Pub. L. 94-79, tit. II, sec. 201

Sec. 201. Section 201(a) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 is amended— (1) by inserting “(1)” immediately after “Sec. 201. (a)”; and (2) by adding at the end of such subsection the following: “(2) The Chairman of the Commission shall be the principal executive officer of the Commission, and he shall exercise all of the executive and administrative functions of the Commission, including functions of the Commission with respect to (a) the appointment and supervision of personnel employed under the Commission (other than personnel employed regularly and full time in the immediate offices of commissioners other than the Chairman, and except as otherwise provided in the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974), (b) the distribution of business among such personnel and among administrative units of the Commission, and (c) the use and expenditure of funds. “(3) In carrying out any of his functions under the provisions of this section the Chairman shall be governed by general policies of the Commission and by such regulatory decisions, findings, and determinations as the Commission may by law be authorized to make. “(4) The appointment by the Chairman of the heads of major administrative units under the Commission shall be subject to the approval of the Commission. “(5) There are hereby reserved to the Commission its functions with respect to revising budget estimates and with respect to determining upon the distribution of appropriated fluids according to major programs and purposes.”. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall not license any shipments by air transport of plutonium in any form, whether exports, imports or domestic shipments: Provided, however, That any plutonium in any form contained in a medical device designed for individual human application is not subject to this restriction. This restriction shall be in force until the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy of the Congress that a safe container has been developed and tested which will not 89 STAT. 414rupture under crash and blast-testing equivalent to the crash and explosion of a high-flying aircraft.