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PUBLIC LAW 428-JUNE 24, 1954
63 Stat. 954. 5 USC 1071 note. Co s t - p l u s - afixed-fee contract, etc.
42 USC note.
1801
Unexpended balances. Reactor r e s e a r c h and construction.
Construction restrictions.
Contract payments.
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STA T.
tific and technical personnel) whose position would be subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, if such Act were applicable to such position, at a rate in excess of the rate payable under such Act for positions of equivalent difficulty or responsibility: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used in connection with the payment of a fixed fee to any contractor or firm of contractors engaged under a cost-plus-a-fixed-iee contract or contracts at any installation of the Commission, where that fee for community management is at a rate in excess of $90,000 per annum, or for the operation of a transportation system where that fee is at a rate in excess of $45,000 per annum. Plant and equipment: For expenses of the Commission in connection with the purchase and construction of plant and the acquisition of equipment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary in carrying out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, including purchase of land and interests in land; purchase of aircraft; purchase (not to exceed two hundred and fifty-eight for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $110,882,400, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the unexpended balances of prior year appropriations made available under this head shall be merged with this appropriation: Provided further, That in addition to funds allocated for research and development for reactors the Commission may expend from funds provided under this head such sum as may be necessary, not to exceed $7,000,000, for beginning of research or construction of such reactors, without regard to any other provision of this Act: Provided further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be available for the construction of any office building, residence, warehouse or similar structure, utility, or other specific portion or unit of a project, unless funds are available for the completion of such building, utility, or other specific portion or unit of such project. The foregoing proviso shall not be construed to prevent the purchase of land for any project, the construction of any new building or procurement of any machinery, equipment or materials therefor, nor any utility nor any portion or unit of a specific project if the funds are available to pay the cost of such land, the cost of such building, machinery, equipment or materials, or the cost of such utility or the cost of any such specific portion or unit of such project: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used— (A) to start any new construction project for which an estimate was not included in the budget for the current fiscal year unless it be a substitute therefor within the limits of cost included in the budget; and (B) to start any new construction project the currently estimated cost of which exceeds by thirty-five per centum the estimated cost included therefor in such budget: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500,000 of the funds herein provided may be transferred to the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce, for the construction or improvement of access roads in the United States to sources of uranium ore. No part of the appropriations herein made to the Atomic Energy Commission shall be available for payments under any contract hereafter negotiated without advertising by the Commission, except contracts with any foreign government or any agency thereof and contracts for source material with foreign prodxicers, unless such contract includes a clause to the effect that the Comptroller General of the United States or any of his duly authorized representatives shall until the expiration of three years after final payment have access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent books, documents,
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