42 USC § 2141 - Licensing by Nuclear Regulatory Commission of distribution of special nuclear material, source material, and byproduct material by Department of Energy

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title: "42 USC § 2141 - Licensing by Nuclear Regulatory Commission of distribution of special nuclear material, source material, and byproduct material by Department of Energy"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "2141"
section_name: "Licensing by Nuclear Regulatory Commission of distribution of special nuclear material, source material, and byproduct material by Department of Energy"
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chapter_name: "DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY"
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subchapter_name: "ATOMIC ENERGY LICENSES"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 111, as added Pub. L. 95–242, title III, § 301(c), Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 125; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944; amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, title XII, § 1225(d)(3), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–774.)"
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# § 2141. Licensing by Nuclear Regulatory Commission of distribution of special nuclear material, source material, and byproduct material by Department of Energy

**(a)** The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is authorized to license the distribution of special nuclear material, source material, and byproduct material by the Department of Energy pursuant to section 2074, 2094, and 2112 of this title, respectively, in accordance with the same procedures established by law for the export licensing of such material by any person: *Provided*, That nothing in this section shall require the licensing of the distribution of byproduct material by the Department of Energy under section 2112 of this title.

**(b)** The Department of Energy shall not distribute any special nuclear material or source material under section 2074 or 2094 of this title other than under an export license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission until (1) the Department has obtained the concurrence of the Department of State and has consulted with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Defense under mutually agreed procedures which shall be established within not more than ninety days after March 10, 1978, and (2) the Department finds based on a reasonable judgment of the assurances provided and the information available to the United States Government, that the criteria in section 2156 of this title or their equivalent and any applicable criteria in section 2157 of this title are met, and that the proposed distribution would not be inimical to the common defense and security.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 111, as added Pub. L. 95–242, title III, § 301(c), Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 125; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944; amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, title XII, § 1225(d)(3), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–774.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1998—Subsec. (b).  substituted “the Nuclear Regulatory Commission” for “the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on earlier of , or date of abolition of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency pursuant to reorganization plan described in , Foreign Relations and Intercourse, see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective , except as otherwise provided and regardless of any requirements for the promulgation of implementing regulations, see , set out as a note under , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

## Executive Documents

### 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, , set out as a note under .

### Performance of Functions Pending Development of Procedures

The performance of functions under this chapter, as amended by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, , , , not to be delayed pending development of procedures even though as many as 120 days [after ] are allowed for establishing those procedures, see section 5(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 12058, , 43 F.R. 20947, set out under , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.