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D14092 1 (1978-07-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsjx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES IWASHINGTON, D.C. 2054B B-164105 July 31, 1978 INREPLY REFER TO: The Honorable Dale Bumpers United States Senate Dear Senator Bumpers: This is in further reply to your June 19, 1978 letter in which you asked that we review certain language that was agreed to by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources concerning the Clinch River Breeder Reactor (CRBR) project. On June 20, 1978, this language was adopted by the Committee as sections 105 and 106 of S. 2692, the Department of Energy Civilian Program Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1979. You asked: 1. If the language clearly authorizes the Administra- tion to take all necessary actions to terminate the CRBR project except for completion of the systems de- sign and the testing of certain components; 2. If the Administration does terminate the CRBR pro- ject, what will be the status of the authorization under section 106 (of Pub. L. No. 91-273, the CRBR project authorizing legislation); 3. Whether the Administration is mandated with this language to proceed with the construction of a new reactor project even if the new design is considered by the President not to be in the national interest; and 4. If the CRBR project is terminated, what amounts, if any, will have to be spent and for what purposes under section 106, if the staff language is adopted. In his June 21, 1978, letter, our General Counsel informed you that we could not, at that time, provide you with responsive answers to your questions. He noted that certain portions of the CRBR project language appeared ambiguous and that without the benefit of a Committee report or other legislative history to resolve some of the questions, we could not meaningfully construe those parts of the bill's language.

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