10 USC § 6332 - Laboratory-directed research and development

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title: "10 USC § 6332 - Laboratory-directed research and development"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "6332"
section_name: "Laboratory-directed research and development"
chapter_number: 608
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT"
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"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1448.)"
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# 1 Laboratory-directed research and development

See References in Text note below.

[^1]*Provided**Provided further*January 8, 2001

 Of the funds made available by the Department of Energy for activities at government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories funded in this Act  or subsequent Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts, the Secretary may authorize a specific amount, not to exceed 8 percent of such funds, to be used by such laboratories for laboratory directed research and development: , That the Secretary may also authorize a specific amount not to exceed 4 percent of such funds, to be used by the plant manager of a covered nuclear weapons production plant or the manager of the Nevada Site Office for plant or site directed research and development: , That notwithstanding Department of Energy order 413.2A, dated , beginning in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, all DOE laboratories may be eligible for laboratory directed research and development funding.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1448.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, means div. C of , , , known as the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009. Prior to repeal and restatement as this section, this section was . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 6332 was renumbered .

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