§7922. Termination of authority of Secretary; groundwater restoration activities; annual Department of Energy authorizations; appropriations available for expenditure

(a) The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action under this subchapter shall terminate on September 30, 1996, except that the authority of the Secretary to perform groundwater restoration activities under this subchapter is without limitation.

(b) The amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this subchapter by the Secretary, the Administrator, the Commission, and the Secretary of the Interior shall not exceed such amounts as are established in annual authorization Acts for fiscal year 1979 and each fiscal year thereafter applicable to the Department of Energy. Any sums appropriated for the purposes of this subchapter shall be available until expended.

( Pub. L. 95–604, title I, §112, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3031 ; Pub. L. 100–616, §3, Nov. 5, 1988, 102 Stat. 3193 ; Pub. L. 102–486, title X, §1031, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2951 .)

Amendments

1992-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–486 substituted "1996" for "1994".

1988-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–616 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: "The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action under this subchapter shall terminate on the date seven years after the date of promulgation by the Administrator of general standards applicable to such remedial action unless such termination date is specifically extended by an Act of Congress enacted after November 8, 1978."

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 7942 of this title.