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PUBLIC LAW 102-486—(Xrr. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 2955 veys of the actual contamination, and shall provide estimated costs of those activities. " (b) PAYMENT OF DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING COSTS.— The costs of all decontamination and decommissioning activities of the Department shall be paid from the Fund until such time as the Secretary certifies and the Congress concurs, by law, that such activities are complete. "(c) PAYMENT OF REMEDIAL ACTION COSTS.— The annual cost of remedial action at the Department's gaseous difiiision facilities shall be paid frt)m the Fund to the extent the amount available in the Fund is sufficient. To the extent the amount in the Fund is insufficient, the Department shall be responsible for the cost of remedial action. No provision of this title may be construed to reUeve in any way the responsibility or liability of the Department for remedial action under applicable Federal and State laws and regulations. «SEC. 1804. EMPLOYEE PROVISIONS. 42 USC 2297g-3. "All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of decontamination or decommissioning of uranium enrichment facilities of the Department shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a similar character in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Act of March 3, 1931 (known as the Davis-Bacon Act) (40 U.S.C. 276a et seq.). The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this section, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176, 64 Stat. 1267) and the Act of June 13, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 276c). This section may not be construed to reqmre the contracting out of activities assoaated with the decontamination or decommissioning of uranium enrichment facihties. '«EC. 1805. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 42 USC 2297g-4. "Within 3 years after the date of the enactment of this title, and at least once every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the Congress on progress under this chapter. The 5th report submitted under this section shall contain recommendations of the Secretary for the reauthorization of the program and Fund under this title.". SEC. 1102. UCENSING OF AVLIS. The last sentence of section 11 v. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(v)) is amended to read as follows: "Except with respect to the export of a uranium enrichment production facility or the construction and operation of a uranium enrichment production facility using Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation technology, such term as used in chapters 10 and 16 shall not include any equipment or device (or important component part especially designed for such equipment or device) capable of separating the isotopes of uranium or enriching uranium in the isotope 235.". SEC. 1103. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The table of contents for title 11 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as added by title IX of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: