---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 6354"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "6354"
heading: "Pilot program relating to use of proceeds of disposal or utilization of certain department of energy assets"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/6354"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part VI — Elements of Department of Defense and Other Matters"
  - "Subpart B — Atomic Energy Defense"
  - "Chapter 608 — Administrative Matters"
  - "Subchapter III — Facilities Management"
---

# §6354. Pilot program relating to use of proceeds of disposal or utilization of certain department of energy assets

- (a) **Purpose.—** The purpose of this section is to encourage the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Energy to dispose of or otherwise utilize certain assets of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Energy by making available to the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) the proceeds of such [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) or utilization for purposes of defraying the costs of such [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) or utilization.
- (b) **Use of Proceeds to Defray Costs.—**
  - (1) Notwithstanding [section 3302 of title 31](/usc/31/3302.md), the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) may retain from the proceeds of the sale, lease, or [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) of an asset under [subsection (c)](#c) an amount equal to the cost of the sale, lease, or [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) of the asset. The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall utilize amounts retained under this paragraph to defray the cost of the sale, lease, or [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2).
  - (2) For purposes of [paragraph (1)](#b-1), the cost of a sale, lease, or [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) shall include—
    - (A) the cost of administering the sale, lease, or [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2);
    - (B) the cost of recovering or preparing the asset concerned for the sale, lease, or [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2); and
    - (C) any other cost associated with the sale, lease, or [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2).
- (c) **Covered Transactions.—** [Subsection (b)](#b) applies to the following transactions:
  - (1) The sale of heavy water at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, that is under the jurisdiction of the Defense Environmental Management [Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1).
  - (2) The sale of precious metals that are under the jurisdiction of the Defense Environmental Management [Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1).
  - (3) The lease of buildings and other [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) located at the Hanford Reservation, Washington, that are under the jurisdiction of the Defense Environmental Management [Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1).
  - (4) The lease of buildings and other [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) located at the Savannah River Site that are under the jurisdiction of the Defense Environmental Management [Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1).
  - (5) The [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) of equipment and other personal property located at the Rocky Flats Defense Environmental Technology Site, Colorado, that is under the jurisdiction of the Defense Environmental Management [Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1).
  - (6) The [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) of materials at the National Electronics Recycling Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee that are under the jurisdiction of the Defense Environmental Management [Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1).
- (d) **Applicability of Disposal Authority.—** Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the application of subchapter II of [chapter 5](/usc/10/chstA/ptI/ch5.md) and [section 549 of title 40](/usc/40/549.md) to the [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) of equipment and other personal property covered by this section.

## Source credit

(Added and amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), (d)(2)(B), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1454, 1462.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2813 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.