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110 STAT. 2838 PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 has specifically denied funds or for a new program or project that has not been authorized by Congress. (h) ANNUAL REPORT. —The Secretary of Energy shall submit each year to Congress a report on the status of each closureacceleration project being carried out under this section. The report shall include, for each such project, the following: (1) A description of the funding already provided for the project. (2) A description of the extent of the cleanup, decommissioning, stabilization, consolidation, treatment, or removal activities completed. (3) A comparison of the actual results of the project to the original proposal and the actual cost of the project to the originally proposed cost. (4) A description of the funding needed in future fiscal years for completion of the project. (i) DURATION OF PROGRAM.— No closure-acceleration project selected under this section may be carried out afler the expiration of the 15-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. (j) SAVINGS PROVISION. —Nothing in this section may be construed to affect statutory requirements for an environmental restoration or waste management activity or project or to modify or otherwise affect applicable statutory or regulatory environmental restoration and waste management requirements, including substantive standards intended to protect public health and the environment, nor shall anything in this section be construed to preempt or impair any local land use planning or zoning authority or State authority. SEC. 3144. PAYMENT OF COSTS OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AT NEVADA TEST SITE. Effective date. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and effective as of September 30, 1996, the costs associated with operating and maintaining the infrastructure at the Nevada Test Site, Nevada, with respect to any activities initiated at the site afler that date by the Department of Defense pursuant to a work-for-others agreement may be peiid for from funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for activities at the Nevada Test Site. Subtitle D—Other Matters SEC. 3151. REPORT ON PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION AND RE- MANUFACTURING PLANS. (a) REPORT REQUIREMENT.— The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on plans for achieving the capability to produce and remanufacture plutonium pits. The report shall include a description of the baseline plan of the Department of Energy for achieving such capability, including the following: (1) The funding necessary, by fiscal year, to achieve the capability, (2) The schedule necessary to achieve the capability, including important technical and programmatic milestones.