Diajukan di Senatdengan nama S. 1717 olehBrien McMahon (D-CT) pada tanggal 20 Desember 1945
Disetujui Senat pada tanggal 1 Juni 1946(unanimous consent)
Disetujui Dewan pada tanggal 20 Juli 1946(265–79)
Ditandatangani PresidenHarry S. Trumanpada tanggal 1 Agustus 1946
Amendemen besar
Undang-Undang Energi Atom 1954
Tutup
Presiden Harry S. Truman menandatangani Undang-Undang Energi Atom dalam hukum pada 1 Agustus 1946. Di belakang Presiden, dari kiri ke kanan, adalah Senator Tom Connally, Eugene D. Millikin, Edwin C. Johnson, Thomas C. Hart, Brien McMahon, Warren R. Austin dan Richard B. Russell, Jr.
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