Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§2347 Sale of lots to lessees or individual owners
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 24— - DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - SALES OF PROPERTY FOR PRIVATE USE › § 2347
Summary
Sell single residential lots immediately when the law takes effect. The Commission can sell lots that were leased by competitive bid and have no government building at the price shown in the lease. It may also sell other buildable lots to individuals, but must take into account zoning the new city is likely to adopt; for Los Alamos, use the zoning the local government is likely to set.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §2347
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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Commission is authorized, immediately upon passage of this chapter, or immediately upon the inclusion of the community within the provisions of this chapter, to offer for sale to the lessees single residential lots, which were leased by competitive bid and which do not have a Government-owned building thereon, at a price equal to the initial valuation of the lot as stated in the lease.
(b)The Commission is authorized to offer for sale, as soon as possible, other lots, to individual owners, upon which single family or duplex houses may be erected, taking into consideration the zoning restrictions the new city is likely to enact with respect to those lots. The zoning restrictions to be taken into account at Los Alamos shall be those which the local government is likely to enact with respect to those lots.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1962—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–719 inserted provision that zoning restrictions to be taken into account at Los Alamos shall be those which the local government is likely to enact with respect to those lots.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by section 5814 and 5841 of this title. See also
Transfer of Functions
notes set out under those sections.
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 2347
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73