Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§2258 Joint Committee on Atomic Energy abolished

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVI— - JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY › § 2258

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Joint Committee on Atomic Energy is ended. As of September 20, 1977, any mention of that committee in Senate or House rules, laws, regulations, resolutions, or Executive orders must be read as referring to the Senate or House committees that now oversee that subject. All papers, records, charts, and files from the Joint Committee are moved to the Senate and House committees that have responsibility for those topics. If a record falls under more than one committee, duplicate copies will be provided if requested.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §2258

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(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 September 20, 1977, be considered as referring 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. In 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.

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42 U.S.C. § 2258

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73