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[CITE: 42USC2304]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
            CHAPTER 24--DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 2304. Definitions

    The intent of Congress in the definitions as given in this section 
should be construed from the words or phrases used in the definitions. 
As used in this chapter--
    (a) The term ``Commission'' means the Atomic Energy Commission.
    (b) The term ``community'' means that area at--
        (1) Oak Ridge, Tennessee, designated on a map on file at the 
    principal office of the Commission, entitled ``Minimum Geographic 
    Area, Oak Ridge, Tennessee'', bearing the legend ``Boundary Line, 
    Minimum Geographic Area, Oak Ridge, Tennessee'' and marked 
    ``Approved, 21 April 1955, K. D. Nichols, General Manager''; or
        (2) Richland, Washington, designated on a map on file at the 
    principal office of the Commission, entitled ``Minimum Geographic 
    Area, Richland, Washington'', bearing the legend ``Boundary Line, 
    Minimum Geographic Area, Richland, Washington'' and marked 
    ``Approved, 21 April 1955, K. D. Nichols, General Manager;'' or
        (3) Los Alamos, New Mexico, designated on a map on file at the 
    principal office of the Commission, entitled ``Minimum Geographic 
    Area, Los Alamos, New Mexico,'' bearing the legend ``Boundary Line, 
    Minimum Geographic Area, Los Alamos, New Mexico'' and marked 
    ``Approved, April 5, 1962, A. R. Luedecke, General Manager.''

    (c) The term ``house'' includes the lot on which the house stands.
    (d) The term ``member of a family'' means any person who, on the 
first offering date, resides in the same dwelling unit with one or more 
of the following relatives (including those having the same relationship 
through marriage or legal adoption): spouse, father, mother, 
grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, son, daughter, uncle, aunt, 
nephew, niece, or first cousin.
    (e) The term ``mortgage'' shall include deeds of trust and such 
other classes of lien as are given to secure advances on, or the unpaid 
purchase price of real estate under the laws of the State in which the 
real estate is located.
    (f) The term ``municipal installation'' includes, without 
limitation, schools, hospitals, police and fire protection systems, 
sewerage and refuse disposal plants, water supply and distribution 
installations, streets and roads, libraries, parks, playgrounds and 
recreational means, municipal government buildings, other properties 
suitable for municipal or comparable local public service purposes, and 
any fixtures, equivalent, or other property appropriate to the 
operation, maintenance or repair of the foregoing.
    (g) The term ``occupant'' means a person who, on the date on which 
the property in question is first offered for sale, is entitled to 
residential occupancy of the Government-owned house in question, or of a 
family dwelling unit in such house, in accordance with a lease or 
license agreement with the Commission or its property-management 
contractor.
    (h) The term ``offering date'' means the date the property in 
question is offered for sale.
    (i) The term ``project area'' means that area which on August 4, 
1955, constitutes the Federal area at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, or Hanford, 
Washington, or that area which, on the date Los Alamos is included 
within this chapter, constitutes the County of Los Alamos, New Mexico, 
excluding therefrom, however, that land which is, on said date, under 
the administrative control of the National Park Service of the 
Department of the Interior.
    (j) The term ``project-connected person'' means any person who, on 
the first offering date, is regularly employed at the project area in 
one of the following capacities:
        (1) An officer or employee of the Commission or any of its 
    contractors or subcontractors, or of the United States or any agency 
    thereof (including members of the Armed Forces), or of a State or 
    political subdivision or agency thereof;
        (2) An officer or employee employed at a school or hospital 
    located in the project area;
        (3) A person engaged in or employed in the project area by any 
    professional, commercial, or industrial enterprise occupying 
    premises located in the project area; or
        (4) An officer or employee of any church or nonprofit 
    organization occupying premises located in the project area.

    (k) The term ``resident'' means any person who, on the date on which 
the property in question is first offered for sale is either--
        (1) an occupant in a residential unit designated for sale at the 
    community, or
        (2) a project-connected person who is entitled, in accordance 
    with a lease or similar agreement, to residential occupancy of 
    privately owned rental housing in the community.

    (l) The term ``utility'' means any electrical distribution system, 
any natural gas distribution system, any public transportation system, 
or any public communication system, and any fixtures, equipment, or 
other property appropriate to the operation, maintenance or repair of 
the foregoing.
    (m) The terms ``single'' and ``single family'' when used in 
connection with ``house'' or ``residential property'' shall include each 
separate unit of a residential structure which the Commission has 
classified as a residential structure containing two or more separate 
single family units pursuant to section 2331(c) of this title.

(Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 2, Sec. 21, 69 Stat. 473; Pub. L. 87-719, 
Secs. 1-4, Sept. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 664.)


                               Amendments

    1962--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-719, Sec. 1, added cl. (3).
    Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 87-719, Sec. 2, included in definition of 
``project area'' the County of Los Alamos, New Mexico, excluding land 
under administrative control of the National Park Service.
    Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 87-719, Sec. 3, included in definition of 
``utility'' any natural gas distribution system.
    Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 87-719, Sec. 4, added subsec. (m).

                          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.
