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Public Law 85-846, 85th Congress (72 Stat. 1084)-To provide for cooperation with the European Atomic Energy Community. Approved August 28, 1958. Senate Concurrent Resolution 116, 85th Congress, to approve agreements between the Government of the United States of America and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) signed at Brussels on May 29, 1958, and at Washington on June 19, 1958, concerning cooperation for the advancement of the peaceful application of atomic energy. Passed both Houses of Congress August 20, 1958.

Public Law 86-43, 86th Congress (73 Stat. 73)-To amend section 251 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to provide for the submission by the Atomic Energy Commission of an annual rather than a semiannual report to Congress. Report to be submitted in January of each year. Approved June 11, 1959.

Public Law 86-44, 86th Congress (73 Stat. 73)-To amend Public Law 85-590 to increase the authorization for appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission for project 59-c-5, phermex installation, Los Alamos. Approved June 11, 1959. Public Law 86-50, 86th Congress (73 Stat. 81)-To authorize appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes (Authorization Act for fiscal year 1960). Approved June 23, 1959. Public Law 86-300, 86th Congress (73 Stat. 574)-To amend subsection 161m of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended with respect to agreements for the reprocessing of irradiated fuel elements, and section 163 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended with respect to Atomic Energy Commission advisory committees. Approved September 21, 1959.

Public Law 86-373, 86th Congress (73 Stat. 688)—To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, by adding a new section 274 with respect to Cooperation with States. Approved September 23, 1959.

Public Law 86-457, 86th Congress (74 Stat. 120)-To authorize appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. Approved May 13, 1960.

Public Law 87-52, 87th Congress (75 Stat. 94)-To authorize construction of community support facilities at Los Alamos County, N. Mex. Approved June 16, 1961.

Public Law 87-174, 87th Congress (75 Stat. 409)-To amend section 53 c. of the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1958. Approved August 30, 1961. Public Law 87-206, 87th Congress (75 Stat. 475)—To amend various sections of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Euratom Cooperation Act of 1958, and for other purposes. Approved September 6, 1961. Public Law 87-315, 87th Congress (75 Stat. 676)—To authorize appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved September 26, 1961.

Public Law 87-363, 87th Congress (75 Stat. 782)-To waive certain provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 so as to permit the agreement for cooperation between the United States and France to be made immediately effective. Approved October 4, 1961.

Public Law 87-615, 87th Congress (76 Stat. 409)-To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved August 29, 1962. Public Law 87-701, 87th Congress (76 Stat. 599)-To authorize appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved September 26, 1962.

Public Law 87-719, 87th Congress (76 Stat. 664)-To amend the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, as amended, to provide for the disposal of federally owned properties at Los Alamos, N. Mex., and for other purposes. Approved September 28, 1962.

Public Law 88-72, 88th Congress (77 Stat. 84)-To authorize appropriations for The Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved July 22, 1963. Public Law 88-189, 88th Congress (77 Stat. 343)-To amend Public Law 88-72 to increase the authorization for appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved November 29, 1963.

Public Law 88-294, 88th Congress (78 Stat. 172)-To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (amends section 202). Approved March 26, 1964.

Public Law 88-332, 88th Congress (78 Stat. 227)-To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved June 30, 1964.

Public Law 88-394, 88th Congress (78 Stat. 376)-To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, as amended, and the EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, as amended (AEC omnibus bill). Approved August 1, 1964.

Public Law 88-489, 88th Congress (78 Stat. 602)-To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes (Private Ownership of Special Nuclear Materials Act). Approved August 26, 1964.

Public Law 89-32, 89th Congress (79 Stat. 120)—To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with Section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved June 2, 1965.

Public Law 89-135, 89th Congress (79 Stat. 551)-To amend section 271 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. Approved August 24, 1965.
Public Law 89-210, 89th Congress (79 Stat. 855)-To amend section 170 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. Approved September 29, 1965.
Public Law 89-428, 89th Congress (89 Stat. 162)-To authorize appropriations
to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with Section 261 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved
May 21, 1966.

Public Law 89-645, 89th Congress (80 Stat. 891)-To amend section 170 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. Approved October 13, 1966.
Public Law 89-648, 89th Congress (80 Stat. 895)-To amend Public Law 89-428
to authorize the Atomic Energy Commission to enter into a cooperative
arrangement for a large-scale combination nuclear power-desalting project.
Approved October 13, 1966.

Public Law 90-56, 90th Congress (81 Stat. 124)-To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved July 26, 1967. Public Law 90-190, 90th Congress (81 Stat. 575)-To amend the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, as amended, the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, as amended. Approved December 14, 1967.

Public Law 90-289, 90th Congress (82 Stat. 96)-To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved April 19, 1968. Public Law 91-44, 91st Congress (83 Stat. 46)-To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved July 11, 1969. Public Law 91-161, 91st Congress (83 Stat. 444)-To amend sections 153h, 221c, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, and add section 234 to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. Approved December 24, 1969.

Public Law 91-273, 91st Congress (84 Stat. 299)-To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved June 2, 1970.

Public Law 91-560, 91st Congress (84 Stat. 1472)-To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (secs. 31, 56, 196, 103. 104, 105, 161, 182, 191, and 274) to eliminate the requirement for a finding of practical value and for other purposes. Approved December 19, 1970.

Public Law 91-580, 91st Congress (84 Stat. 1565)-To amend Public Law 91-273 to increase authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1971. Approved December 24, 1960.

Public Law 92-84, 92d Congress (85 Stat. 304)-To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved August 11, 1971.

Public Law 92-307, 92d Congress (86 Stat. 191)-To authorize the AEC to issue temporary operating licenses for nuclear power reactors under certain circumstances. Approved June 2, 1972.

Public Law 92-314, 9d Congress (86 Stat. 222)-To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 61 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved June 16, 1972. Public Law 93-60, 93d Congress (77 Stat. 88)-To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved July 6, 1973. Public Law 93-88, 93d Congress (81 Stat. 578)-To amend the Euratom Cooperation Act of 1958, as amended. Approved August 14, 1973.

Public Law 93-158, 93d Congress (87 Stat. 627)-To amend Public Law 93-60 to increase the authorization for appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved November 26, 1973.

Public Law 93-276, 93d Congress (88 Stat. 115)-To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved May 10, 1974.

Public Law 93-377, 93d Congress (88 Stat. 472)-To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Atomic Weapons Rewards Act of 1955, and for other purposes. Approved August 17, 1974.

Public Law 93-485, 93d Congress (88 Stat. 1460)-To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to enable Congress to concur in or disapprove international agreements for cooperation in regard to certain nuclear technology. Approved October 26, 1974.

Public Law 93-513, 93d Congress (88 Stat. 1610)-Assuring compensation for damages caused by nuclear incidents involving the nuclear reactor of a United States Warship. Approved December 6, 1974.

Public Law 93-514, 93d Congress (88 Stat. 1611)-To provide available nuclear information to committees and Members of Congress. Approved December 6, 1974.

Public Law 93-576, 93d Congress (88 Stat. 1878)-To amend Public Law 93-276 to increase the authorization for appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Approved December 31, 1974. Public Law 93-616, 93d Congress (88 Stat. 1977)-To designate a national laboratory as the "Holifield National Laboratory". Approved January 2, 1975. Public Law 94-18, 94th Congress (89 Stat. 80)-To authorize supplemental appropriations to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for fiscal year 1975. Public Law 94-79, 94th Congress (89 Stat. 413)-To authorize appropriations to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

Public Law 94-187, 94th Congress (89 Stat. 1063)-To authorize appropriations to the Energy Research and Development Administration in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and section 16 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, and for other purposes. Public Law 94-197, 94th Congress, (89 Stat. 1111)-To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to provide for the phaseout of governmental indemnity as a source of funds for public remuneration in the event of a nuclear incident, and for other purposes.

Public Law 94-269, 94th Congress (90 Stat. 371)-To amend Public Law 94-187 to increase the authorization for appropriations to the Energy Research and Development Administration in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and section 16 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

Public Law 94-291, 94th Congress (90 Stat. 523)-To authorize appropriations to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, and for other purposes.

Public Law 94-473, 94th Congress (90 Stat. 2065)-Joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1977, and for other purposes.

Public Law 95-26, 95th Congress (91 Stat. 61)-To make supplemental appropr tions for the fiscal year ending September 31, 1977, and for other purpos Public Law 95-91, 95th Congress (91 Stat. 565)-To establish a Department Energy in the executive branch by the reorganization of energy functions wit in the Federal Government in order to secure effective management to assure coordinated national energy policy, and for other purposes.

Public Law 95-96, 95th Congress (91 Stat. 797)—To make appropriations f public works, for water and power development, and energy research for tl fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for other purposes.

Public Law 95-110, 95th Congress (91 Stat. 884)-To abolish the Joint Con mittee on Atomic Energy and to reassign certain functions and authoritie thereof, and for other purposes.

Public Law 95-209, 95th Congress (91 Stat. 1481)—To authorize appropria tions for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the fiscal year 1978, and fo other purposes.

Public Law 95-238, 95th Congress (92 Stat. 47)-To authorize appropriations to the Department of Energy, for energy research, development, and demon stration, and related programs in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and section 16 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

Public Law 95-242, 95th Congress (92 Stat. 120)-To provide for more efficient and effective control over the proliferation of nuclear explosive capability. Public Law 95-601, 95th Congress (92 Stat. 2947)-To authorize appropriations to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for fiscal year 1979, and for other purposes.

Public Law 95-604, 95th Congress (92 Stat. 3021)—To authorize the Secretary of Energy to enter into cooperative agreements with certain States respecting residual radioactive material at existing sites, to provide for the regulation of uranium mill tailings under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and for other purposes.

APPENDIX 8

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9816

PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTIES AND PERSONNEL TO THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and the Navy, it is hereby ordered and directed as follows:

1. There are transferred to the Atomic Energy Commission all interests owned by the United States or any Government agency in the following property: (a) All fissionable material; all atomic weapons and parts thereof; all facilities, equipment, and materials for the processing, production, or utilization of fissionable material or atomic energy; all processes and technical information of any kind, and the source thereof (including data, drawings, specifications, patents, patent applications, and other sources) relating to the processing, production, or utilization of fissionable material or atomic energy; and all contracts, agreements, leases, patents, applications for patents, inventions and discoveries (whether patented or unpatented), and other rights of any kind concerning any such items.

(b) All facilities, equipment, and materials, devoted primarily to atomic energy research and development.

2. There also are transferred to the Atomic Energy Commission all property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, including records, owned by or in the possession, custody or control of the Manhattan Engineer District, War Department, in addition to the property described in paragraph 1 above. Specific items of such property, including records may be excepted from transfer to the Commission in the following manner:

(a) The Secretary of War shall notify the Commission in writing as to the specific items of property or records he wishes to except; and

(b) If after full examination of the facts by the Commission, it concurs in the exception, those specific items of property or records shall be excepted from transfer to the Commission; or

(c) If after full examination of the facts by the Commission, it does not concur in the exception, the matter shall be referred to the President for decision. 3. The Atomic Energy Commission shall exercise full jurisdiction over all interests and property transferred to the Commission in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, in accordance with the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.

4. Any Government agency is authorized to transfer to the Atomic Energy Commission, at the request of the Commission, any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, acquired or used by such Government agency in connection with any of the property or interests transferred to the Commission by paragraphs 1 and 2 above.

5. Each Government agency shall supply the Atomic Energy Commission with a report on, and an accounting and inventory of, all interests and property, described in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 above, owned by or in the possession, custody, or control of such Government agency, the form and detail of such report, accounting and inventory, to be determined by mutual agreement, or, in case of nonagreement, by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget.

6. (a) There also are transferred to the Atomic Energy Commission, all civilian officers and employees of the Manhattan Engineer District, War Department, except that the Commission and the Secretary of War may by mutual agreement exclude any of such personnel from transfer to the Commission.

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