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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 24 — Disposal of Atomic Energy Communities

§ 2364. Community employment and population

Statutory text

The indemnity obligation specified in section 2363 of this title shall arise only if, for the six months just preceding the date on which it is invoked—

(a)

the total number of operating, maintenance, and administrative employees in the project area, as determined by the Commission, has been less than fourteen thousand three hundred and thirty-seven in the case of Oak Ridge or seven thousand six hundred and twenty-two in the case of Richland or four thousand six hundred and twenty in the case of Los Alamos; and

(b)

the population in the community has been less than twenty-nine thousand two hundred and fifty in the case of Oak Ridge or twenty-five thousand two hundred in the case of Richland or eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine in the case of Los Alamos.

For purposes of this section employment shall be determined on the basis of the pay period or periods ending nearest the 15th of each month.

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, § 64, 69 Stat. 479 · 69 Stat. 479

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 2364

    Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 6, § 64, 69 Stat. 479

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 6, § 64, 69 Stat. 479

  2. Pub. L. 87–719 § 18 · 76 Stat. 664

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 2364(a)

    Pub. L. 87–719, § 18, inserted “or four thousand six hundred and twenty in the case of Los Alamos” after “Richland”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87–719, § 18, inserted “or four thousand six hundred and twenty in the case of Los Alamos” after “Richland”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 18. Section 64, clause (a) is hereby amended by inserting between the word “Richland” and the semicolon: “or four thousand six hundred and twenty in the case of Los Alamos”.

  3. Pub. L. 87–719 § 19 · 76 Stat. 664

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 2364(b)

    Pub. L. 87–719, § 19, inserted “or eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine in the case of Los Alamos” after “Richland”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–719, § 19, inserted “or eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine in the case of Los Alamos” after “Richland”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 19. Section 64, clause (b) is hereby amended by inserting between the word “Richland” and the period: “or eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine in the case of Los Alamos”.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1962—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87–719, § 18, inserted “or four thousand six hundred and twenty in the case of Los Alamos” after “Richland”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–719, § 19, inserted “or eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine in the case of Los Alamos” after “Richland”.

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, § 64, 69 Stat. 479
  2. 1962Pub. L. 87–719, §§ 18, 19, , 76 Stat. 666.
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(Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 6, § 64, 69 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 87–719, §§ 18, 19, , 76 Stat. 666.)

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