§ 6301. Restriction on use of funds to pay penalties under environmental laws

Statutory text

Restriction.—

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.

Exception.—

Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to an environmental requirement if—

the President fails to request funds for compliance with the environmental requirement; or

Congress has appropriated funds for such purpose (and such funds have not been sequestered, deferred, or rescinded) and the Secretary of Energy fails to use the funds for such purpose.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

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.

2025
Pub. L. 119–60 div. C title XXXI § 3111(a) · 139 Stat. 1437
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 6301
(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1437.)
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. 1437.)

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2761 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), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1437.)