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Sec. 181. General.— (a) In General.—The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Public Law 404, Seventy-ninth Congress, approved June 11, 1946) shall apply to all agency action taken under this Act, and the terms “agency” and “agency action” shall have the meaning specified in the Administrative Procedure Act:Provided, however, That in the case of agency proceedings or actions which involve Restricted Data, defense information, safeguards information protected from disclosure under the authority of section 147 or information protected from dissemination under the authority of section 148, the Commission shall provide by regulation for such parallel procedures as will effectively safeguard and prevent disclosure of Restricted Data, defense information, such safeguards information, or information protected from dissemination under the authority of section 148 to unauthorized persons with minimum impairment of the procedural rights which would be available if Restricted Data, defense information, such safeguards information, or information protected from dissemination under the authority of section 148 were not involved. (b) Efficient Licensing Reviews.—The Commission shall provide for efficient and timely reviews and proceedings for the granting, suspending, revoking, or amending of any— (1) license or construction permit; or (2) application to transfer control. [42 U.S.C. 2231]