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Public Law 88–394

To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, as amended, and the EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, as amended.

Approved August 1, 1964

Statutory text

AN ACT

To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, as amended, and the EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That subsection 153(h) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by striking out the date “September 1, 1964” and inserting in lieu thereof the date “September 1, 1969”.

Sec. 2.

Subsection 170 c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as

71 Stat. 576.

42 USC 2210.

amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “With respect to any production or utilization facility for which a construction permit is issued between August 30, 1954, and August 1, 1967, the requirements of this subsection shall apply to any license issued for such facility subsequent to August 1, 1967.”

Sec. 3.

Subsection 170 k. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “With respect to any production or utilization facility for which a construction permit is issued between August 30, 1954, and August 1, 1967, the requirements of this subsection shall apply to any license issued for such facility subsequent to August 1, 1967.”

Sec. 4.

The Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, as amended, is amended by adding the following new section:

“Sec. 120. Disposal of Property.—

In addition to any other authority the Commission may have, the Commission is authorized, without

41 USC 5.

regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to lease land, and to sell, lease, including leases with options to purchase, and otherwise dispose of improvements thereon, and such equipment and other personal property as is determined to be directly related thereto, in the Commission’s Hanford project in and near Richland, Washington, upon a determination by the Commission that such disposition will serve to prevent or reduce the adverse economic impact of actual or anticipated reductions in Commission programs in that area: Provided, however, That the compensation to the Government for any such disposition shall be the estimated fair market value or estimated fair rental value of the property as determined by the Commission: Provided further, That before the Commission makes any disposition of property under the authority of tins section, the basis for the, proposed disposition (with necessary background and explanatory data) shall be, submitted to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, and a period of forty-five days shall elapse while Congress is in session (in computing such forty-five days, there shall be excluded the days on which either House is not in session because of adjournment of more than three days): Provided, however, That the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, after having received the basis for the proposed disposition, may by resolution in writing waive the conditions of, or all or any portion of, such forty-five-day period.”

Sec. 5.

Section 5 of the EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, as

72 Stat. 1085.

42 USC 2294.

amended, is amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 5.

Pursuant to the provisions of section 54 of the Atomic

42 USC 2074.

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, there is hereby authorized for sale or lease to the Community: Seventy thousand kilograms of contained uranium 235 Five hundred kilograms of plutonium Thirty kilograms of uranium 233

in accordance with the provisions of an agreement or agreements for cooperation between the Government of the United States and the Community entered into pursuant to the provisions of section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended: Provided, That the

42 USC 2153.

Government of the United States obtains the equivalent of a first lien on any such material sold to the Community for which payment is not made in full at the time of transfer.”

Approved August 1, 1964.

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