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 98 STAT. 2826

31 USC 3302.

Report. Prohibition.

PUBLIC LAW 98-553—OCT. 30, 1984

with the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 (41 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) and other applicable law. (c) Any amount appropriated for a fiscal year to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission pursuant to any paragraph of subsection 102(a) for purposes of the program referred to in such paragraph, may be reallocated by the Commission for use in a program referred to in any other paragraph of such subsection, or for use in any other activity within a program, except that the amount available from appropriations for such fiscal year for use in any program 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 thirty calendar days (excluding any day in which either House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three 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. SEC. 103. 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. SEC. 104. From amounts appropriated to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission pursuant to this title, the Commission may transfer to other agencies of the Federal Government sums for salaries and expenses for the performance by such agencies of activities for which such appropriations of the Commission are made. Any sums so transferred may be merged with the appropriation of the agency to which such sums are transferred. SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, no authority to make payments under this Act shall be effective except to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. SEC. 106. (a) No funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act may be used to carry out any policy or program for the decentralization or regionalization of any Nuclear Regulatory Commission authorities regarding commercial nuclear powerplant licensing until sixty legislative days after the date on which the Commission submits to the Congress a report evaluating the effect of such policy or program on nuclear reactor safety: Provided, however, That the prohibition contained in this subsection shall not apply to any personnel assigned to the field, or to activities in which they were engaged, on or before September 22, 1983. The report shall include— (1) a detailed description of the authorities to be transferred, the reason for such transfer, and an assessment of the effect of such transfer on nuclear reactor safety;

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