---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2392"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2392"
heading: "Reduction of payments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2392"
units:
  - "Chapter 24 — Disposal of Atomic Energy Communities"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Local Assistance"
---

# §2392. Reduction of payments


Any payment which becomes due under [section 2391 of this title](/usc/42/2391.md) prior to the transfer of all [municipal installations](/usc/42/2304.md?p=f) at the [community](/usc/42/2304.md?p=b) may be reduced by such amount as the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) determines to be equitable based on the municipal services then being performed by the Energy Research and Development Administration, and the municipal services then being performed by such governmental entity.


## Source credit

(Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 9, § 92, 69 Stat. 482; Pub. L. 94–187, title VI, § 601(1), (8), Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1077, 1078.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1975—Pub. L. 94–187 substituted “Administrator” for “Commission” where appearing first time and “Energy Research and Development Administration” for “Commission” where appearing second time.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

Energy Research and Development Administration terminated and functions vested by law in Administrator thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless otherwise specifically provided) by sections 7151(a) and 7293 of this title.