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 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 2035 which the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a report with respect to the contract. (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a report under paragraph (1) with respect to a contract shall set forth— (A) the anticipated costs and fees of the Department under the contract, including the emticipated maximum amount of such costs and fees; (B) any performgince specifications in the contract; (C) the anticipated dates of commencement and completion of the provision of goods or services under the contract; (D) the allocation between the Department and the contractor of any financial, regulatory, or environmental obligations under the contract; (E) any activities planned or anticipated to be required with respect to the project after completion of the contract; (F) the site services or other support to be provided the contractor by the Department under the contract; (G) the goods or services to be provided by the Department or contractor under the contract, including any additional obligations to be borne by the Department or contractor with respect to such goods or services; (H) if the contract provides for financing of the project by an entity or entities other than the United States, a detailed comparison of the costs of financing the project through such entity or entities with the costs of financing the project by the United States; (I) the schedule for the contract; (J) the costs the Department would otherwise have incurred in obtaining the goods or services covered by the contract if the Department had not proposed to obtain the goods or services under this section; (K) an estimate and justification of the cost savings, if any, to be realized through the contract, including the assumptions underlying the estimate; (L) the effect of the contract on any ancillary schedules applicable to the facility concerned, including milestones in site compliance agreements; and (M) the plans for maintaining financial and programmatic accountability for activities under the contract. (3) In the case of a contract under subsection (a) at the Hanford Reservation, the report under paragraph (1) shall set forth— (A) the matters specified in paragraph (2); and (B) if the contract contemplates two pilot vitrification plants— (i) an analysis of the basis for the selection of each of the plsints in lieu of a single pilot vitrification plant; and (ii) a detailed comparison of the costs to the United States of two pilot plants with the costs to the United States of a single pilot plant. (c) COST VARIATIONS. — (1)(A) The Secretary may not enter into a contract for a project referred to in subparagraph (B), or obligate funds attributable to the capital portion of the cost of such a contract, whenever the current estimated cost of the project exceeds the amount of the estimated cost of the project as shown in the most recent budget justification data submitted to Congress. (B) Subparagraph (A) applies to the following:

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