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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§2063 Acquisition of production facilities

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - PRODUCTION OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL › § 2063

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission can buy any interest in plants that make special nuclear materials, or the land they sit on, without following section 6101 of title 41 if the Commission says the purchase is needed for the common defense and security or shows that advertising is not practical. It may make partial or advance payments under such contracts. The Commission can also take those interests or the land by requisition, condemnation, or other legal means, and must pay fair compensation.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §2063

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Commission is authorized to purchase any interest in facilities for the production of special nuclear materials, or in real property on which such facilities are located, without regard to the provisions of section 6101 of title 41 upon certification by the Commission that such action is necessary in the interest of the common defense and security, or upon a showing by the Commission that advertising is not reasonably practicable. Partial and advance payments may be made under contracts for such purposes. The Commission is further authorized to requisition, condemn, or otherwise acquire any interest in such production facilities, or to condemn or otherwise acquire such real property, and just compensation shall be made therefor.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification In text, “section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in section 5 of act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, 60 Stat. 760, which was classified to section 1805 of this title, prior to the general amendment and renumbering of act Aug. 1, 1946, by act Aug. 30, 1954.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 2063

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73