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[CITE: 42USC2297h-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
          CHAPTER 23--DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY
 
            Division B--United States Enrichment Corporation
 
   SUBCHAPTER VIII--UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORPORATION PRIVATIZATION
 
Sec. 2297h-1. Sale of Corporation


(a) Authorization

    The Board of Directors of the Corporation, with the approval of the 
Secretary of the Treasury, shall transfer the interest of the United 
States in the United States Enrichment Corporation to the private sector 
in a manner that provides for the long-term viability of the 
Corporation, provides for the continuation by the Corporation of the 
operation of the Department of Energy's gaseous diffusion plants, 
provides for the protection of the public interest in maintaining a 
reliable and economical domestic source of uranium mining, enrichment 
and conversion services, and, to the extent not inconsistent with such 
purposes, secures the maximum proceeds to the United States.

(b) Proceeds

    Proceeds from the sale of the United States' interest in the 
Corporation shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

(Pub. L. 104-134, title III, Sec. 3103, Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321-
336.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the USEC Privatization Act and also 
as part of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 
of 1996, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which 
comprises this chapter.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2297h-2 of this title.
