42 USC § 2034 - General Manager, Deputy and Assistant General Managers

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title: "42 USC § 2034 - General Manager, Deputy and Assistant General Managers"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "2034"
section_name: "General Manager, Deputy and Assistant General Managers"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ORGANIZATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 24, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 925; amended Pub. L. 85–287, § 2, Sept. 4, 1957, 71 Stat. 612; Pub. L. 88–426, title III, § 306(f)(1)–(3), Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 429; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)"
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# § 2034. General Manager, Deputy and Assistant General Managers

There is established within the Commission—

**(a)** **General Manager; chief executive officer; duties; appointment; removal** a General Manager, who shall be the chief executive officer of the Commission, and who shall discharge such of the administrative and executive functions of the Commission as the Commission may direct. The General Manager shall be appointed by the Commission, shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission and shall be removable by the Commission.

**(b)** **Deputy General Manager; duties; appointment; removal** a Deputy General Manager, who shall act in the stead of the General Manager during his absence when so directed by the General Manager, and who shall perform such other administrative and executive functions as the General Manager shall direct. The Deputy General Manager shall be appointed by the General Manager with the approval of the Commission, shall serve at the pleasure of the General Manager, and shall be removable by the General Manager.

**(c)** **Assistant General Managers; duties; appointment; removal** Assistant General Managers, or their equivalents (not to exceed a total of three positions), who shall perform such administrative and executive functions as the General Manager shall direct. They shall be appointed by the General Manager with the approval of the Commission, shall serve at the pleasure of the General Manager, and shall be removable by the General Manager.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 24, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 925; amended Pub. L. 85–287, § 2, Sept. 4, 1957, 71 Stat. 612; Pub. L. 88–426, title III, § 306(f)(1)–(3), Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 429; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to this section were contained in , prior to the general amendment and renumbering of act , by act .

### Amendments

1964—Subsec. (a). , struck out provisions which prescribed the compensation of the General Manager. Such compensation is now prescribed by , Government Organization and Employees.

Subsec. (b). , struck out provisions which prescribed the compensation of the Deputy General Manager. Such compensation is now prescribed by , Government Organization and Employees.

Subsec. (c). , struck out provisions which prescribed the compensation of the Assistant General Managers. Such compensation is now prescribed by , Government Organization and Employees.

1957—Subsec. (a).  designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), designated the General Manager as the chief executive officer of the Commission, and increased his compensation from $20,000 to $22,000 per annum.

Subsecs. (b), (c).  added subsecs. (b) and (c).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1964 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on first day of first pay period which begins on or after , except to the extent provided in , see , title V, , .