42 USC § 2372 - Date of transfer of utilities

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s2372"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 2372 - Date of transfer of utilities"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "2372"
section_name: "Date of transfer of utilities"
chapter_number: 24
chapter_name: "DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "UTILITIES"
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. 7, § 72, 69 Stat. 480; Pub. L. 87–719, § 20, Sept. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 666; Pub. L. 104–106, div. C, title XXXI, § 3161(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 627.)"
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# § 2372. Date of transfer of utilities

August 4, 1955June 30, 1998

Transfers of utilities shall be made as soon as possible, but in any event, not later than five years after , in the case of Oak Ridge and Richland, or, in the case of Los Alamos, not later than .

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 7, § 72, 69 Stat. 480; Pub. L. 87–719, § 20, Sept. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 666; Pub. L. 104–106, div. C, title XXXI, § 3161(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 627.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996— substituted “not later than ” for “not later than five years after the date it is included within this chapter”.

1962— inserted “in the case of Oak Ridge and Richland, or, in the case of Los Alamos, not later than five years after the date it is included within this chapter” after “,”.