Project 72-4-c, accelerator improvements, Cambridge Electron Accelerator, Massachusetts, $75,000.

Project 72-4-d, accelerator improvements, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley, California, $180,000.

Project 72-4-e, accelerator and reactor improvements, medium and low energy physics, $400,000.

(5) BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE.

Project 72-5-a. radiology and therapy research facility (AE only), Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, $1,600,000.R8 (6) GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS. $41,080,000.

(7) CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.-Acquisition and fabrication of capital equipment not related to construction, $153.296,000.

SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS.-(a) The Commission is authorized to start any project set forth in subsections 101 (b) (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) 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 subsection 101 (b) (6) 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) (6) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth in that subsection by more than 10 per centum.

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 89-32, as amended, is further amended by (1) striking therefrom the figure "$2,658,821,000", and substituting therefor the figure "$2.664.521.000": (2) striking from subsection (b) thereof the figure "$398.045,000", and substituting therefor the figure "$403,745,000"; and (3) striking from subsection (b) (4) for project 66-4-a, sodium pump test facility, the words "for design and Phase I construction." and further striking the figure "$6,800,000" and substituting there for the figure "$12,500.000".

(b) Section 101 of Public Law 91-44. as amended, is further amended by striking from subsection (b) (5) thereof the figure "$560.000" for project 70-5-a, conversion of heating plant to natural gas, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, and substituting therefor the figure "$860,000".

Public Law 92-314 (84 Stat. 299) (1972), subsec. 105 (c), increased this amount from the previously authorized $345.000 and deleted the words "(AE only)".

(c) Section 101 of Public Law 91-273, as amended, is further amended by (1) striking from subsection (b) (1) thereof the figure "$14,700,000" for project 71-1-e, gaseous diffusion production support facilities, and substituting therefor the figure "$45,700,000"; (2) striking from subsection (b) (1) thereof the figure "$6,400,000" for project 71-1-f, process equipment modifications, gaseous diffusion plants, and substituting there for the figure "$10,400,000"; and (3) striking from subsection (b) (9) thereof the figure "$25,500,000" for project 71-9, fire, safety, and adequacy of operating conditions projects, various locations, and substituting therefor the figure "$45,700,000."

(d) Section 106 of Public Law 91-273, as amended, is amended by (1) striking from subsection (a) thereof the figure "$50,000,000", wherever it appears therein, and substituting there for the figure "$100,000,000"; (2) striking from subsection (a) thereof the phrase "up to a total amount of "$20,000,000"; and (3) adding the following after the words "civilian base program :" "Provided, That such assistance shall not include the furnishing of end capital items of this demonstration plant excluding items which the Commission may deem necessary for research, development or testing in light of its liquid metal fast breeder reactor base program: And provided further, That such assistance which the Commission undertakes specifically for this demonstration plant shall not exceed 50 per centum of the estimated capital cost of such plant: And".

SEC. 106. RESCISSION.-Public Law 90-56, as amended, is further amended by rescinding therefrom authorization for a project, except for funds heretofore obligated, as follows:

Project 68-3-b. isotopic space systems facility, Sandia Base, New Mexico, $2,250,000.

SEC. 107. LIQUID METAL FAST BREEDER REACTOR BASE PROGRAM PROJECT.-As part of the Commission's liquid metal fast breeder reactor base program, the Commission is hereby authorized to enter into a definitive arrangement, for a term not exceeding seven years, for the conduct in the Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant of a program of plant operation, and research and development of programmatic interest to the Commission; and the Commission is further authorized as part of such arrangement, and without regard to the provisions of section 169 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to waive use charges for special nuclear material, up to a total amount of $9,100,000, and to distribute special nuclear material by leasing during the term of the arrangement.

TITLE II

SEC. 201. (a) Subsection a. of section 31 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by (1) striking the word "and" from the end of paragraph (4) thereof; (2) striking from the end of paragraph (5) thereof the period and substituting therefor "; and" and (3) by adding thereto a new paragraph (6) to read as follows:

"(6) the preservation and enhancement of a viable environment by developing more efficient methods to meet the Nation's energy needs." (b) The first sentence of section 33 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "Where the Com

mission finds private facilities or laboratories are inadequate for the purpose, it is authorized to conduct for other persons, through its own facilities, such of those activities and studies of the types specified in section 31 as it deems appropriate to the development of energy." Approved August 11, 1971.

INDEX TO LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF PUBLIC LAW 92-84 (H.R. 9388)

(Page references are to the Congressional Record, 92d Cong., 1st Sess.) H.R. 5522 introduced by Vice Chairman Price (by request) March 3, 1971, 4962.

Hearings: Full Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, February 3 and 4, 1971 (Part 1). February 23 and 24, 1971 (Joint hearings with Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences). March 2, 1971 (Part 1). March 4, 1971 (Part 2). March 9, 16 and 17, 1971 (Part 3). March 18 and 23 and May 13, 1971 (Part 4). Published in four volumes under title "AEC Authorizing Legislation Fiscal Year 1972." Record of executive hearings, March 10, 1971, published in separate volume "Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program-1971." Joint hearings with Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, February 23 and 24, 1971, published under title "Nuclear Rocket Engine Development Program."

H.R. 9388 introduced by Vice Chairman Price (Mr. Holifield and Mr. Hosmer) as "clean" bill to supersede H.R. 5522, June 23, 1971, 21712.

House Report filed (H. Rept. No. 92-325), June 30, 1971, 23133. H.R. 9388 considered and passed in the House with amendment, July 15, 1971, 25212-52.

H.R. 9388, was amended, considered and passed in Senate with further amendment, July 20, 1971, 26038, 26057, 26071, 26074-26101. Senate amendments considered in House and concurred in with amendment, July 27, 1971, 27316.

House amendment to Senate amendment concurred in by Senate, July 31, 1971, 28457.

Examined and signed by Speaker of the House, August 3, 1971, 29197. Examined and signed by Acting President Pro Tempore, August 4, 1971, 29227.

Presented to the President, August 4, 1971 [August 5, 1971], 29884. H.R. 9388 approved by the President on August 11, 1971, as Public Law 92-84 [September 8, 1971], 30883.

COMPANION BILL-S. 2150

S. 958 introduced by Chairman Pastore (by request) February 25, 1971, 3896.

Hearings: As listed above.

S. 2150 introduced by Chairman Pastore as "clean" bill to supersede S. 958, June 24, 1971, 21979.

Senate Report filed (S. Rept. 92-249), July 8, 1971, 24000.

S. 2150 indefinitely postponed, July 20, 1971, 26101.

Identical bill H.R. 9388 passed in lieu thereof as indicated above.

PUBLIC LAW 92-314 (AEC AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1973)

[92ND CONGRESS, S. 3607]

[JUNE 16, 1972]

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.

SEC. 101. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with the provisions of section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended:

(a) For "Operating expenses", $2.110.480,000 not to exceed $126,400,000 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 MATERIAL.

Project 73-1-a, in-tank solidification systems auxiliaries, Richland, Washington, $2,500,000.

Project 73-1-b, waste management effluent diversion control facilities, separations areas, Richland, Washington, $1,000,000.

Project 73-1-c, expansion of weighing and sampling facility for gaseous diffusion plant, Portsmouth, Ohio, $1,400,000.

Project 73-1-d, component test facility, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $26.675,000.89

Project 73-1-e, radioactive waste management improvements, Savannah River, South Carolina, $1,300,000. Project 73-1-f. safety improvements, reactor areas, Savannah River, South Carolina, $2.000.000.

Project 73-1-g, contaminated soil removal facility, Richland, Washington, $1.400.000.

Project 73-1-h, Rover fuels processing facilities, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $3,250,000.

Project 73-1-i, radioactive solid waste reduction facility, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, $750,000.90

89 Public Law 93-60 (87 Stat. 143) (1973), subsec. 105 (e), changed this amount from the originally authorized $20.475,000.

90 Public Law 93-60 (87 Stat. 143) (1973), subsec. 106(b) rescinded authorization for this project, except for funds previously obligated.

(2) NUCLEAR MATERIAL.

Project 73-2-a, atmospheric pollution control facilities, heavy water plant, Savannah River, South Carolina, $4,300,000.

Project 73-2-b, improved sanitary waste treatment facilities, Savannah River, South Carolina, $1,100,000. (3) ATOMIC WEAPONS.

Project 73-3-a, weapons production, development, and test installation, $10.000.000.

Project 73-3-b, laser fusion laboratory, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, $5,200.000.

Project 73-3-c, laser fusion laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, California, $6,800,000.

Project 73-3-d, classified facilities, sites undesignated, $15.000,000.

(4) ATOMIC WEAPONS.

Project 73-4-a, new sewage disposal plant, Mound Laboratory. Miamisburg, Ohio $700,000.

Project 73-4-b. land acquisition, Rocky Flats, Colorado, $11,400,000.90a

(5) REACTOR DEVELOPMENT.—

Project 73-5-a, Liquid Metal Engineering Center facility modifications, Santa Susana, California, $3.000.000. Project 73-5-b, modifications to EBR-II, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $4,000,000.

Project 73-5-c, modifications to Power Burst Facility, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $1,500,000. Project 73-5-d, modifications to TREAT facility, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $1,500,000. Project 73-5-e, research building safety modifications, Mound Laboratory, Miamisburg, Ohio, $3,000,000.

Project 73-5-f, Pu-238 fuel form fabrication facility, Savannah River, South Carolina, $8,000,000.

Project 73-5-g, modifications to reactors, $3,000,000. Project 73-5-h, SSG prototype nuclear propulsion plant, West Milton, New York, $125,000,000.91

(6) PHYSICAL RESEARCH.

Project 73-6-a, accelerator improvements, zero gradient synchrotron, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, $400,000.

Project 73-6-b, accelerator and reactor improvements, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, $475,000. [Project 73-6-c, accelerator improvements. Cambridge Electron Accelerator, Massachusetts, $75,000.]

Project 73-6-d, accelerator improvements, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, California, $525,000.

90 Public Law 93-276 (S8 Stat. 115) (1974), subsec. 107 (d), changed this figure from the original $8,000,000.

91 Public Law 93-60 (S7 Stat. 143) (1973), changed this amount from the previously authorized $56.000.000.

91 Public Law 93-276 (SS Stat. 115 (1974), subsec. 108 (c), rescinded the authorization for this project except for funds previously obligated.