42 USC § 2303 - Purpose of chapter

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s2303"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 2303 - Purpose of chapter"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "2303"
section_name: "Purpose of chapter"
chapter_number: 24
chapter_name: "DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 1, § 13, 69 Stat. 472.)"
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# § 2303. Purpose of chapter

It is the purpose of this chapter to effectuate the policies set forth above by providing for—

**(a)** the maintenance of conditions which will not impede the recruitment and retention of personnel essential to the atomic energy program;

**(b)** the obligation of the United States to contribute to the support of municipal functions in a manner commensurate with—

**(1)** the fiscal problems peculiar to the communities by reason of their construction as national defense installations, and

**(2)** the municipal and other burdens imposed on the governmental or other entities at the communities by the United States in its operations at or near the communities;

**(c)** the opportunity for the residents of the communities to assume the obligations and privileges of local self-government; and

**(d)** the encouragement of the construction of new homes at the communities.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 1, § 13, 69 Stat. 472.)