Volume 69
Public Law 84–337
To authorize the Atomic Energy Commission to pay the salary of a Commissioner during the recess of the Senate, and for other purposes.
Approved August 9, 1955
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the Atomic Energy Commission to pay the salary of a Commissioner during the recess of the Senate, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. authorization
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 669: 5 U. S. C. 56), the United States Atomic Energy Commission is authorized to pay the salary of any person appointed by the President during the recess of the Senate to fill the presently existing vacancy on the Atomic Energy Commission: Provided, That a nomination to fill such vacancy shall be submitted to the Senate not later than forty days after the commencement of the next succeeding session of the Senate.
limitation
Sec. 2.
The authority granted in section 1 hereof shall not extend beyond the recess of the Senate next following the session of Congress during which this Act is enacted.
Sec. 3.
The fifth sentence of section 21 of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954 is amended to read as follows: “Each member of the Commission, including the Chairman, shall have equal responsibility and authority in all decisions and actions of the Commission, shall have bill access to all information relating to the performance of his duties or responsibilities, and shall have one vote.”
Approved August 9, 1955.