Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§2303 Purpose of chapter
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 24— - DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2303
Summary
Provide support for the atomic energy program and the towns near its sites by keeping conditions that help recruit and keep needed workers, helping local governments with money problems caused by building and operating national defense sites nearby, giving residents a chance to run their own local government, and encouraging new homes to be built in those communities.
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Title 42, §2303
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It is the purpose of this chapter to effectuate the policies set forth above by providing for— (a)
(b)the obligation of the United States to contribute to the support of municipal functions in a manner commensurate with—
(1)the fiscal problems peculiar to the communities by reason of their construction as national defense installations, and
(2)the municipal and other burdens imposed on the governmental or other entities at the communities by the United States in its operations at or near the communities;
(c)the opportunity for the residents of the communities to assume the obligations and privileges of local self-government; and
(d)the encouragement of the construction of new homes at the communities.
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42 U.S.C. § 2303
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73