Pub. L. 109-364, div. C, tit. XXXI, subtit. B, sec. 3120
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR WASTE TREATMENT AND IMMOBILIZATION PLANT.
SEC. 3120. LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR WASTE TREATMENT AND IMMOBILIZATION PLANT.(a) Limitation Relating to Earned Value Management System.—(1) In general.—Of the amount appropriated or otherwise available for defense environmental cleanup activities and available for the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, not more than 90 percent of that amount may be obligated or expended.(2) Termination of limitation.—Paragraph (1) does not apply after the date on which the Secretary of Energy certifies to the congressional defense committees that the Defense Contract Management Agency has recommended for acceptance the earned value management system used to track and report costs of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant.(b) Limitation Relating to Seismic Criteria.—(1) In general.—Of the amount appropriated or otherwise available for defense environmental cleanup activities and available for the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, none of that amount may be obligated or expended for construction, or for the procurement of critical equipment affected by seismic criteria, relating to the Pretreatment Facility and the High-Level Waste Facility.(2) Exception.—Paragraph (1) does not apply to the obligation or expenditure of funds for construction that is necessary for maintenance or for activities related to maintenance.(3) Termination of limitation.—Paragraph (1) does not apply after the date on which the Secretary of Energy certifies to the congressional defense committees that the final seismic and ground motion criteria have been approved by the Secretary and that the contracting officer of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Project has formally directed that the final criteria be used for the final design of the Pretreatment Facility and the High-Level Waste Facility.