§ 2349. Hanford project; disposal of property

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. 1955

   Pub. L. 88–394 § 4 · 78 Stat. 376

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 2349

   Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 11, § 120, as added Pub. L. 88–394, § 4, Aug. 1, 1964, 78 Stat. 376

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 11, § 120, as added Pub. L. 88–394, § 4, Aug. 1, 1964, 78 Stat. 376

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   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.”

2. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–437 § 15(i) · 108 Stat. 4581

   1. Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 2349

      Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “submitted to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives” for “submitted to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy”

   2. Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 2349

      Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “That those Committees” for “That the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “submitted to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives” for “submitted to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy” and “That those Committees” for “That the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (i) Section 120 of the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 (42 U.S.C. 2349) is amended by— (1) striking “the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy” the first time it appears and substituting “the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives”; and (2) striking “the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy” the 2d time it appears and substituting “those Committees”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision