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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§2342 Disposal of Property

Title 42 › CHAPTER 24 — DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES › SUBCHAPTER IV — SALES OF PROPERTY FOR PRIVATE USE › § 2342

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must offer for sale or transfer land, buildings, and attached items in the community that it now leases or licenses for homes, businesses, farms, churches, or other nonprofits, or that it thinks are fit for those uses, except for three kinds: (1) structures it thinks should be removed because of bad construction, condition, or location; (2) property it thinks should be moved under subchapters VI or VII; or (3) property it decides to keep for its own use. The Commission may, but does not have to, sell or transfer other property in or outside the community. It will set the sale or transfer terms it believes serve the national interest and must follow only the priorities this law allows. Transfers must not harm existing lease or covenant rights, including any purchase rights.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §2342

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

(a)Property under lease or license agreement
The Commission shall offer for disposal all real property (including such improvements thereon and such fixtures, equipment, and other personal property incident thereto as it may deem appropriate) within the community which is presently under lease or license agreement with the Commission or its community management contractor for residential, commercial or industrial, agricultural, church or other nonprofit use, or which, in the opinion of the Commission, is appropriate for such use, other than—
(1)structures which in the opinion of the Commission should be removed from the community because of their unsatisfactory type of construction, condition, or location; or
(2)property which in the opinion of the Commission should be transferred pursuant to subchapters VI or VII; or
(3)property which in the opinion of the Commission should be retained by the Commission for its own use.
(b)Discretionary disposal of other real property
The Commission may, but shall not be required to, dispose of any other real property at the community, whether within or outside of that community.
(c)Terms and conditions; impairment of rights
Such property shall be disposed of on such terms and conditions, consistent with this subchapter, as the Commission shall prescribe in the national interest, and without regard to any preferences or priorities whatever except those provided for pursuant to this chapter. Transfers by the Commission of such property shall not impair rights under existing leases and covenants, including any purchase rights therein conferred.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1962—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87–719 added cl. (3).

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

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 2342

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110