Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/626

 96 STAT. 1988

50 USC 1431-1435.

PUBLIC LAW 97-394—DEC. 30, 1982

or related to such projects: Provided, That any contract, agreement, or provision thereof entered into by the Secretary using the authority of Public Law 85-804 shall be submitted to the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations and a period of thirty days shall elapse while Congress is in session (in computing the thirty days, there shall be excluded the days on which either the Senate or the House is not in session because of adjournment for more than three days) before the contract, agreement or provision thereof shall become effective, except that such committees, after having received the proposed contract, agreement or provision thereof, may, by separate resolutions in writing, waive the condition of all or any portion of such thirty-day period. The notification required herein shall be in lieu of the notification requirements of Public Law 85-804. Funds appropriated by this and subsequent Acts for fossil energy research and development activities may be used by the Secretary of Energy to enter into arrangements with the University of Wyoming, or any nonprofit corporation controlled by the university, for the purpose of encouraging research and development activities in the oil shale, underground coal conversion, and tar sands programs. In addition, the Secretary shall, subject to any terms and conditions which the Secretary may impose, transfer to the university or to such nonprofit corporation, all or any part of the Government's right, title, and interest in and to the land, buildings, improvements, fixtures, equipment and furnishings in the Secretary's custody of the Laramie Energy Technology Center at Laramie, Wyoming (including leasehold interests, buildings, improvements, fixtures, equipment and furnishings in the Secretary's custody on land not owned by the Government but which is a part of the center, where the Secretary determines that such transfer is integral to the future activities of the university): Provided further. That anticipated employment by the university, or such nonprofit corporation, at the transferred facilities shall not subject center employees to the restrictions of section 208(a), title 18, United States Code, with respect to participation, as Government employees, in any contract or other arrangement for work to be performed by the university entered into by the university and the Department before such transfer is completed: Provided further. That funds appropriated by this and subsequent Acts for fossil energy research and development activities may be used by the Secretary of Energy to enter into arrangements with the University of North Dakota, or any nonprofit corporation controlled by the university, for the purpose of encouraging research and development activities in the low rank coal program. In addition, the Secretary shall, subject to any terms and conditions which the Secretary may impose, transfer to the university or to such nonprofit corporation, all or any part of the Government's right, title, and interest in and to the land, buildings, improvements, fixtures, equipment and furnishings in the Secretary's custody of the lignite coal research laboratory established pursuant to the Act of March 25, 1948 (30 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), at Grand Forks, North Dakota. The transfer shall be deemed in furtherance of that Act: Provided further. That anticipated employment by the university, or such nonprofit corporation, at the transferred facilities shall not subject center employees to the restrictions of section 208(a), title 18, United States Code, with respect to participation, as Government employees, in any contract or other arrangement for work to be

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