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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§10264 Investigatory Powers

Title 42 › CHAPTER 108 — NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY › SUBCHAPTER V — NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD › § 10264

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Board can hold hearings, meet at times and places it chooses, take testimony, and accept evidence when the Chairman or most members ask for it. Any Board member can swear in witnesses. When the Chairman or most members ask, the Secretary or the Secretary’s contractor must give the Board records, files, papers, data, or other information the Board needs to answer its questions, as allowed by law. That can include draft documents and work-in-progress, not just final versions.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §10264

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

(a)Hearings
Upon request of the Chairman or a majority of the members of the Board, the Board may hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence, as the Board considers appropriate. Any member of the Board may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before the Board.
(b)Production of documents
(1)Upon the request of the Chairman or a majority of the members of the Board, and subject to existing law, the Secretary (or any contractor of the Secretary) shall provide the Board with such records, files, papers, data, or information as may be necessary to respond to any inquiry of the Board under this subchapter.
(2)Subject to existing law, information obtainable under paragraph (1) shall not be limited to final work products of the Secretary, but shall include drafts of such products and documentation of work in progress.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 100–202 and Pub. L. 100–203 added identical sections.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 10264

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110