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 101 STAT. 1329-125

PUBLIC LAW 100-202—DEC. 22, 1987

purchase, repair and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the General Services Administration for security guard services. From these appropriations, transfers of sums may be made to other agencies of the United States Government for the performance of work for which this appropriation is made. None of the funds made available to the Department of Energy under this Act shall be used to implement or finance authorized price support or loan guarantee programs unless specific provision is made for such programs in an appropriation Act. The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, private, or foreign. (TRANSFERS OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES)

Contracts. Public information.

SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for Department of Energy activities funded in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise provided, shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per centum by any such transfers, and any such proposed transfers shall be submitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. SEC. 303. The unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to appropriation accounts for such activities established pursuant to this title. Balances so transferred may be merged with funds in the applicable established accounts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as originally enacted. SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. SEC. 305. (a) In any regulations issued pursuant to section 1534 of the Defense Authorization Act for 1986, the Secretary of Energy may not disallow the following costs associated with the activities of contractor personnel from the Department of Energy National Laboratories (or Department of Energy personnel of the Department of Energy National Laboratories): (1) Costs of providing to Congress or a State legislature, in response to a request (written or oral, prior or contemporaneous) from Congress or a State legislature, information or expert advice of a factual, technical, or scientific nature, with respect to: (A) topics directly related to the performance of the contract; or (B) proposed legislation; irrespective of whether such information or advice was requested or supplied through the Department of Energy. (2) Costs for transportation, lodging, or meals incurred for the purpose of providing such information or advice. (b) No part of any appropriation made in this title shall be obligated or expended to influence, either directly or indirectly, any appropriation or legislation before Congress, or for any publicity or

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