50 U.S.C. § 2793
Not later than February 1 each year, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the funds expended during the preceding fiscal year on activities under the Department of Energy Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program. The purpose of the report is to permit an assessment of the extent to which such activities support the national security mission of the Department of Energy.
The report required by subsection (a) shall include, with respect to plant-directed research and development, the following:
In this subsection, the term "plant-directed research and development" means research and development selected by the director of a nuclear weapons production facility.
Each report shall be prepared by the officials responsible for Federal oversight of the funds expended on activities under the program.
Each report shall set forth the criteria utilized by the officials preparing the report in determining whether or not the activities reviewed by such officials support the national security mission of the Department.
50 U.S.C. § 2793
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 7257b of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108-136.
AMENDMENTS2021-Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 117-81 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.2013- Pub. L. 113-66 substituted "Report" for "Limitation" in section catchline, struck out subsec. (b) heading "Annual report", redesignated pars. (1) to (3) of subsec. (b) as subsecs. (a) to (c), respectively, inserted subsec. headings, and struck out former subsec. (a), which related to limitation on use of certain funds. 2003-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108-136, §3141(k)(7)(B) (iv), inserted "of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201)" after "section 3101". 1997-Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 107-314, §4812(c), formerly Pub. L. 105-85, §3137(c), substituted "Not later than February 1 each year, the Secretary of Energy shall submit" for "The Secretary of Energy shall annually submit".
- congressional defense committees
- The term "congressional defense committees" means-(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
- nuclear weapons production facility
- The term "nuclear weapons production facility" means any of the following:(A) The Kansas City National Security Campus, Kansas City, Missouri.(B) The Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas.(C) The Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.(D) The Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.(E) The Nevada National Security Site, Nevada.(F) Any facility of the Department of Energy that the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator and Congress, determines to be consistent with the mission of the Administration.