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[CITE: 42USC5877]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 73--DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY SOURCES
 
        SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 5877. Reports to President for submission to Congress


(a) Report by Administrator on activities of Administration

    The Administrator shall, as soon as practicable after the end of 
each fiscal year, make a report to the President for submission to the 
Congress on the activities of the Administration during the preceding 
fiscal year. Such report shall include a statement of the short-range 
and long-range goals, priorities, and plans of the Administration 
together with an assessment of the progress made toward the attainment 
of those objectives and toward the more effective and efficient 
management of the Administration and the coordination of its functions.

(b) Review of desirability and feasibility of transferring functions of 
        Administrator respecting military application and restricted 
        data to Department of Defense or other Federal agencies; report 
        by Administrator

    During the first year of operation of the Administration, the 
Administrator, in collaboration with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
conduct a thorough review of the desirability and feasibility of 
transferring to the Department of Defense or other Federal agencies the 
functions of the Administrator respecting military application and 
restricted data, and within one year after the Administrator first takes 
office the Administrator shall make a report to the President, for 
submission to the Congress, setting forth his comprehensive analysis, 
the principal alternatives, and the specific recommendations of the 
Administrator and the Secretary of Defense.

(c) Report by Commission on activities of Commission

    The Commission shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each 
fiscal year, make a report to the President for submission to the 
Congress on the activities of the Commission during the preceding fiscal 
year. Such report shall include a clear statement of the short-range and 
long-range goals, priorities, and plans of the Commission as they relate 
to the benefits, costs, and risks of commercial nuclear power. Such 
report shall also include a clear description of the Commission's 
activities and findings in the following areas--
        (1) insuring the safe design of nuclear powerplants and other 
    licensed facilities;
        (2) investigating abnormal occurrences and defects in nuclear 
    powerplants and other licensed facilities;
        (3) safeguarding special nuclear materials at all stages of the 
    nuclear fuel cycle;
        (4) investigating suspected, attempted, or actual thefts of 
    special nuclear materials in the licensed sector and developing 
    contingency plans for dealing with such incidents;
        (5) insuring the safe, permanent disposal of high-level 
    radioactive wastes through the licensing of nuclear activities and 
    facilities;
        (6) protecting the public against the hazards of low-level 
    radioactive emissions from licensed nuclear activities and 
    facilities.

(Pub. L. 93-438, title III, Sec. 307, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1251.)

                          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.
    Energy Research and Development Administration terminated and 
functions vested by law in Administrator thereof transferred to 
Secretary of Energy (unless otherwise specifically provided) by sections 
7151(a) and 7293 of this title.


 Description in Report Respecting Decontamination, Etc., Collaborative 
                   Efforts at Three Mile Island Unit 2

    Pub. L. 97-415, Sec. 10(c), Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 2071, provided 
that: ``The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall include in its annual 
report to the Congress under section 307(c) of the Energy Reorganization 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5877(c)) as a separate chapter a description of 
the collaborative efforts undertaken, or proposed to be undertaken, by 
the Commission and the Department of Energy with respect to the 
decontamination, cleanup, repair, or rehabilitation of facilities at 
Three Mile Island Unit 2.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5849, 5914, 7267 of this 
title.
