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Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60

§2747 Authority for Emergency Planning, Design, and Construction Activities

Title 50 › Chapter 42— ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS › Subchapter VII— BUDGET AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MATTERS › Part A— Recurring National Security Authorization Provisions › § 2747

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy can use DOE national security money, including funds for planning, engineering, and plant projects, to plan, design, and build any DOE national security construction project that must move quickly to protect public health and safety, meet national defense needs, or protect property. Before doing this, the Secretary must send a report to the congressional defense committees explaining the planned activities and why they are needed. The rule in section 2746(b)(2) does not apply to these emergency actions.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §2747

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(a)The Secretary of Energy may use any funds available to the Department of Energy pursuant to a DOE national security authorization, including funds authorized to be appropriated for advance planning, engineering, and construction design, and for plant projects, to perform planning, design, and construction activities for any Department of Energy national security program construction project that, as determined by the Secretary, must proceed expeditiously in order to protect public health and safety, to meet the needs of national defense, or to protect property.
(b)The Secretary may not exercise the authority under subsection (a) in the case of a construction project until the Secretary has submitted to the congressional defense committees a report on the activities that the Secretary intends to carry out under this section and the circumstances making those activities necessary.
(c)The requirement of section 2746(b)(2) of this title does not apply to emergency planning, design, and construction activities conducted under this section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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

Amendments

2003—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–136, § 3141(j)(2)(D)(iii), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 2746(b)(2) of this title.

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 2747

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60