An Act to establish a national program for research and development in nonnuclear energy sources.
PL 93-577 (S.1283), enacted 12/31/1974

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PUBLIC LAW 93-575-DEC. 31, 1974 
[88 
STAT. 
December31, 1974 
[S.3615] 
Public Law 93-575 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain lands in the State 
of Colorado to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the boundaries of 
the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado. 
Arapaho Na-
tional Forest, 
Colo. 
Boundary ex-
tension. 
16 u s e 485 
note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, to insure con-
solidation of lands in the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, and to 
afford the opportunity for better management of those lands, the Sec-
retary of the Interior is hereby authorized to transfer certain lands 
under his jurisdiction and adjacent to the existing boundary of said 
national forest to the Secretary of Agriculture. Pursuant to this Act, 
the exterior boundaries of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, 
shall be extended to include all of the lands not presently within such 
boundaries lying in township 3 south, range 78 west, township 4 south, 
range 78 west, township 2 south, range 79 west, township 3 south, 
range 79 west, and township 2 south, range 80 west, sections 7 through 
18, and sections 20 through 28, all of the sixth principal meridian. 
Approved December 31, 1974. 
December31, 1974 
[H.R. 16609] 
Public Law 93-576 
AN ACT 
To amend Public Law 93-276 to increase the authorization for appropriations 
to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. 
Atomic Energy 
Commission. 
Appropriations 
increase. 
Ante, 
p, 116, 
Safeguards 
Program. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemtled, That section 101(a) 
of Public Law 93-276 is hereby amended by striking therefrom the 
figure "$2,551,633,000" and substituting the figure "$2,580,733,000". 
SEC. 2. Section 101(b) of Public Law 93-276 is hereby amended by 
striking 
from 
subsection 
(11) 
capital 
equipment 
the 
figure 
"$208,850,000" and substituting the figure "$224,900,000". 
SEC. 3. From the increase of the sums authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act $23,000,000 shall be allotted to, and made available only 
for the Safeguards Program, with regard to the safeguarding of 
special nuclear materials from diversion from its intended uses, and for 
research and development of safeguards techniques and related activ-
ities involved in handling nuclear material. 
Approved December 31, 1974. 
Public Law 93-577 
AN ACT 
December31, 1974 
[s, 1283] 
To establish a national program for research and development in nonnuclear 
energy sources. 
Federal Non-
nuclear Energy 
Research and 
Development Act 
of 1974. 
42 u s e 5901 
note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress 
assembled, 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Federal Nonnuclear Energy 
Research and Development Act of 1974". 
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STATEMENT OF FINDINGS 
SEC. 2. The Congress hereby finds that— 
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^^ use 5901. 
(a) The Nation is suffering from a shortage of environmentally 
acceptable forms of energy. 
(b) Compounding this energy shortage is our past and present fail-
ure to formulate a comprehensive and aggressive research and devel-
opment program designed to make available to American consumers 
our large domestic energy reserves including fossil fuels, nuclear fuels, 
geothermal resources, solar energy, and other forms of energy. This 
failure is partially because the unconventional energy technologies 
have not been judged to be economically competitive with traditional 
energy technologies. 
(c) The urgency of the Nation's energy challenge will require com-
mitments similar to those undertaken in the Manhattan and Apollo 
projects; it will require that the Nation undertake a research, develop-
ment, and demonstration program in nonnuclear energy technologies 
with a total Federal investment which may reach or exceed 
$20,000,000,000 over the next decade. 
(d) In undertaking such program, full advantage must be taken 
of the existing technical and managerial expertise in the various 
energy fields within Federal agencies and particularly in the private 
sector. 
(e) The Nation's future energy needs can be met if a national com-
mitment is made now to dedicate the necessary financial resources, to 
enlist our scientific and technological capabilities, and to accord the 
proper priority to developing new nonnuclear energy options to serve 
national needs, conserve vital resources, and protect the environment. 
STATEMENT OF POLICY 
SEC. 3. (a) It is the policy of the Congress to develop on an urgent 
basis the technological capabilities to support the broadest range of 
energy policy options through conservation and use of domestic 
resources by socially and environmentally acceptable means. 
(b) (1) The Congress declares the purpose of this Act to be to estab-
lish and vigorously conduct a comprehensive, national program of 
basic and applied research and development, including but not limited 
to demonstrations of practical applications, of all potentially bene-
ficial energy sources and utilization technologies, within the Energy 
Research and Development Administration. 
(2) In carrying out this program, the Administrator of the Energy 
Research and Development Administration (hereinafter in this Act 
referred to as the "Administrator") shall be governed by the terms of 
this Act and other applicable provisions of law with respect to all non-
nuclear aspects of the research, development, and demonstration pro-
gram; and the policies and provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), and other provisions of law shall con-
tinue to apply to the nuclear research, development, and demonstration 
program. 
42 u s e 5902. 
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(3) In implementing and conducting the research, development, and 
demonstration programs pursuant to this Act, the Administrator shall 
incorporate programs in specific nonnuclear technologies previously 
enacted into law, including those established by the Solar Heating and 
Ante, p. 1069. 
CooKug Act of 1974 (Publlc Law 93-409), the Geothermal Energy 
Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1974 (Public Law 
Ante, p. 1079. 
93_410), aud the Solar Energy Research, Development, and Demon-
Ante, p. 1431. 
gyration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-473). 
42 u s e 5903. 
DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OP T H E 
ADMINISTRATOR 
SEC. 4. The Administrator shall— 
(a) review the current status of nonnuclear energy resources 
and current nonnuclear energy research and development activi-
ties, including research and development being conducted by Fed-
eral and non-Federal entities ; 
(b) formulate and carry out a comprehensive Federal nonnu-
clear energy research, development, and demonstration program 
which will expeditiously advance the policies established by this 
Act and other relevant legislation establishing programs in 
specific energy technologies; 
(c) utilize the funds authorized pursuant to this Act to advance 
energy research and development by initiating and maintaining, 
through fund transfers, grants, or contracts, energy research, 
development and demonstration programs or activities utilizing 
the facilities, capabilities, expertise, and experience of Federal 
agencies, national laboratories, universities, nonprofit organiza-
tions, industrial entities, and other non-Federal entities which are 
appropriate to each type of research, development, and demon-
stration activity; 
(d) establish procedures for periodic consultation with repre-
sentatives of science, industry, environmental organizations, con-
sumers, and other groups who have special expertise in the areas 
of energy research, development, and technology; and 
(e) initiate programs to design, construct, and operate energy 
facilities of sufficient size to demonstrate the technical and eco-
nomic feasibility of utilizing various forms of nonnuclear energy. 
GOVERNING 
PRINCIPLES 
42 use 5904. 
gj,(,_ 5
_ ^a) The Congress authorizes and directs that the compre-
hensive program in research, development, and 
demonstration 
required by this Act shall be designed and executed according to the 
following principles: 
(1) Energy conservation shall be a primary consideration in 
the design and implementation of the Federal nonnuclear energy 
program. For the purposes of this Act, energy conservation 
means both improvement in efficiency of energy production and 
use, and reduction in energy waste. 
(2) The environmental and social consequences of a proposed 
program shall be analyzed and considered in evaluating its 
potential. 
(3) Any program for the development of a technology which 
may require significant consumptive use of water after the tech-
nology has reached the stage of commercial application shall 
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include thorough consideration of the impacts of such technology 
and use on water resources pursuant to the provisions of section 13. 
(4) Heavy emphasis shall be given to those technologies which 
utilize renewable or essentially inexhaustible energy sources. 
(5) The potential for production of net energy by the proposed 
technology at the stage of commercial application shall be ana-
lyzed and considered in evaluating proposals. 
(b) The Congress further directs that the execution of the com-
prehensive research, development, and demonstration program shall 
conform to the following principles: 
(1) Research and development of nonnuclear energy sources 
shall be pursued in such a way as to facilitate the commercial 
availability of adequate supplies of energy to all regions of the 
United States. 
(2) In determining the appropriateness of Federal involvement 
in any particular research and development undertaking, the 
Administrator shall give consideration to the extent to which the 
proposed undertaking satisfies criteria including, but not limited 
to, the following: 
(A) The urgency of public need for the potential results 
of the research, development, or demonstration effort is high, 
and it is unlikely that similar results would be achieved in a 
timely manner in the absence of Federal assistance. 
(B) The potential opportunities for non-Federal interests 
to recapture the investment in the undertaking through the 
normal commercial utilization of proprietary knowledge 
appear inadequate to encourage timely results. 
(C) The extent of the problems treated and the objectives 
sought by the undertaking are national or widespread in 
their significance, 
(D) There are limited opportunities to induce non-Federal 
support of the undertaking through regulatory actions, end 
use controls, tax and price incentives, public "education, or 
other alternatives to direct Federal financial assistance. 
(E) The degree of risk of loss of investment inherent in the 
research is high, and the availability or risk capital to the 
non-Federal entities which might otherwise engage in 
the field of the research is inadequate for the timely develop-
ment of the technology. 
(F) The magnitude of the investment appears to exceed 
the financial capabilities of potential non-Federal partici-
pants in the research to support effective efforts, 
COMrREHENSlVE PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING 
SEC. 6. (a) Pursuant to the authority and directions of this Act and 
P^^"' transmit-
the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438), the '"iruscT/os!" 
Administrator shall transmit to the Congress, on or before June 30, 
Ante, p. 1233. 
1975, a comprehensive plan for energy research, development, and 
demonstration. This plan shall be appropriately revised annually as 
provided in section 15(a). Such plan shall be designed to achieve— 
(1) solutions to immediate and short-term (to the early 1980's) 
energy supply system and associated environmental problems; 
(2) solutions to middle-term (the early 1980's to 2000) energy 
supply system and associated environmental problems; and 
(3) solutions to long-term (beyond 2000) energy supply system 
and associated environmental problems. 
(b) (1) Based on the comprehensive energy research, development, 
.f/°^[^'^' *'"^"^" 
and demonstration plan developed under subsection (a), the Adminis-
mittal to Con-
gress. 
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trator shall develop and transmit to the Congress, on or before June 30, 
1975, a comprehensive nonnuclear energy research, development, and 
demonstration program to implement the nonnuclear research, devel-
opment, and demonstration aspects of the comprehensive plan. 
(2) This program shall be designed to achieve solutions to the 
energy supply and associated environmental problems in the imme-
diate and short-term (to the early 1980's), middle-term (the early 
1980's to 2000), and long-term (beyond 2000) time intervals. In 
formulating the nonnuclear aspects of this program, the Administrator 
shall evaluate the economic, environmental, and technological merits 
of each aspect of the program. 
(3) The Administrator shall assign program elements and activities 
in specific nonnuclear energy technologies to the short-term, middle-
term, and long-term time intervals, and shall present full and complete 
justification for these assignments and the degree of emphasis for 
each. These program elements and activities shall include, but not be 
limited to. research, development, and demonstrations designed— 
(A) to advance energy conservation technologies, including 
but not limited to— 
(i) productive use of waste, including garbage, sewage, 
agricultural wastes, and industrial waste heat; 
(ii) reuse and recycling of materials and 
consumer 
products; 
(iii) improvements in automobile design for increased effi-
ciency and lowered emissions, including investigation of the 
full range of alternatives to the internal combustion engine 
and systems of efficient public transportation; and 
(iv) advanced urban and architectural design to promote 
efficient energy use in the residential and commercial sec-
tors, improvements in home design and insulation technol-
ogies, small thermal storage units and increased efficiency 
in electrical appliances and lighting fixtures; 
(B) to accelerate the commercial demonstration of technologies 
for producing low-sulfur fuels suitable for boiler use; 
(C) to demonstrate improved methods for the generation, stor-
age, and transmission of electrical energy through (i) advances 
in gas turbine technologies, combined power cycles, the use of low 
British thermal unit gas and, if practicable, magnetohydrody-
namics; (ii) storage systems to allow more efficient load follow-
ing, including the use of inertial energy storage systems; and 
(iii) improvement in cryogenic transmission methods; 
(D) to accelerate the commercial demonstration of technologies 
for producing substitutes for natural gas, including coal gasifica-
tion: Provided^ That the Administrator shall invite and con-
sider proposals from potential participants based upon Federal 
assistance and participation in the form of a joint Federal-indus-
try corporation, and recommendations pursuant to this clause 
shall be accompanied by a report on the viability of using this 
form of Federal assistance or participation; 
(E) to accelerate the commercial demonstration of technologies 
for producing syncrude and liquid petroleum products from coal: 
Provided^ That the Administrator shall invite and consider pro-
posals from potential participants based upon Federal assistance 
and participation through guaranteed prices or purchase of the 
products, and recommendations pursuant to this clause shall be 
accompanied by a report on the viability of using this form of 
Federal assistance or participation; 
(F) in accordance with the program authorized by the Geo-
thermal Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act 
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of 1974 (Public Law 93^10), to accelerate the commercial dem- 
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onstration of geothermal energy technologies; 
(G) to demonstrate the production of syncrude from oil shale 
by all promising technologies including in situ technologies; 
(H) to demonstrate new and improved methods for the extrac-
tion of petroleum resources, including secondary and tertiary 
recovery of crude oil; 
(I) to demonstrate the economics and commercial viability of 
solar energy for residential and commercial energy supply appli-
cations in accordance with the program authorized by the Solar 
Heating and Cooling Act of 1974 (Public Law 93^09); 
Ante, p. 1069. 
(J) to accelerate the commercial demonstration of environ-
mental control systems for energy technologies developed pur-
suant to this Act; 
(K) to investigate the technical and economic feasibility of 
tidal power for supplying electrical energy; 
(L) to commercially demonstrate advanced solar energy tech-
nologies in accordance with the Solar Research, Development, and 
Demonstration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93^73); 
. . . 
>in(e, p. 1431. 
(M) to determine the economics and commercial viability of 
the production of sj^nthetic fuels such as hydrogen and methanol; 
(N) to commercially demonstrate the use of fuel cells for 
central station electric power generation; 
(0) to determine the economics and commercial viability of 
in situ coal gasification; 
(P) to improve techniques for the management of existing 
energy systems by means of quality control; application of sys-
tems analysis, communications, and computer techniques; and 
public information with the objective of improving the reliability 
and efficiency of energy supplies and encourage the conservation 
of energy resources; and 
(Q) to improve methods for the prevention and cleanup of 
marine oil spills. 
FORMS o r 
FEDERAL 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC, 7. (a) In carrying out the objectives of this Act, the Ad- 
''^ "^*^ ^^°^' 
ministrator may utilize various forms of Federal assistance and par-
ticipation which may include but are not limited to— 
(1) joint Federal-industry experimental, demonstration, or 
commercial corporations consistent with the provisions of sub-
section (b) of this section; 
(2) contractual arrangements with non-Federal participants 
including corporations, consortia, universities, governmental 
entities and nonprofit institutions; 
(3) contracts for the construction and operation of federally 
owned facilities; 
(4) Federal purchases or guaranteed price of the products 
of demonstration plants or activities consistent with the provi-
sions of subsection (c) of the section; 
(5) Federal loans to non-Federal entities conducting demon-
strations of new technologies; and 
(6) incentives, including financial awards, to individual inven-
tors, such incentives to be designed to encourage the participation 
of a large number of such inventors. 
(b) Joint Federal-industry corporations proposed for congres- . J°'"* Federal-
sional authorization pursuant to this Act shall be subject to the pro- uonsTguideHnes? 
visions of section 9 of this Act and shall conform to the following 
guidelines except as otherwise authorized by Congress: 
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(1) Each such corporation may design, construct, operate, and 
maintain one or more experimental, demonstration, or commercial-
size facilities, or other operations which will ascertain the techni-
cal, environmental, and economic feasibility of a particular energy 
technology. In carrying out this function, the corporation shall be 
empow^ered, either directly or by contract, to utilize commercially 
available technologies, perform tests, or design, construct, and 
operate pilot plants, as may be necessary for the design of the 
full-scale facility. 
(2) Each corporation shall have— 
(A) a Board of nine directors consisting of individuals 
who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be 
elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. The 
Board shall be empowered to adopt and amend bylaws. Five 
members of the Board shall be appointed by the President of 
the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, and four members of the Board shall be appointed by 
the President on the basis of recommendations received by 
him from any non-Federal entity or entities entering into 
contractual arrangements to participate in the corporation; 
(B) a President and such other officers and employees as 
may be named and appointed by the Board (with the rates of 
compensation of all officers and employees being fixed by the 
Board); and 
(C) the usual powers conferred upon corporations by the 
laws of the District of Columbia. 
(3) An appropriate time interval, not to exceed 12 years, shall 
be established for the term of Federal participation in the corpo-
ration, at the expiration of which the Board of Directors shall 
take such action as may be necessary to dissolve the corporation 
or otherwise terminate Federal participation and financial inter-
ests. In carrying out such dissolution, the Board of Directors shall 
dispose of all physical facilities of the corporation in such manner 
and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board determines 
are in the public interest and consistent with existing law; and a 
share of the appraised value of the corporate assets proportional 
to the Federal participation in the corporation, including the 
proceeds from the disposition of such facilities, on the date of its 
dissolution, after satisfaction of all its legal obligations, shall be 
made available to the United States and deposited in the Treasury 
of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. All patent rights 
of the corporation shall, on such date of dissolution, be vested in 
the Administrator: Provided^ That Federal participation may 
be terminated prior to the time established in the authorizing Act 
upon recommendation of the Board of Directors. 
(4) Any commercially valuable product produced by demon-
stration facilities shall be disposed of in such manner and under 
such terms and conditions as the corporation shall prescribe. All 
revenues received by the corporation from the sale of such products 
shall be available to the corporation for use by it in defraying 
expenses incurred in connection with carrying out its functions to 
which this Act applies. 
(5) The estimated Federal share of the construction, operation, 
and maintenance cost over the life of each corporation shall be 
determined in order to facilitate a single congressional authoriza-
tion of the full amount at the time of establishment of the 
corporation. 
(6) The Federal share of the cost of each such corporation shall 
reflect (A) the technical and economic risk of the venture, (B) the 
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probability of any financial return to the non-Federal participants 
arising from the venture, (C) the financial capability of the poten-
tial non-Federal participants, and (D) such other factors as the 
Administrator may set forth in proposing the corporation: Pro-
vided^ That in no instance shall the Federal share exceed 90 per 
centum of the cost. 
(7) (A) Prior to the establishment of any joint Federal-industry ^ ea^°r*of°the 
corporation pursuant to this Act, the Administrator shall submit House/president 
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President v^° ^^^'^°l^^ j"'^ 
pro tempore of the Senate, and to the appropriate committees of commiuees"^ 
the House of Representatives and the Senate a report setting forth 
in detail the consistency of the establishment of the corporation 
with the principles and directives set forth in section 5 and this 
section, and the proposed purpose and planned activities of the 
corporation. 
(B) No such corporation shall be established unless previously 
authorized by specific legislation enacted by the Congress, 
(c) Competitive systems of price supports proposed for congres- ^ ^te^n^s^^'u^ide-
sional authorization pursuant to this Act shall conform to the follow- unes. 
ing guidelines: 
(1) The Administrator shall determine the types and capacities 
of the desired full-scale, commercial-size facility 
or other 
operation which would demonstrate the technical, environmental, 
and economic feasibility of a particular nonnuclear energy 
technology. 
(2) The Administrator may award planning grants for the 
purpose of financing a study of the full cycle economic and envi-
ronmental costs associated with the demonstration facility selected 
pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection. Such planning 
grants may be awarded to Federal and non-Federal entities 
including, but not limited to, industrial entities, universities, and 
nonprofit organizations. Such planning grants may also be used 
by the grantee to prepare a detailed and comprehensive bid to con-
struct the demonstration facility. 
(3) Following the completion of the studies pursuant to the 
planning grants awarded under paragraph (2) of this subsection 
regarding each such potential price supported demonstration 
facility for which the Administrator intends to request congres-
sional authorization, he shall invite bids from all interested parties 
to determine the minimum amount of Federal price support 
needed to construct the demonstration facility. The Adminis-
trator may designate one or more competing entities, each to con-
struct one commercial demonstration facility. Such designation 
shall be made on the basis of those entities, (A) commitment to 
construct the demonstration facility at the minimum level of 
Federal price supports, (B) detailed plan of environmental pro-
tection, and (C) proposed design and operation of the demon-
stration facility. 
(4) The construction plans and actual construction of the 
demonstration facility, together with all related facilities, shall be 
monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency. If additional 
environmental requirements are imposed by the Administrator 
after the designation of the successful bidders and if such addi-
tional environmental requirements result in additional costs, the 
Administrator is authorized to renegotiate the support price to 
cover such additional costs. 
(5) The estimated amount of the Federal price support for a 
demonstration facility's product over the life of such facility shall 
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be determined by the Administrator to facilitate a single con-
gressional authorization of the full amount of such support at the 
time of the designation of the successful bidders. 
(6) No price support program shall be implemented unless pre-
viously authorized by specific legislation enacted by the Congress, 
(d) Nothing in this section shall preclude Federal participation in, 
and support for, joint university-industry nonnuclear energy research 
efforts. 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
42 u s e 5907. 
SEC. 8. (a) The Administrator is authorized to— 
(1) identify opportunities to accelerate the commercial appli-
cations of new energy technologies, and provide Federal assist-
ance for or participation in demonstration projects (including 
pilot plants demonstrating technological advances and field dem-
onstrations of new methods and procedures, and demonstrations 
of prototype commercial applications for the exploration, devel-
opment, production, transportation, conversion, and utilization of 
energy resources) ; and 
(2) enter into cooperative agreements with non-Federal enti-
ties to demonstrate the technical feasibility and economic poten-
tial of energy technologies on a prototype or full-scale basis. 
(b) In reviewing potential projects, the Administrator shall con-
sider criteria including but not limited to— 
(1) the anticipated, research, development, and application 
objectives to be achieved by the activities or facilities proposed; 
(2) the economic, environmental, and societal significance 
which a successful demonstration may have for the national fuels 
and energy system; 
(3) the relationship of the proposal to the criteria of priority 
set forth in section 5(b) (2) ; 
(4) the availability of non-Federal participants to construct 
and operate the facilities or perform the activities associated with 
the proposal and to contribute to the financing of the proposal; 
(5) the total estimated cost including the Federal investment 
and the probable time schedule; 
(6) the proposed participants and the proposed financial con-
tributions of the Federal Government and of the non-P^ederal 
participants; and 
(7) the proposed cooperative arrangement, agreements among 
the participants, and form of management of the activities. 
(c) (1) A financial award under this section may be made only to 
the extent of the Federal share of the estimated total design and con-
struction costs, plus operation and maintenance costs. 
(2) For the purposes of this Act the non-Federal share may be in 
any form, including, but not limited to, lands or interests therein 
needed for the project or personal property or services, the value of 
which shall be determined by the Administrator. 
Regulations. 
(d) (1) Tlic Admliiistrator shall, within six months of enactment 
of this Act, promulgate regulations establishing procedures for 
submission of proposals to the Energy Research and Development 
Administration for the purposes of this Act. Such regulations shall 
establish a procedure for selection of proposals which— 
(A) provides that projects will be carried out under such condi-
tions and varying circumstances as will assist in solving energy 
extraction, transportation, conversion, conservation, and end-use 
problems of various areas and regions, under representative geo-
logical, geographic, and environmental conditions; and 
(B) provides time schedules for submission of, and action on, 
proposal requests for the purposes of implementing the goals and 
objectives of this Act. 
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(2) Such regulations also shall specify the types and form of the 
information, data, and support documentation that are to be contained 
in proposals for each form of Federal assistance or participation set 
forth in subsection 7(a) : Provided^ That such proposals to the extent 
possible shall include, but not be limited to— 
(A) specification of the technology; 
(B) description of prior pilot plant operating experience with 
the technology; 
(C) preliminary design of the demonstration plant; 
(D) time tables containing proposed construction and operation 
plans; 
(E) budget-type estimates of construction and operating costs; 
(F) description and proof of title to land for proposed site, 
natural resources, electricity and water supply and logistical 
information related to access to raw materials to construct and 
operate the plant and to dispose of salable products produced 
from the plant; 
(G) analysis of the environmental impact of the proposed plant 
and plans for disposal of wastes resulting from the operation of the 
plant; 
(H) plans for commercial use of the technology if the demon-
stration is successful; 
(I) plans for continued use of the plant if the demonstration 
is successful; and 
(J) plans for dismantling of the plant if the demonstration is 
unsuccessful or otherwise abandoned. 
(3) The Administrator shall from time to time review and, as 
appropriate, modify and repromulgate regulations issued pursuant to 
this section. 
(e) If the estimate of the Federal investment with respect to con-
struction costs of any demonstration project proposed to be established 
under this section exceeds $50,000,000, no amount may be appropriated 
for such project except as specifically authorized by legislation here-
after enacted by the Congress. 
(f) If the total estimated amount of the Federal contribution to 
the construction cost of a demonstration project does not exceed 
$50,000,000, the Administrator is authorized to proceed with the nego-
tiation of agreements and implementation of the proposal subject to 
the availability of funds under the authorization of appropriations 
pursuant to section 16: Provided^ That if such Federal contribution to ^1^°'''' 1° ''°"' 
the construction cost is estimated to exceed $25,000,000 the Adminis- mutees"'' 
trator shall provide a full and comprehensive report on the proposed 
demonstration project to the appropriate committees of the Congress 
and no funds may be expended for any agreement under the authority 
granted by this section prior to the expiration of sixty calendar days 
(not including any day on which either House of Congress is not in 
session because of an adjournment of more than three calendar days 
to a day certain) from the date on which the Administrator's report on 
the proposed project is received by the Congress. Such reports shall 
contain an analysis of the extent to which the proposed demonstration 
satisfies the criteria specified in subsection (b) of this section. 
PATENT POLICY 
SEC. 9. (a) Whenever any invention is made or conceived in the 
^2 use 5908. 
course of or under any contract of the Administration, other than 
nuclear energv research, development, and demonstration pursuant to 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) and the 
Administrator determines that— 
(1) the person who made the invention was employed or 
assigned to perform research, development, or demonstration 
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work and the invention is related to the work he was employed or 
assigned to perform, or that it was within the scope of his employ-
ment duties, whether or not it was made during working hours, 
or with a contribution by the Government of the use of Govern-
ment facilities, equipment, materials, allocated funds, information 
proprietary to the Government, or services of Government employ-
ees during working hours; or 
(2) the person who made the invention was not employed or 
assigned to perform research, development, or demonstration 
work, but the invention is nevertheless related to the contract or 
to the work or duties he was employed or assigned to perform, and 
was made during working hours, or with a contribution from the 
Government of the sort referred to in clause (1). 
title to such invention shall vest in the United States, and if patents 
on such invention are issued they shall be issued to the United States, 
unless in particular circumstances the Administrator waives all or any 
part of the rights of the United States to such invention in conformity 
with the provisions of this section. 
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(b) Each contract entered into by the Administration with any per-
son shall contain effective provisions under which such person shall 
furnish promptly to the Administration a written report containing 
full and complete technical information concerning any invention, 
discovery, improvement, or innovation which may be made in the 
course of or under such contract. 
Waiver o
f rights. 
^^^ Under such regulations in conformity with the provisions of 
this section as the Administrator shall prescribe, the Administrator 
may waive all or any part of the rights of the United States under this 
section with respect to any invention or class of inventions made or 
which may be made by any person or class of persons in the course 
of or under any contract of the Administration if he determines that 
the interests of the United States and the general public will best be 
served by such waiver. The Administration shall maintain a publicly 
available, periodically updated record of waiver determinations. In 
making such determinations, the Administrator shall have the follow-
ing objectives: 
(1) Making the benefits of the energy research, development, 
and demonstration program widely available to the public in the 
shortest practicable time. 
(2) Promoting the commercial utilization of such inventions. 
(3) Encouraging participation by private persons in the 
Administration's energy research, development, and demonstra-
tion program. 
(4) Fostering competition and preventing undue market con-
centration or the creation or maintenance of other situations 
inconsistent with the antitrust laws. 
(d) In determining whether a waiver to the contractor at the time 
of contracting will best serve the interests of the United States and 
the general public, the Administrator shall specifically include as 
considerations— 
(1) the extent to which the participation of the contractor will 
expedite the attainment of the purposes of the program; 
(2) the extent to which a waiver of all or any part of such 
rights in any or all fields of technology is needed to secure the 
participation of the particular contractor; 
(3) the extent to which the contractor's commercial position 
may expedite utilization of the research, development, and dem-
onstration program results; 
(4) the extent to which the Government has contributed to the 
field of technology to be funded under the contract; 
(5) the purpose and nature of the contract, including the 
intended use of the results developed thereunder; 
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(6) the extent to which the contractor has made or will make 
substantial investment of financial resources or technology devel-
oped at the contractor's private expense which will directly bene-
fit the work to be performed under the contract; 
(7) the extent to which the field of technology to be funded 
under the contract has been developed at the contractor's private 
expense; 
(8) the extent to which the Government intends to further 
develop to the point of commercial utilization the results of the 
contract effort; 
(9) the extient to which the contract objectives are concerned 
with the public health, public safety, or public welfare; 
(10) the likely effect of the waiver on competition and market 
concentration; and 
(11) in the case of a nonprofit educational institution, the extent 
to which such institution has a technology transfer capability and 
program, approved by the Administrator as being consistent with 
the applicable policies of this section. 
(e) In determining whether a waiver to the contractor or inventor 
of rights to an identified invention will best serve the interests of the 
United States and the general public, the Administrator shall specif-
ically include as considerations paragraphs (4) through (-11) of sub-
section (d) as applied to the invention and— 
(1) the extent to which such waiver is a reasonable and neces-
sary incentive to call forth private risk capital for the develop-
ment and commercialization of the invention; and 
(2) the extent to which the plans, intentions, and ability of the 
contractor or inventor will obtain expeditious commercialization 
of such invention. 
(f) Whenever title to an invention is vested in the United States, 
there may be reserved to the contractor or inventor— 
(1) a revocable or irrevocable nonexclusive, paid-up license for 
the practice of the invention throughout the world; and 
(2) the rights to such invention in any foreign country where 
the United States has elected not to secure patent rights and the 
contractor elects to do so, subject to the rights set forth in para-
graphs (2), (3), (6), and (T) of subsection (h) : Provided, That 
when specifically requested by the Administration and three years 
after issuance of such a patent, the contractor shall submit the 
report specified in subsection (h) (1) of this section. 
(g) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Adminis- la^on^s" 
trator shall determine and promulgate regulations specifying the 
terms and conditions upon which licenses may be granted in any 
invention to which title is vested in the United States. 
(2) Pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Adminis- 
Hearing 
trator may grant exclusive or partially exclusive licenses in any inven-
tion only if, after notice and opportunity for hearing, it is determined 
that— 
(A) the interests of the United States and the general public 
will best be served by the proposed license, in view of the appli-
cant's intentions, plans, and ability to bring the invention to the 
point of practical or commercial applications; 
(B) the desired practical or commercial applications have not 
been achieved, or are not likely expeditiously to be achieved, 
under any nonexclusive license which has been granted, or which 
may be granted, on the invention; 
(C) exclusive or partially exclusive licensing is a reasonable 
and necessary incentive to call forth risk capital and expenses 
Licenses,regu-
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to bring the invention to the point of practical or commercial 
applications; and 
(D) the proposed terms and scope of exclusivity are not sub-
stantially greater than necessary to provide the incentive for 
bringing the invention to the point of practical or commercial 
applications and to permit the licensee to recoup its costs and a 
reasonable profit thereon: 
Provided^ That, the Administrator shall not grant such exclusive or 
partially exclusive license if he determines that the grant of such 
license will tend substantially to lessen competition or result in undue 
concentration in any section of the country in any line of commerce 
to which the technology to be licensed relates. The Administration shall 
maintain a publicly available, periodically updated record of deter-
minations to grant such licenses. 
Waiver, terms 
n^\ j^acli waiver of rights or grant of an exclusive or partially 
and conditions. 
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exclusive license shall contain such terms and conditions as the Admin-
istrator may determine to be appropriate for the protection of the 
interests of the United States and the general public, including provi-
sions for the following: 
(1) Periodic written reports at reasonable intervals, and when 
specifically requested by the Administration, on the commercial 
use that is being made or is intended to be made of the invention. 
(2) At least an irrevocable, nonexclusive, paid-up license to 
make, use, and sell the invention throughout the world by or on 
behalf of the United States (including any Government agency) 
and States and domestic municipal governments, unless the 
Administrator determines that it would not be in the public 
interest to acquire the license for the States and domestic munic-
ipal governments. 
(3) The right in the United States to sublicense any foreign 
government pursuant to any existing or future treaty or agree-
ment if the Administrator determines it would be in the national 
interest to acquire this right. 
(4) The reservation in the United States of the rights to the 
invention in any country in which the contractor does not file an 
application for patent within such time as the Administration 
shall determine. 
(5) The right in the Administrator to require the granting of 
a nonexclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive license to a 
responsible applicant or applicants, upon terms reasonable under 
the circumstances, (A) to the extent that the invention is required 
for public use by governmental regulations, or (B) as may be 
necessary to fulfill health, safety, or energy needs, or (C) for such 
other purposes as may be stipulated in the applicable agreement. 
(6) The right in the Administrator to terminate such waiver or 
license in whole or in part unless the recipient of the waiver or 
license demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator that 
he has taken effective steps, or within a reasonable time thereafter 
is expected to take such steps, necessary to accomplish substantial 
utilization of the invention. 
(7) The right in the Administrator, commencing three years 
after the grant of a license and four years after a waiver is effec-
tive as to an invention, to require the granting of a nonexclusive 
or partially exclusive license to a responsible applicant or 
applicants, upon terms reasonable under the circumstances, and in 
appropriate circumstances to terminate the waiver or license in 
whole or in part, following a hearing upon notice thereof to the 
public, upon a petition by an interested person justifying such 
hearing— 
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(A) if the Administrator determines, upon review of such 
material as he deems relevant, and after the recipient of the 
waiver or license, or other interested person, has had the 
opportunity to provide such relevant and material informa-
tion as the Administrator may require, that such waiver or 
license has tended substantially to lessen competition or to 
result in undue concentration m any section of the country 
in any line of commerce to which the technology relates; or 
(B) unless the recipient of the waiver or license demon-
strates to the satisfaction of the Administrator at such hear-
ing that he has taken effective steps, or within a reasonable 
time thereafter is expected to take such steps, necessary to 
accomplish substantial utilization of the invention. 
(i) The Administrator shall provide an annual periodic notice to 
the public in the Federal Kegister, or other appropriate publication, 
of the right to have a hearing as provided by subsection (h) (7) of this 
section, and of the availability of the records of determinations pro-
vided in this section. 
(j) The Administrator shall, in granting waivers or licenses, con-
sider the small business status of the applicant. 
(k) The Administrator is authorized to take all suitable and neces-
sary steps to protect any invention or discovery to which the United 
States holds title, and to require that contractors or persons who 
acquire rights to inventions under this section protect such inventions. 
(1) The Administration shall be considered a defense agency of the 
United States for the purpose of chapter 17 of title 35 of the United 
States Code. 
(m) As used in this section— 
(1) the term "person" means any individual, partnership, cor-
poration, association, institution, or other entity; 
(2) the term "contract" means any contract, grant, agreement, 
understanding, or other arrangement, which includes research, 
development, or demonstration work, and includes any assign-
ment, substitution of parties, or subcontract executed or entered 
into thereunder; 
(3) the term "made", when used in relation to any invention, 
means the conception or first actual reduction to practice of such 
invention; 
(4) the term "invention" means inventions or discoveries, 
whether patented or unpatented; and 
(5) the term "contractor" means any person having a contract 
with or on behalf of the Administration, 
(n) Within twelve months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator with the participation of the Attorney Gen-
eral, the Secretary of Commerce, and other officials as the President 
may designate, shall submit to the President and the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report concerning the applicability of existing 
patent policies affecting the programs under this Act, along with his 
recommendations for amendments or additions to the statutory patent 
policy, including his recommendations on mandatory licensing, which 
he deems advisable for carrying out the purposes of this Act. 
RELATIONSHIP TO ANTITRUST LAWS 
SEC. 10. (a) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to convey to any 
individual, corporation, or other business organization immunity from 
civil or criminal liability, or to create defenses to actions, under the 
antitrust laws. 
(b) As used in this section, the term "antitrust law" means— 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
35 use 181. 
Definitions, 
Report, Submit-
tal to President 
and congressional 
committees. 
42 use 5909. 
"Antitrust 
law." 
15 use 58. 
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[88 STAT. 
(1) the Act entitled "An Act to protect trade and commerce 
against unlawful restraints and monopolies", approved July 2, 
1890 (15 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), as amended; 
(2) the Act entitled "An Act to supplement existing laws 
against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other pur-
poses", approved October 15, 1914 (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.) as 
amended; 
(3) the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.), 
as amended; 
(4) sections 73 and 74 of the Act entitled "An Act to reduce 
taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other 
purposes", approved August 27, 1894 (15 U.S.C. 8 and 9), as 
amended; and 
(5) the Act of June 19, 1936, chapter 592 (15 U.S.C. 13, 13a, 
13b, and 21a). 
ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION 
42 use 5910. 
|gj,(^^ 1^1 ^g^^ -j^jjg Council on Environmental Quality is authorized 
and directed to carry out a continuing analysis of the effect of appli-
cation of nonnuclear energy technologies to evaluate— 
(1) the adequacy of attention to energy conservation methods; 
and 
(2) the adequacy of attention to environmental protection and 
the environmental consequences of the application of energy 
technologies. 
(b) The Council on Environmental Quality, in carrying out the 
provisions of this section, may employ consultants or contractors and 
may by fund transfer employ the services of other Federal agencies 
for the conduct of studies and investigations. 
Hearings. 
^^^ 'pj^g Couucll ou Environmental Quality shall hold annual public 
hearings on the conduct of energy research and development and the 
probable environmental consequences of trends in the development 
avlirrbuit^*' 
^^^ application of energy technologies. The transcript of the hearings 
shall be published and made available to the public. 
Presrd'Jnt'°Ad. 
(^) '^^^ Couucll ou Environmental Quality shall make such reports 
ministrato'r. and 
to the Prcsideut, the Administrator, and the Congress as it deems 
eongress. 
appropriate concerning the conduct of energy research and develop-
ment. The President as a part of the annual Environmental Policy 
Report required by section 201 of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4341) shall set forth the findings of the Council 
on Environmental Quality concerning the probable environmental 
consequences of trends in the development and application of energy 
technologies. 
ACQUISITION OF ESSENTIAL MATERIALS 
42 use 5911. 
g^^ 12. (a) The President may, by rule or order, require the allo-
cation of, or the performance under contracts or orders (other than 
contracts of employment) relating to, supplies of materials and equip-
ment if he finds that— 
(1) such supplies are scarce, critical, and essential to carry out 
the purposes of this Act; and 
(2) such supplies cannot reasonably be obtained without exer-
cising the authority granted by this section. 
or^o'Xr!^t^an"i^ 
(^) The President shall transmit any rule or order proposed under 
mittai to Con- 
subsectiou (a) of this section (bearing an identification number) to 
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each House of Congress on the date on which it is proposed. If such 
proposed rule or order is transmitted to the Congress such proposed 
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rule or order shall take effect at the end of the first period of thirty 
calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which 
such proposed rule or order is transmitted to it unless, betAveen the 
date of transmittal and the end of the thirty day period, either House 
passes a resolution stating in substance that such House does not favor 
such a proposed rule or order. 
WATER RESOURCE EVALUATION 
SEC. 13. (a) At the request of the Administrator, the Water 
42 use 5912. 
Resources Council shall undertake assessments of water resource 
requirements and water supply availability for any nonnuclear energy 
technology and any probable combinations of technologies which are 
the subject of Federal research and development efforts authorized by 
this Act, and the commercial development of which could have signifi-
cant impacts on water resources. In the preparation of its assessment, 
the Council shall— 
(1) utilize to the maximum extent practicable data on water 
supply and demand available in the files of member agencies of 
the Council; 
(2) collect and compile any additional data it deems necessary 
for complete and accurate assessments; 
(3) give full consideration to the constraints upon availability 
imposed by treaty, compact, court decree, State water laws, and 
water rights granted pursuant to State and Federal laAv; 
(4) assess the effects of development of such technology on 
water quality; 
(5) include estimates of cost associated with production and 
management of the required water supply, and the cost of disposal 
of waste water generated by the proposed facility or process; 
(6) assess the environmental, social, and economic impact of 
any change in use of currently utilized water resource that may 
be required by the proposed facility or process; and 
(7) consult with the Council on Environmental Quality. 
(b) For any proposed demonstration project which may involve 
a significant impact on water resources, the Administrator shall, as 
a precondition of Federal assistance to that project, prepare or have 
prepared an assessment of the availability of adequate water resources. 
A report on the assessment shall be published in the Federal Registe,r 
Publication in 
for public review thirty days prior to the expenditure of Federal 
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funds on the demonstration. 
(c) For any proposed Federal assistance for commercial applica-
tion of energy technologies pursuant to this Act, the Water Resource 
Council shall, as a precondition of such Federal assistance, provide 
to the Administrator an assessment of the availability of adequate 
water resources for such commercial application and an evaluation 
of the environmental, social, and economic impacts of the dedication of 
water to such uses. 
(d) Reports of assessments and evaluations prepared by the Coun- 
Publication in 
cil pursuant to subsections (a) and (c) shall be published in the Fed- ^^^^'^^ Register. 
eral Register and at least ninety days shall be provided for public 
review and comment. Comments received shall accompany the reports 
when they are submitted to the Administrator and shall be available 
to the public. 
(e) The Council shall include a broad survey and analysis of 
regional a^d national water resource availability for energy devel-
opment in the biennial assessment required by section 102(a) of the 
Water Resources Planning Act (42 XJ.S.C. 1962a-l(a)). 
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42 u s e 5913. 
42 u s e 5914. 
Ante, 
p. 1251. 
42 u s e 5915. 
ENERGY-RELATED INVENTIONS 
SEC. 14. The National Bureau of Standards shall give particular 
attention to the evaluation of all promising energy-related inventions, 
particularly those submitted by individual inventors and small com-
panies for the purpose of obtaining direct grants from the Adminis-
Reguiations. 
tratoT. The National Bureau of Standards is authorized to promulgate 
regulations in the furtherance of this section. 
REPORTS TO CONGRESS 
SEC. 15. (a) Concurrent with the submission of the President's 
annual budget to the Congress, the Administrator shall submit to 
the Congress each year— 
(1) a report detailing the activities carried out pursuant to 
this Act during the preceding fiscal year; 
(2) a detailed description of the comprehensive plan for nuclear 
and nonnuclear energy research, development, and demonstration 
then in effect under section 6(a); and 
(3) a detailed description of the comprehensive nonnuclear 
research, development, and demonstration program then in effect 
under section 6(b) including its program elements and activities, 
setting forth such modifications in the comprehensive plan referred 
to in clause (2) and the comprehensive program referred to in clause 
(3) as may be necessary to revise appropriately such plan and pro-
gram in the light of the activities referred to in clause (1) and any 
changes in circumstances which may have occurred since the last 
previous report under this subsection. 
(b) The description of the comprehensive nonnuclear research, 
development, and demonstration program submitted under subsec-
tion (a) (2) shall include a statement setting forth— 
(1) the anticipated research, development, and application 
objectives to be achieved by the proposed program; 
(2) the economic, environmental, and societal significance which 
the proposed program may have; 
(3) the total estimated cost of individual program items; 
(4) the estimated relative financial contributions of the Federal 
Government and non-Federal participants in the research and 
development program; 
(5) the relationship of the proposed program to any Federal 
national energy or fuel policies; and 
(6) the relationship of any short-term undertakings and expend-
itures to long-range goals. 
(c) The reports required by subsections (a) and (b) of this sec-
tion will satisfy the reporting requirements of section 307(a) of the 
Energy Keorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438) insofar as is 
concerned activities, goals, priorities, and plans of the Energy Research 
and Development Administration pertaining to nonnuclear energy. 
APPROPRIATl ON AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 16. (a) There may be appropriated to the Administrator to 
carry out the purposes of this Act such sums as may be authorized in 
annual authorization Acts. 
(b) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of 
this section—• 
(1) $500,000 annually shall be made available by fund transfer 
to the Council on Environmental Quality for the purposes author-
ized by section 11; and 
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(2) not to exceed $1,000,000 annually shall be made available by 
fund transfer to the Water Resources Council for the purposes 
authorized by section 13. 
(c) There also may be appropriated to the Administrator by sepa-
rate Acts such amounts as are required for demonstration projects 
for which the total Federal contribution to construction costs exceeds 
$50,000,000. 
Approved December 31, 1974. 
Public Law 93-578 
A N A C T ' 
December 31, 1974 
To relinquish and disclaim any title to certain lands and to authorize the Sec- 
[s. 3574] 
retary of the Interior to convey certain lands situated in Yuma County, 
Arizona. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Represemtatwes of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That the United 
"^"""^ county, 
States hereby disclaims any right, title, or interest in or to certain real 
"and convey-
property situated in Yuma County, Arizona, within the boundaries of ^nce. 
the east half of the northwest quarter and the north half of the north-
east quarter and the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of 
section 13; and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter and 
the south half of the southwest quarter of section 12, township 9 south, 
range 21 east, San Bernardino meridian as depicted by the original 
plat of survey of such township published by the United States Sur-
veyor General's Office, dated March 21, 1857, being a portion of sec-
tions 23, 25, and 26, township 1 north, range 24 west, Gila and Salt 
River meridian as depicted by the dependent resurvey and accretion 
survey plat of said township published by the United States Depart-
ment of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, dated June 5,1962, 
except that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the 52-acre 
portion of such property that was condemned by the United States 
pursuant to the complaint in condemnation filed by the United States 
on June 30, 1964, in the United States District Court for the District 
of Arizona (No. Civ. 5188-Phx) and any portion of such property 
submerged in the bed of the Colorado River and owned by the States 
of California and Arizona. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to 
convey by patent to Wide River Farms, Incorporated, an Arizona 
corporation, 52 acres of land, more or less, described as the southwest 
quarter of the northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the 
northeast quarter of section 13, township 9 south, range 21 east, San 
Bernardino meridian as depicted by the original plat of survey of 
such township published by the United States Surveyor General's 
Office, dated March 21, 1857, being a portion of section 26, township 1 
north, range 24 west, Gila and Salt River meridian, as depicted by 
the dependent resurvey and accretion survey plat of said township 
published by the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Land Management, dated June 5, 1962, except that the provisions of 
this section shall not apply to any portion of such property that was 
described in the complaint in condemnation filed by the United States 
on June 30, 1964, in the United States District Court for the District 
of Arizona (No. Civ.. 5188-Phx.) and any portion of such property 
submerged in the bed of the Colorado River and owned by the States 
of California and Arizona. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to