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(a) Notwithstanding section 104, amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Energy—Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Administration—Weapons Activities shall be available and may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary— (1) to prevent project demobilization and shutdown activities for 17–D–640 U1a Complex Enhancements Project, NNSS and 24–D–513 ZEUS Test Bed Facilities Improvement (ZTBFI), NNSS; (2) to prevent termination of the design-build contract for 23–D–517 Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade, LANL; and (3) to maintain current level of activities and ongoing studies for Studies and Assessments. (b) Section 301(d) of division B of Public Law 119–74, as continued in effect by section 101, shall not apply to amounts used for the purposes specified in subsection (a). (c) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 3 days after each use of the authority provided in subsection (a).

(a) Notwithstanding section 104, amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Energy—Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Administration—Weapons Activities shall be available and may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary— (1) to prevent project demobilization and shutdown activities for 17–D–640 U1a Complex Enhancements Project, NNSS and 24–D–513 ZEUS Test Bed Facilities Improvement (ZTBFI), NNSS; (2) to prevent termination of the design-build contract for 23–D–517 Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade, LANL; and (3) to maintain current level of activities and ongoing studies for Studies and Assessments. (b) Section 301(d) of division B of Public Law 119–74, as continued in effect by section 101, shall not apply to amounts used for the purposes specified in subsection (a). (c) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 3 days after each use of the authority provided in subsection (a).