contribution to the general welfare, subject at all times to the paramount objective of making the maximum contribution to the common defense and security; and

(b) the development, use, and control of atomic energy shall be directed so as to promote world peace, improve the general welfare, increase the standard of living, and strengthen free competition in private enterprise. (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, § 1, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 921.)

SHORT TITLE

Section 291 of act Aug. 1, 1946, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, § 1, provided that the enactment of this chapter, and amendments to former sections 1031(d) and 1032 of Title 5, should be popularly known as the "Atomic Energy Act of 1954."

SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS

Section 281 of act Aug. 1, 1946, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, § 1, provided that: "If any provision of this Act [this chapter] or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act [this chapter] or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby." PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in section 1 of act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, 60 Stat. 755 (formerly classified to section 1801 of this title) prior to the complete amendment and renumbering of act Aug. 1, 1946 by act Aug. 30, 1954.

§ 2012. Congressional findings.

The Congress of the United States makes the following findings concerning the development, use, and control of atomic energy:

(a) The development, utilization, and control of atomic energy for military and for all other purposes are vital to the common defense and security.

(b) Repealed. Pub. L. 88-489, § 1, Aug. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 602.

(c) The processing and utilization of source, byproduct, and special nuclear material affect interstate and foreign commerce and must be regulated in the national interest.

(d) The processing and utilization of source, byproduct, and special nuclear material must be regulated in the national interest and in order to provide for the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public.

(e) Source and special nuclear material, production facilities, and utilization facilities are affected with the public interest, and regulation by the United States of the production and utilization of atomic energy and of the facilities used in connection therewith is necessary in the national interest to assure the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public.

(f) The necessity for protection against possible interstate damage occurring from the operation of facilities for the production or utilization of source or special nuclear material places the operation of those facilities in interstate commerce for the purposes of this chapter.

(g) Funds of the United States may be provided for the development and use of atomic energy under conditions which will provide for the common defense and security and promote the general welfare. (h) Repealed. Pub. L. 88-489, § 2, Aug. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 602.

(i) In order to protect the public and to encourage the development of the atomic energy industry, in the interest of the general welfare and of the common defense and security, the United States may make funds available for a portion of the damages suffered by the public from nuclear incidents, and may limit the liability of those persons liable for such losses. (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, § 2, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 921, and amended Sept. 2, 1957, Pub. L. 85-256, § 1, 71 Stat. 576; Aug. 26, 1964, Pub. L. 88-489, §§ 1, 2, 78 Stat. 602.)

AMENDMENTS

1964 Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 88-489, § 1, eliminated subsec. (b) which found that the use of the United States property by others must be regulated in the national interest and in order to provide for common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public.

Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 88-489, § 2, eliminated subsec. (h) which found it essential to the common defense and security that title to all special nuclear material be in the United States while such special nuclear material is within the United States.

1957-Subsec. (1). Pub. L. 85-256 added subsec. (1).

SHORT TITLE OF 1964 AMENDMENT

Section 21 of Pub. L. 88-489 provided that Pub. L. 88-489, amending this section, and sections 2013, 20732078, 2135, 2153, 2201, 2221, 2233 and 2234 of this title, repealing section 2072 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as noted under this section and former section 2072 of this title, may be cited as the "Private Ownership of Special Nuclear Materials Act."

PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in section 1 of act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, 60 Stat. 755 (formerly classified to section 1801 of this title) prior to the complete amendment and renumbering of act Aug. 1, 1946 by act Aug. 30, 1954.

CONTROL AND REGULATION POWERS OF UNITED STATES AND OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION UNAFFECTED BY PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS

Section 20 of Pub. L. 88-489 provided that: "Nothing in this Act [amending this section, and sections 2013, 2073-2078, 2135, 2153, 2201, 2233 and 2234 of this title, repealing section 2072 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and former section 2072 of this title] shall be deemed to diminish existing authority of the United States, or of the Atomic Energy Commission under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [this chapter], to regulate source, byproduct, and special nuclear material and production and utilization facilities, or to control such materials and facilities exported from the United States by imposition of governmental guarantees and security safeguards with respect thereto, in order to assure the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public, or to reduce the responsibility of the Atomic Energy Commission to achieve such objectives."

§2013. Purpose of chapter.

It is the purpose of this chapter to effectuate the policies set forth above by providing for

(a) a program of conducting, assisting, and fostering research and development in order to encourage maximum scientific and industrial progress;

(b) a program for the dissemination of unclassified scientific and technical information and for the control, dissemination, and declassification of Restricted Data, subject to appropriate safeguards, so as to encourage scientific and industrial progress; (c) a program for Government control of the possession, use, and production of atomic energy and

special nuclear material, whether owned by the Government or others, so directed as to make the maximum contribution to the common defense and security and the national welfare, and to provide continued assurance of the Government's ability to enter into and enforce agreements with nations or groups of nations for the control of special nuclear materials and atomic weapons;

(d) a program to encourage widespread participation in the development and utilization of atomic energy for peaceful purposes to the maximum extent consistent with the common defense and security and with the health and safety of the public;

(e) a program of international cooperation to promote the common defense and security and to make available to cooperating nations the benefits of peaceful applications of atomic energy as widely as expanding technology and considerations of the common defense and security will permit; and

(f) a program of administration which will be consistent with the foregoing policies and programs, with international arrangements, and with agreements for cooperation, which will enable the Congress to be currently informed so as to take further legislative action as may be appropriate. (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, § 3, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 922, and amended Aug. 26, 1964, Pub. L. 88-489, § 3, 78 Stat. 602.)

AMENDMENTS

1964 Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 88-489 inserted "whether owned by the Government or others" and "and to provide continued assurance of the Government's ability to enter into and enforce agreements with nations or groups of nations for the control of special nuclear materials and atomic weapons."

PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in section 1 of act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, 60 Stat. 755 (formerly classified to section 1801 of this title) prior to the complete amendment and renumbering of act Aug. 1, 1946 by act Aug. 30, 1954.

§ 2014. Definitions.

The intent of Congress in the definitions as given in this section should be construed from the words or phrases used in the definitions. As used in this chapter:

(a) The term "agency of the United States" means the executive branch of the United States, or any Government agency, or the legislative branch of the United States, or any agency, committee, commission, office, or other establishment in the legislative branch, or the judicial branch of the United States, or any office, agency, committee, commission, or other establishment in the judicial branch.

(b) The term "agreement for cooperation" means any agreement with another nation or regional defense organization authorized or permitted by sections 2074, 2077, 2094, 2112, 2121(c), 2133, 2134, or 2164 of this title, and made pursuant to section 2153 of this title.

(c) The term "atomic energy" means all forms of energy released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation.

(d) The term "atomic weapon" means any device utilizing atomic energy, exclusive of the means for transporting or propelling the device (where such

means is a separable and divisible part of the device), the principal purpose of which is for use as, or for development of, a weapon, a weapon prototype, or a weapon test device.

(e) The term "byproduct material" means any radioactive material (except special nuclear material) yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material.

(f) The term "Commission" means the Atomic Energy Commission.

(g) The term "common defense and security" means the common defense and security of the United States.

(h) The term "defense information" means any information in any category determined by any Government agency authorized to classify information, as being information respecting, relating to, or affecting the national defense.

(i) The term "design" means (1) specifications, plans, drawings, blueprints, and other items of like nature; (2) the information contained therein; or (3) the research and development data pertinent to the information contained therein.

(j) The term "extraordinary nuclear occurrence" means any event causing a discharge or dispersal of source, special nuclear, or byproduct material from its intended place of confinement in amounts offsite, or causing radiation levels offsite, which the Commission determines to be substantial, and which the Commission determines has resulted or will probably result in substantial damages to persons offsite or property offsite. Any determination by the Commission that such an event has, or has not, occurred shall be final and conclusive, and no other official or any court shall have power or jurisdiction to review any such determination. The Commission shall establish criteria in writing setting forth the basis upon which such determination shall be made. As used in this subsection, "offsite" means away from "the location" or "the contract location" as defined in the applicable Commission indemnity agreement, entered into pursuant to section 2210 of this title.

(k) The term "financial protection" means the ability to respond in damages for public liability and to meet the costs of investigating and defending claims and settling suits for such damages.

(1) The term "Government agency" means any executive department, commission, independent establishment, corporation, wholly or partly owned by the United States of America which is an instrumentality of the United States, or any board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, authority, administration, or other establishment in the executive branch of the Government.

(m) The term "indemnitor" means (1) any insurer with respect to his obligations under a policy of insurance furnished as proof of financial protection; (2) any licensee, contractor or other person who is obligated under any other form of financial protection, with respect to such obligations; and (3) the Commission with respect to any obligation undertaken by it in an indemnity agreement entered into pursuant to section 2210 of this title.

(n) The term "international arrangement" means any international agreement hereafter approved by the Congress or any treaty during the time such agreement or treaty is in full force and effect, but does not include any agreement for cooperation.

(0) The term "Joint Committee" means the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.

(p) The term "licensed activity" means an activity licensed pursuant to this chapter and covered by the provisions of section 2210(a) of this title.

(q) The term "nuclear incident" means any occurrence, including an extraordinary nuclear occurrence, within the United States causing, within or outside the United States, bodily injury, sickness, disease, or death, or loss of or damage to property, or loss of use of property, arising out of or resulting from the radioactive, toxic, explosive, or other hazardous properties of source, special nuclear, or byproduct material: Provided, however, That as the term is used in section 2210(1) of this title, it shall include any such occurrence outside of the United States: And provided further, That as the term is used in section 2210(d) of this title, it shall include any such occurrence outside the United States if such occurrence involves a facility or device owned by, and used by or under contract with, the United States.

(r) The term "operator" means any individual who manipulates the controls of a utilization or production facility.

(s) The term "person" means (1) any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, Government agency other than the Commission, any State or any political subdivision of, or any political entity within a State, any foreign government or nation or any political subdivision of any such government or nation, or other entity; and (2) any legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of the foregoing.

(t) The term "person indemnified" means (1) with respect to a nuclear incident occurring within the United States and with respect to any nuclear incident in connection with the design, development, construction, operation, repair, maintenance, or use of the nuclear ship Savannah, the person with whom an indemnity agreement is executed and any other person who may be liable for public liability; or (2) with respect to any other nuclear incident occurring outside the United States, the person with whom an indemnity agreement is executed and any other person who may be liable for public liability by reason of his activities under any contract with the Commission or any project to which indemnification under the provisions of section 2210(d) of this title has been extended or under any subcontract, purchase order or other agreement, of any tier, under any such contract or project.

(u) The term "produce", when used in relation to special nuclear material, means (1) to manufacture, make, produce, or refine special nuclear material; (2) to separate special nuclear material from other substances in which such material may be contained; or (3) to make or to produce new special nuclear material.

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(v) The term "production facility" means (1) any equipment or device determined by rule of the Commission to be capable of the production of special nuclear material in such quantity as to be of significance to the common defense and security, or in such manner as to affect the health and safety of the public; or (2) any important component part especially designed for such equipment or device as determined by the Commission.

(w) The term "public liability" means any legal liability arising out of or resulting from a nuclear incident, except: (i) claims under State or Federal workmen's compensation acts of employees of persons indemnified who are employed at the site of and in connection with the activity where the nuclear incident occurs; (ii) claims arising out of an act of war; and (iii) whenever used in section 2210(a), (c), and (k) of this title, claims for loss of, or damage to, or loss of use of property which is located at the site of and used in connection with the licensed activity where the nuclear incident occurs. "Public liability" also includes damage to property of persons indemnified: Provided, That such property is covered under the terms of the financial protection required, except property which is located at the site of and used in connection with the activity where the nuclear incident occurs.

(x) The term "research and development" means (1) theoretical analysis, exploration, or experimentation; or (2) the extension of investigative findings and theories of a scientific or technical nature into practical application for experimental and demonstration purposes, including the experimental production and testing of models, devices, equipment, materials, and processes.

(y) The term "Restricted Data" means all data concerning (1) design, manufacture, or utilization of atomic weapons; (2) the production of special nuclear material; or (3) the use of special nuclear material in the production of energy, but shall not include data declassified or removed from the Restricted Data category pursuant to section 2162 of this title.

(z) The term "source material" means (1) uranium, thorium, or any other material which is determined by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of section 2091 of this title to be source material; or (2) ores containing one or more of the foregoing materials, in such còncentration as the Commission may by regulation determine from time to time.

(aa) The term "special nuclear material" means (1) plutonium, uranium enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, and any other material which the Commission, pursuant to the provisions of section 2071 of this title, determines to be special nuclear material, but does not include source material; or (2) any material artificially enriched by any of the foregoing, but does not include source material.

(bb) The term "United States" when used in a geographical sense includes all Territories and possessions of the United States, the Canal Zone and Puerto Rico.

(cc) The term "utilization facility" means (1) any equipment or device, except an atomic weapon, determined by rule of the Commission to be capable

of making use of special nuclear material in such quantity as to be of significance to the common defense and security, or in such manner as to affect the health and safety of the public, or peculiarly adapted for making use of atomic energy in such quantity as to be of significance to the common defense and security, or in such manner as to affect the health and safety of the public; or (2) any important component part especially designed for such equipment or device as determined by the Commission. (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, § 11, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 922, and amended Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 1015, § 1, 70 Stat. 1069; Sept. 2, 1957, Pub. L. 85-256, § 3, 71 Stat. 576; Aug. 8, 1958, Pub. L. 85-602, § 1, 72 Stat. 525; Sept. 6, 1961, Pub. L. 87-206, §§ 2, 3, 75 Stat. 476; Aug. 29, 1962, Pub. L. 87-615, §§ 4, 5, 76 Stat. 410; Oct. 13, 1966, Pub. L. 89-645, § 1(a), 80 Stat. 891.)

AMENDMENTS

1966 Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 89-645, § 1(a)(2), added subsec. (1). Former subsec. (1) redesignated (k).

Subsecs. (k), (l). Pub. L. 89-645, § 1(a)(1), redesignated former subsecs. (j) and (k) as (k) and (1), respectively. Former subsec. (1) redesignated (n).

Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 89-645, § 1(a)(3), added subsec. (m). Former subsec. (m) redesignated (o). Subsecs. (n)-(p). Pub. L. 89-645, § 1(a) (1), redesignated former subsecs. (1)—(n) as (n)-(p), respectively. Former subsecs. redesignated (p)—(r), respectively.

(n)-(p)

Subsec. (q). Pub. L. 89–645, § 1(a)(1) and (4), redesignated former subsec. (o) as (q) and inserted ", including an extraordinary nuclear occurrence," between "occurrence" and "within", respectively. Former subɛec. (q) redesignated (s).

Subsecs. (r)-(cc). Pub. L. 89-645, § 1(a) (1), redesignated former subsecs. (p)-(aa) as (r)-(cc), respectively.

1962-Subsec. (o). Pub. L. 87-615, § 4, enlarged the definition of "nuclear incident" to include any occurrence within the United States causing any of the listed injuries and damages within or outside the United States, provided that as used in section 2210(l) of this title, the term shall "include" instead of "mean" any such occurrence outside the United States, and that as used in section 2210(d) of this title, the term shall include any such occurrence outside the United States if such occurrence involves a facility or devise owned by, and used by or under contract with, the United States.

Subsec. (r). Pub. L. 87-615, § 5, lir ced the definition of "person indemnified" to nuclear incidents occurring within the United States, or in connection with the nuclear ship Savannah, and added the provisions with respect to nuclear incidents occurring outside the United States.

1961-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-206, § 2, included section 2121(c) of this title in the enumeration.

Subsec. (u). Pub. L. 87-206, § 3, designated existing provisions as clauses (1) and (ii) and added clause (iii). 1958 Subsec. (o). Pub. L. 85-602 added the proviso clause defining the term "nuclear incident" as it is used in section 2210 (1) of this title.

1957-Subsec. (1). Pub. L. 85-256 added subsec. (1) and also redesignated former subsec. (j) as (k).

Subsecs. (k)-(m). Pub. L. 85-256, redesignated former subsecs. (1)—(l) as (k)—(m), respectively and also former subsec. (m) as (p).

Subsec. (n). Pub. L. 85-256, added subsec. (n) and also redesignated former subsec. (n) as (q).

Subsec. (o). Pub. L. 85-256 added subsec. (o) and also redesignated former subsec. (o) as (s).

Subsecs. (p) and (q). Pub. L. 85-256 redesignated former subsecs. (m) and (n) as (p) and (q), respectively, and also redesignated former subsecs. (p) and (q) as (t) and (u), respectively.

Subsec. (r). Pub. L. 85-256 added subsec. (r) and also redesignated former subsec. (r) as (w).

Subsecs. (s) and (t). Pub. L. 85-256 redesignated former subsecs. (o) and (p) as (s) and (t), respectively, and also redesignated former subsecs. (s) and (t) as (x) and (y), respectively.

Subsec. (u). Pub. L. 85-256 added subsec. (u) and also redesignated former subsec. (u) as (z).

Subsecs. (v)-(aa). Pub. L. 85-256 redesignated former subsecs. (q)-(v) as (v)—(aa), respectively. 1956 Subsec. (u). Act Aug. 6, 1956 substituted "the Canal Zone and Puerto Rico" for "and the Canal Zone". PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in section 18 of act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, 60 Stat. 774 (formerly classified to section 1818 of this title), prior to the complete amendment and renumbering of act Aug. 1, 1946 by act Aug. 30, 1954.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 2139, 2291 of this title.

§ 2015. Transfer of property.

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to repeal, modify, amend, or alter the provisions of section 9 (a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, as heretofore amended. (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, § 241, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 960.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 9 (a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, as heretofore amended, referred to in the text, which was formerly classified to section 1809 (a) of this title, provided that:

"The President shall direct the transfer to the Commission of all interests owned by the United States or any Government agency in the following property:

"(1) All fissionable material; all atomic weapons and parts thereof; all facilities, equipment, and materials for the processing, production, or utilization of fissionable material or atomic energy; all processes and technical information of any kind, and the source thereof (including data, drawings, specifications, patents, patent applications, and other sources (relating to the processing, production, or utilization of fissionable material or atomic energy; and all contracts, agreements, leases, patents, applications for patents, inventions and discoveries (whether patented or unpatented), and other rights of any kind concerning any such items;

"(2) All facilities, equipment, and materials, devoted primarily to atomic energy research and development; and

"(3) Such other property owned by or in the custody or control of the Manhattan Engineer District or other Government agencies as the President may determine."

PRIOR PROVISIONS

PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in section 17 of act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, 60 Stat. 774 (formerly classified to section 1817 of this title), prior to the complete amendment and renumbering of act Aug. 1, 1946 by act Aug. 30, 1954.

§ 2017. Appropriations.

(a) Congressional authorization.

No appropriation shall be made to the Commission, nor shall the Commission waive charges for the use of materials under the Cooperative Power Reactor Demonstration Program, unless previously authorized by legislation enacted by the Congress.

(b) Accounting.

Any Act appropriating funds to the Commission may appropriate specified portions thereof to be accounted for upon the certification of the Commission only.

(c) Restoration or replacement of facilities.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the restoration or replacement of any plant or facility destroyed or otherwise seriously damaged, and the Commission is authorized to use available funds for such purposes.

(d) Substituted construction projects.

Funds authorized to be appropriated for any construction project to be used in connection with the development or production of special nuclear material or atomic weapons may be used to start another construction project not otherwise authorized if the substituted construction project is within the limit of cost of the construction project for which substitution is to be made, and the Commission certifies that

(1) the substituted project is essential to the common defense and security;

(2) the substituted project is required by changes in weapon characteristics or weapon logistic operations; and

(3) the Commission is unable to enter into a contract with any person on terms satisfactory to it to furnish from a privately owned plant or facility the product or services to be provided by the new project.

(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, § 261, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 960, and amended July 3, 1957, Pub. L. 85-79, § 1, 71 Stat. 274; Aug. 29, 1962, Pub. L. 87-615, § 8, 76 Stat. 411; July 22, 1963, Pub. L. 88-72, § 107, 77 Stat. 88.)

AMENDMENTS

1963-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 88-72 required legislative authorization of appropriations to the Commission and waiver of charges for use of materials under the Cooperative Power Reactor Demonstration Program. Former provisions of subsec. (a) authorized appropriations necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter, excepting in par. (1) sums necessary for acquisition of real property or facility acquisition, construction or expansion (and deeming under certain conditions a nonmilitary experimental reactor to be a facility) and in par. (2) sums necessary to carry out cooperative programs for development and construction of reactors for demonstration of their use in production of electrical power or proccess heat, or for propulsion, or for commercial provision of byproduct material, irradiation or other special service, for civilian

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 88-72 eliminated authorization of funds provision for advance planning, construction design and architectural services in connection with any plant or facility and inserted the "Notwithstanding" phrase.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 88-72 deleted "hereafter" following "Funds" and inserted "construction" preceding "project" in four instances.

1962 Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 87-615 added subsecs. (c) and (d).

1957-Pub. L. 85-79 designated first sentence as introductory clause of subsec. (a) and as (a) (1), added proviso to (a) (1), added (a) (2), by designating second sentence as subsec. (b), and eliminated former sentence which provided that "Funds appropriated to the Commission shall, if obligated by contract during the fiscal year for which appropriated, remain available for expenditure for four years following the expiration of the fiscal year for which appropriated.".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1963 AMENDMENT Section 107 of Pub. L. 88-72 provided in part that the amendment of this section shall be effective Jan. 1, 1964.

PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in section 19 of act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, 60 Stat. 775 (formerly classified to section 1819 of this title), prior to the complete amendment and renumbering of act Aug. 1, 1946 by act Aug. 30, 1954.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 2292, 2293 of this title.

§ 2017a. Same; advance planning, construction design, and architectural services.

CODIFICATION

Section, Pub. L. 87-701, § 103, Sept. 26, 1962, 76 Stat. 601, which authorized appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission, was not enacted as part of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter, and is now covered by section 2017a-1 of this title.

SIMILAR PROVISIONS

Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

1961 Sept. 26, 1961, Pub. L. 87-315, § 103, 75 Stat. 678. 1960-May 13, 1960, Pub. L. 86-457, § 103, 74 Stat. 121. 1959-June 23, 1959, Pub. L. 86-50, § 103, 73 Stat. 83. 1958 Aug. 4, 1958, Pub. L. 85-590, § 103, 72 Stat. 492. 1957-Aug. 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85-162, title I, § 103, 71

Stat. 406.

1956-May 3, 1956, ch. 233, § 103, 70 Stat. 129. 1955-July 11, 1955, ch. 304, § 103, 69 Stat. 293.

§ 2017a-1. Same; construction design services.

The Commission is authorized to perform construction design services for any Commission construction project whenever (1) such construction project has been included in a proposed authorization bill transmitted to the Congress by the Commission and (2) the Commission determines that the project is of such urgency that construction of the project should be initiated promptly upon enactment of legislation appropriating funds for its construction. (Pub. L. 91-273, § 103, June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 300.)