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42 U.S.C. § 2291 — Definitions
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As used in this subchapter—
**(a)** “The Community” means the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM).
**(b)** The “Commission” means the Atomic Energy Commission, as established by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [[42 U.S.C. 2011](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2011&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(c)** “Joint program” means the cooperative program established by the Community and the United States and carried out in accordance with the provisions of an agreement for cooperation entered into pursuant to the provisions of [section 2153 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2153&num=0&edition=prelim), to bring into operation in the territory of the members of the Community powerplants using nuclear reactors of types selected by the Commission and the Community, having as a goal a total installed capacity of approximately one million kilowatts of electricity by December 31, 1963, except that two reactors may be selected to be in operation by December 31, 1965.
**(d)** All other terms used in this subchapter shall have the same meaning as terms described in [section 2014 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2014&num=0&edition=prelim).
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As used in this subchapter—
**(a)** “The Community” means the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM).
**(b)** The “Commission” means the Atomic Energy Commission, as established by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [[42 U.S.C. 2011](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2011&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(c)** “Joint program” means the cooperative program established by the Community and the United States and carried out in accordance with the provisions of an agreement for cooperation entered into pursuant to the provisions of [section 2153 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2153&num=0&edition=prelim), to bring into operation in the territory of the members of the Community powerplants using nuclear reactors of types selected by the Commission and the Community, having as a goal a total installed capacity of approximately one million kilowatts of electricity by December 31, 1963, except that two reactors may be selected to be in operation by December 31, 1965.
**(d)** All other terms used in this subchapter shall have the same meaning as terms described in [section 2014 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2014&num=0&edition=prelim).
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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 chapter:
**(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 2074, 2077, 2094, 2112, 2121(c), 2133, 2134, or 2164 of this title, and made pursuant to [section 2153 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2153&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(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;
(2) the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for its source mater
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No cooperation with any nation, group of nations or regional defense organization pursuant to sections 2073, 2074(a), 2077, 2094, 2112, 2121, 2133, 2134, or 2164 of this title shall be undertaken until—
**(a) Terms, conditions, duration, nature, scope, and other requirements of proposed agreements for cooperation; Presidential exemptions; negotiations; Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Statement** the proposed agreement for cooperation has been submitted to the President, which proposed agreement shall include the terms, conditions, duration, nature, and scope of the cooperation; and shall include the following requirements:
(1) a guaranty by the cooperating party that safeguards as set forth in the agreement for cooperation will be maintained with respect to all nuclear materials and equipment transferred pursuant thereto, and with respect to all special nuclear material used in or produced through the use of such nuclear materials and equipment, so long as the material or equipment remains under the jurisdiction or control of the cooperating party, irrespective of the duration of other provisions in the agreement or whether the agreement is terminated or suspended for any reason;
(2) in the case of non-nuclear-weapon states, a requirement, as a condition of continued United States nuclear supply under the agreement for cooperation, that IAEA safeguards be maintained with respect to all nuclear materials in all peaceful nuclear activities within the territory of such state, under its jurisdiction, or carried out under its control anywhere;
(3) except in the case of those agreements for cooperation arranged pursuant to [section 2121(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2121/c&num=0&edition=prelim), a guaranty b
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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.
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In this subchapter:
(1) **Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Department** — The term “Department of Hawaiian Home Lands” or “Department” means the agency or department of the government of the State of Hawaii that is responsible for the administration of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108 et seq.).
(2) **Director** — The term “Director” means the Director of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
(3) **Elderly families; near-elderly families**
(A) *In general* — The term “elderly family” or “near-elderly family” means a family whose head (or his or her spouse), or whose sole member, is—
(i) for an elderly family, an elderly person; or
(ii) for a near-elderly family, a near-elderly person.
(B) *Certain families included* — The term “elderly family” or “near-elderly family” includes—
(i) two or more elderly persons or near-elderly persons, as the case may be, living together; and
(ii) one or more persons described in clause (i) living with one or more persons determined under the housing plan to be essential to their care or well-being.
(4) **Hawaiian Home Lands** — The term “Hawaiian Home Lands” means lands that—
(A) have the status as Hawaiian home lands under section 204 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 110); or
(B) are acquired pursuant to that Act.
(5) **Housing area** — The term “housing area” means an area of Hawaiian Home Lands with respect to which the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is authorized to provide assistance for affordable housing under this chapter.
(6) **Housing entity** — The term “housing entity” means the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
(7) **Housing plan** — The term “housing plan” means a plan developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
(8) **Median incom
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 2011
Sec.
2297f–2.
Regulation of Restricted Data.
SUBCHAPTER VII—DECONTAMINATION AND
DECOMMISSIONING
2297g.
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination
and Decommissioning Fund.
2297g–1.
Deposits.
2297g–2.
Department facilities.
2297g–3.
Employee provisions.
2297g–4.
Reports to Congress.
SUBCHAPTER VIII—UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT
CORPORATION PRIVATIZATION
2297h.
Definitions.
2297h–1.
Sale of Corporation.
2297h–2.
Method of sale.
2297h–3.
Establishment of private corporation.
2297h–4.
Transfers to private corporation.
2297h–5.
Leasing of gaseous diffusion facilities.
2297h–6.
Transfer of contracts.
2297h–7.
Liabilities.
2297h–8.
Employee protections.
2297h–9.
Ownership limitations.
2297h–10.
Uranium transfers and sales.
2297h–10a.
Incentives for additional downblending
of highly enriched uranium by the Rus-
sian Federation.
2297h–10b.
Secretarial
determinations;
congres-
sional notification.
2297h–11.
Low-level waste.
2297h–12.
AVLIS.
2297h–13.
Application of certain laws.
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which is classified
principally to this chapter, is act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724.
It was originally enacted as the Atomic Energy Act of
1946, act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, 60 Stat. 755, which con-
sisted of sections 1 to 21 and was classified generally to
chapter 14 (§ 1801 et seq.) of this title. The Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1946 was renamed the Atomic Energy Act of
1954 and amended generally by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch.
1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, and was subsequently transferred
to this chapter. Sections that were enacted as part of
the 1954 general amendment are shown herein as having
been added to act Aug. 1, 1946, and not as amending it,
due to the
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 2286i
ural Resources of the Senate pursuant to section
2286e(a) of this title, the Board shall submit at
the same time a copy thereof to such commit-
tees.
(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 320, as added Pub.
L. 103–160, div. C, title XXXII, § 3202(a)(2), Nov.
30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1959; amended Pub. L. 112–239,
div. C, title XXXII, § 3202(e), Jan. 2, 2013, 126
Stat. 2220.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 320 of act Aug. 1, 1946, was renumbered
section 321 and is classified to section 2286i of this title.
AMENDMENTS
2013—Pub. L. 112–239 substituted ‘‘submitted to the
Committees on Armed Services, Appropriations, and
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives
and the Committees on Armed Services, Appropria-
tions, and Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate’’ for ‘‘submitted to the Congress’’ and ‘‘such com-
mittees.’’ for ‘‘the Congress.’’
§ 2286i. Annual authorization of appropriations
Authorizations of appropriations for the Board
for fiscal years beginning after fiscal year 1989
shall be provided annually in authorization
Acts.
(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 321, formerly § 320,
as added Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XIV,
§ 1441(a)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2084; renum-
bered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8),
Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944; renumbered § 321,
Pub. L. 103–160, div. C, title XXXII, § 3202(a)(1),
Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1959.)
§ 2286j. Procurement of inspector general serv-
ices
Within 90 days of December 23, 2011, the De-
fense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board shall enter
into an agreement for inspector general services
with the Office of Inspector General for the Nu-
clear Regulatory Commission for fiscal years
2012 and
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