Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§2312 Authorization of Appropriations
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Summary
Congress must pass a law before any money can be set aside to carry out this chapter. The law allows these amounts to be appropriated for construction, change, or expansion of municipal installations and utilities transferred under subchapters VI and VII: Oak Ridge $518,000; Richland $2,215,000; Los Alamos $8,719,000.
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Title 42, §2312
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(a)No appropriation shall be made to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter unless previously authorized by legislation enacted by Congress.
(b)There are authorized to be appropriated the sum of $518,000 at Oak Ridge, the sum of $2,215,000 at Richland and the sum of $8,719,000 at Los Alamos for construction, modification, or expansion of municipal installations and utilities authorized to be transferred pursuant to subchapters VI and VII of this chapter.
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Amendments
1967—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90–190 substituted provisions prohibiting making of appropriations to carry out provisions and purposes of this chapter unless previously authorized by legislation enacted by Congress for provisions granting authority to appropriate such sums as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out provisions and purposes of this chapter. 1962—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–719 authorized an appropriation of $8,719,000 at Los Alamos and use of appropriations for utilities. 1956—Subsec. (b). Act
July 25, 1956, § 6, substituted “$2,215,000” for “$2,165,000”. Subsec. (c). Act
July 25, 1956, § 5, repealed subsec. (c) which appropriated funds derived from disposal of property to pay any costs, losses, expenses, or obligations incurred by Commission. See section 2311(b) of this title.
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42 U.S.C. § 2312
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
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