104 STAT. 2098 PUBLIC LAW 101-514 —NOV. 5, 1990 Act or any other law shall be used for the purposes of conducting any studies relating or leading to the possibility of changing from the currently required "at cost" to a market rate" or any other noncost-based method for the pricing of hydroelectric power by the six Federal public power authorities, or other agencies or authorities of the Federal Government, except as may be specifically authorized by Act of Congress hereafter enacted. SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for Power Marketing Administrations or the Tennessee Valley Authority, and none of the funds authorized to be expended by this or any previous Act from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund or the Tennessee Valley Authority Fund, may be used to pay the costs of procuring extra high voltage (EHV) power equipment unless contract awards are made for EHV equipment manufactured in the United States when such agencies determine that there are one or more manufacturers of domestic end product offering a product that meets the technical requirements of such agencies at a price not exceeding 130 per centum of the bid or offering price of the most competitive foreign bidder: Provided, That such agencies shall determine the incremental costs associated with implementing this section and defer or offset such incremental costs against otherwise existing repayment obligations: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to any procurement initiated prior to October 1, 1985, or to the acquisition of spare parts or accessory equipment necessary for the efficient operation and maintenance of existing equipment and available only from the manufacturer of the original equipment: Provided further. That this section shall not apply to procurement of domestic end product as defined in 48 CFR sec. 25.101: Provided further. That this section shall not apply to EHV power equipment produced or manufactured in a country whose government has completed negotiations with the United States to extend the GATT Government Procurement Code, or a bilateral equivalent, to EHV power equipment, or which otherwise offers fair competitive opportunities in public procurements to United States manufacturers of such equipment. SEC. 508. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1991 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used for the purposes of land acquisition on the Monks Hollow Dam and Reservoir, Upper Diamond Fork Pipeline, or Last Chance Powerplant of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. 42 USC 7133 SEC. 510. Without fiscal year limitation and notwithstanding any "°**- other provision of law, no funds appropriated or made available under this or any other Act now or hereafter shall be used by the executive branch to change the employment levels determined by the Administrators of the Federal Power Marketing Administrations to be necessary to carry out their responsibilities under the Department of Energy Organization Act and related laws, or to change the employment levels of other Department of Energy programs to compensate for employment levels of the Federal Power Marketing Administrations. 41 USC 10b note. SEC. 511. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended to enter into any contract for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in the United States or any territory or possession of the United States with any contractor or subcontractor of a foreign country, or any
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