---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2297h–13"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2297h–13"
heading: "Application of certain laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2297h-13"
units:
  - "Chapter 23 — Development and Control of Atomic Energy"
  - "Division B — United States Enrichment Corporation"
  - "Subchapter VIII — United States Enrichment Corporation Privatization"
---

# §2297h–13. Application of certain laws

- (a) **OSHA—**
  - (1) As of the [privatization date](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=9), the [private corporation](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=7) shall be subject to and comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ([29 U.S.C. 651](/usc/29/651.md) et seq.).
  - (2) The Nuclear Regulatory [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration shall, within 90 days after April 26, 1996, enter into a memorandum of agreement to govern the exercise of their authority over occupational safety and health hazards at the [gaseous diffusion plants](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=3), including inspection, investigation, enforcement, and rulemaking relating to such hazards.
- (b) **Antitrust laws—** For purposes of the antitrust laws, the performance by the [private corporation](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=7) of a “matched import” contract under the Suspension Agreement shall be considered to have occurred prior to the [privatization date](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=9), if at the time of [privatization](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=8), such contract had been agreed to by the parties in all material terms and confirmed by the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of Commerce under the Suspension Agreement.
- (c) **Energy Reorganization Act requirements—**
  - (1) The [private corporation](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=7) and its contractors and subcontractors shall be subject to the provisions of [section 5851 of this title](/usc/42/5851.md) to the same extent as an employer subject to such section.
  - (2) With respect to the operation of the facilities leased by the [private corporation](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=7), [section 5846 of this title](/usc/42/5846.md) shall apply to the [directors](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) and officers of the [private corporation](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=7).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–134, title III, § 3115, Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–348.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 91–596, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1590, which is classified principally to chapter 15 (§ 651 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 651 of Title 29 and Tables.

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the USEC Privatization Act and also as part of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter.