covered facility
Defined in 7 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
The term “covered facility” means—
(A) a facility of the nuclear security enterprise; and
(B) a facility conducting activities for the defense environmental cleanup program of the Office of Environmental Management of the Department of Energy.
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- 2026–present10 U.S.C. § 6266Armed Forces · Notification of nuclear criticality and non-nuclear incidents · in this section
The term "covered facility" means a covered depot or an ammunition production facility.
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- 2022–present10 U.S.C. § 239dArmed Forces · Budgeting for depot and ammunition production facility maintenance and repair: annual report · in this section
The term “covered facility” means a facility (as defined in section 2801 of this title), except that such term does not include—
(A) a facility identified as closed, disposed of, or scheduled for divestment from the inventory of the Department of Defense;
(B) a facility in which the Department does not have a total ownership interest, including—
(i) a facility leased by the Department; and
(ii) a facility in which the Department has a lesser property interest under a governing legal instrument; or
(C) a facility for which the Department uses—
(i) nonappropriated funds; or
(ii) amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for military family housing.
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- 2026–present10 U.S.C. § 2680Armed Forces · Leases: land for special operations activities · in this section
The term “covered facility” means—
(A) Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico; or
(B) the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.
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- 2026–present10 U.S.C. § 6130Armed Forces · Authorization of workforce development and training partnership programs within National Nuclear Security Administration · in this section
The term "covered facility" means any facility of the Administration that directly supports the mission of the Administration under section 2401 of this title.
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- 2024–present50 U.S.C. § 2815War and National Defense · Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1458 · in this section
The term “covered facility” means any facility of the Administration that directly supports the mission of the Administration under section 3211 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2401).
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- 2026–present10 U.S.C. § 6356Armed Forces · Authority to use passenger carriers for contractor commuting · in this section
The term "covered facility" means any facility of the Department of Defense that produces biological select agents and toxins.
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- 2016–present50 U.S.C. § 1527War and National Defense · Improved biosafety for handling of select agents and toxins · in this section