An Act to abolish the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and to reassign certain functions and authorities thereof, and for other purposes.
PL 95-110 (S.1153), enacted 09/20/1977

91 STAT. 884 
PUBLIC LAW 95-110—SEPT. 20, 1977 
Public Law 95-110 
95th Congress 
Sept. 20, 1977 
[S. 1153] 
Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, 
amendment. 
42 u s e 2011. 
42 u s e 2258. 
Records, transfer. 
Repeal. 
42 u s e 2251 et 
seq. 
Repeal. 
42 u s e 2315. 
31 u s e 1302. 
Repeal. 
Repeal. 
2 u s e 190j. 
42 u s e 2259. 
An Act 
To abolish the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and to reassign certain 
functions and authorities thereof, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assembled, That the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 (Public Law 83-703), as amended, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new chapter: 
" C H A P T E R 20. J O I N T C O M M I T T E E ON ATOMIC E N E R G Y 
A B O L I S H E D ; 
F U N C T I O N S 
A N D 
R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S 
R E A S S I G N E D 
"SEC. 301. JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY ABOLISHED.— 
"a. The Joint Committee on Atomic Energy is abolished. 
"b. Any reference in any rule, resolution, or order of the Senate or 
the House of Representatives or in any law, regulation, or Executive 
order to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy shall, on and after the 
date of enactment of this section, be considered as I'eferring to the 
committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives which, 
under the rules of the Senate and the House, have jurisdiction over the 
subject matter of such reference. 
"c. All records, data, charts, and files of the Joint Committee on 
Atomic Energy are transferred to the committees of the Senate and 
House of Representatives which, under the rules of the Senate and the 
House, have jurisdiction over the subject matters to which such records, 
data, charts, and files relate. In the event that any record, data, chart, 
or file shall be within the jurisdiction of more than one committee, 
duplicate copies shall be provided upon request. 
"SEC. 302. TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE JOINT COM-
MITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN 
OTHER LAWS.— 
"a. Effective on the date of enactment of this section, chapter 17 of 
this Act is repealed. 
"b. Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, as 
amended, is repealed. 
"c. Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 is amended by— 
"(1) striking the subsection designation ' ( a ) ' ; and 
"(2) repealing subsection (b). 
"d. Section 252(a)(3) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1970 is repealed. 
"SEC. 
303. 
INFORMATION 
AND 
ASSISTANCE 
TO 
CONGRESSIONAL 
COMMITTEES.— 
"a. The Secretary of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion shall keep the committees of the Senate and the House of Repre-
sentatives which, under the rules of the Senate and the House, have 
jurisdiction over the functions of the Secretary or the Commission, 
fully and currently informed with respect to the activities of the Sec-
retary and the Commission. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-110—SEPT. 20, 1977 
91 STAT. 885 
"b. The Department of Defense and Department of State shall keep 
the committees of the Senate and the House of Kepresentatives which, 
under the rules of the Senate and the House, have jurisdiction over 
national security considerations of nuclear energy, fully and currently 
informed with respect to such matters within the Department of 
Defense and Department of State relating to national security 
considerations of nuclear technology which are within the jurisdiction 
of such committees. 
"c. Any Government agency shall furnish any information 
requested by the committees of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives which, under the rules of the Senate and the House, 
have jurisdiction over the development, utilization, or application of 
nuclear energy, with respect to the activities or responsibilities of 
such agency in the field of nuclear energy which are within the 
jurisdiction of such committees. 
"d. The committees of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives which, under the rules of the Senate and the House, have 
jurisdiction over the development, utilization, or application of 
nuclear energy, are authorized to utilize the services, information, 
facilities, and personnel of any Government agency which has 
activities or responsibilities in the field of nuclear energy which are 
within the jurisdiction of such committees: Provided, however, That 
any utilization of personnel by such committees shall be on a reim-
bursable basis and shall require, with respect to committees of the 
Senate, the prior written consent of the Committee on Rules and 
Administration, and with respect to committees of the House of 
Representatives, the prior written consent of the Committee on House 
Administration,". 
SEC. 2. (a) The table of contents of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
is amended— 
(1) by striking out the items relating to chapter 17; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"OHAPTEB 20. JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY ABOLISHED ; FUNCTIONS AND 
RESPONSIBILITIES 
REASSIGNED 
"Sec. 301. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy Abolished. 
"Sec. 302. Transfers of Certain Functions of the Joint Committee on Atomic 
Energy and Conforming Amendments to Certain Other Laws. 
"Sec. 303. Information and Assistance to Congressional Committees.". 
(b) The table of contents of the Atomic Energy Community Act 
of 1955 is amended by striking out the item relating to section 103. 
Approved September 20, 1977. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, VoL 123 (1977): 
Mar. 31, considered and passed Senate. 
Aug. 5, considered and passed House, amended; Senate agreed to House 
amendments.