PUBLIC LAW 100-371—JULY 19, 1988
102 STAT. 871
buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Fedei^l, State, private, or foreign. (TRANSFERS OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES)
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for Department of Energy activities funded in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise provided, shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per centum by any such transfers, and any such proposed transfers shall be submitted promptly to the (Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. SEC. 303. The unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for activities in this Act may be tnmsferred to appropriation accounts for such activities established pursuant to this title. Balances so transferred may be merged with funds in the applicable established accounts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as originally enacted. SEC. 304. No funds appropriated or made available under this or any other Act shall be used by the executive branch for studies, reviews, to solicit proposals, to consider unsolicited proposals, undertake any initiatives or draft any proposals to transfer out of Federal ownership, management or control in whole or in part, the facilities, assets, and fundions of the uranium supply and enrichment program, including inventories, until such activities have been specifically authorized in accordance with terms and conditions established by an Act of Congress hereafter enacted: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to the authority granted to the Department of Energy under section 161g of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, under which it may sell, lease, grant, and dispose of property in furtherance of Atomic Energy Act activities or to the authority of the Administrator of the General Services Administration pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Service Act of 1944 to sell or otherwise dispose of surplus property. SEC. 305. (a) During fiscal year 1989, the Department of Energy, in State and local the case of any State with unemployment in excess of 10 percent as governments. determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shall give priority in approving plans for the use of funds available to such State under the Agreement approved on July 7, 1986 In Re: The Department of Energy Stripper Well Exemption Litigation, M.D.L. No. 378. (b) Any plan described in subsection (a) submitted in fiscal year 1989 shall be deemed approved by the Department of Energy if the Department fails to act on the plan within 45 calendar days after such submittal and if the Governor or a designated State official certifies in writing that the use of such funds provided in such plan is consistent with the applicable terms of such Agreement. (c) It is the intent of Congress that the purpose of this provision is to help such States gain prompt approval of such plans for the purposes proposed by such States so long as such plans are consistent with the terms and conditions of such Agreement. J,
TITLE IV INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended,
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