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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1977

PUBLIC LAW 9 5 - 1 1 0 — S E P T. 20, 1977

9 1 STAT. 8 8 4

Public Law 95-110 95th Congress An Act Sept. 20, 1977 [S. 1153]

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, amendment. 42 USC 2011.

To abolish the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and to reassign certain functions and authorities thereof, and for other purposes.

Be it United Energy adding

enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the States of America in Congress assembled, That the Atomic Act of 1954 (Public Law 83-703), as amended, is amended by at the end thereof the following new chapter:

" C H A P T E R 20. JOINT COMMITTEE O N A TO M I C E N E R G Y ABOLISHED; FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES REASSIGNED 42 USC 2258.

Records, transfer.

" SEC. 301. JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY ABOLISHED.—

"a. The Joint Committee on Atomic Energy is abolished. "b. Any reference in any rule, resolution, or order of the Senate or the House of Representatives or in any law, regulation, or Executive order to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy shall, on and after the date of enactment of this section, be considered as I'eferring to the committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives which, under the rules of the Senate and the House, have jurisdiction over the subject matter of such reference. "c. All records, data, charts, and files of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy are transferred to the committees of the Senate and House of Representatives which, under the rules of the Senate and the House, have jurisdiction over the subject matters to which such records, data, charts, and files relate. I n the event that any record, data, chart, or file shall be within the jurisdiction of more than one committee, duplicate copies shall be provided upon request. " SEC. 302. TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN F U N C T I O N S OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN OTHER LAWS.—

Repeal. 42 USC 2251 et seq. Repeal. 42 USC 2315. 31 USC 1302. Repeal. Repeal. 2 USC 190j. 42 USC 2259.

"a. Effective on the date of enactment of this section, chapter 17 of this Act is repealed. "b. Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, as amended, is repealed. "c. Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by— " (1) striking the subsection designation ' (a) '; and " (2) repealing subsection (b). "d. Section 2 5 2 (a)(3) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 is repealed. " SEC. 303. INFORMATION COMMITTEES.—

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ASSISTANCE

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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.