Title 50 — War and National Defense

Every section of Title 50 of the United States Code, war and national defense — 1,532 sections, full text, with the cases that cite each one.

• 50 U.S.C. § 2032 — Annuities for former spouses
• 50 U.S.C. § 2033 — Election of survivor benefits for certain former spouses divorced as of November 15, 1982
• 50 U.S.C. § 2034 — Survivor annuity for certain other former spouses
• 50 U.S.C. § 2035 — Retirement annuity for certain former spouses
• 50 U.S.C. § 2036 — Survivor annuities for previous spouses
• 50 U.S.C. § 2051 — Retirement for disability or incapacity; medical examination; recovery
• 50 U.S.C. § 2052 — Death in service
• 50 U.S.C. § 2053 — Voluntary retirement
• 50 U.S.C. § 2054 — Discontinued service benefits
• 50 U.S.C. § 2055 — Mandatory retirement
• 50 U.S.C. § 2056 — Eligibility for annuity
• 50 U.S.C. § 2071 — Lump-sum payments
• 50 U.S.C. § 2081 — Computation of length of service
• 50 U.S.C. § 2082 — Prior service credit
• 50 U.S.C. § 2083 — Credit for service while on military leave
• 50 U.S.C. § 2091 — Estimate of appropriations needed
• 50 U.S.C. § 2092 — Investment of moneys in fund
• 50 U.S.C. § 2093 — Payment of benefits
• 50 U.S.C. § 2094 — Attachment of moneys
• 50 U.S.C. § 2095 — Recovery of payments
• 50 U.S.C. § 2111 — Recall
• 50 U.S.C. § 2112 — Reemployment
• 50 U.S.C. § 2113 — Reemployment compensation
• 50 U.S.C. § 2121 — Voluntary contributions
• 50 U.S.C. § 2131 — Cost-of-living adjustment of annuities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2141 — Authority to maintain existing areas of conformity between Civil Service and Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Systems
• 50 U.S.C. § 2142 — Thrift Savings Plan participation
• 50 U.S.C. § 2143 — Alternative forms of annuities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2144 — Payments from CIARDS fund for portions of certain Civil Service Retirement System annuities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2151 — Application of Federal Employees’ Retirement System to Agency employees
• 50 U.S.C. § 2152 — Special rules relating to section 2013 criteria employees
• 50 U.S.C. § 2153 — Special rules for other employees for service abroad
• 50 U.S.C. § 2154 — Special rules for former spouses
• 50 U.S.C. § 2155 — Administrative provisions
• 50 U.S.C. § 2156 — Regulations
• 50 U.S.C. § 2157 — Transition regulations
• 50 U.S.C. § 2201 — Transfers of spoils of war
• 50 U.S.C. § 2202 — Prohibition on transfers to countries which support terrorism
• 50 U.S.C. § 2203 — Report on previous transfers
• 50 U.S.C. § 2204 — Definitions
• 50 U.S.C. § 2205 — Construction
• 50 U.S.C. § 2301 — Findings
• 50 U.S.C. § 2302 — Definitions
• 50 U.S.C. § 2311 — Response to threats of terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction
• 50 U.S.C. § 2312 — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1034, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3429
• 50 U.S.C. § 2313 — Nuclear, chemical, and biological emergency response
• 50 U.S.C. § 2314 — Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives response team
• 50 U.S.C. § 2315 — Testing of preparedness for emergencies involving nuclear, radiological, chemical, and biological weapons
• 50 U.S.C. § 2316 — Actions to increase civilian expertise
• 50 U.S.C. § 2317 — Rapid response information system
• 50 U.S.C. § 2331 — Procurement of detection equipment for United States border security
• 50 U.S.C. § 2332 — Sense of Congress concerning criminal penalties
• 50 U.S.C. § 2333 — International border security
• 50 U.S.C. § 2334 — Training program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2341 — Elimination of plutonium production
• 50 U.S.C. § 2342 — Cooperative program on research, development, and demonstration of technology regarding nuclear or radiological terrorism
• 50 U.S.C. § 2343 — Matters relating to the international materials protection, control, and accounting program of the Department of Energy
• 50 U.S.C. § 2344 — Strengthened international security for nuclear materials and security of nuclear operations
• 50 U.S.C. § 2345 — Export control programs
• 50 U.S.C. § 2351 — National coordinator on nonproliferation
• 50 U.S.C. § 2352 — National Security Council Committee on Nonproliferation
• 50 U.S.C. § 2353 — Comprehensive preparedness program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2354 — Termination
• 50 U.S.C. § 2357 — Findings
• 50 U.S.C. § 2357a — Definitions
• 50 U.S.C. § 2357b — Establishment of Committee on Nonproliferation Assistance
• 50 U.S.C. § 2357c — Purposes and authority
• 50 U.S.C. § 2357d — Administrative support
• 50 U.S.C. § 2357e — Confidentiality of information
• 50 U.S.C. § 2357f — Statutory construction
• 50 U.S.C. § 2357g — Reporting and consultation
• 50 U.S.C. § 2361 — Sense of Congress concerning contracting policy
• 50 U.S.C. § 2362 — Transfers of allocations among cooperative threat reduction programs
• 50 U.S.C. § 2363 — Sense of Congress concerning assistance to states of former Soviet Union
• 50 U.S.C. § 2364 — Purchase of low-enriched uranium derived from Russian highly enriched uranium
• 50 U.S.C. § 2365 — Sense of Congress concerning purchase, packaging, and transportation of fissile materials at risk of theft
• 50 U.S.C. § 2366 — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1065(c), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1943, and Pub. L. 112–277, title III, § 310(a)(1), Jan. 14, 2013, 126 Stat. 2474
• 50 U.S.C. § 2367 — Reports on acquisition of technology relating to weapons of mass destruction and the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles
• 50 U.S.C. § 2368 — Annual reports on the proliferation of missiles and essential components of nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons
• 50 U.S.C. § 2369 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title X, § 1055(f), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2462, as amended by Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title X, § 1075(d)(13), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4373
• 50 U.S.C. § 2370 — Notification of Committees on Armed Services with respect to certain nonproliferation and proliferation activities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2371 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–113, div. M, title VII, § 701(d), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2930
• 50 U.S.C. § 2401 — Establishment and mission
• 50 U.S.C. § 2402 — Administrator for Nuclear Security
• 50 U.S.C. § 2403 — Principal Deputy Administrator for Nuclear Security
• 50 U.S.C. § 2404 — Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs
• 50 U.S.C. § 2405 — Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
• 50 U.S.C. § 2406 — Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors
• 50 U.S.C. § 2407 — General Counsel
• 50 U.S.C. § 2408 — Staff of Administration
• 50 U.S.C. § 2409 — Scope of authority of Secretary of Energy to modify organization of Administration
• 50 U.S.C. § 2410 — Status of Administration and contractor personnel within Department of Energy
• 50 U.S.C. § 2411 — Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation
• 50 U.S.C. § 2412 — Cybersecurity Risk Inventory, Assessment, and Mitigation Working Group
• 50 U.S.C. § 2421 — Protection of national security information
• 50 U.S.C. § 2422 — Office of Defense Nuclear Security
• 50 U.S.C. § 2423 — Counterintelligence programs
• 50 U.S.C. § 2424 — Procedures relating to access by individuals to classified areas and information of Administration
• 50 U.S.C. § 2425 — Government access to information on Administration computers
• 50 U.S.C. § 2426 — Congressional oversight of special access programs
• 50 U.S.C. § 2441 — Authority to establish certain contracting, program management, scientific, engineering, and technical positions
• 50 U.S.C. § 2441a — Authorized personnel levels of the Office of the Administrator
• 50 U.S.C. § 2442 — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132(c)(1)(A), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2186
• 50 U.S.C. § 2443 — Notification of employee practices affecting national security
• 50 U.S.C. § 2444 — Nonproliferation and national security scholarship and fellowship program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2445 — Limitation on bonuses for employees who engage in improper program management
• 50 U.S.C. § 2446 — Treatment of contractors who engage in improper program management
• 50 U.S.C. § 2451 — Separate treatment in budget
• 50 U.S.C. § 2452 — Planning, programming, and budgeting process
• 50 U.S.C. § 2453 — Future-years nuclear security program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2454 — Semiannual financial reports on defense nuclear nonproliferation programs
• 50 U.S.C. § 2455 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–92, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1958
• 50 U.S.C. § 2455a — National Nuclear Security Administration authority for urgent nonproliferation activities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2461 — Environmental protection, safety, and health requirements
• 50 U.S.C. § 2462 — Compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation
• 50 U.S.C. § 2463 — Sharing of technology with Department of Defense
• 50 U.S.C. § 2464 — Use of capabilities of national security laboratories by entities outside the Administration
• 50 U.S.C. § 2465 — Enhancing private-sector employment through cooperative research and development activities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2466 — Use of funds for the purchase of options to purchase real property
• 50 U.S.C. § 2471 — Definitions
• 50 U.S.C. § 2481 — Functions transferred
• 50 U.S.C. § 2482,_2483 — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, §3132(c)(1)(B), (C), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2186, 2187
• 50 U.S.C. § 2484 — Applicability of preexisting laws and regulations
• 50 U.S.C. § 2501 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2511 — Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2511...2513 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2512 — Management structure for nuclear security enterprise
• 50 U.S.C. § 2513 — Restriction on licensing requirement for certain defense activities and facilities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2514 — Transferred
• 50 U.S.C. § 2515 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(2), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2521 — Stockpile stewardship program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2521...2523 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2522 — Stockpile stewardship criteria
• 50 U.S.C. § 2523 — Nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship, management, and responsiveness plan
• 50 U.S.C. § 2523a — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3133(c)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2192
• 50 U.S.C. § 2523b — Transferred
• 50 U.S.C. § 2523c — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(3), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2524 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2524a — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–84, div. C, title XXXI, § 3113(a)(1), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2704
• 50 U.S.C. § 2525 — Annual assessments and reports to the President and Congress regarding the condition of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile
• 50 U.S.C. § 2525...2527 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2526 — Form of certifications regarding the safety or reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile
• 50 U.S.C. § 2527 — Nuclear test ban readiness program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2528 — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3133(e)(1)(A), (2), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2192, 2193
• 50 U.S.C. § 2528a — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–181, div. C, title XXXI, § 3112(a), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 577
• 50 U.S.C. § 2529 — Requirements for specific request for new or modified nuclear weapons
• 50 U.S.C. § 2530 — Testing of nuclear weapons
• 50 U.S.C. § 2531 — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3131(d)(3), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2181
• 50 U.S.C. § 2532 — Manufacturing infrastructure for refabrication and certification of nuclear weapons stockpile
• 50 U.S.C. § 2533 — Reports on critical difficulties at national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2534 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3146(c)(8)(A), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1075
• 50 U.S.C. § 2535 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–263, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132(a)(1)(A)(i), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3060
• 50 U.S.C. § 2536 — Repealed. Pub. L. 118–159, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(c)(5), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2295
• 50 U.S.C. § 2537 — Selected Acquisition Reports and independent cost estimates and reviews of certain programs and facilities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2537...2538f — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2538 — Advice to President and Congress regarding safety, security, and reliability of United States nuclear weapons stockpile
• 50 U.S.C. § 2538a — Plutonium pit production capacity
• 50 U.S.C. § 2538b — Stockpile responsiveness program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2538c — Long-term plan for meeting national security requirements for unencumbered uranium
• 50 U.S.C. § 2538d — Incorporation of integrated surety architecture
• 50 U.S.C. § 2538e — W93 nuclear warhead acquisition process
• 50 U.S.C. § 2538f — Earned value management and technology readiness levels for life extension programs
• 50 U.S.C. § 2541 — Tritium production program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2542 — Tritium recycling
• 50 U.S.C. § 2543 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3146(c)(11)(B), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1075
• 50 U.S.C. § 2544 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2545 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–263, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132(a)(1)(A)(ii), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3060
• 50 U.S.C. § 2561 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–84, div. C, title XXXI, § 3117(a), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2709
• 50 U.S.C. § 2562 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3146(d)(1)(A), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1075
• 50 U.S.C. § 2563 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXI, § 3133(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1896
• 50 U.S.C. § 2564 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3146(d)(2)(A), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1075
• 50 U.S.C. § 2565 — Authority to conduct program relating to fissile materials
• 50 U.S.C. § 2565...2567 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2566 — Disposition of weapons-usable plutonium at Savannah River Site
• 50 U.S.C. § 2567 — Disposition of surplus defense plutonium at Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina
• 50 U.S.C. § 2568 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–263, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132(b)(1), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3060
• 50 U.S.C. § 2569 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2570,_2571 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–263, div. C, title XXXI, §3132(b)(2), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3060
• 50 U.S.C. § 2572 — International agreements on nuclear weapons data
• 50 U.S.C. § 2573 — International agreements on information on radioactive materials
• 50 U.S.C. § 2574 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–263, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132(b)(3), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3060
• 50 U.S.C. § 2575 — Defense nuclear nonproliferation management plan
• 50 U.S.C. § 2575...2577 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2576 — Information relating to certain defense nuclear nonproliferation programs
• 50 U.S.C. § 2577 — Annual Selected Acquisition Reports on certain hardware relating to defense nuclear nonproliferation
• 50 U.S.C. § 2581 — Defense Environmental Cleanup Account
• 50 U.S.C. § 2581...2582a — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2582 — Requirement to develop future use plans for defense environmental cleanup
• 50 U.S.C. § 2582a — Future-years defense environmental cleanup plan
• 50 U.S.C. § 2583 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–263, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132(a)(1)(B)(i), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3060
• 50 U.S.C. § 2584 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3146(e)(5), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1076
• 50 U.S.C. § 2585 — Accelerated schedule for defense environmental cleanup activities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2585...2588 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2586 — Defense environmental cleanup technology program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2586a — Other programs relating to technology development
• 50 U.S.C. § 2587 — Report on defense environmental cleanup expenditures
• 50 U.S.C. § 2588 — Public participation in planning for defense environmental cleanup
• 50 U.S.C. § 2589 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(4), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2590 — Estimation of costs of meeting defense environmental cleanup milestones required by consent orders
• 50 U.S.C. § 2591 — Public statement of environmental liabilities