87 STAT. 249 78 Stat. 703; 84 Stat. 2048. Ante, pp. 248, 247 84 Stat. 2048; 86 Stat. 1491. and other explosives, with coupons issued under this Act if the Secretary determines that (1) such households are located in an area of the State which makes it extremely difficult for members of such households to reach retail food stores, and (2) such households depend to a substantial extent on hunting and fishing for subsistence purposes.' (0) Section 3 (f) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 2012(f)) is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following new sentence: "It shall also mean a political subdivision or a private nonprofit organization or institution that meets the requirements of section 10(h) or 10 (i) of this Act." (p) Section 3 (e) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Residents of federally subsidized housing for the elderly, built under either section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 17014), or section 226 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) shall not be considered residents of an institution or boarding 84 Stat. 1776. house for purposes of eligibility for food stamps under this Act." 73 Stat. 667; 83 Stat. 390. 82 Stat. 498; 49 Stat. 774. 68 Stat. 458; 86 Stat. 1492. 7 USC 1431. COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM SEC. 4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized until July 1, 1974 (1) to use funds available to carry out the provisions of section 32 of Public Law No. 320, Seventy-fourth Congress, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c), and not expended or needed for such purpose to purchase, without regard to the provisions of existing law governing the expenditure of public funds, agricultural commodities and their products of the types customarily purchased under section 32 for donation to maintain the annually programmed level of assistance for schools, domestic relief distribution, and such other domestic food assistance programs as are authorized by law, and (2) if stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation are not available, to use the funds of the Corporation to purchase agricultural commodities and the products thereof of the types customarily available under section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 to meet such requirements. (b) The Secretary is prohibited from furnishing commodities to summer camps as authorized under section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, section 32 of Public Law 74-320, and section 709 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 if the number of adults participat7 USC 1446a-1. ing in the activities of such camp is in excess of one for each five children under 18 years of age participating in such activities. 79 Stat. 1212. 86 Stat. 1465. 42 USC 1381. 86 Stat. 1474. 42 USC 13829. 42 USC 301, 1201, 1351, 1381. (c) No individual who receives supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act shall be considered to be a member of a household for any purpose of the Food Distribution Program for families under section 32 of Public Law 74-320, section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, or other law for any month if such person receives for such month, as part of his supplemental security income benefits or payments described in section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act (if any), an amount equal to the bonus value of food stamps (according to the Food Stamp Schedule effective for July 1973) in addition to the amount of assistance such individual would be entitled to receive for such month under the provisions of the plan of the State approved under title I, X, XIV, or XVI, as appropriate, in effect for December 1973, assuming such plan were in effect for such month and such individual were aged, blind, or disabled, as the case may be, under the provisions of such State plan or under 87 STAT. 250 Public Law 92-603 as amended. The Secretary of Health, Education, 86 Stat. 1484. and Welfare shall issue regulations for the implementation of the 42 USC 401 foregoing sentence after consultation with the Secretary of note. Agriculture. SHORT TITLE SEC. 5. This Act may be cited as the "Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973". Approved August 10, 1973. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 93-337 accompanying H. R. 8860 (Comm. on Agriculture) SENATE REPORT No. 93-173 (Comm. on Agriculture and Forestry). June 5-8, July 31, Aug. 3, considered and passed Senate. Public Law 93-228 93rd Congress, S. 2491 December 29, 1973 An Act To repeal the provisions of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 which provide for payments to farmers in the event of crop failures with respect to crops planted in lieu of wheat or feed grains. 87 STAT. 944 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section Nonconforming 107 (c) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by crop failures. deleting the parenthetical phrase "(or other nonconserving crop Ante, p. 225. planted instead of wheat)" wherever it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "(or of cotton, corn, grain sorghums, or barley planted in lieu of wheat)". (b) Section 105 (b) (1) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, Ante, p. 230. is amended by deleting the parenthetical phrase "(or other nonconserving crop planted instead of feed grains)" wherever it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "(or of wheat, or cotton planted in lieu of the allotted crop)". Approved December 29, 1973. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 93-739 (Comm. on Agriculture). SENATE REPORT No. 93-420 (Comm. on Agriculture and Forestry). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 119 (1973): Oct. 11, considered and passed Senate. Dec. 20, considered and passed House. 26-151 0 - 74-22 ATOMIC ENERGY ACTS Public Law 93-60 93rd Congress, S. 1994 July 6, 1973 An Act To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Atomic Energy SEC. 101. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Commission. Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with the provisions of sec- Appropriation tion 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended: (a) For "Operating expenses", $1,740,750,000 not to exceed $128,800,000 in operating costs for the high energy physics program category. (b) For "Plant and capital equipment", including construction, acquisition, or modification of facilities, including land acquisition; and acquisition and fabrication of capital equipment not related to construction, a sum of dollars equal to the total of the following: (1) NUCLEAR MATERIALS. Project 74-1-a, additional facilities, high level waste storage, Savannah River, South Carolina, $14,000,000. Project 74-1-b, replacement ventilation, air filter, F chemical separations area, Savannah River, South Carolina, $5,200,000. Project 74-1-c, calcined solids storage and plant safety improvements, Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $3,000,000. Project 74-1-d, cooling tower fire protection, gaseous diffusion plants, $3,300,000. Project 74-1-e, new purge cascade, gaseous diffusion plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $5,900,000. Project 74-1-f, plant liquid effluent pollution control, gaseous diffusion plants, $8,000,000. Project 74-1-g, cascade uprating program, gaseous diffusion plants (partial AE and limited component procurement only), $6,000,000. Project 74-1-h, transuranium contaminated solid waste treatment development facility, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, $1,650,000. (2) ATOMIC WEAPONS. Project 74-2-a, weapons production, development, and test installations, $10,000,000. Project 74-2-b, acid waste neutralization and recycle facilities, Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $1,700,000. Project 74-2-c, high energy laser facility, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, California, $20,000,000. Project 74-2-d, national security and resources study center (AE only), site undesignated, $350,000. (3) REACTOR DEVELOPMENT. Project 74-3-a, Liquid Metal Engineering Center (LMEC) facility modifications, Santa Susana, California, $3,000,000. Project 74-3-b, modifications to EBR-II, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $2,000,000. Project 74-3-c, emergency process waste treatment facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, $1,300,000. Project 74-3-d, modifications to reactors, $2,000,000. authorization. 77 Stat. 88. 42 USC 2017. 87 STAT Project 74-3-e, modifications to TREAT facility, National Reactor 87 STAT. 144 Testing Station, Idaho, $2,500,000. (4) PHYSICAL RESEARCH.Project 74-4-a, accelerator and reactor improvements, high energy 87 STAT. 144 physics, $1,700,000. 77 Stat. 88. 42 USC 2017. Construction design services. Transfer of amounts. 87 STAT. 145 86 Stat. 225. 84 Stat. 1565; 86 Stat. 225. Project 74-4-b, accelerator and reactor improvements, medium and low energy physics, $600,000. (5) PHYSICAL RESEARCH. Project 74-5-a, computation building, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, California, $2,900,000. (6) BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. Project 74-6-a, addition to physics building (human radiobiology facility), Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, $1,300,000. (7) GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.-$47,825,000. (8) CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND DESIGN.-$1,000,000. (9) CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.-Acquisition and fabrication of capital equipment not related to construction. $172,300,000. SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS.-(a) The Commission is authorized to start any project set forth in subsections 101 (b) (1), (2), (3), and (4) 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 under subsections 101(b), (5), (6), and (8) 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 any project under subsection 101 (b) (7) only if it is in accordance with the following: (1) The maximum currently estimated cost of any project shall be $500,000 and the maximum currently estimated cost of any building included in such project shall be $100,000, provided that the building cost limitation may be exceeded if the Commission determines that it is necessary in the interest of efficiency and economy. (2) The total cost of all projects undertaken under subsection 101 (b) (7) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth in that subsection by more than 10 per centum. (d) The total cost of any project authorized under subsections 101 (b) (1), (2), (3), and (4) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth for that project by more than 25 per centum, unless and until additional appropriations are authorized under section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. (e) The total cost of any project authorized under subsections 101 (b) (5), (6), (7), and (8) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth for that project by 10 per centum unless and until additional appropriations are authorized under section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. SEC. 103. The Commission is authorized to perform construction design services for any Commission construction project whenever (1) such construction project has been included in a proposed authorization bill transmitted to the Congress by the Commission and (2) the Commission determines that the project is of such urgency that construction of the project should be initiated promptly upon enactment of legislation appropriating funds for its construction. SEC. 104. When so specified in an appropriation Act, transfers of amounts between "Operating expenses" and "Plant and capital equipment" may be made as provided in such appropriation Act. SEC. 105. AMENDMENT OF PRIOR YEAR ACTS.-(a) Section 101 of Public Law 91-273, as amended, is further amended by (1) striking from subsection (b)(1), project 71-1-e, gaseous diffusion production support facilities, the figure "$72,020,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$105,900,000", (2) striking from subsection (b) (1), project 71-1-f, process equipment modifications, gaseous diffusion plants. the figure "$34,400,000" and substituting therefor the figure **$172,100,000", and (3) striking from subsection (b) (9), project 71–9. fire, safety, and adequacy of operating conditions projects, various locations, the figure “$69,000,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$193,000,000". |