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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§5854 Notification and Reports by Chairman

Title 42 › CHAPTER 73 — DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY SOURCES › SUBCHAPTER II — NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION; NUCLEAR WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION › § 5854

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the NRC Chairman or a commissioner given emergency powers starts using the authority in section 3 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980, the Chairman must notify the other commissioners and these Congressional committees within 1 day: the House and Senate Appropriations committees, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and explain why the authority is being used. The Chairman must then report to those committees at least once each week on actions taken until the authority ends, notify them within 1 day after it ends, and provide the section 3(d) report to the committees within 1 day after it is sent to the Commission. This applies in fiscal year 2015 and each year after.

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Title 42, §5854

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

The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify the other members of the Commission, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, not later than 1 day after the Chairman begins performing functions under the authority of section 3 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980, or after a member of the Commission who is delegated emergency functions under subsection (b) of that section begins performing those functions. Such notification shall include an explanation of the circumstances warranting the exercise of such authority. The Chairman shall report to the Committees, not less frequently than once each week, on the actions taken by the Chairman, or a delegated member of the Commission, under such authority, until the authority is relinquished. The Chairman shall notify the Committees not later than 1 day after such authority is relinquished. The Chairman shall submit the report required by section 3(d) of the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980 to the Committees not later than 1 day after it was submitted to the Commission. This section shall be in effect in fiscal year 2015 and each subsequent fiscal year.

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Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980, referred to in text, is set out as a note under section 5841 of this title. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, and also as part of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, and not as part of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.

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42 U.S.C. § 5854

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102