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2	2	Calendar No. 145
3	3	118THCONGRESS
4	4	1
5	5	STSESSION S. 2443
6	6	[Report No. 118–72]
7	7	Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies
8	8	for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
10	10	JULY20, 2023
11	11	Mrs. F
12	12	EINSTEIN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
13	13	following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
14	14	A BILL
15	15	Making appropriations for energy and water development
16	16	and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
17	17	30, 2024, and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
21	21	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for en-4
22	22	ergy and water development and related agencies for the 5
23	23	fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur-6
24	24	poses, namely: 7 2
25	25	•S 2443 RS
26	26	TITLE I 1
27	27	CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 2
28	28	DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 3
29	29	C
30	30	ORPS OFENGINEERS—CIVIL 4
31	31	The following appropriations shall be expended under 5
32	32	the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-6
33	33	vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-7
34	34	tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 8
35	35	and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-9
36	36	tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 10
37	37	INVESTIGATIONS 11
38	38	For expenses necessary where authorized by law for 12
39	39	the collection and study of basic information pertaining 13
40	40	to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 14
41	41	shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re-15
42	42	lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 16
43	43	and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 17
44	44	storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 18
45	45	ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to 19
46	46	construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 20
47	47	miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 21
48	48	surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 22
49	49	of projects prior to construction, $93,272,000, to remain 23
50	50	available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 24
51	51	shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan has 25 3
52	52	•S 2443 RS
53	53	been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 1
54	54	both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That of the 2
55	55	unobligated balances from prior year appropriations avail-3
56	56	able under this heading, $10,380,000 is rescinded: Pro-4
57	57	vided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 5
58	58	amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 6
59	59	emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu-7
60	60	tion on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-8
61	61	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 9
62	62	PLANNING, ENGINEERING, AND DESIGN 10
63	63	For expenses necessary for conducting surveys and 11
64	64	detailed studies, and plans and specifications, prior to con-12
65	65	struction of river and harbor, flood and storm damage re-13
66	66	duction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 14
67	67	and related projects authorized by law (including those in-15
68	68	volving participation by States, local governments, or pri-16
69	69	vate groups) or made eligible for selection by law (but such 17
70	70	detailed studies, and plans and specifications, shall not 18
71	71	constitute a commitment of the Government to construc-19
72	72	tion), $47,024,000, to remain available until expended: 20
73	73	Provided, That the Secretary shall not deviate from the 21
74	74	work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Com-22
75	75	mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 23 4
76	76	•S 2443 RS
77	77	CONSTRUCTION 1
78	78	For expenses necessary for the construction of river 2
79	79	and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-3
80	80	tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 4
81	81	projects authorized by law; for conducting and completing 5
82	82	detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of such 6
83	83	projects (including those involving participation by States, 7
84	84	local governments, or private groups) authorized or made 8
85	85	eligible for selection by law (but such detailed studies, and 9
86	86	plans and specifications, shall not constitute a commit-10
87	87	ment of the Government to construction); $2,029,345,000, 11
88	88	to remain available until expended; of which 12
89	89	$124,060,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 13
90	90	Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share of con-14
91	91	struction costs for facilities under the Dredged Material 15
92	92	Disposal Facilities program; and of which such sums as 16
93	93	are necessary to cover 35 percent of the costs of construc-17
94	94	tion, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland 18
95	95	waterways projects shall be derived from the Inland Wa-19
96	96	terways Trust Fund, except as otherwise specifically pro-20
97	97	vided for in law: Provided, That the Secretary shall not 21
98	98	deviate from the work plan, once the plan has been sub-22
99	99	mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 23
100	100	Houses of Congress: Provided further, That of the unobli-24
101	101	gated balances from prior year appropriations available 25 5
102	102	•S 2443 RS
103	103	under this heading, $83,448,000 is rescinded: Provided 1
104	104	further, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 2
105	105	that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-3
106	106	quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 4
107	107	budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 5
108	108	Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That of the 6
109	109	amounts made available under this heading, $400,000,000 7
110	110	is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 8
111	111	requirement pursuant section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-9
112	112	anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 10
113	113	MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 11
114	114	For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 12
115	115	projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-13
116	116	vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 14
117	117	by law, $353,145,000, to remain available until expended, 15
118	118	of which $16,057,000, to be derived from the Harbor 16
119	119	Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal 17
120	120	share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for in-18
121	121	land harbors: Provided, That the Secretary shall not devi-19
122	122	ate from the work plan, once the plan has been submitted 20
123	123	to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 21
124	124	Congress: Provided further, That of the unobligated bal-22
125	125	ances from prior year appropriations available under this 23
126	126	heading, $1,112,000 is rescinded: Provided further, That 24
127	127	no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 25 6
128	128	•S 2443 RS
129	129	designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 1
130	130	pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 2
131	131	Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 3
132	132	1985. 4
133	133	OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 5
134	134	For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-6
135	135	nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 7
136	136	storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 8
137	137	and related projects authorized by law; providing security 9
138	138	for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ-10
139	139	ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 11
140	140	harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 12
141	141	other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 13
142	142	of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 14
143	143	and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con-15
144	144	necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 16
145	145	removing obstructions to navigation, $5,531,905,000, to 17
146	146	remain available until expended, of which $2,630,829,000, 18
147	147	to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, 19
148	148	shall be to cover the Federal share of eligible operations 20
149	149	and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, 21
150	150	and for inland harbors; of which such sums as become 22
151	151	available from the special account for the Corps of Engi-23
152	152	neers established by the Land and Water Conservation 24
153	153	Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account for 25 7
154	154	•S 2443 RS
155	155	resource protection, research, interpretation, and mainte-1
156	156	nance activities related to resource protection in the areas 2
157	157	at which outdoor recreation is available; of which such 3
158	158	sums as become available from fees collected under section 4
159	159	217 of Public Law 104–303 shall be used to cover the 5
160	160	cost of operation and maintenance of the dredged material 6
161	161	disposal facilities for which such fees have been collected; 7
162	162	and of which $58,000,000, to be derived from the general 8
163	163	fund of the Treasury, shall be to carry out subsection (c) 9
164	164	of section 2106 of the Water Resources Reform and Devel-10
165	165	opment Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2238c) and shall be des-11
166	166	ignated as being for such purpose pursuant to paragraph 12
167	167	(2)(B) of section 14003 of division B of the Coronavirus 13
168	168	Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116– 14
169	169	136): Provided, That 1 percent of the total amount of 15
170	170	funds provided for each of the programs, projects, or ac-16
171	171	tivities funded under this heading shall not be allocated 17
172	172	to a field operating activity prior to the beginning of the 18
173	173	fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be available for 19
174	174	use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such emergency ac-20
175	175	tivities as the Chief of Engineers determines to be nec-21
176	176	essary and appropriate, and that the Chief of Engineers 22
177	177	shall allocate during the fourth quarter any remaining 23
178	178	funds which have not been used for emergency activities 24
179	179	proportionally in accordance with the amounts provided 25 8
180	180	•S 2443 RS
181	181	for the programs, projects, or activities: Provided further, 1
182	182	That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, 2
183	183	once the plan has been submitted to the Committees on 3
184	184	Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided fur-4
185	185	ther, That of the unobligated balances from prior year ap-5
186	186	propriations available under this heading, $2,632,000 is 6
187	187	rescinded: Provided further, That no amounts may be re-7
188	188	scinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-8
189	189	gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-9
190	190	rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 10
191	191	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, 11
192	192	That of the amounts made available under this heading, 12
193	193	$665,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 13
194	194	an emergency requirement pursuant section 14
195	195	251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 15
196	196	Deficit Control Act of 1985. 16
197	197	REGULATORY PROGRAM 17
198	198	For expenses necessary for administration of laws 18
199	199	pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 19
200	200	$221,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 20
201	201	2025. 21
202	202	FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 22
203	203	For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 23
204	204	from sites in the United States resulting from work per-24 9
205	205	•S 2443 RS
206	206	formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-1
207	207	gram, $400,000,000, to remain available until expended. 2
208	208	FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 3
209	209	For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri-4
210	210	cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 5
211	211	operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 6
212	212	such disasters as authorized by law, $35,000,000, to re-7
213	213	main available until expended. 8
214	214	EXPENSES 9
215	215	For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen-10
216	216	eral administration of the civil works program in the head-11
217	217	quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 12
218	218	Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op-13
219	219	eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ-14
220	220	ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 15
221	221	Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 16
222	222	the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen-17
223	223	ter allocable to the civil works program, $212,000,000, to 18
224	224	remain available until September 30, 2025, of which not 19
225	225	to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and 20
226	226	representation purposes and only during the current fiscal 21
227	227	year: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation 22
228	228	provided in this title shall be available to fund the civil 23
229	229	works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers 24
230	230	or the civil works executive direction and management ac-25 10
231	231	•S 2443 RS
232	232	tivities of the division offices: Provided further, That any 1
233	233	Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation 2
234	234	may be used to fund the supervision and general adminis-3
235	235	tration of emergency operations, repairs, and other activi-4
236	236	ties in response to any flood, hurricane, or other natural 5
237	237	disaster. 6
238	238	OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 7
239	239	FOR CIVIL WORKS 8
240	240	For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 9
241	241	for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 10
242	242	$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: 11
243	243	Provided, That not more than 75 percent of such amount 12
244	244	may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Sec-13
245	245	retary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 14
246	246	both Houses of Congress the report required under section 15
247	247	101(d) of this Act and a work plan that allocates at least 16
248	248	95 percent of the additional funding provided under each 17
249	249	heading in the report accompanying this Act, to specific 18
250	250	programs, projects, or activities. 19
251	251	WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 20
252	252	PROGRAM ACCOUNT 21
253	253	For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar-22
254	254	anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 23
255	255	Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $2,200,000, to re-24
256	256	main available until expended, for safety projects to main-25 11
257	257	•S 2443 RS
258	258	tain, upgrade, and repair dams identified in the National 1
259	259	Inventory of Dams with a primary owner type of state, 2
260	260	local government, public utility, or private: Provided, That 3
261	261	no project may be funded with amounts provided under 4
262	262	this heading for a dam that is identified as jointly owned 5
263	263	in the National Inventory of Dams and where one of those 6
264	264	joint owners is the Federal Government: Provided further, 7
265	265	That amounts made available under this heading in this 8
266	266	Act shall also be available for projects to construct, main-9
267	267	tain, upgrade, and repair levees and ancillary features 10
268	268	with a primary owner type of state, municipal, county, pri-11
269	269	vate, or other non-Federal entity: Provided further, That 12
270	270	no project may be funded with amounts provided under 13
271	271	this heading for a levee unless the Secretary has certified 14
272	272	in advance, in writing, that the levee is not owned, in 15
273	273	whole or in part, by the Federal Government: Provided 16
274	274	further, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 17
275	275	such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-18
276	276	gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 19
277	277	these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 20
278	278	the principal amount of direct loans, including capitalized 21
279	279	interest, and total loan principal, including capitalized in-22
280	280	terest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 23
281	281	$440,000,000: Provided further, That the use of direct 24
282	282	loans or loan guarantee authority under this heading for 25 12
283	283	•S 2443 RS
284	284	direct loans or commitments to guarantee loans for any 1
285	285	project shall be in accordance with the criteria published 2
286	286	in the Federal Register on June 30, 2020 (85 FR 39189) 3
287	287	pursuant to the fourth proviso under the heading ‘‘Water 4
288	288	Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account’’ 5
289	289	in division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 6
290	290	Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided further, That 7
291	291	none of the direct loans or loan guarantee authority made 8
292	292	available under this heading shall be available for any 9
293	293	project unless the Secretary and the Director of the Office 10
294	294	of Management and Budget have certified in advance in 11
295	295	writing that the direct loan or loan guarantee, as applica-12
296	296	ble, and the project comply with the criteria referenced 13
297	297	in the previous proviso: Provided further, That any ref-14
298	298	erences to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 15
299	299	or the Administrator in the criteria referenced in the pre-16
300	300	vious two provisos shall be deemed to be references to the 17
301	301	Army Corps of Engineers or the Secretary of the Army, 18
302	302	respectively, for purposes of the direct loans or loan guar-19
303	303	antee authority made available under this heading: Pro-20
304	304	vided further, That for the purposes of carrying out the 21
305	305	Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the 22
306	306	Congressional Budget Office may request, and the Sec-23
307	307	retary shall promptly provide, documentation and informa-24
308	308	tion relating to a project identified in a Letter of Interest 25 13
309	309	•S 2443 RS
310	310	submitted to the Secretary pursuant to a Notice of Fund-1
311	311	ing Availability for applications for credit assistance under 2
312	312	the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Pro-3
313	313	gram, including with respect to a project that was initiated 4
314	314	or completed before the date of enactment of this Act. In 5
315	315	addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sec-6
316	316	tions 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance 7
317	317	and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited in this ac-8
318	318	count, to remain available until expended. In addition, for 9
319	319	administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guar-10
320	320	anteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of 11
321	321	the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 12
322	322	2014, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 13
323	323	2025. 14
324	324	GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 15
325	325	ENGINEERS—CIVIL 16
326	326	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 17
327	327	S
328	328	EC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 18
329	329	of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 19
330	330	to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act 20
331	331	that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 21
332	332	year 2024, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 22
333	333	through a reprogramming of funds that: 23
334	334	(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 24
335	335	or activity; 25 14
336	336	•S 2443 RS
337	337	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 1
338	338	(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-2
339	339	gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 3
340	340	denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior ap-4
341	341	proval is received from the Committees on Appro-5
342	342	priations of both Houses of Congress; 6
343	343	(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 7
344	344	activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 8
345	345	is received from the Committees on Appropriations 9
346	346	of both Houses of Congress; 10
347	347	(5) augments or reduces existing programs, 11
348	348	projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con-12
349	349	tained in paragraphs (6) through (11), unless prior 13
350	350	approval is received from the Committees on Appro-14
351	351	priations of both Houses of Congress; 15
352	352	(6) I
353	353	NVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 16
354	354	$100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 17
355	355	amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 18
356	356	or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 19
357	357	less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 20
358	358	$25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 21
359	359	be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activ-22
360	360	ity that did not receive an appropriation for existing 23
361	361	obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 24 15
362	362	•S 2443 RS
363	363	(7) PLANNING, ENGINEERING, AND DESIGN.— 1
364	364	For a base level over $2,000,000, reprogramming of 2
365	365	15 percent of the base amount up to a limit of 3
366	366	$3,000,000 per project, study or activity is allowed: 4
367	367	Provided, That for a base level less than $2,000,000, 5
368	368	the reprogramming limit is $300,000: Provided fur-6
369	369	ther, That up to $300,000 may be reprogrammed 7
370	370	into any continuing study or activity that did not re-8
371	371	ceive an appropriation for existing obligations and 9
372	372	concomitant administrative expenses; 10
373	373	(8) C
374	374	ONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 11
375	375	$2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 12
376	376	base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, 13
377	377	study or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a 14
378	378	base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 15
379	379	limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to 16
380	380	$3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled con-17
381	381	tractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate de-18
382	382	ficiency judgments: Provided further, That up to 19
383	383	$300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 20
384	384	study or activity that did not receive an appropria-21
385	385	tion for existing obligations and concomitant admin-22
386	386	istrative expenses; 23
387	387	(9) O
388	388	PERATION AND MAINTENANCE .—Unlim-24
389	389	ited reprogramming authority is granted for the 25 16
390	390	•S 2443 RS
391	391	Corps to be able to respond to emergencies: Pro-1
392	392	vided, That the Chief of Engineers shall notify the 2
393	393	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 3
394	394	Congress of these emergency actions as soon there-4
395	395	after as practicable: Provided further, That for a 5
396	396	base level over $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 6
397	397	percent of the base amount up to a limit of 7
398	398	$5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed: 8
399	399	Provided further, That for a base level less than 9
400	400	$1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $150,000: 10
401	401	Provided further, That $150,000 may be repro-11
402	402	grammed into any continuing study or activity that 12
403	403	did not receive an appropriation; 13
404	404	(10) M
405	405	ISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES .— 14
406	406	The reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs (6), 15
407	407	(8), and (9) shall apply to the Investigations, Con-16
408	408	struction, and Operation and Maintenance portions 17
409	409	of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, re-18
410	410	spectively; and 19
411	411	(11) F
412	412	ORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC -20
413	413	TION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 per-21
414	414	cent of the base of the receiving project is permitted. 22
415	415	(b) D
416	416	EMINIMUSREPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case 23
417	417	should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be sub-24 17
418	418	•S 2443 RS
419	419	mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 1
420	420	Houses of Congress. 2
421	421	(c) C
422	422	ONTINUINGAUTHORITIESPROGRAM.—Sub-3
423	423	section (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity 4
424	424	funded under the continuing authorities program. 5
425	425	(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-6
426	426	ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 7
427	427	the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-8
428	428	gress to establish the baseline for application of re-9
429	429	programming and transfer authorities for the current fis-10
430	430	cal year which shall include: 11
431	431	(1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa-12
432	432	rate column to display the President’s budget re-13
433	433	quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 14
434	434	due to enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fis-15
435	435	cal year enacted level; 16
436	436	(2) A delineation in the table for each appro-17
437	437	priation both by object class and program, project 18
438	438	and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 19
439	439	the respective appropriations; and 20
440	440	(3) An identification of items of special congres-21
441	441	sional interest. 22
442	442	S
443	443	EC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 23
444	444	title may be used to award or modify any contract that 24
445	445	commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 25 18
446	446	•S 2443 RS
447	447	program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-1
448	448	cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 2
449	449	been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 3
450	450	section 101. 4
451	451	S
452	452	EC. 103. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 5
453	453	to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 6
454	454	Service may accept and expend, up to $8,200,000 of funds 7
455	455	provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 8
456	456	Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 9
457	457	of Engineers projects. 10
458	458	S
459	459	EC. 104. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 11
460	460	for an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-12
461	461	rial, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally ac-13
462	462	ceptable manner for the disposal or management of 14
463	463	dredged material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries 15
464	464	thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality 16
465	465	certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water 17
466	466	Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That 18
467	467	until an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-19
468	468	rial is approved under a State water quality certification, 20
469	469	the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland placement 21
470	470	of such dredged material consistent with the requirements 22
471	471	of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act 23
472	472	of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 24 19
473	473	•S 2443 RS
474	474	SEC. 105. Additional funding provided in this Act 1
475	475	shall be allocated only to projects determined to be eligible 2
476	476	by the Chief of Engineers. 3
477	477	S
478	478	EC. 106. Of the unobligated balances from prior 4
479	479	year appropriations made available to ‘‘Corps of Engi-5
480	480	neers—Civil’’, the following funds are hereby permanently 6
481	481	cancelled from the following accounts and programs in the 7
482	482	specified amounts— 8
483	483	(1) $371,293.38 from the unobligated balances 9
484	484	under the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in chapter 3 of 10
485	485	title I of division B of Public Law 109–148; 11
486	486	(2) $562,613.89 from the unobligated balances 12
487	487	under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in 13
488	488	chapter 3 of title I of division B of Public Law 109– 14
489	489	148 that were provided for the Mississippi River- 15
490	490	Gulf Outlet channel; 16
491	491	(3) $38,873.32 from the unobligated balances 17
492	492	under the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in chapter 3 of 18
493	493	title II of Public Law 109–234 that were provided 19
494	494	for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity project, the 20
495	495	North Padre Island, Texas project, the Sacramento, 21
496	496	California, Area project, and the Hawaii Water Sys-22
497	497	tems Technical Assistance Program; 23
498	498	(4) $95.55 from the combined unobligated bal-24
499	499	ances under the ‘‘Construction’’ headings in chapter 25 20
500	500	•S 2443 RS
501	501	3 of title IV and chapter 3 of title V of Public Law 1
502	502	110–28; 2
503	503	(5) $83,734.13 from the unobligated balances 3
504	504	under the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in chapter 3 of 4
505	505	title III of Public Law 110–252 including amounts 5
506	506	that were provided for the Lake Pontchartrain and 6
507	507	Vicinity project, the West Bank and Vicinity project, 7
508	508	and the Southeast Louisiana Urban Drainage 8
509	509	project; 9
510	510	(6) $2,122.56 from the unobligated balances 10
511	511	under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in 11
512	512	chapter 3 of title III of Public Law 110–252; 12
513	513	(7) $10.72 from the unobligated balances under 13
514	514	the heading ‘‘Mississippi River and Tributaries’’ in 14
515	515	chapter 3 of title III of Public Law 110–252; 15
516	516	(8) $274,678.03 from the unobligated balances 16
517	517	under the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in chapter 3 of 17
518	518	title I of division B of Public Law 110–329 that 18
519	519	were provided for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicin-19
520	520	ity project, the West Bank and Vicinity project, and 20
521	521	the Southeast Louisiana Urban Drainage project; 21
522	522	(9) $267,434.81 from the unobligated balances 22
523	523	under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in 23
524	524	chapter 3 of title I of division B of Public Law 110– 24
525	525	329; 25 21
526	526	•S 2443 RS
527	527	(10) $0.02 from the unobligated balances under 1
528	528	the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in title 2
529	529	IV of Public Law 111–32; 3
530	530	(11) $246,869.24 from the unobligated bal-4
531	531	ances under the heading ‘‘Operation and Mainte-5
532	532	nance’’ in chapter 4 of title I of Public Law 111– 6
533	533	212; and 7
534	534	(12) $2,643,142.04 from the unobligated bal-8
535	535	ances under the heading ‘‘Operation and Mainte-9
536	536	nance’’ in title I of Public Law 112–77. 10 22
537	537	•S 2443 RS
538	538	TITLE II 1
539	539	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 2
540	540	C
541	541	ENTRALUTAHPROJECT 3
542	542	CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 4
543	543	For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 5
544	544	Utah Project Completion Act, $19,556,000, to remain 6
545	545	available until expended, of which $4,650,000 shall be de-7
546	546	posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-8
547	547	servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-9
548	548	gation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That of 10
549	549	the amount provided under this heading, $1,750,000 shall 11
550	550	be available until September 30, 2025, for expenses nec-12
551	551	essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec-13
552	552	retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 14
553	553	year 2024, of the amount made available to the Commis-15
554	554	sion under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may 16
555	555	use an amount not to exceed $1,990,000 for administra-17
556	556	tive expenses. 18
557	557	BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 19
558	558	The following appropriations shall be expended to 20
559	559	execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-21
560	560	tion: 22 23
561	561	•S 2443 RS
562	562	WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 1
563	563	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 2
564	564	For management, development, and restoration of 3
565	565	water and related natural resources and for related activi-4
566	566	ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita-5
567	567	tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 6
568	568	fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-7
569	569	cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 8
570	570	agreements with, State and local governments, federally 9
571	571	recognized Indian Tribes, and others, $1,773,497,000, to 10
572	572	remain available until expended, of which $1,051,000 shall 11
573	573	be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 12
574	574	Basin Fund and $7,584,000 shall be available for transfer 13
575	575	to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 14
576	576	of which such amounts as may be necessary may be ad-15
577	577	vanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That 16
578	578	$500,000 shall be available for transfer into the Aging In-17
579	579	frastructure Account established by section 9603(d)(1) of 18
580	580	the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, as 19
581	581	amended (43 U.S.C. 510b(d)(1)): Provided further, That 20
582	582	such transfers, except for the transfer authorized by the 21
583	583	preceding proviso, may be increased or decreased within 22
584	584	the overall appropriation under this heading: Provided fur-23
585	585	ther, That of the total appropriated, the amount for pro-24
586	586	gram activities that can be financed by the Reclamation 25 24
587	587	•S 2443 RS
588	588	Fund, the Water Storage Enhancement Receipts account 1
589	589	established by section 4011(e) of Public Law 114–322, or 2
590	590	the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account established 3
591	591	by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund or 4
592	592	account: Provided further, That funds contributed under 5
593	593	43 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the pur-6
594	594	poses for which the funds were contributed: Provided fur-7
595	595	ther, That funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be 8
596	596	credited to this account and are available until expended 9
597	597	for the same purposes as the sums appropriated under this 10
598	598	heading: Provided further, That of the amounts made 11
599	599	available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be depos-12
600	600	ited in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund estab-13
601	601	lished by section 110 of title I of division B of appendix 14
602	602	D of Public Law 106–554: Provided further, That of the 15
603	603	amounts provided herein, funds may be used for high-pri-16
604	604	ority projects which shall be carried out by the Youth Con-17
605	605	servation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Pro-18
606	606	vided further, That within available funds, $250,000 shall 19
607	607	be for grants and financial assistance for educational ac-20
608	608	tivities. 21
609	609	CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 22
610	610	For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi-23
611	611	tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 24
612	612	the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, such sums 25 25
613	613	•S 2443 RS
614	614	as may be collected in fiscal year 2024 in the Central Val-1
615	615	ley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 2
616	616	3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 3
617	617	to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu-4
618	618	reau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the 5
619	619	full amount of the additional mitigation and restoration 6
620	620	payments authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 7
621	621	102–575: Provided further, That none of the funds made 8
622	622	available under this heading may be used for the acquisi-9
623	623	tion or leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water 10
624	624	is already committed to in-stream purposes by a court 11
625	625	adopted decree or order. 12
626	626	CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 13
627	627	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 14
628	628	For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 15
629	629	Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 16
630	630	consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 17
631	631	the Interior, $33,000,000, to remain available until ex-18
632	632	pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 19
633	633	carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 20
634	634	accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 21
635	635	out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro-22
636	636	priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 23
637	637	costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur-24
638	638	ther, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out 25 26
639	639	•S 2443 RS
640	640	in a balanced manner with clear performance measures 1
641	641	demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals 2
642	642	and objectives of the Program. 3
643	643	POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 4
644	644	For expenses necessary for policy, administration, 5
645	645	and related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, 6
646	646	the Denver office, and offices in the six regions of the Bu-7
647	647	reau of Reclamation, to remain available until September 8
648	648	30, 2025, $66,794,000, to be derived from the Reclama-9
649	649	tion Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 10
650	650	U.S.C. 377: Provided, That no part of any other appro-11
651	651	priation in this Act shall be available for activities or func-12
652	652	tions budgeted as policy and administration expenses. 13
653	653	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 14
654	654	Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 15
655	655	be available for purchase and replacement of motor vehi-16
656	656	cles. 17
657	657	GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 18
658	658	INTERIOR 19
659	659	S
660	660	EC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 20
661	661	of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 21
662	662	by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agen-22
663	663	cies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water 23
664	664	and Related Resources that remain available for obligation 24
665	665	or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, shall be available for 25 27
666	666	•S 2443 RS
667	667	obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 1
668	668	funds that— 2
669	669	(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, 3
670	670	or activity; 4
671	671	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 5
672	672	(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 6
673	673	activity for which funds have been denied or re-7
674	674	stricted by this Act, unless prior approval is received 8
675	675	from the Committees on Appropriations of both 9
676	676	Houses of Congress; 10
677	677	(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 11
678	678	activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 12
679	679	unless prior approval is received from the Commit-13
680	680	tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 14
681	681	(5) transfers funds in excess of the following 15
682	682	limits, unless prior approval is received from the 16
683	683	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 17
684	684	Congress: 18
685	685	(A) 15 percent for any program, project or 19
686	686	activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail-20
687	687	able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 21
688	688	(B) $400,000 for any program, project or 22
689	689	activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail-23
690	690	able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 24 28
691	691	•S 2443 RS
692	692	(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 1
693	693	the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili-2
694	694	tation category or the Resources Management and 3
695	695	Development category to any program, project, or 4
696	696	activity in the other category, unless prior approval 5
697	697	is received from the Committees on Appropriations 6
698	698	of both Houses of Congress; or 7
699	699	(7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 8
700	700	obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 9
701	701	$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 10
702	702	contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 11
703	703	to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de-12
704	704	ficiency judgments, unless prior approval is received 13
705	705	from the Committees on Appropriations of both 14
706	706	Houses of Congress. 15
707	707	(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 16
708	708	of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 17
709	709	Rehabilitation category. 18
710	710	(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 19
711	711	means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 20
712	712	project, or activity. 21
713	713	(d) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the 22
714	714	amounts made available in this title under the heading 23
715	715	‘‘Bureau of Reclamation—Water and Related Resources’’ 24
716	716	shall be expended for the programs, projects, and activities 25 29
717	717	•S 2443 RS
718	718	specified in the ‘‘Committee Recommendation’’ columns in 1
719	719	the ‘‘Water and Related Resources’’ table included under 2
720	720	the heading ‘‘Title II—Department of the Interior’’ in the 3
721	721	report accompanying this Act. 4
722	722	(e) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 5
723	723	on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 6
724	724	of both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro-7
725	725	grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat-8
726	726	egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub-9
727	727	mitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 10
728	728	of this Act. 11
729	729	S
730	730	EC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-12
731	731	erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter-13
732	732	mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 14
733	733	for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 15
734	734	of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 16
735	735	shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 17
736	736	of California as approved by the Administrator of the En-18
737	737	vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri-19
738	738	mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 20
739	739	(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 21
740	740	Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain-22
741	741	age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 23
742	742	Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 24
743	743	until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program— 25 30
744	744	•S 2443 RS
745	745	Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alter-1
746	746	native Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled 2
747	747	‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-3
748	748	gram and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Feb-4
749	749	ruary 1995’’, prepared by the Department of the Interior, 5
750	750	Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds 6
751	751	by the United States relating to, or providing for, drainage 7
752	752	service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall 8
753	753	be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of 9
754	754	such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation 10
755	755	law. 11
756	756	S
757	757	EC. 203. Section 9504(e) of the Omnibus Public 12
758	758	Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is 13
759	759	amended by striking ‘‘$820,000,000’’ and inserting 14
760	760	‘‘$920,000,000’’. 15
761	761	S
762	762	EC. 204. (a) Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the 16
763	763	Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as 17
764	764	amended by section 204 of division D of Public Law 117– 18
765	765	103, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2023’’ 19
766	766	each place it appears. 20
767	767	(b) Section 103(f)(4)(A) of Public Law 108–361 (the 21
768	768	Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act) is amended by strik-22
769	769	ing ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000’’. 23 31
770	770	•S 2443 RS
771	771	SEC. 205. Section 9106(g)(2) of Public Law 111–11 1
772	772	(Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009) shall 2
773	773	be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2023’’. 3
774	774	S
775	775	EC. 206. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation 4
776	776	States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 5
777	777	2214(c)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for 6
778	778	‘‘2023’’. 7
779	779	(b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency 8
780	780	Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) shall be ap-9
781	781	plied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2023’’ and by sub-10
782	782	stituting ‘‘$130,000,000’’ for ‘‘$120,000,000’’. 11
783	783	S
784	784	EC. 207. None of the funds provided in this Act may 12
785	785	be used for the Shasta Dam and Reservoir Enlargement 13
786	786	Project. 14
787	787	S
788	788	EC. 208. Section 9503(f) of the Omnibus Public 15
789	789	Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10363(f)) shall 16
790	790	be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2023’’. 17 32
791	791	•S 2443 RS
792	792	TITLE III 1
793	793	DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 2
794	794	ENERGY PROGRAMS 3
795	795	I
796	796	NDUSTRIALEMISSIONS ANDTECHNOLOGY 4
797	797	C
798	798	OORDINATION 5
799	799	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 6
800	800	carrying out the activities and coordination of clean indus-7
801	801	trial research, development, demonstration, and deploy-8
802	802	ment, and coordination of energy and technology pro-9
803	803	grams, $3,500,000, to remain available until expended. 10
804	804	E
805	805	NERGYEFFICIENCY ANDRENEWABLEENERGY 11
806	806	For Department of Energy expenses including the 12
807	807	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-13
808	808	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 14
809	809	efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 15
810	810	the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 16
811	811	Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 17
812	812	condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 18
813	813	plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 19
814	814	$3,686,749,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-20
815	815	vided, That of such amount, $243,000,000 shall be avail-21
816	816	able until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 22 33
817	817	•S 2443 RS
818	818	CYBERSECURITY, ENERGYSECURITY, ANDEMERGENCY 1
819	819	R
820	820	ESPONSE 2
821	821	For Department of Energy expenses including the 3
822	822	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-4
823	823	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 5
824	824	sector cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency re-6
825	825	sponse activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-7
826	826	partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 8
827	827	seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 9
828	828	real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-10
829	829	tion, construction, or expansion, $200,000,000, to remain 11
830	830	available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 12
831	831	$25,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 13
832	832	for program direction. 14
833	833	E
834	834	LECTRICITY 15
835	835	For Department of Energy expenses including the 16
836	836	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-17
837	837	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec-18
838	838	tricity activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-19
839	839	partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 20
840	840	seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 21
841	841	real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-22
842	842	tion, construction, or expansion, $290,000,000, to remain 23
843	843	available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 24
844	844	$18,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 25 34
845	845	•S 2443 RS
846	846	for program direction: Provided further, That funds under 1
847	847	this heading allocated for the purposes of section 9 of the 2
848	848	Small Business Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 638), includ-3
849	849	ing for Small Business Innovation Research and Small 4
850	850	Business Technology Transfer activities, or for the pur-5
851	851	poses of section 1001 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 6
852	852	as amended (42 U.S.C. 16391(a)), for Technology Com-7
853	853	mercialization Fund activities, may be reprogrammed 8
854	854	without being subject to the restrictions in section 301 of 9
855	855	this Act. 10
856	856	G
857	857	RIDDEPLOYMENT 11
858	858	For Department of Energy expenses including the 12
859	859	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-13
860	860	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for grid de-14
861	861	ployment in carrying out the purposes of the Department 15
862	862	of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7191 et seq.), in-16
863	863	cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-17
864	864	erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-18
865	865	struction, or expansion, $60,000,000, to remain available 19
866	866	until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 20
867	867	$6,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 21
868	868	for program direction: Provided further, That amounts 22
869	869	provided under this heading may be used to carry out ac-23
870	870	tivities, including financial assistance, procurement, tech-24
871	871	nical assistance, and workforce support, to enhance the 25 35
872	872	•S 2443 RS
873	873	domestic supply chain for the manufacture of trans-1
874	874	formers and electric grid components, including key mate-2
875	875	rials and components thereof. 3
876	876	N
877	877	UCLEARENERGY 4
878	878	For Department of Energy expenses including the 5
879	879	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-6
880	880	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 7
881	881	energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-8
882	882	partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 9
883	883	seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 10
884	884	real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-11
885	885	tion, construction, or expansion, $1,550,887,000, to re-12
886	886	main available until expended: Provided, That of such 13
887	887	amount, $85,500,000 shall be available until September 14
888	888	30, 2025, for program direction: Provided further, That 15
889	889	for the purpose of section 954(a)(6) of the Energy Policy 16
890	890	Act of 2005, as amended, the only amount available shall 17
891	891	be from the amount specified as including that purpose 18
892	892	in the ‘‘Committee Recommendation’’ column in the ‘‘De-19
893	893	partment of Energy’’ table included under the heading 20
894	894	‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in the report accom-21
895	895	panying this Act: Provided further, That of the amounts 22
896	896	made available under this heading, $300,000,000 is des-23
897	897	ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-24 36
898	898	•S 2443 RS
899	899	quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-1
900	900	anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2
901	901	F
902	902	OSSILENERGY ANDCARBONMANAGEMENT 3
903	903	For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-4
904	904	rying out fossil energy and carbon management research 5
905	905	and development activities, under the authority of the De-6
906	906	partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 7
907	907	seq.), including the acquisition of interest, including defea-8
908	908	sible and equitable interests in any real property or any 9
909	909	facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, 10
910	910	and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations 11
911	911	and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, 12
912	912	and disposal of mineral substances without objectionable 13
913	913	social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 14
914	914	1603), $892,000,000, to remain available until expended: 15
915	915	Provided, That of such amount $79,000,000 shall be avail-16
916	916	able until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 17
917	917	E
918	918	NERGYPROJECTS 18
919	919	For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-19
920	920	rying out community project funding activities, under the 20
921	921	authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act 21
922	922	(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $87,896,000, to remain available 22
923	923	until expended, for projects specified in the table that ap-23
924	924	pears under the heading ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spend-24 37
925	925	•S 2443 RS
926	926	ing of Energy Projects’’ in the report accompanying this 1
927	927	Act. 2
928	928	N
929	929	AVALPETROLEUM AND OILSHALERESERVES 3
930	930	For Department of Energy expenses necessary to 4
931	931	carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 5
932	932	$13,010,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-6
933	933	vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 7
934	934	unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be 8
935	935	available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve ac-9
936	936	tivities. 10
937	937	S
938	938	TRATEGICPETROLEUMRESERVE 11
939	939	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 12
940	940	Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and op-13
941	941	erations and program management activities pursuant to 14
942	942	the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 15
943	943	et seq.), $214,908,000, to remain available until expended: 16
944	944	Provided, That notwithstanding sections 161 and 167 of 17
945	945	the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241, 18
946	946	6247), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and sell 19
947	947	one million barrels of refined petroleum product from the 20
948	948	Strategic Petroleum Reserve during fiscal year 2024: Pro-21
949	949	vided further, That all proceeds from such sale shall be 22
950	950	deposited into the general fund of the Treasury during fis-23
951	951	cal year 2024: Provided further, That upon the completion 24 38
952	952	•S 2443 RS
953	953	of such sale, the Secretary shall carry out the closure of 1
954	954	the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve. 2
955	955	SPR P
956	956	ETROLEUMACCOUNT 3
957	957	For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of 4
958	958	petroleum products, and for other necessary expenses pur-5
959	959	suant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, 6
960	960	as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), sections 403 and 7
961	961	404 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 8
962	962	6241, 6239 note), section 32204 of the Fixing America’s 9
963	963	Surface Transportation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241 note), and 10
964	964	section 30204 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (42 11
965	965	U.S.C. 6241 note), $100,000, to remain available until ex-12
966	966	pended: Provided, That of the unobligated balances from 13
967	967	amounts deposited under this heading pursuant to section 14
968	968	167(b)(3) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 15
969	969	U.S.C. 6247(b)(3)), $401,000,000 is hereby permanently 16
970	970	rescinded not later than September 30, 2024. 17
971	971	N
972	972	ORTHEASTHOMEHEATINGOILRESERVE 18
973	973	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 19
974	974	Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, 20
975	975	and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 21
976	976	and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), 22
977	977	$7,150,000, to remain available until expended. 23 39
978	978	•S 2443 RS
979	979	ENERGYINFORMATIONADMINISTRATION 1
980	980	For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-2
981	981	rying out the activities of the Energy Information Admin-3
982	982	istration, $135,000,000, to remain available until ex-4
983	983	pended. 5
984	984	N
985	985	ON-DEFENSEENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 6
986	986	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 7
987	987	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-8
988	988	ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de-9
989	989	fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 10
990	990	purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 11
991	991	(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-12
992	992	demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 13
993	993	or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 14
994	994	$354,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-15
995	995	vided, That in addition, fees collected pursuant to sub-16
996	996	section (b)(1) of section 6939f of title 42, United States 17
997	997	Code, and deposited under this heading in fiscal year 2024 18
998	998	pursuant to section 309 of title III of division C of Public 19
999	999	Law 116–94 are appropriated, to remain available until 20
1000	1000	expended, for mercury storage costs. 21
1001	1001	U
1002	1002	RANIUMENRICHMENTDECONTAMINATION AND 22
1003	1003	D
1004	1004	ECOMMISSIONINGFUND 23
1005	1005	For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-24
1006	1006	rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 25 40
1007	1007	•S 2443 RS
1008	1008	and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activi-1
1009	1009	ties of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and 2
1010	1010	title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 3
1011	1011	$862,000,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrich-4
1012	1012	ment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to re-5
1013	1013	main available until expended, of which $6,792,000 shall 6
1014	1014	be available in accordance with title X, subtitle A, of the 7
1015	1015	Energy Policy Act of 1992. 8
1016	1016	S
1017	1017	CIENCE 9
1018	1018	For Department of Energy expenses including the 10
1019	1019	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-11
1020	1020	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for science 12
1021	1021	activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 13
1022	1022	of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-14
1023	1023	cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-15
1024	1024	erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-16
1025	1025	struction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 17
1026	1026	35 passenger motor vehicles, $8,430,000,000, to remain 18
1027	1027	available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 19
1028	1028	$236,700,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 20
1029	1029	for program direction. 21
1030	1030	N
1031	1031	UCLEARWASTEDISPOSAL 22
1032	1032	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 23
1033	1033	nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes 24
1034	1034	of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public Law 97– 25 41
1035	1035	•S 2443 RS
1036	1036	425, as amended, $12,040,000, to remain available until 1
1037	1037	expended and to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund. 2
1038	1038	T
1039	1039	ECHNOLOGYTRANSITIONS 3
1040	1040	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 4
1041	1041	carrying out the activities of technology transitions, 5
1042	1042	$20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-6
1043	1043	vided, That of such amount, $11,500,000 shall be avail-7
1044	1044	able until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 8
1045	1045	C
1046	1046	LEANENERGYDEMONSTRATIONS 9
1047	1047	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 10
1048	1048	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-11
1049	1049	ital equipment and other expenses necessary for clean en-12
1050	1050	ergy demonstrations in carrying out the purposes of the 13
1051	1051	Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 14
1052	1052	et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 15
1053	1053	real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-16
1054	1054	tion, construction, or expansion, $89,000,000, to remain 17
1055	1055	available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 18
1056	1056	$25,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 19
1057	1057	for program direction. 20
1058	1058	A
1059	1059	DVANCEDRESEARCHPROJECTSAGENCY—ENERGY 21
1060	1060	For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-22
1061	1061	rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 23
1062	1062	America COMPETES Act (Public Law 110–69), 24
1063	1063	$450,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-25 42
1064	1064	•S 2443 RS
1065	1065	vided, That of such amount, $37,000,000 shall be avail-1
1066	1066	able until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 2
1067	1067	T
1068	1068	ITLE17 INNOVATIVETECHNOLOGYLOANGUARANTEE 3
1069	1069	P
1070	1070	ROGRAM 4
1071	1071	Such sums as are derived from amounts received 5
1072	1072	from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy 6
1073	1073	Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall 7
1074	1074	be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Con-8
1075	1075	gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for nec-9
1076	1076	essary administrative expenses of the Title 17 Innovative 10
1077	1077	Technology Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, 11
1078	1078	$70,000,000 is appropriated, to remain available until 12
1079	1079	September 30, 2025: Provided further, That up to 13
1080	1080	$70,000,000 of fees collected in fiscal year 2024 pursuant 14
1081	1081	to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall 15
1082	1082	be credited as offsetting collections under this heading and 16
1083	1083	used for necessary administrative expenses in this appro-17
1084	1084	priation and shall remain available until September 30, 18
1085	1085	2025: Provided further, That to the extent that fees col-19
1086	1086	lected in fiscal year 2024 exceed $70,000,000, those ex-20
1087	1087	cess amounts shall be credited as offsetting collections 21
1088	1088	under this heading and available in future fiscal years only 22
1089	1089	to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: 23
1090	1090	Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 24
1091	1091	the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are re-25 43
1092	1092	•S 2443 RS
1093	1093	ceived during fiscal year 2024 (estimated at $70,000,000) 1
1094	1094	and (2) to the extent that any remaining general fund ap-2
1095	1095	propriations can be derived from fees collected in previous 3
1096	1096	fiscal years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to 4
1097	1097	result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the 5
1098	1098	general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That the 6
1099	1099	Department of Energy shall not subordinate any loan obli-7
1100	1100	gation to other financing in violation of section 1702 of 8
1101	1101	the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordinate any Guaran-9
1102	1102	teed Obligation to any loan or other debt obligations in 10
1103	1103	violation of section 609.8 of title 10, Code of Federal Reg-11
1104	1104	ulations. 12
1105	1105	A
1106	1106	DVANCEDTECHNOLOGYVEHICLESMANUFACTURING 13
1107	1107	L
1108	1108	OANPROGRAM 14
1109	1109	For Department of Energy administrative expenses 15
1110	1110	necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehi-16
1111	1111	cles Manufacturing Loan Program, $13,000,000, to re-17
1112	1112	main available until September 30, 2025. 18
1113	1113	T
1114	1114	RIBALENERGYLOANGUARANTEEPROGRAM 19
1115	1115	For Department of Energy administrative expenses 20
1116	1116	necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guar-21
1117	1117	antee Program, $6,300,000, to remain available until Sep-22
1118	1118	tember 30, 2025. 23 44
1119	1119	•S 2443 RS
1120	1120	INDIANENERGYPOLICY ANDPROGRAMS 1
1121	1121	For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities 2
1122	1122	in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 3
1123	1123	Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $75,000,000, 4
1124	1124	to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 5
1125	1125	amount appropriated under this heading, $14,000,000 6
1126	1126	shall be available until September 30, 2025, for program 7
1127	1127	direction. 8
1128	1128	D
1129	1129	EPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 9
1130	1130	For salaries and expenses of the Department of En-10
1131	1131	ergy necessary for departmental administration in car-11
1132	1132	rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-12
1133	1133	nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $383,578,000, to 13
1134	1134	remain available until September 30, 2025, including the 14
1135	1135	hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and 15
1136	1136	representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such 16
1137	1137	additional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the 17
1138	1138	estimated amount of cost of work for others notwith-18
1139	1139	standing the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 19
1140	1140	U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in cost 20
1141	1141	of work are offset by revenue increases of the same or 21
1142	1142	greater amount: Provided further, That moneys received 22
1143	1143	by the Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated 23
1144	1144	to total $100,578,000 in fiscal year 2024 may be retained 24
1145	1145	and used for operating expenses within this account, as 25 45
1146	1146	•S 2443 RS
1147	1147	authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwith-1
1148	1148	standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided fur-2
1149	1149	ther, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 3
1150	1150	as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 4
1151	1151	result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the 5
1152	1152	general fund estimated at not more than $283,000,000. 6
1153	1153	O
1154	1154	FFICE OF THEINSPECTORGENERAL 7
1155	1155	For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 8
1156	1156	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 9
1157	1157	General Act of 1978, $86,000,000, to remain available 10
1158	1158	until September 30, 2025. 11
1159	1159	ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 12
1160	1160	NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 13
1161	1161	ADMINISTRATION 14
1162	1162	W
1163	1163	EAPONSACTIVITIES 15
1164	1164	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 16
1165	1165	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-17
1166	1166	ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 18
1167	1167	atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 19
1168	1168	the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 20
1169	1169	Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 21
1170	1170	condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 22
1171	1171	plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 23
1172	1172	and the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance, for re-24
1173	1173	placement only, $18,832,947,000, to remain available 25 46
1174	1174	•S 2443 RS
1175	1175	until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 1
1176	1176	$118,056,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 2
1177	1177	for program direction. 3
1178	1178	D
1179	1179	EFENSENUCLEARNONPROLIFERATION 4
1180	1180	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 5
1181	1181	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-6
1182	1182	ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 7
1183	1183	defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 8
1184	1184	the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 9
1185	1185	Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 10
1186	1186	condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 11
1187	1187	plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 12
1188	1188	$2,596,522,000, to remain available until expended. 13
1189	1189	N
1190	1190	AVALREACTORS 14
1191	1191	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15
1192	1192	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 16
1193	1193	naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 17
1194	1194	Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ-18
1195	1195	ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc-19
1196	1196	tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 20
1197	1197	equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, 21
1198	1198	$1,964,100,000, to remain available until expended, of 22
1199	1199	which, $92,800,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department 23
1200	1200	of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the 24
1201	1201	Advanced Test Reactor: Provided, That of the amounts 25 47
1202	1202	•S 2443 RS
1203	1203	made available under this heading, $61,540,000 shall be 1
1204	1204	available until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 2
1205	1205	F
1206	1206	EDERALSALARIES ANDEXPENSES 3
1207	1207	For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex-4
1208	1208	penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 5
1209	1209	$485,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 6
1210	1210	2025, including official reception and representation ex-7
1211	1211	penses not to exceed $17,000. 8
1212	1212	ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 9
1213	1213	ACTIVITIES 10
1214	1214	D
1215	1215	EFENSEENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 11
1216	1216	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 12
1217	1217	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-13
1218	1218	ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 14
1219	1219	energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car-15
1220	1220	rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-16
1221	1221	nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui-17
1222	1222	sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 18
1223	1223	or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-19
1224	1224	sion, $7,296,564,000, to remain available until expended: 20
1225	1225	Provided, That of such amount, $326,893,000 shall be 21
1226	1226	available until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 22 48
1227	1227	•S 2443 RS
1228	1228	DEFENSEURANIUMENRICHMENTDECONTAMINATION 1
1229	1229	ANDDECOMMISSIONING 2
1230	1230	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
1231	1231	For an additional amount for atomic energy defense 4
1232	1232	environmental cleanup activities for Department of En-5
1233	1233	ergy contributions for uranium enrichment decontamina-6
1234	1234	tion and decommissioning activities, $575,000,000, to be 7
1235	1235	deposited into the Defense Environmental Cleanup ac-8
1236	1236	count, which shall be transferred to the ‘‘Uranium Enrich-9
1237	1237	ment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund’’. 10
1238	1238	O
1239	1239	THERDEFENSEACTIVITIES 11
1240	1240	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 12
1241	1241	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-13
1242	1242	ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic 14
1243	1243	energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac-15
1244	1244	tivities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department 16
1245	1245	of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-17
1246	1246	cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-18
1247	1247	erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-19
1248	1248	struction, or expansion, $1,079,867,000, to remain avail-20
1249	1249	able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 21
1250	1250	$381,460,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 22
1251	1251	for program direction. 23 49
1252	1252	•S 2443 RS
1253	1253	POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 1
1254	1254	B
1255	1255	ONNEVILLEPOWERADMINISTRATIONFUND 2
1256	1256	Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-3
1257	1257	tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 4
1258	1258	are approved for official reception and representation ex-5
1259	1259	penses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That 6
1260	1260	during fiscal year 2024, no new direct loan obligations 7
1261	1261	may be made. 8
1262	1262	O
1263	1263	PERATION ANDMAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 9
1264	1264	A
1265	1265	DMINISTRATION 10
1266	1266	For expenses necessary for operation and mainte-11
1267	1267	nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 12
1268	1268	electric power and energy, including transmission wheeling 13
1269	1269	and ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood 14
1270	1270	Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 15
1271	1271	southeastern power area, $8,449,000, including official re-16
1272	1272	ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 17
1273	1273	exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Pro-18
1274	1274	vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 19
1275	1275	5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $8,449,000 col-20
1276	1276	lected by the Southeastern Power Administration from the 21
1277	1277	sale of power and related services shall be credited to this 22
1278	1278	account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 23
1279	1279	available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 24
1280	1280	the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Adminis-25 50
1281	1281	•S 2443 RS
1282	1282	tration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-1
1283	1283	priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 2
1284	1284	are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 3
1285	1285	fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not more than 4
1286	1286	$0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 5
1287	1287	3302, up to $71,850,000 collected by the Southeastern 6
1288	1288	Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 7
1289	1289	of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 8
1290	1290	shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 9
1291	1291	to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 10
1292	1292	of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: 11
1293	1293	Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, 12
1294	1294	annual expenses means expenditures that are generally re-13
1295	1295	covered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding 14
1296	1296	purchase power and wheeling expenses). 15
1297	1297	O
1298	1298	PERATION ANDMAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN 16
1299	1299	P
1300	1300	OWERADMINISTRATION 17
1301	1301	For expenses necessary for operation and mainte-18
1302	1302	nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 19
1303	1303	electric power and energy, for construction and acquisition 20
1304	1304	of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facili-21
1305	1305	ties, and for administrative expenses, including official re-22
1306	1306	ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 23
1307	1307	exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Con-24
1308	1308	trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 25 51
1309	1309	•S 2443 RS
1310	1310	Southwestern Power Administration, $52,326,000, to re-1
1311	1311	main available until expended: Provided, That notwith-2
1312	1312	standing 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Con-3
1313	1313	trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $40,886,000 col-4
1314	1314	lected by the Southwestern Power Administration from 5
1315	1315	the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 6
1316	1316	this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to re-7
1317	1317	main available until expended, for the sole purpose of 8
1318	1318	funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power 9
1319	1319	Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-10
1320	1320	propriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collec-11
1321	1321	tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 12
1322	1322	in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not 13
1323	1323	more than $11,440,000: Provided further, That notwith-14
1324	1324	standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $80,000,000 collected by 15
1325	1325	the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 16
1326	1326	Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and 17
1327	1327	wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as off-18
1328	1328	setting collections, to remain available until expended for 19
1329	1329	the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 20
1330	1330	expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this 21
1331	1331	appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 22
1332	1332	are generally recovered in the same year that they are in-23
1333	1333	curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 24 52
1334	1334	•S 2443 RS
1335	1335	CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND 1
1336	1336	M
1337	1337	AINTENANCE, WESTERNAREAPOWERADMINIS-2
1338	1338	TRATION 3
1339	1339	For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 4
1340	1340	section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 5
1341	1341	U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con-6
1342	1342	servation and renewable resources programs as author-7
1343	1343	ized, $313,289,000, including official reception and rep-8
1344	1344	resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, 9
1345	1345	to remain available until expended, of which $313,289,000 10
1346	1346	shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec-11
1347	1347	lamation Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 12
1348	1348	3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 13
1349	1349	U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 14
1350	1350	Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to 15
1351	1351	$213,417,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-16
1352	1352	ministration from the sale of power and related services 17
1353	1353	shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 18
1354	1354	collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 19
1355	1355	purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western 20
1356	1356	Area Power Administration: Provided further, That the 21
1357	1357	sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be re-22
1358	1358	duced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 23
1359	1359	as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation esti-24
1360	1360	mated at not more than $99,872,000, of which 25 53
1361	1361	•S 2443 RS
1362	1362	$99,872,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro-1
1363	1363	vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 2
1364	1364	to $475,000,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-3
1365	1365	ministration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 4
1366	1366	and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover pur-5
1367	1367	chase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 6
1368	1368	this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 7
1369	1369	until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 8
1370	1370	power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 9
1371	1371	for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 10
1372	1372	expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 11
1373	1373	that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 12
1374	1374	wheeling expenses). 13
1375	1375	F
1376	1376	ALCON ANDAMISTADOPERATING ANDMAINTENANCE 14
1377	1377	F
1378	1378	UND 15
1379	1379	For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 16
1380	1380	the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 17
1381	1381	Dams, $3,425,000, to remain available until expended, 18
1382	1382	and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 19
1383	1383	and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad-20
1384	1384	ministration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 21
1385	1385	18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding 22
1386	1386	the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 23
1387	1387	$3,197,000 collected by the Western Area Power Adminis-24
1388	1388	tration from the sale of power and related services from 25 54
1389	1389	•S 2443 RS
1390	1390	the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited to this 1
1391	1391	account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 2
1392	1392	available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 3
1393	1393	the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities of these 4
1394	1394	Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration 5
1395	1395	activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-6
1396	1396	priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 7
1397	1397	are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 8
1398	1398	fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not more than 9
1399	1399	$228,000: Provided further, That for purposes of this ap-10
1400	1400	propriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 11
1401	1401	generally recovered in the same year that they are in-12
1402	1402	curred: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2024, the 13
1403	1403	Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 14
1404	1404	may accept up to $1,872,000 in funds contributed by 15
1405	1405	United States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad 16
1406	1406	Dams for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad Operating 17
1407	1407	and Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available 18
1408	1408	for the purpose for which contributed in like manner as 19
1409	1409	if said sums had been specifically appropriated for such 20
1410	1410	purpose: Provided further, That any such funds shall be 21
1411	1411	available without further appropriation and without fiscal 22
1412	1412	year limitation for use by the Commissioner of the United 23
1413	1413	States Section of the International Boundary and Water 24
1414	1414	Commission for the sole purpose of operating, maintain-25 55
1415	1415	•S 2443 RS
1416	1416	ing, repairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the 1
1417	1417	hydroelectric facilities at these Dams in accordance with 2
1418	1418	agreements reached between the Administrator, Commis-3
1419	1419	sioner, and the power customers. 4
1420	1420	F
1421	1421	EDERALENERGYREGULATORYCOMMISSION 5
1422	1422	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6
1423	1423	For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu-7
1424	1424	latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De-8
1425	1425	partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 9
1426	1426	seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 10
1427	1427	official reception and representation expenses not to ex-11
1428	1428	ceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 12
1429	1429	$520,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-13
1430	1430	vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 14
1431	1431	not to exceed $520,000,000 of revenues from fees and an-15
1432	1432	nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 16
1433	1433	year 2023 shall be retained and used for expenses nec-17
1434	1434	essary in this account, and shall remain available until ex-18
1435	1435	pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-19
1436	1436	priated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues 20
1437	1437	are received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a 21
1438	1438	final fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the general fund 22
1439	1439	estimated at not more than $0. 23 56
1440	1440	•S 2443 RS
1441	1441	GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 1
1442	1442	ENERGY 2
1443	1443	S
1444	1444	EC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 3
1445	1445	made available by this title for the Department of Energy 4
1446	1446	shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 5
1447	1447	or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 6
1448	1448	or similar arrangements (including Requests for 7
1449	1449	Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Op-8
1450	1450	portunity Announcements) for a program, project, or ac-9
1451	1451	tivity if the program, project, or activity has not been 10
1452	1452	funded by Congress. 11
1453	1453	(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the 12
1454	1454	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 13
1455	1455	at least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds 14
1456	1456	made available in this title may be used to— 15
1457	1457	(A) make or modify a grant allocation or discre-16
1458	1458	tionary grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 17
1459	1459	(B) make or modify a discretionary contract 18
1460	1460	award or Other Transaction Agreement totaling 19
1461	1461	$1,000,000 or more, including a contract covered by 20
1462	1462	the Federal Acquisition Regulation; 21
1463	1463	(C) issue a letter of intent to make or modify 22
1464	1464	an allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the 23
1465	1465	limits in subparagraph (A) or (B); or 24 57
1466	1466	•S 2443 RS
1467	1467	(D) announce publicly the intention to make or 1
1468	1468	modify an allocation, award, or Agreement in excess 2
1469	1469	of the limits in subparagraph (A) or (B). 3
1470	1470	(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com-4
1471	1471	mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 5
1472	1472	within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report 6
1473	1473	detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant 7
1474	1474	award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided or modified 8
1475	1475	during the previous quarter. 9
1476	1476	(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and 10
1477	1477	the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the re-11
1478	1478	cipient of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal 12
1479	1479	year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, 13
1480	1480	the account and program, project, or activity from which 14
1481	1481	the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and 15
1482	1482	a brief description of the activity for which the award is 16
1483	1483	made or modified. 17
1484	1484	(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 18
1485	1485	to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au-19
1486	1486	thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De-20
1487	1487	partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 21
1488	1488	multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 22
1489	1489	a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 23 58
1490	1490	•S 2443 RS
1491	1491	(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-1
1492	1492	ment is funded for the full period of performance as 2
1493	1493	anticipated at the time of award; or 3
1494	1494	(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-4
1495	1495	ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov-5
1496	1496	ernment’s obligation on the availability of future 6
1497	1497	year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 7
1498	1498	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 8
1499	1499	Congress at least 3 days in advance. 9
1500	1500	(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 10
1501	1501	the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 11
1502	1502	as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and ac-12
1503	1503	tivities specified in the ‘‘Committee Recommendation’’ col-13
1504	1504	umn in the ‘‘Department of Energy’’ table included under 14
1505	1505	the heading ‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in the re-15
1506	1506	port accompanying this Act. 16
1507	1507	(e) Except as provided in subsection (f), the amounts 17
1508	1508	made available by this title may be reprogrammed for any 18
1509	1509	program, project, or activity, and the Department shall 19
1510	1510	notify, and obtain the prior approval of, the Committees 20
1511	1511	on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 21
1512	1512	days prior to the use of any proposed reprogramming that 22
1513	1513	would cause any program, project, or activity funding level 23
1514	1514	to increase or decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10 24 59
1515	1515	•S 2443 RS
1516	1516	percent, whichever is less, during the time period covered 1
1517	1517	by this Act. 2
1518	1518	(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 3
1519	1519	available for obligation or expenditure through a re-4
1520	1520	programming of funds— 5
1521	1521	(1) that creates, initiates, or eliminates a pro-6
1522	1522	gram, project, or activity; 7
1523	1523	(2) that increases funds or personnel for any 8
1524	1524	program, project, or activity for which funds are de-9
1525	1525	nied or restricted by this Act; or 10
1526	1526	(3) that reduces funds that are directed to be 11
1527	1527	used for a specific program, project, or activity by 12
1528	1528	this Act. 13
1529	1529	(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re-14
1530	1530	quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 15
1531	1531	use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 16
1532	1532	if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 17
1533	1533	pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 18
1534	1534	welfare, or national security. 19
1535	1535	(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-20
1536	1536	tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 21
1537	1537	waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 22
1538	1538	not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 23
1539	1539	a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 24 60
1540	1540	•S 2443 RS
1541	1541	Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 1
1542	1542	risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 2
1543	1543	(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 3
1544	1544	provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 4
1545	1545	same appropriation accounts for such activities established 5
1546	1546	pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 6
1547	1547	with funds in the applicable established accounts and 7
1548	1548	thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same 8
1549	1549	time period as originally enacted. 9
1550	1550	S
1551	1551	EC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other 10
1552	1552	Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 11
1553	1553	Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 12
1554	1554	authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 13
1555	1555	of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) 14
1556	1556	during fiscal year 2024 until the enactment of the Intel-15
1557	1557	ligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024. 16
1558	1558	S
1559	1559	EC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 17
1560	1560	title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi-18
1561	1561	fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 19
1562	1562	830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of-20
1563	1563	fice of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in 21
1564	1564	compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 22
1565	1565	S
1566	1566	EC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 23
1567	1567	title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 24
1568	1568	decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 25 61
1569	1569	•S 2443 RS
1570	1570	any successive departmental guidance, for construction 1
1571	1571	projects where the total project cost exceeds 2
1572	1572	$100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 3
1573	1573	has been developed for the project for that critical deci-4
1574	1574	sion. 5
1575	1575	S
1576	1576	EC. 305. No funds shall be transferred directly from 6
1577	1577	‘‘Department of Energy—Power Marketing Administra-7
1578	1578	tion—Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, 8
1579	1579	Western Area Power Administration’’ to the general fund 9
1580	1580	of the Treasury in the current fiscal year. 10
1581	1581	S
1582	1582	EC. 306. None of the funds made available in this 11
1583	1583	title may be used to support a grant allocation award, dis-12
1584	1584	cretionary grant award, or cooperative agreement that ex-13
1585	1585	ceeds $100,000,000 in Federal funding unless the project 14
1586	1586	is carried out through internal independent project man-15
1587	1587	agement procedures. 16
1588	1588	S
1589	1589	EC. 307. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 17
1590	1590	(1) A
1591	1591	FFECTED INDIAN TRIBE .—The term ‘‘af-18
1592	1592	fected Indian tribe’’ has the meaning given the term 19
1593	1593	in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 20
1594	1594	(42 U.S.C. 10101). 21
1595	1595	(2) H
1596	1596	IGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE .—The 22
1597	1597	term ‘‘high-level radioactive waste’’ has the meaning 23
1598	1598	given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste 24
1599	1599	Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 25 62
1600	1600	•S 2443 RS
1601	1601	(3) NUCLEAR WASTE FUND .—The term ‘‘Nu-1
1602	1602	clear Waste Fund’’ means the Nuclear Waste Fund 2
1603	1603	established under section 302(c) of the Nuclear 3
1604	1604	Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(c)). 4
1605	1605	(4) S
1606	1606	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 5
1607	1607	the Secretary of Energy. 6
1608	1608	(5) S
1609	1609	PENT NUCLEAR FUEL .—The term ‘‘spent 7
1610	1610	nuclear fuel’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-8
1611	1611	tion 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 9
1612	1612	U.S.C. 10101). 10
1613	1613	(b) P
1614	1614	ILOTPROGRAM.—Notwithstanding any provi-11
1615	1615	sion of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 12
1616	1616	10101 et seq.), the Secretary is authorized, in the current 13
1617	1617	fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, to conduct a pilot 14
1618	1618	program to license, construct, and operate one or more 15
1619	1619	Federal consolidated storage facilities to provide interim 16
1620	1620	storage as needed for spent nuclear fuel and high-level ra-17
1621	1621	dioactive waste, with priority for storage given to spent 18
1622	1622	nuclear fuel located on sites without an operating nuclear 19
1623	1623	reactor. 20
1624	1624	(c) R
1625	1625	EQUESTS FORPROPOSALS.—Not later than 120 21
1626	1626	days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 22
1627	1627	shall issue a request for proposals for cooperative agree-23
1628	1628	ments— 24 63
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1630	1630	(1) to obtain any license necessary from the 1
1631	1631	Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the construction 2
1632	1632	of one or more consolidated storage facilities; 3
1633	1633	(2) to demonstrate the safe transportation of 4
1634	1634	spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, 5
1635	1635	as applicable; and 6
1636	1636	(3) to demonstrate the safe storage of spent nu-7
1637	1637	clear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, as appli-8
1638	1638	cable, at the one or more consolidated storage facili-9
1639	1639	ties pending the construction and operation of deep 10
1640	1640	geologic disposal capacity for the permanent disposal 11
1641	1641	of the spent nuclear fuel. 12
1642	1642	(d) C
1643	1643	ONSENT-BASEDAPPROVAL.—Prior to siting a 13
1644	1644	consolidated storage facility pursuant to this section, the 14
1645	1645	Secretary shall enter into an agreement to host the facility 15
1646	1646	with— 16
1647	1647	(1) the Governor of the State; 17
1648	1648	(2) each unit of local government within the ju-18
1649	1649	risdiction of which the facility is proposed to be lo-19
1650	1650	cated; and 20
1651	1651	(3) each affected Indian tribe. 21
1652	1652	(e) A
1653	1653	PPLICABILITY.—In executing this section, the 22
1654	1654	Secretary shall comply with— 23
1655	1655	(1) all licensing requirements and regulations of 24
1656	1656	the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and 25 64
1657	1657	•S 2443 RS
1658	1658	(2) all other applicable laws (including regula-1
1659	1659	tions). 2
1660	1660	(f) P
1661	1661	ILOTPROGRAMPLAN.—Not later than 120 days 3
1662	1662	after the date on which the Secretary issues the request 4
1663	1663	for proposals under subsection (c), the Secretary shall sub-5
1664	1664	mit to Congress a plan to carry out this section that in-6
1665	1665	cludes— 7
1666	1666	(1) an estimate of the cost of licensing, con-8
1667	1667	structing, and operating a consolidated storage facil-9
1668	1668	ity, including the transportation costs, on an annual 10
1669	1669	basis, over the expected lifetime of the facility; 11
1670	1670	(2) a schedule for— 12
1671	1671	(A) obtaining any license necessary to con-13
1672	1672	struct and operate a consolidated storage facil-14
1673	1673	ity from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 15
1674	1674	(B) constructing the facility; 16
1675	1675	(C) transporting spent fuel to the facility; 17
1676	1676	and 18
1677	1677	(D) removing the spent fuel and decom-19
1678	1678	missioning the facility; 20
1679	1679	(3) an estimate of the cost of any financial as-21
1680	1680	sistance, compensation, or incentives proposed to be 22
1681	1681	paid to the host State, Indian tribe, or local govern-23
1682	1682	ment; 24 65
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1684	1684	(4) an estimate of any future reductions in the 1
1685	1685	damages expected to be paid by the United States 2
1686	1686	for the delay of the Department of Energy in accept-3
1687	1687	ing spent fuel expected to result from the pilot pro-4
1688	1688	gram; 5
1689	1689	(5) recommendations for any additional legisla-6
1690	1690	tion needed to authorize and implement the pilot 7
1691	1691	program; and 8
1692	1692	(6) recommendations for a mechanism to en-9
1693	1693	sure that any spent nuclear fuel or high-level radio-10
1694	1694	active waste stored at a consolidated storage facility 11
1695	1695	pursuant to this section shall move to deep geologic 12
1696	1696	disposal capacity, following a consent-based approval 13
1697	1697	process for that deep geologic disposal capacity con-14
1698	1698	sistent with subsection (d), within a reasonable time 15
1699	1699	after the issuance of a license to construct and oper-16
1700	1700	ate the consolidated storage facility. 17
1701	1701	(g) P
1702	1702	UBLICPARTICIPATION.—Prior to choosing a 18
1703	1703	site for the construction of a consolidated storage facility 19
1704	1704	under this section, the Secretary shall conduct one or more 20
1705	1705	public hearings in the vicinity of each potential site and 21
1706	1706	in at least one other location within the State in which 22
1707	1707	the site is located to solicit public comments and rec-23
1708	1708	ommendations. 24 66
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1710	1710	(h) USE OFNUCLEARWASTEFUND.—The Secretary 1
1711	1711	may make expenditures from the Nuclear Waste Fund to 2
1712	1712	carry out this section, subject to appropriations. 3
1713	1713	S
1714	1714	EC. 308. None of the funds made available in this 4
1715	1715	or any other Act, including prior Acts, may be used to 5
1716	1716	pay the salaries and expenses of any contractor detailed 6
1717	1717	to a Congressional Committee or Member Office or to the 7
1718	1718	Executive Branch for longer than a 24-month period: Pro-8
1719	1719	vided, That the term contractor is defined in this section 9
1720	1720	to means any contracted employee of a Department of En-10
1721	1721	ergy Laboratory, as defined by Section 2 (3) of the Energy 11
1722	1722	Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801). 12
1723	1723	S
1724	1724	EC. 309. Section 322 of Public Law No 118–5 is 13
1725	1725	hereby repealed. 14
1726	1726	S
1727	1727	EC. 310. (a) The fifty-first proviso under the head-15
1728	1728	ing ‘‘Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’’ in title 16
1729	1729	III of division J of Public Law 117–58 is amended by 17
1730	1730	striking ‘‘three percent’’ each place it appears and insert-18
1731	1731	ing ‘‘five percent’’. 19
1732	1732	(b) The eighth proviso under the heading ‘‘Cyberse-20
1733	1733	curity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response’’ in 21
1734	1734	title III of division J of Public Law 117–58 is amended 22
1735	1735	by striking ‘‘three percent’’ each place it appears and in-23
1736	1736	serting ‘‘five percent’’. 24 67
1737	1737	•S 2443 RS
1738	1738	(c) The tenth proviso under the heading ‘‘Electricity’’ 1
1739	1739	in title III of division J of Public Law 117–58 is amended 2
1740	1740	by striking ‘‘three percent’’ each place it appears and in-3
1741	1741	serting ‘‘five percent’’. 4
1742	1742	(d) The twenty-second proviso under the heading 5
1743	1743	‘‘Fossil Energy and Carbon Management’’ in title III of 6
1744	1744	division J of Public Law 117–58 is amended by striking 7
1745	1745	‘‘three percent’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘five 8
1746	1746	percent’’. 9
1747	1747	(e) The twenty-sixth proviso under the heading ‘‘Of-10
1748	1748	fice of Clean Energy Demonstrations’’ in title III of divi-11
1749	1749	sion J of Public Law 117–58 is amended by striking 12
1750	1750	‘‘three percent’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘five 13
1751	1751	percent’’. 14
1752	1752	(f) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 15
1753	1753	were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-16
1754	1754	gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 17
1755	1755	the Budget are designated as an emergency requirement 18
1756	1756	pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th 19
1757	1757	Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-20
1758	1758	cal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 21
1759	1759	2024 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives. 22
1760	1760	S
1761	1761	EC. 311. (a) The Trusted Source Requirement for 23
1762	1762	LEU used in Covered Domestic Reactors shall be: 24
1763	1763	(1) in calendar year 2025, 50%; 25 68
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1765	1765	(2) in calendar year 2026, 55%; 1
1766	1766	(3) in calendar year 2027, 60%; 2
1767	1767	(4) in calendar year 2028, 65%; 3
1768	1768	(5) in calendar year 2029, 70%; 4
1769	1769	(6) in calendar year 2030, 75%; 5
1770	1770	(7) in calendar year 2031, 80%; 6
1771	1771	(8) in calendar year 2032, 85%; 7
1772	1772	(9) in calendar year 2032 and thereafter, 85%. 8
1773	1773	(b) The Secretary may take action that the Secretary 9
1774	1774	deems necessary or appropriate to administer, implement 10
1775	1775	or enforce the Trusted Source Requirement. 11
1776	1776	(c) The Secretary may require any person to provide 12
1777	1777	any certifications, reports, or other information necessary 13
1778	1778	or appropriate to demonstrate compliance with the Trust-14
1779	1779	ed Source Requirement. 15
1780	1780	(d)(1) The Secretary shall promulgate, no later than 16
1781	1781	twelve months after the enactment of this section, a final 17
1782	1782	regulation to implement this section. 18
1783	1783	(2) In promulgating the final rule, the Secretary shall 19
1784	1784	consider the need for: 20
1785	1785	(A) Mechanisms to allocate the effects of the 21
1786	1786	Trusted Source Requirement equitably among reac-22
1787	1787	tor licensees; 23
1788	1788	(B) Differentiation among various reactor 24
1789	1789	types; 25 69
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1791	1791	(C) Differentiation among LEU enriched up to 1
1792	1792	10 percent of the uranium-235 isotope and LEU en-2
1793	1793	riched above10 percent of the uranium-235 isotope; 3
1794	1794	and 4
1795	1795	(D) Provisions to prevent transactions designed 5
1796	1796	to evade the purpose of this section. 6
1797	1797	(e) In this section: 7
1798	1798	(1) ‘‘Allied Country’’ means any nation with 8
1799	1799	which the United States is engaged in a common 9
1800	1800	military effort or with which the United States has 10
1801	1801	entered into a common defensive military alliance. 11
1802	1802	(2) ‘‘Covered Domestic Reactor’’ means a nu-12
1803	1803	clear reactor licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory 13
1804	1804	Commission for industrial or commercial purposes. 14
1805	1805	(3) ‘‘LEU’’ means uranium enriched to less 15
1806	1806	than 20 percent of the uranium-235 isotope, includ-16
1807	1807	ing that which is derived from highly enriched ura-17
1808	1808	nium. 18
1809	1809	(4) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Energy. 19
1810	1810	(5) ‘‘Trusted Source Requirement’’ means the 20
1811	1811	percentage of conversion and enrichment that must 21
1812	1812	occur within the United States or an Allied Country. 22
1813	1813	(f) In administering, implementing or enforcing the 23
1814	1814	Trusted Source Requirement, the Department shall only 24
1815	1815	use existing statutory authorities. 25 70
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1817	1817	(g) That the Secretary of Energy may use funds ap-1
1818	1818	propriated or otherwise made available for a commitment 2
1819	1819	under this section for a commitment only if the full extent 3
1820	1820	of the anticipated costs stemming from that commitment 4
1821	1821	is recorded as an obligation at the time that the commit-5
1822	1822	ment is made and only to the extent that up-front obliga-6
1823	1823	tion is recorded in full at that time. 7
1824	1824	S
1825	1825	EC. 312. (a) Of the amounts previously appropriated 8
1826	1826	under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro-9
1827	1827	grams’’ in division J of the Infrastructure Investment and 10
1828	1828	Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) that are made available 11
1829	1829	for fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026, the following 12
1830	1830	amounts shall be available, in addition to amounts other-13
1831	1831	wise made available under such heading, for the following 14
1832	1832	purposes: 15
1833	1833	(1) Up to $800,000,000 for Advanced Nuclear 16
1834	1834	Fuel Availability, of which up to $266,666,666 shall 17
1835	1835	be available for each of fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 18
1836	1836	2026; and 19
1837	1837	(2) Up to $400,000,000 for the Advanced 20
1838	1838	Small Modular Reactor Research, Development, and 21
1839	1839	Demonstration program for fiscal year 2024. 22
1840	1840	(b) Of amounts previously appropriated under the 23
1841	1841	heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs— 24
1842	1842	Electricity’’ in division J of the Infrastructure Investment 25 71
1843	1843	•S 2443 RS
1844	1844	and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) that are made avail-1
1845	1845	able for fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026, up to 2
1846	1846	$1,200,000,000 shall be available, in addition to amounts 3
1847	1847	otherwise made available under such heading, for Elec-4
1848	1848	tricity activities previously authorized in sections 40101, 5
1849	1849	40106(d)(3), 40107, or 40125(d) of that Act, including 6
1850	1850	financial assistance, procurement, technical assistance, 7
1851	1851	and workforce support, to enhance the domestic supply 8
1852	1852	chain for the manufacture of electric grid components, in-9
1853	1853	cluding key materials and components thereof, of which 10
1854	1854	up to $400,000,000 shall be available for each of fiscal 11
1855	1855	years 2024, 2025, and 2026: Provided, That the funds 12
1856	1856	made available in the preceding proviso may be used to 13
1857	1857	supplement amounts previously appropriated under the 14
1858	1858	heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs— 15
1859	1859	Electricity’’ in division J of the Infrastructure Investment 16
1860	1860	and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): Provided further, 17
1861	1861	That amounts appropriated under such heading may be 18
1862	1862	increased by up to 15 percent: Provided further, That of 19
1863	1863	funds made available in the preceding proviso, no addi-20
1864	1864	tional funds may be expended to deploy generation. 21
1865	1865	(c) Any amount repurposed pursuant to this section 22
1866	1866	shall retain its original period of availability. 23
1867	1867	(d) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 24
1868	1868	were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-25 72
1869	1869	•S 2443 RS
1870	1870	gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 1
1871	1871	the Budget are designated as an emergency requirement 2
1872	1872	pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th 3
1873	1873	Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-4
1874	1874	cal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 5
1875	1875	2024 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives. 6 73
1876	1876	•S 2443 RS
1877	1877	TITLE IV 1
1878	1878	INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 2
1879	1879	A
1880	1880	PPALACHIANREGIONALCOMMISSION 3
1881	1881	For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au-4
1882	1882	thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 5
1883	1883	1965, as amended, notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 14704, and 6
1884	1884	for expenses necessary for the Federal Co-Chairman and 7
1885	1885	the Alternate on the Appalachian Regional Commission, 8
1886	1886	for payment of the Federal share of the administrative ex-9
1887	1887	penses of the Commission, including services as authorized 10
1888	1888	by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 11
1889	1889	$200,000,000, to remain available until expended. 12
1890	1890	D
1891	1891	EFENSENUCLEARFACILITIESSAFETYBOARD 13
1892	1892	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14
1893	1893	For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Fa-15
1894	1894	cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 16
1895	1895	by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 17
1896	1896	Law 100–456, section 1441, $42,000,000, to remain 18
1897	1897	available until September 30, 2025. 19
1898	1898	D
1899	1899	ELTAREGIONALAUTHORITY 20
1900	1900	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 21
1901	1901	For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Au-22
1902	1902	thority and to carry out its activities, as authorized by 23
1903	1903	the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwith-24 74
1904	1904	•S 2443 RS
1905	1905	standing sections 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, 1
1906	1906	$30,100,000, to remain available until expended. 2
1907	1907	D
1908	1908	ENALICOMMISSION 3
1909	1909	For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission 4
1910	1910	including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of 5
1911	1911	plant and capital equipment as necessary and other ex-6
1912	1912	penses, $17,000,000, to remain available until expended, 7
1913	1913	notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 8
1914	1914	306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 9
1915	1915	That notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 10
1916	1916	307(c) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998, as amend-11
1917	1917	ed, funds shall be available for construction projects for 12
1918	1918	which the Denali Commission is the sole or primary fund-13
1919	1919	ing source in an amount not to exceed 90 percent of total 14
1920	1920	project cost for distressed communities, as defined by such 15
1921	1921	section and by section 701 of appendix D, title VII, Public 16
1922	1922	Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–280), and for Indian 17
1923	1923	Tribes, as defined by section 5304(e) of title 25, United 18
1924	1924	States Code, and in an amount not to exceed 50 percent 19
1925	1925	for non-distressed communities: Provided further, That 20
1926	1926	notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding pay-21
1927	1927	ment of a non-Federal share in connection with a grant- 22
1928	1928	in-aid program, amounts under this heading shall be avail-23
1929	1929	able for the payment of such a non-Federal share for any 24
1930	1930	project for which the Denali Commission is not the sole 25 75
1931	1931	•S 2443 RS
1932	1932	or primary funding source, provided that such project is 1
1933	1933	consistent with the purposes of the Commission. 2
1934	1934	N
1935	1935	ORTHERNBORDERREGIONALCOMMISSION 3
1936	1936	For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re-4
1937	1937	gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 5
1938	1938	subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $41,000,000, 6
1939	1939	to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 7
1940	1940	amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, 8
1941	1941	notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United 9
1942	1942	States Code. 10
1943	1943	S
1944	1944	OUTHEASTCRESCENTREGIONALCOMMISSION 11
1945	1945	For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent 12
1946	1946	Regional Commission in carrying out activities authorized 13
1947	1947	by subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $20,000,000, 14
1948	1948	to remain available until expended. 15
1949	1949	S
1950	1950	OUTHWESTBORDERREGIONALCOMMISSION 16
1951	1951	For expenses necessary for the Southwest Border Re-17
1952	1952	gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 18
1953	1953	subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to 19
1954	1954	remain available until expended. 20
1955	1955	G
1956	1956	REATLAKESAUTHORITY 21
1957	1957	For expenses necessary for the Great Lakes Author-22
1958	1958	ity in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of 23
1959	1959	title 40, United States Code, $2,500,000, to remain avail-24
1960	1960	able until expended. 25 76
1961	1961	•S 2443 RS
1962	1962	NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSION 1
1963	1963	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
1964	1964	For expenses necessary for the Commission in car-3
1965	1965	rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 4
1966	1966	of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 5
1967	1967	$941,703,450, including official representation expenses 6
1968	1968	not to exceed $25,000, to remain available until expended: 7
1969	1969	Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, not 8
1970	1970	more than $9,500,000 may be made available for salaries, 9
1971	1971	travel, and other support costs for the Office of the Com-10
1972	1972	mission, to remain available until September 30, 2025: 11
1973	1973	Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, in-12
1974	1974	spection services, and other services and collections esti-13
1975	1975	mated at $807,727,130 in fiscal year 2024 shall be re-14
1976	1976	tained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this 15
1977	1977	account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall re-16
1978	1978	main available until expended: Provided further, That the 17
1979	1979	sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount 18
1980	1980	of revenues received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result 19
1981	1981	in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not 20
1982	1982	more than $133,976,320. 21
1983	1983	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 22
1984	1984	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 23
1985	1985	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 24
1986	1986	General Act of 1978, $15,769,000, to remain available 25 77
1987	1987	•S 2443 RS
1988	1988	until September 30, 2025: Provided, That revenues from 1
1989	1989	licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 2
1990	1990	collections estimated at $12,655,000 in fiscal year 2024 3
1991	1991	shall be retained and be available until September 30, 4
1992	1992	2025, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 5
1993	1993	notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 6
1994	1994	Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 7
1995	1995	shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur-8
1996	1996	ing fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 9
1997	1997	2024 appropriation estimated at not more than 10
1998	1998	$3,114,000: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-11
1999	1999	priated under this heading, $1,534,900 shall be for In-12
2000	2000	spector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 13
2001	2001	Safety Board. 14
2002	2002	N
2003	2003	UCLEARWASTETECHNICALREVIEWBOARD 15
2004	2004	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16
2005	2005	For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech-17
2006	2006	nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 18
2007	2007	203, section 5051, $4,064,000, to be derived from the Nu-19
2008	2008	clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 20
2009	2009	2025. 21
2010	2010	GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 22
2011	2011	AGENCIES 23
2012	2012	S
2013	2013	EC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 24
2014	2014	comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of 25 78
2015	2015	•S 2443 RS
2016	2016	its Internal Commission Procedures when responding to 1
2017	2017	Congressional requests for information, consistent with 2
2018	2018	Department of Justice guidance for all Federal agencies. 3
2019	2019	S
2020	2020	EC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this 4
2021	2021	title for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be re-5
2022	2022	programmed for any program, project, or activity, and the 6
2023	2023	Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria-7
2024	2024	tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 8
2025	2025	to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 9
2026	2026	cause any program funding level to increase or decrease 10
2027	2027	by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 11
2028	2028	during the time period covered by this Act. 12
2029	2029	(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may 13
2030	2030	waive the notification requirement in subsection (a) if 14
2031	2031	compliance with such requirement would pose a substan-15
2032	2032	tial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or na-16
2033	2033	tional security. 17
2034	2034	(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify 18
2035	2035	the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-19
2036	2036	gress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as prac-20
2037	2037	ticable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the 21
2038	2038	activity to which a requirement or restriction would other-22
2039	2039	wise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation 23
2040	2040	of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 24
2041	2041	such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the 25 79
2042	2042	•S 2443 RS
2043	2043	Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 1
2044	2044	to programs, projects, or activities. 2
2045	2045	(c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and 3
2046	2046	(d), the amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear 4
2047	2047	Regulatory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 5
2048	2048	expended as directed in the report accompanying this Act. 6
2049	2049	(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu-7
2050	2050	latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex-8
2051	2051	penditure through a reprogramming of funds that in-9
2052	2052	creases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 10
2053	2053	activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 11
2054	2054	Act. 12
2055	2055	(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report 13
2056	2056	to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 14
2057	2057	Congress, which includes the following for each program, 15
2058	2058	project, or activity, including any prior year appropria-16
2059	2059	tions— 17
2060	2060	(1) total budget authority; 18
2061	2061	(2) total unobligated balances; and 19
2062	2062	(3) total unliquidated obligations. 20 80
2063	2063	•S 2443 RS
2064	2064	TITLE V 1
2065	2065	GENERAL PROVISIONS 2
2066	2066	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
2067	2067	S
2068	2068	EC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 4
2069	2069	may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 5
2070	2070	congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 6
2071	2071	matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-7
2072	2072	nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 8
2073	2073	1913. 9
2074	2074	S
2075	2075	EC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in 10
2076	2076	title III of this Act may be transferred to any department, 11
2077	2077	agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-12
2078	2078	ment, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 13
2079	2079	authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations 14
2080	2080	Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in 15
2081	2081	the report accompanying this Act, or any authority where-16
2082	2082	by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 17
2083	2083	States Government may provide goods or services to an-18
2084	2084	other department, agency, or instrumentality. 19
2085	2085	(b) None of the funds made available for any depart-20
2086	2086	ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 21
2087	2087	Government may be transferred to accounts funded in title 22
2088	2088	III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 23
2089	2089	transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appro-24
2090	2090	priations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority ref-25 81
2091	2091	•S 2443 RS
2092	2092	erenced in the report accompanying this Act, or any au-1
2093	2093	thority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality 2
2094	2094	of the United States Government may provide goods or 3
2095	2095	services to another department, agency, or instrumen-4
2096	2096	tality. 5
2097	2097	(c) The head of any relevant department or agency 6
2098	2098	funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 7
2099	2099	submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 8
2100	2100	Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the 9
2101	2101	transfer authorities, except for any authority whereby a 10
2102	2102	department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 11
2103	2103	States Government may provide goods or services to an-12
2104	2104	other department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the 13
2105	2105	previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report 14
2106	2106	shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes 15
2107	2107	for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or 16
2108	2108	modify existing notification requirements for each author-17
2109	2109	ity. 18
2110	2110	S
2111	2111	EC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 19
2112	2112	Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 20
2113	2113	12898 of February 11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address 21
2114	2114	Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low- 22
2115	2115	Income Populations). 23
2116	2116	S
2117	2117	EC. 504. (a) None of the funds made available in 24
2118	2118	this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 25 82
2119	2119	•S 2443 RS
2120	2120	network unless such network blocks the viewing, 1
2121	2121	downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 2
2122	2122	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 3
2123	2123	funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 4
2124	2124	law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 5
2125	2125	criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi-6
2126	2126	ties. 7
2127	2127	S
2128	2128	EC. 505. Funds made available in this Act shall be 8
2129	2129	allocated solely in accordance with the provisions of this 9
2130	2130	Act and the report accompanying this Act. 10
2131	2131	S
2132	2132	EC. 506. Each amount designated in this Act by the 11
2133	2133	Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-12
2134	2134	tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-13
2135	2135	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or 14
2136	2136	rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently 15
2137	2137	so designates all such amounts and transmits such des-16
2138	2138	ignations to the Congress. 17
2139	2139	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-18
2140	2140	velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 19
2141	2141	2024’’. 20 Calendar No.
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2143	2143	118
2144	2144	TH
2145	2145	CONGRESS
2146	2146	1
2147	2147	ST
2148	2148	S
2149	2149	ESSION
2150	2150
2151	2151	S. 2443
2152	2152	[Report No. 118–72]
2153	2153	A BILL
2154	2154	Making appropriations for energy and water devel-
2155	2155	opment and related agencies for the fiscal year
2156	2156	ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur-
2157	2157	poses.
2158	2158	J
2159	2159	ULY
2160	2160	20, 2023
2161	2161	Read twice and placed on the calendar