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[CITE: 50USC47b]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
  CHAPTER 4C--ATOMIC WEAPONS AND SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS INFORMATION 
                                 REWARDS
 
Sec. 47b. Determination by Attorney General of entitlement and 
        amount of reward; consultation; Presidential approval
        
    The Attorney General shall determine whether a person furnishing 
information to the United States is entitled to a reward and the amount 
to be paid pursuant to section 47a of this title. Before making a reward 
under this section the Attorney General shall advise and consult with 
the Atomic Energy Commission. A reward of $50,000 or more may not be 
made without the approval of the President.

(July 15, 1955, ch. 372, Sec. 3, 69 Stat. 365; Pub. L. 93-377, 
Sec. 1(b), Aug. 17, 1974, 88 Stat. 473.)


                               Amendments

    1974--Pub. L. 93-377 substituted provisions authorizing the Attorney 
General, with the advice of the Atomic Energy Commission, to determine 
entitlement and the amount of reward for a person furnishing information 
to the United States, for provisions authorizing an Awards Board to 
determine entitlement and amount of such reward, setting forth the 
composition of the Board and criteria for reward.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by 
sections 5814 and 5841 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. See 
also Transfer of Functions notes set out under those sections.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 47c, 47d, 47e of this title.
