Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 7274f of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by [Pub. L. 108–136].
Amendments
2013—[Pub. L. 113–66, § 3146(e)(1)(A)], substituted “Cleanup” for “Restoration and Waste Management” in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). [Pub. L. 113–66, § 3146(e)(1)(B)], substituted “ ‘Defense Environmental Cleanup Account’ ” for “ ‘Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Account’ ”.
Subsec. (b). [Pub. L. 113–66, § 3146(e)(1)(C)], substituted “defense environmental cleanup” for “environmental restoration and waste management”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Classification of Defense Environmental Cleanup as Capital Asset Projects or Operations Activities
[Pub. L. 116–283, div. C, title XXXI, § 3123], Jan. 1, 2021, [134 Stat. 4381], provided that:“(a)
In General.—
The Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, in consultation with other appropriate officials of the Department of Energy, shall establish requirements for the classification of defense environmental cleanup projects as capital asset projects or operations activities.
“(b)
Report Required.—
Not later than March 1, 2021, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives] a report—
“(1)
setting forth the requirements established under subsection (a); and
“(2)
assessing whether any ongoing defense environmental cleanup projects should be reclassified based on those requirements.”