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<br />JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE ,COMMITTEE
<br />OF CONFERENCE
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<br />The managers 'on' tHe; p'art of ;the Hi)liseandi the Sena te at the con-
<br />ference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendIAents
<br />of the Senate to~tlie bill '(H,R.1'0090) making appropriations for Pilblic
<br />Works for water and ,power developnwnt, including the Corps of
<br />Engineers-Civil, the Bureau of R"eclamation, the Bonneville Power
<br />Adm~nii3trl).tiQn ia>>d_Qt~er'Row~ragencies ,?f; ,the D~par.tment of .the
<br />InterIOr, ,the .Appalachlan .RegIOnal COTIlqJ.lssIQn, ,the 'Fed~ral,.l?ower.,
<br />Co,]Ilmission;:';t~e "'I1en~~ssee: V.!lJley. ,Authority! -the Atomic Energy
<br />Commi,s,sion,.and related tindep,endent agenciesa,nd commissions for,
<br />the fiscal year en!fing June ,30, 1972, 9,ndf.o,r,o,ther,purposes, submiqhe,
<br />fo}Jowipg,jpintjstl).,tement,to tb,e:I:I9use and ,the Senate in explanatipn
<br />of the effect of the action agreed upon by the managers and recom-,
<br />mended in the accompanying conference report:
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<br />TITLE I-ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
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<br />OPERATING EXPENSES
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<br />Amendment No.1: Appropriates $1,950,1;30,000 instead of $1',926'
<br />milliqn as proposed by the House and $1,963',7;!,O,OOO, as, proposed
<br />by the Senate, The net increase over the House bill amount includes
<br />$1',750,000 for the nuclear materials program; $3 million filr; the
<br />weapons program;' $500,000 for research on the cardiac p'acemalFer
<br />under the terrestrial electric poweJ:I,?evelopment program; $2,300,0'00
<br />for nuclear powerplant safety research; $1,200,000 for controlled
<br />thermonuclear research; $500,000 .for ,changes ,in selected resources,;
<br />a decrease of $120,000 in assistllonce paymeI)ts"to the city 9f Rich~
<br />land, Wash'" unde:f the' commu1'iity, progr'am;..:~rid an increase of
<br />$15 million for' the space propulsion systems-NERV A program,
<br />providing a total appropriation of $30 million, The managerS: not~
<br />that $39 million was earmarked for the NERV A prograniin the'
<br />appropriation for fiscal year 1972 for the National Aeronauti,cs o,Ild
<br />Space' Administration, As ,the policy hllos been,.to"provide balanced
<br />annual funding of the program between the two agencies, the managers
<br />reqt.ie'st consideration be given by AEC, to providing' from within
<br />available funds such additional 'amounts as may be necessary to
<br />match the NASA allocation,
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<br />'PLANT 'AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
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<br />,Amendment No, 2: Appropriates $344,250,000 instead of $344 mil-
<br />lion as proposed by the House and $345 million as proposed by the
<br />Senate, The increase over the House bill ,amount is for obtaining nec-
<br />essary leasehold interests, including options to purchase, and auspen-
<br />sion of mineral rights in connection with the National Radioactive
<br />Waste Repository site at Lyons, Kans,
<br />Amendment No.3: Reported in technical disagreement, The man-
<br />agers on the part of the House will offer a motion to concur in the
<br />Senate amendment inserting language providing that none of the
<br />funds appropriated by the act shall be obligated or expended to
<br />detonate any underground nuclear test scheduled to be conduct,ed on
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