LIMITS ON GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS

SEC. 3122. LIMITS ON GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS (a) In General.— The Secretary of Energy may carry out any construction project under the general plant projects provisions authorized by this title if the total estimated cost of the construction project does not exceed $1,200,000. (b) Report to Congress.— If at any time during the construction of any general plant project authorized by this title, the estimated cost of the project is revised because of unforeseen cost variations and the revised cost of the project exceeds $1,200,000, the Secretary shall immediately furnish a complete report to the Committees on Armed Services and on the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives explaining the reasons for the cost variation.