Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part VI · Chapter 604 — Defense Environmental Cleanup Matters
§ 6175. Accelerated schedule for defense environmental cleanup activities
Statutory text
Accelerated Cleanup.—
The Secretary of Energy shall accelerate the schedule for defense environmental cleanup activities and disposition projects for a site at a Department of Energy defense nuclear facility if the Secretary determines that such an accelerated schedule will accelerate the recapitalization, modernization, or replacement of National Nuclear Security Administration facilities supporting the nuclear weapons stockpile, achieve meaningful, long-term cost savings to the Federal Government, or could substantially accelerate the release of land for local reuse without undermining national security objectives.
Consideration of Factors.—
In making a determination under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider the following:
The extent to which accelerated cleanup schedules can contribute to a more rapid modernization of National Nuclear Security Administration facilities.
The cost savings achievable by the Federal Government.
The potential for reuse of the site.
The risks that the site poses to local health and safety.
The proximity of the site to populated areas.
Savings Provision.—
Nothing in this section may be construed to affect a specific statutory requirement for a specific defense environmental cleanup activity or project or to modify or otherwise affect applicable statutory or regulatory defense environmental cleanup requirements, including substantive standards intended to protect public health and the environment.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 119–60 div. C title XXXI § 3111(a) · 139 Stat. 1388
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 6175
(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1388.)
Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–60 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1388.)
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2585 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), , 139 Stat. 1388.)