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 93-276 (S.3292), enacted 05/10/1974

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FOREIGN OWNERSHIP 
SEC. 26. The Administrator shall conduct a comprehensive review 
of foreign ownership of, influence on, and control of domestic energy 
sources and supplies. Such review shall draw upon existing informa-
tion, where available, and any independent investigation necessary by 
the Administration. The Administrator shall, on or before the expira-
tion of the one hundred and eighty day period following the effective 
date of this Act, report to the Congress in sufficient detail so as to 
apprise the Congress as to the extent and forms of such foreign owner-
ship of, influence on, and control of domestic energy sources and 
supplies, and shall thereafter continue to monitor such ownership, 
influence and control. 
SEPARABILITY 
Review. 
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Report to 
Congress. 
SEC. 27. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to ^^^^ 
any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act, 
and the application of such provision to other persons or circum-
stances, shall not be affected thereby. 
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REVERSION" 
SEC. 28. Upon the termination of this Act, any functions or personnel 
transferred by this Act shall revert to the department, agency, or office 
from which they were transferred. An officer or employee of the Fed-
eral Government who is appointed, without break in service of one or 
more workdays, to any position for carrying out functions under this 
Act is entitled, upon separation from such position other than for 
cause, to reemployment in the position occupied at the time of appoint-
ment, or in a position of comparable grade and salary. 
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AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 29. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the „otf,^^^ ^^^ 
Administrator, to remain available until expended, $75,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1974, and $200,000,000 annually for each of fiscal years 1975 
and 1976 to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
EFFECTIVE DATE; TERMINATION DATE 
SEC. 30. This Act shall become effective sixty days after the date 
of enactment or sooner if the President publishes notice in the Fed-
eral Register. This Act shall terminate June 30,1976. 
Approved May 7, 1974. 
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Public Law 93-276 
AN ACT 
May 10, 1974 
To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance 
[s.3292] 
with section 261 of tlie Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
Atomic Energy 
SEC. 101. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
T^ropr^ation 
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", $2,551,533,000 not to exceed 
$132,200,000 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: 
Cl) NUCLEAR MATERIALS.— 
Project 75-1-a, additional facilities, high-level waste handling and 
storage. Savannah River, South Carolina, $30,000,000. 
Project 75-1-b, replacement ventilation air filter, H chemical sepa-
rations area. Savannah River, South Carolina, $6,000,000. 
Project 75-1-c, new waste calcining facility, Idaho Chemical Proc-
esssing Plant, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $20,000,000. 
Project 75-1-d, Waste management effluent control, Richland, 
Washington, $3,500,000. 
Project 75-1-e, retooling of component preparation laboratories, 
multiple sites, $4,500,000. 
Project 75-1-f, atmospheric pollution control facilities, stoker fired 
boilers. Savannah River, South Carolina, $7,500,000. 
(2) 
NUCLEAR MATERIALS.— 
Project 75-2-a, additional cooling tower capacity, gaseous diffusion 
plant, Portsmouth, Ohio, $2,200,000. 
(3) 
WEAPONS.— 
Project 75-3-a, weapons production, development, and test installa-
tions, $10,000,000. 
Project 75-3-b, high energy laser facility, Los Alamos Scientific 
Laboratory, New jMexico, $22,600,000. 
Project 75-3-c, TRIDENT production facilities, various locations, 
$22,200,000. 
Project 75-3-d, consolidation of final assembly plants, Pantex, 
Amarillo, Texas, $4,500,000. 
Project 75-3-e, addition to building 350 for safeguards analytical 
laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, $3,500,000. 
(4) 
WEAPONS.— 
Project 75-4—a, technical support relocation, Los Alamos Scientific 
Laboratory, New Mexico, $2,800,000. 
(5) 
CIVILIAN 
REACTOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 75-5-a, transient test facility, Santa Susana, California, 
$4,000,000. 
Project 75-5-b, advanced test reactor control system upgrading, 
National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $2,400,000. 
Project 75-5-c, test reactor area water recycle and pollution control 
facilities. National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $1,000,000. 
Project 75-5-d, modifications to reactors, $4,000,000. 
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. 
Project 75-5-g, molten salt breeder reactor (preliminary planning 
preparatory to possible future demonstration project), $1,500,000. 
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(6) PHYSICAL RESEARCH.— 
Project 75-6-a, accelerator and reactor improvements and modifi-
cations, $3,000,000. 
Project 75-6-b, heavy ion research facilities, various locations, 
$19,200,000. 
Project 75-6-c, positron-electron joint project, Lawrence Berkeley 
Laboratory and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, $900,000. 
(7) 
BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND SAFETY.— 
Project 75-7-a, upgrading of laboratory facilities. Oak Ridge 
National Laboratory, Tennessee, $2,100,000. 
Project 75-7-b, environmental research laboratory. Savannah River, 
South Carolina, $2,000,000. 
Project 75-7-c, intermediate-level waste management facilities, Oak 
Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, $9,500,000. 
Project 75-7-d, modifications and additions to biomedical and envi-
ronmental research facilities, $2,850,000. 
(8) 
BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND SAFETY.— 
Project 75-8-a, environmental sciences laboratory. Oak Ridge 
National Laboratory, Tennessee, $8,800,000. 
(9) 
GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.—$55,650,000. 
(10) 
CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND DESIGN.—$2,000,000. 
,: 
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(11) CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.—Acquisition and fabrication of capital 
equipment not related to construction, $208,850,000. 
(12) 
REACTOR SAFETY RESEARCH.— 
Project 75-12-a, reactor safety facilities modifications, $1,000,000. 
(13) 
APPLIED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.— 
Project 75-13-a, hydrothermal pilot plant, $1,000,000. 
SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS.—(a) The Commission is authorized to start 
any project set forth in subsection 101(b) (1), (3), (5), (6), (7), 
(12), and (13) 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 Commission is authorized to start any project set forth 
in subsection 101(b) (2), (4), (8), 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 Commission is authorized to start any project under sub-
section 101(b) (9) 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 Commis-
sion determines that it is necessary in the interest of efficiency and 
economy. 
(2) The total cost of all projects undertaken under subsection 
101(b) (9) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth in that 
subsection by more than 10 per centum. 
(d) The total cost of any project undertaken under subsection 
101(b) (1), (3), (5), (6), (7), (12), and (13) 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 sec-
tion 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, provided 
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that this subsection will not apply to any project with an estimated 
cost less than $5,000,000. 
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(e) The total cost of any project undertaken under subsection 
101 (lb) (2), (4), (8), (9), and (10) shall not exceed the estimated cost 
set forth for that project by more than 10 per centum, unless and until 
additional appropriations are authorized under section 261 of the 
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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. 
Construction 
g^c. 103. The Commlssion is authorized to perform construction 
sign services, 
^^gjgj^ servlces for any Commission construction project whenever (1) 
such construction project has been included in a proposed authoriza-
tion bill transmitted to the Congress by the Commission, and (2) the 
Commission determines that the project is of such urgency that con-
struction of the project should be initiated promptly upon enactment 
of legislation appropriating funds for its construction. 
SEC. 104. Any moneys received by the Commission (except sums 
received from the disposal of property under the Atomic Energy 
Community Act of 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2301)), may be 
retained by the Commission and credited to its "Operating expenses" 
appropriation notwithstanding the provisions of section 3617 of the 
Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484). 
Transfer o
f 
§£0. 105. 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 appropria-
tion to which transferred. 
Transfer o
f 
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O 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. 
SEC. 107. AMENDMENT OF PRIOR YEAR ACTS.—(a) Section 101 of 
80 Stat. 162; 
Public Law 89-428, as amended, is further amended by striking from 
subsection (b) (3) project 67-3-a, fast flux test facility, the figure 
"$87,500,000", and substituting therefor the figure "$420,000,000". 
87 Stat. 145. 
(b) Scctlou 101 of PubHc Law 91-273, as amended, is further 
amended by striking from subsection (b) (1), project 71-1-f, process 
equipment 
modifications, 
gaseous 
diffusion 
plants, the figure 
"$172,100,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$295,100,000". 
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(p) Scctlou 106 of PubHc Law 91-273, as amended, is further 
amended by striking from subsection (a) the figure "$2,000,000" and 
substituting therefor the figure "$3,000,000," and by adding thereto 
the following new subsection (c) : 
"(c) The Commission is hereby authorized to agree, by modifica-
tion to the definitive cooperative arrangement reflecting such changes 
therein as it deems appropriate for such purpose, to the following: 
(1) to execute and deliver to the other parties to the AEC definitive 
contract, the special undertakings of indemnification specified in said 
contract, which undertakings shall be subject to availability of appro-
priations to the Atomic Energy Commission (or any other Federal 
agency to which the Commission's pertinent functions might be trans-
ferred at some future time) and to the provisions of section 3679 of 
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the Revised Statutes, 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 AEC definitive 
contract." 
86 Stat. 222. 
((J) Section 101 of Public Law 92-314, as amended, is amended by 
striking from subsection (b)(4), project 73-4-b, land acquisition, 
Rocky Flats, Colorado, the figure "$8,000,000" and substituting there-
for the figure "$11,400,000". 
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(e) Section 101 of Public Law 93-60 is amended by (1) striking 
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from subsection (b)(1), project 74-1-a, additional facilities, high 
level waste storage, Savannah Eiver, South Carolina, the figure 
"$14,000,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$17,500,000", (2) 
striking from subsection (b)(1), project 74-1-g, cascade uprating 
program, gaseous diffusion plants, the words " (partial AE and limited 
component procurement only)" and further striking the 
figure 
"$6,000,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$183,100,000", and 
(3) striking from subsection (b) (2), project 74-2-d, national security 
and resources study center, the words "(AE only), site undesignated" 
and substituting therefor the words "Los Alamos Scientific Labora-
tory, New Mexico" and further striking the figure "$350,000" and 
substituting therefor the figure "$4,600,000". 
SEC. 108. RESCISSION.— (a) Public Law 91-44, as amended, is fur- 86^stat!*225!' 
ther amended by rescinding therefrom authorization for a project, 
except for funds heretofore obligated, as follows: 
Project 70-1-b, bedrock waste storage (AE and site selection drill-
ing only). Savannah River, South Carolina, $4,300,000. 
(b) Public Law 92-84, as amended, is further amended by rescind-
ing therefrom authorization for a project, except for funds heretofore 
obligated, as follows: 
Project 72-3-b, national radioactive waste repository, site undeter-
mined, $3,500,000. 
(c) Public Law 92-314, as amended, is further amended by rescind-
ing therefrom authorization for a project, except for funds heretofore 
obligated, as follows: 
Project 73-6-c, accelerator improvements, Cambridge Electron 
Accelerator, Massachusetts, $75,000. 
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86 Stat. 224. 
T I T L E I I 
SEC. 201. Section 157b. (3) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, is amended by striking out "upon the recommendation of" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "after consultation with". 
Approved May 10, 1974. 
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Public Law 93-277 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, to revise the special pay 
bonus structure relating to members of the armed forces, and for other purposes. 
May 10, 1974 
[S.2771] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^sembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Armed Forces Enlisted Personnel Bonus Revision 
Act of 1974". 
SEC. 2. Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, is amended as 
follows: 
(1) Section 308 is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 308. Special pay: reenlistment bonus 
"(a) A member of a uniformed service who— 
"(1) has completed at least twenty-one months of continuous 
active duty (other than for training) but not more than ten years 
of active duty; 
Armed Forces 
Enlisted Person-
nel Bonus Revi-
sion Act of 1974. 
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note. 
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