term in each par.