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[CITE: 42USC2231]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
          CHAPTER 23--DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY
 
                        Division A--Atomic Energy
 
       SUBCHAPTER XV--JUDICIAL REVIEW AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
 
Sec. 2231. Applicability of administrative procedure provisions; 
        definitions
        
    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.

(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, Sec. 181, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 
1073, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 953; amended Pub. L. 96-295, title II, 
Sec. 207(b), June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 789; Pub. L. 97-90, title II, 
Sec. 210(b), Dec. 4, 1981, 95 Stat. 1170; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 
102-486, title IX, Sec. 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)

                          Codification

    ``Subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5'' 
substituted in text for the first reference to the Administrative 
Procedure Act on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 
80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees. ``Section 551 of title 5'' substituted for 
the second reference to the Administrative Procedure Act to reflect the 
codification of the definitions of ``agency'' and ``agency action'' in 
that section. Prior to the enactment of Title 5, the Administrative 
Procedure Act was classified to sections 1001 to 1011 of Title 5.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 
1814(a), (c) of this title, prior to the general amendment and 
renumbering of act Aug. 1, 1946, by act Aug. 30, 1954.


                               Amendments

    1981--Pub. L. 97-90, in proviso, substituted ``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'' for ``involve Restricted Data, defense 
information, or safeguards information protected from disclosure under 
the authority of section 2167 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, or such safeguards information, to unauthorized persons 
with minimum impairment of the procedural rights which would be 
available if Restricted Data, defense information, or such safeguards 
information, were not involved''.
    1980--Pub. L. 96-295 inserted references and made provisions 
applicable to safeguards information.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by 
sections 5814 and 5841 of this title. See also Transfer of Functions 
notes set out under those sections.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2113, 2201, 2210b, 10171 of 
this title.
