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Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60

§2745 Fund Transfer Authority

Title 50 › Chapter 42— ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS › Subchapter VII— BUDGET AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MATTERS › Part A— Recurring National Security Authorization Provisions › § 2745

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy may move money that was approved for DOE national security work to other federal agencies or to other DOE national security accounts so that the work can be done. Money moved can be combined with the receiving account and used for the same purposes and during the same time period. No more than 5 percent of any DOE national security account may be moved, and no account can go up or down by more than 5 percent because of a move. Money can only be shifted to higher‑priority national security needs, never to pay for something Congress specifically refused to fund, and the Secretary must promptly tell the congressional defense committees about any transfer.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §2745

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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.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 7386d of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108–136.

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50 U.S.C. § 2745

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60