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§2153f Savings clause; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER X— - INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES › § 2153f

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Keeps any official orders, decisions, rules, permits, contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, or privileges that were issued by any government agency, official, or court under the powers covered by the Act and that were still in effect when the Act began. Also keeps the procedures and requirements for cooperation agreements under sections 2121(c), 2164(b), and 2164(c), and related arrangements, the same as they were right before March 10, 1978.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §2153f

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(a)All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, and privileges—
(1)which have been issued, made, granted, or allowed to become effective in the exercise of functions which are the subject of this Act, by (i) any agency or officer, or part thereof, in exercising the functions which are affected by this Act, or (ii) any court of competent jurisdiction, and
(2)which are in effect at the time this Act takes effect,
(b)Nothing in this Act shall affect the procedures or requirements applicable to agreements for cooperation entered into pursuant to section 2121(c), 2164(b), or 2164(c) of this title or arrangements pursuant thereto as it was in effect immediately prior to March 10, 1978.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, means the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95–242, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 120, which is classified principally to chapter 47 (§ 3201 et seq.) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 3201 of Title 22 and Tables. 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.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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

Performance of Functions Pending Development of ProceduresThe performance of functions 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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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 2153f

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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