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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§2364 Community Employment and Population

Title 42 › CHAPTER 24 — DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES › SUBCHAPTER V — FINANCING › § 2364

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The indemnity obligation applies only if, for the six months before it is used, both the number of employees and the town population stayed below specific limits. For Oak Ridge the limits are fewer than 14,337 employees and fewer than 29,250 people; for Richland fewer than 7,622 employees and 25,200 people; for Los Alamos fewer than 4,620 employees and 11,769 people. Employment is counted using the pay period or periods that end nearest the 15th of each month.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §2364

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

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.
For purposes of this section employment shall be determined on the basis of the pay period or periods ending nearest the 15th of each month.

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.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 2364

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110