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 110 STAT. 2828 PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 carry out construction design (including architectural and engineering services) in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for such design does not exceed $600,000. (2) If the total estimated cost for construction design in connection with any construction project exceeds $600,000, funds for such design must be specifically authorized by law. SEC. 3126. AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. (a) AUTHORITY. — The Secretary of Energy may use any funds available to the Department of Energy pursuant to an authorization in this title, including those funds authorized to be appropriated for advance planning and construction design under sections 3101, 3102, and 3103, to perform planning, design, and construction activities for any Department of Energy national security program construction project that, as determined by the Secretary, must proceed expeditiously in order to protect public health and safety, to meet the needs of national defense, or to protect property. (b) LIMITATION.— The Secretary may not exercise the authority under subsection (a) in the case of any construction project until the Secretary has submitted to the congressional defense committees a report on the activities that the Secretary intends to carry out under this section and the circumstances malang such activities necessary. (c) SPECIFIC AUTHORITY. — The requirement of section 3125(b)(2) does not apply to emergency planning, design, and construction activities conducted under this section. SEC. 3127. FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ALL NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. Subject to the provisions of appropriations Acts and section 3121, amounts appropriated pursuant to this title for management and support activities and for general plant projects are available for use, when necessary, in connection with all national security programs of the Department of Energy. SEC. 3128. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. When so specified in an appropriations Act, amounts appropriated for operation and maintenance or for plant projects may remain available until expended. Subtitle C—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations SEC. 3131. STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. (a) PURPOSE. — The purpose of this section is to provide for the enhanced implementation of the Department of Energy stockpile stewardship and management program, in order to provide greater confidence in the safety and continuing reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile. (b) FUNDING. —Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy pursuant to section 3101, $85,000,000 shall be available to enhance the Department's stockpile stewardship and management program for activities determined appropriate by the Secretary of Energy, including the following: (1) Enhanced surveillance of the nuclear weapons stockpile.

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