§2791a — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Energy may let government-owned, contractor-operated labs funded by this Act or later Energy and Water bills use up to 8% of those funds for laboratory-directed research and development. The Secretary may also let plant managers of covered nuclear weapons plants or the Nevada Site Office manager use up to 4% for plant- or site-directed research. Starting in fiscal year 2006 and after, all DOE laboratories may be eligible for laboratory-directed research funding, even if DOE Order 413.2A (dated January 8, 2001) said otherwise.

Title 50, §2791a

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Of the funds made available by the Department of Energy for activities at government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories funded in this Act or subsequent Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts, the Secretary may authorize a specific amount, not to exceed 8 percent of such funds, to be used by such laboratories for laboratory directed research and development: Provided, That the Secretary may also authorize a specific amount not to exceed 4 percent of such funds, to be used by the plant manager of a covered nuclear weapons production plant or the manager of the Nevada Site Office for plant or site directed research and development: Provided further, That notwithstanding Department of Energy order 413.2A, dated January 8, 2001, beginning in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, all DOE laboratories may be eligible for laboratory directed research and development funding.

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is div. C of Pub. L. 111–8, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 601, known as the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the appropriation act cited as the credit to this section, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Defense Act which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Similar ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following appropriation acts: Pub. L. 111–85, title III, § 307, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2872. Pub. L. 110–161, div. C, title III, § 309, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 1968. Pub. L. 109–103, title III, § 311, Nov. 19, 2005, 119 Stat. 2280. Funding for Laboratory Directed Research and Development Pub. L. 113–76, div. D, title III, § 309, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 175, provided that: “Notwithstanding section 307 of Public Law 111–85 [listed in a table above], of the funds made available by the Department of Energy for activities at Government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories funded in this [Act] [div. D of Pub. L. 113–76, see Tables for classification] or any subsequent Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for any fiscal year, the Secretary may authorize a specific amount, not to exceed 6 percent of such funds, to be used by such laboratories for laboratory directed research and development.”

§2791a Laboratory-directed Research and Development