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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 24 — Disposal of Atomic Energy Communities

§ 2363. Indemnity obligation of Commission; incorporation by reference in deed

Statutory text

For a period of not more than fifteen years after , or, in the case of Los Alamos, not more than fifteen years after the date it is included within this chapter, the Commission shall indemnify the purchaser (except a purchaser taking advantage of the provisions of section 2326(d) of this title), and any successor in title, of any such single family or duplex house as set forth in this subchapter. This indemnity shall be deemed to be incorporated in the deeds given on the sale of Government-owned houses. One person may not invoke the indemnity in respect of more than one house.

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. 6, § 63, 69 Stat. 479 · 69 Stat. 479

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 2363

    Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 6, § 63, 69 Stat. 479

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 6, § 63, 69 Stat. 479

  2. Pub. L. 87–719 § 17 · 76 Stat. 664

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 2363

    Pub. L. 87–719 inserted “or, in the case of Los Alamos, not more than fifteen years after the date it is included within this chapter” after “August 4, 1955,”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 87–719 inserted “or, in the case of Los Alamos, not more than fifteen years after the date it is included within this chapter” after “August 4, 1955,”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 17. Section 63 is hereby amended by inserting the following between the word “Act” and the comma: “, or, in the case of Los Alamos, not more than fifteen years after the date it is included within this Act”.

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

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1962—Pub. L. 87–719 inserted “or, in the case of Los Alamos, not more than fifteen years after the date it is included within this chapter” after “,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by sections 5814 and 5841 of this title. See also Transfer of Functions notes set out under those sections.

Credits

1955–1962 · 2 acts
  1. 1955Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 6, § 63, 69 Stat. 479
  2. 1962Pub. L. 87–719, § 17, , 76 Stat. 666.
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(Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 6, § 63, 69 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 87–719, § 17, , 76 Stat. 666.)

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