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§2349 Hanford Project; Disposal of Property

Title 42 › Chapter 24— DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES › Subchapter IV— SALES OF PROPERTY FOR PRIVATE USE › § 2349

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Gives the Commission the power to lease, sell (including leases with purchase options), or otherwise get rid of land, buildings, equipment, and related property at the Hanford project near Richland, Washington. The Commission can use this power even without following the rule in section 6101 of title 41, but only if the Commission finds the move will help prevent or reduce bad local economic effects from cuts in its programs. The Government must receive the Commission’s estimate of fair market value or fair rental value for any sale or lease. Before any disposal, the Commission must send the plan and supporting information to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and wait forty-five days while Congress is in session (days when either House is out for more than three days do not count). Those two committees can waive all or part of the forty-five-day wait by a written resolution.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §2349

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In addition to any other authority the Commission may have, the Commission is authorized, without regard to the provisions of section 6101 of title 41, to lease land, and to sell, lease, including leases with options to purchase, and otherwise dispose of improvements thereon, and such equipment and other personal property as is determined to be directly related thereto, in the Commission’s Hanford project in and near Richland, Washington, upon a determination by the Commission that such disposition will serve to prevent or reduce the adverse economic impact of actual or anticipated reductions in Commission programs in that area: Provided, however, That the compensation to the Government for any such disposition shall be the estimated fair market value or estimated fair rental value of the property as determined by the Commission: Provided further, That before the Commission makes any disposition of property under the authority of this section, the basis for the proposed disposition (with necessary background and explanatory data) shall be submitted to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, 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 on which either House is not in session because of adjournment of more than three days): Provided, however, That those Committees, after having received the basis for the proposed disposition, may by resolution in writing waive the conditions of, or all or any portion of, such forty-five-day period.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification In text, “section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “submitted to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives” for “submitted to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy” and “That those Committees” for “That the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy”.

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. § 2349

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60