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10 U.S.C. § 188 — Interagency Council on the Strategic Capability of the National Laboratories
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**(a) Establishment.—** There is an Interagency Council on the Strategic Capability of the National Laboratories (in this section referred to as the “Council”).
**(b) Membership.—** The membership of the Council is comprised of the following:
(1) The Secretary of Defense.
(2) The Secretary of Energy.
(3) The Secretary of Homeland Security.
(4) The Director of National Intelligence.
(5) The Administrator for Nuclear Security.
(6) Such other officials as the President considers appropriate.
**(c) Structure and Procedures.—** The President may determine the chair, structure, staff, and procedures of the Council.
**(d) Responsibilities.—** The Council shall be responsible for the following matters:
(1) Identifying and considering the science, technology, and engineering capabilities of the national laboratories that could be leveraged by each participating agency to support national security missions.
(2) Reviewing and assessing the adequacy of the national security science, technology, and engineering capabilities of the national laboratories for supporting national security missions throughout the Federal Government.
(3) Establishing and overseeing means of ensuring that—
(A) capabilities identified by the Council under paragraph (1) are sustained to an appropriate level; and
(B) each participating agency provides the appropriate level of institutional support to sustain such capabilities.
(4) In accordance with acquisition rules regarding federally funded research and development centers, establishing criteria for when each participating agency should seek to use the services of the national laboratories, including the identification of appropriate mission areas and capabilities.
(5) Making recommendations to the President and Congress regarding regul
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**(a) Establishment.—** There is an Interagency Council on the Strategic Capability of the National Laboratories (in this section referred to as the “Council”).
**(b) Membership.—** The membership of the Council is comprised of the following:
(1) The Secretary of Defense.
(2) The Secretary of Energy.
(3) The Secretary of Homeland Security.
(4) The Director of National Intelligence.
(5) The Administrator for Nuclear Security.
(6) Such other officials as the President considers appropriate.
**(c) Structure and Procedures.—** The President may determine the chair, structure, staff, and procedures of the Council.
**(d) Responsibilities.—** The Council shall be responsible for the following matters:
(1) Identifying and considering the science, technology, and engineering capabilities of the national laboratories that could be leveraged by each participating agency to support national security missions.
(2) Reviewing and assessing the adequacy of the national security science, technology, and engineering capabilities of the national laboratories for supporting national security missions throughout the Federal Government.
(3) Establishing and overseeing means of ensuring that—
(A) capabilities identified by the Council under paragraph (1) are sustained to an appropriate level; and
(B) each participating agency provides the appropriate level of institutional support to sustain such capabilities.
(4) In accordance with acquisition rules regarding federally funded research and development centers, establishing criteria for when each participating agency should seek to use the services of the national laboratories, including the identification of appropriate mission areas and capabilities.
(5) Making recommendations to the President and Congress regarding regulatory or statutory changes needed to better support—
(A) the strategic capabilities of the national laboratories; and
(B) the use of such laboratories by each participating agency.
(6) Other actions the Council considers appropriate with respect to—
(A) the sustainment of the national laboratories; and
(B) the use of the strategic capabilities of such laboratories.
**(e) Streamlined Process.—** With respect to the participating agency for which a member of the Council is the head of, each member of the Council shall—
(1) establish processes to streamline the consideration and approval of procuring the services of the national laboratories on appropriate matters; and
(2) ensure that such processes are used in accordance with the criteria established under subsection (d)(4).
**(f) Definitions.—** In this section:
(1) The term “participating agency” means a department or agency of the Federal Government that is represented on the Council by a member under subsection (b).
(2) The term “national laboratories” means—
(A) each national security laboratory (as defined in section 3281(1) of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act ([50 U.S.C. 2471(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2471/1&num=0&edition=prelim))); and
(B) each national laboratory of the Department of Energy.
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The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall have the responsibility for—
(1) advising the Secretary regarding research and development efforts and priorities in support of the Department’s missions;
(2) developing, in consultation with other appropriate executive agencies, a national policy and strategic plan for, identifying priorities, goals, objectives and policies for, and coordinating the Federal Government’s civilian efforts to identify and develop countermeasures to chemical, biological, and other emerging terrorist threats, including the development of comprehensive, research-based definable goals for such efforts and development of annual measurable objectives and specific targets to accomplish and evaluate the goals for such efforts;
(3) supporting the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis and the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, by assessing and testing homeland security vulnerabilities and possible threats;
(4) conducting basic and applied research, development, demonstration, testing, and evaluation activities that are relevant to any or all elements of the Department, through both intramural and extramural programs, except that such responsibility does not extend to human health-related research and development activities;
(5) establishing priorities for, directing, funding, and conducting national research, development, test and evaluation, and procurement of technology and systems for—
(A) preventing the importation of chemical, biological, and related weapons and material; and
(B) detecting, preventing, protecting against, and responding to terrorist attacks;
(6) establishing a system for transferring homeland security developments or technologies to Federal, St
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
[§ 187
[§ 187. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title XIV,
§ 1411(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2869]
Section, added Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title VIII,
§ 843(a), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2338; amended Pub. L.
111–383, div. A, title VIII, § 829, Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat.
4272; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title IX, § 901(c), Jan. 2,
2013, 126 Stat. 1864; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title X,
§ 1081(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2417; Pub. L. 116–92,
div. A, title XVII, § 1731(a)(11), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat.
1813; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1870(c)(6)(C),
Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4285, related to Strategic Mate-
rials Protection Board. See section 98h–1 of Title 50,
War and National Defense.
§ 188. Interagency Council on the Strategic Capa-
bility of the National Laboratories
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is an Interagency
Council on the Strategic Capability of the Na-
tional Laboratories (in this section referred to
as the ‘‘Council’’).
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The membership of the
Council is comprised of the following:
(1) The Secretary of Defense.
(2) The Secretary of Energy.
(3) The Secretary of Homeland Security.
(4) The Director of National Intelligence.
(5) The Administrator for Nuclear Security.
(6) Such other officials as the President con-
siders appropriate.
(c) STRUCTURE
AND PROCEDURES.—The Presi-
dent may determine the chair, structure, staff,
and procedures of the Council.
(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Council shall be re-
sponsible for the following matters:
(1) Identifying and considering the science,
technology, and engineering capabilities of the
national laboratories that could be leveraged
by each participating agency to support na-
tional security missions.
(2) Reviewing and assessing the adequacy of
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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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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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