---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2033"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2033"
heading: "Principal office"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2033"
units:
  - "Chapter 23 — Development and Control of Atomic Energy"
  - "Division A — Atomic Energy"
  - "Subchapter II — Organization"
---

# §2033. Principal office


The principal office of the [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) shall be in or near the District of Columbia, but the [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) or any duly authorized representative may exercise any or all of its powers in any place; however, the [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) shall maintain an office for the service of process and papers within the District of Columbia.


## Source credit

(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 23, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 925; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1802(a)(3) of this title, prior to the general amendment and renumbering of act Aug. 1, 1946, by act Aug. 30, 1954.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Expenses for Move to New Principal Office

Pub. L. 85–162, title I, § 109, Aug. 21, 1957, 71 Stat. 407, as amended by Pub. L. 85–590, § 108, Aug. 4, 1958, 72 Stat. 493, authorized the Commission to use its funds for the payment for travel and transportation expenses in connection with the relocation of residence of employees in order to facilitate retention and relocation of Commission headquarter employees.