Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60
§2303 Purpose of Chapter
Title 42 › Chapter 24— DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2303
Summary
Requires the federal government to help communities tied to atomic energy sites. It must keep conditions that let employers recruit and keep needed workers, help pay local costs caused by building and operating defense-related sites, let residents take on local self-government, and encourage building new homes in those communities.
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Title 42, §2303
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It is the purpose of this chapter to effectuate the policies set forth above by providing for— (a)
(b)the obligation of the United States to contribute to the support of municipal functions in a manner commensurate with—
(1)the fiscal problems peculiar to the communities by reason of their construction as national defense installations, and
(2)the municipal and other burdens imposed on the governmental or other entities at the communities by the United States in its operations at or near the communities;
(c)the opportunity for the residents of the communities to assume the obligations and privileges of local self-government; and
(d)the encouragement of the construction of new homes at the communities.
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42 U.S.C. § 2303
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60