Title 42The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§2364 Community Employment and Population

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Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The indemnity obligation only arises if two conditions were true for the six months before it is invoked. The Commission must have found that employee counts were below 14,337 (Oak Ridge), 7,622 (Richland), or 4,620 (Los Alamos), and that the community population was below 29,250, 25,200, or 11,769 for those places.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §2364

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The indemnity obligation specified in section 2363 of this title shall arise only if, for the six months just preceding the date on which it is invoked—
(a)the total number of operating, maintenance, and administrative employees in the project area, as determined by the Commission, has been less than fourteen thousand three hundred and thirty-seven in the case of Oak Ridge or seven thousand six hundred and twenty-two in the case of Richland or four thousand six hundred and twenty in the case of Los Alamos; and
(b)the population in the community has been less than twenty-nine thousand two hundred and fifty in the case of Oak Ridge or twenty-five thousand two hundred in the case of Richland or eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine in the case of Los Alamos.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1962—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87–719, § 18, inserted “or four thousand six hundred and twenty in the case of Los Alamos” after “Richland”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–719, § 19, inserted “or eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine in the case of Los Alamos” after “Richland”.

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.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 2364

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60