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PUBLIC LAW 85-162-AUG. 21, 1957

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(c) The Commission is authorized to start a project under subsection 101(1) only if it is in accordance with the following: 1. For community operations, the maximum currently estimated cost of any project shall be $100,000 and the maximum currently estimated cost of any building included in such project shall be $10,000. 2. For all other programs, the maximum currently estimated cost of any project shall be $500,000 and the maximum currently estimated cost of any building included in such a project shall be $100,000. 3. The total cost of all projects undertaken under subsection 101 (1) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth in that subsection by more than 10 per centum. SEC. 103. ADVANCE PLANNING; AND DESIGN.—There are hereby authorized to be appropriated funds for advance planning, construction design, and architectural services, in connection with projects which are not otherwise authorized by law, and the Atomic Energy Commission is authorized to use funds currently or otherwise available to it for such purposes. SEC. 104. RESTORATION OR REPLACEMENT.—There are hereby author-

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ized to be appropriated funds necessary to restore or to replace plants or facilities destroyed or otherwise seriously damaged, and the Atomic Energy Commission is authorized to use funds currently or otherwise available to it for such purposes. SEC. 105. CURRENTLY AVAILABLE F U N D S. — I n addition to the sums authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic Energy Commission by this Act, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic Energy Commission to accomplish the purposes of this Act such sums of money as may be currently available to the Atomic Energy Commission. SEC. 106, SUBSTITUTIONS,—Funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to start any other new project for which an estimate was not included in this Act if it be a substitute for a project authorized in subsections 101(b), 101 (c), or 101 (d) and the estimated cost thereof is within the limit of cost of the project for which substitution is to be made, and the Commission certifies that— (a) the project is essential to the common defense and security; and (b) the new project is required by changes in weapon characteristics or weapon logistic operations; and (c) it is unable to enter into a contract with any person, including a licensee, on terms satisfactory to the Commission to furnish from a privately owned plant or facility the product or services to be provided in the new project. SEC. 107. INCREASES I N PRIOR PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS,— (a) Public Law 141, Eighty-fourth Congress, first session, is amended as follows: (1) By striking therefrom the figure "$14,850,000'' for project 56-b-2, fast power breeder pilot facility ( E B R - II), and substituting therefor the figure "$29,100,000*'; and (2) By striking therefrom the figure "$4,015,000" for project 56-f-3, new Sigma Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and substituting therefor the figure "$5,100,000". (b) Public Law 506, Eighty-fourth Congress, second session, is amended as follows: (1) By striking therefrom the figure "$15,000,000" for project 57-d-l, high energy accelerator, and substituting therefor the figure "$27,000,000"; and

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