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 PUBLIC LAW 107-117—JAN. 10, 2002 115 STAT. 2343 SEC. 104. (a) The section 302(a) allocations, as adjusted pursuant to section 101(b), shall be deemed to be allocations set forth in the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002 for all purposes under titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. (b) REPEALER.—Section 221(d)(2) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002 (H. Con. Res. 83, 107th Congress, 1st session) is repealed. DIVISION D—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS TITLE I—CONVEYANCE OF HOMESTAKE HomestakeMme MINE o'Sr^^^* South Dakota. SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "Homestake Mine Conveyance Act of 2001". SEC. 102. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The United States is among the leading nations in the world in conducting basic scientific research. (2) That leadership position strengthens the economy and national defense of the United States and provides other important benefits. (3) The Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota, owned by the Homestake Mining Company of California, is approximately 8,000 feet deep and is situated in a unique physical setting that is ideal for carrying out certain types of particle physics and other research. (4) The Mine has been selected by the National Underground Science Laboratory Committee, an independent panel of distinguished scientists, as the preferred site for the construction of the National Underground Science Laboratory. (5) Such a laboratory would be used to conduct scientific research that would be funded and recognized as significant by the United States. (6) The establishment of the laboratory is in the national interest and would substantially improve the capability of the United States to conduct important scientific research. (7) For economic reasons, Homestake intends to cease operations at the Mine in 2001. (8) On cessation of operations of the Mine, Homestake intends to implement reclamation actions that would preclude the establishment of a laboratory at the Mine. (9) Homestake has advised the State that, after cessation of operations at the Mine, instead of closing the entire Mine, Homestake is willing to donate the underground portion of "- the Mine and certain other real and personal property of substantial value at the Mine for use as the National Underground Science Laboratory. (10) Use of the Mine as the site for the laboratory, instead of other locations under consideration, would result in a savings of millions of dollars for the Federal Government.

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