PUBLIC LAW 96-369—OCT. 1, 1980
94 STAT. 1357
(c) The provisions of this section shall apply only with respect to pay for services performed by affected employees after the date of enactment of this Act. (d) For the purpose of administering any provision of law, rule, or regulation which provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit, which requires any deduction or contribution, or which imposes any requirement or limitation, on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or beisic pay payable after the application of this section sheill be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. SEC. 115. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 101, activities of the Department of Energy to initiate preimplementation of standby gasoline rationing plans, as authorized by the Emergency Energy Conservation Act of 1979, shall be funded at not to exceed an annual rate for obligations of $42,677,000. SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution there is appropriated $1,383,000,000, to remain available until expended, for strategic petroleum reserve petroleum acquisition as authorized by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-163) and the Energy Security Act (Public Law 96-294). SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, the amount available for the Postal Service shall not exceed $1,250,000,000. SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when the President determines that a State, county, or local unit of general purpose government is significantly affected by a major population change due to a large number of legal immigrants within six months of a regular decennial census date, he may order a special census, pursuant to section 196 of title XIII of the United States Code, or other method of obtaining a revised estimate of the population, of such jurisdiction or subsections of that jurisdiction in which the immigrants are concentrated. If the President decides to conduct a special census, it may be conducted solely at Federal expense. SEC. 119. From sums appropriated to the Bureau of Prisons, the Bureau is directed to protect and maintain McNeil Island, Washington, pending disposal of the island by the General Services Administration, and the Bureau is thereby directed (a) to immediately cease dismantling the island's physical facilities, and (b) to develop and implement a plan, which shall be coordinated with the General Services Administration and the Fish and Wildlife Service, to protect and maintedn the island's physical facilities, natural resources, and wildlife. SEC. 120. Should it be necessary, such amounts as may be required for Expenses, Presidential Transition, notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, but at a rate of operations not in excess of the amount contained in H.R. 7583 as passed by the House of Representatives. SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, for the purposes of Public Law 96-304 and Public Law 96-126 relating only to cooperative agreements and feasibility studies, the term "alternative fuels" as defined in Public Law 96-126, includes gaseous, liquid, or solid fuels and chemical feedstocks derived from heavy oil resources which cannot technically or economically be produced under applicable price and tax policy using conventional crude oil recovery and refining techniques, and innovative systems for the direct combustion of minerals and organic materials other than petroleum and natural gas for energy production: Provided, That obligations for energy feasibility studies and cooperative agree-
Standby gasoline rationing plans. 42 USC 8501 note.
42 USC 6201 note. Ante, p. 611. Special census. 13 USC 196 note.
13 USC 196.
Presidential transition.
42 USC 5915 note. Ante, p. 857. 93 Stat. 954.
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