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[CITE: 42USC5852]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 73--DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY SOURCES
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION; NUCLEAR WHISTLEBLOWER 
                               PROTECTION
 
Sec. 5852. Availability of funds


(a) Appropriations for salaries and expenses; additional purposes

    Funds appropriated for ``Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Salaries and 
Expenses'' shall be available to the Commission for the following 
additional purposes:
        (1) Employment of aliens.
        (2) Services authorized by section 3109 of title 5.
        (3) Publication and dissemination of atomic information.
        (4) Purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms.
        (5) Reimbursements to the General Services Administration for 
    security guard services.
        (6) Hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft.
        (7) Transfers of funds to other agencies of the Federal 
    Government for the performance of the work for which such funds are 
    appropriated, and such transferred funds may be merged with the 
    appropriations to which they are transferred.
        (8) Transfers to the Office of Inspector General of the 
    Commission, not to exceed an additional amount equal to 5 percent of 
    the amount otherwise appropriated to the Office for the fiscal year. 
    Notice of such transfers shall be submitted to the Committees on 
    Appropriations.

(b) Appropriations for Office of Inspector General; additional purposes

    Funds appropriated for ``Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Office of 
Inspector General'' shall be available to the Office for the additional 
purposes described in paragraphs (2) and (7) of subsection (a) of this 
section.

(c) Use of program funds for salaries and expenses

    Moneys received by the Commission for the cooperative nuclear 
research program, services rendered to State governments, foreign 
governments, and international organizations, and the material and 
information access authorization programs, including criminal history 
checks under section 2169 of this title \1\ may be retained and used for 
salaries and expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding 
section 3302 of title 31, and shall remain available until expended.
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(d) Use of funds to provide voluntary separation incentive payments

    Notwithstanding section 663(c)(2)(D) of Public Law 104-208, and to 
facilitate targeted workforce downsizing and restructuring, the Chairman 
of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may use funds appropriated in this 
Act to exercise the authority provided by section 663 of that Act with 
respect to employees who voluntarily separate from October 7, 1998, 
through December 31, 2000. All of the requirements in section 663 of 
Public Law 104-208, except for section 663(c)(2)(D), apply to the 
exercise of authority under this section.

(e) Fiscal year applicability

    Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall apply to fiscal 
year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal year.

(Pub. L. 105-245, title V, Sec. 506, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1856.)

                       References in Text

    Section 663 of Public Law 104-208, referred to in subsec. (d), is 
section 663 of Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(f) [title VI], 
Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-314, 3009-383, which is set out as a note 
under section 5597 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    This Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is Pub. L. 105-245, Oct. 7, 
1998, 112 Stat. 1838, known as the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 1999. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 1999, and not as part of the Energy Reorganization 
Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.


                           Similar Provisions

    Similar provisions were contained in the following prior 
appropriation acts:
    Pub. L. 105-62, title IV, Oct. 13, 1997, 111 Stat. 1336.
    Pub. L. 104-206, title IV, Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3000.
    Pub. L. 104-46, title IV, Nov. 13, 1995, 109 Stat. 417.
    Pub. L. 103-316, title IV, Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1721.
    Pub. L. 103-126, title IV, Oct. 28, 1993, 107 Stat. 1332.
    Pub. L. 102-377, title IV, Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1340.
    Pub. L. 102-104, title IV, Aug. 17, 1991, 105 Stat. 534.
    Pub. L. 101-514, title IV, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2096.
    Pub. L. 101-101, title IV, Sept. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 664.
    Pub. L. 100-371, title IV, July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 872.
    Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(d) [title IV], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 
1329-104, 1329-128.
    Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(e) [title IV], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1783-194, 1783-211, and Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(e) [title IV], Oct. 30, 
1986, 100 Stat. 3341-194, 3341-211.
    Pub. L. 99-141, title IV, Nov. 1, 1985, 99 Stat. 577.
    Pub. L. 98-360, title IV, July 16, 1984, 98 Stat. 419.
    Pub. L. 98-50, title IV, July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 260.
    Pub. L. 97-88, title IV, Dec. 4, 1981, 95 Stat. 1147.
    Pub. L. 96-367, title IV, Oct. 1, 1980, 94 Stat. 1344.
    Pub. L. 96-69, title IV, Sept. 25, 1979, 93 Stat. 449.
