Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110
§7144 Establishment of Policy for National Nuclear Security Administration
Title 42 › CHAPTER 84 — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER II — ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT › § 7144
Summary
The Secretary must set policy for the National Nuclear Security Administration. The Secretary can ask other Department officials who are not in the Administration to review its programs and suggest how to run them and whether they match similar Department programs. The Secretary must have enough staff to help carry out these duties.
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Title 42, §7144
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(a)Responsibility for establishing policy
The Secretary shall be responsible for establishing policy for the National Nuclear Security Administration.
(b)Review of programs and activities
The Secretary may direct officials of the Department who are not within the National Nuclear Security Administration to review the programs and activities of the Administration and to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding administration of those programs and activities, including consistency with other similar programs and activities of the Department.
(c)Staff
The Secretary shall have adequate staff to support the Secretary in carrying out the Secretary’s responsibilities under this section.
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Effective Date
Section effective Mar. 1, 2000, see section 3299 of Pub. L. 106–65, set out as a note under section 2401 of Title 50, War and National Defense.
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42 U.S.C. § 7144
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110