42 USC § 2205 - Contract practices

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s2205"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 2205 - Contract practices"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "2205"
section_name: "Contract practices"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "XIII"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 165, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 951; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)"
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# § 2205. Contract practices

**(a)** In carrying out the purposes of this chapter the Commission shall not use the cost-plus-percentage-of-cost system of contracting.

**(b)** No contract entered into under the authority of this chapter shall provide, and no contract entered into under the authority of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, as amended, shall be modified or amended after August 30, 1954, to provide, for direct payment or direct reimbursement by the Commission of any Federal income taxes on behalf of any contractor performing such contract for profit.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 165, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 951; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , as added by , , known as the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

The Atomic Energy Act of 1946, as amended, referred to in subsec. (b), is , , which was classified generally to chapter 14 (§ 1801 et seq.) of this title prior to the general amendment by , . The , is now known as the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and is classified principally to this chapter.