§ 2039. Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; composition; tenure; duties; compensation

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1946

   Pub. L. 85–256 § 5 · 71 Stat. 576

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 2039

   Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 29, as added Pub. L. 85–256, § 5, Sept. 2, 1957, 71 Stat. 579

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 29, as added Pub. L. 85–256, § 5, Sept. 2, 1957, 71 Stat. 579

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by adding thereto a new section, making the appropriate amendment to the table of contents, as follows: “Sec. 29. Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards.—There is hereby established an Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards consisting of a maximum of fifteen members appointed by the Commission tor terms of four years each. The Committee shall review safety studies and facility license applications referred to it and shall make reports thereon, shall advise the Commission with regard to the hazards of proposed or existing reactor facilities and the adequacy of proposed reactor safety standards, and shall perform such other duties as the Commission may request. One member shall be designated by the Committee as its Chairman. The members of the Committee shall receive a per diem compensation for each day spent in meetings or conferences, or other work of the Committee, and all members shall receive their necessary traveling or other expenses while engaged in the work of the Committee. The provisions of section 163 shall be applicable to the Committee.” 42 USC 2203.

2. 1977

   Pub. L. 95–209 § 5 · 91 Stat. 1481

   Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 2039

   Pub. L. 95–209 inserted provisions which called for a study of reactor safety research and an annual report on results of study

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 95–209 inserted provisions which called for a study of reactor safety research and an annual report on results of study.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. reactor safety research study Section 29 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended by Annual report to Congress. 42 USC 2039. adding the following at the end thereof: “In addition to its other duties under this section, the committee, making use of all available sources, shall undertake a study of reactor safety research and prepare and submit annually to the Congress a report containing the results of such study. The first such report shall be submitted to the Congress not later than December 31, 1977.

3. 1998

   Federal Reports Elimination Act of 1998

   Pub. L. 105–362 title XII § 1201(a) · 112 Stat. 3280

   Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 2039

   Pub. L. 105–362 struck out at end “In addition to its other duties under this section, the committee, making use of all available sources, shall undertake a study of reactor safety research and prepare and submit annually to the Congress a report containing the results of such study. The first such report shall be submitted to the Congress not later than December 31, 1977.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 105–362 struck out at end “In addition to its other duties under this section, the committee, making use of all available sources, shall undertake a study of reactor safety research and prepare and submit annually to the Congress a report containing the results of such study. The first such report shall be submitted to the Congress not later than December 31, 1977.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Report of Advisory Committee on Reactor Safe-guards.— Section 29 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.2039) is amended by striking the sixth and seventh sentences.

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