110 STAT. 1321-187 PUBLIC LAW 104-134—APR. 26, 1996 from the operation of the Great Plains Gasification Plant shall be immediately transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury. NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, $148,786,000, to remain available until 10 USC 7430 expended: Provided, That the requirements of 10 U.S.C. note. 7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply to fiscal year 1996: Provided further, 10 USC 7431 That section 501 of Public Law 101-45 is hereby repealed. note. ENERGY CONSERVATION For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation activities, $553,189,000, to remain available until expended, including, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the excess amount for fiscal year 1996 determined under the provisions of section 3003(d) of Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4502), and of which $16,000,000 shall be derived from available unobligated balances in the Biomass Energy Development account: Provided, That $140,696,000 shall be for use in energy conservation programs as defined in section 3008(3) of Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4507) and shall not be available until excess amounts are determined under the provisions of section 3003(d) of Public Law 99- 509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): Provided further. That notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99-509 such sums shall be allocated to the eligible programs as follows: $114,196,000 for the weatherization assistance program and $26,500,000 for the State energy conservation program. ECONOMIC REGULATION For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the Economic Regulatory Administration and the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $6,297,000, to remain available until expended. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and operations and program management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $287,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $187,000,000 shall be derived by transfer of unobligated balances from the "SPR petroleum account" and $100,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the "SPR Decommissioning Fund": Provided, That notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, the Secretary shall draw down and sell up to seven million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Provided further. That the proceeds from the sale shall be deposited into a special account in the Treasury, to be established and known as the "SPR Decommissioning Fund", and shall be available for the purpose of removal of oil from and decommissioning of the Weeks Island site and for other purposes related to the operations of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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