Energy Research and Development Administration

Energy Research and Development Administration operating expenses, fossil fuels For necessary operating expenses of the Administration in carrying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; publication and dissemination of atomic and other energy information; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services; hire of passenger motor vehicles; $426,994,000 and any moneys (except sums received from the Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act, as amended, and fees received for tests or investigations under the Act of May 16, 1910, as amended (50 U.S.C. 98h; 30 U.S.C. 7)) received by the Energy Research and Development Administration notwithstanding the provisions of section 3617 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484), to remain available until expended: Provided, That from this appropriation transfers of sums may be made to other agencies of the Government for the performance of the work for which this appropriation is made: Provided further, That the amount appropriated in any other appropriation act for “Operating expenses” for the Energy Research and Development Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, shall be merged, without limitation, with this appropriation: Provided further, That no part of the sum herein appropriated shall be used for the field testing of nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil and gas. For “Operating expenses, fossil fuels” for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $108,956,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount appropriated in any other appropriation act for “Operating expenses” for the Energy Research and Development Administration for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, shall be merged, without limitation, with this appropriation. 89 STAT. 995 plant and capital equipment, fossil fuels For expenses of the Administration, as authorized by law, in connection with the purchase and construction of plant and the acquisition of capital equipment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary in carrying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; $21,025,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount appropriated in any other appropriation act for “Plant and capital equipment” for the Energy Research and Development Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, shall be merged, without limitation, with this appropriation. For “Plant and capital equipment, fossil fuels” for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $8,240,000, to reman available until expended: Provided, That the amount appropriated in any other appropriation act for “Plant and capital equipment” for the Energy Research and Development Administration for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, shall be merged, without limitation, with this appropriation. special foreign currency program For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States, for necessary expenses of the Energy Research and Development Administration, as authorized by law. $6,650,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropriations, to such office for payment in the foregoing currencies.