Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§2097 Operations on lands belonging to United States
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - SOURCE MATERIAL › § 2097
Summary
The Commission can issue leases or permits to mine or take source material from United States land when needed to carry out the chapter. For lands run as national parks, monuments, or wildlife areas, it can do that only if the President issues an Executive Order saying it is needed for the common defense and security.
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Title 42, §2097
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The Commission is authorized, to the extent it deems necessary to effectuate the provisions of this chapter, to issue leases or permits for prospecting for, exploration for, mining of, or removal of deposits of source material in lands belonging to the United States: Provided, however, That notwithstanding any other provisions of law, such leases or permits may be issued for lands administered for national park, monument, and wildlife purposes only when the President by Executive Order declares that the requirements of the common defense and security make such action necessary.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, known as the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 2011 of this title and Tables.
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42 U.S.C. § 2097
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73