Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§2381 Assistance in Organization
Title 42 › CHAPTER 24 — DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES › SUBCHAPTER VII — MUNICIPALITIES › § 2381
Summary
The Commission can help people set up local government and hand over city facilities and duties to local authorities. For Oak Ridge and Richland, help may last up to five years after August 4, 1955; for Los Alamos, up to five years after it is added to this chapter. Help may include paying reasonable costs to organize and run the new city government until the facilities are transferred under this subchapter.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §2381
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The Commission is authorized, for a period not to extend beyond five years after August 4, 1955, in the case of Oak Ridge and Richland, or, in the case of Los Alamos, not to extend beyond five years after the date it is included within this chapter, to cooperate with and assist the residents of the community in preparation for and establishment of local self-government and in the transfer of municipal installations and responsibilities to local entities. Such assistance may include payment of any amounts reasonably necessary to meet expenses incident to the establishment and organization of a city government and other local entities at the community, until such time as the municipal installations are transferred in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1962—Pub. L. 87–719 inserted “in the case of Oak Ridge and Richland, or, in the case of Los Alamos, not to extend beyond five years after the date it is included within this chapter” after “August 4, 1955,”.
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. § 2381
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102