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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part VI · Chapter 608 — Administrative Matters

§ 6338. University-based research collaboration program

Statutory text

(a)

Findings.—

Congress makes the following findings:

(1)

The maintenance of scientific and engineering competence in the United States is vital to long-term national security and the defense and national security missions of the Department of Energy.

(2)

Engaging the universities and colleges of the Nation in research on long-range problems of vital national security interest will be critical to solving the technology challenges faced within the defense and national security programs of the Department of Energy in the next century.

(3)

Enhancing collaboration among the national laboratories, universities and colleges, and industry will contribute significantly to the performance of these Department of Energy missions.

(b)

Program.—

The Secretary of Energy shall establish a university program at a location that can develop the most effective collaboration among national laboratories, universities and colleges, and industry in support of scientific and engineering advancement in key Department of Energy defense and national security program areas.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 119–60 div. C title XXXI § 3111(a) · 139 Stat. 1451

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 6338

    (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1451.)

    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. 1451.)

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 2795 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. 1451.)

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