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2	2	Union Calendar No. 480
3	3	118THCONGRESS
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5	5	DSESSION H. R. 8997
6	6	[Report No. 118–580]
7	7	Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies
8	8	for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	JULY11, 2024
11	11	Mr. F
12	12	LEISCHMANN, from the Committee on Appropriations reported the fol-
13	13	lowing bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House
14	14	on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
15	15	A BILL
16	16	Making appropriations for energy and water development
17	17	and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
18	18	30, 2025, and for other purposes.
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22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
25	25	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4
26	26	fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other pur-5
27	27	poses, namely: 6
28	28	TITLE I 7
29	29	CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 8
30	30	DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 9
31	31	C
32	32	ORPS OFENGINEERS—CIVIL 10
33	33	The following appropriations shall be expended under 11
34	34	the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-12
35	35	vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-13
36	36	tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 14
37	37	and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-15
38	38	tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 16
39	39	INVESTIGATIONS 17
40	40	For expenses necessary where authorized by law for 18
41	41	the collection and study of basic information pertaining 19
42	42	to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 20
43	43	shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re-21
44	44	lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 22
45	45	and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 23
46	46	storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 24
47	47	ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to 25
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51	51	construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 1
52	52	miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 2
53	53	surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 3
54	54	of projects prior to construction, $159,000,000, to remain 4
55	55	available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 5
56	56	shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan has 6
57	57	been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 7
58	58	both Houses of Congress. 8
59	59	CONSTRUCTION 9
60	60	For expenses necessary for the construction of river 10
61	61	and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-11
62	62	tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 12
63	63	projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, 13
64	64	and plans and specifications, of such projects (including 14
65	65	those involving participation by States, local governments, 15
66	66	or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 16
67	67	by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica-17
68	68	tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern-18
69	69	ment to construction); $3,010,000,000, to remain avail-19
70	70	able until expended; of which $34,900,000, to be derived 20
71	71	from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be to 21
72	72	cover the Federal share of construction costs for facilities 22
73	73	under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program; 23
74	74	and of which such sums as are necessary to cover 35 per-24
75	75	cent of the costs of construction, replacement, rehabilita-25
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79	79	tion, and expansion of inland waterways projects shall be 1
80	80	derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, except 2
81	81	as otherwise specifically provided for in law: Provided, 3
82	82	That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, 4
83	83	once the plan has been submitted to the Committees on 5
84	84	Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 6
85	85	MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 7
86	86	For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 8
87	87	projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-9
88	88	vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 10
89	89	by law, $370,000,000, to remain available until expended, 11
90	90	of which $5,465,000, to be derived from the Harbor Main-12
91	91	tenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share 13
92	92	of eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland har-14
93	93	bors: Provided, That the Secretary shall not deviate from 15
94	94	the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the 16
95	95	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-17
96	96	gress. 18
97	97	OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 19
98	98	For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-20
99	99	nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 21
100	100	storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 22
101	101	and related projects authorized by law; providing security 23
102	102	for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ-24
103	103	ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 25
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107	107	harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 1
108	108	other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 2
109	109	of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 3
110	110	and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con-4
111	111	necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 5
112	112	removing obstructions to navigation, $5,714,000,000, to 6
113	113	remain available until expended, of which $3,106,635,000, 7
114	114	to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, 8
115	115	shall be to cover the Federal share of eligible operations 9
116	116	and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, 10
117	117	and for inland harbors, of which $60,000,000 shall be to 11
118	118	carry out subsection (c) of section 2106 of the Water Re-12
119	119	sources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 13
120	120	2238c(c)) and shall be designated as being for such pur-14
121	121	pose pursuant to paragraph (2) of section 14003 of divi-15
122	122	sion B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secu-16
123	123	rity Act (Public Law 116–136); of which such sums as 17
124	124	become available from the special account for the Corps 18
125	125	of Engineers established by the Land and Water Con-19
126	126	servation Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that 20
127	127	account for resource protection, research, interpretation, 21
128	128	and maintenance activities related to resource protection 22
129	129	in the areas at which outdoor recreation is available; of 23
130	130	which such sums as become available from fees collected 24
131	131	under section 217 of Public Law 104–303 shall be used 25
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135	135	to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the 1
136	136	dredged material disposal facilities for which such fees 2
137	137	have been collected: Provided, That 1 percent of the total 3
138	138	amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 4
139	139	projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not 5
140	140	be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the begin-6
141	141	ning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be 7
142	142	available for use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such 8
143	143	emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines 9
144	144	to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of En-10
145	145	gineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any re-11
146	146	maining funds which have not been used for emergency 12
147	147	activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts 13
148	148	provided for the programs, projects, or activities: Provided 14
149	149	further, That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work 15
150	150	plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Committees 16
151	151	on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 17
152	152	REGULATORY PROGRAM 18
153	153	For expenses necessary for administration of laws 19
154	154	pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 20
155	155	$218,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 21
156	156	2026. 22
157	157	FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 23
158	158	For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 24
159	159	from sites in the United States resulting from work per-25
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163	163	formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-1
164	164	gram, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended. 2
165	165	FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 3
166	166	For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri-4
167	167	cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 5
168	168	operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 6
169	169	such disasters as authorized by law, $45,000,000, to re-7
170	170	main available until expended. 8
171	171	EXPENSES 9
172	172	For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen-10
173	173	eral administration of the civil works program in the head-11
174	174	quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 12
175	175	Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op-13
176	176	eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ-14
177	177	ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 15
178	178	Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 16
179	179	the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen-17
180	180	ter allocable to the civil works program, $231,000,000, to 18
181	181	remain available until September 30, 2026, of which not 19
182	182	to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and 20
183	183	representation purposes and only during the current fiscal 21
184	184	year: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation 22
185	185	provided in this title shall be available to fund the civil 23
186	186	works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers 24
187	187	or the civil works executive direction and management ac-25
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191	191	tivities of the division offices: Provided further, That any 1
192	192	Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation 2
193	193	may be used to fund the supervision and general adminis-3
194	194	tration of emergency operations, repairs, and other activi-4
195	195	ties in response to any flood, hurricane, or other natural 5
196	196	disaster. 6
197	197	OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 7
198	198	FOR CIVIL WORKS 8
199	199	For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 9
200	200	for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 7016(b)(3), 10
201	201	$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026: 11
202	202	Provided, That not more than 25 percent of such amount 12
203	203	may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Sec-13
204	204	retary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 14
205	205	both Houses of Congress the report required under section 15
206	206	101(d) of this Act and a work plan that allocates at least 16
207	207	95 percent of the additional funding provided under each 17
208	208	heading in the report accompanying this Act, to specific 18
209	209	programs, projects, or activities. 19
210	210	WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 20
211	211	PROGRAM ACCOUNT 21
212	212	For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 22
213	213	and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 23
214	214	5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 24
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218	218	Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep-1
219	219	tember 30, 2026. 2
220	220	In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 3
221	221	to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 4
222	222	Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 5
223	223	in this account, to remain available until expended. 6
224	224	GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 7
225	225	ENGINEERS—CIVIL 8
226	226	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9
227	227	S
228	228	EC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 10
229	229	of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 11
230	230	to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act 12
231	231	that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 13
232	232	year 2025, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 14
233	233	through a reprogramming of funds that: 15
234	234	(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 16
235	235	or activity; 17
236	236	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 18
237	237	(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-19
238	238	gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 20
239	239	denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior ap-21
240	240	proval is received from the Committees on Appro-22
241	241	priations of both Houses of Congress; 23
242	242	(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 24
243	243	activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 25
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247	247	is received from the Committees on Appropriations 1
248	248	of both Houses of Congress; 2
249	249	(5) augments or reduces existing programs, 3
250	250	projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con-4
251	251	tained in paragraphs (6) through (10), unless prior 5
252	252	approval is received from the Committees on Appro-6
253	253	priations of both Houses of Congress; 7
254	254	(6) I
255	255	NVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 8
256	256	$100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 9
257	257	amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study, 10
258	258	or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 11
259	259	less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 12
260	260	$25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 13
261	261	be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activ-14
262	262	ity that did not receive an appropriation for existing 15
263	263	obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 16
264	264	(7) C
265	265	ONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 17
266	266	$2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 18
267	267	base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, 19
268	268	study or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a 20
269	269	base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 21
270	270	limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to 22
271	271	$3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled con-23
272	272	tractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate de-24
273	273	ficiency judgments: Provided further, That up to 25
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277	277	$300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 1
278	278	study or activity that did not receive an appropria-2
279	279	tion for existing obligations and concomitant admin-3
280	280	istrative expenses; 4
281	281	(8) O
282	282	PERATION AND MAINTENANCE .—Unlim-5
283	283	ited reprogramming authority is granted for the 6
284	284	Corps to be able to respond to emergencies: Pro-7
285	285	vided, That the Chief of Engineers shall notify the 8
286	286	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 9
287	287	Congress of these emergency actions as soon there-10
288	288	after as practicable: Provided further, That for a 11
289	289	base level over $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 12
290	290	percent of the base amount up to a limit of 13
291	291	$5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed: 14
292	292	Provided further, That for a base level less than 15
293	293	$1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $150,000: 16
294	294	Provided further, That $150,000 may be repro-17
295	295	grammed into any continuing study or activity that 18
296	296	did not receive an appropriation; 19
297	297	(9) M
298	298	ISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES .— 20
299	299	The reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs (6), 21
300	300	(7), and (8) shall apply to the Investigations, Con-22
301	301	struction, and Operation and Maintenance portions 23
302	302	of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, re-24
303	303	spectively; and 25
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307	307	(10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC -1
308	308	TION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 per-2
309	309	cent of the base of the receiving project is permitted. 3
310	310	(b) D
311	311	EMINIMUSREPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case 4
312	312	should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be sub-5
313	313	mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 6
314	314	Houses of Congress. 7
315	315	(c) C
316	316	ONTINUINGAUTHORITIESPROGRAM.—Sub-8
317	317	section (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity 9
318	318	funded under the continuing authorities program. 10
319	319	(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-11
320	320	ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 12
321	321	the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-13
322	322	gress to establish the baseline for application of re-14
323	323	programming and transfer authorities for the current fis-15
324	324	cal year which shall include: 16
325	325	(1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa-17
326	326	rate column to display the President’s budget re-18
327	327	quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 19
328	328	due to enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fis-20
329	329	cal year enacted level; 21
330	330	(2) A delineation in the table for each appro-22
331	331	priation both by object class and program, project 23
332	332	and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 24
333	333	the respective appropriations; and 25
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337	337	(3) An identification of items of special congres-1
338	338	sional interest. 2
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340	340	EC. 102. The Secretary shall allocate funds made 3
341	341	available in this Act solely in accordance with the provi-4
342	342	sions of this Act and in the report accompanying this Act. 5
343	343	S
344	344	EC. 103. None of the funds made available in this 6
345	345	title may be used to award or modify any contract that 7
346	346	commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 8
347	347	program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-9
348	348	cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 10
349	349	been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 11
350	350	section 101. 12
351	351	S
352	352	EC. 104. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 13
353	353	to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 14
354	354	Service may accept and expend, up to $8,733,000 of funds 15
355	355	provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 16
356	356	Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 17
357	357	of Engineers projects. 18
358	358	S
359	359	EC. 105. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 19
360	360	for an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-20
361	361	rial, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally ac-21
362	362	ceptable manner for the disposal or management of 22
363	363	dredged material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries 23
364	364	thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality 24
365	365	certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water 25
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369	369	Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That 1
370	370	until an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-2
371	371	rial is approved under a State water quality certification, 3
372	372	the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland placement 4
373	373	of such dredged material consistent with the requirements 5
374	374	of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act 6
375	375	of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 7
376	376	S
377	377	EC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 8
378	378	Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation 9
379	379	study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Ken-10
380	380	tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 11
381	381	(60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 12
382	382	S
383	383	EC. 107. Additional funding provided in this Act 13
384	384	shall be allocated only to projects determined to be eligible 14
385	385	by the Chief of Engineers. 15
386	386	S
387	387	EC. 108. Not later than 15 days after the date of 16
388	388	enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environ-17
389	389	mental Protection Agency and the Assistant Secretary of 18
390	390	the Army for Civil Works shall provide to the appropriate 19
391	391	congressional committees any guidance documents relat-20
392	392	ing to the implementation of the rule entitled ‘‘Revised 21
393	393	Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’; Conforming’’ 22
394	394	published by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Envi-23
395	395	ronmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on 24
396	396	September 8, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 61964). 25
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400	400	SEC. 109. None of the funds made available by this 1
401	401	Act or any prior Act may be used to alter the eligibility 2
402	402	requirements for assistance under section 5 of the Act of 3
403	403	August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n) in effect on November 4
404	404	14, 2022, without express authorization by Congress. 5
405	405	S
406	406	EC. 110. As of the date of enactment of this Act 6
407	407	and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Army 7
408	408	shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation that pro-8
409	409	hibits an individual from possessing a firearm, including 9
410	410	an assembled or functional firearm, at a water resources 10
411	411	development project covered under section 327.0 of title 11
412	412	36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 12
413	413	of enactment of this Act) if: 13
414	414	(1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by 14
415	415	law from possessing a firearm; and 15
416	416	(2) the possession of the firearm is in compli-16
417	417	ance with the law of the State in which the water 17
418	418	resources development project is located. 18
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420	420	EC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 19
421	421	Act may be used to modify or amend the final rules enti-20
422	422	tled, ‘‘Reissuance and Modification of Nationwide Per-21
423	423	mits’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 2744) and ‘‘Reissuance and Modifica-22
424	424	tion of Nationwide Permits’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 73522). 23
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428	428	SEC. 112. None of the funds made available by this 1
429	429	Act may be used to implement or enforce section 370 of 2
430	430	Public Law 116–283 with respect to civil works projects. 3
431	431	TITLE II 4
432	432	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 5
433	433	C
434	434	ENTRALUTAHPROJECT 6
435	435	CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 7
436	436	For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 8
437	437	Utah Project Completion Act, $23,000,000, to remain 9
438	438	available until expended, of which $4,000,000 shall be de-10
439	439	posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-11
440	440	servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-12
441	441	gation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That of 13
442	442	the amount provided under this heading, $1,900,000 shall 14
443	443	be available until September 30, 2026, for expenses nec-15
444	444	essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec-16
445	445	retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 17
446	446	year 2025, of the amount made available to the Commis-18
447	447	sion under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may 19
448	448	use an amount not to exceed $2,164,000 for administra-20
449	449	tive expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts pro-21
450	450	vided under this heading, not to exceed $1,000 may be 22
451	451	for official reception and representation expenses. 23
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455	455	BUREAU OFRECLAMATION 1
456	456	The following appropriations shall be expended to 2
457	457	execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-3
458	458	tion: 4
459	459	WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 5
460	460	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 6
461	461	For management, development, and restoration of 7
462	462	water and related natural resources and for related activi-8
463	463	ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita-9
464	464	tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 10
465	465	fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-11
466	466	cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 12
467	467	agreements with, State and local governments, federally 13
468	468	recognized Indian Tribes, and others, $1,773,000,000, to 14
469	469	remain available until expended, of which $23,620,000 15
470	470	shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 16
471	471	Basin Fund and $7,584,000 shall be available for transfer 17
472	472	to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 18
473	473	of which such amounts as may be necessary may be ad-19
474	474	vanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That 20
475	475	$100,000 shall be available for transfer into the Aging In-21
476	476	frastructure Account established by section 9603(d)(1) of 22
477	477	the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, as 23
478	478	amended (43 U.S.C. 510b(d)(1)): Provided further, That 24
479	479	such transfers, except for the transfer authorized by the 25
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483	483	preceding proviso, may be increased or decreased within 1
484	484	the overall appropriation under this heading: Provided fur-2
485	485	ther, That of the total appropriated, the amount for pro-3
486	486	gram activities that can be financed by the Reclamation 4
487	487	Fund, the Water Storage Enhancement Receipts account 5
488	488	established by section 4011(e) of Public Law 114–322, or 6
489	489	the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account established 7
490	490	by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund or 8
491	491	account: Provided further, That funds contributed under 9
492	492	43 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the pur-10
493	493	poses for which the funds were contributed: Provided fur-11
494	494	ther, That funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be 12
495	495	credited to this account and are available until expended 13
496	496	for the same purposes as the sums appropriated under this 14
497	497	heading: Provided further, That of the amounts made 15
498	498	available under this heading, $7,000,000 shall be depos-16
499	499	ited in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund estab-17
500	500	lished by section 110 of title I of division B of appendix 18
501	501	D of Public Law 106–554: Provided further, That of the 19
502	502	amounts provided herein, funds may be used for high-pri-20
503	503	ority projects which shall be carried out by the Youth Con-21
504	504	servation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Pro-22
505	505	vided further, That within available funds, $250,000 shall 23
506	506	be for grants and financial assistance for educational ac-24
507	507	tivities: Provided further, That in accordance with section 25
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511	511	4007 of Public Law 114–322 and as recommended by the 1
512	512	Secretary in a letter dated May 22, 2024, funding pro-2
513	513	vided for such purpose in fiscal year 2024 shall be made 3
514	514	available to the Sites Reservoir Project: Provided further, 4
515	515	That in accordance with section 4009(c) of Public Law 5
516	516	114–322, and as recommended by the Secretary in a letter 6
517	517	dated May 22, 2024, funding provided for such purpose 7
518	518	in fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024 shall be made 8
519	519	available to the El Paso Aquifer Storage and Recovery En-9
520	520	hanced Arroyo Project, the Replenish Big Bear, and the 10
521	521	Purified Water Replenishment Project. 11
522	522	CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 12
523	523	For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi-13
524	524	tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 14
525	525	the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, such sums 15
526	526	as may be collected in fiscal year 2025 in the Central Val-16
527	527	ley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 17
528	528	3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 18
529	529	to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu-19
530	530	reau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the 20
531	531	full amount of the additional mitigation and restoration 21
532	532	payments authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 22
533	533	102–575: Provided further, That none of the funds made 23
534	534	available under this heading may be used for the acquisi-24
535	535	tion or leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water 25
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539	539	is already committed to in-stream purposes by a court 1
540	540	adopted decree or order. 2
541	541	CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 3
542	542	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 4
543	543	For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 5
544	544	Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 6
545	545	consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 7
546	546	the Interior, $33,000,000, to remain available until ex-8
547	547	pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 9
548	548	carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 10
549	549	accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 11
550	550	out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro-12
551	551	priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 13
552	552	costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur-14
553	553	ther, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out 15
554	554	in a balanced manner with clear performance measures 16
555	555	demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals 17
556	556	and objectives of the Program. 18
557	557	POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 19
558	558	For expenses necessary for policy, administration, 20
559	559	and related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, 21
560	560	the Denver office, and offices in the six regions of the Bu-22
561	561	reau of Reclamation, to remain available until September 23
562	562	30, 2026, $66,794,000, to be derived from the Reclama-24
563	563	tion Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 25
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567	567	U.S.C. 377, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used 1
568	568	for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-2
569	569	vided, That no part of any other appropriation in this Act 3
570	570	shall be available for activities or functions budgeted as 4
571	571	policy and administration expenses. 5
572	572	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 6
573	573	Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 7
574	574	be available for purchase and replacement of not to exceed 8
575	575	30 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 9
576	576	GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 10
577	577	INTERIOR 11
578	578	S
579	579	EC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 12
580	580	of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 13
581	581	by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agen-14
582	582	cies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water 15
583	583	and Related Resources that remain available for obligation 16
584	584	or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, shall be available for 17
585	585	obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 18
586	586	funds that— 19
587	587	(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, 20
588	588	or activity; 21
589	589	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 22
590	590	(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 23
591	591	activity for which funds have been denied or re-24
592	592	stricted by this Act, unless prior approval is received 25
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596	596	from the Committees on Appropriations of both 1
597	597	Houses of Congress; 2
598	598	(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 3
599	599	activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 4
600	600	unless prior approval is received from the Commit-5
601	601	tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 6
602	602	(5) transfers funds in excess of the following 7
603	603	limits, unless prior approval is received from the 8
604	604	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 9
605	605	Congress: 10
606	606	(A) 15 percent for any program, project or 11
607	607	activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail-12
608	608	able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 13
609	609	(B) $400,000 for any program, project or 14
610	610	activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail-15
611	611	able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 16
612	612	(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 17
613	613	the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili-18
614	614	tation category or the Resources Management and 19
615	615	Development category to any program, project, or 20
616	616	activity in the other category, unless prior approval 21
617	617	is received from the Committees on Appropriations 22
618	618	of both Houses of Congress; or 23
619	619	(7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 24
620	620	obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 25
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624	624	$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 1
625	625	contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 2
626	626	to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de-3
627	627	ficiency judgments, unless prior approval is received 4
628	628	from the Committees on Appropriations of both 5
629	629	Houses of Congress. 6
630	630	(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 7
631	631	of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 8
632	632	Rehabilitation category. 9
633	633	(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 10
634	634	means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 11
635	635	project, or activity. 12
636	636	(d) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the 13
637	637	amounts made available in this title under the heading 14
638	638	‘‘Bureau of Reclamation—Water and Related Resources’’ 15
639	639	shall be expended for the programs, projects, and activities 16
640	640	specified in the ‘‘House Recommended’’ columns in the 17
641	641	‘‘Water and Related Resources’’ table included under the 18
642	642	heading ‘‘Title II—Department of the Interior’’ in the re-19
643	643	port accompanying this Act. 20
644	644	(e) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 21
645	645	on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 22
646	646	of both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro-23
647	647	grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat-24
648	648	egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub-25
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652	652	mitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 1
653	653	of this Act. 2
654	654	S
655	655	EC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-3
656	656	erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter-4
657	657	mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 5
658	658	for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 6
659	659	of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 7
660	660	shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 8
661	661	of California as approved by the Administrator of the En-9
662	662	vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri-10
663	663	mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 11
664	664	(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 12
665	665	Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain-13
666	666	age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 14
667	667	Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 15
668	668	until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program— 16
669	669	Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alter-17
670	670	native Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled 18
671	671	‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-19
672	672	gram and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Feb-20
673	673	ruary 1995’’, prepared by the Department of the Interior, 21
674	674	Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds 22
675	675	by the United States relating to, or providing for, drainage 23
676	676	service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall 24
677	677	be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of 25
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681	681	such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation 1
682	682	law. 2
683	683	S
684	684	EC. 203. (a) Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the 3
685	685	Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act), shall be applied by 4
686	686	substituting ‘‘2025’’ for ‘‘2022’’ each place it appears. 5
687	687	(b) Section 103(f)(4)(A) of Public Law 108–361 (the 6
688	688	Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act) is amended by strik-7
689	689	ing ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$40,000,000’’. 8
690	690	S
691	691	EC. 204. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation 9
692	692	States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, as amend-10
693	693	ed (43 U.S.C. 2214(c)), shall be applied by substituting 11
694	694	‘‘2025’’ for ‘‘2022’’. 12
695	695	(b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency 13
696	696	Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241)— 14
697	697	(1) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2025’’ for 15
698	698	‘‘2022’’; and 16
699	699	(2) is amended by striking ‘‘$120,000,000’’ and 17
700	700	inserting ‘‘$130,000,000’’. 18
701	701	S
702	702	EC. 205. None of the funds made available by this 19
703	703	Act or any other Act may be used to continue the reiniti-20
704	704	ated consultation on the Long-Term Operation of the Cen-21
705	705	tral Valley Project and State Water Project under section 22
706	706	7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 23
707	707	1536), consistent with the letter from the Bureau of Rec-24
708	708	lamation dated September 30, 2021, requesting such re-25
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712	712	initiated consultation, until the Commissioner of the Bu-1
713	713	reau of Reclamation requests and receives in writing from 2
714	714	the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-3
715	715	ice a comprehensive report explaining the purpose, meth-4
716	716	odology, and anticipated outcomes of such reinitiated con-5
717	717	sultation: Provided, That not later than 15 days after the 6
718	718	date on which the Director provides to the Commissioner 7
719	719	such report, the Commissioner shall submit to Congress 8
720	720	such report. 9
721	721	S
722	722	EC. 206. (a) The Central Valley Project and Cali-10
723	723	fornia State Water Project shall be operated in accordance 11
724	724	with the Preferred Alternative and FWS Biological Opin-12
725	725	ion and NOAA Biological Opinion. 13
726	726	(b) For the purposes of this section— 14
727	727	(1) the term ‘‘Preferred Alternative’’ means the 15
728	728	Alternative 1 (Preferred Alternative), as described in 16
729	729	the Final Environmental Impact Statement on the 17
730	730	Reinitiation of Consultation on the Coordinated 18
731	731	Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley Project 19
732	732	and the State Water Project’’ issued by the Bureau 20
733	733	of Reclamation, and dated December 2019; 21
734	734	(2) the term ‘‘FWS Biological Opinion’’ means 22
735	735	the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ‘‘Bio-23
736	736	logical Opinion for the Reinitiation of Consultation 24
737	737	on the Coordinated Operations of the Central Valley 25
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741	741	Project and State Water Project’’ (Service File No. 1
742	742	08FBTD00–2019–F–0164) signed on October 21, 2
743	743	2019; and 3
744	744	(3) the term ‘‘NOAA Biological Opinion’’ 4
745	745	means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-5
746	746	ministration Fisheries ‘‘Biological Opinion on the 6
747	747	Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley Project 7
748	748	and the State Water Project’’ (Consultation Track-8
749	749	ing Number: WRCO–2016–00069) signed on Octo-9
750	750	ber 21, 2019. 10
751	751	S
752	752	EC. 207. Section 40902(a)(2) of the Infrastructure 11
753	753	Investment and Jobs Act (43 U.S.C. 3202(a)(2)) is 12
754	754	amended— 13
755	755	(1) in subparagraph (B)— 14
756	756	(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 15
757	757	striking ‘‘this Act, except for any project for 16
758	758	which—’’ and inserting ‘‘this Act; or’’; and 17
759	759	(B) by striking clauses (i) and (ii); and 18
760	760	(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘(except 19
761	761	that projects described in clauses (i) and (ii) of sub-20
762	762	paragraph (B) shall not be eligible)’’. 21
763	763	S
764	764	EC. 208. The Water Infrastructure Improvements 22
765	765	for the Nation Act (Public Law 114–322) is amended in 23
766	766	section 4004(a)— 24
767	767	25
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771	771	(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 1
772	772	strike ‘‘public water agency that contracts’’ and 2
773	773	insert ‘‘contractor’’; 3
774	774	(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or pro-4
775	775	posed action’’ after ‘‘biological assessment’’; 5
776	776	(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or pro-6
777	777	posed action’’ after ‘‘biological assessment’’; 7
778	778	(4) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 8
779	779	through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), re-9
780	780	spectively; 10
781	781	(5) after paragraph (2), by inserting the 11
782	782	following new paragraph: 12
783	783	‘‘(3) receive a copy of the draft proposed 13
784	784	action and have the opportunity to review that 14
785	785	document and provide comment to the action 15
786	786	agency, which comments shall be afforded due 16
787	787	consideration during development;’’; and 17
788	788	(6) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by 18
789	789	paragraph (4) of this section— 19
790	790	(A) in the matter preceding subpara-20
791	791	graph (A), by inserting ‘‘action agency pro-21
792	792	poses a proposed action or’’ before ‘‘the 22
793	793	consulting agency’’; 23
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797	797	(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 1
798	798	‘‘proposed action or’’ before ‘‘alternative 2
799	799	will’’; and 3
800	800	(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking 4
801	801	‘‘alternative actions’’ and inserting ‘‘ac-5
802	802	tions or alternatives’’. 6
803	803	S
804	804	EC. 209. (a) Title III of subtitle J of the Water In-7
805	805	frastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public 8
806	806	Law 114–322) is amended— 9
807	807	(1) in section 4007(i), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and insert-10
808	808	ing ‘‘2026’’; and 11
809	809	(2) in section 4013— 12
810	810	(A) in paragraph (1), by deleting ‘‘section 13
811	811	4004, which shall expire 10 years after the date of 14
812	812	its enactment’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4004, which 15
813	813	shall expire on December 16, 2034’’; and 16
814	814	(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘on or before 17
815	815	December 16, 2026’’ after ‘‘4009(c)’’. 18
816	816	(b) Section 1602(g)(1) of the Reclamation Waste-19
817	817	water and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 20
818	818	U.S.C. 390h) is amended by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and 21
819	819	inserting ‘‘$167,500,000’’. 22
820	820	(c) Section 4(a)(2)(F)(i) of the Water Desalination 23
821	821	Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 10301 note; Public Law 104–298) 24
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825	825	is amended by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting 1
826	826	‘‘$100,500,000’’. 2
827	827	TITLE III 3
828	828	DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 4
829	829	ENERGY PROGRAMS 5
830	830	E
831	831	NERGYEFFICIENCY ANDRENEWABLEENERGY 6
832	832	For Department of Energy expenses including the 7
833	833	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-8
834	834	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 9
835	835	efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 10
836	836	the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 11
837	837	Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 12
838	838	condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 13
839	839	plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 14
840	840	$1,960,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-15
841	841	vided, That of such amount, $223,000,000 shall be avail-16
842	842	able until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 17
843	843	C
844	844	YBERSECURITY, ENERGYSECURITY, ANDEMERGENCY 18
845	845	R
846	846	ESPONSE 19
847	847	For Department of Energy expenses including the 20
848	848	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-21
849	849	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 22
850	850	sector cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency re-23
851	851	sponse activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-24
852	852	partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 25
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855	855	•HR 8997 RH
856	856	seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 1
857	857	real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-2
858	858	tion, construction, or expansion, $200,000,000, to remain 3
859	859	available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 4
860	860	$28,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 5
861	861	for program direction. 6
862	862	E
863	863	LECTRICITY 7
864	864	For Department of Energy expenses including the 8
865	865	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-9
866	866	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec-10
867	867	tricity activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-11
868	868	partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 12
869	869	seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 13
870	870	real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-14
871	871	tion, construction, or expansion, $250,000,000, to remain 15
872	872	available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 16
873	873	$19,700,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 17
874	874	for program direction: Provided further, That funds under 18
875	875	this heading allocated for the purposes of section 9 of the 19
876	876	Small Business Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 638), includ-20
877	877	ing for Small Business Innovation Research and Small 21
878	878	Business Technology Transfer activities, or for the pur-22
879	879	poses of section 1001 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 23
880	880	as amended (42 U.S.C. 16391(a)), for Technology Com-24
881	881	mercialization Fund activities, may be reprogrammed 25
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884	884	•HR 8997 RH
885	885	without being subject to the restrictions in section 301 of 1
886	886	this Act. 2
887	887	G
888	888	RIDDEPLOYMENT 3
889	889	For Department of Energy expenses including the 4
890	890	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-5
891	891	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for grid de-6
892	892	ployment in carrying out the purposes of the Department 7
893	893	of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-8
894	894	cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-9
895	895	erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-10
896	896	struction, or expansion, $60,000,000, to remain available 11
897	897	until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 12
898	898	$6,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 13
899	899	for program direction. 14
900	900	N
901	901	UCLEARENERGY 15
902	902	For Department of Energy expenses including the 16
903	903	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-17
904	904	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 18
905	905	energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-19
906	906	partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 20
907	907	seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 21
908	908	real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-22
909	909	tion, construction, or expansion, $1,793,000,000, to re-23
910	910	main available until expended: Provided, That of such 24
911	911	amount, $97,000,000 shall be available until September 25
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914	914	•HR 8997 RH
915	915	30, 2026, for program direction: Provided further, That 1
916	916	for the purpose of section 954(a)(6) of the Energy Policy 2
917	917	Act of 2005, as amended, the only amount available shall 3
918	918	be from the amount specified as including that purpose 4
919	919	in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department of Energy’’ table 5
920	920	included under the heading ‘‘Title III—Department of 6
921	921	Energy’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 7
922	922	F
923	923	OSSILENERGY ANDCARBONMANAGEMENT 8
924	924	For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-9
925	925	rying out fossil energy and carbon management research 10
926	926	and development activities, under the authority of the De-11
927	927	partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 12
928	928	seq.), including the acquisition of interest, including defea-13
929	929	sible and equitable interests in any real property or any 14
930	930	facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, 15
931	931	and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations, 16
932	932	and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, 17
933	933	and disposal of mineral substances without objectionable 18
934	934	social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 19
935	935	1603), $875,000,000, to remain available until expended: 20
936	936	Provided, That of such amount $70,000,000 shall be avail-21
937	937	able until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 22
938	938	N
939	939	AVALPETROLEUM AND OILSHALERESERVES 23
940	940	For Department of Energy expenses necessary to 24
941	941	carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 25
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944	944	•HR 8997 RH
945	945	$13,010,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-1
946	946	vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 2
947	947	unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be 3
948	948	available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve ac-4
949	949	tivities. 5
950	950	S
951	951	TRATEGICPETROLEUMRESERVE 6
952	952	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 7
953	953	Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and op-8
954	954	erations and program management activities pursuant to 9
955	955	the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 10
956	956	et seq.), $295,148,000, to remain available until expended. 11
957	957	N
958	958	ORTHEASTHOMEHEATINGOILRESERVE 12
959	959	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 13
960	960	Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, 14
961	961	and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 15
962	962	and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), 16
963	963	$7,150,000, to remain available until expended. 17
964	964	E
965	965	NERGYINFORMATIONADMINISTRATION 18
966	966	For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-19
967	967	rying out the activities of the Energy Information Admin-20
968	968	istration, $141,653,000, to remain available until ex-21
969	969	pended. 22
970	970	N
971	971	ON-DEFENSEENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 23
972	972	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 24
973	973	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-25
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976	976	•HR 8997 RH
977	977	ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de-1
978	978	fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 2
979	979	purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 3
980	980	(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-4
981	981	demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 5
982	982	or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 6
983	983	$324,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-7
984	984	vided, That in addition, fees collected pursuant to sub-8
985	985	section (b)(1) of section 5 of the Mercury Export Ban Act 9
986	986	of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 6939f(b)(1)) and deposited under this 10
987	987	heading in fiscal year 2025 pursuant to section 309 of 11
988	988	title III of division C of Public Law 116–94 are appro-12
989	989	priated, to remain available until expended, for mercury 13
990	990	storage costs. 14
991	991	U
992	992	RANIUMENRICHMENTDECONTAMINATION AND 15
993	993	D
994	994	ECOMMISSIONINGFUND 16
995	995	For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-17
996	996	rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 18
997	997	and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activi-19
998	998	ties of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and 20
999	999	title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 21
1000	1000	$864,182,000, to be deposited into and subsequently de-22
1001	1001	rived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 23
1002	1002	Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until ex-24
1003	1003	pended, of which $5,000,000 shall be available in accord-25
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1006	1006	•HR 8997 RH
1007	1007	ance with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act 1
1008	1008	of 1992. 2
1009	1009	S
1010	1010	CIENCE 3
1011	1011	For Department of Energy expenses including the 4
1012	1012	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-5
1013	1013	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for science 6
1014	1014	activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 7
1015	1015	of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-8
1016	1016	cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-9
1017	1017	erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-10
1018	1018	struction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 11
1019	1019	35 passenger motor vehicles, $8,390,000,000, to remain 12
1020	1020	available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 13
1021	1021	$238,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 14
1022	1022	for program direction. 15
1023	1023	N
1024	1024	UCLEARWASTEDISPOSAL 16
1025	1025	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 17
1026	1026	nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes 18
1027	1027	of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public Law 97– 19
1028	1028	425, as amended, $12,040,000, to remain available until 20
1029	1029	expended, which shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste 21
1030	1030	Fund. 22
1031	1031	T
1032	1032	ECHNOLOGYTRANSITIONS 23
1033	1033	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 24
1034	1034	carrying out the activities of technology transitions, 25
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1037	1037	•HR 8997 RH
1038	1038	$20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-1
1039	1039	vided, That of such amount, $12,000,000 shall be avail-2
1040	1040	able until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 3
1041	1041	C
1042	1042	LEANENERGYDEMONSTRATIONS 4
1043	1043	For Department of Energy expenses necessary to 5
1044	1044	carry out program direction of the Office of Clean Energy 6
1045	1045	Demonstrations, $27,500,000, to remain available until 7
1046	1046	September 30, 2026. 8
1047	1047	A
1048	1048	DVANCEDRESEARCHPROJECTSAGENCY—ENERGY 9
1049	1049	For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-10
1050	1050	rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 11
1051	1051	America COMPETES Act (Public Law 110–69), 12
1052	1052	$450,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-13
1053	1053	vided, That of such amount, $40,000,000 shall be avail-14
1054	1054	able until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 15
1055	1055	T
1056	1056	ITLE17 INNOVATIVETECHNOLOGYLOANGUARANTEE 16
1057	1057	P
1058	1058	ROGRAM 17
1059	1059	Such sums as are derived from amounts received 18
1060	1060	from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy 19
1061	1061	Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall 20
1062	1062	be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Con-21
1063	1063	gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for nec-22
1064	1064	essary administrative expenses of the Title 17 Innovative 23
1065	1065	Technology Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, 24
1066	1066	$55,000,000 is appropriated, to remain available until 25
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1069	1069	•HR 8997 RH
1070	1070	September 30, 2026: Provided further, That up to 1
1071	1071	$55,000,000 of fees collected in fiscal year 2025 pursuant 2
1072	1072	to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall 3
1073	1073	be credited as offsetting collections under this heading and 4
1074	1074	used for necessary administrative expenses in this appro-5
1075	1075	priation and shall remain available until September 30, 6
1076	1076	2026: Provided further, That to the extent that fees col-7
1077	1077	lected in fiscal year 2025 exceed $55,000,000, those ex-8
1078	1078	cess amounts shall be credited as offsetting collections 9
1079	1079	under this heading and available in future fiscal years only 10
1080	1080	to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: 11
1081	1081	Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 12
1082	1082	the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are re-13
1083	1083	ceived during fiscal year 2025 (estimated at 14
1084	1084	$170,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining 15
1085	1085	general fund appropriations can be derived from fees col-16
1086	1086	lected in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise ap-17
1087	1087	propriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2025 ap-18
1088	1088	propriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Pro-19
1089	1089	vided further, That the Department of Energy shall not 20
1090	1090	subordinate any loan obligation to other financing in viola-21
1091	1091	tion of section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or 22
1092	1092	subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or 23
1093	1093	other debt obligations in violation of section 609.8 of title 24
1094	1094	10, Code of Federal Regulations. 25
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1097	1097	•HR 8997 RH
1098	1098	ADVANCEDTECHNOLOGYVEHICLESMANUFACTURING 1
1099	1099	L
1100	1100	OANPROGRAM 2
1101	1101	For Department of Energy administrative expenses 3
1102	1102	necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehi-4
1103	1103	cles Manufacturing Loan Program, $18,000,000, to re-5
1104	1104	main available until September 30, 2026. 6
1105	1105	T
1106	1106	RIBALENERGYLOANGUARANTEEPROGRAM 7
1107	1107	For Department of Energy administrative expenses 8
1108	1108	necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guar-9
1109	1109	antee Program, $6,300,000, to remain available until Sep-10
1110	1110	tember 30, 2026. 11
1111	1111	I
1112	1112	NDIANENERGYPOLICY ANDPROGRAMS 12
1113	1113	For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities 13
1114	1114	in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 14
1115	1115	Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $95,000,000, 15
1116	1116	to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 16
1117	1117	amount appropriated under this heading, $14,000,000 17
1118	1118	shall be available until September 30, 2026, for program 18
1119	1119	direction. 19
1120	1120	D
1121	1121	EPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 20
1122	1122	For salaries and expenses of the Department of En-21
1123	1123	ergy necessary for departmental administration in car-22
1124	1124	rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-23
1125	1125	nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $387,078,000, to 24
1126	1126	remain available until September 30, 2026, including the 25
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1129	1129	•HR 8997 RH
1130	1130	hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and 1
1131	1131	representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such 2
1132	1132	additional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the 3
1133	1133	estimated amount of cost of work for others notwith-4
1134	1134	standing the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 5
1135	1135	U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in cost 6
1136	1136	of work are offset by revenue increases of the same or 7
1137	1137	greater amount: Provided further, That moneys received 8
1138	1138	by the Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated 9
1139	1139	to total $100,578,000 in fiscal year 2025 may be retained 10
1140	1140	and used for operating expenses within this account, as 11
1141	1141	authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwith-12
1142	1142	standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided fur-13
1143	1143	ther, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 14
1144	1144	as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 15
1145	1145	result in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation from the 16
1146	1146	general fund estimated at not more than $286,500,000. 17
1147	1147	O
1148	1148	FFICE OF THEINSPECTORGENERAL 18
1149	1149	For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 19
1150	1150	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 20
1151	1151	General Act of 1978, $100,000,000, to remain available 21
1152	1152	until September 30, 2026. 22
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1155	1155	•HR 8997 RH
1156	1156	ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 1
1157	1157	NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 2
1158	1158	ADMINISTRATION 3
1159	1159	W
1160	1160	EAPONSACTIVITIES 4
1161	1161	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 5
1162	1162	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-6
1163	1163	ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 7
1164	1164	atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 8
1165	1165	the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 9
1166	1166	Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 10
1167	1167	condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 11
1168	1168	plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 12
1169	1169	$20,338,752,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-13
1170	1170	vided, That of such amount, $135,264,000 shall be avail-14
1171	1171	able until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 15
1172	1172	D
1173	1173	EFENSENUCLEARNONPROLIFERATION 16
1174	1174	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 17
1175	1175	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-18
1176	1176	ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 19
1177	1177	defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 20
1178	1178	the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 21
1179	1179	Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 22
1180	1180	condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 23
1181	1181	plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 24
1182	1182	$2,445,000,000, to remain available until expended. 25
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1185	1185	•HR 8997 RH
1186	1186	NAVALREACTORS 1
1187	1187	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2
1188	1188	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 3
1189	1189	naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 4
1190	1190	Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ-5
1191	1191	ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc-6
1192	1192	tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 7
1193	1193	equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, 8
1194	1194	$2,118,773,000, to remain available until expended, of 9
1195	1195	which, $94,750,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department 10
1196	1196	of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the 11
1197	1197	Advanced Test Reactor: Provided, That of such amount 12
1198	1198	made available under this heading, $62,848,000 shall be 13
1199	1199	available until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 14
1200	1200	F
1201	1201	EDERALSALARIES ANDEXPENSES 15
1202	1202	For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex-16
1203	1203	penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 17
1204	1204	$564,475,000, to remain available until September 30, 18
1205	1205	2026, including official reception and representation ex-19
1206	1206	penses not to exceed $17,000. 20
1207	1207	ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 21
1208	1208	ACTIVITIES 22
1209	1209	D
1210	1210	EFENSEENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 23
1211	1211	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 24
1212	1212	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-25
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1215	1215	•HR 8997 RH
1216	1216	ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 1
1217	1217	energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car-2
1218	1218	rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-3
1219	1219	nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui-4
1220	1220	sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 5
1221	1221	or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-6
1222	1222	sion, $7,132,000,000, to remain available until expended: 7
1223	1223	Provided, That of such amount, $326,893,000 shall be 8
1224	1224	available until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 9
1225	1225	O
1226	1226	THERDEFENSEACTIVITIES 10
1227	1227	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 11
1228	1228	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-12
1229	1229	ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic 13
1230	1230	energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac-14
1231	1231	tivities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department 15
1232	1232	of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-16
1233	1233	cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-17
1234	1234	erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-18
1235	1235	struction, or expansion, $1,179,000,000, to remain avail-19
1236	1236	able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 20
1237	1237	$387,781,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 21
1238	1238	for program direction. 22
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1241	1241	•HR 8997 RH
1242	1242	POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 1
1243	1243	B
1244	1244	ONNEVILLEPOWERADMINISTRATIONFUND 2
1245	1245	Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-3
1246	1246	tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 4
1247	1247	are approved for official reception and representation ex-5
1248	1248	penses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That 6
1249	1249	during fiscal year 2025, no new direct loan obligations 7
1250	1250	may be made. 8
1251	1251	O
1252	1252	PERATION ANDMAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 9
1253	1253	A
1254	1254	DMINISTRATION 10
1255	1255	For expenses necessary for operation and mainte-11
1256	1256	nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 12
1257	1257	electric power and energy, including transmission wheeling 13
1258	1258	and ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood 14
1259	1259	Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 15
1260	1260	southeastern power area, $9,127,000, including official re-16
1261	1261	ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 17
1262	1262	exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Pro-18
1263	1263	vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 19
1264	1264	5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $9,127,000 col-20
1265	1265	lected by the Southeastern Power Administration from the 21
1266	1266	sale of power and related services shall be credited to this 22
1267	1267	account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 23
1268	1268	available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 24
1269	1269	the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Adminis-25
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1273	1273	tration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-1
1274	1274	priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 2
1275	1275	are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 3
1276	1276	fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 4
1277	1277	$0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 5
1278	1278	3302, up to $75,778,000 collected by the Southeastern 6
1279	1279	Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 7
1280	1280	of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 8
1281	1281	shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 9
1282	1282	to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 10
1283	1283	of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: 11
1284	1284	Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, 12
1285	1285	annual expenses means expenditures that are generally re-13
1286	1286	covered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding 14
1287	1287	purchase power and wheeling expenses). 15
1288	1288	O
1289	1289	PERATION ANDMAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN 16
1290	1290	P
1291	1291	OWERADMINISTRATION 17
1292	1292	For expenses necessary for operation and mainte-18
1293	1293	nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 19
1294	1294	electric power and energy, for construction and acquisition 20
1295	1295	of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facili-21
1296	1296	ties, and for administrative expenses, including official re-22
1297	1297	ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 23
1298	1298	exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Con-24
1299	1299	trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 25
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1303	1303	Southwestern Power Administration, $55,070,000, to re-1
1304	1304	main available until expended: Provided, That notwith-2
1305	1305	standing 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Con-3
1306	1306	trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $43,630,000 col-4
1307	1307	lected by the Southwestern Power Administration from 5
1308	1308	the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 6
1309	1309	this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to re-7
1310	1310	main available until expended, for the sole purpose of 8
1311	1311	funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power 9
1312	1312	Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-10
1313	1313	propriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collec-11
1314	1314	tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 12
1315	1315	in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated at not 13
1316	1316	more than $11,440,000: Provided further, That notwith-14
1317	1317	standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $80,000,000 collected by 15
1318	1318	the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 16
1319	1319	Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and 17
1320	1320	wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as off-18
1321	1321	setting collections, to remain available until expended for 19
1322	1322	the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 20
1323	1323	expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this 21
1324	1324	appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 22
1325	1325	are generally recovered in the same year that they are in-23
1326	1326	curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 24
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1330	1330	CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND 1
1331	1331	M
1332	1332	AINTENANCE, WESTERNAREAPOWERADMINIS-2
1333	1333	TRATION 3
1334	1334	(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 4
1335	1335	For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 5
1336	1336	section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 6
1337	1337	U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con-7
1338	1338	servation and renewable resources programs as author-8
1339	1339	ized, $340,983,000, including official reception and rep-9
1340	1340	resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, 10
1341	1341	to remain available until expended, of which $340,983,000 11
1342	1342	shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec-12
1343	1343	lamation Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 13
1344	1344	3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 14
1345	1345	U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 15
1346	1346	Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to 16
1347	1347	$241,111,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-17
1348	1348	ministration from the sale of power and related services 18
1349	1349	shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 19
1350	1350	collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 20
1351	1351	purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western 21
1352	1352	Area Power Administration: Provided further, That the 22
1353	1353	sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be re-23
1354	1354	duced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 24
1355	1355	as to result in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation esti-25
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1359	1359	mated at not more than $99,872,000, of which 1
1360	1360	$99,872,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro-2
1361	1361	vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 3
1362	1362	to $525,000,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-4
1363	1363	ministration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 5
1364	1364	and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover pur-6
1365	1365	chase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 7
1366	1366	this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 8
1367	1367	until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 9
1368	1368	power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 10
1369	1369	for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 11
1370	1370	expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 12
1371	1371	that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 13
1372	1372	wheeling expenses): Provided further, That the remaining 14
1373	1373	unobligated balances from amounts described in the fifth 15
1374	1374	proviso under this heading in Public Law 111–85 are 16
1375	1375	hereby permanently rescinded. 17
1376	1376	F
1377	1377	ALCON ANDAMISTADOPERATING ANDMAINTENANCE 18
1378	1378	F
1379	1379	UND 19
1380	1380	For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 20
1381	1381	the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 21
1382	1382	Dams, $6,525,000, to remain available until expended, 22
1383	1383	and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 23
1384	1384	and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad-24
1385	1385	ministration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 25
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1389	1389	18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding 1
1390	1390	the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 2
1391	1391	$6,297,000 collected by the Western Area Power Adminis-3
1392	1392	tration from the sale of power and related services from 4
1393	1393	the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited to this 5
1394	1394	account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 6
1395	1395	available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 7
1396	1396	the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities of these 8
1397	1397	Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration 9
1398	1398	activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-10
1399	1399	priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 11
1400	1400	are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 12
1401	1401	fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 13
1402	1402	$228,000: Provided further, That for purposes of this ap-14
1403	1403	propriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 15
1404	1404	generally recovered in the same year that they are in-16
1405	1405	curred: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2025, the 17
1406	1406	Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 18
1407	1407	may accept up to $1,685,000 in funds contributed by 19
1408	1408	United States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad 20
1409	1409	Dams for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad Operating 21
1410	1410	and Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available 22
1411	1411	for the purpose for which contributed in like manner as 23
1412	1412	if said sums had been specifically appropriated for such 24
1413	1413	purpose: Provided further, That any such funds shall be 25
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1417	1417	available without further appropriation and without fiscal 1
1418	1418	year limitation for use by the Commissioner of the United 2
1419	1419	States Section of the International Boundary and Water 3
1420	1420	Commission for the sole purpose of operating, maintain-4
1421	1421	ing, repairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the 5
1422	1422	hydroelectric facilities at these Dams in accordance with 6
1423	1423	agreements reached between the Administrator, Commis-7
1424	1424	sioner, and the power customers. 8
1425	1425	F
1426	1426	EDERALENERGYREGULATORYCOMMISSION 9
1427	1427	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 10
1428	1428	For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu-11
1429	1429	latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De-12
1430	1430	partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 13
1431	1431	seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 14
1432	1432	official reception and representation expenses not to ex-15
1433	1433	ceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 16
1434	1434	$532,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-17
1435	1435	vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 18
1436	1436	not to exceed $532,000,000 of revenues from fees and an-19
1437	1437	nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 20
1438	1438	year 2025 shall be retained and used for expenses nec-21
1439	1439	essary in this account, and shall remain available until ex-22
1440	1440	pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-23
1441	1441	priated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues 24
1442	1442	are received during fiscal year 2025 so as to result in a 25
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1446	1446	final fiscal year 2025 appropriation from the general fund 1
1447	1447	estimated at not more than $0. 2
1448	1448	GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 3
1449	1449	ENERGY 4
1450	1450	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 5
1451	1451	S
1452	1452	EC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 6
1453	1453	made available by this title for the Department of Energy 7
1454	1454	shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 8
1455	1455	or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 9
1456	1456	or similar arrangements (including Requests for 10
1457	1457	Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Op-11
1458	1458	portunity Announcements) for a program, project, or ac-12
1459	1459	tivity if the program, project, or activity has not been 13
1460	1460	funded by Congress. 14
1461	1461	(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the 15
1462	1462	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 16
1463	1463	at least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds 17
1464	1464	made available in this title may be used to— 18
1465	1465	(A) make a grant allocation or discretionary 19
1466	1466	grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 20
1467	1467	(B) make a discretionary contract award or 21
1468	1468	Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 22
1469	1469	or more, including a contract covered by the Federal 23
1470	1470	Acquisition Regulation; 24
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1474	1474	(C) provide nonoperational funding through a 1
1475	1475	competition restricted only to Department of Energy 2
1476	1476	National Laboratories totaling $1,000,000 or more; 3
1477	1477	(D) provide nonoperational funding directly to a 4
1478	1478	Department of Energy National Laboratory totaling 5
1479	1479	$25,000,000 or more; 6
1480	1480	(E) issue a letter of intent to make an alloca-7
1481	1481	tion, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in 8
1482	1482	subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or 9
1483	1483	(F) announce publicly the intention to make an 10
1484	1484	allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the lim-11
1485	1485	its in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D). 12
1486	1486	(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com-13
1487	1487	mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14
1488	1488	within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report 15
1489	1489	detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant 16
1490	1490	award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during the 17
1491	1491	previous quarter. 18
1492	1492	(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and 19
1493	1493	the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the re-20
1494	1494	cipient of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal 21
1495	1495	year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, 22
1496	1496	the account and program, project, or activity from which 23
1497	1497	the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and 24
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1501	1501	a brief description of the activity for which the award is 1
1502	1502	made. 2
1503	1503	(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 3
1504	1504	to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au-4
1505	1505	thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De-5
1506	1506	partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 6
1507	1507	multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 7
1508	1508	a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 8
1509	1509	(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-9
1510	1510	ment is funded for the full period of performance as 10
1511	1511	anticipated at the time of award; or 11
1512	1512	(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-12
1513	1513	ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov-13
1514	1514	ernment’s obligation on the availability of future 14
1515	1515	year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 15
1516	1516	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 16
1517	1517	Congress at least 3 days in advance. 17
1518	1518	(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 18
1519	1519	the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 19
1520	1520	as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and ac-20
1521	1521	tivities specified in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department 21
1522	1522	of Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title III— 22
1523	1523	Department of Energy’’ in the report accompanying this 23
1524	1524	Act. 24
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1528	1528	(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 1
1529	1529	reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 2
1530	1530	the Department shall notify, and obtain the prior approval 3
1531	1531	of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 4
1532	1532	Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed 5
1533	1533	reprogramming that would cause any program, project, or 6
1534	1534	activity funding level to increase or decrease by more than 7
1535	1535	$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the 8
1536	1536	time period covered by this Act. 9
1537	1537	(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 10
1538	1538	available for obligation or expenditure through a re-11
1539	1539	programming of funds that— 12
1540	1540	(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 13
1541	1541	project, or activity; 14
1542	1542	(2) increases funds or personnel for any pro-15
1543	1543	gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 16
1544	1544	or restricted by this Act; or 17
1545	1545	(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used 18
1546	1546	for a specific program, project, or activity by this 19
1547	1547	Act. 20
1548	1548	(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re-21
1549	1549	quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 22
1550	1550	use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 23
1551	1551	if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 24
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1555	1555	pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 1
1556	1556	welfare, or national security. 2
1557	1557	(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-3
1558	1558	tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 4
1559	1559	waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 5
1560	1560	not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 6
1561	1561	a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 7
1562	1562	Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 8
1563	1563	risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 9
1564	1564	(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 10
1565	1565	provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 11
1566	1566	same appropriation accounts for such activities established 12
1567	1567	pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 13
1568	1568	with funds in the applicable established accounts and 14
1569	1569	thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same 15
1570	1570	time period as originally enacted. 16
1571	1571	S
1572	1572	EC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other 17
1573	1573	Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 18
1574	1574	Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 19
1575	1575	authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 20
1576	1576	of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) 21
1577	1577	during fiscal year 2025 until the enactment of the Intel-22
1578	1578	ligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025. 23
1579	1579	S
1580	1580	EC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 24
1581	1581	title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi-25
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1585	1585	fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 1
1586	1586	830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of-2
1587	1587	fice of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in 3
1588	1588	compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 4
1589	1589	S
1590	1590	EC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 5
1591	1591	title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 6
1592	1592	decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 7
1593	1593	any successive departmental guidance, for construction 8
1594	1594	projects where the total project cost exceeds 9
1595	1595	$100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 10
1596	1596	has been developed for the project for that critical deci-11
1597	1597	sion. 12
1598	1598	S
1599	1599	EC. 305. None of the funds made available in this 13
1600	1600	title may be used to support a grant allocation award, dis-14
1601	1601	cretionary grant award, or cooperative agreement that ex-15
1602	1602	ceeds $100,000,000 in Federal funding unless the project 16
1603	1603	is carried out through internal independent project man-17
1604	1604	agement procedures. 18
1605	1605	S
1606	1606	EC. 306. No funds shall be transferred directly from 19
1607	1607	‘‘Department of Energy—Power Marketing Administra-20
1608	1608	tion—Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, 21
1609	1609	Western Area Power Administration’’ to the general fund 22
1610	1610	of the Treasury in the current fiscal year. 23
1611	1611	S
1612	1612	EC. 307. (a) The Secretary of Energy may not es-24
1613	1613	tablish any new regional petroleum product reserve unless 25
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1617	1617	funding for the proposed regional petroleum product re-1
1618	1618	serve is explicitly requested in advance in an annual budg-2
1619	1619	et submitted by the President pursuant to section 1105 3
1620	1620	of title 31, United States Code, and approved by the Con-4
1621	1621	gress in an appropriations Act. 5
1622	1622	(b) The budget request or notification shall include— 6
1623	1623	(1) the justification for the new reserve; 7
1624	1624	(2) a cost estimate for the establishment, oper-8
1625	1625	ation, and maintenance of the reserve, including 9
1626	1626	funding sources; 10
1627	1627	(3) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, 11
1628	1628	including the conditions upon which the products 12
1629	1629	may be released; 13
1630	1630	(4) the location of the reserve; and 14
1631	1631	(5) the estimate of the total inventory of the re-15
1632	1632	serve. 16
1633	1633	S
1634	1634	EC. 308. None of the funds made available by this 17
1635	1635	Act may be used to draw down and sell petroleum prod-18
1636	1636	ucts from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (1) to any enti-19
1637	1637	ty that is under the ownership, control, or influence of 20
1638	1638	the Chinese Communist Party; or (2) except on condition 21
1639	1639	that such petroleum products will not be exported to the 22
1640	1640	People’s Republic of China. 23
1641	1641	S
1642	1642	EC. 309. (a) None of the funds made available by 24
1643	1643	this Act may be used by the Secretary of Energy to award 25
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1647	1647	any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or loan of 1
1648	1648	$10,000,000 or greater to an entity of concern as defined 2
1649	1649	in section 10114 of division B of Public Law 117–167. 3
1650	1650	(b) The Secretary shall implement the requirements 4
1651	1651	under subsection (a) using a risk-based approach and ana-5
1652	1652	lytical tools to aggregate, link, analyze, and maintain in-6
1653	1653	formation reported by an entity seeking or receiving such 7
1654	1654	funds made available by this Act. 8
1655	1655	(c) This section shall be applied in a manner con-9
1656	1656	sistent with the obligations of the United States under ap-10
1657	1657	plicable international agreements. 11
1658	1658	(d) The Secretary shall have the authority to require 12
1659	1659	the submission to the agency, by an entity seeking or re-13
1660	1660	ceiving such funds made available by this Act, documenta-14
1661	1661	tion necessary to implement the requirements under sub-15
1662	1662	section (a). 16
1663	1663	(e) Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (com-17
1664	1664	monly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’), shall 18
1665	1665	not apply to the implementation of the requirements under 19
1666	1666	this section. 20
1667	1667	(f) The Secretary and other Federal agencies shall 21
1668	1668	coordinate to share relevant information necessary to im-22
1669	1669	plement the requirements under subsection (a). 23
1670	1670	S
1671	1671	EC. 310. None of the funds appropriated or other-24
1672	1672	wise made available by this Act may be used to admit any 25
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1676	1676	non-United States citizen from Russia or China to any 1
1677	1677	nuclear weapons production facility, as such term is de-2
1678	1678	fined in section 4002 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act 3
1679	1679	(50 U.S.C. 2501), other than areas accessible to the gen-4
1680	1680	eral public, unless 30 days prior to facility admittance, the 5
1681	1681	Department of Energy provides notification to the Com-6
1682	1682	mittees on Appropriations and Armed Services of both 7
1683	1683	Houses of Congress. 8
1684	1684	S
1685	1685	EC. 311. (a) None of the funds made available by 9
1686	1686	this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 10
1687	1687	for the Department of Energy may be obligated or ex-11
1688	1688	pended to procure or purchase computers, printers, or 12
1689	1689	interoperable videoconferencing services needed for an of-13
1690	1690	fice environment in which the manufacturer, bidder, or of-14
1691	1691	feror, or any subsidiary or parent entity of the manufac-15
1692	1692	turer, bidder, or offeror, of the equipment is an entity, 16
1693	1693	or parent company of an entity in which the People’s Re-17
1694	1694	public of China has any ownership stake. 18
1695	1695	(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) also applies in 19
1696	1696	cases in which the Secretary has contracted with a third 20
1697	1697	party for the procurement, purchase, or expenditure of 21
1698	1698	funds on any of the equipment and software described in 22
1699	1699	such subsection. 23
1700	1700	S
1701	1701	EC. 312. None of the funds made available by this 24
1702	1702	Act may be used to further develop, finalize, administer, 25
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1706	1706	implement, or enforce the proposed regulation by the De-1
1707	1707	partment of Energy titled ‘‘Clean Energy for New Federal 2
1708	1708	Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings’’ 3
1709	1709	87 Fed. Reg. 78382 (December 21, 2022). 4
1710	1710	S
1711	1711	EC. 313. None of the funds made available by this 5
1712	1712	Act may be used to provide a categorical exclusion from 6
1713	1713	the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 7
1714	1714	4321 et seq.) for energy storage systems, as described in 8
1715	1715	the Department of Energy’s final rule, part 1021 of title 9
1716	1716	10, Code of Federal Regulations. 10
1717	1717	S
1718	1718	EC. 314. None of the funds made available by this 11
1719	1719	Act may be expended to support the Department of En-12
1720	1720	ergy Justice40 initiative as defined by or required by Ex-13
1721	1721	ecutive Order 14008 of January 27, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 14
1722	1722	7619; relating to tackling the climate crisis at home and 15
1723	1723	abroad). 16
1724	1724	S
1725	1725	EC. 315. Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 17
1726	1726	U.S.C. 717b) is amended— 18
1727	1727	(1) by striking subsections (a) through (c); 19
1728	1728	(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 20
1729	1729	subsections (a) and (b), respectively; 21
1730	1730	(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-22
1731	1731	section (c), and moving such subsection after sub-23
1732	1732	section (b), as so redesignated; 24
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1736	1736	(4) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by 1
1737	1737	amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: ‘‘(1) The 2
1738	1738	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (in this sub-3
1739	1739	section referred to as the ‘Commission’) shall have 4
1740	1740	the exclusive authority to approve or deny an appli-5
1741	1741	cation for authorization for the siting, construction, 6
1742	1742	expansion, or operation of a facility to export nat-7
1743	1743	ural gas from the United States to a foreign country 8
1744	1744	or import natural gas from a foreign country, in-9
1745	1745	cluding an LNG terminal. In determining whether to 10
1746	1746	approve or deny an application under this para-11
1747	1747	graph, the Commission shall deem the exportation or 12
1748	1748	importation of natural gas to be consistent with the 13
1749	1749	public interest. Except as specifically provided in 14
1750	1750	this Act, nothing in this Act is intended to affect 15
1751	1751	otherwise applicable law related to any Federal 16
1752	1752	agency’s authorities or responsibilities related to fa-17
1753	1753	cilities to import or export natural gas, including 18
1754	1754	LNG terminals.’’; and 19
1755	1755	(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-20
1756	1756	section: 21
1757	1757	‘‘(d)(1) Nothing in this Act limits the authority 22
1758	1758	of the President under the Constitution, the Inter-23
1759	1759	national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 24
1760	1760	U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act 25
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1764	1764	(50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), part B of title II of the 1
1765	1765	Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 2
1766	1766	6271 et seq.), the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 3
1767	1767	U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), or any other provision of law 4
1768	1768	that imposes sanctions on a foreign person or for-5
1769	1769	eign government (including any provision of law that 6
1770	1770	prohibits or restricts United States persons from en-7
1771	1771	gaging in a transaction with a sanctioned person or 8
1772	1772	government), including a country that is designated 9
1773	1773	as a state sponsor of terrorism, to prohibit imports 10
1774	1774	or exports. 11
1775	1775	‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘state sponsor 12
1776	1776	of terrorism’ means a country the government of 13
1777	1777	which the Secretary of State determines has repeat-14
1778	1778	edly provided support for international terrorism 15
1779	1779	pursuant to— 16
1780	1780	‘‘(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Con-17
1781	1781	trol Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A)); 18
1782	1782	‘‘(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 19
1783	1783	Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 20
1784	1784	‘‘(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act 21
1785	1785	(22 U.S.C. 2780); or 22
1786	1786	‘‘(D) any other provision of law.’’. 23
1787	1787	S
1788	1788	EC. 316. From the unobligated balances of amounts 24
1789	1789	made available under the heading ‘‘Department of En-25
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1793	1793	ergy—Energy Programs—Electricity’’ in title IV of divi-1
1794	1794	sion N of Public Law 117–328 to carry out activities to 2
1795	1795	improve the resilience of the Puerto Rican electric grid, 3
1796	1796	thirty-five hundredths of one percent of the amounts made 4
1797	1797	available under such heading shall be transferred not later 5
1798	1798	than January 1, 2025, to the Office of the Inspector Gen-6
1799	1799	eral of the Department of Energy to carry out the provi-7
1800	1800	sions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, in addition 8
1801	1801	to amounts otherwise available for such purpose, to re-9
1802	1802	main available until expended: Provided, That any 10
1803	1803	amounts so transferred that were previously designated by 11
1804	1804	the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 12
1805	1805	the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 13
1806	1806	of 1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget are des-14
1807	1807	ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 15
1808	1808	pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-16
1809	1809	et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall 17
1810	1810	be available only if the President designates such amount 18
1811	1811	as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 19
1812	1812	251(b)(2)(A)(i). 20
1813	1813	S
1814	1814	EC. 317. (a) Of the unobligated balances from 21
1815	1815	amounts previously made available to the Department of 22
1816	1816	Energy, the following funds shall be transferred from the 23
1817	1817	following programs in the specified amounts to ‘‘Depart-24
1818	1818	ment of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, 25
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1822	1822	and, in addition to amounts otherwise made available, 1
1823	1823	shall be available for the not more than two competitive 2
1824	1824	awards for Generation 3+ small modular reactor deploy-3
1825	1825	ment projects described in section 311(a)(1)(A) of division 4
1826	1826	D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public 5
1827	1827	Law 118–42) and the two awards for demonstration 6
1828	1828	projects made prior to the date of enactment of this Act 7
1829	1829	under the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, as 8
1830	1830	authorized under section 959A of the Energy Policy Act 9
1831	1831	of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16279a)— 10
1832	1832	(1) $980,000,000, to remain available until 11
1833	1833	expended, from the unobligated balances under 12
1834	1834	the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy 13
1835	1835	Programs—Nuclear Energy’’ in division J of 14
1836	1836	the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 15
1837	1837	(Public Law 117–58), of which $120,000,000 16
1838	1838	shall be available in fiscal year 2025 and 17
1839	1839	$860,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 18
1840	1840	2026; 19
1841	1841	(2) $1,500,000,000, to remain available 20
1842	1842	until expended, from the unobligated balances 21
1843	1843	under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy— 22
1844	1844	Energy Programs—Carbon Dioxide Transpor-23
1845	1845	tation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 24
1846	1846	Program Account’’ in division J of the Infra-25
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1850	1850	structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 1
1851	1851	117–58); 2
1852	1852	(3) $1,500,000,000, to remain available 3
1853	1853	until September 30, 2026, from the unobligated 4
1854	1854	balances under section 50141 of Public Law 5
1855	1855	117–169; and 6
1856	1856	(4) $5,000,000,000, to remain available 7
1857	1857	until September 30, 2026, from the unobligated 8
1858	1858	balances under section 50144 of Public Law 9
1859	1859	117–169: 10
1860	1860	Provided, That amounts transferred pursuant to 11
1861	1861	paragraphs (1) and (2) shall continue to be treated as 12
1862	1862	amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 13
1863	1863	Law 118–5. 14
1864	1864	(b) Public Law 117–169 is amended— 15
1865	1865	(1) in section 50141(a) by amending the 16
1866	1866	dollar amount to read as ‘‘$25,000,000,000’’; 17
1867	1867	and 18
1868	1868	(2) in section 50144(b) by amending the 19
1869	1869	dollar amount to read as ‘‘$5,000,000,000’’. 20
1870	1870	TITLE IV 21
1871	1871	INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 22
1872	1872	A
1873	1873	PPALACHIANREGIONALCOMMISSION 23
1874	1874	For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au-24
1875	1875	thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 25
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1879	1879	1965, as amended, and for expenses necessary for the 1
1880	1880	Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the Appa-2
1881	1881	lachian Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal 3
1882	1882	share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, 4
1883	1883	including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 5
1884	1884	hire of passenger motor vehicles, $200,000,000, to remain 6
1885	1885	available until expended. 7
1886	1886	D
1887	1887	EFENSENUCLEARFACILITIESSAFETYBOARD 8
1888	1888	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9
1889	1889	For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Fa-10
1890	1890	cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 11
1891	1891	by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 12
1892	1892	Law 100–456, section 1441, $45,000,000, to remain 13
1893	1893	available until September 30, 2026, of which not to exceed 14
1894	1894	$1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-15
1895	1895	resentation expenses. 16
1896	1896	D
1897	1897	ELTAREGIONALAUTHORITY 17
1898	1898	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18
1899	1899	For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Au-19
1900	1900	thority and to carry out its activities, as authorized by 20
1901	1901	the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwith-21
1902	1902	standing sections 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, 22
1903	1903	$32,100,000, to remain available until expended. 23
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1907	1907	DENALICOMMISSION 1
1908	1908	For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission 2
1909	1909	including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of 3
1910	1910	plant and capital equipment as necessary and other ex-4
1911	1911	penses, $17,000,000, to remain available until expended, 5
1912	1912	notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 6
1913	1913	306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 7
1914	1914	That funds shall be available for construction projects for 8
1915	1915	which the Denali Commission is the sole or primary fund-9
1916	1916	ing source in an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total 10
1917	1917	project cost for distressed communities, as defined by sec-11
1918	1918	tion 307 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (division 12
1919	1919	C, title III, Public Law 105–277), as amended by section 13
1920	1920	701 of appendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 14
1921	1921	Stat. 1501A–280), and for Indian Tribes, as defined by 15
1922	1922	section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, and in 16
1923	1923	an amount not to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed 17
1924	1924	communities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 18
1925	1925	other provision of law regarding payment of a non-Federal 19
1926	1926	share in connection with a grant-in-aid program, amounts 20
1927	1927	under this heading shall be available for the payment of 21
1928	1928	such a non-Federal share for any project for which the 22
1929	1929	Denali Commission is not the sole or primary funding 23
1930	1930	source, provided that such project is consistent with the 24
1931	1931	purposes of the Commission. 25
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1935	1935	NORTHERNBORDERREGIONALCOMMISSION 1
1936	1936	For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re-2
1937	1937	gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 3
1938	1938	subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $41,000,000, 4
1939	1939	to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 5
1940	1940	amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, 6
1941	1941	notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United 7
1942	1942	States Code. 8
1943	1943	S
1944	1944	OUTHEASTCRESCENTREGIONALCOMMISSION 9
1945	1945	For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent 10
1946	1946	Regional Commission in carrying out activities authorized 11
1947	1947	by subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $20,000,000, 12
1948	1948	to remain available until expended. 13
1949	1949	S
1950	1950	OUTHWESTBORDERREGIONALCOMMISSION 14
1951	1951	For expenses necessary for the Southwest Border Re-15
1952	1952	gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 16
1953	1953	subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to 17
1954	1954	remain available until expended. 18
1955	1955	G
1956	1956	REATLAKESAUTHORITY 19
1957	1957	For expenses necessary for the Great Lakes Author-20
1958	1958	ity in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of 21
1959	1959	title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to remain avail-22
1960	1960	able until expended. 23
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1964	1964	NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSION 1
1965	1965	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
1966	1966	For expenses necessary for the Commission in car-3
1967	1967	rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 4
1968	1968	of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 5
1969	1969	$955,368,200, including official representation expenses 6
1970	1970	not to exceed $30,000, to remain available until expended: 7
1971	1971	Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, not 8
1972	1972	more than $11,435,000 may be made available for sala-9
1973	1973	ries, travel, and other support costs for the Office of the 10
1974	1974	Commission, to remain available until September 30, 11
1975	1975	2026: Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, 12
1976	1976	inspection services, and other services and collections esti-13
1977	1977	mated at $807,672,200 in fiscal year 2025 shall be re-14
1978	1978	tained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this 15
1979	1979	account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall re-16
1980	1980	main available until expended: Provided further, That the 17
1981	1981	sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount 18
1982	1982	of revenues received during fiscal year 2025 so as to result 19
1983	1983	in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated at not 20
1984	1984	more than $147,696,000. 21
1985	1985	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 22
1986	1986	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 23
1987	1987	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 24
1988	1988	General Act of 1978, $19,578,000, to remain available 25
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1992	1992	until September 30, 2026: Provided, That revenues from 1
1993	1993	licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 2
1994	1994	collections estimated at $16,274,000 in fiscal year 2025 3
1995	1995	shall be retained and be available until September 30, 4
1996	1996	2026, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 5
1997	1997	notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 6
1998	1998	Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 7
1999	1999	shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur-8
2000	2000	ing fiscal year 2025 so as to result in a final fiscal year 9
2001	2001	2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 10
2002	2002	$3,304,000: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-11
2003	2003	priated under this heading, $1,505,000 shall be for In-12
2004	2004	spector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 13
2005	2005	Safety Board. 14
2006	2006	N
2007	2007	UCLEARWASTETECHNICALREVIEWBOARD 15
2008	2008	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16
2009	2009	For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech-17
2010	2010	nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 18
2011	2011	203, section 5051, $4,100,000, to be derived from the Nu-19
2012	2012	clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 20
2013	2013	2026. 21
2014	2014	GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 22
2015	2015	AGENCIES 23
2016	2016	S
2017	2017	EC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 24
2018	2018	comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of 25
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2022	2022	its Internal Commission Procedures when responding to 1
2023	2023	Congressional requests for information, consistent with 2
2024	2024	Department of Justice guidance for all Federal agencies. 3
2025	2025	S
2026	2026	EC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this 4
2027	2027	title for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be re-5
2028	2028	programmed for any program, project, or activity, and the 6
2029	2029	Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria-7
2030	2030	tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 8
2031	2031	to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 9
2032	2032	cause any program funding level to increase or decrease 10
2033	2033	by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 11
2034	2034	during the time period covered by this Act. 12
2035	2035	(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may 13
2036	2036	waive the notification requirement in subsection (a) if 14
2037	2037	compliance with such requirement would pose a substan-15
2038	2038	tial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or na-16
2039	2039	tional security. 17
2040	2040	(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify 18
2041	2041	the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-19
2042	2042	gress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as prac-20
2043	2043	ticable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the 21
2044	2044	activity to which a requirement or restriction would other-22
2045	2045	wise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation 23
2046	2046	of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 24
2047	2047	such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the 25
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2051	2051	Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 1
2052	2052	to programs, projects, or activities. 2
2053	2053	(c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and 3
2054	2054	(d), the amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear 4
2055	2055	Regulatory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 5
2056	2056	expended as directed in the report accompanying this Act. 6
2057	2057	(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu-7
2058	2058	latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex-8
2059	2059	penditure through a reprogramming of funds that in-9
2060	2060	creases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 10
2061	2061	activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 11
2062	2062	Act. 12
2063	2063	(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report 13
2064	2064	to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 14
2065	2065	Congress, which includes the following for each program, 15
2066	2066	project, or activity, including any prior year appropria-16
2067	2067	tions— 17
2068	2068	(1) total budget authority; 18
2069	2069	(2) total unobligated balances; and 19
2070	2070	(3) total unliquidated obligations. 20
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2074	2074	TITLE V 1
2075	2075	GENERAL PROVISIONS 2
2076	2076	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
2077	2077	S
2078	2078	EC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 4
2079	2079	may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 5
2080	2080	congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 6
2081	2081	matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-7
2082	2082	nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 8
2083	2083	1913. 9
2084	2084	S
2085	2085	EC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in 10
2086	2086	title III of this Act may be transferred to any department, 11
2087	2087	agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-12
2088	2088	ment, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 13
2089	2089	authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations 14
2090	2090	Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in 15
2091	2091	the report accompanying this Act, or any authority where-16
2092	2092	by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 17
2093	2093	States Government may provide goods or services to an-18
2094	2094	other department, agency, or instrumentality. 19
2095	2095	(b) None of the funds made available for any depart-20
2096	2096	ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 21
2097	2097	Government may be transferred to accounts funded in title 22
2098	2098	III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 23
2099	2099	transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appro-24
2100	2100	priations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority ref-25
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2104	2104	erenced in the report accompanying this Act, or any au-1
2105	2105	thority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality 2
2106	2106	of the United States Government may provide goods or 3
2107	2107	services to another department, agency, or instrumen-4
2108	2108	tality. 5
2109	2109	(c) The head of any relevant department or agency 6
2110	2110	funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 7
2111	2111	submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 8
2112	2112	Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the 9
2113	2113	transfer authorities, except for any authority whereby a 10
2114	2114	department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 11
2115	2115	States Government may provide goods or services to an-12
2116	2116	other department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the 13
2117	2117	previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report 14
2118	2118	shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes 15
2119	2119	for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or 16
2120	2120	modify existing notification requirements for each author-17
2121	2121	ity. 18
2122	2122	S
2123	2123	EC. 503. (a) None of the funds made available in 19
2124	2124	this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 20
2125	2125	network unless such network blocks the viewing, 21
2126	2126	downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 22
2127	2127	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 23
2128	2128	funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 24
2129	2129	law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 25
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2133	2133	criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi-1
2134	2134	ties. 2
2135	2135	S
2136	2136	EC. 504. (a) No federal monies shall be expended 3
2137	2137	in furtherance of any agreement among private entities 4
2138	2138	for consolidated interim storage of spent nuclear fuel that 5
2139	2139	is not specifically authorized under federal law until such 6
2140	2140	time that host state and local governments and any af-7
2141	2141	fected Indian tribes have formalized their consent. 8
2142	2142	(b) Provided that the prohibition provided for in this 9
2143	2143	section shall not apply to facilities presently storing com-10
2144	2144	mercial spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to a license issued 11
2145	2145	by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as of the date of 12
2146	2146	enactment of this Act. 13
2147	2147	(c) For purposes of this section, ‘‘spent nuclear fuel’’ 14
2148	2148	shall have the same meaning as provided in section 2 of 15
2149	2149	the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 16
2150	2150	S
2151	2151	EC. 505. None of the funds made available by this 17
2152	2152	Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or 18
2153	2153	activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory 19
2154	2154	or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory. 20
2155	2155	S
2156	2156	EC. 506. None of the funds appropriated or other-21
2157	2157	wise made available by this Act may be made available 22
2158	2158	to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out the 23
2159	2159	Equity Action Plan of the Department of Energy, or Exec-24
2160	2160	utive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 25
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2164	2164	7009, relating to advancing racial equity and support for 1
2165	2165	underserved communities through the Federal Govern-2
2166	2166	ment), Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. 3
2167	2167	Reg. 34593, relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and 4
2168	2168	accessibility in the Federal workforce), or Executive Order 5
2169	2169	14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relat-6
2170	2170	ing to further advancing racial equity and support for un-7
2171	2171	derserved communities through the Federal Government). 8
2172	2172	S
2173	2173	EC. 507. (a) INGENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-9
2174	2174	tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 10
2175	2175	title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 11
2176	2176	none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-12
2177	2177	priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 13
2178	2178	any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-14
2179	2179	tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 15
2180	2180	accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 16
2181	2181	conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 17
2182	2182	a union of one man and one woman. 18
2183	2183	(b) D
2184	2184	ISCRIMINATORYACTIONDEFINED.— As used 19
2185	2185	in subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any ac-20
2186	2186	tion taken by the Federal Government to— 21
2187	2187	(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treat-22
2188	2188	ment of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment 23
2189	2189	to be assessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke 24
2190	2190	an exemption from taxation under section 25
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2194	2194	501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 1
2195	2195	of, any person referred to in subsection (a); 2
2196	2196	(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax 3
2197	2197	purposes of any charitable contribution made to 4
2198	2198	or by such person; 5
2199	2199	(3) withhold, reduce the amount or fund-6
2200	2200	ing for, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 7
2201	2201	unavailable or deny, any Federal grant, con-8
2202	2202	tract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, guar-9
2203	2203	antee, loan, scholarship, license, certification, 10
2204	2204	accreditation, employment, or other similar po-11
2205	2205	sition or status from or to such person; 12
2206	2206	(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or 13
2207	2207	otherwise make unavailable or deny, any entitle-14
2208	2208	ment or benefit under a Federal benefit pro-15
2209	2209	gram, including admission to, equal treatment 16
2210	2210	in, or eligibility for a degree from an edu-17
2211	2211	cational program, from or to such person; or 18
2212	2212	(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or 19
2213	2213	otherwise make unavailable or deny access or 20
2214	2214	an entitlement to Federal property, facilities, 21
2215	2215	educational institutions, speech fora (including 22
2216	2216	traditional, limited, and nonpublic fora), or 23
2217	2217	charitable fundraising campaigns from or to 24
2218	2218	such person. 25
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2222	2222	(c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.— 1
2223	2223	The Federal Government shall consider accredited, li-2
2224	2224	censed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person 3
2225	2225	that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respec-4
2226	2226	tively, for such purposes but for a determination against 5
2227	2227	such person wholly or partially on the basis that the per-6
2228	2228	son speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held 7
2229	2229	religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection 8
2230	2230	(a). 9
2231	2231	S
2232	2232	EC. 508. None of the funds made available by this 10
2233	2233	Act or any other Act may be used to implement, admin-11
2234	2234	ister, or enforce any COVID–19 mask or vaccine man-12
2235	2235	dates. 13
2236	2236	S
2237	2237	EC. 509. None of the funds made available by this 14
2238	2238	Act may be used to obligate or award funds, including sub-15
2239	2239	grants and other subawards, to the Wuhan Institute of 16
2240	2240	Virology, including affiliated researchers. 17
2241	2241	S
2242	2242	EC. 510. None of the funds appropriated or other-18
2243	2243	wise made available by this Act may be used to fly or dis-19
2244	2244	play a flag over or within a facility of the federal govern-20
2245	2245	ment other than the flag of the United States, flag bearing 21
2246	2246	an official U.S. Government seal or insignia, or POW/MIA 22
2247	2247	flag. 23
2248	2248	S
2249	2249	EC. 511. None of the funds appropriated or other-24
2250	2250	wise made available by this Act may be made available 25
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2254	2254	to finalize any rule or regulation that meets the definition 1
2255	2255	of section 804(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code. 2
2256	2256	S
2257	2257	EC. 512. None of the funds made available by this 3
2258	2258	Act may be used to develop or implement guidance related 4
2259	2259	to the valuation of ecosystem and environmental services 5
2260	2260	and natural assets in Federal regulatory decision-making, 6
2261	2261	as directed by Executive Order 14072 of April 22, 2022 7
2262	2262	(87 Fed. Reg. 24851, relating to strengthening the Na-8
2263	2263	tion’s forests, communities, and local economies). 9
2264	2264	S
2265	2265	EC. 513. The funds made available in this act or 10
2266	2266	any other appropriations act for the purposes of imple-11
2267	2267	menting the United States Government Commitments in 12
2268	2268	support of the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative set 13
2269	2269	forth in the Memorandum of Understanding of December 14
2270	2270	14, 2023, between the United States, the States of Oregon 15
2271	2271	and Washington, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of 16
2272	2272	the Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of the 17
2273	2273	Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of 18
2274	2274	the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Nez Perce 19
2275	2275	Tribe, and environmental non-profit organizations, that 20
2276	2276	require reimbursement by the Bonneville Power Adminis-21
2277	2277	tration and do not arise from Bonneville’s current reim-22
2278	2278	bursement obligations, shall be limited to the 23
2279	2279	$300,000,000 Bonneville committed to in such Commit-24
2280	2280	ments of December 14, 2023, should Bonneville be re-25
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2284	2284	quired to implement the U.S. Government Commitments 1
2285	2285	in support of the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative 2
2286	2286	set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding of Decem-3
2287	2287	ber 14, 2023, between the United States; the States of 4
2288	2288	Oregon and Washington; the Confederated Tribes and 5
2289	2289	Bands of the Yakama Nation; the Confederated Tribes of 6
2290	2290	the Umatilla Indian Reservation; the Confederated Tribes 7
2291	2291	of the Warm Springs Reservation; the Nez Perce Tribe; 8
2292	2292	and environmental non-profit organizations. 9
2293	2293	S
2294	2294	EC. 514. None of the funds made available by this 10
2295	2295	Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-11
2296	2296	force any of the following rules: 12
2297	2297	(1) The final rule entitled ‘‘Energy Conserva-13
2298	2298	tion Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 14
2299	2299	Distribution Transformers’’ published by the De-15
2300	2300	partment of Energy in the Federal Register on April 16
2301	2301	22, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 29834), or any substantially 17
2302	2302	similar rule. 18
2303	2303	(2) The final rule entitled ‘‘Energy Conserva-19
2304	2304	tion Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 20
2305	2305	Manufactured Housing’’ published by the Depart-21
2306	2306	ment of Energy in the Federal Register on May 31, 22
2307	2307	2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 32728), or any substantially 23
2308	2308	similar rule. 24
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2312	2312	(3) The final rule entitled ‘‘Energy Conserva-1
2313	2313	tion Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 2
2314	2314	Room Air Conditioners’’ published by the Depart-3
2315	2315	ment of Energy in the Federal Register on May 26, 4
2316	2316	2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 34298), or any substantially 5
2317	2317	similar rule. 6
2318	2318	(4) The final rule entitled ‘‘Energy Conserva-7
2319	2319	tion Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 8
2320	2320	Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’ pub-9
2321	2321	lished by the Department of Energy in the Federal 10
2322	2322	Register on February 14, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 11
2323	2323	11434), or any substantially similar rule, including 12
2324	2324	any rule that would directly or indirectly limit con-13
2325	2325	sumer access to consumer conventional cooking 14
2326	2326	products, including gas kitchen ranges or ovens. 15
2327	2327	SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 16
2328	2328	S
2329	2329	EC. 515. $0. 17
2330	2330	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-18
2331	2331	velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 19
2332	2332	2025’’. 20
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2336	2336	118
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2340	2340	D
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2344	2344	H. R. 8997
2345	2345	[Report No. 118–580]
2346	2346	A BILL
2347	2347	Making appropriations for energy and water devel-
2348	2348	opment and related agencies for the fiscal year
2349	2349	ending September 30, 2025, and for other pur-
2350	2350	poses.
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2352	2352	ULY
2353	2353	11, 2024
2354	2354	Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
2355	2355	State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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