42 U.S.C. § 5876: Comptroller General audit

Summary

Section 166 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 applies to the nuclear and nonnuclear activities in subchapter I and to the activities in subchapter II. Within sixty months after this chapter takes effect, the Comptroller General must audit how the Nuclear Safety and Licensing Commission carried out subchapter II and send Congress a report. The report must evaluate the Commission’s licensing and related offices, assess effects on efficiency, effectiveness, and safety of activities licensed under the Atomic Energy Act, and recommend any needed legislation with reasons.

Title 42, §5876

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(a)section 166 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [42 U.S.C. 2206], shall be deemed to be applicable, respectively, to the nuclear and nonnuclear activities under subchapter I and to the activities under subchapter II.

(b)The Comptroller General of the United States shall audit, review, and evaluate the implementation of the provisions of subchapter II of this chapter by the Nuclear Safety and Licensing Commission not later than sixty months after the effective date of this chapter, the Comptroller General shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report on his audit, which shall contain, but not be limited to—

(1)an evaluation of the effectiveness of the licensing and related regulatory activities of the Commission and the operations of the Office of Nuclear Safety Research and the Bureau of Nuclear Materials Security;

(2)an evaluation of the effect of such Commission activities on the efficiency, effectiveness, and safety with which the activities licensed under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.], are carried out;

(3)recommendations concerning any legislation he deems necessary, and the reasons therefor, for improving the implementation of subchapter II.

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The

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of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), is the

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of Pub. L. 93–438. See section 312 of Pub. L. 93–438, set out as an

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Interim Appointments note under section 5801 of this title. The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, which is classified principally to chapter 23 (§ 2011 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2011 of this title and Tables.

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Transfer of Functions

For transfer of certain functions from Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Chairman thereof, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1980, 45 F.R. 40561, 94 Stat. 3585, set out as a note under section 5841 of this title.

§5876 Comptroller General Audit

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Title 42, §5876

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