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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 73 — Development of Energy Sources

§ 5849. Other officers

Statutory text

(a)

Executive Director

The Commission shall appoint an Executive Director for Operations, who shall serve at the pleasure of and be removable by the Commission.

(b)

Functions of Executive Director

The Executive Director shall perform such functions as the Commission may direct, except that the Executive Director shall not limit the authority of the director of any component organization provided in this chapter to communicate with or report directly to the Commission when such director of a component organization deems it necessary to carry out his responsibilities. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, each such director shall keep the Executive Director fully and currently informed concerning the content of all such direct communications with the Commission.

(c)

Equal employment opportunity report

The Executive Director shall report to the Commission at semi-annual public meetings on the problems, progress, and status of the Commission’s equal employment opportunity efforts.

(d)

Annual status report

The Executive Director shall prepare and forward to the Commission an annual report (for the fiscal year 1978 and each succeeding fiscal year) on the status of the Commission’s programs concerning domestic safeguards matters including an assessment of the effectiveness and adequacy of safeguards at facilities and activities licensed by the Commission. The Commission shall forward to the Congress a report under this section prior to , as a separate document, and prior to February 1 of each succeeding year as a separate chapter of the Commission’s annual report (required under section 5877(c) of this title) following the fiscal year to which such report applies.

(e)

Additional officers

There shall be in the Commission not more than five additional officers appointed by the Commission. The positions of such officers shall be considered career positions and be subject to section 2201(d) of this title.

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. Pub. L. 93–438 title II § 209 · 88 Stat. 1233

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5849

    Pub. L. 93–438, title II, § 209, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1248

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–438, title II, § 209, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1248

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 209. (a) The Commission shall appoint an Executive Director Executive Director. 42 USC 5849. for Operations, who shall serve at the pleasure of and be removable by the Commission. (b) The Executive Director shall perform such functions as the Functions. Commission may direct, except that the Executive Director shall not limit the authority of the director of any component organization provided in this Act to communicate with or report directly to the Commission when such director of a component organization deems it necessary to carry out his responsibilities. (c) There shall be in the Commission not more than five additional Other officers. officers appointed by the Commission. The positions of such officers shall be considered career positions and be subject to subsection 161 d. of the Atomic Energy Act. 42 USC 2201.

  2. Pub. L. 95–601 § 4(a) · 92 Stat. 2947

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 5849(b)

    Pub. L. 95–601, § 4(a), inserted provision requiring component organization directors to keep the Executive Director informed as to communications with the Commission

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–601, § 4(a), inserted provision requiring component organization directors to keep the Executive Director informed as to communications with the Commission.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Subsection (b) of section 209 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof 42 USC 5849. the following sentence: “Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, each such director shall keep the Executive Director fully and currently informed concerning the content of all such direct communications with the Commission.”

  3. Pub. L. 95–601 § 4(b) · 92 Stat. 2947

    Redesignated · 42 U.S.C. § 5849(c)

    Pub. L. 95–601, § 4(b), added subsec. (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (e)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–601, § 4(b), added subsec. (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (e).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Section 209 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as Equal employment opportunity, report. amended, is amended by adding a new subsection (c) to read as follows and redesignating existing subsection (c) accordingly: “(c) The Executive Director shall report to the Commission at semi-annual public meetings on the problems, progress, and status of the Commission’s equal employment opportunity efforts.”.

  4. Pub. L. 95–601 § 6 · 92 Stat. 2947

    Added · 42 U.S.C. § 5849(d)

    Pub. L. 95–601, § 6, added subsec. (d)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–601, § 6, added subsec. (d).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 6. Section 209 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: “(d) The Executive Director shall prepare and forward to the Commission an annual report (for the fiscal year 1978 and each succeeding fiscal year) on the status of the Commission’s programs concerning domestic safeguards matters including an assessment of the effectiveness and adequacy of safeguards at facilities and activities licensed Report to Congress. by the Commission. The Commission shall forward to the Congress a report under this section prior to February 1, 1979, as a separate document, and prior to February 1 of each succeeding year as a separate chapter of the Commission’s annual report (required under section 42 USC 5877. 307(c) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974) following the fiscal year to which such report applies.”.

  5. Pub. L. 95–601 § 4(b) · 92 Stat. 2947

    Redesignated · 42 U.S.C. § 5849(e)

    Pub. L. 95–601, § 4(b), redesignated former subsec. (c) as (e)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 95–601, § 4(b), redesignated former subsec. (c) as (e).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Section 209 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as Equal employment opportunity, report. amended, is amended by adding a new subsection (c) to read as follows and redesignating existing subsection (c) accordingly: “(c) The Executive Director shall report to the Commission at semi-annual public meetings on the problems, progress, and status of the Commission’s equal employment opportunity efforts.”.

5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–438, , 88 Stat. 1233, known as the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5801 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1978—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–601, § 4(a), inserted provision requiring component organization directors to keep the Executive Director informed as to communications with the Commission.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–601, § 4(b), added subsec. (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (e).

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–601, § 6, added subsec. (d).

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 95–601, § 4(b), redesignated former subsec. (c) as (e).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective , of provisions in subsec. (d) of this section relating to forwarding of annual report to Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and the 10th item on page 186 of House Document No. 103–7.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of certain functions from Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Chairman thereof, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1980, 45 F.R. 40561, 94 Stat. 3585, set out as a note under section 5841 of this title.

Credits

1974–1978 · 2 acts
  1. 1974Pub. L. 93–438, title II, § 209, , 88 Stat. 1248
  2. 1978Pub. L. 95–601, §§ 4, 6, , 92 Stat. 2949.
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(Pub. L. 93–438, title II, § 209, , 88 Stat. 1248; Pub. L. 95–601, §§ 4, 6, , 92 Stat. 2949.)

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