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50 U.S.C. § 2471 — Definitions
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For purposes of this chapter:
(1) The term “national security laboratory” means any of the following:
(A) Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
(B) Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Livermore, California.
(C) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California.
(2) 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.
(3) The term “classified information” means any information that has been determined pursuant to Executive Order No. 12333 of December 4, 1981 ([former] [50 U.S.C. 401](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section401&num=0&edition=prelim) note) [now [50 U.S.C. 3001](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3001&num=0&edition=prelim) note], Executive Order No. 12958 of April 17, 1995 ([former] [50 U.S.C. 435](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section435&num=0&edition=prelim) note), or successor orders, to require protection against unauthorized disclosure and that is so designated.
(4) The term “Restricted Data” has the meaning given such term in [section 2014(y) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2014/y&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) The term “con
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For purposes of this chapter:
(1) The term “national security laboratory” means any of the following:
(A) Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
(B) Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Livermore, California.
(C) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California.
(2) 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.
(3) The term “classified information” means any information that has been determined pursuant to Executive Order No. 12333 of December 4, 1981 ([former] [50 U.S.C. 401](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section401&num=0&edition=prelim) note) [now [50 U.S.C. 3001](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3001&num=0&edition=prelim) note], Executive Order No. 12958 of April 17, 1995 ([former] [50 U.S.C. 435](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section435&num=0&edition=prelim) note), or successor orders, to require protection against unauthorized disclosure and that is so designated.
(4) The term “Restricted Data” has the meaning given such term in [section 2014(y) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2014/y&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) 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.
(6) The term “nuclear security enterprise” means the physical facilities, technology, and human capital of the national security laboratories and the nuclear weapons production facilities.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Covered element of the intelligence community** — The term “covered element of the intelligence community” means an element of the intelligence community that is not an element of the Department of Defense.
(2) **National security satellite** — The term “national security satellite” means a satellite weighing over 400 pounds whose principle purpose is to support the national security or intelligence needs of the United States Government.
(3) **United States** — The term “United States” means the several States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States.
**(b) Requirement** Beginning January 1, 2021, except as provided in subsection (c), a covered element of the intelligence community may not award a contract for a national security satellite if the satellite uses a star tracker that is not produced in the United States, including with respect to both the software and the hardware of the star tracker.
**(c) Exception** The head of a covered element of the intelligence community may waive the requirement under subsection (b) if, on a case-by-case basis, the head certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence committees that—
(1) there is no available star tracker produced in the United States that meets the mission and design requirements of the national security satellite for which the star tracker will be used;
(2) the cost of a star tracker produced in the United States is unreasonable, based on a market survey; or
(3) such waiver is necessary for the national security interests of the United States based on an urgent and compelling need.
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**(a) Establishment** There is established within the Department of Energy a separately organized agency to be known as the National Nuclear Security Administration (in this chapter referred to as the “Administration”).
**(b) Mission** The mission of the Administration shall be the following:
(1) To enhance United States national security through the military application of nuclear energy.
(2) To support the deterrence of strategic attacks against the United States by maintaining and enhancing the performance, reliability, security, and safety of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile, including the ability to design, produce, and test nuclear weapons as necessary in order to meet national security requirements.
(3) To provide the United States Navy with safe, militarily effective nuclear propulsion plants and to ensure the safe and reliable operation of those plants.
(4) To promote international nuclear safety and nonproliferation.
(5) To reduce global danger from weapons of mass destruction.
(6) To support United States leadership in science and technology.
**(c) Operations and activities to be carried out consistently with certain principles** In carrying out the mission of the Administration, the Administrator shall ensure that all operations and activities of the Administration are consistent with the principles of—
(1) fulfilling, to the maximum extent possible, the requirements for nuclear weapons of the Department of Defense;
(2) protecting the environment;
(3) safeguarding the safety and health of the public and of the workforce of the Administration; and
(4) ensuring the security of the nuclear weapons, nuclear material, and classified information in the custody of the Administration.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 432c, comprising section 705 of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, was editorially reclassified as [section 3145 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3145&num=0&edition=prelim).
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 442a, comprising section 1102 of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, was editorially reclassified as [section 3232 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3232&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) General Energy Policy.—** The Secretary of Defense shall ensure the readiness of the armed forces for their military missions by pursuing energy security and energy resilience.
**(b) Authorities.—** In order to achieve the policy set forth in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may—
(1) establish metrics and standards for the assessment of energy resilience;
(2) require the Secretary of a military department to perform mission assurance and readiness assessments of energy power systems for mission critical assets and supporting infrastructure, applying uniform mission standards established by the Secretary of Defense;
(3) require the Secretary of a military department to establish and maintain an energy resilience master plan for an installation;
(4) authorize the use of energy security and energy resilience, including the benefits of on-site generation resources that reduce or avoid the cost of backup power, as factors in the cost-benefit analysis for procurement of energy; and
(5) in selecting facility energy projects that will use renewable energy sources, pursue energy security and energy resilience by giving favorable consideration to projects that provide power directly to a military facility or into the installation electrical distribution network.
**(c) Energy Performance Goals.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees the energy performance goals for the Department of Defense regarding transportation systems, support systems, utilities, and infrastructure and facilities.
(2) The energy performance goals shall be submitted annually not later than the date on which the President submits to Congress the budget for the next fiscal year under [section 1105 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtm
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The Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator, shall establish appropriate procedures to provide for the cost-reimbursable use, in a manner consistent with the national security mission of the Administration under [section 2401(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2401/b&num=0&edition=prelim), of the capabilities of the national security laboratories by elements of the Department of Energy not within the Administration, other Federal agencies, and other appropriate entities, including the use of those capabilities to support efforts to defend against weapons of mass destruction.
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**(a) In general** The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall encourage cooperative research and development activities at the national security laboratories (as defined in [section 2471 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2471&num=0&edition=prelim)) that lead to the creation of new private-sector employment opportunities.
**(b) Reports** Not later than January 31 of each year from 2012 through 2017, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report detailing the number of new private-sector employment opportunities created as a result of the previous years’ cooperative research and development activities at each national security laboratory.
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 2465
§ 2465.
Enhancing
private-sector
employment
through cooperative research and develop-
ment activities
(a) In general
The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall
encourage cooperative research and develop-
ment activities at the national security labora-
tories (as defined in section 2471 of this title)
that lead to the creation of new private-sector
employment opportunities.
(b) Reports
Not later than January 31 of each year from
2012 through 2017, the Administrator shall sub-
mit to Congress a report detailing the number of
new private-sector employment opportunities
created as a result of the previous years’ cooper-
ative research and development activities at
each national security laboratory.
(Pub. L. 111–383, div. C, title XXXI, § 3122, Jan. 7,
2011, 124 Stat. 4514.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Ike Skelton Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011,
and not as part of the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration Act which comprises this chapter.
§ 2466. Use of funds for the purchase of options
to purchase real property
(a) Authority
Subject to the limitation in subsection (b),
funds authorized to be appropriated for the Ad-
ministration for the purchase of real property
may be expended to purchase options for the
purchase of real property.
(b) Limitation on price of options
The price of any option purchased pursuant to
subsection (a) may not exceed the minor con-
struction threshold (as defined in section 2741 of
this title).
(c) Notice
Not later than 14 days after the date an option
is purchased pursuant to subsection (a), the Ad-
ministrator shall submit to the congressional
defense committees—
(1) a notification of such purch
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 3001
Sec.
3238.
Annual reports on influence operations and
campaigns in the United States by the Rus-
sian Federation.
3239.
Requirement to buy certain satellite compo-
nent from American sources.
3240.
Report on best practices to protect privacy,
civil liberties, and civil rights of Chinese
Americans.
3241.
Biennial reports on foreign biological threats.
3242.
Annual
reports
on
certain
cyber
vulnerabilities
procured
by
intelligence
community and foreign commercial pro-
viders of cyber vulnerabilities.
3243.
Periodic reports on technology strategy of in-
telligence community.
3244.
Annual report on reporting requirements.
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Chapter is comprised of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61
Stat. 495, the National Security Act of 1947, which was
formerly classified principally as part of chapter 15 of
this title, prior to editorial reclassification and renum-
bering as chapter 44 of this title. For complete classi-
fication of the National Security Act of 1947, see Ta-
bles.
§ 3001. Short title
This chapter may be cited as the ‘‘National
Security Act of 1947’’.
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, § 1, 61 Stat. 495.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original
‘‘this Act’’, meaning act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61 Stat.
495, known as the National Security Act of 1947, which
is classified principally to this chapter. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified as a note under sec-
tion 401 of this title prior to editorial reclassification
as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1081, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat.
36
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 401a
26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501, related to
distribution of information.
A prior section 331, act Sept. 16, 1942, ch. 561, title III,
§ 301, as added Apr. 1, 1944, ch. 150, 58 Stat. 140, related
to establishment of United States War Ballot Commis-
sion and was repealed by act Apr. 19, 1946, ch. 142, 60
Stat. 96.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
ADDITIONAL REPEAL
Sections 321 to 331 were also repealed by act Aug. 10,
1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641.
§§ 332 to 340. Repealed. Apr. 19, 1946, ch. 142, 60
Stat. 96
Section 332, act Sept. 16, 1942, ch. 561, title III, § 302,
as added Apr. 1, 1944, ch. 150, 58 Stat. 140, related to per-
sons subject to this subchapter.
Section 333, act Sept. 16, 1942, ch. 561, title III, § 303,
as added Apr. 1, 1944, ch. 150, 58 Stat. 141, related to
Federal war ballots.
Section 334, act Sept. 16, 1942, ch. 561, title III, § 304,
as added Apr. 1, 1944, ch. 150, 58 Stat. 143, related to ad-
ministration of oaths.
Section 335, act Sept. 16, 1942, ch. 561, title III, § 305,
as added Apr. 1, 1944, ch. 150, 58 Stat. 143, related to ad-
ministration of this subchapter.
Section 336, act Sept. 16, 1942, ch. 561, title III, § 306,
as added Apr. 1, 1944, ch. 150, 58 Stat. 144, related to
lists of candidates.
Section 337, act Sept. 16, 1942, ch. 561, title III, § 307,
as added Apr. 1, 1944, ch. 150, 58 Stat. 144, related to dis-
tribution and collection of ballots.
Section 338, act Sept. 16, 1942, ch. 561, title III, § 308,
as added Apr. 1, 1944, ch. 150, 58 Stat. 145, related to
merchant marine ballots.
Section 339, act Sept. 16, 1942, ch. 561, title III, § 309,
as added Apr. 1, 1944, ch. 150, 58 Stat. 145, related to
transmission of ballots.
Se
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