Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60
§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
Summary
The Commission must send any proposed guaranteed purchase price, purchase period, or rules to waive charges for special nuclear material to the Energy Committees and follow a 45‑day in‑session waiting period, not counting adjournments over three days. The Committees may waive all or part of that wait by resolution.
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Title 42, §2078
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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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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
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Apr 5, 2026
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