An Act to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes
PL 84-1006 (S.4203), enacted 08/06/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 1006-AUG. 6, 1956 
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Public Law 1006 
CHAPTER 1015 
AN ACT 
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. 
August 6, 1956 
IS. 4203] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 11 u. 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read 
as follows: 
"u. The term 'United States' when used in a geog.-apliical sense 
includes all Territories and possessions of the United States, the 
Canal Zone and Puerto Rico." 
SEC. 2. Section 31 a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 
is amended by inserting after the word "development" in the first sen-
tence thereof the words "and training". 
SEC. 3. Section 31 b. and section 31 c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, as amended, are amended by redesignating the sections as sec-
tions 31 c. and 31 d. respectively and by adding a new section 31 b. 
reading as follows: 
"b. The Commission is further authorized to make grants and 
contributions to the cost of construction and operation of reactors 
and other facilities and other equipment to colleges, universities, 
hospitals, and eleemosynary or charitable institutions for the con-
duct of educational and training activities relating to the fields 
in subsection a." 
SEC. 4. Section 161 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"r. The Commission is authorized and empowered, under such 
terms and conditions as are deemed advisable by it, to grant ease-
ments for rights-of-way over, across, in, and upon acquired lands 
under its jurisdiction and control, and public lands permanently 
withdrawn or reserved for the use of the Commission, to any 
State, political subdivision thereof, or municipality, or to any 
individual, partnership, or corporation of any State, Territory, 
or possession of the United States, for (a) railroad tracks; (b) 
oil pipe lines; (c) substations for electric power transmission 
lines, telephone lines, and telegraph lines, and pumping stations 
for gas, water, sewer, and oil pipe lines; (d) canals; (e) ditches; 
(f) flumes; (g) tunnels; (h) dams and reservoirs in connection 
with fish and wildlife programs, fish hatcheries, and other fish-
cultural improvements; (i) roads and streets; and (j) for any 
other purpose or purposes deemed advisable by the Commission: 
Provided, That such rights-of-way shall be granted only upon a 
finding by the Commission that the same will not be incompatible 
with the public interest: Provided further, That such rights-of-
way shall not include any more land than is reasonably necessary 
for the purpose for which granted: And provided further. 
That 
all or any part of such rights-of-way may be annulled and for-
feited by the Commission for failure to comply with the terms 
and conditions of any grant hereunder or for nonuse for a period 
of two consecutive years or abandonment of rights granted under 
authority hereof. 
Copies of all instruments granting easements 
over public lands pursuant to this section shall be furnished to 
the Secretary of the Interior." 
SEC. 5. Section 182 a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 
is amended by striking the last sentence thereof and substituting in 
place thereof the following: 
"All applications and statements shall be signed by the appli-
cant or licensee. Applications for, and statements made in con-
nection with, licenses under sections 103 and 104 shall be made 
A t o m i c Energy 
Act of 1954, am<ind» 
ments. 
68 Stat. 924. 
42 u s e 2014. 
42 u s e 2051. 
Grants for con-
s t r u c t i o n of re-
actors, etc. 
42 u s e 2201. 
E a s e m e n t s for 
rights-of-way. 
42 u s e 2232. 
L i c e n s e ^ p l i -
cations. 
4 2 u s e 
2 1 3 3, 
2134. 
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under oath or affirmation. 
The Commission may require any 
other applications or statements to be made under oath or affirma-
tion." 
2281. "^^ ^ ^ ' '" 
^ ^ - ^' Chapter 18 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 
is amended by redesi^ating sections 229, 230, 231 as sections 231, 232, 
233 respectively, making appropriate amendment to the Table of Con-
tents and adding two new sections, 229 and 230, reading as follows: 
"SEO. 229, TRESPASS UPON COMMISSION INSTALLATIONS.— 
"a. The Commission is authorized to issue regulations relating 
to the entry upon or carrying, transporting, or otherwise intro-
ducing or causing to be introduced any dangerous weapon, explo-
sive, or other dangerous instrument or material likely to produce 
substantial injury or damage to persons or property, into or upon 
any facility, installation, or real property subject to the jurisdic-
tion, administration, or in the custody of the Commission. 
Every 
such regulation of the Commission shall be posted conspicuously 
at the location involved. 
"b. Whoever shall willfully violate any regulation of the Com-
mission issued pursuant to subsection a. shall, upon conviction 
thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000. 
"c. Whoever shall willfully violate any regulation of the Com-
mission issued pursuant to subsection a. with respect to any in-
stallation or other property which is enclosed by a fence, wall, 
floor, roof, or other structural barrier shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine 
of not to exceed $5,000 or to imprisonment for not more than one 
year, or both. 
"SEC. 230. PHOTOGRAPHING, ETC., OF COMMISSION INSTALLATIONS.—It 
shall be an offense, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or im-
prisonment for not more than one year, or both— 
"(1) to make any photograph, sketch, picture, drawing, map 
or graphical representation, while present on property subject to 
the jurisdiction, administration or in the custody of the Commis-
sion, of any installations or equipment designated by the Presi-
dent as requiring protection against the general dissemination of 
information relative thereto, in the interest of the common defense 
and security, without first obtaining the permission of the Com-
mission, and promptly submitting the product obtained to the 
Commission for inspection or such other action as may be deemed 
necessary; or 
"(2) to use or permit the use of an aircraft or any contrivance 
used, or designed for navigation or flight in air, for the purpose 
of making a photograph, sketch, picture, drawing, map or graphi-
cal representation of any installation or equipment designated by 
the President as provided in the preceding paragraph, unless 
authorized by the Commission." 
SEC. 7. Section 229 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 
is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 231. OTHER LAWS.—Sections 224 to 230 shall not exclude the 
applicable provisions of any other laws." 
la^as." **"'*' "' 
SEC. 8. All land and interests in land, owned by the United States 
within the boundaries of the County of Los Alamos, State of New 
Mexico, containing approximately seventy thousand eight hundred 
acres, are hereby transferred, without reimbursement or transfer of 
funds, to the Atomic Energy Commission. The Atomic Energy Com-
mission shall exercise administrative control over all land and interests 
in land transferred to the Atomic Energy Commission b;^ this Act, 
notwithstanding the manner of their acquisition by the United States 
nor their status at any time prior to the effective date of this Act. 
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SEC. 9. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to transfer to the 
Atomic Energy Commission, without compensation therefor, for use 
in connection with the Atomic Energy program, all that real property 
and interests therein, comprising approximately two hundred acres, 
of the Weldon Spring Ordnance Works, Weldon Spring, Missouri, as 
delineated on map designated exhibit A attached to "Department of 
the Army Permit to Use Weldon Spring Ordnance Works Military 
Reservation, Missouri," dated January 25, 1955, on file in the Atomic 
Energy Commission, and all or any part of the personal property 
therein at the time of approval of this Act: Provided^ That when the 
Atomic Energy Commission, or its successor in functions, determines 
that the real property herein authorized for transfer is no longer 
recjuired for the purposes stated, the real property, together with 
buildings and permanent improvements thereon at the date of such 
determination, shall, at the option of the Secretary of the Army, be 
returned to the Department of the Army without compensation there-
for. 
SEC. 10. There is hereby retroceded to the State of Kentucky the 
exclusive jurisdiction heretofore acquired from the State of Kentucky 
by the United States of America, over lands in McCracken County, 
Kentucky, within the present boundaries of the Paducah Project of 
the Atomic Energy Commission. 
This retrocession of jurisdiction 
shall take effect in accordance with the law of the State of Kentucky. 
^mc. 11. Section 101 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 
is amended by inserting the word "use," between the words "possess," 
and "import,". 
SEC. 12. Section 103 a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, is amended by inserting the word "use," between the words 
"possess," and "import,". 
SEC. 13, Section 103 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, is amended by inserting the words "an alien or any" be-
tween the words "issued to" and the words "any corporation". 
SEC. 14. Section 143 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 
is amended by inserting between the words "licensee of the Commis-
sion" and the words "to permit any employee" the words "or any 
other person authorized access to Restricted Data by the Commission 
under subsection 145 b.". 
Approved August 6, 1956. 
Retrocession of 
lands to Kentucky. 
42 u s e 2131. 
42 u s e 2133. 
42 u s e 2163. 
Public Law 1007 
CHAPTER 1016 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Attorney General to dispose of the remaining; assets seized 
under the Trading With the Enemy Act prior to December 18, 1941. 
August 6, 1956 
[S. 2226] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Attorney 
General, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the Trad-
ing With the Enemy Act, as amended, or the Settlement of War 
Claims Act of 1928, as amended, is authorized and directed as soon 
as practicable after the date of enactment hereof— 
(a) to transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury for deposit 
in the miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury all cash credited, 
or which may hereafter be credited, on the books of the Attorney 
General in the following accounts maintained with respect to 
property or interests acquired by the United States prior to 
December 18, 1941, under the Trading With the Enemy Act, as 
amended : 
40 Stat. 411; 
Stat. 254. 
s o u s e app. 1, 
9 note. 
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