A bill to authorize appropriations to the Energy Research and Development Administration 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.
PL 94-187 (H.R.3474), enacted 12/31/1975

PUBLIC LAW 94-187—DEC. 31, 1975 
89 STAT. 1063 
Public Law 94-187 
94th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize appropriations to the Energy Research and Development Admin-
istration 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 hy the Senate and House of Representatwes of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1976 
SEC. 101. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Energy Research and Development Administration in accordance 
with the provisions of section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 2017), section 305 of the Energy Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5875), and section 16 of the Federal 
Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5915) : 
(a) For "Operating expenses", for the following programs, a sum 
of dollars equal to the total of the following amounts: 
(1) FOSSIL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.— 
(A) Coal liquefaction: 
Costs, $96,897,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $665,000. 
(B) High Btu gasification (coal) : 
Costs, $37,838,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $20,526,000. 
(C) Low Btu gasification (coal) : 
Costs, $54,671,000. 
Changes in selected resources, (minus) $4,282,000. 
Provided, That not less than 20 per centum of the funds appro-
priated pursuant to this subparagraph (C) shall be used for in 
situ processes. 
(D) Advanced power systems (coal): 
Costs, $8,261,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $2,340,000. 
(E) Direct combustion (coal): 
Costs, $32,645,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $5,451,000. 
(F) Advanced research and supporting technology (coal), for 
the following: 
(i) Advanced coal conversion process: 
Costs, $13,000,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $1,000,000. 
(ii) Advanced direct coal utilization process: 
Costs, $4,600,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $400,000. 
(iii) Advanced supporting research: 
Costs, $8,374,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $119,000. 
Dec. 31, 1975 
[H.R. 3474] 
Energy Research 
and Development 
Administration. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
89 STAT. 1064 
PUBLIC LAW 94-187—DEC. 31, 1975 
(iv) System studies: 
Costs, $9,087,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $2,813,000. 
(G) Demonstration plants (coal): 
Costs, $18,100,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $18,900,000, 
(H) Natural gas and oil extraction: 
Costs, $32,865,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $8,564,000. 
(I) Natural gas and oil utilization: 
Costs, $1,582,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $215,000. 
(J) Oil shale in situ processing: 
Costs, $16,000,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $3,000,000. 
(K) Oil shale composition and characterization: 
Costs, $1,113,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $152,000. 
(L) Magnetohydrodynamics: 
Costs, $22,340,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $12,160,000. 
(2) SOLAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT : 
Costs, $97,100,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $62,425,000. 
(3) GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT : 
Costs, $34,750,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $8,520,000. 
(4) 
CONSERVATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 
(A) Electric Power Transmission: 
Costs, $11,830,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $300,000. 
(B) Advanced Transportation Power Systems: 
Costs, $19,000,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $4,500,000. 
(C) Energy Storage Systems: 
Costs, $23,100,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $5,700,000. 
(D) End-use Conservation: 
Costs, $31,000,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $18,650,000. 
(E) Improved Conversion Efficiency: 
Costs, $12,625,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $3,000,000. 
(F) UAan Waste Conversion: 
Costs, $10,000,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $5,000,000. 
(5) NUCLEAR ENERGY AND OTHER PROGRAMS.—$3,158,970,000, of which 
a sum of dollars for the following programs equal to the total of the 
following amounts is included: 
(A) Scientific and technical education in support of Nonnuclear 
Energy Technologies: 
"Costs, $4,500,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $1,350,000. 
(B) General new programs in Environmental and Safety 
Research in support of nonnuclear energy technology: 
Costs, $22,100,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $7,700,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-187—DEC. 31, 1975 
89 STAT. 1065 
(C) For use as provided in section 316 of this Act: 
Costs, $4,000,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $1,000,000. 
(D) Nonpulmonary health studies on miners and people living 
in areas subjected to a high incidence of sulphur oxides and trace 
elements: 
Costs, $400,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $100,000. 
(E) New programs of physical research in molecular and mate-
rials sciences in support of nonnuclear technologies: 
Costs, $15,725,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $3,750,000. 
(F) $2,750,000 shall be available pursuant to sections 14 and 16 
of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Eesearch and Development 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5913 and 5915) as follows: 
(i) $1,250,000 for the National Bureau of Standards; 
(ii) $500,000 for the Council on Environmental Quality; 
and 
(iii) $1,000,000 for the Water Eesources Council, 
(b) 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: 
FOSSIL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT 
(1) COAL.— 
Project 76-1-a, clean boiler fuel demonstration plant ( A - E and 
lon.qr-lead procurement), $20,000,000. 
Project 76-1-b, High Btu synthetic pipeline gas demonstration 
plant (A-E and long-lead procurement), $20,000,000. 
Project 76-1-c, Low Btu fuel gas demonstration plant, ( A - E and 
long-lead procurement), $15,000,000. 
Project 76-1-d, Fluidized bed direct combustion demonstration 
plant, $13,000,000. 
SOLAR, GEOTHERMAL, AND ADVANCED ENERGY SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 
(2) SOLAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 
76-2-a, 
Five 
megawatt 
solar 
thermal 
test 
facility, 
$5,000,000. 
Project 76-2-b, Ten megawatt central receiver solar thermal power-
plant, ( A - E and long-lead procurement), $5,000,000. 
(3) GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 76-3-a, Geothermal powerplant (steam) ( A - E and long-
lead procurement), $5,000,000. 
Project 76-3-b, Geothermal powerplant ( A - E and long-lead pro-
curement), $5,000,000. 
(4) PHYSICAL RESEARCH.— 
Project 76-4-a, accelerator and reactor improvements and modifica-
tions, $4,000,000. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT 
(5) 
FUSION POWER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 76-5-a, Tokamak fusion test reactor, Princeton Plasma 
Physics Laboratory, Plainsboro, New Jersey, $23,000,000. 
Project 76-5-]b, 14 Mev intense neutron source facility, Los Alamos 
Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, $22,100,000. 
89 STAT. 1066 
PUBLIC LAW 94^187—DEC. 31, 1975 
Project 76-5-c, 14 Mev high intensity neutron facility, Lawrence 
Livermore Laboratory, California, $5,000,000. 
(6) FISSION POWER REACTOR DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 76-6-a, modifications to reactors, $4,000,000. 
Project 76-6-b, sodium components test installation steam and feed-
water system modiJEication, Liquid Metal Engineering Center, Santa 
Susana, California, $7,700,000. 
(7) FISSION POWER REACTOR DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 76-7-a, test reactor area fire main replacement, Idaho 
National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, $2,200,000. 
(8) 
N U C L E A R MATERIALS.— 
Project 76-8-a, additional facilities, high level waste storage, Savan-
nah River, South Carolina, $68,000,000. 
Project 76-8-b, additional high level waste storage facilities, Rich-
land, Washington, $35,000,000. 
Project 76-8-c, supplemental N reactor irradiated fuel storage, 
Richland, Washington, $2,500,000. 
Project 76-8-d, uprate electrical switchyards for Roane substation, 
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $8,100,000. 
Project 76-8-e, conversion of existing steam plants to coal capabil-
ity, gaseous diffusion plants and Feed Materials Production Center, 
Fernald, Ohio, $12,200,000. 
Project 76-8-f, radioactive liquid waste system improvements, Idaho 
Chemical Processing Plant, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, 
Idaho, $5,800,000. 
Project 76-8-g, additional facilities, enriched uranium production, 
locations undetermined, $25,000,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY 
(9) 
WEAPONS.— 
Project 76-9-a, MK-12A M I N U T E M A N I I I production facilities, 
various locations, $3,000,000. 
Project 76-9-b, plutonium metallurgy building modifications, Law-
rence Livermore Laboratory, California, $1,000,000. 
Project 76-9-c, limited life component exchange facility, Charles-
ton, South Carolina, $13,900,000. 
Project 76-9-d, water control and recycle project, Rocky Flats, 
Colorado, $3,100,000. 
(10) 
WEAPONS.— 
Project 76-10-a, fire wall construction, Bendix Plant, Kansas City, 
Missouri, $2,000,000. 
Project 76-10-b, fire protection improvements, Los Alamos Scien-
tific Laboratory, New Mexico, $4,450,000. 
Project 76-10-c, P H E R M E X enhancement, Los Alamos Scientific 
Laboratory, New Mexico, $6,150,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY RESEARCH 
(11) 
BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH.— 
Project 76-11-a, modifications and additions to biomedical and 
environmental research facilities, $3,200,000. 
Project 76-11-b, inhalation toxicology research facilities, $6,800,000. 
(12) G E N E R A L PLANT PROJECTS.—$64,670,000. 
(13) 
CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND DESIGN.—$6,000,000. 
(14) 
SAFEGUARDS AND FACILITY UPGRADING.— 
Project 76-14, safeguard and security upgrading, various locations, 
$32,800,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-187—DEC. 31, 1975 
89 STAT. 1067 
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NOT KELATED TO CONSTRUCTION 
(15) CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.—^Acquisition and fabrication of capital 
equipment not related to construction, for the following programs, a 
sum of dollars equal to the total of the following amounts: 
(A) Fossil energy development, $425,000. 
(B) Solar energy development, $3,000,000. 
(C) Geothermal energy development, $3,120,000. 
(D) 
Conservation 
research 
and 
development 
including 
improved conversion efficiency, $11,500,000. 
(E) Physical research in molecular and materials sciences in 
support of nonnuclear energy technology, $4,600,000. 
(F) Environmental and safety research in support of non-
nuclear energy technology, $2,000,000. 
(G) Nuclear energy and other programs, $237,502,000. 
SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS.— (a) The Administration is authorized to 
start any project set forth in subsections 101(b) (4), (5), (6), (8), 
(9), (11), and (14) 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. 
(b) The Administration is authorized to start any project set forth 
in subsections 101(b) (7) and (10) 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 Administration is authorized to start any project under 
subsection 101(b) (12) only if it is in accordance with the following: 
(1) The maximum currently estimated cost of any project shall 
be $750,000 and the maximum currently estimated cost of any 
building included in such project shall be $300,000: Provided^ 
That the building cost limitation may be exceeded if the Admin-
istration determines that it is necessary in the interest of efficiency 
and economy. 
(2) The total cost of all projects undertaken under subsection 
101(b) (12) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth in that 
section by more than 10 per centum. 
(d) The total cost of any project undertaken under subsections 101 
(b) (4), (5), (6), (8), (9), (11), and (14) shall not exceed the esti-
mated cost set forth for that project by more than 25 per centum 
unless and until additional appropriations are authorized under sec-
tion 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended: Provided^ 
42 USC 2017.. 
That this subsection will not apply to any project with an estimated 
cost less than $5,000,000. 
(e) The total cost of any project undertaken under subsection 101 
(b) (7) and (10) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth for that 
project by more than 10 per centum, unless and until additional appro-
priations are authorized under section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954, as amended: Provided^ That this subsection will not apply to 
any project with an estimated cost less than $5,000,000. 
SEC. 103. AMENDMENT OF PRIOR YEAR ACTS.— (a) 
Section 101 
of 
Public Law 91-273, as amended, is further amended by (1) striking 
84 Stat. 299. 
from subsection (b) (1), project 71-1-f, process equipment modifica-
tions, gaseous diffusion plants, the figure ''$295,100,000" and substitut-
ing therefor the 
figure 
"$478,100,000"; and 
(2) 
striking 
from 
subsection (b) (9), project 71-9, fire, safety, and adequacy of operating 
conditions projects, various locations, the figure "$193,000,000" and 
substituting therefor the figure "$240,000,000". 
89 STAT. 1068 
PUBLIC LAW 94-187—DEC. 31, 1975 
87 Stat. 143. 
(b) Section 101 of Public Law 93-60, as amended, is further 
amended by (1) striking from subsection (b)(1), project 74—1-g, 
cascade uprating program, gaseous diffusion plants, the figure 
"$183,100,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$259,600,000"; and 
(2) striking from subsection (b) (2), project 74—2-c, high energy laser 
facility, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, California, the figure 
"$20,000,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$25,000,000". 
88 Stat, 115. 
(c) Section 101 of Public Law 93-276 is amended by (1) striking 
from subsection (b) (1), project 75-1-a, additional facilities, high level 
waste handling and storage. Savannah River, South Carolina, the 
figure "$30,000,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$33,000,000"; 
(2) striking from subsection (b) (1), project 75-1-c, new waste calcin-
ing facility, Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, National Reactor Test-
ing Station, Idaho, the figure "$20,000,000" and substituting therefor 
the figure "$27,500,000"; (3) striking from subsection (b) (3), project 
75-3-e, addition to building 350 for safeguards analytical laboratory, 
Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, the figure "$3,500,000" and 
substituting therefor the figure "$4,300,000"; (4) striking from sub-
section (b)(6), project 75-6-c, positron-electron joint project, Law-
rence Berkeley Laboratory and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 
the 
figure 
"$900,000" 
and 
substituting 
therefor 
the 
figure 
"$11,900,000"; and (5) striking from subsection (b)(7), project 
75-7-c, intermediate-level waste management facilities. Oak Ridge 
National Laboratory, Tennessee, the figure "$9,500,000" and sub-
stituting therefor the figure "$10,500,000". 
84 Stat. 300. 
(d) Section 106 of Public Law 91-273, as amended, is further 
amended by deleting the present text thereof and substituting therefor 
the following: 
86 Stat. 234. 
SEC. 104. RESCISSIONS.— (a) Public Law 92-314, as amended, is 
further amended by rescinding therefrom authorization for a project, 
except for funds heretofore obligated, as follows: 
Project 73-5-d, modifications to TREAT facility, National Reactor 
Testing Station, Idaho, $1,500,000. 
(b) Public Law 93-60, as amended, is further amended by rescind-
ing therefrom authorization for a project, except for funds heietofore 
obligated, as follows: 
Project 74-3-e, modifications to TREAT facility, National Reactor 
Testing Station, Idaho, $2,500,000. 
(c) Public Law 93-276, as amended, is further amended by rescind-
ing therefrom authorization for projects, except for funds heretofore 
obligated, as follows: 
Project 75-13-a, hydrothermal pilot plant, $1,000,000. 
Project 75-5-e, high temperature gas reactor fuel reprocessing 
facility. National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $10,100,000. 
Project 75-5-f, high temperature gas reactor fuel refabrication 
pilot plant. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, $3,000,000. 
TITLE II—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
THE PERIOD JULY 1,1976, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30,1976 
SEC. 201. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Energy Research and Development Administration in accordance with 
the provisions of section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 2017), section 305 of the Energy Reorganization 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5875), and section 16 of the Federal Non-
nuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5915) : 
PUBLIC LAW 94-187—DEC. 31, 1975 
89 STAT. 1069 
(a) For "Operating expenses", for the following programs, a sum 
of dollars equal to the total of the following amounts: 
(1) FOSSIL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.— 
(A) Coal liquefaction: 
Costs, $16,000,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $12,750,000. 
(B) High Btu gasification (coal) : 
Costs, $7,450,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $1,800,000. 
(C) Low Btu gasification (coal) : 
Costs, $7,300,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $5,350,000. 
Provided^ That not less than 20 per centum of the funds appro-
priated pursuant to this subparagraph (C) shall be used for in 
situ processes. 
(D) Advanced power systems (coal) : 
Costs, $2,050,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $1,450,000. 
(E) Direct combustion (coal) : 
Costs, $5,100,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $9,800,000. 
(F) Advanced research and supporting technology (coal), for 
the following : 
(i) Advanced coal conversion process: 
Costs, $2,100,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $1,900,000. 
(ii) Advanced direct coal utilization process: 
Costs, $500,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $500,000. 
"SEC. 106. LIQUID METAL FAST BREEDER EEACTOR DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM—FOURTH ROUND.— (a) The Energy Research and Develop-
ment Administration (ERDA) is hereby authorized to enter into coop-
erative arrangements with reactor manufacturers and others for 
participation in the research and development, design, construction, 
and operation of a Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor powerplant, in 
accordance with criteria approved by the Joint Committee on Atomic 
Energy, without regard to the provisions of section 169 of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, as amended. Appropriations are hereby author-
ized for the period consisting of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, 
and the interim period following that fiscal year and ending Septem-
ber 30, 1976, for the aforementioned cooperative arrangements as 
shown in the basis for arrangements as submitted in accordance with 
subsection (b) hereof. In addition, ERDA may agree to provide assist-
ance in the form of waiver of use charges during the term of the 
cooperative arrangements without regard to the provisions of section 
53 of the Atomic Energy Act, as amended, by waiving use charges in 
an amount not to exceed $10,000,000. 
"(b) Before ERDA enters into any arrangement or amendment 
thereto under the authority of subsection (a) of this section, the basis 
for the arrangement or amendment thereto which ERDA proposes to 
execute (including the name of the proposed participating party or 
parties with which the arrangement is to be made, a general descrip-
tion of the proposed powerplant, the estimated amount of cost to be 
incurred by ERDA and by the participating parties, and the general 
features of the proposed arrangement or amendment) shall be sub-
mitted to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, and a period of 
forty-five days shall elapse while Congress is in session (in computing 
such forty-five days, there shall be excluded the days on which either 
Cooperative 
arrangements. 
42 use 2209. 
Waiver. 
42 u s e 2073. 
Proposal, 
submittal to Joint 
eommittee on 
Atomic Energy. 
89 STAT. 1070 
PUBLIC LAW 94-187—DEC. 31, 1975 
House is not in session because of adjournment for more than three 
Waiver. 
days) : Provided^ however^ That the Joint Committee, after having 
received the basis for a proposed arrangement or amendment thereto, 
may by resolution in writing waive the conditions of all, or any portion 
of, such forty-five-day period: Provided^ further, That such arrange-
ment or amendment shall be entered into in accordance with the basis 
for the arrangement or amendment submitted as provided herein: And 
provided further, That no basis for arrangement need be resubmitted 
to the Joint Committee for the sole reason that the estimated amount 
of the cost to be incurred by ERDA exceeds the estimated cost pre-
viously submitted to the Joint Committee by not more than 15 per 
centum. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ERDA, in each of its 
annual budget submissions, shall submit for the information and 
review of the Joint Committee in the exercise of its oversight responsi-
bility, the anticipated obligations and costs for the ensuing fiscal year 
for the project authorized under subsection (a) of this section. 
"(c) The ERDA is hereby authorized to agree, by modification to 
the definitive cooperative arrangement reflecting such changes therein 
as it deems appropriate for such purpose, to the following: (1) to exe-
cute and deliver to the other parties to the definitive contract, the 
special undertakings of indemnification specified in said contract, 
which undertakings shall be subject to availability of appropriations 
to ERDA and to the provisions of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, 
31 use 665. 
as amended; and (2) to acquire ownership and custody of the property 
constituting the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor powerplant or 
parts thereof, and to use, decommission, and dispose of said property, 
as provided for in the definitive contract." 
(iii) Advanced supporting research: 
Costs, $1,400,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $450,000. 
(iv) Systems studies: 
Costs, $1,400,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $1,600,000. 
(G) Demonstration plants (coal) : 
Costs, $4,100,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $4,900,000. 
(H) Natural gas and oil extraction: 
Costs, $9,930,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $600,000. 
(I) Natural gas and oil utilization: 
Costs, $500,000. 
Changes in selected resources (minus) $50,000, 
(J) Oil shale in situ processing: 
Costs, $4,241,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $529,000. 
(K) Oil shale composition and characterization: 
Costs, $300,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $0. 
(L) Magnetohydrodynamics. 
Costs, $6,700,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $1,700,000. 
(2) SOLAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.— 
Costs, $24,500,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $19,203,000. 
(3) 
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.— 
Costs, $10,100,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $850,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-187—DEC. 31, 1975 
89 STAT. 1071 
(4) 
CONSERVATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 
(A) Electric Power Transmission: 
Costs, $2,673,000. 
Changes in selected resources (minus) $100,000. 
(B) Advanced Transportation Power Systems: 
Costs, $4,750,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $1,060,000. 
(C) Energy Storage Systems: 
Costs, $5,400,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $900,000. 
(D) End-use Conservation: 
Costs, $8,000,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $2,000,000. 
(E) Improved Conversion Efficiency: 
Costs, $3,475,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $1,100,000. 
(F) Urban Waste Conversion: 
Costs, $2,500,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $1,250,000. 
(5) NUCLEAR ENERGY AND OTHER PROGRAMS.—$914,849,000, of which 
a sum of dollars for the following programs equal to the total of the 
following amounts is included: 
(A) Scientific and technical education in support of Nonnu-
clear Energy Technologies: 
Costs, $1,125,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $337,000. 
(B) General new programs in Environmental and Safety Re-
search in support of nonnuclear energy technology: 
Costs, $5,525,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $1,919,000. 
(C) For use as provided in section 316 of this Act: 
Costs, $1,000,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $250,000. 
(D) Nonpulmonary health studies on miners and people living 
in areas subjected to a high incidence of sulphur oxides and trace 
elements: 
Costs, $100,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $25,000. 
(E) New programs of physical research in molecular and ma-
terials sciences in support of nonnuclear technologies: 
Costs, $3,931,000. 
Changes in selected resources, $1,168,000. 
(F) $687,000 shall be available pursuant to sections 14 and 16 
of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C 5913 and 5915) as follows: 
(i) $312,000 for the National Bureau of Standards; 
(ii) $125,000 for the Council on Environmental Quality; 
and 
(iii) $250,000 for the Water Resources Council, 
(b) 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 incremental 
amounts of the following: 
89 STAT. 1072 
PUBLIC LAW 94-187—DEC. 31, 1975 
FOSSIL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT 
(1) COAL.— 
Project 76-1-a, clean boiler fuel demonstration plant ( A - E and 
long-lead procurement), $8,000,000. 
Project 76-1-b, High Btu synthetic pipeline gas demonstration plant 
(A-E and long-lead procurement), $5,000,000. 
Project 76-1-c, Low Btu fuel gas demonstration plant ( A - E and 
long-end procurement), $3,750,000. 
Project 76-1-d, Fluidized bed direct combustion demonstration 
plant,'$3,250,000. 
SOLAR, GEOTHERMAL, AND ADVANCED ENERGY SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 
(2) 
SOLAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 7&-2-a, Five megawatt solar thermal test facility, $1,250,000. 
Project 76-2-b, Ten megawatt central receiver solar thermal power-
plant ( A - E and long-lead procurement), $1,250,000. 
(3) GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 76-3-a, Geothermal powerplant (steam) ( A - E and long-
lead procurement), $1,250,000. 
Project 
76-3-b, Geothermal 
powerplant 
( A - E and long-lead 
procurement), $1,250,000. 
(4) 
PHYSICAL RESEARCH.— 
Project 76^t-a, accelerator and reactor improvements and modifica-
tions, $1,000,000. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT 
(5) 
FUSION POWER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 76-5-a, tokamak fusion test reactor, Princeton Plasma 
Physics Laboratory, Plainsboro, New Jersey, $7,000,000. 
(6) 
GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.—^$15,900,000. 
(7) 
CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND DESIGN.—$1,500,000. 
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NOT RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION 
(8) 
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.— 
Acquisition and fabrication of capital equipment not related to 
construction, for the following programs, a sum of dollars equal to 
the total of the following amounts: 
(A) Fossil energy development, $200,000. 
(BJ Geothermal energy development, $200,000. 
(C) Conservation 
research 
and 
development 
including 
improved conversion efficiency, $2,900,000. 
(D) Physical research in molecular and materials sciences in 
support of nonnuclear energy technology, $1,037,000. 
(E) Environmental and safety research in support of nonnu-
clear energy technologies, $500,000. 
(F) Nuclear energy and other programs, $58,086,000. 
SEC. 202. LIMITATIONS.—(a) The Administration is authorized to 
start any project set forth in subsections 201(b) (4) and (5) 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. 
(b) The Administration is authorized to start any project under 
subsection 201(b) (6) only if it is in accordance with the following: 
(1) The maximum currently estimated cost of any project shall 
be $750,000 and the maximum currently estimated cost of any 
building included in such project shall be $300,000: 
Provided, 
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89 STAT. 1073 
That the building cost limitation may be exceeded if the Adminis-
tration determines that it is necessary in the interest of efficiency 
and economy.' 
(2) The total cost of all projects undertaken under subsection 
201(b) (6) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth in that 
subsection by more than 10 per centum, 
(c) The total cost of any project undertaken under subsection 201 
(b) (4) and (5) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth for that 
project by more than 25 per centum, unless and until additional appro-
priations are authorized under section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954, as amended: Provided^ That this subsection will not apply 
to any project with an estimated cost less than $5,000,000. 
SEC. 203. AMENDMENT OF PRIOR YEAR ACTS.— (a) 
Section 101 
of 
Public Law 91-273, as amended, is further amended by striking from 
84 Stat. 299. 
subsection (b)(1), project 7l-l-f, process equipment modifications, 
gaseous diffusion plants, the figure "$478,100,000" and substituting 
therefor the figure "$510,100,000". 
(b) Section 101 of Public Law 93-60, as amended, is further 
87 Stat. 143. 
amended by striking from subsection (b) (1), project 74-1-g, cascade 
uprating program, gaseous diffusion plants, the figure "$259,600,000" 
and substitutmg therefor the figure "$270,400,000". 
T I T L E I I I — G E N E R A L P R O V I S I O N S 
PART A—PROVISIONS RELATING TO PROGRAMS OTHER T H A N FOSSIL 
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 301. The Administrator is authorized to perform construction 
Construction 
design services for any Administration construction project whenever 
design services. 
(1) such construction project has been included in a proposed author-
ization bill transmitted to the Congress by the Administrator, and 
(2) the Administrator determines that the project is of such urgency 
that construction of the project should be initiated promptly upon 
enactment of legislation appropriating funds for its construction. 
SEC. 302. Any moneys received by the Administration may be 
retained and used for operating expenses (except sums received from 
disposal of property under the Atomic Energy Community Act of 
1955 and the Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act, as 
amended, and fees received for tests or investigations under the Act 
of May 16,1910, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2301; 50 U.S.C. 98h; 30 U.S.C 
7)), notwithstanding the provisions of section 3617 of the Revised 
Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484), and may remain available until expended. 
SEC. 303. Transfers of sums from the "Operating expenses" appro-
priation may be made to other agencies of the Government for the 
performance of the work for which the appropriation is made, and in 
such cases the sums so transferred, may be merged with the appro- Transfer of sums, 
priation to which transferred. 
SEC. 304. Sections 301, 302, and 303 of this Act do not apply to fossil 
energy development programs of the Administration. 
PART B—PROVISIONS RELATING TO NONNUCLEAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 305. REPROGRAMING AUTHORITY.—Except as provided in part 
C of this title— 
(1) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used 
for any nonnuclear program in excess of the amount actually 
authorized for that particular program by this Act, 
89 STAT. 1074 
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Allocation of 
funds, 
explanation to 
congressional 
committees. 
30 use 1122. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
42 use 5801 
note. 
42 use 5904 
note. 
42 use 5914 
note. 
(2) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used 
for any nonnuclear program which has not been presented to, or 
requested of, the Congress, 
unless (A) a period of thirty calendar days (not including any day in 
which either House of Congress is not in session because of adjourn-
ment of more than three calendar days to a day certain) has passed 
after the receipt by the Committee on Science and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Interior and Insular 
Affairs of the Senate of notice given by the Administrator containing 
a full and complete statement of the action proposed to be taken and 
the facts and circumstances relied upon in support of such proposed 
action, or (B) each such committee before the expiration of such period 
has transmitted to the Administrator written notice to the effect that 
such committee has no objection to the proposed action: Provided^ That 
the following categories may not, as a result of reprograming, be 
decreased by more than 10 per centum of the sums appropriated pur-
suant to this Act for such categories: Coal, petroleum and natural gas, 
oil shale, solar, geothermal, and conservation. 
SEC. 306. The Administrator shall submit to the Committee on 
Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate a detailed 
explanation of the allocation of the funds appropriated pursuant to 
sections 101 (a) and 201 (a) of this Act for nonnuclear energy programs 
and subprograms, reflecting the relationships, consistencies, and dis-
similarities between those allocations and (a) the comprehensive pro-
gram definition transmitted pursuant to section 102 of the Geothermal 
Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act, (b) the com-
prehensive program definition transmitted pursuant to section 15 of 
the Solar Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5564), (c) the comprehensive nonnuclear energy 
research development, and (d) demonstrations transmitted pursuant 
to section 6 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5905). 
SEC. 307. When so specified in an appropriation Act, any amount 
appropriated pursuant to this Act for "Operating expenses" or for 
"Plant and capital equipment" for nonnuclear energy may remain 
available until expended. 
SEC. 308. The Administrator shall, by June 30, 1976, and by the 
end of each fiscal year thereafter, submit a report to the Committee 
on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate detailing 
the extent to which small business and nonprofit organizations are 
being funded by the nonnuclear research, development, and demon-
stration programs of the Administrator, and the extent to which small 
business involvement pursuant to section 2(d) of the Energy Reor-
ganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5801(d)) is being encouraged by 
the Administrator. 
SEC. 309. The Administrator shall coordinate nonnuclear programs 
of the Administration with the heads of relevant Federal agencies 
in order to minimize unnecessary duplication of programs, projects, 
and research facilities. 
SEC. 310. The Administrator shall, as soon as practicable and con-
sistent with design, economic, and feasibility studies, include in an 
annual authorization proposal a recommendation on construction of 
at least one demonstration offshore wind-electric generating facility. 
SEC. 311. As a part of the annual report required by section 15 (a) (1) 
of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5914(a) (1)), the Administrator shall: 
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89 STAT. 1075 
(a) detail the Solar Energy Division personnel level recom-
mended for the current fiscal year by the Administrator and sub-
mitted to the Office of Management and Budget, and the 
personnel level authorized upon review by that Office; and 
(b) detail progress toward completion by Januarj'^ 1, 1980, 
of the objectives of the Solar Energy Research Development, and 
Demonstration Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5551, et seq.). 
SEC. 312. The Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5901) is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new section: 
a 
CENTRAL SOURCE OF NONNUCLEAR ENERGY 
INFORMATION 
"SEC. 17. The Administrator shall promptly establish, develop, 42 USC 5916. 
acquire, and maintain a central source of information on all energy 
resources and technology in furtherance of the Administrator's 
research, development, and demonstration mission carried out directly 
or indirectly under this Act, When the Administrator determines that 
such information is needed to carry out the purposes of this Act, he 
may acquire proprietary and other information (a) by purchase 
through negotiation or by donation from any person, or (b) from 
another Federal agency. The information maintained by the Admin- Availability, 
istrator shall be made available to the public, subject to the provisions 
of section 552 of title 5, United States Code, and section 1905 of title 
18, United States Code, and to other Government agencies in a man-
ner that will facilitate its dissemination: Provided, That upon a show-
ing satisfactory to the Administrator by any person that any 
information, or portion thereof, obtained under this section by the 
Administrator directly or indirectly from such person, would, if made 
public, divulge (1) trade secrets or (2) other proprietary information 
of such person, the Administrator shall not disclose such information 
and disclosure thereof shall be punishable under section 1905 of title 18, 
United States Code: Provided further, 
That the Administrator 
shall, upon request, provide such information to (A) any delegate 
of the Administrator for the purpose of carrying out this Act, and 
(B) the Attorney General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secre-
tary of the Interior, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal 
Energy Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
Federal Power Commission, the General Accounting Office, other Fed-
eral agencies, when necessary to carry out their duties and responsi-
bilities under this and other statutes, but such agencies and agency 
heads shall not release such information to the public. This section is 
not authority to withhold information from Congress or any com-
mittee of Congress upon request of the chairman.". 
SEC. 313. The Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5901) is amended by adding at the end 
thereof (after the new section added by section 312 of this Act) the 
following new section: 
"ENERGY INFORMATION 
"SEC. 18. The Administrator is, upon request, authorized to obtain 
42 USC 5917. 
ener^ information under section 11(d) of the Energy Supply and 
Environmental Coordination Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 
796(d)).". 
89 STAT. 1076 
PUBLIC LAW 94-187—DEC. 31, 1975 
Determination 
and data, 
transmittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Report to' 
congressiona 
committees. 
PART C—PROVISIONS RELATING TO FOSSIL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 314. Funds appropriated pursuant to this Act for "Operating 
expenses" for fossil energy purposes may be used for (1) any facilities 
which may be required at locations, other than installations of the 
Administration, for the performance of research and development 
contracts, and (2) grants to any organization for purchase or construc-
tion of research facilities. No such funds shall be used for the acquisi-
tion of land. Fee title to all such facilities shall be vested in the United 
States, unless the Administrator determines in writing that the pro-
grams of research and development authorized by this Act shall best 
be implemented by vesting fee title in an entity other than the LTnited 
States: Provided^ That, before approving the vesting of title in such 
entity, the Administrator shall (A) transmit such determination, 
together with all pertinent data, to the Committee on Science and 
Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate, and (B) wait a period of 
thirty calendar days (not including any day in which either House of 
Congress is not in session because of adjournment of more than three 
calendar days to a day certain), unless prior to the expiration of such 
period each such committee has transmitted to the Administrator writ-
ten notice to the effect that such committee has no objection to the pro-
posed action. Each grant shall be made under such conditions as the 
Administrator deems necessary to insure that the United States will 
receive therefrom benefits adequate to justify the making of the grant. 
No such funds shall be used under clause (1) of the fii'st sentence of 
this section for the construction of any major facility the estimated 
cost of which, including collateral equipment, exceeds $250,000 unless 
the Administrator shall (i) transmit a report on such major facility 
showing the nature, purpose, location, and estimated cost of such facil-
ity to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of 
the Senate, and (ii) wait a j)eriod of thirty calendar days (not includ-
ing any day in which either House of Congress is not in session because 
of adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day certain), 
unless prior to the expiration of such period each such committee has 
transmitted to the Administrator written notice to the effect that such 
committee has no objection to the proposed action. 
SEC. 315. Not to exceed three per centum of all funds appropriated 
pursuant to this Act for "Operating expenses" for fossil energy pur-
poses may be used by the Administrator to construct, expand, or 
modify laboratories and other facilities, including the acquisition of 
land, at any location under the control of the Administrator, if the 
Administrator determines that (1) such action would be necessary 
because of changes in the national programs authorized to be funded 
by this Act or because of new scientific or engineering developments, 
and (2) deferral of such action until the enactment of the next author-
ization Act would be inconsistent with the policies established by 
Congress for the Administration. No portion of such sums may be 
obligated for expenditure or expended for such activities, unless (A) a 
period of thirty calendar days (not including any day in which either 
House of Congress is not in session because of adjournment of more 
than three calendar days to a day certain) has passed after the Admin-
istrator has transmitted to the Committee on Science and Technology 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Interior and 
Insular Affairs of the Senate a written report containing a full and 
complete statement concerning (i) the nature of construction, expan-
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89 STAT. 1077 
sion, or modification, (ii) the cost thereof, including the cost of any 
real estate action pertaining thereto, and (iii) the reason why such 
construction, expansion, or modification is necessary and in the national 
interest, or (B) each such committee before the expiration of such 
period has transmitted to the Administrator written notice to the 
effect that such committee has no objection to the proposed action. 
SEC. 316. The Administrator shall conduct an environmental and 
safety research, development, and demonstration program related to 
fossil fuels. 
TITLE IV—OAK EIDGE HOLIFIELD NATIONAL 
LABOEATORY 
SEC. 401. The Holifield National Laboratory at Oak Ridge, Tennes- Designation, 
see, shall hereafter be known and designated as the "Oak Ridge 
National Laboratory". Any reference in any law, map, regulation, 
document, record, or other paper of the United States to the Holifield 
National Laboratory or to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory shall 
be held to be a reference to the "Oak Ridge National Laboratory". 
SEC. 402. The Heavy Ion Research Facility under construction at Holified Heavy 
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is hereby designated as the "Holifield Heavy Ion Researcli 
Ion Research Facility". Any reference in any law, regulation, map, Facility. 
record, or other document of the United States to the Heavy Ion Designation. 
Research Facility shall be considered a reference to the "Holifield 
Heavy Ion Research Facility". 
TITLE V—AIR TRANSPORTATION OF PLUTONIUM 
SEC. 501. The Energy Research and Development Administration 
shall not ship plutonium in any form by aircraft whether exports, 
imports, or domestic shipment: Provided^ That any exempt shipments 
of plutonium, as defined by section 502, are not subject to this restric-
tion. This restriction shall be in force until the Energy Research and 
Development Administration has certified to the Joint Committee on 
Atomic Energy of the Congress that a safe container has been devel-
oped and tested which will not rupture under crash and blast testing 
equivalent to the crash and explosion of a high-flying aircraft. 
SEC. 502. For the purposes of this title, the term "exempt shipments 
of plutonium" shall include the following: 
(1) Plutonium shipments in any form designed for medical 
application. 
(2) Plutonium shipments which pursuant to rules promulgated 
by the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development 
Administration are determined to be made for purposes of 
national security, public health and safety, or emergency mainte-
nance operations. 
(3) Shipments of small amounts of plutonium deemed by the 
Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Admin-
istration to require rapid shipment by air in order to preserve the 
chemical, physical, or isotopic properties of the transported item 
or material. 
TITLE VI—ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 601. Chapter 9 of the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 
(42 U.S.C. 2391 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "Commission" each time it appears in sec-
tions 91 and 94, the first time it appears in section 92, and where 
42 use 5817 
note. 
"Exempt 
shipment of 
plutonium." 
42 use 5817 
note. 
42 use 2391, 
2394, 2392. 
89 STAT. 1078 
PUBLIC LAW 94-187—DEC. 31, 1975 
42 use 2393. 
it appears in section 93, and inserting in each instance in lieu 
thereof the following: "Administrator"; 
42 use 2391. 
(2^ by striking out "atomic energy" in section 91a (2) and insert-
ing "Energy Research and Development Administration" in lieu 
thereof; 
(Z) by striking out "its" in section 91d; 
(4) by striking out "itself" in section 91e; 
(5) by striking out the period at the end of the first sentence 
of section 91a, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
": Provided further, That the Administrator is also authorized to 
make payments of just and reasonable sums to Anderson County 
and Eoane County, Tennessee."; 
(6) by inserting immediately after "Eichland School District" 
in section 91d, but before the closing of parentheses, the following: 
""; or not less than six months prior to June 30,1986, in the case of 
Ajiderson County and Roane County, Tennessee"; 
(7) by striking out "Commission" in the catchlines of sections 
42 use 2392, 
92 and 94; 
2394. 
(8) by striking out "Commission" the second time it appears in 
section 92, and inserting "Energy Research and Development 
Administration" in lieu thereof; and 
(9) by striking out the final period in section 93 and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following: "; and in the case of Anderson 
County and Roane County, Tennessee, shall not extend beyond 
June 30,1986.". 
Approved December 31, 1975. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 94-294 (Jpint eommittee on Atomic Energy and eomm. on 
Science and Technology) and No. 94-696 (eomm. of eonference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 94-104 (Joint Committee on Atomic Energy) and No. 94-332 
(eomm. on Interior and Insular Affairs) both accompanying S. 598 
and No. 94-514 (Comm. of eonference). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 121 (1975): 
June 19, 20, considered and passed House. 
July 31, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 598. 
Dec. 9, Senate agreed to conference report. 
Dec. 11, House rejected the conference report; concurred in Senate amendment 
with an amendment. 
Dec. 18, Senate concurred in House amendment.