PUBLIC LAW 9 4 - 1 8 7 — D E C. 31, 1975
89 STAT. 1067
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT N O T KELATED TO CONSTRUCTION
(15) CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.—Acquisition and fabrication of capital equipment not related to construction, for the following programs, a sum of dollars equal to the total of the following a m o u n t s: (A) Fossil energy development, $425,000. (B) Solar energy development, $3,000,000. (C) Geothermal energy development, $3,120,000. (D) Conservation research and development including improved conversion efficiency, $11,500,000. (E) Physical research in molecular and materials sciences in support of nonnuclear energy technology, $4,600,000. (F) Environmental and safety research in support of nonnuclear energy technology, $2,000,000. (G) Nuclear energy and other programs, $237,502,000. SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS.— (a) The Administration is authorized to start any project set forth in subsections 101(b)(4), (5), (6), (8), (9), (11), and (14) only if the currently estimated cost of that project does not exceed by more than 25 per centum the estimated cost set forth for that project. (b) The Administration is authorized to start any project set forth in subsections 101(b)(7) and (10) only if the currently estimated cost of that project does not exceed by more than 10 per centum the estimated cost set forth for that project. (c) The Administration is authorized to start any project under subsection 101(b) (12) only if it is in accordance with the following: (1) The maximum currently estimated cost of any project shall be $750,000 and the maximum currently estimated cost of any building included in such project shall be $300,000: Provided, That the building cost limitation may be exceeded if the Administration determines that it is necessary in the interest of efficiency and economy. (2) The total cost of all projects undertaken under subsection 101(b) (12) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth in that section by more than 10 per centum. (d) The total cost of any project undertaken under subsections 101 (b)(4), (5), (6), (8), (9), (11), and (14) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth for that project by more than 25 per centum unless and until additional appropriations are authorized under section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended: Provided, 42 USC 2017.. That this subsection will not apply to any project with an estimated cost less than $5,000,000. (e) The total cost of any project undertaken under subsection 101 (b)(7) and (10) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth for that project by more than 10 per centum, unless and until additional appropriations are authorized under section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended: Provided, That this subsection will not apply to any project with an estimated cost less than $5,000,000. SEC. 103. AMENDMENT OF PRIOR YEAR ACT S. — (a)
Section 101
of
Public Law 91-273, as amended, is further amended by (1) striking from subsection (b)(1), project 71-1-f, process equipment modifications, gaseous diffusion plants, the figure $295,100,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$478,100,000"; and (2) striking from subsection (b)(9), project 71-9, fire, safety, and adequacy of operating conditions projects, various locations, the figure "$193,000,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$240,000,000".
84 Stat. 299.
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