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68 Stat. 938. 42 USC 2135.

42 USC 2153.

contract authority. 42 USC 2201.

42 USC 2221.

PUBLIC LAW 88-489-AUG. 26, 1964

[78 STAT.

period of forty-five days shall elapse while Congress is in session (in computing such forty-five days there shall be excluded the days in which either House is not in session because of adjournment for more than three days): Provided, however, That the Joint Committee, after having received the proposed guaranteed purchase price, guaranteed purchase price period, or criteria for the waiver of such charge, may by resolution in writing waive the conditions of, or all or any portion of, such forty-five-day period." SEC. 14, Section 105 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by deleting the phrase ", including the provisions which vest title to all special nuclear material in the United States," from the first sentence of subsection 105 a. SEC. 15. Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by adding "53," after the word "sections" in the first sentence. SEC. 16. Section 161 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by adding thereto the following new subsection: "v. (A) enter into Qontracts with persons licensed under sections 53,63,103 or 104 for such periods of-time as the Commission may deem necessary or desirable to provide, after December 31, 1968, for the producing or enriching of special nuclear material in facilities owned by the Commission; and " (B) enter into contracts to provide, after December 31, 1968, for the producing or enriching of special nuclear material in facilities owned by the Commission in accordance with and within the period of an agreement for cooperation arranged pursuant to section 123 while comparable services are made available pursuant to paragraph (A) pf this subsection: Provided, That (i) prices for services under paragraph (A) of this subsection shall be established on a nondiscriminatory basis; (ii) prices for services under paragraph (B) of this subsection shall be no less than prices under paragraph (A) of this subsection; and (iii) any prices established under this subsection shall be on a basis which will provide reasonable compensation to the Government: And provided further, That the Commission, to the extent necessary to assure the maintenance of a viable domestic uranium industry, shall not offer such services for source or special nuclear materials of foreign origin intended for use in a utilization facility within or under the jurisdiction of the United States. The Commission shall establish criteria in writing setting forth the terms and conditions under which services provided under this subsection shall be made available including the extent to which such services will be made available for source or special nuclear material of foreign origin intended for use in a utilization facility within or under the jurisdiction of the United States: Provided, That before the Commission establishes such criteria, the proposed criteria shall be submitted to the Joint Committee, and a period of forty-five days shall elapse while Congress is in session (in computing the forty-five days there shall be excluded the days in which either House is not in session because of adjournment for more than three days) unless the Joint Committee by resolution in writing waives the conditions of, or all or any portion of, such forty-five-day period." SEC. 17. Section 171 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by deleting the phrase "52 (with respect to the material for

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