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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 II—RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

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Government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories that are funded out of funds available to the Department of Energy for national security programs are authorized to carry out laboratory-directed research and development.

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a) , Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 1448 .)

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