Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60
§2761 Restriction on Use of Funds to Pay Penalties Under Environmental Laws
Title 50 › Chapter 42— ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS › Subchapter VII— BUDGET AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MATTERS › Part B— Penalties › § 2761
Summary
DOE funds for Naval Nuclear Propulsion, nuclear weapons, or other atomic-energy defense work can't be used to pay penalties, fines, or forfeitures for environmental violations, unless the President doesn't request funds, or Congress provided funds (not sequestered, deferred, or rescinded) and the Secretary doesn't use them.
Full Legal Text
Title 50, §2761
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(a)Funds appropriated to the Department of Energy for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program or the nuclear weapons programs or other atomic energy defense activities of the Department of Energy may not be used to pay a penalty, fine, or forfeiture in regard to a defense activity or facility of the Department of Energy due to a failure to comply with any environmental requirement.
(b)Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to an environmental requirement if—
(1)the President fails to request funds for compliance with the environmental requirement; or
(2)Congress has appropriated funds for such purpose (and such funds have not been sequestered, deferred, or rescinded) and the Secretary of Energy fails to use the funds for such purpose.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 7273a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108–136.
Amendments
2013—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 113–66 substituted “Congress” for “the Congress”. 2003—Pub. L. 108–136, § 3141(j)(4)(D), made technical amendment to section catchline.
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Citation
50 U.S.C. § 2761
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60