PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 110 STAT. 3009-210
reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary and
expenses of the employee for the period of assignment.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading for obligation
in fiscal year 1997 or prior years, $123,000,000 are rescinded:
Provided, That funds made available in previous appropriations
Acts shall be available for any ongoing project regardless of the
separate request for proposal under which the project was selected.
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy research
and development activities, under the authority of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), including the
acquisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests
in any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition
or expansion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and
disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social and
environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), performed under
the minerals and materials science programs at the Albany
Research Center in Oregon, $364,704,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That no part of the sum herein made available
shall be used for the field testing of nuclear explosives in the
recovery of oil and gas.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
Monies received as investment income on the principal amount
in the Great Plains Project Trust at the Norwest Bank of North
Dakota, in such sums as are earned as of October 1, 1996, shall
be deposited in this account and immediately transferred to the
General Fund of the Treasury. Monies received as revenue sharing
from the operation of the Great Plains Gasification Plant shall
be immediately transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury.
Funds are hereby rescinded in the amount of $2,500,000 from
unobligated balances under this head.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petroleum and
oil shale reserve activities, $143,786,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the requirements of 10 U.S.C. 10 USC 7430
7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply to fiscal year 1997.
note.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation
activities, $569,762,000, to remain available until expended, including, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the excess amount
for fiscal year 1997 determined under the provisions of section
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