2016 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 24 - Disposal of Atomic Energy Communities
Subchapter I - General Provisions
Sec. 2303 - Purpose of chapter

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Citation 42 U.S.C. § 2303 (2016)
Section Name §2303. Purpose of chapter
Section Text

It is the purpose of this chapter to effectuate the policies set forth above by providing for—

(a) the maintenance of conditions which will not impede the recruitment and retention of personnel essential to the atomic energy program;

(b) the obligation of the United States to contribute to the support of municipal functions in a manner commensurate with—

(1) the fiscal problems peculiar to the communities by reason of their construction as national defense installations, and

(2) the municipal and other burdens imposed on the governmental or other entities at the communities by the United States in its operations at or near the communities;


(c) the opportunity for the residents of the communities to assume the obligations and privileges of local self-government; and

(d) the encouragement of the construction of new homes at the communities.

Source Credit

(Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 1, §13, 69 Stat. 472.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 24 - DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2303 - Purpose of chapter
Contains section 2303
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 69 Stat. 472
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