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42 USC § 10224 - Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s10224"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 10224 - Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "10224"
section_name: "Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management"
chapter_number: 108
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIOACTIVE WASTE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–425, title III, § 304, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2261; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1052(l), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)"
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# § 10224. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management

**(a)** **Establishment** section 5315 of title 5

There hereby is established within the Department of Energy an Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall be compensated at the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under .

**(b)** **Functions of Director** The Director of the Office shall be responsible for carrying out the functions of the Secretary under this chapter, subject to the general supervision of the Secretary. The Director of the Office shall be directly responsible to the Secretary.

**(c)** **Annual report to Congress** The Director of the Office shall annually prepare and submit to the Congress a comprehensive report on the activities and expenditures of the Office.

**(d)** **Audit by GAO** If requested by either House of the Congress (or any committee thereof) or if considered necessary by the Comptroller General, the Government Accountability Office shall conduct an audit of the Office, in accord with such regulations as the Comptroller General may prescribe. The Comptroller General shall have access to such books, records, accounts, and other materials of the Office as the Comptroller General determines to be necessary for the preparation of such audit. The Comptroller General shall submit a report on the results of each audit conducted under this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–425, title III, § 304, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2261; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1052(*l*), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2004—Subsec. (d).  substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.

1995—Subsec. (d).  amended heading and text of subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Comptroller General of the United States shall annually make an audit of the Office, in accordance with such regulations as the Comptroller General may prescribe. The Comptroller General shall have access to such books, records, accounts, and other materials of the Office as the Comptroller General determines to be necessary for the preparation of such audit. The Comptroller General shall submit to the Congress a report on the results of each audit conducted under this section.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective , of provisions in subsec. (c) of this section relating to annual submittal of report to Congress, see , as amended, set out as a note under , Money and Finance, and the 13th item on page 91 of House Document No. 103–7.