42 U.S.C. § 2303 : US Code - Section 2303: Purpose of chapter

Search 42 U.S.C. § 2303 : US Code - Section 2303: Purpose of chapter

It is the purpose of this chapter to effectuate the policies set
forth above by providing for -
(a) the maintenance of conditions which will not impede the
recruitment and retention of personnel essential to the atomic
energy program;
(b) the obligation of the United States to contribute to the
support of municipal functions in a manner commensurate with -
(1) the fiscal problems peculiar to the communities by reason
of their construction as national defense installations, and
(2) the municipal and other burdens imposed on the
governmental or other entities at the communities by the United
States in its operations at or near the communities;
(c) the opportunity for the residents of the communities to
assume the obligations and privileges of local self-government;
and
(d) the encouragement of the construction of new homes at the
communities.