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§2139a Regulations implementing requirements relating to licensing for components and other parts of facilities
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - ATOMIC ENERGY LICENSES › § 2139a
Summary
The Commission must publish rules within 120 days after March 10, 1978 to put certain parts of section 2139 into effect. The rules must include advance talks with the Departments of State, Energy, Defense, and Commerce. The President must publish, within 120 days after March 10, 1978, procedures for the Department of Commerce to control all export items not licensed by the Commission that could be important for nuclear explosions if misused. Those procedures must require Commerce to consult in advance with State, the Commission, Energy, and Defense.
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Title 42, §2139a
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(a)Omitted
(b)The Commission, not later than one hundred and twenty days after March 10, 1978, shall publish regulations to implement the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 2139 of this title. Among other things, these regulations shall provide for the prior consultation by the Commission with the Department of State, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Commerce.
(c)The President, within not more than one hundred and twenty days after March 10, 1978, shall publish procedures regarding the control by the Department of Commerce over all export items, other than those licensed by the Commission, which could be, if used for purposes other than those for which the export is intended, of significance for nuclear explosive purposes. Among other things, these procedures shall provide for prior consultations by the Department of Commerce with the Department of State, the Commission, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Commission, referred to in text, is defined as meaning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by section 4(a)(1) of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95–242, which is classified to section 3203(a)(1) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter. Section is based on subsecs. (b) and (c) of Pub. L. 95–242. Subsec. (a) of Pub. L. 95–242 amended section 2139 of this title, and subsec. (d) is set out as a note under section 2139 of this title.
Amendments
1998—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1225(e)(4)(A), substituted “and the Department of Commerce” for “the Department of Commerce, and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1225(e)(4)(B), struck out “the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,” after “Department of State,”. 1994—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–236 struck out “, as required,” after “prior consultations” in last sentence.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective on earlier of Apr. 1, 1999, or date of abolition of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency pursuant to reorganization plan described in section 6601 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse, see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 6511 of Title 22.
Effective Date
Section effective Mar. 10, 1978, except as otherwise provided and regardless of any requirements for the promulgation of implementing
Regulations
, see section 603(c) of Pub. L. 95–242, set out as a note under section 3201 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions Secretary of Commerce to be responsible for performing function vested in President by subsec. (c) of this section, see section 3 of Ex. Ord. No. 12058,
May 11, 1978, 43 F.R. 20947, set out under section 3201 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. Performance of Functions Pending Development of ProceduresThe performance of functions under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95–242, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 120, not to be delayed pending development of procedures even though as many as 120 days [after Mar. 10, 1978] are allowed for establishing those procedures, see section 5(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 12058,
May 11, 1978, 43 F.R. 20947, set out under section 3201 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
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42 U.S.C. § 2139a
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