---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch23/dA/schXVII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter XVII"
heading: "Enforcement of Chapter"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch23-dA-schXVII"
sections_count: 19
---

# Subchapter XVII — Enforcement of Chapter

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 23 — Development and Control of Atomic Energy › Division A — Atomic Energy

## Sections

- [§2271. General provisions](/usc/42/2271.md)
- [§2272. Violation of specific sections](/usc/42/2272.md)
- [§2273. Violation of sections](/usc/42/2273.md)
- [§2274. Communication of Restricted Data](/usc/42/2274.md)
- [§2275. Receipt of Restricted Data](/usc/42/2275.md)
- [§2276. Tampering with Restricted Data](/usc/42/2276.md)
- [§2277. Disclosure of Restricted Data](/usc/42/2277.md)
- [§2278. Statute of limitations](/usc/42/2278.md)
- [§2278a. Trespass on Commission installations](/usc/42/2278a.md)
- [§2278b. Photographing, etc., of Commission installations; penalty](/usc/42/2278b.md)
- [§2279. Applicability of other laws](/usc/42/2279.md)
- [§2280. Injunction proceedings](/usc/42/2280.md)
- [§2281. Contempt proceedings](/usc/42/2281.md)
- [§2282. Civil penalties](/usc/42/2282.md)
- [§2282a. Civil monetary penalties for violation of Department of Energy safety and whistleblower regulations](/usc/42/2282a.md)
- [§2282b. Civil monetary penalties for violations of Department of Energy regulations regarding security of classified or sensitive information or data](/usc/42/2282b.md)
- [§2282c. Worker health and safety rules for Department of Energy nuclear facilities](/usc/42/2282c.md)
- [§2283. Protection of nuclear inspectors](/usc/42/2283.md)
- [§2284. Sabotage of nuclear facilities or fuel](/usc/42/2284.md)