PUBLIC LAW 96-164—DEC. 29, 1979
93 STAT. 1265
(c) The Secretary shall study the types of contracts that would best provide for the continued performance of the work performed under the contracts referred to in subsection (b). The Secretary shall include in any contract proposed to replace such contracts terms to assure that— (1) the paramount objectives and missions of such laboratories continue to be in the field of national security; (2) the transition from management of such laboratories by the University of California to management by any new contractor would be orderly, involve a minimum of uncertainty, and provide employee rights and benefits (including rights and benefits with respect to pensions and retirement) reasonably comparable to those currently provided employees of the laboratories by the Regents of the University of California; and (3) any new contractor may retain as many of the current management officials and employees of the laboratories as may be consistent with maintaining and fostering excellence in carrying out the functions assigned to the laboratories. (d)(1) The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory at Los Alamos, New Mexico, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the "Los Alamos National Scientific Laboratory". Any reference in any law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States to the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory shall after such date be considered to be a reference to the Los Alamos National Scientific Laboratory. (2) The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Livermore Laboratory at Livermore, California, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the "Ernest Orlando Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory". Any reference in any law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States to the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Livermore Laboratory shall after such date be considered to be a reference to the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. (3) The Sandia Laboratories at Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Livermore, California, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the "Sandia National Laboratories". Any reference in any law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States to the Sandia Laboratories shall after such date be considered to be a reference to the Sandia National Laboratories.
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WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT, DELAWARE BASIN, NEW MEXICO
SEC. 213. (a) The Secretary of Energy shall proceed with the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant construction project authorized to be carried out in the Delaware Basin of southeast New Mexico (project 77-13-f) in accordance with the authorization for such project as modified by this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is authorized as a defense activity of the Department of Energy, administered by the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs, for the express purpose of providing a research and development facility to demonstrate the safe disposal of radioactive wastes resulting from the defense activities and programs of the United States exempted from regulation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (b)(1) In carrying out such project, the Secretary shall consult and Consultation cooperate with the appropriate officials of the State of New Mexico, ^"^ cooperation, with respect to the public health and safety concerns of such State in
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