104 STAT. 1844 PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990 TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD AUTHORIZATION SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1991 $12,500,000 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.). SEC. 3202. APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECH- NICAL PERSONNEL OF THE DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD Section 313(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286b) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after "Board," the following: "including such scientific and technical personnel as the Board may determine necessary,"; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; (3) by inserting "(1)" after "STAFF. —"; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(2) The authority and requirements provided in section 161 d. with respect to officers and employees of the Commission shall apply with respect to scientific and technical personnel hired under paragraph (1)(A). ". TITLE XXXIII—NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE SEC. 3301. AUTHORITY TO BARTER MATERIAL IN THE NATIONAL DE- FENSE STOCKPILE TO FINANCE THE UPGRADING, REFINING, OR PROCESSING OF STOCKPILE MATERIAL (a) BARTER AUTHORIZED.— Subsection (c) of section 6 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98e) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: "(3) Notwithstanding section 3(c) or any other provision of law, whenever the President provides under subsection (a)(3) for the upgrading, refining, or processing of a material in the stockpile to convert that material into a form more suitable for storage, subsequent disposition, and immediate use in a national emergency, the President may barter a portion of the same material (or any other material in the stockpile that is authorized for disposal) to finance that upgrading, refining, or processing.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— Section 6 of such Act is further amended— (1) in subsection (a)(3)— (A) by striking out "refining" and inserting in lieu thereof "upgrading, refining,"; (B) by inserting "(notwithstanding any intermediate stockpile quantity established for such material)" after "stockpile"; and (C) by striking out "storage and subsequent disposition;" and inserting in lieu thereof "storage, subsequent disposition, and immediate use in a national emergency;";
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