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 68 S T A T. ] "SEC.

PUBLIC LAW 703-AUG. 30, 1954

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63. DOMESTIC DISTRIBUTION OF SOURCE MATERIAL.—

"a. The Commission is authorized to issue licenses for and to distribute source material within the United States to qualified applicants requesting such material— "(1) for the conduct of research and development activities of the types specified in section 31; "(2) for use in the conduct of research and development activities or in medical therapy under a license issued pursuant to section 104; "(3) for use under a license issued pursuant to section 103; or "(4) for any other use approved by the Commission as an aid to science or industry, "b. The Commission shall establish, by rule, minimum criteria for the issuance of specific or general licenses for the distribution of source material depending upon the degree of importance to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public of— "(1) the physical characteristics of the source material to be distributed; "(2) the quantities of source material to be distributed; and "(3) the intended use of the source material to be distributed. "c. The Commission may make a reasonable charge determined pursuant to subsection 161 m. for the source material licensed and distributed under subsection 63 a. (1), subsection 63 a. (2), or subsection 63 a, (4), and shall make a reasonable charge determined pursuant to subsection 161 m., for the source material licensed and distributed under subsection 63 a. (3). The Commission shall establish criteria in writing for the determination of whether a charge will be made for the source material licensed and distributed under subsection 63 a. (1), subsection 63 a. (2), or subsection 63 a. (4), considering, among other things, whether the licensee is a nonprofit or eleemosynary institution and the purposes for which the source material will be used. "SEC. 64. FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION OF SOURCE MATERIAL.—The Commission is authorized to cooperate with any nation by distributing source material and to distribute source material pursuant to the terms of an agreement for cooperation to which such nation is a party and which is made in accordance with section 123. The Commission is also authorized to distribute source material outside of the United States upon a determination by the Commission that such activity will not be inimical to the interests of the United States. "SEC. 65. REPORTING.—The Commission is authorized to issue such rules, regulations, or orders requiring reports of ownership, possession, extraction, refining, shipment, or other handling of source material as it may deem necessary, except that such reports shall not be required with respect to (a) any source material prior to removal from its place of deposit in nature, or (b) quantities of source material which in the opinion of the Commission are unimportant or the reporting of which will discourage independent prospecting for new deposits. "SEC. 66. ACQUISITION.—The Commission is authorized and directed, to the extent it deems necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Act— "a. to purchase, take, requisition, condemn, or otherwise acquire supplies of source material; "b. to purchase, condemn, or otherwise acquire any interest in real property containing deposits of source material; and "c. to purchase, condemn, or otherwise acquire rights to enter upon any real property deemed by the Commission to have possibilities of containing deposits of source material in order to conduct prospecting and exploratory operations for such deposits. Any purchase made under this section may be made without regard to

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