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 PUBLIC lAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 621 (4) $43,000,000 shall be available for activities at the Kansas City Plant. (e) PLAN AND REPORT. —The Secretary shall develop a plan for the implementation of this section. Not later than March 1, 1996, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the obligations the Secretary has incurred, and plans to incur, during fiscal year 1996 for the program referred to in subsection (a). SEC. 3138. HYDRONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTS. Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy pursuant to section 3101, $30,000,000 shall be available to prepare for the commencement of a program of hydronuclear experiments at the nuclear weapons design laboratories at the Nevada Test Site, Nevada. The purpose of the program shall be to maintain confidence in the reliability and safety of the nuclear weapons stockpile. SEC. 3139. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT HYDRONUCLEAR TESTS. Nothing in this Act may be construed to authorize the conduct of hydronuclear tests or to amend or repeal the requirements of section 507 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-377; 106 Stat. 1343; 42 U.S.C. 2121 note). SEC. 3140. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS 42 USC 2121 CRITICAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NUCLEAR note. WEAPONS COMPLEX. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of Energy shall conduct a fellowship program for the development of skills critical to the ongoing mission of the Department of Energy nuclear weapons complex. Under the fellowship program, the Secretary shall— (1) provide educational assistance and research assistance to eligible individuals to facilitate the development by such individuals of skills critical to maintaining the ongoing mission of the Department of Energy nuclear weapons complex; (2) employ eligible individuals at the facilities described in subsection (c) in order to facilitate the development of such skills by these individuals; or (3) provide eligible individuals with the assistance and the employment. (b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—Individuals eligible for participation in the fellowship program are the following: (1) Students pursuing graduate degrees in fields of science or engineering that are related to nuclear weapons engineering or to the science and technology base of the Department of Energy. (2) Individuals engaged in postdoctoral studies in such fields. (c) COVERED FACILITIES. —The Secretary shall carry out the fellowship program at or in connection with the following facilities: (1) The Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Missouri. (2) The Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas. (3) The Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. (4) The Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina. (d) ADMINISTRATION. —The Secretary shall carry out the fellowship program at a facility referred to in subsection (c) through the stockpile manager of the facility.

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