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• 50 U.S.C. § 2601 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3146(e)(10), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1077
• 50 U.S.C. § 2602 — Reports in connection with permanent closures of Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2603 — Plan for deactivation and decommissioning of nonoperational defense nuclear facilities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2621 — Safety measures for waste tanks at Hanford Nuclear Reservation
• 50 U.S.C. § 2621...2623 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2622 — Hanford waste tank cleanup program reforms
• 50 U.S.C. § 2623 — River Protection Project
• 50 U.S.C. § 2624...2626 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–263, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132(a)(1)(B)(ii), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3060
• 50 U.S.C. § 2624_to_2626 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–263, div. C, title XXXI, §3132(a)(1)(B)(ii), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3060
• 50 U.S.C. § 2627 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2631 — Accelerated schedule for isolating high-level nuclear waste at the Defense Waste Processing Facility, Savannah River Site
• 50 U.S.C. § 2631...2633 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2632 — Multi-year plan for clean-up
• 50 U.S.C. § 2633 — Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposal of legacy nuclear materials
• 50 U.S.C. § 2634...2637 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3146(e)(15), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1078
• 50 U.S.C. § 2634_to_2637 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, §3146(e)(15), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1078
• 50 U.S.C. § 2638 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–263, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132(a)(1)(B)(iii), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3060
• 50 U.S.C. § 2651 — Prohibition on international inspections of Department of Energy facilities unless protection of Restricted Data is certified
• 50 U.S.C. § 2651...2654 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2652 — Restrictions on access to national security laboratories by foreign visitors from sensitive countries
• 50 U.S.C. § 2653 — Background investigations of certain personnel at Department of Energy facilities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2654 — Department of Energy counterintelligence polygraph program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2655 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLV, § 4504(c), formerly Pub. L. 107–107, div. C, title XXXI, § 3152(c), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1377; renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLV, § 4504(c), and amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, § 3141(h)(5)(A), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1772
• 50 U.S.C. § 2656 — Notice to congressional committees of certain security and counterintelligence failures within atomic energy defense programs
• 50 U.S.C. § 2657 — Annual report and certification on status of security of atomic energy defense facilities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2658 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132(a)(1), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1068
• 50 U.S.C. § 2659 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–113, div. M, title VII, § 701(f), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2930
• 50 U.S.C. § 2660 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXI, § 3135(c)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1899
• 50 U.S.C. § 2661 — Protection of certain nuclear facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft
• 50 U.S.C. § 2662 — Reporting on penetrations of networks of contractors and subcontractors
• 50 U.S.C. § 2671 — Review of certain documents before declassification and release
• 50 U.S.C. § 2671...2675 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2672 — Protection against inadvertent release of Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data
• 50 U.S.C. § 2673 — Supplement to plan for declassification of Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data
• 50 U.S.C. § 2674 — Protection of classified information during laboratory-to-laboratory exchanges
• 50 U.S.C. § 2675 — Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2701 — Authority for appointment of certain scientific, engineering, and technical personnel
• 50 U.S.C. § 2702 — Whistleblower protection program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2703 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3146(g)(3)(A), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1079
• 50 U.S.C. § 2704 — Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities workforce restructuring plan
• 50 U.S.C. § 2705 — Authority to provide certificate of commendation to Department of Energy and contractor employees for exemplary service in stockpile stewardship and security
• 50 U.S.C. § 2721 — Executive management training in Department of Energy
• 50 U.S.C. § 2721...2723 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2722 — Stockpile stewardship recruitment and training program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2723 — Fellowship program for development of skills critical to the nuclear security enterprise
• 50 U.S.C. § 2731 — Worker protection at nuclear weapons facilities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2731...2736 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2732 — Safety oversight and enforcement at defense nuclear facilities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2733 — Program to monitor Department of Energy workers exposed to hazardous and radioactive substances
• 50 U.S.C. § 2734 — Programs for persons who may have been exposed to radiation released from Hanford Nuclear Reservation
• 50 U.S.C. § 2735 — Use of probabilistic risk assessment to ensure nuclear safety of facilities of the Administration and the Office of Environmental Management
• 50 U.S.C. § 2736 — Notification of nuclear criticality and non-nuclear incidents
• 50 U.S.C. § 2741 — Definitions
• 50 U.S.C. § 2741...2743 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2742 — Reprogramming
• 50 U.S.C. § 2743 — Minor construction projects
• 50 U.S.C. § 2743a — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(5), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2744 — Limits on construction projects
• 50 U.S.C. § 2744...2758 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2745 — Fund transfer authority
• 50 U.S.C. § 2746 — Conceptual and construction design
• 50 U.S.C. § 2747 — Authority for emergency planning, design, and construction activities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2748 — Scope of authority to carry out plant projects
• 50 U.S.C. § 2749 — Availability of funds
• 50 U.S.C. § 2750 — Transfer of defense environmental cleanup funds
• 50 U.S.C. § 2751 — Transfer of weapons activities funds
• 50 U.S.C. § 2752 — Funds available for all national security programs of the Department of Energy
• 50 U.S.C. § 2753 — Notification of cost overruns for certain Department of Energy projects
• 50 U.S.C. § 2754 — Life-cycle cost estimates of certain atomic energy defense capital assets
• 50 U.S.C. § 2755 — Matters relating to critical decisions
• 50 U.S.C. § 2756 — Unfunded priorities of the Administration
• 50 U.S.C. § 2757 — Review of adequacy of nuclear weapons budget
• 50 U.S.C. § 2758 — Improvements to cost estimates informing analyses of alternatives
• 50 U.S.C. § 2761 — Restriction on use of funds to pay penalties under environmental laws
• 50 U.S.C. § 2762 — Restriction on use of funds to pay penalties under Clean Air Act
• 50 U.S.C. § 2771 — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3131(u)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2184
• 50 U.S.C. § 2772 — Reports on financial balances for atomic energy defense activities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2773 — Independent acquisition project reviews of capital assets acquisition projects
• 50 U.S.C. § 2781 — Costs not allowed under covered contracts
• 50 U.S.C. § 2781...2787 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2782 — Prohibition and report on bonuses to contractors operating defense nuclear facilities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2782a — Assessments of emergency preparedness of defense nuclear facilities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2783 — Contractor liability for injury or loss of property arising out of atomic weapons testing programs
• 50 U.S.C. § 2784 — Notice-and-wait requirement applicable to certain third-party financing arrangements
• 50 U.S.C. § 2785 — Publication of contractor performance evaluations leading to award fees
• 50 U.S.C. § 2786 — Enhanced procurement authority to manage supply chain risk
• 50 U.S.C. § 2787 — Cost-benefit analyses for competition of management and operating contracts
• 50 U.S.C. § 2791 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2791a — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(6), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2791b — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(3), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2792 — Limitations on use of funds for laboratory directed research and development purposes
• 50 U.S.C. § 2792...2796 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2793 — Report on use of funds for certain research and development purposes
• 50 U.S.C. § 2794 — Critical technology partnerships and cooperative research and development centers
• 50 U.S.C. § 2795 — University-based research collaboration program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2796 — Limitation on establishing an enduring bioassurance program within the Administration
• 50 U.S.C. § 2811 — Transfers of real property at certain Department of Energy facilities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2811...2813 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2812 — Engineering and manufacturing research, development, and demonstration by managers of certain nuclear weapons production facilities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2813 — Pilot program relating to use of proceeds of disposal or utilization of certain Department of Energy assets
• 50 U.S.C. § 2814 — Repealed.Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(7), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1459
• 50 U.S.C. § 2815 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458
• 50 U.S.C. § 2821 — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3131(q)(2), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2183
• 50 U.S.C. § 2822 — Payment of costs of operation and maintenance of infrastructure at Nevada National Security Site
• 50 U.S.C. § 2823 — University-based defense nuclear policy collaboration program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2901 — Findings
• 50 U.S.C. § 2902 — Definitions
• 50 U.S.C. § 2911 — Proliferation Security Initiative improvements and authorities
• 50 U.S.C. § 2912 — Authority to provide assistance to cooperative countries
• 50 U.S.C. § 2921 — Statement of policy
• 50 U.S.C. § 2922 — Authorization of appropriations for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
• 50 U.S.C. § 2923 — Authorization of appropriations for the Department of Energy programs to prevent weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism
• 50 U.S.C. § 2931 — Office of the United States Coordinator for the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
• 50 U.S.C. § 2932 — Sense of Congress on United States-Russia cooperation and coordination on the prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism
• 50 U.S.C. § 3001 — Short title
• 50 U.S.C. § 3002 — Congressional declaration of purpose
• 50 U.S.C. § 3003 — Definitions
• 50 U.S.C. § 3004 — Definitions of military departments
• 50 U.S.C. § 3005 — Department of Defense
• 50 U.S.C. § 3006 — Transferred
• 50 U.S.C. § 3021 — National Security Council
• 50 U.S.C. § 3022 — Joint Intelligence Community Council
• 50 U.S.C. § 3023 — Director of National Intelligence
• 50 U.S.C. § 3024 — Responsibilities and authorities of the Director of National Intelligence
• 50 U.S.C. § 3025 — Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• 50 U.S.C. § 3026 — Deputy Directors of National Intelligence
• 50 U.S.C. § 3027 — National Intelligence Council
• 50 U.S.C. § 3028 — General Counsel
• 50 U.S.C. § 3029 — Civil Liberties Protection Officer
• 50 U.S.C. § 3030 — Director of Science and Technology
• 50 U.S.C. § 3031 — Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center
• 50 U.S.C. § 3032 — Chief Information Officer
• 50 U.S.C. § 3033 — Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
• 50 U.S.C. § 3034 — Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community
• 50 U.S.C. § 3034a — Functional Managers for the intelligence community
• 50 U.S.C. § 3034b — Intelligence Community Chief Data Officer
• 50 U.S.C. § 3034c — Intelligence Community Innovation Unit
• 50 U.S.C. § 3034d — National Intelligence Management Council
• 50 U.S.C. § 3035 — Central Intelligence Agency
• 50 U.S.C. § 3036 — Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
• 50 U.S.C. § 3037 — Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
• 50 U.S.C. § 3038 — Responsibilities of Secretary of Defense pertaining to National Intelligence Program
• 50 U.S.C. § 3039 — Assistance to United States law enforcement agencies
• 50 U.S.C. § 3040 — Disclosure of foreign intelligence acquired in criminal investigations; notice of criminal investigations of foreign intelligence sources
• 50 U.S.C. § 3040a — Prohibition on collection and maintenance of information of United States persons based on first amendment-protected activities
• 50 U.S.C. § 3041 — Appointment of officials responsible for intelligence-related activities
• 50 U.S.C. § 3041a — Director of the National Reconnaissance Office
• 50 U.S.C. § 3042 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–92, div. E, title LXVII, § 6742(b)(3), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2240
• 50 U.S.C. § 3043 — Annual national security strategy report
• 50 U.S.C. § 3043a — National intelligence strategy
• 50 U.S.C. § 3043b — Annual reports on worldwide threats
• 50 U.S.C. § 3044 — Software licensing
• 50 U.S.C. § 3045 — National mission of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• 50 U.S.C. § 3046 — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1075, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3694
• 50 U.S.C. § 3047 — Restrictions on intelligence sharing with United Nations
• 50 U.S.C. § 3048 — Detail of intelligence community personnel—Intelligence Community Assignment Program
• 50 U.S.C. § 3049 — Non-reimbursable detail of other personnel
• 50 U.S.C. § 3049a — Special pay authority for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics positions and positions requiring banking or financial services expertise
• 50 U.S.C. § 3049b — Enabling intelligence community integration
• 50 U.S.C. § 3050 — Annual report on hiring and retention of minority employees
• 50 U.S.C. § 3051 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–259, title III, § 347(c), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2698
• 50 U.S.C. § 3052 — Limitation on establishment or operation of diplomatic intelligence support centers
• 50 U.S.C. § 3053 — Travel on any common carrier for certain intelligence collection personnel
• 50 U.S.C. § 3054 — POW/MIA analytic capability
• 50 U.S.C. § 3055 — Annual report on financial intelligence on terrorist assets
• 50 U.S.C. § 3056 — National Counterterrorism Center
• 50 U.S.C. § 3057 — National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center
• 50 U.S.C. § 3058 — National Intelligence Centers
• 50 U.S.C. § 3059 — Foreign Malign Influence Center
• 50 U.S.C. § 3060 — Climate Security Advisory Council
• 50 U.S.C. § 3061 — Counterintelligence and national security protections for intelligence community grant funding
• 50 U.S.C. § 3062 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. F, title LXIV, § 6405(b), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1619
• 50 U.S.C. § 3063 — Designation of senior officials for biotechnology
• 50 U.S.C. § 3071 — National Security Agency voluntary separation
• 50 U.S.C. § 3072 — Authority of Federal Bureau of Investigation to award personal services contracts
• 50 U.S.C. § 3072a — Reports on exercise of authority
• 50 U.S.C. § 3073 — Advisory committees; appointment; compensation of part-time personnel; applicability of other laws
• 50 U.S.C. § 3073a — Requirements for certain employment activities by former intelligence officers and employees
• 50 U.S.C. § 3074 — Authorization of appropriations
• 50 U.S.C. § 3075 — “Function” and “Department of Defense” defined
• 50 U.S.C. § 3076 — Separability
• 50 U.S.C. § 3077 — Effective date
• 50 U.S.C. § 3078 — Repealing and savings provisions
• 50 U.S.C. § 3079 — Insider threat policy compliance and reporting
• 50 U.S.C. § 3091 — General congressional oversight provisions
• 50 U.S.C. § 3091a — Congressional oversight of controlled access programs
• 50 U.S.C. § 3092 — Reporting of intelligence activities other than covert actions
• 50 U.S.C. § 3093 — Presidential approval and reporting of covert actions
• 50 U.S.C. § 3094 — Funding of intelligence activities
• 50 U.S.C. § 3095 — Notice to Congress of certain transfers of defense articles and defense services
• 50 U.S.C. § 3096 — Specificity of National Intelligence Program budget amounts for counterterrorism, counterproliferation, counternarcotics, and counterintelligence
• 50 U.S.C. § 3097 — Budget treatment of costs of acquisition of major systems by the intelligence community
• 50 U.S.C. § 3098 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. F, title LXVIII, § 6801(a)(3), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1652
• 50 U.S.C. § 3099 — Vulnerability assessments of major systems
• 50 U.S.C. § 3100 — Intelligence community business system transformation
• 50 U.S.C. § 3101 — Reports on the acquisition of major systems
• 50 U.S.C. § 3102 — Critical cost growth in major systems
• 50 U.S.C. § 3103 — Future budget projections
• 50 U.S.C. § 3104 — Reports on security clearances
• 50 U.S.C. § 3105 — Summary of intelligence relating to terrorist recidivism of detainees held at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba