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[CITE: 42USC5876]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 73--DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY SOURCES
 
        SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 5876. Comptroller General audit

    (a) Section 166 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [42 
U.S.C. 2206], shall be deemed to be applicable, respectively, to the 
nuclear and nonnuclear activities under subchapter I of this chapter and 
to the activities under subchapter II of this chapter.
    (b) The Comptroller General of the United States shall audit, 
review, and evaluate the implementation of the provisions of subchapter 
II of this chapter by the Nuclear Safety and Licensing Commission not 
later than sixty months after the effective date of this chapter, the 
Comptroller General shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report on 
his audit, which shall contain, but not be limited to--
        (1) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the licensing and 
    related regulatory activities of the Commission and the operations 
    of the Office of Nuclear Safety Research and the Bureau of Nuclear 
    Materials Security;
        (2) an evaluation of the effect of such Commission activities on 
    the efficiency, effectiveness, and safety with which the activities 
    licensed under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [42 U.S.C. 
    2011 et seq.], are carried out;
        (3) recommendations concerning any legislation he deems 
    necessary, and the reasons therefor, for improving the 
    implementation of subchapter II of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 93-438, title III, Sec. 306, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1251.)

                       References in Text

    The effective date of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), is 
the effective date of Pub. L. 93-438. See section 312 of Pub. L. 93-438, 
set out as an Effective Date; Interim Appointments note under section 
5801 of this title.
    The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, referred to in subsec. 
(b)(2), is act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 
1073, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 921, and amended, which is classified generally 
to chapter 23 (Sec. 2011 et seq.) of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 2011 of this title and Tables.

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of certain functions from Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
to Chairman thereof, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1980, 45 F.R. 40561, 94 
Stat. 3585, set out as a note under section 5841 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 15 section 2708.
