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B-164105 1 (1978-03-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbty0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 054 REFRTQ1 8-164105 March 10, 1978 The Honorable James R. Schlesinger Secretary Department of Energy Dear Mr. Schlesinger: We note that the President signed into law H.R. 9375, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1978, on March 7, 1978, Public Law 95-240? This bill, among other things, provides $80 million for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor (CRBR) project. In connection with enactment of H.R. 9375, the following statement was issued on the President's behalf by the Office of the White House Press Secretary: I continue to believe that the con- struction of the CRBR is an unproduc- tive use of our taxpayers' dollars, which will not enhance our ability to call upon the breeder to meet our energy needs. The $80 million contained in this bill for the CRBR will be used to complete the systems design for this reactor and to termi- nate further CRER activities in an orderly way. (Emphasis added.) In letters dated June 23, 1977, to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, and December 5, 1977, to the Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology, copies enclosed, this Office concluded that appropriations for the CPBR project may only be used in accordance with the constraints of section 106 of Public ,Law l-273, as amended by section 103(d) of Public Law 94- > 187Y As stated in these letters, we believe that section 106 and the statutory criteria for the program approved by the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy require that funds 1available for this project be used 'only for the design, development, construction, and operation of a liauid metal fast breeder reactor and that they may not be used to ter- minate such activities. In this connection, our June 23, 1977, letter concluded that implementation of a plan to

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