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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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