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 PUBLIC LAW 95-96—AUG. 7, 1977

91 STAT. 797

Public Law 95-96 95th Congress An Act Making appropriations for public worlds for water and power rlevelopment and energy researcli for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any uioney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriate(l, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, for public works for water and power development and energy research, and for other purposes, namely:

Aug. 7, 1977 [H.R. 7553]

Public Works for Water and Power Development and Energy Research Appropriation Act, 1978.

TITLE I—ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary operating expenses of the Administration in carrying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; publication and dissemination of atomic and other energy information; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; official entertainment expenses (not to exceed $15,000); reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services; hire of passenger motor vehicles; $4,359,806,000 and any moneys (except sums received from disposal of property under the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 and the Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act, as amended, and fees received for tests or investigations under the Act of May 16, 1910, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2301; 50 U.S.C. 98h; 30 U.S.C."7)) received by the Energy Research and Development Administration, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3617 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484), to remain available until expended: Provided, That from this appropriation transfers of sums may be made to other agencies of the Government for the performance of the work for which this appropriation is made, and in such cases the sums so transferred may be merged with the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That the amount appropriated in any other appropriation act for "Operating expenses" for the Energy Research and Development Administration for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, shall be merged with this appropriation: Provided further, That up to $14,000,000 of this appropriation is to conduct a study of the Barnwell Nuclear Fuels Plant located in South Carolina to determine if that facility may be utilized in support of the nonproliferation objectives of the United States; and for activities contributing to the International Fuel Cycle Evaluation Program to be carried out under contract at the Barnwell Nuclear Fuels Plant, including only such research, assessment and evaluation activities as the Administrator determines are consistent with the Nation's nuclear research and nonproliferation policies and provided that the plant shall not be used to process spent fuel from nuclear reactors: Provided further,

42 USC 5801 note.

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