Assessments of emergency preparedness of defense nuclear facilities

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Title 10—ARMED FORCES > Subtitle A—General Military Law > PART VI—ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS > Subpart B—Atomic Energy Defense > CHAPTER 608—ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS > SUBCHAPTER I—CONTRACTS

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The Secretary of Energy shall include, in each award-fee evaluation conducted under section 16.401 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations, of a management and operating contract for a Department of Energy defense nuclear facility in 2016 or any even-numbered year thereafter, an assessment of the adequacy of the emergency preparedness of that facility, including an assessment of the seniority level of management and operating contractor employees that participate in emergency preparedness exercises at that facility.

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a) , Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 1441 .)

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