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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§2381 Assistance in organization

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 24— - DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - MUNICIPALITIES › § 2381

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission can help the people of Oak Ridge and Richland for up to five years after August 4, 1955, and can help Los Alamos for up to five years after the date it is included within this chapter. The Commission may work with residents to set up local self-government and to transfer city facilities and duties to local authorities. It may also pay reasonable costs needed to create and organize a city government and other local bodies until those facilities are transferred under this subchapter.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §2381

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Commission is authorized, for a period not to extend beyond five years after August 4, 1955, in the case of Oak Ridge and Richland, or, in the case of Los Alamos, not to extend beyond five years after the date it is included within this chapter, to cooperate with and assist the residents of the community in preparation for and establishment of local self-government and in the transfer of municipal installations and responsibilities to local entities. Such assistance may include payment of any amounts reasonably necessary to meet expenses incident to the establishment and organization of a city government and other local entities at the community, until such time as the municipal installations are transferred in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1962—Pub. L. 87–719 inserted “in the case of Oak Ridge and Richland, or, in the case of Los Alamos, not to extend beyond five years after the date it is included within this chapter” after “August 4, 1955,”.

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.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 2381

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73