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# 15 U.S.C. § 5109 - Relation of existing program

## Text

Proposals received by the Department of Energy before November 17, 1988, may be carried out without regard to changes in the management plan and research plan required by this chapter.

(Pub. L. 100–680, § 10, Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4076.)