Joint Committee on Atomic Energy

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The Joint Committee on Atomic Energy was a powerful U.S. congressional committee that oversaw and shaped national policy on nuclear energy and atomic weapons during the early Cold War era.

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instanceOf defunct United States congressional committee
alsoKnownAs JCAE
composition members of the United States House of Representatives
members of the United States Senate
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateFounded 1946
dissolved 1977
endTime 1977
era early Cold War
historicalSignificance central role in shaping U.S. nuclear policy
one of the most powerful congressional committees of the Cold War era
house United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
influenced United States civilian nuclear power policy
United States nuclear weapons development
international nuclear cooperation policy
jurisdiction Atomic Energy Commission oversight
atomic energy
civilian nuclear power
nuclear research and development
nuclear weapons policy
legalBasis Atomic Energy Act of 1946
Atomic Energy Act of 1954
legislativeBody United States Congress
location Washington, D.C.
meetingPlace United States Capitol
notableMember Brien McMahon
Chet Holifield
Clinton P. Anderson
Henry M. Jackson
John O. Pastore
numberOfMembers 18
oversaw United States Atomic Energy Commission
nuclear reactor development programs
nuclear weapons testing programs
power access to classified nuclear information
authorization of nuclear programs
influence over nuclear weapons policy
legislative oversight of atomic energy
reasonForAbolition reorganization of congressional oversight of energy
startTime 1946
successor House Committee on Energy and Commerce
United States House of Representatives Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
surface form: House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

House Committee on Science and Technology
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
surface form: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
surface form: Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

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Brien McMahon committeeMembership Joint Committee on Atomic Energy