Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 89.djvu/1134

 89 STAT. 1074

Allocation of funds, explanation to congressional committees.

30 USC 1122.

Report to congressional committees.

42 USC 5801 note.

42 USC 5904 note.

42 USC 5914 note.

PUBLIC LAW 94-187—DEC. 31, 1975 (2) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used for any nonnuclear program which has not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless (A) a period of thirty calendar days (not including any day in which either House of Congress is not in session because of adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day certain) has passed after the receipt by the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate of notice given by the Administrator containing a full and complete statement of the action proposed to be taken and the facts and circumstances relied upon in support of such proposed action, or (B) each such committee before the expiration of such period has transmitted to the Administrator written notice to the effect that such committee has no objection to the proposed action: Provided, That the following categories may not, as a result of reprograming, be decreased by more than 10 per centum of the sums appropriated pursuant to this Act for such categories: Coal, petroleum and natural gas, oil shale, solar, geothermal, and conservation. SEC. 306. The Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate a detailed explanation of the allocation of the funds appropriated pursuant to sections 101(a) and 201 (a) of this Act for nonnuclear energy programs and subprograms, reflecting the relationships, consistencies, and dissimilarities between those allocations and (a) the comprehensive program definition transmitted pursuant to section 102 of the Geothermal Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act, (b) the comprehensive program definition transmitted pursuant to section 15 of the Solar Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5564), (c) the comprehensive nonnuclear energy research development, and (d) demonstrations transmitted pursuant to section 6 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5905). SEC. 307. When so specified in an appropriation Act, any amount appropriated pursuant to this Act for "Operating expenses" or for "Plant and capital equipment" for nonnuclear energy may remain available until expended. SEC. 308. The Administrator shall, by June 30, 1976, and by the end of each fiscal year thereafter, submit a report to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate detailing the extent to which small business and nonprofit organizations are being funded by the nonnuclear research, development, and demonstration programs of the Administrator, and the extent to which small business involvement pursuant to section 2(d) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5801(d)) is being encouraged by the Administrator. SEC. 309. The Administrator shall coordinate nonnuclear programs of the Administration with the heads of relevant Federal agencies in order to minimize unnecessary duplication of programs, projects, and research facilities. SEC. 310. The Administrator shall, as soon as practicable and consistent with design, economic, and feasibility studies, include in an annual authorization proposal a recommendation on construction of at least one demonstration offshore wind-electric generating facility. SEC. 311. As a part of the annual report required by section 15(a)(1) of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5914(a)(1)), the Administrator shall:

�