1. Project 56-h-1, conversion of existing building to development plant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, $1,150,000. 2. Project 56-h-2, fabrication plant for development equipment, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, $440,000. (i) BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE.-Project 56-i-1, medical research plant and facility, Brookhaven National Laboratory, $6,040,000. (j) COMMUNITY.— 1. Project 56-j-1, additional housing units, Monticello, Utah, $250,000. 2. Project 56–j−2, new community hospital, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $2,900,000. 3. Project 56-j-3, water and sewer replacements and improvements, Richland, Washington, $160,000. 4. Project 56-j-4, housing program (group 18), Los Alamos, New Mexico, $3,500,000. (k) SOURCE AND OTHER RAW MATERIALS.-Project 56-k-1, offsite access roads, $4,165,000. (1) GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.-$17,960,000. SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS. (a) The Commission is authorized to start any project set forth in subsections 101 (a) through 101 (d) 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 Commission is authorized to start any project set forth in subsections 101 (e) through 101(j) 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 Commission is authorized to start the project set forth in subsection 101 (k) only if the currently estimated cost of the project does not exceed the estimated cost set forth for that project. (d) The Commission is authorized to start a project under subsection 101 (1) only if it is in accordance with the following: 1. For community operations, the maximum currently estimated cost of any project shall be $100,000 and the maximum currently estimated cost of any building included in such project shall be $10,000. 2. For all other programs, the maximum currently estimated cost of any project shall be $500,000 and the maximum currently estimated cost of any building included in such a project shall be $100,000. 3. The total cost of all projects undertaken under subsection 101 (1) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth in that subsection by more than 10 per centum. SEC. 103. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated funds for advance planning, construction design, and architectural services, in connection with projects which are not otherwise authorized by law, and the Atomic Energy Commission is authorized to use funds currently or otherwise available to it for such purposes. SEC. 104. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated funds necessary to restore or to replace plants or facilities destroyed or otherwise seriously damaged, and the Atomic Energy Commission is authorized to use funds currently or otherwise available to it for such purposes. SEC. 105. In addition to the sums authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic Energy Commission by section 101 of this Act, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic Energy Commission to accomplish the purposes of this Act such sums of money as may be currently available to the Atomic Energy Commission. SEC. 106. Funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to start any other new project for which an estimate was not included in this Act if it be a substitute for a project authorized in subsection 101(a), 101(d), or 101 (f), and the estimated cost thereof is within the limit of cost of the project for which substitution is to be made, and the Commission certifies that (a) the new project is essential to the common defense and security; and (b) the new project is required by changes in weapon characteristics or weapon logistic operations; (c) it is unable to enter into a contract with any person, including a license, on terms satisfactory to the Commission to furnish from a privately owned plant or facility the product or services to be provided in the new project. Approved July 11, 1955. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY INDEX TO PUBLIC LAW 84-141 (H.R. 6795) (Page references are to Congressional Record, 84th Cong., 1st sess.) Introduced by Mr. Durham; referred to Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 8207. Reported (H. Rept. 737), 8207. Made special order (H. Res. 283), 9281. Passed House, 9281. Amended and passed Senate (in lieu of S. 2220), 9339, 9350, 9354. House concurred in Senate amendments, 9471. Examined and signed, 9590, 9676. Presented to the President 9823. Approved (Public Law 84-141), 10299. COMPANION BILL S. 2220 Introduced by Mr. Anderson; reported from Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (S. Rept. 538), 8081. Ordered placed on the calendar, 8082. Objected to, 8676. Indefinitely postponed (H.R. 6795 passed in lieu), 9339. AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC LAW 84-141 PUBLIC LAW 85-519 [85TH CONGRESS, H.R. 12457] [JULY 15, 1958] (To Amend AEC Authorization Acts for Fiscal Years 1956 and 1958) AN ACT To further amend Public Law 85-162 and Public Law 84-141, to increase the authorization for appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 101 of Public Law 85-162, as amended, is further amended by striking therefrom the figure "$257,230,000" and inserting in lieu thereof the figure "$259,480,000". SEC. 2. Section 101 (e) of Public Law 85-162 is amended by striking therefrom the figure "$7,750,000" for project 58-e-6, project Sherwood plant, and substituting therefor the figure "$10,000,000". SEC. 3. Section 101 (c) of Public Law 84-141, as amended, is further amended by striking therefrom the figure "$10,000,000" for project 56-c-1, particle accelerator program, and substituting therefor the figure "$19,406,000". Approved July 15, 1958. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY INDEX TO PUBLIC LAW 85-519 (H.R. 12457) (Amended AEC Authorization Acts for Fiscal Years 1956 and 1958) (Page references are to Congressional Record, 85th Cong., 2d sess.) Introduced by Mr. Durham (by request). May 12, 1958. Referred to Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 8484. June 27, 1958, 12460. Reported (H. Rept. 1949). June 24, 1958, 12129. Approved (Public Law 85-519). July 15, 1958, 13977. COMPANION BILL-S. 3786 Introduced by Senator Anderson (by request). May 12, 1958. Referred to Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 8370. Reported (S. Rept. 1747). June 24, 1958, 11993. Indefinitely postponed (H.R. 12457 passed in lieu). July 2, 1958, 12884. PUBLIC LAW 84-506 (AEC AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1957) [H.R. 10387] AN ACT To authorize appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission for acquisition or condemnation of real property or any facilities, or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SEC. 101. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic Energy Commission the sum of $319,595,000 for acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, as follows: (a) SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS. 1. [Project 57-a-1, additional feed-materials plant, $22,200,000.]' 2. Project 57-a-2, improvements to reactor instrumentation, Hanford, Washington, $8,000,000. 3. Project 57-a-3, improved high level waste handling system, Savannah River, $5,000,000. 4. Project 57-a-4, reactor facility safety improvements, Hanford, Washington, $5,000,000. 5. Project 57-a-5, additional waste disposal system, Hanford, Washington, $5,000,000. 6. [Project 57-a-6, charging and discharging systems, Hanford, Washington, $3,450,000.] 8 7. [Project 57-a-7, modifications to existing production facilities for increased efficiency and safety, Hanford, Washington, $3,000,000.] Ba 8a 8. [Project 57-a-8, chemical processing facility, St. Louis, Missouri, $1,600,000.] T 9. [Project 57-a-9, barrier plant automation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $1,400,000.] 7 10. [Project 57-a-10, reactor temperature test installation, Hanford, Washington, $900,000.]" 11. [Project 57-a-11, improvements to reactor cooling water effluent system, Hanford, Washington, $550,000.] " 12. [Project 57-a-12, fuel element heat-treating plant, Fernald, Ohio, $500,000.] ° 9 13. Project 57-a-13, renovation of service plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $450,000. (b) ATOMIC WEAPONS. 1. Project 57-b-1, area 5 expansion, $20,900,000. 2. Project 57-b-2, weapons assembly plants, $15,000,000. 3. Project 57-b-3, weapons production and development plant, $15,000,000. 4. Project 57-b-4, weapons development and engineering facilities, Livermore, California, $10,000,000. 5. Project 57-b-5, storage site modifications, $2,000,000. (c) REACTOR DEVELOPMENT. 1. Project 57-c-1, aircraft nuclear propulsion ground test plant area numbered 2, Idaho, $55,000,000. 2. Project 57-c-2, research and developmental test plant, $25,000,000.10 Public Law 84-981 (1956), sec. 1, amended this figure. Before amendment it was $295.495,000. Public Law 85-162 (1957), sec. 108(b) rescinded authorization for this project except for funds theretofore obligated. Public Law 87-315 (1961), sec. 108 (e) rescinded authorization for this project except for funds theretofore obligated. Ba Public Law 86-457 (1960), sec. 108 (d), rescinded authorization for this project except for funds theretofore obligated. See footnote 7, supra. 10 Public Law 84-981 (1956), sec. 2, amended this figure. Before amendment it was $15,900,000. 3. Project 57-c-3, modifications and expansion of aircraft nuclear propulsion ground test facilities, area numbered 1, Idaho, $15,000,000. 4. Project 57-c-4, small submarine reactor test facility, $10,000,000. 5. Project 57-c-5, expended core handling and service plant, National Reactor Testing Station, $4,750,000. 6. [Project 57-c-6, food irradiation facility, $3,000,000.] 11 7. Project 57-c-7, project Sherwood plant, $2,000,000. 8. Project 57-c-8, Argonne low power reactor facility, $1,225,000. 9. Project 57-c-9, materials testing reactor hot cell extension, National Reactor Testing Station, $310,000. 10. [Project 57-c-10, amended reactor development project, $15,000,000.] 12 (d) PHYSICAL RESEARCH. 1. Project 57-d-1, zero gradient synchrotron, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, $42,000,000.13 2. Project 57-d-2, bevatron research plant, University of California Radiation Laboratory, $1,084,000. 3. [Project 57-d-3, forty-eight-inch heavy particle cyclotron, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, $459,000.] 14 4. Project 57-d-4, conversion of accelerator design building, University of California Radiation Laboratory, $300,000. (e) RAW MATERIALS. (1) Project 57-e-1, analytical laboratory addition, Grand Junction, Colorado, $362,000. (f) ATOMIC WEAPONS. 1. Project 57-f-1, metallurgy laboratory, Livermore, California, $2,270,000. 2. Project 57-f-2, base construction, Pacific proving ground, $1,569,000. 3. Project 57-f-3, high explosive and weaponizing plant, Livermore, California, $1,100,000. 4. Project 57-f-4, installation of one hundred and fifteen kilovolt tie line, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $1,000,000. 5. Project 57-f-5, base construction, Nevada test site, $543,000. 6. [Project 57-f-6, manufacturing support plant, Kansas City, Missouri, $444,000.] 15 7. Project 57-f-7, warehouse, Sandia, $308,000. 8. [Project 57-f-8, mechanical shop additions, Livermore, California, $300,000.] 15 9. Project 57-f-9, programing building, Livermore, California, $180,000. (g) REACTOR DEVELOPMENT. 1. Project 57-g-1, addition to electrical power system, National Reactor Testing Station, $3,800,000. 11 Public Law 85-590 (1958), sec. 107 (b), rescinded authorization for this project except for funds theretofore obligated. 13 Public Law 84-981 (1956), sec. 3, added project 57-c-10. Public Law 85-162 (1957), sec. 108(b), subsequently rescinded authorization for this project except for funds thereto. fore obligated. 18 As set forth in Public Law 84-506 (1956), project 57-d-1 was designated as follows: "Project 57-d-1, high energy accelerator, $15,000,000." Public Law 85-162 (1957), sec. 107(b) amended this figure to read "$27,000,000." Public Law 86-457 (1960), sec. 107 (a) amended the project designation to read as shown above. 14 Public Law 86-50 (1959), sec. 108(b), rescinded authorization for this project except for funds theretofore obligated. 15 See footnote 7, supra. |