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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 24 — Disposal of Atomic Energy Communities

§ 2381. Assistance in organization

Statutory text

The Commission is authorized, for a period not to extend beyond five years after , in the case of Oak Ridge and Richland, or, in the case of Los Alamos, not to extend beyond five years after the date it is included within this chapter, to cooperate with and assist the residents of the community in preparation for and establishment of local self-government and in the transfer of municipal installations and responsibilities to local entities. Such assistance may include payment of any amounts reasonably necessary to meet expenses incident to the establishment and organization of a city government and other local entities at the community, until such time as the municipal installations are transferred in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.

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. 8, § 81, 69 Stat. 480 · 69 Stat. 480

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 2381

    Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 8, § 81, 69 Stat. 480

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 8, § 81, 69 Stat. 480

  2. Pub. L. 87–719 § 22 · 76 Stat. 664

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 2381

    Pub. L. 87–719 inserted “in the case of Oak Ridge and Richland, or, in the case of Los Alamos, not to extend beyond five years after the date it is included within this chapter” after “August 4, 1955,”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 87–719 inserted “in the case of Oak Ridge and Richland, or, in the case of Los Alamos, not to extend beyond five years after the date it is included within this chapter” after “August 4, 1955,”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 22. Section 81 is hereby amended by inserting the following between the words “Act” and “to cooperate”: “in the case of Oak Ridge and Richland, or, in the case of Los Alamos, not to extend beyond five 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 “in the case of Oak Ridge and Richland, or, in the case of Los Alamos, not to extend beyond five 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. 8, § 81, 69 Stat. 480
  2. 1962Pub. L. 87–719, § 22, , 76 Stat. 666.
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(Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 8, § 81, 69 Stat. 480; Pub. L. 87–719, § 22, , 76 Stat. 666.)

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