92 STAT. 2948
Safeguard research contracts, limitation.
PUBLIC LAW 95-601—NOV. 6, 1978
(c)(1) No amount appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for purposes of subparagraphs (1) through (7) of such subsection, may be used for any function of the Commission in excess of the amount expressly authorized to be appropriated for functions referred to in such paragraphs, if such excess amount is in excess of $500,000, nor may the amount available from any appropriation for any function referred to in such subparagraphs be reduced by more than $500,000, unless (i) a period of thirty calendar days (not including any daj^ in which either House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day certain or an adjournment sine die) has passed after the receipt by the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate of notice given by the Commission containing a full and complete statement of the action proposed to be taken and the facts and circumstances relied upon in support of such proposed action, or (ii) each such committee before the expiration of such period has transmitted to the Commission, written notice stating in substance that such committee has no objection to the proposed action. (2) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the purposes set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a) of this section, the amounts available for Advanced Reactors, Low-Level Radiation, Nuclear Waste Disposal and Management, Improved Safety Systems Research, and Nuclear Waste Research, or that specified m subsection (b)(2) of this section for Alternative Fuel Cycle activities shall not be reprogramed, unless— (i) a period of ninety calendar days (not including any day in which either House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day certain or an adjournment sine die) has passed after the receipt by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate of notice given by the Commission containing a full and complete statement of the action proposed to be taken and the facts and circumstances relied upon in support of such proposed action, or (ii) each such committee before the expiration of such period has transmitted to the Commission, written notice stating in substance that such committee has no objection to the proposed action. (d) No amount authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be used by the Commission to enter into any contract, providing funds in excess of $20,000 encompassing research, study, or technical assistance on domestic safeguards matters except as directed hj the Commission, by majority vote, following receipt by the Commission of a recommendation from the Executive Director for Operations supporting the need for such contract. SEC. 2. Moneys received by the Commission for the cooperative nuclear research programs may be retained and used for salaries and expenses associated with, those programs, notwithstanding the provi-
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