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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 604— DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP MATTERS · SUBCHAPTER I— DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP · § 6171

§ 6171. Defense environmental cleanup account 11 So in original. Probably should be “Defense Environmental Cleanup Account”.

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(a)Establishment.— There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States for the Department of Energy an account to be known as the “Defense Environmental Cleanup Account” (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Account”).
(b)Amounts in Account.— All sums appropriated to the Department of Energy for defense environmental cleanup at defense nuclear facilities shall be credited to the Account. Such appropriations shall be authorized annually by law. To the extent provided in appropriations Acts, amounts in the Account shall remain available until expended.
(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1386.)
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  • Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a)
  • 139 Stat. 1386
  • section 2581 of Title 50
  • Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1)
  • Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3124
  • 139 Stat. 1467
  • Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3125
  • 139 Stat. 1469
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§ 6171
Defense environmental cleanup account 11 So in original. Probably should be “Defense Environmental Cleanup Account”.
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a)
Stat.139 Stat. 1386
Citesection 2581 of Title 50
Pub. L.Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1)
Pub. L.Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3124
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