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PUBLIC LAW 149-JULY 27, 1953
Unexpended bal> ances. Reactor Btruction.
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Particle accelerators, construction. C o n s t r u c t ! on p r o j e c t s, restrictions.
Contract payments, restriction.
Audit by GAO.
Transfers funds.
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obtained by transfer from other departments or agencies and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $166,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the unexpended balances of prior year appropriations made available under this head shall be merged with this appropriation: Provided further, That in addition to funds allocated for research and development for any reactor which will advance technology towards both ship propulsion and the generation of industrial power and for design of such atomic power reactors, the Commission may expend from funds provided under this head such sum as may be necessary, not to exceed $7,000,000, for beginning of construction of such reactors, without regard to any other provision of this Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head may, whenever the Commission determines a need exists, be used for the construction of particle accelerators without regard to any other provision of this Act: Provided further. That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be available for the construction of any office building, residence, warehouse or similar structure, utility, or other specific portion or unit of a project, unless funds are available for the completion of such building, utility, or other specific portion or unit of such project. The foregoing proviso shall not be construed to prevent the purchase of land for any project, the construction of any new building or procurement of any machinery, equipment or materials therefor, nor any utility nor any portion or unit of a specific project if the funds are available to pay the cost of such land, the cost of such building, machinery, equipment or materials, or the cost of such utility or the cost of any such specific portion or unit of such project: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used— (A) to start any new construction project for which an estimate was not included in the budget for the current fiscal year; and (B) to start any new construction project the currently estimated cost of which exceeds by thirty-five per centum the estimated cost included therefor in such budget: Provided further, That the Commission is authorized to transfer not to exceed $10,000,000 to the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce, to provide for construction of access roads to the Pike County, Ohio, plant and to the i^irco, Idaho, plant of the Commission. No part of the appropriations herein made to the Atomic Energy Commission shall be available for payments under any contract hereafter negotiated without advertising by the Commission, except contracts with any foreign" government or any agency thereof and contracts for source material with foreign producers, unless such contract includes a clause to the effect that the Comptroller General of the United States or any of his duly authorized representatives shall until the expiration of three years after final payment have access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent books, documents, papers, and records of the contractor or any of his subcontractors engaged in the performance of and involving transactions related to such contracts or subcontracts: Provided, That no part of such appropriations shall be available for payments under any such contract which includes any provision precluding an audit by the General Accounting Office of any transaction under such contract. Any appropriation available under this Act or heretofore made to the Atomic Energy Commission may initially be used during the fiscal year 1954 to finance the procurement of materials, services, or other costs which are a part of worli or activities for which funds have been provided in any other appropriation available to the Commission: Provided, That appropriate transfers or adjustments between such
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