42 U.S.C. § 2231
Applicability of administrative procedure provisions; definitions
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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The provisions of subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5 shall apply to all agency action taken under this chapter, and the terms “agency” and “agency action” shall have the meaning specified in section 551 of title 5: Provided, however, That in the case of agency proceedings or actions which involve Restricted Data, defense information, safeguards information protected from disclosure under the authority of section 2167 of this title or information protected from dissemination under the authority of section 2168 of this title, the Commission shall provide by regulation for such parallel procedures as will effectively safeguard and prevent disclosure of Restricted Data, defense information, such safeguards information, or information protected from dissemination under the authority of section 2168 of this title to unauthorized persons with minimum impairment of the procedural rights which would be available if Restricted Data, defense information, such safeguards information, or information protected from dissemination under the authority of section 2168 of this title were not involved.
The Commission shall provide for efficient and timely reviews and proceedings for the granting, suspending, revoking, or amending of any—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A bill to authorize appropriations to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and Section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1982House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Energy Policy Act of 1992
- An act to authorize appropriations for the United States Fire Administration and firefighter assistance grant programs, to advance the benefits of nuclear energy, and for other purposes.