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PUBLIC LAW 85-162-AUG. 21, 1957

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days shall elapse while Congress is in session (in computing such forty-five daj^s, there shall be excluded the days on which either House is not in session because of adjournment for more than three days): Provided, however, That the Joint Committee after having received the basis for a proposed arrangement, or amendment thereto, may by resolution in writing waive the conditions of or all or any portion of such forty-five-day period: Provided further, That such arrangement or amendment shall be entered into in accordance with the program justification data described above and the basis for the arrangement or amendment submitted as provided herein: And provided further, That no basis for a particular arrangement or amendment thereto need be resubmitted to the Joint Committee for the sole reason that the estimated amount of assistance provided for therein exceeds the estimated amount of assistance previously submitted to the Joint Committee by not more than 15 per centum. SEC. 201. Section 161 e. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by adding after the words "adjusted terms which" in the proviso thereof, the following: " ( a t the time of the initial grant of any privilege grant, lease, or permit, or renewal thereof, or in order to avoid inequities or undue hardship prior to the sale by the United States of property affected by such grant)". S^c. 202. Section 35 of the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, as amended, is amended by adding thereto: "c. The appraised value of the Government's interest in commercial property shall, in the cases where renegotiation of the lease is requested by the lessee under the provisions of section 161 e. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, be based upon the renegotiated lease if any is agreed on. Where such renegotiations are requested, the sales proceedings shall not be initiated until the completion of the renegotiation." SEC. 203. The Atomic Energy Commission, the Federal Housing Administration, and the Housing and Home Finance Agency shall report to the Joint Committee by January 31, 1958, with respect to the renegotiations, reappraisals, and sales proceedings authorized under sections 201 and 202 of this Act. SEC. 204. Section 161 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by adding the following new subsection: "s. Under such regulations and for such periods and at such prices the Commission may prescribe, the Commission may sell or contract to sell to purchasers within Commission-owned communities or in the immediate vicinity of the Commission community, as the case may be, any of the following utilities and related services, if it is determined that they are not available from another local source and that the sale is in the interest of the national defense or in the public interest: " (1) Electric power. "(2) Steam. "(3) Compressed air. "(4) Water. "(5) Sewage and garbage disposal. "(6) Natural, manufactured, or mixed gas. "(7) Ice. "(8) Mechanical refrigeration. "(9) Telephone service. "Proceeds of sales under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation currently available for the supply of that utility or service. To meet local needs the Commission may make minor expansions and extensions of any distributing system or facility within or in the immediate vicinity of a Commission-owned community through which a utility or service is furnished under this subsection." Approved August 21, 1957.