Atomic Weapons Rewards Act of 1955
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Atomic Weapons Rewards Act of 1955 authorized financial transactions for information pertaining to the unlawful acquisition, importation, or manufacture of special nuclear material into the United States. The United States federal statute specifies financial reward payments of fifty thousand dollars be approved by the United States President with an inclusion not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars. The Act of Congress established an Awards Board embodying Federal Directorates from Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Central Intelligence, and Atomic Energy Commission.
Long title | An Act to provide rewards for information concerning the illegal introduction into the United States or the illegal manufacture or acquisition in the United States, of special nuclear material and atomic weapons. |
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Acronyms (colloquial) | AWRA |
Nicknames | Atomic Weapons and Special Nuclear Materials Rewards Act |
Enacted by | the 84th United States Congress |
Effective | July 15, 1955 |
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Public law | 84-165 |
Statutes at Large | 69 Stat. 365 |
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Titles amended | 50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense |
U.S.C. sections created | 50 U.S.C. ch. 4C § 47a et seq. |
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Senate bill 609 legislation was passed by the 84th United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 34th President of the United States Dwight Eisenhower on July 15, 1955.