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(B) The Commission may fix the compensation of the
personnel of the Commission without regard to the provi-
sions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title
5, United States Code, relating to classification of positions
and General Schedule pay rates.
(4) Any Federal Government employee may be detailed
to the Commission without reimbursement, and such detail
shall be without interruption or loss of civil status or privi-
lege.
(f) APPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not
apply to the activities of the Commission.
(g) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate
30 days after the date on which the Commission submits
its report under subsection (d).
(h) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated pursuant to section 3101, not more that $500,000
shall be available for the activities of the Commission under
this section. Funds made available to the Commission under
this section shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 3157. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY ON COMMISSION
ON MAINTAINING UNITED STATES NUCLEAR
WEAPONS EXPERTISE.
(a) COMMENCEMENT
OF
ACTIVITIES.—Subsection
(b)(1) of section 3162 of the National Defense Authorization
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Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat.
2844; 42 U.S.C. 2121 note) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end
the following new sentence: ‘‘The chairman may be
designated once five members of the Commission have
been appointed under subparagraph (A).’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(E) The Commission may commence its activities
under this section upon the designation of the chairman of
the Commission under subparagraph (C).’’.
(b) DEADLINE FOR REPORT.—Subsection (d) of that
section is amended by striking out ‘‘March 15, 1998,’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘March 15, 1999,’’.
SEC. 3158. LAND TRANSFER, BANDELIER NATIONAL MONU-
MENT.
(a) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.—
The Secretary of Energy shall transfer to the Secretary of
the Interior administrative jurisdiction over a parcel of real
property consisting of approximately 4.47 acres as depicted
on the map entitled ‘‘Boundary Map, Bandelier National
Monument’’, No. 315/80,051, dated March 1995.
(b) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.—The boundary of the
Bandelier National Monument established by Proclamation
No. 1322 (16 U.S.C. 431 note) is modified to include the
real property transferred under subsection (a).
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(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
OF MAP.—The map de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall be on file and available for
public inspection in the Lands Office at the Southwest Sys-
tem Support Office of the National Park Service, Santa Fe,
New Mexico, and in the office of the Superintendent of Ban-
delier National Monument.
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The real property and interests
in real property transferred under subsection (a) shall be—
(1) administered as part of Bandelier National
Monument; and
(2) subject to all laws applicable to the Bandelier
National Monument and all laws generally applicable
to units of the National Park System.
SEC. 3159. PARTICIPATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY ACTIVI-
TIES IN HISPANIC OUTREACH INITIATIVE OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
The Secretary of Energy shall take appropriate ac-
tions, including the allocation of funds, to ensure the par-
ticipation of the national security activities of the Depart-
ment of Energy in the Hispanic Outreach Initiative of the
Department of Energy.
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SEC. 3160. FINAL SETTLEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF EN-
ERGY COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS
TO LOS ALAMOS COUNTY UNDER AUSPICES
OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ACT OF 1955.
(a) The Secretary of Energy on behalf of the Federal
Government shall convey without consideration fee title to
Government-owned land under the administrative control
of the Department of Energy to the Incorporated County
of Los Alamos, New Mexico, or its designee, and to the Sec-
retary of the Interior in trust for the Pueblo of San
Ildefonso for purposes of preservation, community self-suffi-
ciency or economic diversification in accordance with this
section.
(b) In order to carry out the requirement of subsection
(a) the Secretary shall—
(1) no later than 3 months from the date of en-
actment of this Act, submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a report identifying parcels of
land considered suitable for conveyance, taking into
account the need to provide lands—
(A) which are not required to meet the na-
tional security missions of the Department of
Energy;
(B) which are likely to be available for
transfer within 10 years; and
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(C) which have been identified by the De-
partment, the County of Los Alamos, or the
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, as being able to meet the
purposes stated in subsection (a);
(2) no later than 12 months after the date of en-
actment of this Act, submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report containing the results
of a title search on all parcels of land identified in
paragraph (1), including an analysis of any claims
of former owners, or their heirs and assigns, to such
parcels. During this period, the Secretary shall en-
gage in concerted efforts to provide claimants with
every reasonable opportunity to legally substantiate
their claims. The Secretary shall only transfer land
for which the United States Government holds clear
title;
(3) no later than 21 months from the date of en-
actment of this Act, complete any review required by
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321–4375) with respect to anticipated envi-
ronmental impact of the conveyance of the parcels of
land identified in the report to Congress; and
(4) no later than 3 months after the date, which
is the later of—
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(A) the date of completion of the review re-
quired by paragraph (3); or
(B) the date on which the County of Los Al-
amos and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso submit to
the Secretary a binding agreement allocating the
parcels of land identified in paragraph (1) to
which the government has clear title—
submit to the appropriate Congressional committees a
plan for conveying the parcels of land in accordance
with the agreement between the county and the Pueblo
and the findings of the environmental review in para-
graph (3).
(c) The Secretary shall complete the conveyance of all
portions of the lands identified in the plan with all due
haste, and no later than 9 months, after the date of submis-
sion of the plan under paragraph (b)(4).
(d) If the Secretary finds that a parcel of land identi-
fied in subsection (b) continues to be necessary for national
security purposes for a period of time less than ten years
or requires remediation of hazardous substances in accord-
ance with applicable laws that delays the parcel’s convey-
ance beyond the time limits provided in subsection (c), the
Secretary shall convey title of that parcel upon completion
of the remediation or after that parcel is no longer necessary
for national security purposes.