an exemption shall be deemed to have been acquired pur

suant to section 53.

42 U.S.C. 2073.

"n. As used in this section, the term 'State' means any Definition. State, Territory, or possession of the United States, the Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.

"SEC. 281. SEPARABILITY.-If any provision of this Act Separability. or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.

"SEC. 291. SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as Short title. the 'Atomic Energy Act of 1954"."

SEC. 2.—

1031 (d).

a. Section 1 (d) of the Act of December 29, 1950 (64 5. S. C. Stat. 1129), is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a semicolon and the following: "when such order was entered by the Atomic Energy Commission, 'agency' means that Commission".

b. Section 2 of the Act of December 29, 1950 (64 Stat. 1129), is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the first paragraph thereof a comma and the following: "and (d) of the Atomic Energy Commission made reviewable by section 189 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended."

U.S. C. 1032. Appeals, juris

Court of

diction.

cession.

SEC. 3. There is hereby retroceded to the State of New Sandia retroMexico the exclusive jurisdiction heretofore acquired from the State of New Mexico by the United States of America over the following land of the United States Atomic Energy Commission in Bernalillo County and within the boundaries of the Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Beginning at the center quarter corner of section 30, township 10 north, range 4 east, New Mexico principal meridian, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, thence south no degrees twenty-three minutes thirty seconds west one thousand nine hundred forty-seven and twenty one-hundredths feet, thence north eighty-nine degrees thirty-six minutes forty-five seconds east two thousand sixty-eight and forty one-hundredths feet, thence north eighty-nine degrees three minutes fifteen seconds east five hundred forty-six feet, thence north no degrees thirty-nine minutes no seconds east two hundred thirty-two and seventy one-hundredths feet, thence north eighty-nine degrees twenty-one minutes no seconds west eight hundred fiftytwo and twenty one-hundredths feet, thence north no degrees thirty-nine minutes no seconds east five hundred and sixty one-hundredths feet, thence along the back of the south curb of West Sandia Drive, Sandia Base, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, eight hundred sixty-five and sixty one-hundredths feet, thence north no degrees thirtynine minutes no seconds east one thousand three hundred thirty-five and three-tenths feet to a point south

eighty-nine degrees twenty-seven minutes forty-five seconds west a distance of thirty feet from the quarter corner common to sections 30 and 29, township 10 north, range 4 east, thence south eighty-nine degrees, twentyseven minutes forty-five seconds west two thousand six hundred twenty-three and forty one-hundredths feet to the point of beginning.

This retrocession of jurisdiction shall take effect upon acceptance by the State of New Mexico."

Approved August 30, 1954, 9:44 a. m., E. D. T.

PART II. AEC AUTHORIZATION ACTS

PUBLIC LAW 84–141 (AEC AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1956)

[H. R. 6795]

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission for acquisition or condemnation of real property or any facilities, or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SEC. 101. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic Energy Commission the sum of $269,159,000 for acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, as follows:

(a) ATOMIC WEAPONS.-Project 56-a-1, production or development. plants or facilities, $20,000,000.

1. [Project 56-b-1, power reactor development acceleration project, $25,000,000.]1

2. Project 56-b-2, fast power breeder pilot facility (EBR–II), $29,100,000. 2

3. Project 56-b-3, surface ship reactor facility, $25,000,000.

4. Project 56-b-4, submarine advanced reactor facility, $23,140,000. 5. Project 56-b-5, submarine advanced reactor development facilities, Schenectady, New York, $3,100,000.

6. Project 56-b-6, aircraft nuclear propulsion program, plant and test area, Arco, Idaho, $13,000,000.

7. Project 56-b-7, aircraft reactor test plant, $1,437,000.

8. Project 56-b-8, modifications and expansions to ANP ground test plant, Idaho, $1,000,000.

9. Project 56-b-9, special reactor facilities construction program $2,000,000.

10. Project 56-b-10, reactor core test facility, Arco, Idaho, $600,000.

(c) PHYSICAL RESEARCH.-Project 56-c-1, particle accelerator program, $19,406,000.

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(d) SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL.——

1. [Project 56-d-1, metallex pilot facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, $1,000,000.] 1

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1 Public Law 85-162, sec. 108, rescinded authorization for this project except for funds theretofore obligated.

Public Law 85-162, sec. 107, amended this figure. Before amendment it was $14,850,000.

Public Law 85-519, sec. 3, amended this figure. Before amendment it was $10,000,000. 81

2. Project 56-d-2, reactor facilities modifications, Hanford, Washington, $11,900,000.

3. [Project 56-d-3, special reactor facilities equipment, Hanford, Washington, $5,600,000.] 1

4. Project 56-d-4, modifications to separations and processing facilities, Hanford, Washington, $2,560,000.

5. [Project 56-d-5, conversion of pilot plant and facility to production plant and facility, Fernald, Ohio, $600,000.] 1

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6. Project 56-d-6, barrier plant addition, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $2,200,000.

7. Project 56-d-7, new barrier development plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $404,000.

8. [Project 56-d-8, expansion of metal recovery facility, Oak Ridge, National Laboratory, $370,000.]1

(e) SOURCE AND OTHER RAW MATERIALS.

1. Project 56-e-1, expansion and modification of ore processing plant, Monticello, Utah, $1,550,000.

2. Project 56-e-2, storage sites for vanadium bearing tailings, $500,000.

(f) ATOMIC WEAPONS.

1. [Project 56-f-1, art construction project, fiscal year 1956 increment, $17,873,000.] 1

2. [Project 56-f-2, expansion of weapons material fabrication plant and facility, $15,000,000.]

3. Project 56-f-3, new Sigma Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $5,100,000.*

4. Project 56-f-4, detonator production plant, $3,750,000.

5. Project 56-f-5, base construction, Pacific proving ground, $1,568,000.

6. Project 56-f-6, Rocky Flats, Colorado, plant and facilities, $1,330,000.

7. Project 56-f-7, base construction, Nevada test site, $927,000. 8. Project 56-f-8, addition to technical laboratory shop building, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $735,000.

(g) REACTOR DEVELOPMENT.

1. Project 56-g-1, engineering test reactor facility, $14,350,000. 2. [Project 56-g-2, reactor training school, Argonne National Laboratory, $712,000.] 1

3. [Project 56-g-3, chemistry cave for radioactive materials, Argonne National Laboratory, $448,000.]1

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4. Project 56-g-4, reactor engineering building addition, Argonne National Laboratory, $295,000.

5. Project 56-g-5, high level chemical development facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, $280,000.

6. Project 56-g-6, research reactor, Philippine Government, $500,000.

7. [Project 56-g-7, research reactors for the development of peacetime uses of atomic energy under Agreements for Cooperation, $5,000,000.]1

* Public Law 85–162, sec. 107, amended this figure. Before amendment it was $4,015,000.

1. Project 56-h-1, conversion of existing building to development plant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, $1,150,000.

2. Project 56-h-2, fabrication plant for development equipment, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, $440,000.

(i) BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE.-Project 56-i-1, medical research plant and facility, Brookhaven National Laboratory, $6,040,000.

(j) COMMUNITY.—

1. Project 56-j-1, additional housing units, Monticello, Utah, $250,000.

2. Project 56-j-2, new community hospital, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $2,900,000.

3. Project 56-j-3, water and sewer replacements and improvements, Richland, Washington, $160,000.

4. Project 56-j-4, housing program (group 18), Los Alamos, New Mexico, $3,500,000.

(k) SOURCE AND OTHER RAW MATERIALS.-Project 56-k-1, offsite access roads, $4,165,000.

(1) GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.-$17,960,000.

SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS.

(a) The Commission is authorized to start any project set forth in subsections 101 (a) through 101 (d) only if the currently estimated cost of that project does not exceed by more than 25 per centum the estimated cost set forth for that project.

(b) The Commission is authorized to start any project set forth in subsections 101 (e) through 101 (j) only if the currently estimated cost of that project does not exceed by more than 10 per centum the estimated cost set forth for that project.

(c) The Commission is authorized to start the project set forth in subsection 101 (k) only if the currently estimated cost of the project does not exceed the estimated cost set forth for that project.

(d) The Commission is authorized to start a project under subsection 101 (1) only if it is in accordance with the following:

1. For community operations, the maximum currently estimated cost of any project shall be $100,000 and the maximum currently estimated cost of any building included in such project shall be $10,000.

2. For all other programs, the maximum currently estimated cost of any project shall be $500,000 and the maximum currently estimated cost of any building included in such a project shall be $100,000.

3. The total cost of all projects undertaken under subsection 101 (1) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth in that subsection by more than 10 per centum.

SEC. 103. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated funds for advance planning, construction design, and architectural services, in connection with projects which are not otherwise authorized by law, and the Atomic Energy Commission is authorized to use funds currently or otherwise available to it for such purposes.

SEC. 104. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated funds necessary to restore or to replace plants or facilities destroyed or otherwise seriously damaged, and the Atomic Energy Commission is authorized to use funds currently or otherwise available to it for such purposes.