# § 6362. University-based defense nuclear policy collaboration program
**(a)** **Program.—** The Administrator shall carry out a program under which the Administrator establishes a policy research consortium of institutions of higher education and nonprofit entities in support of implementing and innovating the defense nuclear policy programs of the Administration. The Administrator shall establish and carry out such program in a manner similar to the program established under section 6338.
**(b)** **Purposes.—** The purposes of the consortium under subsection (a) are as follows:
**(1)** To shape the formulation and application of policy through the conduct of research and analysis regarding defense nuclear policy programs.
**(2)** To maintain open-source databases on issues relevant to understanding defense nuclear nonproliferation, arms control, nuclear deterrence, foreign nuclear programs, and nuclear security.
**(3)** To facilitate the collaboration of research centers of excellence relating to defense nuclear policy to better distribute expertise to specific issues and scenarios regarding such threats.
**(c)** **Duties.—**
**(1)** The Administrator shall ensure that the consortium established under subsection (a) provides support to individuals described in paragraph (2) through the use of nongovernmental fellowships, scholarships, research internships, workshops, short courses, summer schools, and research grants.
**(2)** The individuals described in this paragraph are graduate students, academics, and policy specialists, who are focused on policy innovation related to—
**(A)** defense nuclear nonproliferation;
**(B)** arms control;
**(C)** nuclear deterrence;
**(D)** the study of foreign nuclear programs;
**(E)** nuclear security; or
**(F)** educating and training the next generation of defense nuclear policy experts.
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**Source Credit**: (Added and amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), (d)(2), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458, 1462.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , War and National Defense, prior to repeal by .
A prior section 6371 was renumbered .
Another prior section 6371, , , related to consideration for continuation on active list of Regular Navy line rear admirals not restricted in performance of duty, prior to repeal by , title VII, § 701, , , 2955, effective .
Prior sections 6372 to 6374 were repealed by , , , effective .
Section 6372, , , related to retirement and possible retention on active list of line rear admirals restricted in performance of duty and staff corps rear admirals in Regular Navy. See .
Section 6373, , , related to retirement and possible retention on active list of major generals in Regular Marine Corps. See .
Section 6374, acts , ; , , , related to retirement for failures of selection for promotion of brigadier generals in Regular Marine Corps.
A prior section 6375, , , provided for retirement of Marine Corps brigadier generals designated for supply duty after specified years of service, their retention on active list with board approval and computation of their years of service in grade, prior to repeal by , , .
Prior sections 6376 to 6382 were repealed by , , , effective .
Section 6376, acts , ; , , ; , , , related to retirement for length of service of Regular Navy line captains not restricted in performance duty and Regular Marine Corps colonels. See .
Section 6377, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , (17), ; , , (C), , related to retirement for length of service of Regular Navy line captains restricted in performance of duty, staff corps captains, and Nurse Corps commanders. See sections 633 and 634 of this title.
Section 6378, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , , related to consideration for continuation on active list of Regular Navy line captains restricted in performance of duty, staff corps captains, and Nurse Corps commanders. See .
Section 6379, acts , ; , , ; , , , related to retirement for length of service and for failures of selection for promotion of Regular Navy commanders and Regular Marine Corps lieutenant colonels. See .
Section 6380, , , related to retirement for length of service and for failures of selection for promotion of Regular Navy lieutenant commanders and Regular Marine Corps majors. See .
Section 6381, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , , related to retirement grade and pay of officers retired under former sections 6371 to 6380 of this title. See .
Section 6382, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , ; § 4(b), , related to discharge for failures of selection for promotion of Regular Navy lieutenant and lieutenants (junior grade) and Regular Marine Corps captains and first lieutenants. See sections 631 and 632 of this title.
A prior section 6383 was renumbered .
Prior sections 6384 to 6388 were repealed by , , , effective .
Section 6384, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , (19), ; , , , related to discharge of Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps officers having less than 20 years service for unsatisfactory performance of duty. See section 1181 et seq. of this title.
Section 6385, acts , ; , , (c), , provided that for purposes of involuntary retirement, separation, or furlough, an officer serving in a grade to which he was appointed under former section 5231, 5232, 5787 or 5787d of this title was to be considered as serving in a grade he would have held had it not been for such appointment. See section 627 et seq. of this title.
Section 6386, acts , ; , , , authorized President to suspend certain provisions relating to officers serving in grades of lieutenant and lieutenant (junior grade) in Navy or in grades of captain and first lieutenant in Marine Corps. See section 123(a), (b) of this title.
Section 6387, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , , related to computation of total commissioned service for regular Navy male line officers and regular Marine Corps male officers.
Section 6388, acts , ; , , ; , , (21), ; , , ; , , , related to computation of total commissioned service for certain Regular Navy staff corps officers.
A prior section 6389 was renumbered .
A prior section 6390, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , , related to the retirement at age 62 of officers on the active list of the Navy and officers of the Marine Corps, prior to repeal by , , , effective . See .
Prior sections 6391 and 6392 were repealed by , , , effective .
Section 6391, added , , ; amended , , ; , , ; , , , related to transfer to Retired Reserve of officers in Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve above chief warrant officer, W–5, on becoming 62 years of age with provisions for deferral of retirement until age 64. See .
Section 6392, added , , ; amended , §§ 710(b), 711(b), , , 1477, related to retention in active status of certain reserve officers. See section 14703(a)(2), (b) of this title.
Another prior section 6392, , , related to revocation of appointments of Regular Navy and Marine Corps officers with less than three years service, prior to repeal effective , by , title VII, § 701, , , 2955.
A prior section 6393, , , authorized Secretary of Navy to terminate appointment of any woman officer in Regular Navy or Regular Marine Corps, prior to repeal by , , , effective .
Prior sections 6394 to 6396 were repealed by , , , effective .
Section 6394, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , , related to the retirement upon board recommendation of Regular Navy rear admirals and commodores and Regular Marine Corps major generals and brigadier generals.
Section 6395, acts , ; , , ; , , , related to discharge during time of war and national emergency of Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps officers with less than 20 years of service for unsatisfactory performance of duty. See section 1181 et seq. of this title.
Section 6396, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , § 1(23)–(26), , 854; , , ; , , , related to retirement or discharge of Regular Navy officers in Nurse Corps in grades below commander.
A prior section 6397, added , , ; amended , , ; , , , related to elimination from active status of officers of Naval Reserve in Nurse Corps, prior to repeal by , , , effective .
A prior section 6398, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , , related to retirement for length of service of Regular Navy women captains and commanders and Regular Marine Corps women colonels and lieutenant colonels and their respective grades and pay, prior to repeal by , , , effective . See sections 633 and 634 of this title.
A prior section 6399, acts , ; , , ; , , , provided for retirement of women lieutenant commanders and below of Regular Navy and women majors and below of Regular Marine Corps at age 50 and their retired grade and pay, prior to repeal by , , .
Prior sections 6400 to 6402 were repealed by , , , effective .
Section 6400, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , , related to retirement for length of service of Regular Navy women lieutenant commanders and Regular Marine Corps women majors.
Section 6401, acts , ; , , ; , , , related to discharge for length of service of Regular Navy women lieutenants and Regular Marine Corps women captains.
Section 6402, acts , ; , , , related to discharge for length of service of Regular Navy women lieutenants (junior grade) and Regular Marine Corps women first lieutenants.
A prior section 6403, added , , ; amended , , ; , , , related to elimination from active status of women officers in Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve, prior to repeal by , , , effective .
A prior section 6404 was renumbered .
A prior section 6405, , , provided that an officer of Regular Navy, other than a retired officer, who accepted an appointment in the Foreign Service was considered as having resigned from the Navy, prior to repeal by , , . See .
A prior section 6406, acts , ; , , , authorized Secretary of Navy to furlough any officer of Regular Navy or Regular Marine Corps, other than a retired officer, prior to repeal by , , .
A prior section 6407, , , related to communication with selection boards by officers eligible for consideration for continuation on active list, prior to repeal by , , , effective . See .
A prior section 6408 was renumbered .
A prior section 6409, , , provided for suspension of laws for mandatory retirement or separation during war or emergency of temporary warrant officers of Navy and Marine Corps, prior to repeal by , , .
A prior section 6410, added , , ; amended , , , related to elimination from active status of officers in Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve to provide a flow of promotion, prior to repeal by , , , effective .
A prior section 6481, , , related to authority to recall retired officers of Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps, prior to repeal by , , , effective . See .
A prior section 6482, , , provided that in time of war or national emergency Secretary of Navy could order to active duty any retired enlisted member of Regular Navy or Regular Marine Corps, prior to repeal by , , .
Prior sections 6483 to 6486 were renumbered sections 8383 to 8386 of this title, respectively.
Prior sections 6487 and 6488 were repealed by , (c), , , effective .
Section 6487, , , related to retirement pay of certain rear admirals who retire after serving two years on active duty in time of war or national emergency.
Section 6488, , , related to retention of certain wartime appointments or promotions upon release from active duty. See .
A prior section 6521, , , related to allowances to dependents, and to designation of beneficiary, prior to repeal by , , . See section 1475 et seq. of this title.
A prior section 6522 was renumbered .
Prior sections 6901 to 6906 were repealed by , , .
Section 6901, acts , ; , , , related to administration of Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.
Sections 6902 and 6903, , , 421, related to transfer of graduates of Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps to Regular Navy, administration of officer candidate training program, and to qualifications for enrollment. See sections 2104 and 2106 of this title.
Sections 6904 to 6906, acts , , 422, 423; , –(50), , related to officer candidate training program and qualifications and training of members. See chapters 102 and 103 of this title.
A prior section 6907, , , related to retention or transfer to Reserve of officers other than naval aviators under officer candidate training program, prior to repeal by , , .
A prior section 6908, act , 1041, , related to selection of naval aviators for retention of transfer to the Reserve, prior to repeal by , , .
A prior section 6909, , , related to direct procurement of ensigns and second lieutenants, prior to repeal by , , , effective .
A prior section 6910, , , authorized payment of expenses of officer procurement program, prior to repeal by , , .
Prior sections 6911 to 6913 were renumbered sections 8411 to 8413 of this title, respectively.
A prior section 6914, , , authorized President to appoint Naval Reserve aviators to Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps, prior to repeal by , , , effective .
A prior section 6915 was renumbered .
Prior sections 6931 and 6932 were renumbered sections 8431 and 8432 of this title, respectively.
Prior sections 6951 to 6956 were renumbered sections 8451 to 8456 of this title, respectively.
Prior sections 6957 to 6957b were repealed by , , .
Section 6957, , ; , , ; , §§ 541(b), 543(b), , , 1743; , , ; , title V, § 532(b)], , , 1654A–110; , (2), , , related to the selection of persons from foreign countries to receive instruction at the United States Naval Academy. See .
Section 6957a, added , , ; amended , , ; , , , related to an exchange program with foreign military academies.
Section 6957b, added , [div. A], title V, § 541(b)(1), , ; amended , , , related to foreign and cultural exchange activities.
Prior sections 6958 to 6969 were renumbered sections 8458 to 8469 of this title, respectively.
A prior section 6970 was renumbered .
Another prior section 6970 was renumbered .
Another prior section 6970, acts , ; , , , related to detailing and duties of storekeeper at the Naval Academy, prior to repeal by , (e), , , effective .
Prior sections 6970a to 6974 were renumbered sections 8470a to 8474 of this title, respectively.
A prior section 6975 was renumbered .
Another prior section 6975, added , , , related to position of athletic director of Naval Academy and to administration of nonappropriated fund account for athletics program of Naval Academy, prior to repeal by , , ; , , , effective .
Prior sections 6976 to 6981 were renumbered sections 8476 to 8481 of this title, respectively.
### Amendments
2025—, realigned margins.
Subsec. (c). , struck out pars. (1) and (2) headings which read as follows: and , respectively.