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COMP1. At LLC'EN4EfAL OF-THE uNIt-rDSTATE!~.
WASHINGTON. D.C. 105-ta
B-159687
AUG 2 3 1916
The Honorable Melvin Price REFERENCE C0py
Vice Chairman, Joint Cowmaittee-
on Atomic Energy , Opr#
.Congress of the United States
Dear Mr. Vice Chairman:
Duri!ng t.%e July 30, 1976, House of Representatives
debate on theroposed Nuclear Fuel Assurance Act of 1976]
(H.R. 840C1), there was an unfortunate misunderstanding of
our viewsi on the -r oosed bill. This letter seeks to clarifv
that misunderstanding. Also, because cuestions and incuiries
have been' received by us about the amendment mrooosed by
Congressman Xnderson of Illinois -which attempts to limit. the
types of Gove rnmrrent assurrnces that could te given to privat-.e
uranium enrichers, we have enclosed our views on the effect
of that amendment in the hope that they might be heloful to
You.
In the July 30, 197d, House floor debate, you cuoted
our May lC, 1976, reportIto you entitled Co ..-.enzs on
Selected -cects of the .-dmiristration's ?rczosal for Govern-
ment Assistance to Private Uranium Grouos (RED-76-110) in
support o)f the bill as reoort-ed out tv. the Joint Committtee
on Atomic Enercy on May 14, 1.976. The section you cuoted
was part of a response to your cuestion about the cossibilitv
of basinc en-ablinc eislation on individual arr-anem.ents
entered into between the Energy Research and Developmen
Administ-ration (-E-CA) and potential crivate enrichers. Our
May 30, 1976, report saidi that
'In our view, if orivate ownershio- is desirable,
the present course of action beina taken by the
Joint Cominittee of crovidiniq broad leqi. isIaiet ,
aut!ority with te richt to acprove o.r dsauorove
any resulting ccocerative agreement is .ore desir-
able than basi.c lecislotion on the oA or som'
similar oroposal an oerlh s reqcuirina chances to
that legislation whenever ot-her aareemen s con-
taining new and different conditions are proposed
for the gas centrifuge process.
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