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42 U.S.C. § 7159 — Naval reactor and military application programs
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The Division of Naval Reactors established pursuant to [section 2035 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2035&num=0&edition=prelim), and responsible for research, design, development, health, and safety matters pertaining to naval nuclear propulsion plants and assigned civilian power reactor programs is transferred to the Department under the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, and such organizational unit shall be deemed to be an organizational unit established by this chapter.
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The Division of Naval Reactors established pursuant to [section 2035 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2035&num=0&edition=prelim), and responsible for research, design, development, health, and safety matters pertaining to naval nuclear propulsion plants and assigned civilian power reactor programs is transferred to the Department under the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, and such organizational unit shall be deemed to be an organizational unit established by this chapter.
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The provisions of Executive Order Numbered 12344, dated February 1, 1982, pertaining to the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, shall remain in force until changed by law.
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There is established within the Commission—
**(a) Program divisions; appointment and powers of Assistant General Manager and Division Directors** a Division of Military Application and such other program divisions (not to exceed ten in number) as the Commission may determine to the necessary to the discharge of its responsibilities, including a division or divisions the primary responsibilities of which include the development and application of civilian uses of atomic energy. The Division of Military Application shall be under the direction of an Assistant General Manager for Military Application, who shall be appointed by the Commission and shall be an active commissioned officer of the Armed Forces serving in general or flag officer rank or grade, as appropriate. Each other program division shall be under the direction of a Director who shall be appointed by the Commission. The Commission shall require each such division to exercise such of the Commission’s administrative and executive powers as the Commission may determine;
**(b) General Counsel** an Office of the General Counsel under the direction of the General Counsel who shall be appointed by the Commission; and
**(c) Inspection Division; duties** an Inspection Division under the direction of a Director who shall be appointed by the Commission. The Inspection Division shall be responsible for gathering information to show whether or not the contractors, licensees, and officers and employees of the Commission are complying with the provisions of this chapter (except those provisions for which the Federal Bureau of Investigation is responsible) and the appropriate rules and regulations of the Commission.
**(d) Executive management positions; appointment; removal** such other executive management positions (no
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Sections 7386 to 7386k, Pub. L. 107–314, div. C, title XXXVI, §§ 3620–3631, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2756–2762, were renumbered sections 4701 to 4712, respectively, of Pub. L. 107–314 by Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, § 3141(j)(2)(A)–(C), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1781, and were formerly classified to sections 2741 to 2752, respectively, of Title 50, War and National Defense. See sections 6271 to 6283, repsectively, of Title 10, Armed Forces.
Section 7386 related to definitions for purposes of former sections 7386 to 7386k of this title.
Section 7386a related to reprogramming of amounts appropriated pursuant to a Department of Energy national security authorization.
Section 7386b related to minor construction projects.
Section 7386c related to limits on construction projects.
Section 7386d related to fund transfer authority.
Section 7386e related to conceptual and construction design.
Section 7386f related to authority for emergency planning, design, and construction activities.
Section 7386g related to scope of authority to carry out plant projects.
Section 7386h related to availability of funds.
Section 7386i related to transfer of defense environmental management funds.
Section 7386j related to transfer of weapons activities funds.
Section 7386k related to funds available for all national security programs of the Department of Energy.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, § 27, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 926; amended Aug. 14, 1964, Pub. L. 88–426, title III, § 305(10)(B), 78 Stat. 423, related to Military Liaison Committee, its composition and duties, and authority of Defense Department to make recommendations to Committee.
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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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**(a) Establishment and coordination of Federal agency actions**
(1) The President shall, to the extent of his authority under other law, establish or coordinate Federal agency actions to develop mandatory standards with respect to energy conservation and energy efficiency to govern the procurement policies and decisions of the Federal Government and all Federal agencies, and shall take such steps as are necessary to cause such standards to be implemented.
(2) The President shall develop and, to the extent of his authority under other law, implement a 10-year plan for energy conservation with respect to buildings owned or leased by an agency of the United States. Such plan shall include mandatory lighting efficiency standards, mandatory thermal efficiency standards and insulation requirements, restrictions on hours of operation, thermostat controls, and other conditions of operation, and plans for replacing or retrofitting to meet such standards.
**(b) Public education programs**
(1) The Secretary shall establish and carry out a responsible public education program—
(A) to encourage energy conservation and energy efficiency; or
(B) to promote van pooling and carpooling arrangements.
(2) For purposes of this subsection:
(A) The term “van” means any automobile which the Secretary determines is manufactured primarily for use in the transportation of not less than 8 individuals and not more than 15 individuals.
(B) The term “van pooling arrangement” means an arrangement for the transportation of employees between their residences or other designated locations and their place of employment on a nonprofit basis in which the operating costs of such arrangement are paid for by the employees utilizing such arrangement.
**(c) Omitted**
**(d) Applicability of pl
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 7159
‘‘Under Secretary for Nuclear Security’’ for ‘‘Assistant
Secretary to whom the Secretary has assigned the
function listed in section 7133(a)(2)(E) of this title’’, and
struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: ‘‘The Divi-
sion of Military Application, established by section 2035
of this title, and the functions of the Energy Research
and Development Administration with respect to the
Military Liaison Committee, established by section
2037 of this title, are transferred to the Department
under the Assistant Secretary to whom the Secretary
has assigned those functions listed in section 7133(a)(5)
of this title, and such organizational units shall be
deemed to be organizational units established by this
chapter.’’
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1999 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 106–65 effective Mar. 1, 2000,
see section 3299 of Pub. L. 106–65, set out as an Effective
Date note under section 2401 of Title 50, War and Na-
tional Defense.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Pub. L. 98–525, title XVI, § 1634, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat.
2649, which was formerly set out as a note under this
section, was renumbered section 4101 of Pub. L. 107–314,
the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2003, by Pub. L 108–136, div. C, title XXXI,
§ 3141(d)(2), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1757, and is set out as
a note under section 2511 of Title 50, War and National
Defense.
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
All national security functions and activities per-
formed immediately before Oct. 5, 1999, by the Office of
Naval Reactors transferred to the Administrator for
Nuclear Security of the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration of the Department of Energy, and t
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