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(e) Following transfer of the land pursuant to sub-
section (c), the Secretary shall make no further assistance
payments under section 91 or section 94 of the Atomic En-
ergy Community Act of 1955 (42 U.S.C. 2391; 2394) to
county or city governments in the vicinity of Los Alamos
National Laboratory.
SEC. 3161. DESIGNATING THE Y–12 PLANT IN OAK RIDGE,
TENNESSEE AS THE NATIONAL PROTOTYPE
CENTER.
The Y–12 plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee is designated
as the National Prototype Center. Other executive agencies
are encouraged to utilize this center, where appropriate, to
maximize their efficiency and cost effectiveness.
SEC. 3162. NORTHERN NEW MEXICO EDUCATIONAL FOUN-
DATION.
(a) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the
Department of Energy by this Act, $5,000,000 shall be
available for payment by the Secretary of Energy to a non-
profit or not-for-profit educational foundation chartered to
enhance the educational enrichment activities in public
schools in the area around the Los Alamos National Lab-
oratory (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Foundation’’).
(b) Funds provided by the Department of Energy to
the Foundation shall be used solely as corpus for an endow-
ment fund. The Foundation shall invest the corpus and use
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the income generated from such an investment to fund pro-
grams designed to support the educational needs of public
schools in Northern New Mexico educating children in the
area around the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
SEC. 3163. TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
GREENVILLE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT,
LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
to the Department of Energy, $3,500,000 are authorized to
be appropriated for fiscal year 1998, and $3,800,000 are
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1999, for im-
provements to Greenville Road in Livermore, California.
TITLE 
XXXII—DEFENSE 
NU-
CLEAR 
FACILITIES 
SAFETY
BOARD
SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION.
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year
1998, $17,500,000 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.).
TITLE XXXIII—NATIONAL
DEFENSE STOCKPILE
SEC. 3301. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
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(1) The term ‘‘National Defense Stockpile’’
means the stockpile provided for in section 4 of the
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50
U.S.C. 98c).
(2) The term ‘‘National Defense Stockpile Trans-
action Fund’’ means the fund in the Treasury of the
United States established under section 9(a) of the
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50
U.S.C. 98h(a)).
SEC. 3302. AUTHORIZED USES OF STOCKPILE FUNDS.
(a) OBLIGATIONS AUTHORIZED.—During fiscal year
1998, the National Defense Stockpile Manager may obligate
up to $60,000,000 of the funds in the National Defense
Stockpile Transaction Fund established under subsection
(a) of section 9 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock
Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h) for the authorized uses of such
funds under subsection (b)(2) of such section.
(b) ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—The National Defense
Stockpile Manager may obligate amounts in excess of the
amount specified in subsection (a) if the National Defense
Stockpile Manager notifies Congress that extraordinary or
emergency conditions necessitate the additional obligations.
The National Defense Stockpile Manager may make the ad-
ditional obligations described in the notification after the
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end of the 45-day period beginning on the date Congress
receives the notification.
(c) LIMITATIONS.—The authorities provided by this
section shall be subject to such limitations as may be pro-
vided in appropriations Acts.
SEC. 3303. AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF CERTAIN MATE-
RIALS IN NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE.
(a) DISPOSAL REQUIRED.—Subject to subsection (c),
the President shall dispose of materials contained in the Na-
tional Defense Stockpile and specified in the table in sub-
section (b) so as to result in receipts to the United States
in amounts equal to—
(1) $9,222,000 by the end of fiscal year 1998;
(2) $134,840,000 by the end of fiscal year 2002;
and
(3) $331,886,000 by the end of fiscal year 2007.
(b) LIMITATION ON DISPOSAL QUANTITY.—The total
quantities of materials authorized for disposal by the Presi-
dent under subsection (a) may not exceed the amounts set
forth in the following table:
Authorized Stockpile Disposals
Material for disposal
Quantity
Berylium Copper Master Alloy .................................................
7,387 short tons
Chromium Metal .........................................................................
8,511 short tons
Cobalt ...........................................................................................
14,058,014 pounds
Columbium Carbide ....................................................................
21,372 pounds
Columbium Ferro .......................................................................
249,395 pounds
Diamond, Bort ............................................................................
61,543 carats
Diamond, Dies ............................................................................
25,473 pieces
Diamond, Stone ..........................................................................
3,047,900 carats
Germanium .................................................................................
28,200 kilograms
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Authorized Stockpile Disposals—Continued
Material for disposal
Quantity
Indium .........................................................................................
14,248 troy ounces
Palladium ....................................................................................
1,249,485 troy ounces
Platinum .....................................................................................
442,641 troy ounces
Tantalum, Carbide Powder .......................................................
22,688 pounds contained
Tantalum, Minerals ...................................................................
1,751,364 pounds contained
Tantalum, Oxide .........................................................................
123,691 pounds contained
Titanium Sponge ........................................................................
34,831 short tons
Tungsten, Ores & Concentrate ...................................................
76,358,235 pounds
Tungsten, Carbide .......................................................................
2,032,954 pounds
Tungsten, Metal Powder ............................................................
1,899,283 pounds
Tungsten, Ferro ..........................................................................
2,024,143 pounds
(c) MINIMIZATION OF DISRUPTION AND LOSS.—The
President may not dispose of materials under subsection (a)
to the extent that the disposal will result in—
(1) undue disruption of the usual markets of
producers, processors, and consumers of the materials
proposed for disposal; or
(2) avoidable loss to the United States.
(d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DISPOSAL AUTHOR-
ITY.—The disposal authority provided in subsection (a) is
new disposal authority and is in addition to, and shall not
affect, any other disposal authority provided by law regard-
ing the materials specified in such subsection.
SEC. 3304. RETURN OF SURPLUS PLATINUM FROM THE DE-
PARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.
(a) RETURN OF PLATINUM TO STOCKPILE.—Subject to
subsection (b), the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the re-
quest of the Secretary of Defense, shall return to the Sec-
retary of Defense for sale or other disposition platinum of
the National Defense Stockpile that has been loaned to the
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Department of the Treasury by the Secretary of Defense,
acting as the stockpile manager. The quantity requested and
transferred shall be any quantity that the Secretary of De-
fense determines appropriate for sale or other disposition.
(b) ALTERNATIVE TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury, with the concurrence of the Sec-
retary of Defense, may transfer to the Secretary of Defense
funds in a total amount that is equal to the fair market
value of any platinum requested under subsection (a) and
not returned. A transfer of funds under this subsection shall
be a substitute for a return of platinum under subsection
(a). Upon a transfer of funds as a substitute for a return
of platinum, the platinum shall cease to be part of the Na-
tional Defense Stockpile. A transfer of funds under this sub-
section shall be charged to any appropriation for the De-
partment of the Treasury and shall be credited to the Na-
tional Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL
PETROLEUM RESERVES
SEC. 3401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary of Energy $117,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 for
the purpose of carrying out activities under chapter 641
of title 10, United States Code, relating to the naval petro-
leum reserves (as defined in section 7420(2) of such title).
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Funds appropriated pursuant to such authorization shall
remain available until expended.
SEC. 3402. LEASING OF CERTAIN OIL SHALE RESERVES.
(a) REQUIREMENT TO LEASE.—The Secretary of En-
ergy may lease, subject to valid existing rights, the United
States interest in Oil Shale Reserves Numbered 1, 2, and
3 to one or more private entities for the purpose of provid-
ing for the exploration of such reserves for, and the develop-
ment and production of, petroleum.
(b) MAXIMIZATION OF FINANCIAL RETURN TO THE
UNITED STATES.—A lease under this section shall be made
under terms that result in the maximum practicable finan-
cial return to the United States, without regard to produc-
tion limitations provided under chapter 641 of title 10,
United States Code.
(c) DISPOSITION OF WELLS, GATHERING LINES, AND
EQUIPMENT.—A lease of a reserve under subsection (a) may
include the sale or other disposition, at fair market value,
of any well, gathering line, or related equipment owned by
the United States that is located at the reserve and is suit-
able for use in the exploration, development, or production
of petroleum on the reserve.
(d) DISPOSITION OF ROYALTIES AND OTHER PRO-
CEEDS.—All royalties and other proceeds accruing to the
United States from a lease under this section shall be dis-
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posed of in accordance with section 7433 of title 10, United
States Code.
(e) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLE
10, UNITED STATES CODE.—The following provisions of
chapter 641 of title 10, United States Code, do not apply
to the leasing of a reserve under this section nor to a reserve
while under a lease entered into under this section: section
7422(b), subsections (d), (e), (g), and (k) of section 7430,
section 7431, and section 7438(c)(1).
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘Oil Shale Reserves Numbered 1, 2,
and 3’’ means the oil shale reserves identified in sec-
tion 7420(2) of title 10, United States Code, as Oil
Shale Reserve Numbered 1, Oil Shale Reserve Num-
bered 2, and Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 3.
(2) The term ‘‘petroleum’’ has the meaning given
such term in section 7420(3) of such title.
SEC. 3403. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT TO ASSIGN NAVY OF-
FICERS TO OFFICE OF NAVAL PETROLEUM
AND OIL SHALE RESERVES.
Section 2 of Public Law 96–137 (42 U.S.C. 7156a)
is repealed.
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TITLE XXXV—PANAMA CANAL
COMMISSION
Subtitle A—Authorization of
Expenditures From Revolving Fund
SEC. 3501. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Panama Canal
Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998’’.
SEC. 3502. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Pan-
ama Canal Commission is authorized to use amounts in
the Panama Canal Revolving Fund to make such expendi-
tures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority
available to it in accordance with law, and to make such
contracts and commitments, as may be necessary under the
Panama Canal Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) for
the operation, maintenance, improvement, and administra-
tion of the Panama Canal for fiscal year 1998.
(b) LIMITATIONS.—For fiscal year 1998, the Panama
Canal Commission may expend from funds in the Panama
Canal Revolving Fund not more than $85,000 for official
reception and representation expenses, of which—
(1) not more than $23,000 may be used for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses of the Su-
pervisory Board of the Commission;
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(2) not more than $12,000 may be used for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses of the Sec-
retary of the Commission; and
(3) not more than $50,000 may be used for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses of the Ad-
ministrator of the Commission.
SEC. 3503. PURCHASE OF VEHICLES.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds
available to the Commission shall be available for the pur-
chase and transportation to the Republic of Panama of pas-
senger motor vehicles, the purchase price of which shall not
exceed $22,000 per vehicle.
SEC. 3504. EXPENDITURES ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH
TREATIES.
Expenditures authorized under this subtitle may be
made only in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaties
of 1977 and any law of the United States implementing
those treaties.
Subtitle B—Facilitation of Panama
Canal Transition
SEC. 3511. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This subtitle may be cited as the
‘‘Panama Canal Transition Facilitation Act of 1997’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly pro-
vided, whenever in this subtitle an amendment or repeal
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is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a
section or other provision, the reference shall be considered
to be made to a section or other provision of the Panama
Canal Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.).
SEC. 3512. DEFINITIONS RELATING TO CANAL TRANSITION.
Section 3 (22 U.S.C. 3602) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) For purposes of this Act:
‘‘(1) The term ‘Canal Transfer Date’ means De-
cember 31, 1999, such date being the date specified in
the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 for the transfer of
the Panama Canal from the United States of America
to the Republic of Panama.
‘‘(2) The term ‘Panama Canal Authority’ means
the entity created by the Republic of Panama to suc-
ceed the Panama Canal Commission as of the Canal
Transfer Date.’’.
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‘‘(2) the strategic plan under subsection (b) of
section 663 shall include (in lieu of the matter speci-
fied in subsection (b)(2) of that section)—
‘‘(A) the positions to be affected, identified
by occupational category and grade level;
‘‘(B) the number and amounts of separation
incentive payments to be offered; and
‘‘(C) a description of how such incentive
payments will facilitate the successful transfer of
the Panama Canal to the Republic of Panama;
‘‘(3) a separation incentive payment under sec-
tion 663 may be paid to a Commission employee only
to the extent necessary to facilitate the successful
transfer of the Panama Canal by the United States
of America to the Republic of Panama as required by
the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977;
‘‘(4) such a payment—
‘‘(A) may be in an amount determined by
the Commission not to exceed $25,000; and
‘‘(B) may be made (notwithstanding the
limitation specified in subsection (c)(2)(D) of
section 663) in the case of an eligible employee
who voluntarily separates (whether by retirement
or resignation) during the 90-day period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this section