Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part VI · Chapter 608 — Administrative Matters
§ 6339. Limitation on establishing an enduring bioassurance program within the administration
Statutory text
In General.—
The Administrator may not establish, administer, manage, or facilitate a program within the Administration for the purposes of executing an enduring national security research and development effort to broaden the role of the Department of Energy in national biodefense.
Rule of Construction.—
The limitation described in subsection (a) shall not be interpreted—
to prohibit the establishment of a bioassurance program for the purpose of executing enduring national security research and development in any component of the Department of Energy other than the Administration or in any other Federal agency; or
to impede the use of resources of the Administration, including resources provided by a national security laboratory or a nuclear weapons production facility site, to support the execution of a bioassurance program, if such support is provided—
on a cost-reimbursable basis to an entity that is not a component of the Department of Energy; and
in a manner that does not interfere with mission of such laboratory or facility.
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. 1452
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 6339
(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1452.)
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. 1452.)
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 2796 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. 1452.)