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under oath or affirmation. The Commission may require any other applications or statements to be made under oath or affirmation."

SEC. 6. Chapter 18 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by redesignating sections 229, 230, 231 as sections 231, 232, 233 respectively, making appropriate amendment to the Table of Contents and adding two new sections, 229 and 230, reading as follows: "SEC. 229, TRESPASS UPON COMMISSION INSTALLATIONS.

"a. The Commission is authorized to issue regulations relating to the entry upon or carrying, transporting, or otherwise introducing or causing to be introduced any dangerous weapon, explosive, or other dangerous instrument or material likely to produce substantial injury or damage to persons or property, into or upon any facility, installation, or real property subject to the jurisdiction, administration, or in the custody of the Commission. Every such regulation of the Commission shall be posted conspicuously at the location involved.

"b. Whoever shall willfully violate any regulation of the Commission issued pursuant to subsection a. shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.

"c. Whoever shall willfully violate any regulation of the Commission issued pursuant to subsection a. with respect to any installation or other property which is enclosed by a fence, wall, floor, roof, or other structural barrier shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $5,000 or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

"SEC. 230. PHOTOGRAPHING, ETC., OF COMMISSION INSTALLATIONS.—It shall be an offense, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both

"(1) to make any photograph, sketch, picture, drawing, map or graphical representation, while present on property subject to the jurisdiction, administration or in the custody of the Commission, of any installations or equipment designated by the President as requiring protection against the general dissemination of information relative thereto, in the interest of the common defense and security, without first obtaining the permission of the Commission, and promptly submitting the product obtained to the Commission for inspection or such other action as may be deemed

necessary; or

"(2) to use or permit the use of an aircraft or any contrivance used, or designed for navigation or flight in air, for the purpose of making a photograph, sketch, picture, drawing, map or graphical representation of any installation or equipment designated by the President as provided in the preceding paragraph, unless authorized by the Commission."

SEC. 7. Section 229 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 231. OTHER LAWS.-Sections 224 to 230 shall not exclude the applicable provisions of any other laws."

SEC. 8. All land and interests in land, owned by the United States within the boundaries of the County of Los Alamos, State of New Mexico, containing approximately seventy thousand eight hundred acres, are hereby transferred, without reimbursement or transfer of funds, to the Atomic Energy Commission. The Atomic Energy Commission shall exercise administrative control over all land and interests in land transferred to the Atomic Energy Commission by this Act, notwithstanding the manner of their acquisition by the United States nor their status at any time prior to the effective date of this Act.

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SEC. 9. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to transfer to the Atomic Energy Commission, without compensation therefor, for use in connection with the Atomic Energy program, all that real property and interests therein, comprising approximately two hundred acres, of the Weldon Spring Ordnance Works, Weldon Spring, Missouri, as delineated on map designated exhibit A attached to "Department of the Army Permit to Use Weldon Spring Ordnance Works Military Reservation, Missouri," dated January 25, 1955, on file in the Atomic Energy Commission, and all or any part of the personal property therein at the time of approval of this Act: Provided, That when the Atomic Energy Commission, or its successor in functions, determines that the real property herein authorized for transfer is no longer required for the purposes stated, the real property, together with buildings and permanent improvements thereon at the date of such determination, shall, at the option of the Secretary of the Army, be returned to the Department of the Army without compensation therefor.

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SEC. 10. There is hereby retroceded to the State of Kentucky the Retrocession of exclusive jurisdiction heretofore acquired from the State of Kentucky tucky. by the United States of America, over lands in McCracken County, Kentucky, within the present boundaries of the Paducah Project of the Atomic Energy Commission. This retrocession of jurisdiction shall take effect in accordance with the law of the State of Kentucky. SEC. 11. Section 101 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 USC 2131. is amended by inserting the word "use," between the words "possess," and "import,".

SEC. 12. Section 103 a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 42 USC 2133. amended, is amended by inserting the word "use," between the words "possess," and "import,".

SEC. 13. Section 103 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by inserting the words "an alien or any" between the words "issued to" and the words "any corporation".

SEC. 14. Section 143 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 USC 2163. is amended by inserting between the words "licensee of the Commission" and the words "to permit any employee" the words "or any other person authorized access to Restricted Data by the Commission under subsection 145 b.".

Approved August 6, 1956.

Public Law 85-14
85th Congress, H. R. 5866
April 12, 1957

AN ACT

71 Stat. 11.

To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Atomic Atomic Energy. Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by adding a new section 68 Stat. 919. 125 to read as follows:

"SEC. 125. COOPERATION WITH BERLIN.-The President may authorize the Commission to enter into agreements for cooperation with the Federal Republic of Germany in accordance with section 123, on behalf of Berlin, which for the purposes of this Act comprises those areas over which the Berlin Senate exercises jurisdiction (the United States, British, and French sectors) and the Commission may thereafter cooperate with Berlin pursuant to sections 54, 57, 64, 82, 103, or 104: Provided, That the guaranties required by section 123 shall be made by Berlin with the approval of the allied commandants." Approved April 12, 1957.

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Public Law 85-79 85th Congress, S. 2243 July 3, 1957

AN ACT

To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 261 of Atomic Energy Ac the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 261. APPROPRIATIONS.

"a. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Act, except

"(1) Such as may be necessary for acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction or expansion: Provided, That for the purposes of this subsection a., any nonmilitary experimental reactor which is designed to produce more than 10,000 thermal kilowatts of heat (except for intermittent excursions) or which is designed to be used in the production of electric power shall be deemed to be a facility.

"(2) Such as may be necessary to carry out cooperative programs with persons for the development and construction of reactors for the demonstration of their use, in whole or in part, in the production of electric power or process heat, or for propulsion, or solely or principally for the commercial provision of byproduct material, irradiation, or other special services, for civilian use, by arrangements (including contracts, agreements, and loans) or amendments thereto, providing for the payment of funds, the rendering of services, and the undertaking of research and development without full reimbursement, the waiver of charges accompanying such arrangement, or the provision by the Commission of any other financial assistance pursuant to such arrangement, or which involves the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction or expansion undertaken by the Commission as a part of such arrangements.

"b. The acts appropriating such sums may appropriate specified portions thereof to be accounted for upon the certification of the Commission only."

SEC. 2. The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by adding a new section 58 with appropriate amendment to the table of contents, as follows:

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"SEC. 58. REVIEW. Before the Commission establishes any fair Congressional price or guaranteed fair price period in accordance with the pro- review. visions of section 56, or establishes any criteria for the waiver of any 42 USC 2076. charge for the use of special nuclear material licensed or distributed

under section 53 the proposed fair price, guaranteed fair price period, 42 USC 2073. or criteria for the waiver of such charge shall be submitted to the Joint Committee, and a period of forty-five days shall elapse while Congress is in session (in computing such forty-five days there shall be

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excluded the days in which either House is not in session because of adjournment for more than three days): Provided, however, That the Joint Committee, after having received the proposed fair price, guaranteed fair price period, or criteria for the waiver of such charge, may by resolution waive the conditions of or all or any portion of such forty-five day period."

Approved July 3, 1957.

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Stat. 47.

Public Law 85-107

85th Congress, S. 1918

July 17, 1957

AN ACT

To amend Public Law 31, Eighty-fourth Congress, first session, to increase the authorization for appropriation to the Atomic Energy Commission for the construction of a modern office building in or near the District of Columbia to serve as its principal office.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public Law 31, USC 2201 note. Eighty-fourth Congress, first session, is hereby amended, by striking the figure "$10,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof the figure "$13,300,000".

Approved July 17, 1957.

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