PUBLIC LAW 95-238—FEB. 25, 1978 (b) Chapter 9 of such Act is further amended by striking out section 94 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "SEC. 94. CONTRACTS.—The Administrator is authorized, without regard to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, to enter into a contract with any governmental or other entity to which payments are authorized to be made pursuant to section 91, obligating the Administrator to make to such entity the payments directed or authorized to be made by section 91: Provided, however, That the term of such contracts, in the case of the cities of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Richland, Washington, and the Richland School District, shall not extend beyond June 30, 1979; and in the case of the Los Alamos School Board shall not extend beyond June 30, 1986; and in the case of the county of Los Alamos, New Mexico, shall not extend beyond June 30, 1987.". SEC. 206. (a) Section 6 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c) Based upon the comprehensive plan developed under subsection (a), the Administrator shall develop and transmit to the Congress, on or before September 1, 1978, a comprehensive environment and safety program to insure the full consideration and evaluation of all environmental, health, and safety impacts of each element, program, or initiative contained in the nuclear and nonnuclear energy research, development, and demonstration plans.". (b) Section 15(a) of such Act is amended— (1) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (2), (2) by striking out the comma at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and", and (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: "(4) a detailed description of the environmental and safety research, development, and demonstration activities carried out and in progress including the procedures adopted to mitigate undesirable environmental and safety impacts,". SEC. 207. (a) Section 7(a) of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5906) is amended— (1) by striking out "and" after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (5), (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and", and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(7) Federal loan guarantees and commitments thereof as provided in section 19.". (b) The Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5901, et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:
92 STAT. 61 Contract authority. 42 USC 2394. 31 USC 665. 42 USC 2391.
eomprehensive environment and safety program, transmittal to Congress.
42 USC 5905.
42 USC 5914.
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LOAN GUARANTEES FOR ALTERNATIVE FUEL DEMONSTRATION FACILITIES
"SEC. 19. (a) It is the purpose of this section— 42 USC 5919. "(1) to assure adequate Federal support to foster a demonstration program to produce alternative fuels from coal, oil shale, biomass, and other domestic resources; "(2) to authorize assistance, through loan guarantees under subsection (b) and (y) for construction and startup and related costs, to demonstration facilities for the conversion of domestic coal, oil shale, biomass, and other domestic resources into alternative fuels; and
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