Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 42 : Section 5876


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 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.



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