42 USC § 7279 - Identification in budget materials of amounts for certain Department of Energy pension obligations

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title: "42 USC § 7279 - Identification in budget materials of amounts for certain Department of Energy pension obligations"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "7279"
section_name: "Identification in budget materials of amounts for certain Department of Energy pension obligations"
chapter_number: 84
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "General Administrative Provisions"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–84, div. C, title XXXI, § 3143, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2716.)"
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# § 7279. Identification in budget materials of amounts for certain Department of Energy pension obligations

section 1105(a) of title 31

The Secretary of Energy shall include in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Energy budget for a fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under ) specific identification, as a budgetary line item, of the amounts required to meet the pension obligations of the Department of Energy for contractor employees at each facility of the Department of Energy operated using amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Energy.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–84, div. C, title XXXI, § 3143, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2716.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, and not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act which comprises this chapter.