A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Atomic Weapons Rewards Act of 1955, and for other purposes.
PL 93-377 (S.3669), enacted 08/17/1974

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Approved August 14, 1974. 
August 17, 1974 
[S.3669] 
Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, 
Atomic Weapons 
Rewards Act of 
1 955, amend-
ments. 
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note. 
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47b, 47d. 
Public Law 93=377 
AN ACT 
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Atomic Weapons 
Rewards Act of 1955, and for otlier puri)oses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Repremntatices 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Atomic 
Weapons Rewards Act of 1955 is amended as follows: 
(a) The initial section of the Act is amended by striking out the 
words "Atomic Weapons Rewards Act of 1955"' and by substituting in 
lieu thereof "Atomic Weapons and Special Nuclear Materials RcAvards 
Act." 
(b) Sections 2, 3, and 5 of the Act are amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. Any person who furnishes original information to the 
United States— 
"(a) leading to the finding or other acquisition by the United 
States of special nuclear material or an atomic weapon which has 
been introduced into the United States or manufactured or 
acquired therein contrary to the laws of the United States, or 
(b) with respect to the introduction or attempted introduction 
into the United States or the manufacture or acquisition or 
attempted manufacture or acquisition of, or a conspiracy to intro-
duce into the United States or to manufacture or acquire, special 
nuclear material or an atomic weapon contrary to the laws of the 
United States, or 
"(c) with respect to the export or attempted export, or a con-
spiracy to export, special nuclear material or an atomic weapon 
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from the United States contrary to the laws of the United States, 
shall be rewarded by the payment of an amount not to exceed $500,000. 
"SEC. 3. The Attorney General shall determine whether a person 
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furnishing information to the United States is entitled to a reward 
and the amount to be paid pursuant to section 2. Before making a 
reward under this section the Attorney General shall advise and con-
sult with the Atomic Energy Commission. A reward of $50,000 or 
Presidential 
more may not be made without the approval of the President.". 
approval. 
"SEC. 5. (a) The Attorney General is authorized to hold such hear- 
Hearings, rules 
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ings and make, promulgate, issue, rescind, and amend such rules and 
regulations as may be necessary to cairy out the purposes of this Act. 
"(b) A determination made by the Attorney General under sec-
tion 3 of this Act shall be final and conclusive and no court shall have 
power or jurisdiction to review it.". 
(c) Section 6 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "Awards 
Board" and by substituting in lieu thereof the words "Attorney 
General". 
SEC. 2. Section 54 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 54. FOREIGN DISTKIBUTIOX or SPECIAL NUCLEAR MAIHRIAL.—a. 
The Commission is authorized to cooperate with any nation or group 
of nations by distributing special nuclear material and to distribute 
such special nuclear material, pursuant to the terms of an agreement 
for cooperation to which such nation or group of nations is a party and 
which is made in accordance with section 123. Unless hereafter other- 
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wise authorized by law the Commission shall be compensated for 
special nuclear material so distributed at not less than the Commis-
sion's published charges applicable to the domestic distribution of 
such material, except that the Commission to assist and encourage 
research on peaceful uses or for medical therapy may so distribute 
without charge during any calendar year only a quantity of such 
material which at the time of transfer does not exceed in value $10,000 
in the case of one nation or $50,000 in the case of any group of nations. 
The Commission may distribute to the International Atomic Energy 
Agency, or to any group of nations, only such amounts of special 
nuclear materials and for such period of time as are authorized by 
Congress: Provided, 
however, That, (i) notwithstanding this pro-
vision, the Commission is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions 
of section 123, to distribute to the Agency five thousand kilograms of 
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contained uranium-235, five hundred grams of uranium-233, and three 
kilograms of plutonium, together with the amounts of special nuclear 
material which will match in amount the sum of all quantities of 
special nuclear materials made available by all other members of the 
Agency to June 1, 1960; and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing pro-
visions of this subsection, the Commission may distribute to the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency, or to any group of nations, such 
other amounts of special nuclear materials and for such other periods 
of time as are established in writing by the Commission: Provided, 
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Nuclear mate-
rials, proposed 
amounts and 
periods, submit-
tal to Congress. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Special mate-
rials, repurchase. 
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however, That before they are established by the Commission pur-
suant to this subdivision (ii), such proposed amounts and periods shall 
be submitted to the Congress and referred to the Joint Committee and 
a period of sixty days shall elapse while Congress is in session (in 
computing such sixty days, there shall be excluded the days on which 
either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 
three days) : And provided further, That any such proposed amounts 
and periods shall not become effective if during such sixty-day period 
the Congress passes a concurrent resolution stating in substance that 
it does not favor the proposed action: And provided further. 
That 
prior to the elapse of the first thirty days of any such sixty-day period 
the Joint Committee shall submit a report to the Congress of its views 
and recommendations respecting the proposed amounts and periods 
and an accompanying proposed concurrent resolution stating in sub-
stance that the Congress favors, or does not favor, as the case may be, 
the proposed amounts or periods. The Commission may agree to 
repurchase any special nuclear material distributed under a sale 
arrangement pursuant to this subsection which is not consumed in the 
course of the activities conducted in accordance with the agreement 
for cooperation, or any uranium remaining after irradiation of such 
special nuclear material, at a repurchase price not to exceed the Com-
mission's sale price for comparable special nuclear material or uranium 
in effect at the time of delivery of such material to the Commission. 
The Commission may also agree to purchase, consistent with and 
within the period of the agreement for cooperation, special nuclear 
material produced in a nuclear reactor located outside the United 
States through the use of special nuclear material which was leased 
or sold pursuant to this subsection. Under any such agreement the 
Commission shall purchase only such material as is delivered to the 
Commission during any period when there is in effect a guaranteed 
purchase price for the same material produced in a nuclear reactor 
by a person licensed under section 104, established by the Commission 
pursuant to section 56, and the price to be paid shall be the price so 
established by the Commission and in effect for the same material 
delivered to the Commission. 
"b. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 123, 124, and 125, 
the Commission is authorized to distribute to any person outside the 
United States (1) plutonium containing 80 per centum or more by 
weight of plutonium-238, and (2) other special nuclear material when 
it has, in accordance with subsection 57 d., exempted certain classes 
or quantities of such other special nuclear material or kinds of uses 
or users thereof from the requirements for a license set forth in this 
chapter. Unless hereafter otherwise authorized by law, the Commis-
sion shall be compensated for special nuclear material so distributed 
at not less than the Commission's published charges applicable to the 
domestic distribution of such material. The Commission shall not dis-
tribute any plutonium containing 80 per centum or more by weight of 
plutonium-238 to any person under this subsection if, in its opinion, 
such distribution would be inimical to the common defense and secu-
rity. The Commission may require such reports regarding the use of 
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material distributed pursuant to the provisions of this subsection as 
it deems necessary. 
"c. The Commission is authorized to license or otherwise permit 
others to distribute special nuclear material to any person outside the 
United States under the same conditions, except as to charges, as would 
be applicable if the material were distributed by the Commission.". 
SEC. 3. Section 57 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, ^ig^i^'^^Xsre^'^' 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: ucense exemp-
"d. The Commission is authorized to establish classes of special tions. 
nuclear material and to exempt certain classes or quantities of special 
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nuclear material or kinds of uses or users from the requirements for 
a license set forth in this section when it makes a finding that the 
exemption of such classes or quantities of special nuclear material or 
such kinds of uses or users would not be inimical to the common 
defense and security and would not constitute an unreasonable risk to 
the health and safety of the public". 
SEC. 4. Section 81 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is 
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amended by deleting the word "licensees" and inserting in lieu thereof 
the words "qualified applicants" in the third sentence of such section 
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SEC. 5. Sections 123,124, and 125 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, J^^^^,^^ HH^ 
as amended, are amended by substituting the term "54 a." for the term 
"54.". 
SEC. 6. Subsection 153 h. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
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amended, is amended by striking the figure "1974" and substituting 
therefor the figure "1979". 
SEC. 7. Subsection 161 i. of the Atomic Energy Act of 19|54, as 
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amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"i. prescribe such regulations or orders as it may deem necessary 
(1) to protect Restricted Data received by any person in connec-
tion with any activity authorized pursuant to this Act, (2) to 
guard against the loss or diversion of any special nuclear material 
acquired by any person pursuant to section 53 or produced by any 
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person in connection with any activity authorized pursuant to 
this Act, to prevent any use or disposition thereof which the Com-
mission may determine to be inimical to the common defense and 
security, including regulations or orders designating activities, 
involving quantities of special nuclear material which in the 
opinion of the Commission are important to the common defense 
and security, that may be conducted only by persons whose char-
acter, associations, and loyalty shall have been investigated under 
standards and specifications established by the Commission and 
as to whom the Commission shall have determined that permit-
ting each such person to conduct the activity will not be inimical 
to the common defense and security, and (3) to govern any 
activity authorized pursuant to this Act, including standards and 
restrictions governing the design, location, and operation of facili-
ties used in the conduct of such activity, in order to protect health 
and to minimize danger to life or property;". 
Approved August 17, 1974.