Chapter 84: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Subchapter II: ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT
- Section 7131: Establishment
- Section 7132: Principal officers
- Section 7133: Assistant Secretaries; appointment and confirmation; identification of responsibilities
- Section 7134: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; compensation of Chairman and members
- Section 7135: Energy Information Administration
- Section 7135a: Delegation by Secretary of Energy of energy research, etc., functions to Administrator of Energy Information Administration; prohibition against required delegation; utilization of capabilities by Secretary
- Section 7136: Economic Regulatory Administration; appointment of Administrator; compensation; qualifications; functions
- Section 7137: Functions of Comptroller General
- Section 7138: Repealed. Pub. L. 100–504, title I, § 102(e)(1)(A), Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2517
- Section 7139: Office of Science; establishment; appointment of Director; compensation; duties
- Section 7140: Leasing Liaison Committee; establishment; composition
- Section 7141: Office of Minority Economic Impact
- Section 7142: National Atomic Museum and National Atomic Testing Museum
- Section 7142a: Designation of American Museum of Science and Energy
- Section 7142b: Authority
- Section 7142c: Museum volunteers
- Section 7142d: Definitions
- Section 7143: Repealed. Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXII, § 3294(d)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 970
- Section 7144: Establishment of policy for National Nuclear Security Administration
- Section 7144a: Establishment of security, counterintelligence, and intelligence policies
- Section 7144b: Office of Counterintelligence
- Section 7144c: Office of Intelligence
- Section 7144d: Office of Arctic Energy
- Section 7144e: Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs
Subchapter III: TRANSFERS OF FUNCTIONS
- Section 7151: General transfers
- Section 7151a: Jurisdiction over matters transferred from Energy Research and Development Administration
- Section 7152: Transfers from Department of the Interior
- Section 7153: Administration of leasing transfers
- Section 7154: Transfers from Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Section 7155: Repealed. Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379
- Section 7156: Transfers from Department of the Navy
- Section 7156a: Repealed. Pub. L. 105–85, div. C, title XXXIV, § 3403, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2059
- Section 7157: Transfers from Department of Commerce
- Section 7158: Naval reactor and military application programs
- Section 7159: Transfer to Department of Transportation
Subchapter IV: FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
- Section 7171: Appointment and administration
- Section 7172: Jurisdiction of Commission
- Section 7173: Initiation of rulemaking procedures before Commission
- Section 7174: Referral of other rulemaking proceedings to Commission
- Section 7175: Right of Secretary to intervene in Commission proceedings
- Section 7176: Reorganization
- Section 7177: Access to information
- Section 7178: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission fees and annual charges
Subchapter VI: ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
- Part A: Conflict of Interest Provisions
- Section 7211, 7212: Repealed. Pub. L. 104–106, div. D, title XLIII, § 4304(b)(6), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 664
- Section 7213 to 7217: Repealed. Pub. L. 103–160, div. C, title XXXI, § 3161(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1957
- Section 7218: Repealed. Pub. L. 104–106, div. D, title XLIII, § 4304(b)(6), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 664
- Part B: Personnel Provisions
- Section 7231: Officers and employees
- Section 7232: Senior positions
- Section 7233: Experts and consultants
- Section 7234: Advisory committees
- Section 7235: Armed services personnel
- Section 7236: Transferred
- Section 7237: Priority placement, job placement, retraining, and counseling programs for United States Department of Energy employees affected by reduction in force
- Section 7238: Temporary appointments for scientific and technical experts in Department of Energy research and development programs
- Section 7239: Transferred
- Part C: General Administrative Provisions
- Section 7251: General authority
- Section 7252: Delegation
- Section 7253: Reorganization
- Section 7254: Rules and regulations
- Section 7255: Subpoena
- Section 7256: Contracts, leases, etc., with public agencies and private organizations and persons
- Section 7256a, 7256b: Transferred
- Section 7257: Acquisition, construction, etc., of laboratories, research and testing sites, etc.
- Section 7257a to 7257c: Transferred
- Section 7257d: Expanded research by Secretary of Energy
- Section 7258: Facilities construction
- Section 7259: Use of facilities
- Section 7259a: Activities of Department of Energy facilities
- Section 7260: Field offices
- Section 7261: Acquisition of copyrights, patents, etc.
- Section 7261a: Protection of sensitive technical information
- Section 7261b: Technology transfer to small businesses
- Section 7261c: Technology partnerships ombudsman
- Section 7262: Repealed. Pub. L. 104–206, title V, § 502, Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3002
- Section 7263: Capital fund
- Section 7264: Seal of Department
- Section 7265: Regional Energy Advisory Boards
- Section 7266: Designation of conservation officers
- Section 7267: Annual report
- Section 7268: Leasing report
- Section 7269: Transfer of funds
- Section 7269a: Repealed. Pub. L. 109–289, div. B, title II, § 20319, as added Pub. L. 110–5, § 2, Feb. 15, 2007, 121 Stat. 21.
- Section 7269b: Transfer of unexpended appropriation balances
- Section 7269c: Funding for Department of Energy activities not included in Fossil Energy account
- Section 7270: Authorization of appropriations
- Section 7270a: Guards for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities
- Section 7270b: Trespass on Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities
- Section 7270c: Annual assessment and report on vulnerability of facilities to terrorist attack
- Section 7271: Transferred
- Section 7271a: Repealed. Pub. L. 105–85, div. C, title XXXI, § 3152(h), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2042
- Section 7271b: Repealed. Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXII, § 3294(f), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 970
- Section 7271c: Repealed. Pub. L. 105–85, div. C, title XXXI, § 3152(b), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2042
- Section 7271d to 7273a: Transferred
- Section 7273b: Security investigations
- Section 7273c: Transferred
- Section 7274: Environmental impact statements relating to defense facilities of Department of Energy
- Section 7274a to 7274d: Transferred
- Section 7274e: Scholarship and fellowship program for environmental restoration and waste management
- Section 7274f: Transferred
- Section 7274g: Environmental restoration and waste management five-year plan and budget reports
- Section 7274h, 7274i: Transferred
- Section 7274j: Repealed. Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, § 3141(m)(2), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1787
- Section 7274k: Transferred
- Section 7274l: Authority to transfer certain Department of Energy property
- Section 7274m to 7274o: Transferred
- Section 7274p: Transferred
- Section 7274q: Transferred
- Section 7274r: Transferred
- Section 7274s: Transferred
- Section 7275: Definitions
- Section 7276: Regulations to require integrated resource planning
- Section 7276a: Technical assistance
- Section 7276b: Integrated resource plans
- Section 7276c: Miscellaneous provisions
- Section 7276d: Property protection program for power marketing administrations
- Section 7276e: Provision of rewards
- Section 7276f: Western Area Power Administration; deposit and availability of discretionary offsetting collections
- Section 7276g: Western Area Power Administration; deposit and availability of funds related to Falcon and Amistad Dams
- Section 7277: Report concerning review of United States coal imports
- Section 7278: Availability of appropriations for Department of Energy for transportation, uniforms, security, and price support and loan guarantee programs; transfer of funds; acceptance of contributions
- Section 7278a: Availability of funds for energy and water development for multiyear contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements of $1,000,000 or less
- Section 7279: Identification in budget materials of amounts for certain Department of Energy pension obligations
- Section 7279a: Future-years energy program annual submission and budgeting
Subchapter VII: TRANSITIONAL, SAVINGS, AND CONFORMING PROVISIONS
- Section 7291: Transfer and allocations of appropriations and personnel
- Section 7292: Effect on personnel
- Section 7293: Agency terminations
- Section 7294: Incidental transfers
- Section 7295: Savings provisions
- Section 7296: Separability
- Section 7297: Cross references
- Section 7298: Presidential authority
- Section 7299: Transition
- Section 7300: Report to Congress; effect on personnel
- Section 7301: Environmental impact statements
Subchapter XI: ENERGY TARGETS
- Section 7361 to 7364: Repealed. Pub. L. 102–486, title XVI, § 1606, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3003
Subchapter XIII: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
- Part A: Science Education Enhancement
- Section 7381a: Science education programs
- Section 7381b: Laboratory cooperative science centers and other authorized education activities
- Section 7381c: Education partnerships
- Section 7381c–1: Partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges
- Section 7381d: Definitions
- Section 7381e: Authorization of appropriations
- Part B: Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Programs
- Section 7381: Findings and purposes
Subchapter XV: MATTERS RELATING TO SAFEGUARDS, SECURITY, AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
- Section 7383: Commission on Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy Facilities
- Section 7383a to 7383d: Transferred
- Section 7383e: Repealed. Pub. L. 114–113, div. M, title VII, § 701(e), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2930
- Section 7383f to 7383h–1: Transferred
- Section 7383i: Definitions of national laboratory and nuclear weapons production facility
- Section 7383j: Definition of Restricted Data
Subchapter XVI: ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM
- Part A: Establishment of Compensation Program and Compensation Fund
- Part B: Program Administration
- Section 7384l: Definitions for program administration
- Section 7384m: Expansion of list of beryllium vendors
- Section 7384n: Exposure in the performance of duty
- Section 7384o: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
- Section 7384p: Responsibilities of Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Section 7384q: Designation of additional members of special exposure cohort
- Section 7384r: Separate treatment of chronic silicosis
- Section 7384s: Compensation and benefits to be provided
- Section 7384t: Medical benefits
- Section 7384u: Separate treatment of certain uranium employees
- Section 7384v: Assistance for claimants and potential claimants
- Section 7384w: Subpoenas; oaths; examination of witnesses
- Section 7384w–1: Completion of site profiles
- Part C: Treatment, Coordination, and Forfeiture of Compensation and Benefits
- Section 7385: Offset for certain payments
- Section 7385a: Subrogation of the United States
- Section 7385b: Payment in full settlement of claims
- Section 7385c: Exclusivity of remedy against the United States and against contractors and subcontractors
- Section 7385d: Election of remedy for beryllium employees and atomic weapons employees
- Section 7385e: Certification of treatment of payments under other laws
- Section 7385f: Claims not assignable or transferable; choice of remedies
- Section 7385g: Attorney fees
- Section 7385h: Certain claims not affected by awards of damages
- Section 7385i: Forfeiture of benefits by convicted felons
- Section 7385j: Coordination with other Federal radiation compensation laws
- Section 7385j–1: Social Security earnings information
- Section 7385j–2: Recovery and waiver of overpayments
- Part D: Assistance in State Workers’ Compensation Proceedings
- Section 7385o: Repealed. Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3162(i), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2186
- Part E: Contractor Employee Compensation
- Section 7385s: Definitions
- Section 7385s–1: Compensation to be provided
- Section 7385s–2: Compensation schedule for contractor employees
- Section 7385s–3: Compensation schedule for survivors
- Section 7385s–4: Determinations regarding contraction of covered illnesses
- Section 7385s–5: Applicability to certain uranium employees
- Section 7385s–6: Administrative and judicial review
- Section 7385s–7: Physicians services
- Section 7385s–8: Medical benefits
- Section 7385s–9: Attorney fees
- Section 7385s–10: Administrative matters
- Section 7385s–11: Coordination of benefits with respect to State workers compensation
- Section 7385s–12: Maximum aggregate compensation
- Section 7385s–13: Funding of administrative costs
- Section 7385s–14: Payment of compensation and benefits from compensation fund
- Section 7385s–15: Office of Ombudsman
- Section 7385s–16: Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health
- Section 7384: Findings; sense of Congress