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 93 STAT. 1264

PUBLIC LAW 96-164—DEC. 29, 1979 AVAILABILITY OP FUNDS

SEC. 209. When so specified in an appropriation Act, amounts appropriated for "Operating expenses" or for "Plant and capital equipment" may remain avaHable until expended. RESTRICTION ON LICENSING REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN DEFENSE ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES

42 USC 7272.

SEC. 210. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this or any other Act may be used for any purpose related to licensing of any defense activity or facility of the Department of Energy by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PAY PENALTIES UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT

42 USC 7273.

SEC. 211. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this or any other Act may be used to pay any pengdty, fine, forfeiture, or settlement resulting from a failure to comply with the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) with respect to any defense activity of the Department of Energy if (1) the Secretary finds that compliance is physically impossible within the time prescribed for compliance, or (2) the President has specifically requested appropriations for compliance and the Congress has failed to appropriate funds for such purpose. MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL WEAPONS LABORATORIES

SEC. 212. (a) It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the nuclear weapons laboratories (the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, California, and the Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Livermore, California) are unique national assets which must retain their primary defense focus and strive to sustain this Nation's world pre-eminence in the area of nuclear systems technology; (2) the long-standing contractual arrangements between the Federal Government and the University of California for the administration of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory have served the Nation well and should continue as long as the national interest is being served; and (3) the recent efforts by some individuals within the University of California system to influence the roles and missions of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and the Los Alamos Laboratory have been disruptive and may prove to be counterproductive to the national interest. (b) As soon as practicable, but not later than February 1, 1980, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a plan for the termination of the performance of work of the Department of Energy at the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory under contracts numbered W-7405-ENG-36 and W-7405-ENG-48 between the United States and the Regents of the University of California (a corporation of the State of California). Such plan shall include provisions to assure that such a termination of work would be conducted in accordance with the terms of such contracts.

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