---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 6281"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "6281"
heading: "Transfer of defense environmental cleanup funds"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/6281"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part VI — Elements of Department of Defense and Other Matters"
  - "Subpart B — Atomic Energy Defense"
  - "Chapter 607 — Budget and Financial Management Matters"
  - "Subchapter I — Recurring National Security Authorization Provisions"
---

# §6281. Transfer of defense environmental cleanup funds

- (a) **Transfer Authority for Defense Environmental Cleanup Funds.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Energy shall provide the manager of each field office of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Energy with the authority to transfer defense environmental cleanup funds from a [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) or project under the jurisdiction of that office to another such [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) or project.
- (b) **Limitations.—**
  - (1) Not more than one transfer may be made to or from any [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) or project under [subsection (a)](#a) in a fiscal year.
  - (2) The amount transferred to or from a [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) or project in any one transfer under [subsection (a)](#a) may not exceed $5,000,000.
  - (3) A transfer may not be carried out by a manager of a field office under [subsection (a)](#a) unless the manager determines that the transfer is necessary—
    - (A) to address a risk to health, safety, or the [environment](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2); or
    - (B) to assure the most efficient use of defense environmental cleanup funds at the field office.
  - (4) Funds transferred pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) may not be used for an item for which Congress has specifically denied funds or for a new [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) or project that has not been authorized by Congress.
- (c) **Exemption From Reprogramming Requirements.—** The requirements of [section 6272](/usc/10/6272.md) shall not apply to transfers of funds pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a).
- (d) **Notification.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3), acting through the Assistant [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Energy for Environmental Management, shall notify Congress of any transfer of funds pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) not later than 30 days after such transfer occurs.
- (e) **Definitions.—** In this section:
  - (1) The term “[program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) or project” means, with respect to a field office of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Energy, a [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) or project that is for defense environmental cleanup activities necessary for [national security](/usc/10/801.md?p=16) [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6), that is being carried out by that office, and for which defense environmental cleanup funds have been authorized and appropriated.
  - (2) The term “defense environmental cleanup funds” means funds appropriated to the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Energy pursuant to an authorization for carrying out defense environmental cleanup activities necessary for [national security](/usc/10/801.md?p=16) [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1).

## Source credit

(Added and amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), (d)(2), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1430, 1462.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2750 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

### Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(d)(2)(B), realigned margins.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(d)(2)(A), struck out pars. (1) to (4) headings which read as follows: “Number of transfers”, “Amounts transferred”, “Determination required”, and “Impermissible uses”, respectively.