Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 23 — Development and Control of Atomic Energy
§ 2097. Operations on lands belonging to United States
Statutory text
The Commission is authorized, to the extent it deems necessary to effectuate the provisions of this chapter, to issue leases or permits for prospecting for, exploration for, mining of, or removal of deposits of source material in lands belonging to the United States: Provided, however, That notwithstanding any other provisions of law, such leases or permits may be issued for lands administered for national park, monument, and wildlife purposes only when the President by Executive Order declares that the requirements of the common defense and security make such action necessary.
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.
Pub. L. 83–724 · 68 Stat. 998
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 2097
Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 67, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 934
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 67, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 934
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, known as the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2011 of this title and Tables.
Credits
1946–1992 · 2 acts
- 1946Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 67, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 934
- 1992renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), , 106 Stat. 2944.
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(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 67, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 934; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), , 106 Stat. 2944.)