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[CITE: 42USC7273]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                Part C--General Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 7273. Restriction on use of funds to pay penalties under 
        Clean Air Act
        
    None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this or any other 
Act may be used to pay any penalty, fine, forfeiture, or settlement 
resulting from a failure to comply with the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7401 et seq.) with respect to any defense activity of the Department of 
Energy if (1) the Secretary finds that compliance is physically 
impossible within the time prescribed for compliance, or (2) the 
President has specifically requested appropriations for compliance and 
the Congress has failed to appropriate funds for such purpose.

(Pub. L. 96-540, title II, Sec. 211, Dec. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 3203.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 96-540, Dec. 17, 1980, 94 
Stat. 3197, known as the Department of Energy National Security and 
Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1981, which 
insofar as classified to the Code, enacted sections 7272 and 7273 of 
this title.
    The Clean Air Act, referred to in text, is act July 14, 1955, ch. 
360, 69 Stat. 322, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 
85 (Sec.  7401 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 7401 of 
this title and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Department of Energy National 
Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act 
of 1981, and not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
which comprises this chapter.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the 
following appropriations act:
    Pub. L. 96-164, title II, Sec. 211, Dec. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 1264.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7272 of this title.
