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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§2078 Congressional Review of Guaranteed Purchase Price, Guaranteed Purchase Price Period, and Criteria for Waiver of Charges

Title 42 › CHAPTER 23 — DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER V — SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL › § 2078

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Before the Commission sets a guaranteed purchase price, the time period for that price, or the rules for waiving charges for licensed special nuclear material, the proposal must go to the Energy Committees. The Commission must wait 45 days while Congress is in session before finalizing it. When counting those 45 days, do not include days when either the House or the Senate is out of session because of an adjournment longer than three days. After the committees get the proposal, they can cut short or end the 45-day wait by approving a written resolution.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §2078

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

Before the Commission establishes any guaranteed purchase price or guaranteed purchase price period in accordance with the provisions of section 2076 of this title, or establishes any criteria for the waiver of any charge for the use of special nuclear material licensed and distributed under section 2073 of this title, the proposed guaranteed purchase price, guaranteed purchase price period, or criteria for the waiver of such charge shall be submitted to the Energy Committees and a period of forty-five days shall elapse while Congress is in session (in computing such forty-five days there shall be excluded the days in which either House is not in session because of adjournment for more than three days): Provided, however, That the Energy Committees, after having received the proposed guaranteed purchase price, guaranteed purchase price period, or criteria for the waiver of such charge, may by resolution in writing waive the conditions of, or all or any portion of, such forty-five-day period.

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Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Energy Committees” for “Joint Committee” in two places. 1964—Pub. L. 88–489 substituted “guaranteed purchase” and “purchase” for “fair” wherever appearing, “licensed and distributed” for “licensed or distributed”, and provided that the Joint Committee resolution waiving the conditions of the forty-five-day period must be in writing.

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42 U.S.C. § 2078

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102