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 92-314 (S.3607), enacted 06/16/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-314-JUNE 16, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
House office 
space. 
69 Stat. 42. 
40 u s e 175 
note. 
"House Office 
Buildings." 
Kennedy Center. 
78 Stat. 4; 
83 Stat. 135. 
Appropriation. 
72 Stat. 1699; 
78 Stat. 4. 
National Park 
Service, nonper-
forming arts func-
tions. 
Appropriation. 
Effective date. 
Ante, p. 219. 
SEC. 8. (a) Xotwithstanding any other provision of law, the House 
Office Building Commission is authorized (1) to use, to such extent 
as it may deem necessary, for the purpose of providing office and 
other accommodations for the House of Representatives, the building, 
known as the Congressional Hotel, acquired by the Government in 
1957 as part of Lot 20 in Square 692 in the Disitrict of Columbia 
under authority of the Additional House Office Building Act of 1955 
and (2) to direct the Architect of the Capitol to lease, at fair market 
value, for such other use and under such terms and conditions and to 
such parties as such Commission may authorize, any space in such 
building not required for the aforesaid purpose. 
(b) Any space in such building used for office and other accom-
modations for the House of Representatives shall be deemed to be a 
part of the "House Office Buildings" and, as such, shall be subject to 
the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to those buildings. 
SEC. 9. Section 8 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act, as amended 
(72 Stat. 1969) is amended by inserting " (a)" immediately after "SEC. 
8." and by add.ing at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Board 
not to exceed $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, for 
the public costs of maintaining and operating the nonperforming arts 
functions of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.'' 
SEC. 10. Section 6 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act, as amended 
(72 Stat. 1968), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following-
new subsection: 
"(e) The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National 
Park Service, shall provide maintenance, security, information, inter-
pretation, janitorial and all other services necessary to the nonperform-
ing arts functions of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing-
Arts. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1973, to the Secretary of the Interior such sums as may 
be necessary for carrying out this subsection." 
SEC. 11. This Act shall become effective upon enactment. The effec-
tive date of applying the rates to be charged pursuant to the regula-
tions to be issued under subsections (j) and (k) of section 210 of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended, shall I
:
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e as determined by the Administrator of General 
Services but in any event shall not be later than the beginning of the 
third full fiscal year subsequent to the enactment thereof. 
Approved June 16, 1972. 
June 16, 1972 
[S.3607] 
Public Law 92-314 
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 
purix>ses. 
Atomic Energy 
Commission. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
77 Stat. 88. 
42 u s e 2017. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Refresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled. 
SEC. 101. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with the provisions of 
section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended: 
(a) For 
"Operating expenses", $2,110,480,000 not to exceed 
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$126,400,000 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; 
ana acquisition and fabrication of capital equipment not related to 
construction, a sum of dollars equal to the total of the following: 
(1) NUCLEAR MATERIAL.— 
Project 73-1-a, in-tank solidification systems auxiliaries, Richland, 
AVashington, $2,500,000. 
Project 73-1-b, waste management effluent diversion control facili-
ties, separations areas, Richland, Washington, $1,000,000, 
Project 73-1-c, expansion of weighing and sampling facility for 
gaseous diffusion plant, Portsmouth, Ohio, $1,400,000. 
Project 73-1-d, component test facility, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 
$20,475,000. 
Project 
73-1-e, radioactive waste management 
improvements. 
Savannah River, South Carolina, $1,300,000. 
Project 73-1-f, safety improvements, reactor areas. Savannah 
River, South Carolina, $2,000,000. 
Project 73-1-g, contaminated soil removal facility, Richland, 
Washington, $1,400,000. 
Project 73-1-h, Rover fuels processing facilities. National Reactor 
Testing Station, Idaho, $3,250,000. 
Project 73-1-i, radioactive solid waste reduction facility, Los Alamos 
Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, $750,000. 
(2) NuciiEAR MATERIAL.— 
Project 73-2-a, atmospheric pollution control facilities, heavy 
water plant. Savannah River, South Carolina, $4,300,000. 
Project 73-2-b, improved sanitary waste treatment 
facilities, 
Savannah River, South Carolina, $1,100,000. 
(3) ATOMIC WEAPONS.— 
Project 73-3-a, weapons production, development, and test installa-
tions, $10,000,000. 
Project 73-3-b, laser fusion laboratory, Los Alamos Scientific 
Laboratory, New Mexico, $5,200,000. 
Project 73-3-c, laser fusion laboratory, Lawrence Livermore 
Laboratory, California, $6,800,000. 
Project 73-3-d, classified facilities, sites undesignated, $15,000,000. 
(4) ATOMIC WEAPONS.— 
Project 73-4—a, new sewage disposal plant. Mound Laboratory, 
Miamisburg, Ohio, $700,000. 
Project 73-4-b, land acquisition, Rocky Flats, Colorado, $8,000,000. 
(5) REACTOR DEVELOPMENT.— 
Project 
73-5-a, 
Liquid 
Metal 
Engineering 
Center 
facility 
modifications, Santa Susana, California, $3,000,000. 
Project 73-5-b, modifications to EBR-II, National Reactor Test-
ing Station, Idaho, $4,000,000. 
Project 73-5-c, modifications to Power Burst Facility. National 
Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $1,500,000. 
Project 73-5-d, modifications to TREAT facility. National Reactor 
Testing Station, Idaho, $1,500,000. 
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Project 73-5-e, research building safety modifications, Mound 
Laboratory, Miamisburg, Ohio, $3,000,000. 
Project 73-5-f, Pu-238 fuel form fabrication facility, Savannah 
liiver, South Carolina, $8,000,000. 
Project 73-5-g, modifications to reactors, $3,000,000. 
Project 73-5-h, S8G prototype nuclear propulsion plant. West 
Milton, New York, $56,000,000. 
(6) PHYSICAL KESEARCH.— 
Project 73-6-a, accelerator improvements, zero gradient synchro-
tron, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, $400,000. 
Project 73-6-b, accelerator and reactor improvements, Brookhaven 
National Laboratory, New York, $475,000. 
Project 73-6-c, accelerator improvements, Cambridge Electron 
Accelerator, Massachusetts, $75,000. 
Project 73-6-d, accelerator improvements, Lawrence Berkeley 
Laboratory, Calif ornia, $525,000. 
Project 73-6-e, accelerator improvements, Stanford Linear Accel-
erator Center, California, $1,025,000. 
Project 73-6-f, accelerator and reactor improvements, medium 
and low-energy physics, $600,000. 
(7) BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE.— 
Project 73-7-a, high-energy heavy ion facility (BEVALAC), Law-
rence Berkeley Laboratory, California, $2,000,000. 
(8) BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE.— 
Project 73-8-a, replacement of laboratory service systems. Oak 
Kidge National Laboratory, Tennessee, $1,200,000. 
(9) ADMINISTRATIVE.— 
Project 73-9-a, addition to headquarters building (AE only), 
Germantown, Maryland, $1,500,000. 
(10) GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.--$49,050,000. 
(11) CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.—Acquisition and fabrication of capital 
equipment not related to construction, $164,080,000. 
SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS.— (a) The Commission is authorized to start 
any project set forth in subsections 101(b) (1), (3), (5), (6), and (7) 
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 under sub-
sections 101(b) (2), (4), (8), and (9) 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) (10) 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 build-
ing included in such project shall be $100,000, provided that the build-
ing 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) (10) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth in that subsec-
tion by more than 10 per centum. 
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Transfer of 
amounts. 
83 Stat. 46. 
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SEC. 108. The Commission is authorized to perform ooiistniction ^„^°"^'™^"°" 
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oesign serVices* 
design services for any C.ommission construction project whenever 
(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 promptly upon enact-
ment of legislation appropriating funds for its construction. 
SEC. 104. A^^len 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. 
SEC. 105. AMENDMENT or PRIOR YEAR ACTS.— (a) Section 101 of 
Public Law 91-44, as amended, is further amended by striking from 
subsection (b) (1), project 70-1-b, bedrock waste storage, the figure 
"$1,300,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$4,800,000". 
(b) Section 101 of Public Law 91-273, as amended, is further gs^stau aoe!^' 
amended by (1) striking from subsection (b)(1), project 71-1-e, 
gaseous diffusion production support facilities, the figure "$45,700,000" 
and substituting therefor the figure "$72,020,000", (2) striking from 
subsection (b)(1), project 71-1-f, process equipment modifications, 
gaseous diffusion plants, the figure "$10,400,000" and substituting 
therefor the figure "$34,400,000", (3) 
striking from 
subsection 
(b) (6), project 7l-6-a, National Nuclear Science Information (^enter, 
the words "AE only" and substituting therefor the words "American 
Museum of Atomic ICnergy ", and further striking the figure "$600,000" 
and substituting therefor the figure "$3,500,000", and (4) striking 
from subsection (b)(9), project 71-9, fire, safety, and adequacy of 
operating conditions projects, the figure "$45,700,000" and substituting 
therefor the figure "$69,000,000". 
(c) Section 101 of Public Law 92-84, as amended, is further 
ss stat. 304. 
amended by (1) striking from subsection (b) (1), project 72-1-f, com-
ponent preparation laboratories, the figure "$^3,000,000" and substitut-
ing therefor the figure "$25,300,000", (2) striking from subsection 
(b) (2), project 72-2-b, weapons neutron research facility, the words 
"(AE only)"' and further striking the figure "$585,000" and sub-
stituting therefor the figure "$4,400,000'', (3) striking from subsection 
(b)(3), project 72-3-b, national radioactive waste repository, the 
words "Lyons, Kansas" and substituting therefor the words "site 
undetermined'' and further adding after the words ^''Provided. That'' 
the words "with respect to any site in the State of Kansas'', and (4) 
striking from subsection (b)(5), project 72-5-a, radiobiology and 
therapy research facility, the words " (AE only)" and further striking 
the figure "$345,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$1,600,000"'. 
SEC. 106. RESCISSION.— (a) Public Law 91-44, as amended, is fur-
ther amended by rescinding therefrom authorization for the follow-
ing projects, except for funds heretofore obligated: 
Project 70-2-a, rebuilding of gaseous diffusion plant cooling tower, 
Portsmouth, Ohio, $1,000,000. 
Project 70—4-b, research and development test plants. Project 
Hover, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, and Nevada 
Test Site, Nevada, $1,000,000. 
(b) Public Law 91-273, as amended, is further amended by rescind-
ing therefrom authorization for a project, except for funds heretofore 
obligated, as follows: 
Project 7l-3-b, research and develo])ment test plants. Project Rover, 
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, and Nevada Test 
Site, Nevada, $1,000,000. 
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Radiation ex-
posure, remedial 
action. 
Federal-State 
cooperation. 
Cooperative 
arrangement, sub-
mittal to congres-
sional committee. 
Rules and 
regulations. 
80 Stat. 383. 
TITLE I I 
SEC. 201. The Congress recognizes and assumes the compassionate 
responsibility of the United States to provide to the State of Colorado 
financial assistance to undertake remedial action to limit the exposure 
of individuals to radiation emanating from uranium mill tailings 
which have been used as a construction related material in the area 
of Grand Junction, Colorado. 
SEC. 202. The Atomic Energy Commission is hereby authorized to 
enter into a cooperative arrangement with the State of Colorado 
under which the Commission will provide not in excess of 75 per 
centum of the costs of a State program, in the area of Grand Junction, 
Colorado, of assessment of, and appropriate remedial action to limit 
the exposure of individuals to, radiation emanating from uranium mill 
tailings which have been used as a construction related material. Such 
arrangement shall include, but need not be limited to, provisions that 
require: 
(a) that the basis for undertaking remedial action shall be 
applicable guidelines published by the Surgeon General of the 
United States; 
(b) that the need for and selection of appropriate remedial 
action to be undertaken in any instance shall be determined by the 
Commission upon application by the property owner of record to 
the State of Colorado within four years of the date of enactment 
of this Act and recommendation hy and consultation with the 
State and others as deemed appropriate; 
(c) that any remedial action shall be performed by the State of 
Colorado or its authorized contractor and shall be paid for by the 
State of Colorado; 
(d) that the United States shall be released from any mill tail-
ings related liability or claim thereof upon completion of remedial 
action or waiver thereof by the property owner of record on 
behalf of himself, his heirs, successors, and assigns; and further, 
the United States shall be held harmless against any claim arising 
out of the performance of any remedial action; 
(e) that the State of Colorado shall retain custody and control 
of and responsibility for any uranium mill tailings removed from 
any site as part of remedial action; 
(f) that the law of the State of Colorado shall be applied to 
determine all questions of title, rights of heirs, trespass, and so 
forth; and 
(g) that the Atomic Energy Commission shall be provided 
such reports, accounting, and rights of inspection as the Commis-
sion deems appropriate: 
Provided, That before such arrangement or amendment thereto shall 
become effective, it shall be submitted to the Joint Committee on 
Atomic Energy and a period of thirty days shall elapse while Con-
gress is in session (in computing such thirty days, there shall be 
excluded the days on which either House is not in session because of 
adjournment for more than three days) : Provided, hoicever. That 
the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, after having received the 
arrangement or amendment thereto, may by resolution in writing 
waive the conditions of, or all or any portion of, such thirty-day 
period. 
SEC. 203. The Atomic Energy Commission shall prescribe such rules 
and regulations as it deems necessary and appropriate to carry out 
the provisions of this title II. Notwithstanding the provisions of 
subsection (a) (2) of section 553 of title 5, United States Code, such 
rules'and regulations shall be subject to the notice and public partici-
pation requirements of that section. 
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SEC. 204. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this 
title II, there is included in subsection 101 (a) of this Act authorization 
of appropriations in the amount of $5,000,000. 
Appropriation. 
TITLE I I I 
SEC. 301. Section 161 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, yg^stat! eoe!^' 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
42 use 2201. 
"w. prescribe and collect from any other Government agency, re^"torT/ifc°^Ying 
which applies for or is issued a license for a utilization facility fees. 
designed to produce electrical or heat energy pursuant to section 
103 or 104b, any fee, charge, or price which it may require, in 
accordance with the provisions of section 483a of title 31 of the 
United States Code or any other law, of applicants for, or 
holders of, such licenses.". 
Approved June 16, 1972. 
42 u s e 2133, 
2134. 
65 Stat. 290. 
Public Law 92-315 
AN ACT 
T<» amend chapter 10 of title :^S of the United States Code, to extend foveraj>e 
under servicemen's group life insurance to cadets and midshipmen at the 
service academies of the Armed Forces. 
June 20, 1972 
[H. R. 9096] 
Be it enacted by the Senate mul Hoii^^c of liepre>ieiit<(t/rex of the 
ridted States of America in Congress assenihled. That section 765 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by— 
(1) striking from paragraph (B) of clause (1) "and": 
(2) striking the period at the end of paragraph (C) of clause 
(1) and inserting *'; and'" in place thereof; 
(3) adding the following new paragraph to clause (1) : 
•'(D) full-time duty as a cadet or midshipman at the Ignited 
States Military Academy, L'^nited States Xaval Academy, United 
States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard 
Academy."; and 
(4) adding immediately after "grade" and before the semicolon 
hi paragraph (A) of clause (5) the following: ", or as a cadet or 
midshipman at the United States Military Academy. United 
States Xaval Academy, United States Air Force Academy, or the 
Cnited States Coast Guard Academy". 
Approved June 20, 1972. 
Servicemen's 
group life insur-
ance. 
Cadets and mid-
shipmen. 
84 Stat. 326; 
85 Stat. 642. 
Public Law 92-316 
AN ACT 
To amend the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 in order to provide tinancial 
assistance to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, and for other 
purposes. 
June 22, 1972 
[H. R.11417] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatices 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) section 
303(d) of the Kail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 543(d)) 
is amended by inserting immediately after the second sentence thereof 
the following new sentence: "No officer of the Corporation shall receive 
compensation at a rate in excess of that prescribed for level I of the 
P'xecutive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5, Ignited States Code.". 
(b) No individual serving as an officer of the National Railroad 
Amtrak. 
Financial a s -
sistance. 
84 Stat. 1330. 
83 Stat. 864.