H.R. 7576 examined and signed by Speaker of the House Septerber 18, 1961, 20131. Presented to the President September 19, 1961, 20370. Approved by the President on September 26, 1961. Public Law 87-315, 21551. COMPANION BILL-S. 2043 S. 1774 introduced by Senator Pastore May 2, 1961 (by request) and referred to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 7038. Hearings: As listed above. S. 2043 introduced by Senator Pastore on June 8, 1961. (Clean bill superseded S. 1774), 9818. S. 2043 reported June 21, 1961 (S. Rept. 441), 10955. Considered in Senate. H.R. 7576 passed in lieu of S. 2043 and S. 2043 postponed indefinitely. July 18, 1961, 12667, 12811, 12831, 12845, 12871-73. PUBLIC LAW 87-701 (AEC AUTHORIZATION AN ACT To authorize appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. Commission Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- Atomic Energy tires of the United States of America in Congress appropriation. assembled, acquisition, etc., of SEC. 101. PLANT OR FACILITY ACQUISITION OR CON- property. STRUCTION.-There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance. with the provisions of section 261 (a) (1) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the sum of $159,415,000 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.— Project 63-a-1, modifications to production and supporting installations, $5,000,000. Project 63-a-2, modifications to facilities for conversion of UNH to UF., $1,450,000. Project 63-a-3, radioactive waste disposal facilities, Hanford, Washington, $3.700,000. (b) SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS. Project 63-b-1, consolidated service facility, Hanford, Washington, $955,000. Project 63-b-2, additional high level waste storage tanks, Savannah River, South Carolina, $6,000,000. Project 63-b-3, health physics headquarters addition. Savannah River, South Carolina, $1,000,000. [Project 63-b-4, emergency duty personnel shelters, various sites, $4,000,000.] 57 (c) ATOMIC WEAPONS. Project 63-c-1, weapons production, development, and test installations, $10,000,000. Project 63-c-2, addition to special metallurgical facility, Mound Laboratory Miamisburg, Ohio, $540,000. Project 63-c-3, production plant addition, Mound Laboratory, Miamisburg, Ohio, $300,000. Project 63-c-4, hydraulic centrifuge installation, Project 63-c-5, specialized plant additions and $2,200,000. Project 63-c-6, pulsed power research facility, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, California, $1,950,000. Project 63-c-7, gamma irradiation facility, Sandia Base, New Mexico, $650,000. Project 63-c-8, dynamic test complex, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, California, $265,000. Project 63-c-9, nondestructive test facility, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $510,000. Project 63-c-10, processing facilities, Rocky Flats, Colorado, $3,000,000. (d) ATOMIC WEAPONS. Project 63-d-1, terminal facilities-115 kilovolt power line, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, $1,950,000. Project 63-d-2, environmental control facilities, phase III, Kansas City, Missouri, $1,200,000. Project 63-d-3, engineering building addition, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, California, $4,000,000. Project 63-d-4, model shop addition (Sandia), Livermore, California, $820,000. Project 63-d-5, engineering model shop, Kansas City, Missouri, $1,000,000. Project 63-d-6, improvement of United States Highway 95-Las Vegas, Nevada, to the Nevada test site, $9,000,000. (e) REACTOR DEVELOPMENT.— Project 63-e-1, housing for lithium cooled reactor experiment, $5,000,000. Project 63-e-2, modifications to reactors, $5,000,000. [Project 63-e-3, organic reactor project, $20,000,000.]58 Project 63-e-4, research and development test plants for Project Rover, $10,000,000. Project 63-e-5, modifications and additions, CANEL. Middletown, Connecticut, $1,400,000. 57 Public Law 89-32 (79 Stat. 120) (1965), sec. 108(a), rescinded authorization for this project, except for funds theretofore obligated. 68 Public Law 88-332 (78 Stat. 227) (1964), sec. 102(e), rescinded authorization for projects 63-e-3 and 63-j-3, except for funds theretofore obligated. (f) REACTOR DEVELOPMENT. -- Project 63-f-1, cafeteria, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, $1,500,000. (g) PHYSICAL RESEARCH. Project 63-g-1, accelerator improvements, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, California, $750,000. Project 63-g-2, accelerator improvements, Cambridge and Princeton accelerators, $800,000. Project 63-g-3, accelerator improvements, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, $500,000. Project 63-g-4, accelerator and reactor additions and modifications, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, $2,250,000. (h) PHYSICAL RESEARCH. Project 63-h-1, low level radiochemistry laboratory, Hanford, Washington, $1,200,000. Project 63-h-2, inorganic materials laboratory, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, California, $2,500,000. Project 63-h-3, corporation yard, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, California, $1,500,000. Project 63-h-4, mathematics and computer building, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, $2,300,000. Project 63-h-5, building addition for physics and mathematics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, $5,000,000. Project 63-h-6, water treatment plant, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, $1,000,000. (i) BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. Project 63-i-1, biological research laboratory additions, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, $930,000. (j) ISOTOPES DEVELOPMENT.— Project 63-j-1, isotopes technology laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, $390,000. Project 63-j-2, marine products development irradiator, $600,000. [Project 63-j-3, two mobile irradiators, $700,000.]59 (k) COMMUNITY. Project 63-k-1, White Rock Elementary School, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $600,000. Project 63-k-2, real estate development, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $600,000. Project 63-k-3, additional water well, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $165,000. (1) GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.-$34,540,000. SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS.-(a) The Commission is authorized to start any project set forth in subsections 101 (a), (c), (e), and (g), 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. 50 See footnote 58, supra. (b) The Commission is authorized to start any project set forth in subsections 101 (b), (d), (f), (h), (i), (j), and (k), 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 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 exced the estimated cost set forth in that subsection by more than 10 per centum. SEC. 103. ADVANCED PLANNING AND DESIGN.-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. RESTORATION OR REPLACEMENT.-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. CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FUNDS.-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. SUBSTITUTION.-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 or portion of a project authorized in subsections 101 (a), (b), (c), and (d) 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 project is essential to the common defense and security; (b) the new project is required by changes in weapon characteristics or weapon logistic operations; and (c) it is unable to enter into a contract with any person, including a licensee, 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. SEC. 107. AMENDMENT OF PRIOR YEAR ACTS.-(a) Sec- 73 Stat. 81. tion 101 of Public Law 86-50 is amended by striking therefrom the figure "$165,400,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$172,900,000". (b) Section 101 (g) of Public Law 86-50 is amended 73 Stat. 82. by striking there from "Project 60-g-3, transuranium laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, $1,200,000" and substituting therefor "Project 60-g-3, transuranium processing plant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, $8,700,000". (c) Section 101 of Public Law 87-315 is amended as 75 Stat. 676. follows: (1) by striking therefrom the figure "$3,000,000" for project 62-a-5, additional reactor confinement, Savannah River, South Carolina, and substituting therefor the figure "$12,000,000"; (2) by striking therefrom the figure "$7,500,000" for project 62-c-1, weapons production, development, and test installations, and substituting therefor the figure "$15,000,000"; (3) by strik- 75 Stat. 677. ing therefrom the figure "$1,000,000" for project 62-i-3, controlled environment laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, and substituting there for the figure "$1,800,000"; and (4) by striking therefrom the figure "$700,000" for project 62-i-4, animal bioradiological laboratory, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, California, and substituting there for the figure "$980,000". (d) Section 101 of Public Law 85-590 is amended by striking therefrom the figure "$386,679,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$436,879,000". 72 Stat. 490. SEC. 108. RESCISSIONS.-(a) Public Law 86-50, as 73 Stat. 82. amended, is further amended by rescinding therefrom authorization for a project, except for funds heretofore obligated, as follows: Project 60-e-14, experimental low-temperature process heat reactor, $4,000,000. 73 Stat. 85. (b) Section 111 of Public Law 86-50 is rescinded. SEC. 109. COOPERATION WITH EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY.-There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic Energy Commission, in accordance with the provisions of section 261a (2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the sum of $5,000,000, in addition to the sum of $10,000,000 previously authorized, which shall be available for carrying out the purposes of section 3 of Public Law 85-846, pro- 42 U.S.C. 2292. 72 Stat. 1084. |