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PUBLIC LAW 703-AUG. 30, 1954 '
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"e. Source and special nuclear material, production facilities, and utilization facilities are affected with the public interest, and regulation by the United States of the production and utilization of atomic energy and of the facilities used in connection therewith is necessary in the national interest to assure the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public. "f. The necessity for protection against possible interstate damage occurring from the operation of facilities for the production or utilization of source or special nuclear material places the operation of those facilities in interstate commerce for the purposes of this Act. "g. Funds of the United States may be provided for the development and use of atomic energy under conditions which will provide for the common defense and security and promote the general welfare. "h. I t is essential to the common defense and security that title to all special nuclear material be in the United States while such special nuclear material is within the United States. "SEC. 3. PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to effectuate the policies set forth above by providing for— "a. a program of conducting, assisting, and fostering research and development in order to encourage maximum scientific and industrial progress; "b. a program for the dissemination of unclassified scientific and technical information and for the control, dissemination, and declassification of Restricted Data, subject to appropriate safeguards, so as to encourage scientific and industrial progress; "c. a program for Government control of the possession, use, and production of atomic energy and special nuclear material so directed as to make the maximum contribution to the common defense and security and the national welfare; ^ ^ "d. a program to encourage widespread participation in the development and utilization of atomic energy for peaceful purposes to the maximum extent consistent with the common defense and security and with the health and safety of the public; "e. a program of international cooperation to promote the common defense and security and to make available to cooperating nations the benefits of peaceful applications of atomic energy as widely as expanding technology and considerations of the common defense and security will permit; and "f. a program of administration which will be consistent with the foregoing policies and programs, with international arrangements, and with agreements for cooperation, which will enable the Congress to be currently informed so as to take further legislative action as may be appropriate. " C H A P T E R 2. DEFINITIONS
"SEC. 11. 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 Act: u^ ^„
- * "a. The term 'agency of the United States' means the executive
branch of the United States, or any Government agency, or the legislative branch of the United States, or any agency, committee, commission, office, or other establishment in the legislative branch, or the judicial branch of the United States, or any office, agency, committee, commission, or other establishment in the judicial branch. cooMa«M.*i» '**' "^- The term 'agreement for cooperation' means any agreement with another nation or regional defense organization, authorized or permitted by sections 54, 57,64, 82,103,104, or 144, and made pursuant to section 123.
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