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 PUBLIC LAW 99-500—OCT. 18, 1986

100 STAT. 1783-206

until expended, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund. To the extent that balances in the fund are not sufficient to cover amounts available for obligation in the account, the Secretary shall exercise his authority pursuant to section 302(e)(5) to issue obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That of the funds available, $2,500,000 shall be provided to the State of Oregon for the purpose of researching, with respect to nuclear activities carried out at the Hanford Federal Reservation in Richland, Washington, the effects of such nuclear activities on the health of the people of Oregon and on the environment of Oregon. ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

For expenses of the Department of Energy activities including the purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary for atomic energy defense activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; purchase of passenger motor vehicles (not to exceed 344 of which 320 are for replacement only) including 36 police-type vehicles; and purchase of five aircraft, three of which are for replacement only, $7,477,750,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Department is directed to provide the Committees on Appropriations within 120 days of enactment of this Act with a plan and schedule to discontinue disposal of contaminated liquids into the soil at the Hanford Reservation: Provided further. That (a) To provide for a security buffer zone for the United States Department of Energy's Savannah River Plant near Aiken, South Carolina, title, control, and custody to six thousand twenty-one acres, more or less, of United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, lands shown on a map entitled "Forest Service Property Transfer, Savannah River Plant, Aiken, South Carolina", dated June 1984, are transferred without cost or reimbursement to the United States Department of Energy. The map and legal description of the boundaries of these lands shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, the Director of Real Property and Facilities Management, United States Department of Energy, and appropriate field offices of those agencies, (b) This joint resolution does not affect valid existing rights, or interests in existing land use authorizations, except that any right or authorization shall be administered by the Department of Energy after the enactment of this joint resolution. Reissuance of any authorization shall be in accordance with applicable law and the regulations of the Department of Energy, except that the change of administrative jurisdiction shall not in itself constitute a ground to deny the renewal or reissuance of any authorization: Provided further, That if the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1987, is enacted into law by December 31, 1986, the funds provided in this paragraph for the Strategic Defense Initiative shall be limited to the amount and in the manner provided for in that legislation. '

DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for Departmental Administration and other activities in carrying

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