10 USC § 6280 - Availability of funds

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s6280"
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title: "10 USC § 6280 - Availability of funds"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "6280"
section_name: "Availability of funds"
chapter_number: 607
chapter_name: "BUDGET AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MATTERS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "RECURRING NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATION PROVISIONS"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1429.)"
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# § 6280. Availability of funds

**(a)** **In General.—** Except as provided in subsection (b), amounts appropriated pursuant to a DOE national security authorization for operation and maintenance or for plant projects may, when so specified in an appropriations Act, remain available until expended.

**(b)** **Exception for Program Direction Funds.—** Amounts appropriated for program direction pursuant to a DOE national security authorization for a fiscal year shall remain available to be obligated only until the end of that fiscal year.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1429.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , War and National Defense, prior to repeal by .