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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1162

To authorize appropriations for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for fiscal

years 1994 and 1995, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 24 (legislative day, JUNE 22), 1993

Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. LIEBERMAN, and Mr. SIMPSON) (by request)

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the

Committee on Environment and Public Works

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for fiscal years 1994 and 1995, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nuclear Regulatory

5 Commission Authorization Act for fiscal years 1994 and

6 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL

2 YEARS 1994 AND 1995.

3 (a) SALARIES AND EXPENSES.—There are hereby au4 thorized to be appropriated to the Nuclear Regulatory

5 Commission in accordance with the provisions of section

6 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2017)

7 and section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974

8 (42 U.S.C. 5875), $542,900,000 for fiscal year 1994 to

9 remain available until expended, of which $22,000,000

10 shall be authorized from the Nuclear Waste Fund; and,

11 $546,800,000 for fiscal year 1995 to remain available

12 until expended, of which $22,000,000 shall be authorized

13 from the Nuclear Waste Fund.

14 (b) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—There

15 are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Nuclear

16 Regulatory Commission’s Office of the Inspector General

17 in accordance with the provisions of section 108 of the

18 Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988 (31 U.S.C.

19 1105(a)(25)) $4,800,000 for fiscal year 1994 to remain

20 available until expended, and $5,000,000 for fiscal year

21 1995 to remain available until expended.

22 SEC. 3. ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED.

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The sums authorized to be appro24 priated under section (2)(a) for fiscal years 1994 and

25 1995 shall be allocated as follows:
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1 (1) not more than $163,807,000 for fiscal year

2 1994 and not more than $168,005,000 for fiscal

3 year 1995 may be used for ‘‘Reactor Safety and

4 Safeguards Regulation’’;

5 (2) not more than $99,969,000 for fiscal year

6 1994 and not more than $98,339,000 for fiscal year

7 1995 may be used for ‘‘Reactor Safety Research’’;

8 (3) not more than $31,000,000 for fiscal year

9 1994 and not more than $31,369,000 for fiscal year

10 1995 may be used for ‘‘Reactor Special and Inde11 pendent Reviews, Investigations and Enforcement’’;

12 and

13 (4) not more than $61,880,000 for fiscal year

14 1994 and not more than $63,025,000 for fiscal year

15 1995 may be used for ‘‘Nuclear Material and Low16 Level Waste Safety and Safeguards Regulation’’;

17 (5) not more than $22,000,000 for fiscal year

18 1994 and not more than $22,000,000 for fiscal year

19 1995 (from the Nuclear Waste Fund) may be used

20 for ‘‘High-Level Nuclear Waste Regulation’’;

21 (6) not more than $164,244,000 for fiscal year

22 1994 and not more than $164,062,000 for fiscal

23 year 1995 may be used for ‘‘Nuclear Safety Manage24 ment and Support’’.
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1 (b) LIMITATIONS.—The Nuclear Regulatory Commis2 sion may use not more than 1 per centum of the amounts

3 allocated under section (2)(a) to exercise its authority

4 under section 31 a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954

5 (42 U.S.C. 2051(a)) to enter into grants and cooperative

6 agreements with organizations such as universities, State

7 and local governments, and not-for-profit institutions.

8 Grants made by the Commission shall be made in accord9 ance with chapter 63 of title 31 United States Code and

10 other applicable law.

11 (c) REALLOCATION.—Except as specified below, any

12 amounts allocated for a fiscal year to the Nuclear Regu13 latory Commission pursuant to any paragraph of section

14 (2)(a) for purposes of the program referred to in such

15 paragraph, may be reallocated by the Commission for use

16 in a program referred to in any other paragraph of such

17 section, or for use in any other activity within a program,

18 except that the amount available from appropriations for

19 such fiscal year for use in any program or specified activ20 ity may not, as a result of reallocations made under this

21 section, be increased or reduced by more than $500,000

22 unless the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the

23 Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub25 lic Works of the Senate are notified in advance by the
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1 Commission. Such notification will contain a full and com2 plete statement of the reallocation to be made and the

3 facts and circumstances relied upon in support of such

4 reallocation. Funds authorized to be appropriated from

5 the Nuclear Waste Fund may be used only for the Com6 mission’s high-level nuclear waste activities and may not

7 be reprogrammed for other Commission activities.

8 SEC. 4. RETENTION OF FUNDS.

9 Money received by the Nuclear Regulatory Commis10 sion for the cooperative nuclear safety research program,

11 services rendered to foreign governments and international

12 organizations, and the material and information access au13 thorization programs (including criminal history checks

14 under section 149 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42

15 U.S.C. 2169)) may be retained and used, subject to appro16 priations, for salaries and expenses associated with those

17 activities, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3302

18 of title 31, United States Code, and shall remain available

19 until expended.

20 SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNDS.

21 From amounts appropriated to the Nuclear Regu22 latory Commission pursuant to section (2)(a) of this Act,

23 except for appropriations from the Nuclear Waste Fund,

24 the Commission may transfer sums to its Office of the

25 Inspector General: Provided, That the total transfer dur-
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1 ing any fiscal year may not exceed 5 percent of the amount

2 authorized under section (2)(b) of this Act for that fiscal

3 year.

4 SEC. 6. LIMITATION.

5 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, no

6 authority to make payments under this Act shall be effec7 tive except to such extent or in such amounts as are pro8 vided in advance in appropriations Acts.

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