PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 2033 manager of each field office of the Department of Energy with the authority to transfer defense environmental management funds from a program or project under the jurisdiction of the office to another such program or project. (b) LIMITATIONS. —(1) Only one transfer may be made to or from any program or project under subsection (a) in a fiscal year. (2) The amount transferred to or from a program or project under subsection (a) may not exceed $5,000,000 in a fiscal year. (3) A transfer may not be carried out by a manager of a field office under subsection (a) unless the msinager determines that the transfer is necessary to address a risk to health, safety, or the environment or to assure the most efficient use of defense environmental management funds at the field office. (4) Funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) may not be used for an item for which Congress has specifically denied funds or for a new program or project that has not been authorized by Congress. (c) EXEMPTION FROM REPROGRAMMING REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of section 3121 shall not apply to transfers of funds pursuant to subsection (a). (d) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, shall notify Congress of any transfer of funds pursuant to subsection (a) not later than 30 days after such transfer occurs. (e) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: (1) The term "program or project" means, with respect to a field office of the Department of Energy, any of the following: (A) A project listed in subsection (c) or (e) of section 3102 being carried out by the office. (B) A program referred to in subsection (a), (c), (d), or (e) of section 3102 being carried out by the office. (C) A project or program not described in subparagraph (A) or (B) that is for environmental restoration or waste management activities necessary for national security programs of the Department, that is being carried out by the office, and for which defense environmental management funds have been authorized and appropriated before the date of enactment of this Act. (2) The term "defense environmental management funds" means funds appropriated to the Department of Energy pursuant to an authorization for carrying out environmental restoration and waste management activities necessary for national security programs. (f) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.— The managers of the field offices of the Department may exercise the authority provided under subsection (a) during the period beginning on October 1, 1997, and ending on September 30, 1998.
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