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 96 STAT. 2068

Grants and cooperative agreements.

Reallocated funds.

Notification of congressional committees.

PUBLIC LAW 97-415—JAN. 4, 1983

graph for fast breeder reactor safety research may be used generally for "Nuclear Regulatory Research". (5) Not more than $21,900,000 for fiscal year 1982 and $20,197,800 for fiscal year 1983 may be used for "Program Technical Support". (6) Not more than $37,400,000 for fiscal year 1982 and $41,797,000 for fiscal year 1983 may be used for "Program Direction and Administration". (b) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may use not more than 1 percent of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a)(4) to exercise its authority under section 31 a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2051(a)) to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with universities pursuant to such section. Grants made by the Commission shall be made in accordance with the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 (41 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) and other applicable law. In making such grants and entering into such cooperative agreements, the Commission shall endeavor to provide appropriate opportunities for universities in which the student body has historically been predominately comprised of minority groups. (c) Any amount appropriated for a fiscal year to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission pursuant to any paragraph of subsection (a) for purposes of the program office referred to in such paragraph, or any activity that is within such program office and is specified in such paragraph, may be reallocated by the Commission for use in a program office referred to in any other paragraph of such subsection, or for use in any other activity within a program office, except that the amount available from appropriations for such fiscal year for use in any program office or specified activity may not, as a result of reallocations made under this subsection, be increased or reduced by more than $500,000 unless— (1) a period of 30 calendar days (excluding any day in which either House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 calendar days to a day certain or an adjournment sine die) passes after the receipt, by the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, of notice submitted by the Commission containing a full and complete statement of the reallocation proposed to be made and the facts and circumstances relied upon in support of such proposed reallocation; or (2) each such committee, before the expiration of such period, transmits to the Commission a written notification that such committee does not object to such proposed reallocation. AUTHORITY TO RETAIN CERTAIN AMOUNTS RECEIVED

Ante, p. 948. 31 USC 3302.

SEC. 2. Moneys received by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the cooperative nuclear research program and the material access authorization program may be retained and used for salaries and expenses associated with such programs, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3617 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484), and shall remain available until expended.

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