Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§2310 Repossession of Property; Powers of Commission
Title 42 › CHAPTER 24 — DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2310
Summary
The Commission may take back property it sold if a buyer breaks a purchase, mortgage, or other contract, and may sell or otherwise dispose of property it takes back or gets under another law. It can manage, rent, improve, insure, or sell these properties, collect or settle related claims, treat costs as nonadministrative, and is not bound by a federal buying rule for contracts of $1,000 or less.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §2310
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The Commission is authorized to repossess any property sold by it in accordance with the terms of any contract to purchase, mortgage or other instrument, and to sell or make any other disposition of any property so repossessed and any property purchased by it pursuant to section 2366 of this title. Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the acquisition, handling, or disposal of real property by the United States, the Commission shall have power to deal with, complete, operate, rent, renovate, modernize, insure, or sell for cash or credit, in its discretion, any properties acquired pursuant to this chapter, and to pursue to final collection, by way of compromise or otherwise, all claims arising pursuant to this section: Provided, That expenses authorized by this section shall be considered nonadministrative expenses: Provided further, That section 6101 of title 41 shall not apply to any contract entered into pursuant to this section if the amount thereof does not exceed $1,000.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification In text, “section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 3709 of the Revised Statutes” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.
Amendments
1956—Act July 25, 1956, specifically enumerated powers of the Commission in relation to properties acquired pursuant to this chapter, authorized final collection of claims by way of compromise or otherwise, to provide that expenses authorized by this section shall be considered nonadministrative expenses, and excepted contracts that do not exceed $1,000 from provisions of section 5 of title 41.
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. § 2310
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102