under the authority granted by this section prior to the expiration of ninety calendar days (not including any day on which either House of the Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day certain) from the date on which the Administrator's report on the proposed guarantee or commitment to guarantee is received by the Congress. "(g) There is hereby authorized such funds as necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.”. 5. On page 21, line 19 strike "(1),”. 6. On page 28, delete line 11 and insert instead the following: "(a) For 'Operating Expenses', for the following programs, a sum of dollars equal to the total of the following amounts: "(1) FOSSIL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.— "(A) Coal, $45,175,000. "(B) Petroleum and natural gas, $13,480,000. "(2) SOLAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.-$24,300,000. "(A) Electric Power Transmission, $2,673,000. "(B) Advanced Automotive Power Systems, $4,500,000. "(C) Energy Storage Systems, $5,500,000. "(D) End-use Conservation, $8,000,000. "(E) Improved Conversion Efficiency, $1,250,000. (6) OTHER PROGRAMS.-$951,308,000 of which "(A) $7,875,000 shall be available for general new programs in Environmental and Safety Research and Scientific and Technical Education in support of Nonnuclear Energy Technologies; "(B) $4,500,000 shall be available for new programs of physical research in molecular and materials sciences in support of nonnuclear energy technologies; "(C) $800,000 shall be available pursuant to section 14. and section 16 of Public Law 93-577 as follows: "(i) $425.000 for the National Bureau of Standards: "(ii) $125,000 for the Council on Environmental Quality; and "(iii) $250,000 for the Water Resources Council." 7. On page 28, delete lines 17 through 22 and insert the following: "NONNUCLEAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT "(1) NONNUCLEAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.— "Project 76-1-a, Clean Boiler Fuel Demonstration Plant (A-E and Long-Lead procurement), $8,000,000. "Project 76-1-b, High Btu synthetic pipeline gas demonstration plant, $5,000,000. "Project 76-1-c. Low Btu fuel gas demonstration plant, $3,750,000. "Project 76-1-d, Low Btu combined cycle demonstration plant, $1,250,000. "Project 76-1-e, Fluidized bed direct combustion demonstration plant, $3,250,000. "Project 76-1-f, Five megawatt solar thermal test facility, $1,250,000. "Project 76-1-g, Ten megawatt central receiver solar thermal powerplant, $1,250,000. "Project 76-1-h, Geothermal powerplant (steam), Raft River, Idaho (A-E and long-lead procurement), $1,250,000. "Project 76-1-1, Geothermal powerplant, Buffalo Valley, Nevada, $1,250,000.". 8. On page 29, line 9, strike "$58,926,000," and insert instead "$60,176,000.". 9. On page 29, line 12, strike "(1),”. 10. On page 30, after line 23, insert a new section 301 to read as shown below and renumber succeeding sections accordingly: "SEC. 301. The Administrator, through reprograming, may increase any program prescribed in paragraphs (1) (A) through (5) (E) and 6 (A), (B), (C), inclusive, of subsection 101 (a) and paragraphs (1) (A) through (5)(E) and 6 (A), (B), (C), inclusive, of subsection 201(a) and the capital equipment for the above programs as provided in section 101 (b) (12) and section 201 (b) (6): Provided, That no program may, as a result of reprograming, be decreased by more than 10 per centum: And, provided further, That no proposed reprograming action shall be effective unless (A) a period of fifteen legislative days has passed after the Administrator has transmitted to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives a written notice of the proposed reprograming actions, and (B) no such committee before the expiration of such period has transmitted to the Administrator written notice to the effect that such committee has objection to the proposed action.". 11. On page 32, after line 2 insert a new section 306 to read as follows: "SEC. 306. The Administrator shall, by December 31, 1975, and by the end of each fiscal year thereafter, submit a report to the Congress detailing the extent to which small businesses and nonprofit organizations are being funded by the research, development, and demonstration programs of ERDA, and the extent to which small business involvement pursuant to section 2(d) of Public Law 93-438, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, is being encouraged by ERDA.". I. PURPOSE OF THE MEASURE The purpose of S. 598 is to authorize appropriations for the Energy Research and Development Administration for fiscal year 1976 and for the transition quarter which begins July 1, 1976 and ends September 30, 1976. The amount of authorizations, as amended, is as follows: II. AUTHORIZATION REQUEST On February 4, 1975, the Energy Research and Development Administration submitted its budget requests for fiscal year 1976 and the transition quarter to Congress. Subsequently, on April 9, 1975, an amended authorization request was submitted calling for authorizations of (1) $3,418,587,000 for "Operating expenses" and $868,867,000 for "Plant and capital equipment" (including increases in prior-year authorizations) making a total requested authorization for fiscal year 1976 of $4,287,454,000; and (2) $1,001,301,000 for "Operating expenses" and $128,876,000 for "Plant and capital equipment" making a total requested authorization of $1,130,177,000 for the transition quarter. In reviewing the ERDA's budget request, the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee has recommended several changes in the amount of funding for various non-nuclear programs. The Committee's recommended authorization for fiscal year 1976 is $4,736,107,000 which is $448,653,000 more than the amount requested. The Committee's recommended authorization for the transition quarter is $1,242,312,000 which is $112,135,000 more than the amount requested. SUMMATION OF INTERIOR COMMITTEE'S ACTION The following table presents a short summary of the authorization requested by the Administration for fiscal year 1976 and the transition quarter and the effect of the Interior Committee's actions thereon: The following table summarizes the ERDA's request for operating funds authorization under its major nonnuclear programs and the action of the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee thereon: FISCAL YEAR 1976 BUDGET ESTIMATES, SENATE INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, 1 The Interior Committee has not considered the nuclear programs of ERDA and this table does not include either ERDA's request for the nuclear programs nor the actions taken by the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy with respect to those programs. Total program under cognizance of the Joint Committee and the Interior Committee. PLANT AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT The following table summarizes the ERDA's request for plant and capital equipment funds authorization under its major non-nuclear programs and the action of the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee thereon: FISCAL YEAR 1976 BUDGET ESTIMATES, SENATE INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AUTHORIZATION ACTION, PLANT AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT-COSTS |