An Act to authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.
PL 93-60 (S.1994), enacted 07/06/1973

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Public Law 93-60 
AN ACT 
j^ly 6, 1973 
To authorize appropriations to ^he Atomic Energy Commission in accordance 
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with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hou^e of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
Atomic Energy 
SEC. 101, There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the A^^ropriTuon 
Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with the provisions of sec- authorization, 
tion 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended: 
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(a) 
For "Operating expenses", $1,740,750,000 not to exceed 
$128,800,000 in operating costs for the high energy physics program 
category, 
(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: 
(1) NUCLEAR MATERIALS.— 
Project 74-1-a, additional facilities, high level waste storage, 
Savannah Kiver, South Carolina, $14,000,000. 
Project 74-1-b, replacement ventilation, air filter, F chemical sep-
arations area. Savannah River, South Carolina, $5,200,000, 
Project 74-1-c, calcined solids storage and plant safety improve-
ments, Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, National Reactor Testing 
Station, Idaho, $3,000,000, 
Project 74-1-d, cooling tower fire protection, gaseous diffusion 
plants, $3,300,000, 
Project 74-1-e, new purge cascade, gaseous diffusion plant, Oak 
Ridge, Tennessee, $5,900,000, 
Project 74-1-f, plant liquid effluent pollution control, gaseous dif-
fusion plants, $8,000,000, 
Project 74-1-g, cascade uprating program, gaseous diffusion plants 
(partial AE and limited component procurement only), $6,000,000. 
Project 74-1-h, transuranium contaminated solid waste treatment 
development facility, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, 
$1,650,000. 
(2) ATOMIC WEAPONS.— 
Project 74-2-a, weapons production, development, and test installa-
tions, $10,000,000. 
Project 74-2-b, acid waste neutralization and recycle facilities, Y-12 
Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $1,700,000. 
Project 74-2-c, high energy laser facility, Lawrence Livermore 
Laboratory, California, $20,000,000. 
Project 74-2-d, national security and resources study center (AE 
only), site undesignated, $350,000. 
(3) REACTOR DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 74-3-a, Liquid Metal Engineering Center (LMEC) facility 
modifications, Santa Susana, California, $3,000,000. 
Project 74-3-b, modifications to EBR-II, National Reactor Testing 
Station, Idaho, $2,000,000. 
Project 74-3-c, emergency process waste treatment facility, Oak 
Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, $1,300,000. 
Project 74-3-d, modifications to reactors, $2,000,000. 
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Construction 
design services 
Transfer of 
amounts. 
Project 74-3-e, modifications to T E E AT facility, National Reactor 
Testing Station, Idaho, $2,500,000. 
(4) PHYSICAL RESEARCH.— 
Project 71 1 a, accelerator and reactor improvements, high energy-
physics, $1,700,000. 
Project 74-4-b, accelerator and reactoi- improvcinents. niediiini and 
low energy physics, $600,000. 
(5) PHYSICAL RESEARCH.— 
Project 74^5-a, computation building, Stanford Linear Acceleratoi-
(^enter, California, $2,900,000. 
(6) BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH.— 
Project 74-6-a, addition to physics building (human radiobiologv 
facility), Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, $1,300,000. 
(7) GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.—$47,825,000. 
(8) 
CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND DESIGN.—$1,000,000. 
(9) CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.—Acquisition and fabrication of capital 
equipment not related to construction, $172,8(X),()0(). 
SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS.— (a) The Commission is authorized to start 
any project set forth in subsections 101(b) (1), (2), (3), and (4) only 
if the cun-ently estimated cost of that pr-oject does not exceed l3y more 
than 25 per centum the estimated cost set forth for that project. 
(b) The Commission is authorized to start any project under sub-
sections 101(b), (5), (B), and (8) only if the currently estimated cost 
of that project does not exceed by more than 10 per centum the esti-
mated cost set forth for that project. 
(c) The Commission is authorized to start any project under sub-
section 101(b)(7) only if it is in accordance with the following: 
(1) The maximum currently estimated cost of any project shall 
be $500,000 and the maximum currently estimated cost of any 
building included in such project shall be $100,000, provided that 
the building cost limitation may be exceeded if the Commission 
determines that it is necessary in the interest of efficiency and 
economy. 
(2) The total cost of all projects undertaken under subsection 
101(b)(7) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth in that 
subsection by more than 10 per centum. 
(d) The total cost of any project authorized under subsections 101 
(b) (1), (2), (3), and (4) shall not exceed the estimated cost set 
forth for that project by more than 25 per centum, unless and until 
additional appropriations are authorized under section 261 of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. 
(e) The total cost of any project authorized under subsections 101 
(b) (5), (6), (7), and (8) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth 
for that project by 10 per centum unless and until additional appro-
priations are authorized under section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act. 
of 1954, as amended. 
SEC. 103. The Commission is authorized to perform construction 
design services for any Commission construction project whenevei-
(1) such construction project has been included in a proposed author-
ization bill transmitted to the Congress by the Commission and (2) 
the Commission determines that the project is of such urgency that 
construction of the project should be initiated promptlj^ upon enact-
ment of legislation appropriating funds for its construction. 
SEC. 104. When so specified in an appropriation Act, transfers of 
amounts between "Operating expenses" and "Plant and capital equip-
ment" may be made as provided in such appropriation Act. 
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SEC. 105. AMENDMENT OF PRIOR YEAR ACTS.—(a) Section 101 of 
Public Law 91-'273, as amended, is further amended by (1) striking-
from subsection (b) (1). project 71-1-e, g-aseous diffusion production 
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support facilities, the figure "$72,0^50,000" and substituting therefor 
the figure "$105,900,000", (2) strikmg from subsection (b) (1), project 
71-1-f, process equipment modifications, gaseous diffusion plants, 
the 
figure 
"$34,400,000" and substituting 
therefor 
the figure 
"$172,100,000". and (3) striking from subsection (b) (9), project 71-9. 
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fire, safety, and adequacy of operating conditions projects, various 
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locations, the figure "$69,000,000" and substituting therefor the figure 
"$193,000,000". 
(b) Section 106 of Public Law 91-273, as amended, is further gs^stauVe?' 
amended by adding the following sentence at the end of the present 
text of subsection (a) thereof: 
"Notwithstanding the foregoing, authorization of additional appro-
priations for the conduct of Project Definition Phase activities suose-
quent to the execution of the aforementioned cooperative arrangement, 
in the amount of $2,000,000, is hereby authorized.". 
(c) Section 101 of Public Law 92-314 is amended by (1) striking 
from subsection (b) (1), project 73-1-d, component test facility. Oak ^^ ^'°'' 223. 
Ridge, Tennessee, the figure "$20,475,000" and substituting therefoi' 
the figure "$26,675,000", and (2) striking from subsection (b)(5), 
project 73-5-h, S8G prototype nuclear propulsion plant, West Milton. 
New York, the figure "$56,000,000" and substituting therefor the figure 
"$125,000,000". 
SEC. 106. RESCISSION.—(a) Public Law 91-273, as amended, is fui-
ther amended by rescinding therefrom authorization for a project, 
except for funds heretofore obligated, as follows: 
Project 71-5-a, addition to physics building (human radiobiology 
facility), Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, $2,000,000. 
(b) Public Law 92-314 is amended by rescinding therefrom author-
ization for a project, except for funds heretofore obligated, as follows: 
Project 73-1-i. radioactive solid waste reduction facility, Los 
Alamos Scientific Laboratory. New Mexico. $750,000, 
Approved July 6, 1973. 
Public Law 93-61 
AN ACT 
July g^ 197 3 
To apportion funds for the National System of Interstate and Defense Hijili- ___I£lii^iL_ 
ways and to authorize funds in accordance with title 23, United States Co(W, 
for fiscal year 1974, and for other purposes. 
Interstate and 
Federal-aid high-
Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Represe7itatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
SECTION 1. The Secretary of Transportation shall apportion way^'sysTems 
$1,000,000,000 of the sums authorized to be apportioned for fiscal year ^.^^^^^^ ^^^°" 
1974 for immediate expenditure on the National System of Interstate '°"'"^" " 
and Defense Highways, using the apportionment factors contained in 
revised table 5, House Report Numbered 92-1443. 
SEC. 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of title 23, Appropriation. 
United States Code, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated, ^^^ ^^'^ ^°^ ^' 
out of the Highway Trust Fund, $500,000,000 for the Federal-aid pri- ^^"' 
mary system, the Federal-aid secondary system, and for their exten-
sions within urban areas for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. The 
seq.