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(b) The authorities described in subsection (a) (1) may not continue to be exercised under this section if the national emergency is terminated by the Congress by concurrent resolution pursuant to section 202 of the National Emergencies Act and if the Congress specifies in such concurrent resolution that such authorities may not continue to be exercised under this section.

(c) (1) The provisions of this section are supplemental to the savings provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 101 (a) and of paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 202 (a) of the National Emergencies Act.

(2) The provisions of this section supersede the termination provisions of section 101(a) and of title II of the National Emergencies Act to the extent that the provisions of this section are inconsistent with these provisions.

(d) If the President uses the authority of this section to continue prohibitions on transactions involving foreign property interests, he shall report to the Congress every six months on the use of such authority.

SEC. 208. If any provision of this Act is held invalid, the remainder of the Act shall not be affected thereby.

TITLE III-AMENDMENTS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1969

AUTHORITY TO REGULATE EXTRATERRITORIAL EXPORTS

SEC. 301. (a) The first sentence of section 4(b)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1969 is amended to read as follows: "To effectuate the policies set forth in section 3 of this Act, the President may prohibit or curtail the exportation, except under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, of any articles, materials, or supplies, including technical data or any other information, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or exported by any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.".

(b) (1) Section 4(b) (2) (B) of such Act is amended

(A) in the first sentence, by striking out "from the United States, its territories and possessions,"; and

(B) in the second sentence

(i) by striking out "from the United States"; and

(ii) by striking out "produced in the United States" and inserting in lieu thereof "which would be subject to such controls".

(2) Section 6(c)(2)(A) of such Act is amended by striking out "from the United States, its territories or possessions,”.

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House Report No. 95-459 (Comm. on International Relations).

Senate Report No. 95-466 (Comm. on Banking, Housing, and Urban

Affairs).

Congressional Record, Vol. 123 (1977):

July 12, considered and passed House.

Oct. 11, considered and passed Senate, amended.

Nov. 30, House concurred in certain Senate amendments, in others with amendments.

Dec. 7, Senate concurred in House amendments.

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Vol. 13, No. 53:
'Dec. 28, Presidential statement.

PUBLIC LAW 95-238
[S. 1340]

AN ACT To authorize appropriations to the Department of Energy, for energy research, development, and demonstration, and related programs in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and section 16 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Department of Energy Act of 1978-Civilian Applications".

SEC. 2. In accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2017), section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.

5875), section 16 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5915), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy, for energy research, development, and demonstration, and related activities, the sum of $6,081,445,000.

TITLE I-ENERGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

OPERATING EXPENSES

SEC. 101. For "Operating expenses", for the following programs, a sum of dollars equal to the total of the following amounts:

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(A) Coal liquefaction, $107,000,000.

(B) High Btu gasification (coal), $51,200,000.
(C) Low Btu gasification (coal), $73,900,000.
(D) Advanced power systems, $25,500,000.
(E) Direct combustion (coal), $65,200,000.

(F) Advanced research and supporting technology, $50,000,000: Provided, That of those funds authorized, funds as may be necessary are hereby authorized for the following purpose: The Secretary of Energy shall conduct a feasibility study of the technology and the commercial applications of the process of fine grinding of coal and dry vegetable residues for the purpose of preparing these substances as clean burning fuels.

(G) Demonstration plants and major test facilities (coal), $60,900,000. (H) Magnetohydrodynamics, $70,800,000: Provided, That at least 5 percent of the amount appropriated for magnetohydrodynamics shall be expended for closed cycle technology.

(2) Petroleum and natural gas:

(A) Enhanced oil recovery, $46,100,000.

(B) Enhanced gas recovery, $30,000,000.

(C) Drilling, exploration and offshore technology, $7,600,000.

(D) Processing and utilization, $1,400,000.

(3) Oil shale and in situ technology:

(A) Oil shale, $28,000,000.

(B) In situ coal gasification, $19,000,000.

Solar Energy Development

(4) Thermal applications, $104,700,000, including $94,400,000 for heating and cooling of buildings.

(5) Fuels from biomass, $20,500,000; and under such rules and regulations as he may establish, the Department of Energy is authorized to guarantee a loan or loans for the demonstration of a 50 MW wood-fueled power generating facility. (6) Other Solar Energy Programs, $219,700,000, including $7,000,000 for a parallel design of a 1500 kilowatt wind energy conversion system and the production of two test units, and $203,700,000 for other solar electric applications: Provided, That $7,500,000 of such sum is hereby authorized for design work for small community applications.

Geothermal Energy Development

(7) Engineering research and development, $15,500,000.

(8) Resource exploration and assessment, $17,600,000.

(9) Hydrothermal technology applications, $28,000,000.

(10) Advanced technology applications, $24,300,000.

(11) Utilization experiments, $16,000,000.

(12) Environmental control and institutional studies, $8,100,000. (13) Low head hydroelectric program, $15,000,000.

Conservation Research and Development

(14) Electric energy systems and energy storage:

(A) Electric energy systems, $36,800,000.

(B) Energy storage systems, $48,500.000.

(15) End use conservation and technologies to improve efficiency :

(A) Industrial energy conservation, $38,000,000.

(B) Buildings and community systems, $59,500,000: Provided, That $2,000,000 of such sum are hereby authorized for a research and development program in residential gas and oil furnaces.

(C) Transportation energy conservation, $87,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be available to the Alternative Fuels Utilization Program for study of automotive utilization of alcohol fuels and blends: Provided, That of those funds authorized for the Alternative Fuels Utilization Program, funds as may be necessary are hereby authorized for the Department of Energy to conduct studies to determine the feasibility of utilizing existing distillery facilities or other types of refineries including but not limited to sugar refineries, in the implementation of programs to extend the supply of gasoline by means of a mixture of gasoline and alcohol.

(D) Improved conversion efficiency, $69,700,000.

(16) Energy extension service, $8,000,000.

(17) Small grants for appropriate technology, $8,000,000. Environment and Safety Research and Development

(18) Environmental and Safety Research and Development:
(A) Overview and Assessment, $50,010,000.

(B) Environmental Research, $143,970,000.
(C) Life Sciences Research, $38,113,000.

(D) Decontamination and Decommissioning, $19,000,000.

Nuclear Research and Development

(19) Magnetic fusion, $207,900,000.

(20) Fuel cycle research and development, $363,885,000, including $20,000,000 for international spent fuel disposition, pursuant to section 107 and including $13,000,000 for research, development, assessment, evaluation, and other activities at the Barnwell Nuclear Fuels Plant related to alternative fuel cycle technologies, safeguard systems, spent fuel storage and waste management, except that none of the authorized funds may be used for operations of the plant to process spent fuel from reactors.

(21) Liquid metal fast breeder reactor, $333,300,000: Provided, That $5,000,000 of such sums are hereby authorized for research and development on means to reduce the ability to divert plutonium from its intended purposes and to increase the detectability of plutonium if it should be so diverted.

(22) Nuclear research and applications, $228,829,000.

(23) Light water reactor safety facilities, $24,000,000.

(24) High energy physics, nuclear physics, and basic energy sciences, $413,394,000.

(25) Nuclear materials security and safeguards, $40,106,000.

(26) Uranium enrichment, $989,185,000.

All Other Programs, $444,604,000, including—

(27) (i) Not more than $1,000,000 for the Water Resources Council to carry out the provisions of section 13 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5912);

(ii) Funds to carry out the provisions of section 11 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5910), in the amount of $500,000 for the Council on Environmental Quality; and

(iii) Program management and support:

(a) Program direction, $222,900,000.

(b) Institutional relations, $34,179,000, including funds to reimburse the National Bureau of Standards for costs incurred in carrying out the provisions of section 14 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5913), as amended and including $1,800,000, is authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this paragraph (ii) for financial awards by the Department of Energy to independent inventors for the purpose of carrying out section 14 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5913) as amended.

(c) Supporting activities, $37,460,000.

(d) International cooperation, $5,000,000.

Prior Year Authorizations

(28) The sum of $40,000,000 which represents the portion of the appropriations heretofore made in the total amount of $56,000,000 for project 76-1-a (clean boiler fuel demonstration plant (A-E) and long-lead procurement) which remains unobligated and is no longer needed is hereby authorized to be made available instead, in addition to any amounts appropriated for the purposes involved pursuant to this Act for the low Btu gasification program.

PLANT AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT

SEC. 102. (a) For "Plant and capital equipment", including construction, acquisition, or modification of facilities, including land acquisition; and acquisition and fabrication of capital equipment not related to construction, a sum of dollars equal to the total of the following amounts:

(1) Conservation Research and Development:

(A) Project 78-1-a, high bay addition, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, $800,000.

(2) Fossil Energy Development:

(A) Project 78-2-a, analytical research, chemistry and coal carbonization laboratory, Pittsburgh Energy Research Center, Pennsylvania, $6,600,000.

(B) Project 78-2-b, modifications and additions to Energy Research Centers, various locations, $3,000,000.

(C) Project 78-2-c, low Btu fuel gas small industrial demonstration plants, sites undetermined (A-E and long-lead procurement only), $6,000,000.

(D) Project 78-2-d, solvent refined coal demonstration plant, site undetermined (total estimated cost is $300,000,000, including the Federal share thereof), $30,000,000.

(3) Magnetic Fusion:

(A) Project 78-3-a, mirror fusion test facility, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, California, $94,200,000.

(B) Project 78-3-b, fusion materials irradiation test facility, Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory, Washington (A-E and long-lead procurement), $14,400,000.

(4) Fuel Cycle Research and Development:

(A) Project 78-5-a, facilities for the national waste terminal storage programs, site undetermined (land acquisition, A-E and long-lead procurement), $10,000,000.

(B) Project 78-5-b, liquid metal fast breeder reactor integrated prototype equipment test facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (A-E and long-lead procurement only), $3,000,000.

(C) Project 78-5-c, advanced isotope separation facility, site undetermined (A-E only), $3,500,000.

(5) Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor :

(A) Project 78-6-a, modifications to reactors, $8,700,000.

(B) Project 78-6-b, safeguards and security upgrading, Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Chicago, Illinois, $4,935,000.

(C) Project 78-6-c, safety research experimental facility, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho (A-E, long-lead procurement and limited construction only), $20,100,000.

(D) Project 78-6-d, experimental breeder reactor II modification, Idaho Falls, Idaho (A-E and selected long-lead procurement only), $3,100,000.

(E) Project 78-6-e, modifications to facilities, Liquid Metal Engineering Center, Santa Susanna, California (A-E only), $4,000,000.

(F) Project 78-6-f, fuels and materials examination facility, Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory, Washington, $134,800,000.

(G) Project 78-7-a, modifications to utility system 300 area, Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory, Washington, $3,600,000.

(H) Project 78-7-b, test reactor area steam distribution system upgrade, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, $1,100,000.

(6) Light Water Reactor Safety Facilities:

(A) Project 78-8-a, upgrade Test Area North hot shop facility, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, $3,000,000.

(7) Environmental Research and Development:

(A) Project 78-9-a, modifications and additions to biomedical and environmental research facilities, various locations, $6,000,000.

(8) High Energy Physics:

(A) Project 78-10-a, accelerator improvements and modifications, various locations, $4,500,000.

(B) 78-10-b, proton-proton intersecting storage accelerator facility, Brookhaven National Laboratory, $10,500,000.

(C) Project 78-11-a, master substation reliability and capacity improvements, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, California, $1,700,000.

(9) Nuclear Physics:

(A) Project 78-12-a, accelerator and reactor improvements and modifications, various locations, $1,900,000.

(B) Project 78-12-b, high intensity uranium beams, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, California, $6,000,000.

(10) Basic Energy Sciences:

(A) Project 78-13-a, national synchrotron light source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, $24,000,000.

(B) Project 78-13-b, combustion research facility, Sandia Laboratories, Livermore, California, $9,400,000.

(11) Uranium Enrichment:

(A) Project 78-14-a, centrifuge facilities modifications, various locations, $30,000,000.

(B) Project 78-14-b, process control modifications, plants various locations, $17,400,000.

(C) Project 78-15-a, water system improvements, gaseous diffusion plant, Paducah, Kentucky, $4,500,000.

(12) Program Management and Support:

(A) Project 78-1-b, chiller modifications for energy conservation, Bendix Plant, Kansas City, Missouri, $830,000.

(B) Project 78-1-c, process waste heat utilization, gaseous diffusion plant, Paducah, Kentucky, $5,700,000.

(C) Project 78–19-a, program support facility, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois (A-E and long-lead procurement only), $5,000,000.

(13) Project 78-21, General Plant Projects, $44,265,000.

(14) Project 78-22, Construction Planning and Design, $10,000,000.

(15) Capital Equipment Not Related to Construction:

(A) Conservation research and development, $8,670,000.

(B) Fossil energy development, $5,500,000.

(C) Solar energy development, $7,900,000.

(D) Geothermal energy development, $2,500,000.

(E) Magnetic fusion, $27,600,000.

(F) Fuel cycle research and development, $25,300,000.

(G) Liquid metal fast breeder reactor, $35,650,000.

(H) Nuclear research and applications, $18,595,000.

(I) Light water reactor safety facilities, $800,000.

(J) High energy physics, nuclear physics, and basic energy sciences, $61,300,000.

(K) Nuclear materials, security and safeguards, $2,794,000.

(L) Uranium enrichment, $19,000,000.

(M) Environmental research and development, $19,025,000.

(N) Program management and support, $4,955,000.

CHANGES TO PRIOR YEAR AUTHORIZATIONS

(b) (1) There is authorized an additional sum of $100,000,000 for the process equipment modifications, gaseous diffusion plants (project 71-1-f), authorized by section 101(b)(1) of Public Law 91-273 (for a total project authorization of $920,000,000).

(2) There is authorized an additional sum of $42,700,000 for the cascade uprating program, gaseous diffusion plants (project 74-1-g), authorized by section 101 (b)(1) of Public Law 93-60 (for a total project authorization of $460,000,000).

(3) There is authorized an additional sum of $30,000,000 for the high Btu synthetic pipeline gas demonstration plant (project 76-1-b) authorized by section 101(b)(1) of Public Law 94-187 (for a total project authorization of $55,000,000).

(4) There is authorized an additional sum of $131,250,000 for the low Btu fuel gas demonstration plant (project 76-1-c) authorized by section 101 (b) (1) of Public Law 94-187 (for a total project authorization of $150,000,000).

(5) There is authorized an additional sum of $41,000,000 for the ten megawatt central receiver solar thermal powerplant, Barstow, California (project 76–2–b), authorized by section 101 (b) (2) of Public Law 94-187 (for a total project authorization of $47,250,000): Provided, That if the solar electrical generating facility hereby supported contributes electricity to a distribution network serving the public on a commercial basis and if any Federal monetary contribution is

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