Funds appropriated to the Department of Energy for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program or the nuclear weapons programs or other atomic energy defense activities of the Department of Energy may not be used to pay a penalty, fine, or forfeiture in regard to a defense activity or facility of the Department of Energy due to a failure to comply with any environmental requirement.
Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to an environmental requirement if-
50 U.S.C. § 2761
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 7273a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108-136.
AMENDMENTS2013-Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 113-66 substituted "Congress" for "the Congress".2003- Pub. L. 108-136, §3141(j)(4)(D), made technical amendment to section catchline.