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"(1) striking the subsection designation '(a)'; and
"(2) repealing subsection (b).

"d. Section 252(a)(3) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 is repealed.

"SEC. 303. COMMITTEES.

INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE ΤΟ CONGRESSIONAL

"a. The Secretary of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall keep the committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives which, under the rules of the Senate and the House, have jurisdiction over the functions of the Secretary or the Commission, fully and currently informed with respect to the activities of the Secretary and the Commission.

"b. The Department of Defense and Department of State shall keep the committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives which, under the rules of the Senate and the House, have jurisdiction over national security considerations of nuclear energy, fully and currently informed with respect to such matters within the Department of Defense and Department of State relating to national security considerations of nuclear technology which are within the jurisdiction of such committees. "c. Any Government agency shall furnish any information requested by the committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives which, under the rules of the Senate and the House, have jurisdiction over the development, utilization, or application of nuclear energy, with respect to the activities or responsibilities of such agency in the field of nuclear energy which are within the jurisdiction of such committees.

"d. The committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives which, under the rules of the Senate and the House, have jurisdiction over the development, utilization, or application of nuclear energy, are authorized to utilize the services, information, facilities, and personnel of any Government agency which has activities or responsibilities in the field of nuclear energy which are within the jurisdiction of such committees: Provided, however, That any utilization of personnel by such committees shall be on a reimbursable basis and shall require, with respect to committees of the Senate, the prior written consent of the Committee on Rules and Administration, and with respect to committees of the House of Representatives, the prior written consent of the Committee on House Administration.".

SEC. 2. (a) The table of contents of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended

(1) by striking out the items relating to chapter 17; and
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following:

"CHAPTER 20. JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY ABOLISHED;
FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES REASSIGNED

"Sec. 301. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy Abolished.

"Sec. 302. Transfers of Certain Functions of the Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy and Conforming Amendments to Certain
Other Laws.

"Sec. 303. Information and Assistance to Congressional Committees.".
(b) The table of contents of the Atomic Energy Community Act of
1955 is amended by striking out the item relating to section 103.
Approved September 20, 1977.

3 Public Law 95-110 (91 Stat. 884) (1977), sec. 2(a)(2), added this chapter to the table of contents.

Repeal.
Repeal.

2 USC 190j.
42 USC 2259.

Declaration. 42 U.S.C. sec. 2011.

Findings. 42 U.S.C. sec. 2012.

"CHAPTER 1. DECLARATION, FINDINGS, AND PURPOSE

"SECTION 1. DECLARATION.-Atomic energy is capable of application for peaceful as well as military purposes. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the United States that

"a. the development, use, and control of atomic energy shall be directed so as to make the maximum contribution to the general welfare, subject at all times to the paramount objective of making the maximum contribution to the common defense and security; and

"b. the development, use, and control of atomic energy shall be directed so as to promote world peace, improve the general welfare, increase the standard of living, and strengthen free competition in private enterprise.

"SEC. 2. FINDINGS.-The Congress of the United States hereby makes the following findings concerning the development, use, and control of atomic energy:

"a. The development, utilization, and control of atomic energy for military and for all other purposes are vital to the common defense and security.

"c.5 The processing and utilization of source, byproduct, and special nuclear material affect interstate and foreign commerce and must be regulated in the national interest.

"d. The processing and utilization of source, byproduct, and special nuclear material must be regulated in the national interest and in order to provide for the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public.

"e. Source and special nuclear material, production facilities, and utilization facilities are affected with the public interest, and regulation by the United States of the production and utilization of atomic energy and of the facilities used in connection therewith is necessary in the national interest to assure the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public. "f. The necessity for protection against possible interstate damage occurring from the operation of facilities

Sec. 20 of Public Law 88-489 (78 Stat. 602) (1964), the Private Ownership of Special Nuclear Materials Act, reads as follows:

"Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to diminish existing authority of the United States, or of the Atomic Energy Commission under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to regulate source, byproduct, and special nuclear material and production and utilization facilities or to control such materials and facilities exported from the United States by imposition of governmental guarantees and security safeguards with respect thereto. in order to assure the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public, or to reduce the re sponsibility of the Atomic Energy Commission to achieve such objectives." Public Law 88-489 (78 Stat. 602) (1964), sec. 1, deleted subsec. 2 b. Subsec. 2 b read as follows:

"b. In permitting the property of the United States to be used by others such use must be regulated in the national interest and in order to provide for the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public."

for the production or utilization of source or special nuclear material places the operation of those facilities in interstate commerce for the purposes of this Act.

"g. Funds of the United States may be provided for the development and use of atomic energy under conditions which will provide for the common defense and security and promote the general welfare.

"i. In order to protect the public and to encourage the development of the atomic energy industry, in the interest of the general welfare and of the common defense and security, the United States may make funds available for a portion of the damages suffered by the public from nuclear incidents, and may limit the liability of those persons liable for such losses."

42 U.S.C.

"SEC. 3. PURPOSE.-It is the purpose of this Act to Purpose effectuate the policies set forth above by providing for- sec. 2013. "a. a program of conducting, assisting, and fostering research and development in order to encourage maximum scientific and industrial progress;

"b. a program for the dissemination of unclassified scientific and technical information and for the control, dissemination, and declassification of Restricted Data, subject to appropriate safeguards, so as to encourage scientific and industrial progress;

"c. a program for Government control of the possession, use, and production of atomic energy and special nuclear material, whether owned by the Government or others, so directed as to make the maximum contribution to the common defense and security and the national welfare, and to provide continued assurance of the Government's ability to enter into and enforce agreements with nations or groups of nations for the control of special nuclear materials and atomic weapons.s

"d. a program to encourage widespread participation in the development and utilization of atomic energy for peaceful purposes to the maximum extent consistent with the common defense and security and with the health and safety of the public;

"e. a program of international cooperation to promote the common defense and security and to make available to cooperating nations the benefits of peaceful applications of atomic energy as widely as expanding technology and considerations of the common defense and security will permit; and

Public Law 88-489 (78 Stat. 602) (1964), sec. 2, deleted subsec. 2h. Subsec. 2 h, read as follows:

"h. It is essential to the common defense and security that title to all special nuclear material be in the United States while such special nuclear material is within the United States.'

Public Law 85-256 (71 Stat. 576), (1957) sec. 1, added subsec. 1.

8 Public Law 88-489 (78 Stat. 602) (1964), sec. 3, amended this subsection. Before amendment it read:

"c. A program for Government control of the possession, use, and production of atomic energy and special nuclear material so directed as to make the maximum contribution to the common defense and security and the national welfare;"

Definitions. 42 U.S.C. sec. 2014.

Agency of the
U.S.

Agreement for cooperation.

Atomic energy.

Atomic weapon.

"Byproduct material."

Commission.

"f. a program of administration which will be consistent with the foregoing policies and programs, with international arrangements, and with agreements for cooperation, which will enable the Congress to be currently informed so as to take further legislative action as may be appropriate.

"CHAPTER 2. DEFINITIONS

"SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS.-The intent of Congress in the definitions as given in this section should be construed from the words or phrases used in the definitions. As used in this Act:

"a. The term 'agency of the United States' means the executive branch of the United States, or any Government agency, or the legislative branch of the United States, or any agency, committee, commission, office, or other establishment in the legislative branch, or the judicial branch of the United States, or any office, agency, committee, commission, or other establishment in the judicial branch.

"b. The term 'agreement for cooperation' means any agreement with another nation or regional defense organization authorized or permitted by sections 54, 57, 64, 82, 91 c., 103, 104, or 144, and made pursuant to section 123.9

"c. The term 'atomic energy' means all forms of energy released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation.

"d. The term 'atomic weapon' means any device utilizing atomic energy, exclusive of the means for transporting or propelling the device (where such means is a separable and divisible part of the device), the principal purpose of which is for use as, or for development of, a weapon, a weapon prototype, or a weapon test device.

"e. The term 'byproduct material' means (1) any radioactive material (except special nuclear material) yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material, and (2) the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for its source material content.1 10

"f. The term 'Commission' means the Atomic Energy Commission.

Public Law 87-206 (75 Stat. 475) (1961), sec. 2, amended this subsection by adding sec. 91 c.

10 Public Law 95-604 (92 Stat. 3033) (1978), sec. 201, amended subsection 11e. Prior to amendment this subsection read as follows:

"e. The term 'byproduct material' means any radioactive material (except special nuclear material) yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material.

"g. The term 'common defense and security' means the Common common defense and security of the United States.

"h. The term 'defense information' means any information in any category determined by any Government agency authorized to classify information, as being information respecting, relating to, or affecting the national defense.

defense
and security.

Defense infor

mation.

"i. The term 'design' means (1) specifications, plans, Design. drawings, blueprints, and other items of like nature; (2) the information contained therein; or (3) the research and development data pertinent to the information contained therein.

nuclear

"j. The term 'extraordinary nuclear occurrence' means Extraordinary any event causing a discharge or dispersal of source, occurrence. special nuclear, or byproduct material from its intended place of confinement in amounts offsite, or causing radiation levels offsite, which the Commission determines to be substantial, and which the Commission determines has resulted or will probably result in substantial damages to persons offsite or property offsite. Any determination by the Commission that such an event has, or has not, occurred shall be final and conclusive, and no other official or any court shall have power or jurisdiction to review any such determination. The Commission shall establish criteria in writing setting forth the basis upon which such determination shall be made. As used in this subsection, 'offsite' means away from 'the location' or 'the contract location' as defined in the applicable Commission indemnity agreement, entered into pursuant to section 170.11

protection.

“k. The term 'financial protection' means the ability to Financial respond in damages for public liability and to meet the costs of investigating and defending claims and settling suits for such damages.1

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"1. The term 'Government agency' means any executive department, commission, independent establishment, corporation, wholly or partly owned by the United States of America which is an instrumentality of the United States, or any board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, authority, administration, or other establishment in the executive branch of the Government.

Government agency.

"m. The term 'indemnitor' means (1) any insurer with Indemnitor. respect to his obligations under a policy of insurance. furnished as proof of financial protection; (2) any licensee, contractor or other person who is obligated under any other form of financial protection, with respect to such obligations; and (3) the Commission with respect to any obligation undertaken by it in an indemnity agreement entered into pursuant to section 170.13

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11 Public Law 89-645 (80 Stat. 891) (1966), sec. 1. added subsec. j.
12 Public Law 85-256 (71 Stat. 576) (1957), sec. 3, added subsec. k.
13 Public Law 89-645 (80 Stat. 891) (1966), sec. 1, added subsec. m.

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