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[CITE: 42USC2241]

 
                 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. 2241. Atomic safety and licensing boards; establishment; 
        membership; functions; compensation
        
    (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 556(b) and 557(b) of 
title 5, the Commission is authorized to establish one or more atomic 
safety and licensing boards, each comprised of three members, one of 
whom shall be qualified in the conduct of administrative proceedings and 
two of whom shall have such technical or other qualifications as the 
Commission deems appropriate to the issues to be decided, to conduct 
such hearings as the Commission may direct and make such intermediate or 
final decisions as the Commission may authorize with respect to the 
granting, suspending, revoking or amending of any license or 
authorization under the provisions of this chapter, any other provision 
of law, or any regulation of the Commission issued thereunder. The 
Commission may delegate to a board such other regulatory functions as 
the Commission deems appropriate. The Commission may appoint a panel of 
qualified persons from which board members may be selected.
    (b) Board members may be appointed by the Commission from private 
life, or designated from the staff of the Commission or other Federal 
agency. Board members appointed from private life shall receive a per 
diem compensation for each day spent in meetings or conferences, and all 
members shall receive their necessary traveling or other expenses while 
engaged in the work of a board. The provisions of section 2203 of this 
title shall be applicable to board members appointed from private life.

(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, Sec. 191, as added Pub. L. 87-615, 
Sec. 1, Aug. 29, 1962, 76 Stat. 409; amended Pub. L. 91-560, Sec. 10, 
Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1474; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102-486, title 
IX, Sec. 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)

                          Codification

    In subsec. (a), ``sections 556(b) and 557(b) of title 5'' 
substituted for ``sections 7(a) and 8(a) of the Administrative Procedure 
Act [5 U.S.C. 1006(a), 1007(a)]'' 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.


                               Amendments

    1970--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-560 required that two members of the 
board should have such technical or other qualifications the Commission 
deems appropriate to the issues to be decided.

                          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.
