An Act making appropriations for energy research and development activities of certain departments, independent executive agencies, bureaus, offices, and commissions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes.
PL 93-322 (H.R.14434), enacted 06/30/1974

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Public Law 93-322 
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June 30, 1974 
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i _ Making appropriations for energy research and development activities of certain 
departments, independent executive agencies, bureaus, offices, and commissions 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
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^ United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
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sums ai'e appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
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^^^^ appropriated, for energy research and development activities of 
certain departments, independent executive agencies, bureaus, offices, 
and commissions for the fiscal year ending June 30,1975, and for other 
purposes, namely: 
TITLE 
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CHAPTER I 
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For energy research and development activities, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft; uniforms, or allov^ances therefor, as authorized by section 
5901-5902, United States Code, title 5; services as authorized hj 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the.rate of GS-18; purchase of reprints; library 
memberships in societies or associations which issue publications to 
members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who 
are not members; $54,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
CHAPTER I I 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 
ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration relating to programs and other activities in research 
and development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$4,435,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), 
title I X of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 
1876-1879), including award of graduate fellowships; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft 
and purchases of flight services for research support; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,200,000 for program development 
and management; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) ; rental of conference rooms in the District 
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of Columbia; and reimbursement of the General Services Administra-
tion for security guard services; $101,800,000, to remain available until 
expended, to be used for programs and other activities in support of 
energy related basic and applied research. 
CHAPTEE I I I 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E INTERIOE 
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses related to the energy activities of the Geological Sur-
vey, $43,125,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
The amount appropriated for the Geological Survey shall be avail-
able for the acquisition of one additional aircraft and for contracting 
for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when it is 
administratively determined that such procedures are in the public 
interest. 
BUREAU OF MINES 
MINES AND MINERALS 
For expenses necessary to enable the Bureau of Mines to perform 
research and development programs relating to the extraction, process-
ing, and utilization of energy resources without objectionable social 
and environmental costs; to foster and encourage private enterprise 
in the development of energy resources; and for other related pur-
poses as authorized by law; $142,298,000 of which $103,500,000 shall 
I'emain available until expended: Provided^ That no part of the sum 
herein appropriated shall be used for the field testing of nuclear explo-
sives in the recovery of oil and gas. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISION 
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, 
and other contributions from public and private sources and to pros-
ecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or 
private: Provided, That the Bureau of Mines is authorized during the 
current fiscal year, to sell directly or through any Government agency, 
including corporations, any metal or mineral product that may be 
manufactured in pilot plants operated by the Bureau of Mines, and 
the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts. 
OFFICE OF COAL RESEARCH 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to encourage and stimulate the production 
and conservation of coal in the United States through research and 
development, as authorized by law (30 U.S.C. 661-668), $261,278,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $6,541,000 
shall be available for administration and supervision. 
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FUEL ALLOCATION, OIL AND GAS PROGRAMS 
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p. 100. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary to discharge his 
responsibilities with respect to oil and gas, including cooperation with 
the petroleum and natural gas industries and State and local authori-
ties in the production, processing, and utilization of petroleum and 
its products, and natural gas, $69,590,000, of which $10,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be available for reimbursement 
of State and local public agencies as authorized by Public Law 93-275, 
section 7(d). 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
Warehouses and 
garages. 
Experts and 
consultants. 
ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses to support energy conservation research, data 
collection, and analysis, $26,875,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR 
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this chapter shall be available 
for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, 
wherever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or 
economy, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services 
rendered to any other activity in the same manner as authorized bv 
the Act of June 80, 1932 (31 U.S.C. 686) : Provided, That reimburse-
ments for costs of supplies, materials and equipment, and for services 
rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such 
reimbursements are received. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior 
in this chapter shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, when authorized by the Secretary; hire, maintenance, and opera-
tion of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; 
payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when 
authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the pay-
ment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library member-
ship in societies or associations which issue publications to members 
only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not 
members. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations available to the Department of the Interior 
for salaries and expenses shall be available for uniforms or allowances 
therefore, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902 and D.C. Code 
4-204). 
CHAPTER IV 
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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Commission in carrying out 
the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, including 
the employment of aliens; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; publication and dissemination 
of atomic information; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; 
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security 
guard services; hire of passenger motor vehicles; $1,032,690,000 and 
any moneys (except sums received from disposal of property under 
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the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
2301)) received by the Commission, notwithstanding the provisions 
of section 3617 of the Kevised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484), to remain 
available until expended: Provided^ That from this appropriation 
transfers of sums may be made to other agencies of the Government 
for the performance of the work for which this appropriation is made, 
and in such cases the sums so transferred may be merged with the 
appropriation to which transferred: Provided further^ That no part 
of the sum herein appropriated shall be used for the field testing of 
nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil and gas. 
PLANT AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 
For expenses of the Commission, as authorized by law, in connection 
with the purchase and construction of plant and the acquisition of 
capital equipment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary in 
carrying out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, including the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop- ^^2^ use 2011 
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, 
or expansion; $453,970,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, 
and appurtenant facilities, as authorized by law, $5,500,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
UNDERGROUND AND OTHER ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of research and development in underground 
and other electric power transmission, $8,498,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
CHAPTER V 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to reactivate, equip, and operate certain oceanographic 
research vessels for the purpose of conducting assessments of energy-
related offshore environmental problems associated with energy activ-
ities, $6,630,000, to remain available until expended. 
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CHAPTER VI 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
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TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, and development activities, including the collection of 
national transportation statistics, to remain available until expended, 
$6,400,000. 
CHAPTER VII 
FEDERAL ENERGY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Office established by 
Executive Order Numbered 11748, dated December 4,1973, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursements to the Emergency 
Fund of the President for allocations to the Office, and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
the per diem equivalent of the rate for grade GS-18, $19,000,000: 
Provided^ That advances or repayments or transfers from this appro-
priation may be made to any department or agency for expenses of 
carrying out such activities. 
TITLE II 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 202. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for paying to the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration in excess of 90 per centum of the standard level user 
charge established pursuant to section 210 (j) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, for space and 
services. 
This Act may be cited as the "Special Energy Research and Devel-
opment Appropriation Act, 1975". 
Approved June 30, 1974. 
June 30, 1974 
Public Law 93-323 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res. 1056] rp^ exteud by thirty clays the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 
1950. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatmes 
of the United 
States of America in Congress asserribled^ That the first sentence of 
section 717(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 
2166(a)) is amended bv striking out "June 30" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "July 30". 
Approved June 30, 1974.