10 USC § 6353 - Activities at covered nuclear weapons facilities

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s6353"
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title: "10 USC § 6353 - Activities at covered nuclear weapons facilities"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "6353"
section_name: "Activities at covered nuclear weapons facilities"
chapter_number: 608
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "FACILITIES MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS"
positive_law: true
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. 1454.)"
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# § 6353. Activities at covered nuclear weapons facilities

The Administrator may authorize the manager of a covered nuclear weapons research, development, testing or production facility to engage in research, development, and demonstration activities with respect to the engineering and manufacturing capabilities at such facility in order to maintain and enhance such capabilities at such facility: *Provided*, That of the amount allocated to a covered nuclear weapons facility each fiscal year from amounts available to the Department of Energy for such fiscal year for national security programs, not more than an amount equal to 2 percent of such amount may be used for these activities: *Provided further*, That for purposes of this section, the term “covered nuclear weapons facility” means the following:

**(1)** The Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Missouri.

**(2)** The Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

**(3)** The Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas.

**(4)** The Savannah River Plant, South Carolina.

**(5)** The Nevada Test Site.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1454.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , which was set out as a note under , War and National Defense, prior to repeal by .

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