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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 24 — Disposal of Atomic Energy Communities

§ 2312. Authorization of appropriations

Statutory text

(a)

No appropriation shall be made to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter unless previously authorized by legislation enacted by Congress.

(b)

There are authorized to be appropriated the sum of $518,000 at Oak Ridge, the sum of $2,215,000 at Richland and the sum of $8,719,000 at Los Alamos for construction, modification, or expansion of municipal installations and utilities authorized to be transferred pursuant to subchapters VI and VII of this chapter.

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. Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 11, § 118, 69 Stat. 484 · 69 Stat. 484

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 2312

    Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 11, § 118, 69 Stat. 484

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 11, § 118, 69 Stat. 484

  2. Public Law not identified

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 2312(b)

    Subsec. (b). Act July 25, 1956, § 6, substituted “$2,215,000” for “$2,165,000”

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Act July 25, 1956, § 6, substituted “$2,215,000” for “$2,165,000”.

  3. Public Law not identified

    Repealed · 42 U.S.C. § 2312(c)

    Subsec. (c). Act July 25, 1956, § 5, repealed subsec. (c) which appropriated funds derived from disposal of property to pay any costs, losses, expenses, or obligations incurred by Commission. See section 2311(b) of this title

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Act July 25, 1956, § 5, repealed subsec. (c) which appropriated funds derived from disposal of property to pay any costs, losses, expenses, or obligations incurred by Commission. See section 2311(b) of this title.

  4. Pub. L. 87–719 § 24 · 76 Stat. 664

    Changed · 42 U.S.C. § 2312(b)

    Pub. L. 87–719 authorized an appropriation of $8,719,000 at Los Alamos and use of appropriations for utilities

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–719 authorized an appropriation of $8,719,000 at Los Alamos and use of appropriations for utilities.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 24. Section 118 b. is hereby amended by striking the word “and” between the words “Oak Ridge” and “the sum of, by inserting a comma in lieu thereof, by inserting between the words “at Richland” and “for”: “and the sum of $8,719,000 at Los Alamos”, by inserting between the words “installations” and “authorized”: “and utilities”, and by inserting between the words “pursuant to” and “chapter”: “chapter 7 and”.

  5. Pub. L. 90–190 § 4 · 81 Stat. 575

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 2312(a)

    Pub. L. 90–190 substituted provisions prohibiting making of appropriations to carry out provisions and purposes of this chapter unless previously authorized by legislation enacted by Congress for provisions granting authority to appropriate such sums as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out provisions and purposes of this chapter

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90–190 substituted provisions prohibiting making of appropriations to carry out provisions and purposes of this chapter unless previously authorized by legislation enacted by Congress for provisions granting authority to appropriate such sums as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out provisions and purposes of this chapter.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 4. Subsection 118 a. of the Atomic Energy Community Act 42 USC 2312. of 1955, as amended, is amended to read as follows: “a. No appropriation shall be made to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Act unless previously authorized by legislation enacted by Congress.”

2 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 2 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Amendments1956–1967 · 3 rounds

1967

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90–190 substituted provisions prohibiting making of appropriations to carry out provisions and purposes of this chapter unless previously authorized by legislation enacted by Congress for provisions granting authority to appropriate such sums as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out provisions and purposes of this chapter.

1962

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–719 authorized an appropriation of $8,719,000 at Los Alamos and use of appropriations for utilities.

1956

Subsec. (b). Act , § 6, substituted “$2,215,000” for “$2,165,000”.

Subsec. (c). Act , § 5, repealed subsec. (c) which appropriated funds derived from disposal of property to pay any costs, losses, expenses, or obligations incurred by Commission. See section 2311(b) of this title.

Credits

1955–1967 · 4 acts
  1. 1955Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 11, § 118, 69 Stat. 484
  2. 1956July 25, 1956, ch. 731, §§ 5, 6, 70 Stat. 654
  3. 1962Pub. L. 87–719, § 24, , 76 Stat. 666
  4. 1967Pub. L. 90–190, § 4, , 81 Stat. 576.
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(Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 11, § 118, 69 Stat. 484; July 25, 1956, ch. 731, §§ 5, 6, 70 Stat. 654; Pub. L. 87–719, § 24, , 76 Stat. 666; Pub. L. 90–190, § 4, , 81 Stat. 576.)

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