Files
republic-os/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-608/section-6331.md
Fabio 00a184bb3c Legal corpus: U.S. Code titles 1–11 from pinned OLRC XML (11,050 sections)
Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via
Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot ->
per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched.
LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 09:52:37 -04:00

2.5 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, corpus, kind, title_number, title_name, chapter_number, chapter_name, section, citation, status, release_point, release_date, source, source_url, source_identifier, source_file, source_hash, raw_snapshot_hash, text_hash, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction corpus kind title_number title_name chapter_number chapter_name section citation status release_point release_date source source_url source_identifier source_file source_hash raw_snapshot_hash text_hash retrieved_at confidence tags
LegalText 10 U.S.C. § 6331 Laboratory-directed research and development programs us united_states_code code_section 10 ARMED FORCES 608 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 6331 10 U.S.C. § 6331 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc10@119-100.zip /us/usc/t10/s6331 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-10/usc10.xml 1ad3a92d62a0e2e5ca2d3610a91c4bf7ea3235f650ef635e574f88de06db356e 06a2679d38355c44f4219c983fdad34009233205d6ba271593a4c1b17a739ec1 9e4e083277430e55fcd8de4f4b88074e07d1ae2b443cd7d20b3928e1a443d4d4 2026-07-04 official
legal
us-code

10 U.S.C. § 6331 - Laboratory-directed research and development programs

Text

(a) Authority.— Government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories that are funded out of funds available to the Department of Energy for national security programs are authorized to carry out laboratory-directed research and development.

(b) Regulations.— The Secretary of Energy shall prescribe regulations for the conduct of laboratory-directed research and development at such laboratories.

(c) Funding.— Of the funds provided by the Department of Energy to a national security laboratory for national security activities, the Secretary shall provide a specific amount, of not less than 5 percent and not more than 7 percent of such funds, to be used by the laboratory for laboratory-directed research and development.

(d) Laboratory-directed Research and Development Defined.— For purposes of this section, the term “laboratory-directed research and development” means research and development work of a creative and innovative nature which, under the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (b), is selected by the director of a laboratory for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the laboratory in defense-related scientific disciplines.

(Added Pub. L. 11960, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1448.)

Notes

Editorial Notes

Prior ProvisionsA prior section 6331 was renumbered section 8331 of this title. Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2791 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 11960, § 3111(b)(1).