50 U.S.C. § 2471 — Definitions

Page 418 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 purchase; and (2) a summary of the rationale for such pur- chase. (Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXII, § 3265, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. C, title XXXI, § 3119, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3055.) SUBCHAPTER VI—DEFINITIONS § 2471. Definitions 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, Albu- querque, New Mexico, and Livermore, Cali- fornia. (C) Lawrence Livermore National Labora- tory, 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 En- ergy that the Secretary of Energy, in con- sultation with the Administrator and Con- gress, 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 De- cember 4, 1981 ([former] 50 U.S.C. 401 note) [now 50 U.S.C. 3001 note], Executive Order No. 12958 of April 17, 1995 ([former] 50 U.S.C. 435 note), or successor orders, to require protec- tion 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. (5) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit- tees’’ 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 labora- tories and the nuclear weapons production fa- cilities. (Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXII, § 3281, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 968; Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132(a)(3), (d)(3), (4), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2185, 2187; Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3145(i), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1072; Pub. L. 116–92, div. C, title XXXI, § 3139(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1962.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ‘‘this title’’, meaning title XXXII of div. C of Pub. L. 106–65, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 953, which is classified prin- cipally to this chapter. For complete classification of title XXXII to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2401 of this title and Tables. Executive Order No. 12958, referred to in par. (3), which was formerly set out as a note under section 435 (now section 3161) of this title, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 13526, § 6.2(g), Dec. 29, 2009, 75 F.R. 731. AMENDMENTS 2019—Par. (2)(A). Pub. L. 116–92 substituted ‘‘National Security Campus’’ for ‘‘Plant’’. 2013—Par. (2)(C). Pub. L. 112–239, § 3132(d)(3)(A), sub- stituted ‘‘Y–12 National Security Complex’’ for ‘‘Y–12 Plant’’. Par. (2)(D). Pub. L. 112–239, § 3132(d)(3)(B), struck out ‘‘tritium operations facilities at the’’ before ‘‘Savannah River Site’’. Page 419 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE §§ 2482, 2483 Par. (2)(E). Pub. L. 112–239, § 3132(d)(4), substituted ‘‘Nevada National Security Site’’ for ‘‘Nevada Test Site’’. Par. (2)(F). Pub. L. 113–66 substituted ‘‘Congress’’ for ‘‘the Congress’’. Par. (6). Pub. L. 112–239, § 3132(a)(3), added par. (6). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Mar. 1, 2000, see section 3299 of Pub. L. 106–65, set out as a note under section 2401 of this title. SUBCHAPTER VII—TRANSITION PROVISIONS § 2481. Functions transferred (a) Transfers There are hereby transferred to the Adminis- trator all national security functions and activi- ties performed immediately before October 5, 1999, by the following elements of the Depart- ment of Energy: (1) The Office of Defense Programs. (2) The Office of Nonproliferation and Na- tional Security. (3) The Office of Fissile Materials Disposi- tion. (4) The nuclear weapons production facili- ties. (5) The national security laboratories. (6) The Office of Naval Reactors. (b) Authority to transfer additional functions The Secretary of Energy may transfer to the Administrator any other facility, mission, or function that the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator and Congress, deter- mines to be consistent with the mission of the Administration. (c) Environmental remediation and waste man- agement activities In the case of any environmental remediation and waste management activity of any element of the Administration, the Secretary of Energy may determine to transfer responsibility for that activity to another element of the Depart- ment. (d) Transfer of funds (1) Any balance of appropriations that the Sec- retary of Energy determines is available and needed to finance or discharge a function, power, or duty or an activity that is transferred to the Administration shall be transferred to the Administration and used for any purpose for which those appropriations were originally available. Balances of appropriations so trans- ferred shall— (A) be credited to any applicable appropria- tion account of the Administration; or (B) be credited to a new account that may be established on the books of the Department of the Treasury; and shall be merged with the funds already credited to that account and accounted for as one fund. (2) Balances of appropriations credited to an account under paragraph (1)(A) are subject only to such limitations as are specifically applicable to that account. Balances of appropriations credited to an account under paragraph (1)(B) are subject only to such limitations as are appli- cable to the appropriations from which they are transferred. (e) Personnel (1) With respect to any function, power, or duty or activity of the Department of Energy that is transferred to the Administration, those employees of the element of the Department of Energy from which the transfer is made that the Secretary of Energy determines are needed to perform that function, power, or duty, or for that activity, as the case may be, shall be trans- ferred to the Administration. (2) The authorized strength in civilian employ- ees of any element of the Department of Energy from which employees are transferred under this section is reduced by the number of employees so transferred. (Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXII, § 3291, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 968; Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132(b)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2185; Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3145(j), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1072.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2013—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–239, § 3132(b)(1)(A), sub- stituted ‘‘of the Administration’’ for ‘‘specified in sub- section (a)’’. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 112–239, § 3132(b)(1)(B), added sub- sec. (d). Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 113–66 realigned margins of concluding provisions. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 112–239, § 3132(b)(1)(B), added sub- sec. (e). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Mar. 1, 2000, see section 3299 of Pub. L. 106–65, set out as a note under section 2401 of this title. CONSTRUCTION Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132(b)(3), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2186, provided that: ‘‘Nothing in section 3291 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2481), as amended by paragraph (1), may be construed to affect any function or activity trans- ferred by the Secretary of Energy to the Administrator for Nuclear Security before the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 2, 2013].’’ TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and li- abilities of the advanced scientific computing research program and activities at Lawrence Livermore Na- tional Laboratory, including the functions of the Sec- retary of Energy relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, see sections 183(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Depart- ment of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of No- vember 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. §§ 2482, 2483. Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132(c)(1)(B), (C), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2186, 2187 Section 2482, Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXII, § 3292, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 969, related to transfer of funds and employees.