US Code Title 50 Chapter 42 Atomic Energy Defense Provisions

§ 2501 - Definitions

Subchapter I - Organizational Matters

§ 2511 - Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
§ 2512 - Management Structure for Nuclear Security Enterprise
§ 2513 - Restriction on Licensing Requirement for Certain Defense Activities and Facilities
§ 2514 - Transferred
§ 2515 - Establishment of Center for Security Technology, Analysis, Response, and Testing

Subchapter II - Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Matters

Part A - Stockpile Stewardship and Weapons Production

§ 2521 - Stockpile Stewardship Program
§ 2522 - Stockpile Stewardship Criteria
§ 2523 - Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Stewardship, Management, and Infrastructure Plan
§ 2523a - Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3133(c)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2192
§ 2523b - Transferred
§ 2524 - Stockpile Management Program
§ 2524a - Repealed. Pub. L. 111–84, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3113(a)(1), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2704
§ 2525 - Annual Assessments and Reports to the President and Congress Regarding the Condition of the United States Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
§ 2526 - Form of Certifications Regarding the Safety or Reliability of the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
§ 2527 - Nuclear Test Ban Readiness Program
§ 2528 - Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3133(e)(1)(a), (2), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2192, 2193
§ 2528a - Repealed. Pub. L. 110–181, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3112(a), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 577
§ 2529 - Requirements for Specific Request for New or Modified Nuclear Weapons
§ 2530 - Testing of Nuclear Weapons
§ 2531 - Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3131(d)(3), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2181
§ 2532 - Manufacturing Infrastructure for Refabrication and Certification of Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
§ 2533 - Reports on Critical Difficulties At National Security Laboratories and Nuclear Weapons Production Facilities
§ 2534 - Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3146(c)(8)(a), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1075
§ 2535 - Replacement Project for Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
§ 2536 - Reports on Lifetime Extension Programs
§ 2537 - Selected Acquisition Reports and Independent Cost Estimates on Life Extension Programs and New Nuclear Facilities
§ 2538 - Advice to President and Congress Regarding Safety, Security, and Reliability of United States Nuclear Weapons Stockpile

Part B - Tritium

§ 2541 - Tritium Production Program
§ 2542 - Tritium Recycling
§ 2543 - Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3146(c)(11)(b), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1075
§ 2544 - Modernization and Consolidation of Tritium Recycling Facilities
§ 2545 - Procedures for Meeting Tritium Production Requirements

Subchapter III - Proliferation Matters

§ 2561 - Repealed. Pub. L. 111–84, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3117(a), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2709
§ 2562 - Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3146(d)(1)(a), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1075
§ 2563 - Annual Report on Status of Nuclear Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting Program
§ 2564 - Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3146(d)(2)(a), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1075
§ 2565 - Authority to Conduct Program Relating to Fissile Materials
§ 2566 - Disposition of Weapons-usable Plutonium At Savannah River Site
§ 2567 - Disposition of Surplus Defense Plutonium At Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina
§ 2568 - Authority to Use International Nuclear Materials Protection and Cooperation Program Funds Outside the Former Soviet Union
§ 2569 - Acceleration of Removal or Security of Fissile Materials, Radiological Materials, and Related Equipment At Vulnerable Sites Worldwide
§ 2570 - Silk Road Initiative
§ 2571 - Nuclear Nonproliferation Fellowships for Scientists Employed by United States and Russian Federation
§ 2572 - International Agreements on Nuclear Weapons Data
§ 2573 - International Agreements on Information on Radioactive Materials
§ 2574 - Enhancing Nuclear Forensics Capabilities

Subchapter IV - Defense Environmental Cleanup Matters

Part A - Defense Environmental Cleanup

§ 2581 - Defense Environmental Cleanup Account
§ 2582 - Requirement to Develop Future Use Plans for Defense Environmental Cleanup
§ 2582a - Future-years Defense Environmental Cleanup Plan
§ 2583 - Integrated Fissile Materials Management Plan
§ 2584 - Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3146(e)(5), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1076
§ 2585 - Accelerated Schedule for Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities
§ 2586 - Defense Environmental Cleanup Technology Program
§ 2587 - Report on Defense Environmental Cleanup Expenditures
§ 2588 - Public Participation in Planning for Defense Environmental Cleanup
§ 2589 - Policy of Department of Energy Regarding Future Defense Environmental Management Matters

Part B - Closure of Facilities

§ 2601 - Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3146(e)(10), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1077
§ 2602 - Reports in Connection With Permanent Closures of Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities

Part C - Hanford Reservation, Washington

§ 2621 - Safety Measures for Waste Tanks At Hanford Nuclear Reservation
§ 2622 - Hanford Waste Tank Cleanup Program Reforms
§ 2623 - River Protection Project
§ 2624 - Funding for Termination Costs of River Protection Project, Richland, Washington
§ 2625 - Plan for Tank Farm Waste At Hanford Nuclear Reservation

Part D - Savannah River Site, South Carolina

§ 2631 - Accelerated Schedule for Isolating High-level Nuclear Waste At the Defense Waste Processing Facility, Savannah River Site
§ 2632 - Multi-year Plan for Clean-up
§ 2633 - Continuation of Processing, Treatment, and Disposal of Legacy Nuclear Materials
§§ 2634-to-2637 - Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3146(e)(15), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1078
§ 2638 - Limitation on Use of Funds for Decommissioning F–canyon Facility

Subchapter V - Safeguards and Security Matters

Part A - Safeguards and Security

§ 2651 - Prohibition on International Inspections of Department of Energy Facilities Unless Protection of Restricted Data Is Certified
§ 2652 - Restrictions on Access to National Security Laboratories by Foreign Visitors From Sensitive Countries
§ 2653 - Background Investigations of Certain Personnel At Department of Energy Facilities
§ 2654 - Department of Energy Counterintelligence Polygraph Program
§ 2655 - Repealed. Pub. L. 107–314, Div. D, Title Xlv, §4504(c), Formerly Pub. L. 107–107, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3152(c), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1377; Renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, Div. D, Title Xlv, §4504(c), and Amended Pub. L. 108–136, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3141(h)(5)(a), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1772
§ 2656 - Notice to Congressional Committees of Certain Security and Counterintelligence Failures Within Atomic Energy Defense Programs
§ 2657 - Annual Report and Certification on Status of Security of Atomic Energy Defense Facilities
§ 2658 - Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3132(a)(1), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1068
§ 2659 - Report on Security Vulnerabilities of National Security Laboratory Computers
§ 2660 - Design and Use of Prototypes of Nuclear Weapons for Intelligence Purposes

Part B - Classified Information

§ 2671 - Review of Certain Documents Before Declassification and Release
§ 2672 - Protection Against Inadvertent Release of Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data
§ 2673 - Supplement to Plan for Declassification of Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data
§ 2674 - Protection of Classified Information During Laboratory-to-laboratory Exchanges
§ 2675 - Identification in Budget Materials of Amounts for Declassification Activities and Limitation on Expenditures for Such Activities

Subchapter VI - Personnel Matters

Part A - Personnel Management

§ 2701 - Authority for Appointment of Certain Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Personnel
§ 2702 - Whistleblower Protection Program
§ 2703 - Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3146(g)(3)(a), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1079
§ 2704 - Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities Workforce Restructuring Plan
§ 2705 - Authority to Provide Certificate of Commendation to Department of Energy and Contractor Employees for Exemplary Service in Stockpile Stewardship and Security

Part B - Education and Training

§ 2721 - Executive Management Training in Department of Energy
§ 2722 - Stockpile Stewardship Recruitment and Training Program
§ 2723 - Fellowship Program for Development of Skills Critical to the Nuclear Security Enterprise

Part C - Worker Safety

§ 2731 - Worker Protection At Nuclear Weapons Facilities
§ 2732 - Safety Oversight and Enforcement At Defense Nuclear Facilities
§ 2733 - Program to Monitor Department of Energy Workers Exposed to Hazardous and Radioactive Substances
§ 2734 - Programs for Persons Who May Have Been Exposed to Radiation Released From Hanford Nuclear Reservation
§ 2735 - Use of Probabilistic Risk Assessment to Ensure Nuclear Safety of Facilities of the Administration and the Office of Environmental Management
§ 2736 - Notification of Nuclear Criticality and Non-nuclear Incidents

Subchapter VII - Budget and Financial Management Matters

Part A - Recurring National Security Authorization Provisions

§ 2741 - Definitions
§ 2742 - Reprogramming
§ 2743 - Minor Construction Projects
§ 2743a - General Plant Projects
§ 2744 - Limits on Construction Projects
§ 2745 - Fund Transfer Authority
§ 2746 - Conceptual and Construction Design
§ 2747 - Authority for Emergency Planning, Design, and Construction Activities
§ 2748 - Scope of Authority to Carry Out Plant Projects
§ 2749 - Availability of Funds
§ 2750 - Transfer of Defense Environmental Cleanup Funds
§ 2751 - Transfer of Weapons Activities Funds
§ 2752 - Funds Available for All National Security Programs of the Department of Energy
§ 2753 - Notification of Cost Overruns for Certain Department of Energy Projects

Part B - Penalties

§ 2761 - Restriction on Use of Funds to Pay Penalties Under Environmental Laws
§ 2762 - Restriction on Use of Funds to Pay Penalties Under Clean Air Act

Part C - Other Matters

§ 2771 - Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3131(u)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2184
§ 2772 - Quarterly Reports on Financial Balances for Atomic Energy Defense Activities

Subchapter VIII - Administrative Matters

Part A - Contracts

§ 2781 - Costs Not Allowed Under Covered Contracts
§ 2782 - Prohibition and Report on Bonuses to Contractors Operating Defense Nuclear Facilities
§ 2783 - Contractor Liability for Injury or Loss of Property Arising Out of Atomic Weapons Testing Programs
§ 2784 - Notice-and-wait Requirement Applicable to Certain Third-party Financing Arrangements
§ 2785 - Publication of Contractor Performance Evaluations Leading to Award Fees
§ 2786 - Enhanced Procurement Authority to Manage Supply Chain Risk

Part B - Research and Development

§ 2791 - Laboratory-directed Research and Development Programs
§ 2791a - Laboratory-directed Research and Development
§ 2792 - Limitations on Use of Funds for Laboratory Directed Research and Development Purposes
§ 2793 - Report on Use of Funds for Certain Research and Development Purposes
§ 2794 - Critical Technology Partnerships and Cooperative Research and Development Centers
§ 2795 - University-based Research Collaboration Program

Part C - Facilities Management

§ 2811 - Transfers of Real Property At Certain Department of Energy Facilities
§ 2812 - Engineering and Manufacturing Research, Development, and Demonstration by Managers of Certain Nuclear Weapons Production Facilities
§ 2813 - Pilot Program Relating to Use of Proceeds of Disposal or Utilization of Certain Department of Energy Assets
§ 2814 - Department of Energy Energy Parks Program

Part D - Other Matters

§ 2821 - Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, Div. C, Title Xxxi, §3131(q)(2), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2183
§ 2822 - Payment of Costs of Operation and Maintenance of Infrastructure At Nevada National Security Site

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