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2	2	Calendar No. 469
3	3	118THCONGRESS
4	4	2
5	5	DSESSION S. 4927
6	6	[Report No. 118–205]
7	7	Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies
8	8	for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
10	10	AUGUST1, 2024
11	11	Mrs. M
12	12	URRAY, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
13	13	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, 2025, 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, 2025, and for other pur-6
24	24	poses, namely: 7 2
25	25	•S 4927 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 specification 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, $107,800,000, 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 4927 RS
53	53	been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 1
54	54	both Houses of Congress. 2
55	55	PLANNING, ENGINEERING, AND DESIGN 3
56	56	For expenses necessary for conducting surveys and 4
57	57	detailed studies, and plans and specifications, prior to con-5
58	58	struction of river and harbor, flood and storm damage re-6
59	59	duction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 7
60	60	and related projects authorized by law (including those in-8
61	61	volving participation by States, local governments, or pri-9
62	62	vate groups) or made eligible for selection by law (but such 10
63	63	detailed studies, and plans and specifications, shall not 11
64	64	constitute a commitment of the Government to construc-12
65	65	tion), $200,000,000, to remain available until expended: 13
66	66	Provided, That the Secretary shall not deviate from the 14
67	67	work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Com-15
68	68	mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 16
69	69	CONSTRUCTION 17
70	70	For expenses necessary for the construction of river 18
71	71	and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-19
72	72	tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 20
73	73	projects authorized by law; for conducting and completing 21
74	74	detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of such 22
75	75	projects (including those involving participation by States, 23
76	76	local governments, or private groups) authorized or made 24
77	77	eligible for selection by law (but such detailed studies, and 25 4
78	78	•S 4927 RS
79	79	plans and specifications, shall not constitute a commit-1
80	80	ment of the Government to construction); $2,979,041,000, 2
81	81	to remain available until expended; of which $77,900,000, 3
82	82	to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, 4
83	83	shall be to cover the Federal share of construction costs 5
84	84	for facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal Facili-6
85	85	ties program; and of which such sums as are necessary 7
86	86	to cover 35 percent of the costs of construction, replace-8
87	87	ment, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland waterways 9
88	88	projects shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust 10
89	89	Fund, except as otherwise specifically provided for in law: 11
90	90	Provided, That the Secretary shall not deviate from the 12
91	91	work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Com-13
92	92	mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 14
93	93	MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 15
94	94	For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 16
95	95	projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-17
96	96	vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 18
97	97	by law, $375,464,000, to remain available until expended, 19
98	98	of which $6,215,000, to be derived from the Harbor Main-20
99	99	tenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share 21
100	100	of eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland har-22
101	101	bors: Provided, That 10 percent of the total amount of 23
102	102	funds provided for each of the programs, projects, or ac-24
103	103	tivities for operation and maintenance funded under this 25 5
104	104	•S 4927 RS
105	105	heading shall not be allocated to a field operating activity 1
106	106	prior to the beginning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal 2
107	107	year and shall be available for use by the Chief of Engi-3
108	108	neers to fund such emergency activities as the Chief of 4
109	109	Engineers determines to be necessary and appropriate, 5
110	110	and that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the 6
111	111	fourth quarter any remaining funds which have not been 7
112	112	used for emergency activities proportionally in accordance 8
113	113	with the amounts provided for the programs, projects, or 9
114	114	activities: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not 10
115	115	deviate from the work plan, once the plan has been sub-11
116	116	mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 12
117	117	Houses of Congress. 13
118	118	OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 14
119	119	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15
120	120	For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-16
121	121	nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 17
122	122	storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 18
123	123	and related projects authorized by law; providing security 19
124	124	for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ-20
125	125	ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 21
126	126	harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 22
127	127	other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 23
128	128	of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 24
129	129	and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con-25 6
130	130	•S 4927 RS
131	131	necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 1
132	132	removing obstructions to navigation, $5,849,129,000, to 2
133	133	remain available until expended, of which $3,002,885,000, 3
134	134	to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, 4
135	135	shall be to cover the Federal share of eligible operations 5
136	136	and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, 6
137	137	and for inland harbors, of which $252,843,000, shall be 7
138	138	for the design and construction to replace Federal 8
139	139	dredges, in addition to amount otherwise made available 9
140	140	for such purposes, and shall be transferred to and merged 10
141	141	with funds available for such purposes in the revolving 11
142	142	fund established by the first section of the Act of July 12
143	143	27, 1953 (33 U.S.C. 576); of which such sums as become 13
144	144	available from the special account for the Corps of Engi-14
145	145	neers established by the Land and Water Conservation 15
146	146	Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account for 16
147	147	resource protection, research, interpretation, and mainte-17
148	148	nance activities related to resource protection in the areas 18
149	149	at which outdoor recreation is available; of which such 19
150	150	sums as become available from fees collected under section 20
151	151	217 of Public Law 104–303 shall be used to cover the 21
152	152	cost of operation and maintenance of the dredged material 22
153	153	disposal facilities for which such fees have been collected; 23
154	154	and of which $60,000,000, to be derived from the general 24
155	155	fund of the Treasury, shall be to carry out subsection (c) 25 7
156	156	•S 4927 RS
157	157	of section 2106 of the Water Resources Reform and Devel-1
158	158	opment Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2238c) and shall be des-2
159	159	ignated as being for such purpose pursuant to paragraph 3
160	160	(2) of section 14003 of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, 4
161	161	Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136): 5
162	162	Provided, That 1 percent of the total amount of funds pro-6
163	163	vided for each of the programs, projects, or activities fund-7
164	164	ed under this heading shall not be allocated to a field oper-8
165	165	ating activity prior to the beginning of the fourth quarter 9
166	166	of the fiscal year and shall be available for use by the Chief 10
167	167	of Engineers to fund such emergency activities as the 11
168	168	Chief of Engineers determines to be necessary and appro-12
169	169	priate, and that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate dur-13
170	170	ing the fourth quarter any remaining funds which have 14
171	171	not been used for emergency activities proportionally in 15
172	172	accordance with the amounts provided for the programs, 16
173	173	projects, or activities: Provided further, That the Secretary 17
174	174	shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan has 18
175	175	been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 19
176	176	both Houses of Congress. 20
177	177	REGULATORY PROGRAM 21
178	178	For expenses necessary for administration of laws 22
179	179	pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 23
180	180	$224,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 24
181	181	2026. 25 8
182	182	•S 4927 RS
183	183	FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 1
184	184	For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 2
185	185	from sites in the United States resulting from work per-3
186	186	formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-4
187	187	gram, $325,000,000, to remain available until expended. 5
188	188	FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 6
189	189	For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri-7
190	190	cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 8
191	191	operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 9
192	192	such disasters as authorized by law, $45,000,000, to re-10
193	193	main available until expended. 11
194	194	EXPENSES 12
195	195	For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen-13
196	196	eral administration of the civil works program in the head-14
197	197	quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 15
198	198	Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op-16
199	199	eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ-17
200	200	ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 18
201	201	Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 19
202	202	the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen-20
203	203	ter allocable to the civil works program, $224,000,000, to 21
204	204	remain available until September 30, 2026, of which not 22
205	205	to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and 23
206	206	representation purposes and only during the current fiscal 24
207	207	year: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation 25 9
208	208	•S 4927 RS
209	209	provided in this title shall be available to fund the civil 1
210	210	works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers 2
211	211	or the civil works executive direction and management ac-3
212	212	tivities of the division offices: Provided further, That any 4
213	213	Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation 5
214	214	may be used to fund the supervision and general adminis-6
215	215	tration of emergency operations, repairs, and other activi-7
216	216	ties in response to any flood, hurricane, or other natural 8
217	217	disaster. 9
218	218	OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 10
219	219	FOR CIVIL WORKS 11
220	220	For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 12
221	221	for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 7016(b)(3), 13
222	222	$5,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026: 14
223	223	Provided, That not more than 75 percent of such amount 15
224	224	may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Sec-16
225	225	retary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 17
226	226	both Houses of Congress the report required under section 18
227	227	101(d) of this Act and a work plan that allocates at least 19
228	228	95 percent of the additional funding provided under each 20
229	229	heading in the report accompanying this Act, to specific 21
230	230	programs, projects, or activities. 22 10
231	231	•S 4927 RS
232	232	WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 1
233	233	PROGRAM ACCOUNT 2
234	234	For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar-3
235	235	anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 4
236	236	Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to re-5
237	237	main available until expended, for safety projects to main-6
238	238	tain, upgrade, and repair dams identified in the National 7
239	239	Inventory of Dams with a primary owner type of state, 8
240	240	local government, public utility, or private: Provided, That 9
241	241	any activity that results in a decrease in the hazard or 10
242	242	a decrease in the potential consequences of poor perform-11
243	243	ance of a dam structure listed on the National Inventory 12
244	244	of Dams with a primary owner type of state, local govern-13
245	245	ment, public utility, or private shall be considered a safety 14
246	246	project eligible for funds provided under this heading for 15
247	247	that purpose by this or any prior Act: Provided further, 16
248	248	That any safety project for a dam identified in the Na-17
249	249	tional Inventory of Dams with a primary owner type of 18
250	250	state, local government, public utility, or private shall be 19
251	251	eligible under section 5026(1)(A) of the Water Resources 20
252	252	Reform and Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 21
253	253	121) (33 U.S.C. 3905(1)(A)) for funds provided under 22
254	254	this heading for that purpose by this or any prior Act: 23
255	255	Provided further, That no project may be funded with 24
256	256	amounts provided under this heading in this or any prior 25 11
257	257	•S 4927 RS
258	258	Act for a dam that is identified as jointly owned in the 1
259	259	National Inventory of Dams and where one of those joint 2
260	260	owners is the Federal Government: Provided further, That 3
261	261	not later than 90 days following the end of any submittal 4
262	262	period occurring before or after the date of enactment of 5
263	263	this Act of a solicitation of preliminary applications from 6
264	264	prospective borrowers seeking credit assistance of funds 7
265	265	made available under this heading by this or any prior 8
266	266	Act, the Secretary shall provide to each applicant a written 9
267	267	notice to inform the applicant whether the applicant will 10
268	268	be invited to apply for credit assistance: Provided further, 11
269	269	That amounts made available under this heading in this 12
270	270	Act shall also be available for projects to construct, main-13
271	271	tain, upgrade, and repair levees and ancillary features 14
272	272	with a primary owner type of state, municipal, county, pri-15
273	273	vate, or other non-Federal entity: Provided further, That 16
274	274	subsection 386.2(v) of Title 33 of the Code of Federal 17
275	275	Regulations is hereby amended to add the following new 18
276	276	paragraph (2) and to renumber subsequent paragraphs 19
277	277	accordingly: ‘‘(2) Any project to construct, maintain, up-20
278	278	grade, or repair levees and ancillary features with a pri-21
279	279	mary owner type of state, municipal, county, private, or 22
280	280	other non-Federal entity; and which meets the statutory 23
281	281	requirements of Title 1, Division D of the Consolidated 24
282	282	Appropriations Act, 2024 and the criteria outlined in 85 25 12
283	283	•S 4927 RS
284	284	FR 39189 (see division D of the Further Consolidated Ap-1
285	285	propriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. 116–94).’’: Provided fur-2
286	286	ther, That no project may be funded with amounts pro-3
287	287	vided under this heading for a levee unless the Secretary 4
288	288	has certified in advance, in writing, that the levee is not 5
289	289	owned, in whole or in part, by the Federal Government: 6
290	290	Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army shall 7
291	291	make available all funds provided under this heading by 8
292	292	this or any prior Act through a Notice of Funding Avail-9
293	293	ability no later than 90 days after the date enactment of 10
294	294	this Act: Provided further That the Secretary of the Army 11
295	295	shall issue invitations to submit applications no later than 12
296	296	180 days after the date enactment of this Act: Provided 13
297	297	further, That no further rulemaking to make funds pro-14
298	298	vided under this heading by this or any prior Act shall 15
299	299	be necessary: Provided further, That such costs, including 16
300	300	the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 17
301	301	section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-18
302	302	vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 19
303	303	gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, 20
304	304	including capitalized interest, and total loan principal, in-21
305	305	cluding capitalized interest, any part of which is to be 22
306	306	guaranteed, not to exceed $500,000,000: Provided further, 23
307	307	That the use of direct loans or loan guarantee authority 24
308	308	under this heading for direct loans or commitments to 25 13
309	309	•S 4927 RS
310	310	guarantee loans for any project shall be in accordance with 1
311	311	the criteria published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2
312	312	2020 (85 FR 39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso under 3
313	313	the heading ‘‘Water Infrastructure Finance and Innova-4
314	314	tion Program Account’’ in division D of the Further Con-5
315	315	solidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): 6
316	316	Provided further, That none of the direct loans or loan 7
317	317	guarantee authority made available under this heading 8
318	318	shall be available for any project unless the Secretary and 9
319	319	the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 10
320	320	have certified in advance in writing that the direct loan 11
321	321	or loan guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply 12
322	322	with the criteria referenced in the previous proviso: Pro-13
323	323	vided further, That any references to the Environmental 14
324	324	Protection Agency (EPA) or the Administrator in the cri-15
325	325	teria referenced in the previous two provisos shall be 16
326	326	deemed to be references to the Army Corps of Engineers 17
327	327	or the Secretary of the Army, respectively, for purposes 18
328	328	of the direct loans or loan guarantee authority made avail-19
329	329	able under this heading: Provided further, That for the 20
330	330	purposes of carrying out the Congressional Budget Act of 21
331	331	1974, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 22
332	332	may request, and the Secretary shall promptly provide, 23
333	333	documentation and information relating to a project iden-24
334	334	tified in a Letter of Interest submitted to the Secretary 25 14
335	335	•S 4927 RS
336	336	pursuant to a Notice of Funding Availability for applica-1
337	337	tions for credit assistance under the Water Infrastructure 2
338	338	Finance and Innovation Act Program, including with re-3
339	339	spect to a project that was initiated or completed before 4
340	340	the date of enactment of this Act. 5
341	341	In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 6
342	342	to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 7
343	343	Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 8
344	344	in this account, to remain available until expended. 9
345	345	In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 10
346	346	the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 11
347	347	section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In-12
348	348	novation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available 13
349	349	until September 30, 2026. 14
350	350	GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 15
351	351	ENGINEERS—CIVIL 16
352	352	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 17
353	353	S
354	354	EC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 18
355	355	of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 19
356	356	to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act 20
357	357	that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 21
358	358	year 2025, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 22
359	359	through a reprogramming of funds that: 23
360	360	(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 24
361	361	or activity; 25 15
362	362	•S 4927 RS
363	363	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 1
364	364	(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-2
365	365	gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 3
366	366	denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior ap-4
367	367	proval is received from the Committees on Appro-5
368	368	priations of both Houses of Congress; 6
369	369	(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 7
370	370	activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 8
371	371	is received from the Committees on Appropriations 9
372	372	of both Houses of Congress; 10
373	373	(5) augments or reduces existing programs, 11
374	374	projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con-12
375	375	tained in paragraphs (6) through (11), unless prior 13
376	376	approval is received from the Committees on Appro-14
377	377	priations of both Houses of Congress; 15
378	378	(6) I
379	379	NVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 16
380	380	$100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 17
381	381	amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 18
382	382	or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 19
383	383	less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 20
384	384	$25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 21
385	385	be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activ-22
386	386	ity that did not receive an appropriation for existing 23
387	387	obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 24 16
388	388	•S 4927 RS
389	389	(7) PLANNING, ENGINEERING, AND DESIGN.— 1
390	390	For a base level over $2,000,000, reprogramming of 2
391	391	15 percent of the base amount up to a limit of 3
392	392	$3,000,000 per project, study or activity is allowed: 4
393	393	Provided, That for a base level less than $2,000,000, 5
394	394	the reprogramming limit is $300,000: Provided fur-6
395	395	ther, That up to $300,000 may be reprogrammed 7
396	396	into any continuing study or activity that did not re-8
397	397	ceive an appropriation for existing obligations and 9
398	398	concomitant administrative expenses; 10
399	399	(8) C
400	400	ONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 11
401	401	$2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 12
402	402	base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, 13
403	403	study or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a 14
404	404	base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 15
405	405	limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to 16
406	406	$3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled con-17
407	407	tractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate de-18
408	408	ficiency judgments: Provided further, That up to 19
409	409	$300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 20
410	410	study or activity that did not receive an appropria-21
411	411	tion for existing obligations and concomitant admin-22
412	412	istrative expenses; 23
413	413	(9) O
414	414	PERATION AND MAINTENANCE .—Unlim-24
415	415	ited reprogramming authority is granted for the 25 17
416	416	•S 4927 RS
417	417	Corps to be able to respond to emergencies: Pro-1
418	418	vided, That the Chief of Engineers shall notify the 2
419	419	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 3
420	420	Congress of these emergency actions as soon there-4
421	421	after as practicable: Provided further, That for a 5
422	422	base level over $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 6
423	423	percent of the base amount up to a limit of 7
424	424	$5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed: 8
425	425	Provided further, That for a base level less than 9
426	426	$1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $150,000: 10
427	427	Provided further, That $150,000 may be repro-11
428	428	grammed into any continuing study or activity that 12
429	429	did not receive an appropriation; 13
430	430	(10) M
431	431	ISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES .— 14
432	432	The reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs (6), 15
433	433	(8), and (9) shall apply to the Investigations, Con-16
434	434	struction, and Operation and Maintenance portions 17
435	435	of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, re-18
436	436	spectively; and 19
437	437	(11) F
438	438	ORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC -20
439	439	TION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 per-21
440	440	cent of the base of the receiving project is permitted. 22
441	441	(b) D
442	442	EMINIMUSREPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case 23
443	443	should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be sub-24 18
444	444	•S 4927 RS
445	445	mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 1
446	446	Houses of Congress. 2
447	447	(c) C
448	448	ONTINUINGAUTHORITIESPROGRAM.—Sub-3
449	449	section (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity 4
450	450	funded under the continuing authorities program. 5
451	451	(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-6
452	452	ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 7
453	453	the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-8
454	454	gress to establish the baseline for application of re-9
455	455	programming and transfer authorities for the current fis-10
456	456	cal year which shall include: 11
457	457	(1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa-12
458	458	rate column to display the President’s budget re-13
459	459	quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 14
460	460	due to enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fis-15
461	461	cal year enacted level; 16
462	462	(2) A delineation in the table for each appro-17
463	463	priation both by object class and program, project 18
464	464	and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 19
465	465	the respective appropriations; and 20
466	466	(3) An identification of items of special congres-21
467	467	sional interest. 22
468	468	S
469	469	EC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 23
470	470	title may be used to award or modify any contract that 24
471	471	commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 25 19
472	472	•S 4927 RS
473	473	program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-1
474	474	cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 2
475	475	been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 3
476	476	section 101. 4
477	477	S
478	478	EC. 103. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 5
479	479	to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 6
480	480	Service may accept and expend, up to $8,200,000 of funds 7
481	481	provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 8
482	482	Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 9
483	483	of Engineers projects. 10
484	484	S
485	485	EC. 104. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 11
486	486	for an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-12
487	487	rial, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally ac-13
488	488	ceptable manner for the disposal or management of 14
489	489	dredged material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries 15
490	490	thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality 16
491	491	certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water 17
492	492	Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That 18
493	493	until an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-19
494	494	rial is approved under a State water quality certification, 20
495	495	the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland placement 21
496	496	of such dredged material consistent with the requirements 22
497	497	of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act 23
498	498	of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 24 20
499	499	•S 4927 RS
500	500	SEC. 105. Additional funding provided in this Act 1
501	501	shall be allocated only to projects determined to be eligible 2
502	502	by the Chief of Engineers. 3 21
503	503	•S 4927 RS
504	504	TITLE II 1
505	505	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 2
506	506	C
507	507	ENTRALUTAHPROJECT 3
508	508	CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 4
509	509	For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 5
510	510	Utah Project Completion Act, $23,000,000, to remain 6
511	511	available until expended, of which $4,000,000 shall be de-7
512	512	posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-8
513	513	servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-9
514	514	gation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That of 10
515	515	the amount provided under this heading, $1,900,000 shall 11
516	516	be available until September 30, 2026, for expenses nec-12
517	517	essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec-13
518	518	retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 14
519	519	year 2025, of the amount made available to the Commis-15
520	520	sion under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may 16
521	521	use an amount not to exceed $2,164,100 for administra-17
522	522	tive expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts pro-18
523	523	vided under this heading, not to exceed $1,000 may be 19
524	524	for official reception and representation expenses. 20
525	525	B
526	526	UREAU OFRECLAMATION 21
527	527	The following appropriations shall be expended to 22
528	528	execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-23
529	529	tion: 24 22
530	530	•S 4927 RS
531	531	WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 1
532	532	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 2
533	533	For management, development, and restoration of 3
534	534	water and related natural resources and for related activi-4
535	535	ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita-5
536	536	tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 6
537	537	fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-7
538	538	cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 8
539	539	agreements with, State and local governments, federally 9
540	540	recognized Indian Tribes, and others, $1,864,550,000, to 10
541	541	remain available until expended, of which $23,620,000 11
542	542	shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 12
543	543	Basin Fund and $7,584,000 shall be available for transfer 13
544	544	to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 14
545	545	of which such amounts as may be necessary may be ad-15
546	546	vanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That 16
547	547	$100,000 shall be available for transfer into the Aging In-17
548	548	frastructure Account established by section 9603(d)(1) of 18
549	549	the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, as 19
550	550	amended (43 U.S.C. 510b(d)(1)): Provided further, That 20
551	551	such transfers, except for the transfer authorized by the 21
552	552	preceding proviso, may be increased or decreased within 22
553	553	the overall appropriation under this heading: Provided fur-23
554	554	ther, That of the total appropriated, the amount for pro-24
555	555	gram activities that can be financed by the Reclamation 25 23
556	556	•S 4927 RS
557	557	Fund, the Water Storage Enhancement Receipts account 1
558	558	established by section 4011(e) of Public Law 114–322, or 2
559	559	the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account established 3
560	560	by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund or 4
561	561	account: Provided further, That funds contributed under 5
562	562	43 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the pur-6
563	563	poses for which the funds were contributed: Provided fur-7
564	564	ther, That funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be 8
565	565	credited to this account and are available until expended 9
566	566	for the same purposes as the sums appropriated under this 10
567	567	heading: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 11
568	568	herein, funds may be used for high-priority projects which 12
569	569	may be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as 13
570	570	authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Provided further, That 14
571	571	within available funds, up to $250,000 may be for grants 15
572	572	and financial assistance for educational activities: Pro-16
573	573	vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 17
574	574	heading, not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official re-18
575	575	ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 19
576	576	That in accordance with section 4007 of Public Law 114– 20
577	577	322 and as recommended by the Secretary in a letter 21
578	578	dated May 22, 2024, funding provided for such purpose 22
579	579	in fiscal year 2024 shall be made available to the Sites 23
580	580	Reservoir Project: Provided further, That in accordance 24
581	581	with section 4009(c) of Public Law 114–322 and as rec-25 24
582	582	•S 4927 RS
583	583	ommended by the Secretary in a letter dated May 22, 1
584	584	2024, funding provided for such purpose in fiscal year 2
585	585	2023 and fiscal year 2024 shall be made available to the 3
586	586	El Paso Aquifer Storage and Recovery Enhanced Arroyo 4
587	587	Project, the Replenish Big Bear, the Purified Water Re-5
588	588	plenishment Project, North San Diego Water Reuse Coali-6
589	589	tion Regional Water Program, Coachella Valley Water 7
590	590	District WRP–10 Non-Potable Water System Expansion, 8
591	591	Pure Water Oceanside Phase 1, and the Carpinteria Ad-9
592	592	vanced Purification Project. 10
593	593	CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 11
594	594	For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi-12
595	595	tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 13
596	596	the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, such sums 14
597	597	as may be collected in fiscal year 2025 in the Central Val-15
598	598	ley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 16
599	599	3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 17
600	600	to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu-18
601	601	reau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the 19
602	602	full amount of the additional mitigation and restoration 20
603	603	payments authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 21
604	604	102–575: Provided further, That none of the funds made 22
605	605	available under this heading may be used for the acquisi-23
606	606	tion or leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water 24 25
607	607	•S 4927 RS
608	608	is already committed to in-stream purposes by a court 1
609	609	adopted decree or order. 2
610	610	CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 3
611	611	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 4
612	612	For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 5
613	613	Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 6
614	614	consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 7
615	615	the Interior, $33,000,000, to remain available until ex-8
616	616	pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 9
617	617	carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 10
618	618	accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 11
619	619	out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro-12
620	620	priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 13
621	621	costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur-14
622	622	ther, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out 15
623	623	in a balanced manner with clear performance measures 16
624	624	demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals 17
625	625	and objectives of the Program. 18
626	626	POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 19
627	627	For expenses necessary for policy, administration, 20
628	628	and related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, 21
629	629	the Denver office, and offices in the six regions of the Bu-22
630	630	reau of Reclamation, to remain available until September 23
631	631	30, 2026, $66,794,000, to be derived from the Reclama-24
632	632	tion Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 25 26
633	633	•S 4927 RS
634	634	U.S.C. 377: Provided, That no part of any other appro-1
635	635	priation in this Act shall be available for activities or func-2
636	636	tions budgeted as policy and administration expenses. 3
637	637	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 4
638	638	Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 5
639	639	be available for purchase and replacement of motor vehi-6
640	640	cles. 7
641	641	GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 8
642	642	INTERIOR 9
643	643	S
644	644	EC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 10
645	645	of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 11
646	646	by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agen-12
647	647	cies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water 13
648	648	and Related Resources that remain available for obligation 14
649	649	or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, shall be available for 15
650	650	obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 16
651	651	funds that— 17
652	652	(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, 18
653	653	or activity; 19
654	654	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 20
655	655	(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 21
656	656	activity for which funds have been denied or re-22
657	657	stricted by this Act, unless prior approval is received 23
658	658	from the Committees on Appropriations of both 24
659	659	Houses of Congress; 25 27
660	660	•S 4927 RS
661	661	(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 1
662	662	activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 2
663	663	unless prior approval is received from the Commit-3
664	664	tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 4
665	665	(5) transfers funds in excess of the following 5
666	666	limits, unless prior approval is received from the 6
667	667	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 7
668	668	Congress: 8
669	669	(A) 15 percent for any program, project or 9
670	670	activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail-10
671	671	able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 11
672	672	(B) $400,000 for any program, project or 12
673	673	activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail-13
674	674	able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 14
675	675	(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 15
676	676	the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili-16
677	677	tation category or the Resources Management and 17
678	678	Development category to any program, project, or 18
679	679	activity in the other category, unless prior approval 19
680	680	is received from the Committees on Appropriations 20
681	681	of both Houses of Congress; or 21
682	682	(7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 22
683	683	obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 23
684	684	$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 24
685	685	contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 25 28
686	686	•S 4927 RS
687	687	to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de-1
688	688	ficiency judgments, unless prior approval is received 2
689	689	from the Committees on Appropriations of both 3
690	690	Houses of Congress. 4
691	691	(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 5
692	692	of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 6
693	693	Rehabilitation category. 7
694	694	(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 8
695	695	means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 9
696	696	project, or activity. 10
697	697	(d) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the 11
698	698	amounts made available in this title under the heading 12
699	699	‘‘Bureau of Reclamation—Water and Related Resources’’ 13
700	700	shall be expended for the programs, projects, and activities 14
701	701	specified in the ‘‘Committee Recommendation’’ columns in 15
702	702	the ‘‘Water and Related Resources’’ table included under 16
703	703	the heading ‘‘Title II—Department of the Interior’’ in the 17
704	704	report accompanying this Act. 18
705	705	(e) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 19
706	706	on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 20
707	707	of both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro-21
708	708	grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat-22
709	709	egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub-23
710	710	mitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 24
711	711	of this Act. 25 29
712	712	•S 4927 RS
713	713	SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-1
714	714	erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter-2
715	715	mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 3
716	716	for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 4
717	717	of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 5
718	718	shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 6
719	719	of California as approved by the Administrator of the En-7
720	720	vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri-8
721	721	mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 9
722	722	(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 10
723	723	Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain-11
724	724	age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 12
725	725	Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 13
726	726	until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program— 14
727	727	Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alter-15
728	728	native Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled 16
729	729	‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-17
730	730	gram and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Feb-18
731	731	ruary 1995’’, prepared by the Department of the Interior, 19
732	732	Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds 20
733	733	by the United States relating to, or providing for, drainage 21
734	734	service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall 22
735	735	be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of 23
736	736	such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation 24
737	737	law. 25 30
738	738	•S 4927 RS
739	739	SEC. 203. Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the Calfed 1
740	740	Bay-Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as 2
741	741	amended, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2025’’ for 3
742	742	‘‘2022’’ each place it appears. 4
743	743	S
744	744	EC. 204. Section 104(c) of the Reclamation States 5
745	745	Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 6
746	746	2214(c)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2025’’ for 7
747	747	‘‘2022’’. 8
748	748	S
749	749	EC. 205. Section 3 of Public Law 106-392 (114 9
750	750	Stat. 1603 et seq.) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2025’’ 10
751	751	for ‘‘2024’’ in each place it appears. 11
752	752	S
753	753	EC. 206. None of the funds provided in this Act or 12
754	754	any prior Act may be used for the Shasta Dam and Res-13
755	755	ervoir Enlargement Project. 14 31
756	756	•S 4927 RS
757	757	TITLE III 1
758	758	DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 2
759	759	ENERGY PROGRAMS 3
760	760	E
761	761	NERGYEFFICIENCY ANDRENEWABLEENERGY 4
762	762	For Department of Energy expenses including the 5
763	763	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-6
764	764	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 7
765	765	efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 8
766	766	the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 9
767	767	Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 10
768	768	condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 11
769	769	plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 12
770	770	$3,440,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-13
771	771	vided, That of such amount, $190,000,000 shall be avail-14
772	772	able until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 15
773	773	M
774	774	ANUFACTURINGANDENERGYSUPPLYCHAINS 16
775	775	For Department of Energy expenses including the 17
776	776	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-18
777	777	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for manufac-19
778	778	turing and energy supply chain activities in carrying out 20
779	779	the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 21
780	780	Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 22
781	781	condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 23
782	782	plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 24
783	783	$20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-25 32
784	784	•S 4927 RS
785	785	vided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 1
786	786	$1,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 2
787	787	for program direction. 3
788	788	C
789	789	YBERSECURITY, ENERGYSECURITY, ANDEMERGENCY 4
790	790	R
791	791	ESPONSE 5
792	792	For Department of Energy expenses including the 6
793	793	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-7
794	794	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 8
795	795	sector cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency re-9
796	796	sponse activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-10
797	797	partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 11
798	798	seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 12
799	799	real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-13
800	800	tion, construction, or expansion, $200,000,000, to remain 14
801	801	available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 15
802	802	$31,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 16
803	803	for program direction. 17
804	804	E
805	805	LECTRICITY 18
806	806	For Department of Energy expenses including the 19
807	807	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-20
808	808	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec-21
809	809	tricity activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-22
810	810	partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 23
811	811	seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 24
812	812	real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-25 33
813	813	•S 4927 RS
814	814	tion, construction, or expansion, $280,000,000, to remain 1
815	815	available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 2
816	816	$19,700,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 3
817	817	for program direction: Provided further, That funds made 4
818	818	available under this heading allocated for the purposes of 5
819	819	section 9 of the Small Business Act, as amended (15 6
820	820	U.S.C. 638), including for Small Business Innovation Re-7
821	821	search and Small Business Technology Transfer activities, 8
822	822	or for the purposes of section 1001 of the Energy Policy 9
823	823	Act of 2005, as amended (42 U.S.C. 16391), for Tech-10
824	824	nology Commercialization Fund activities, may be repro-11
825	825	grammed without being subject to the restrictions in sec-12
826	826	tion 301 of this Act. 13
827	827	G
828	828	RIDDEPLOYMENT 14
829	829	For Department of Energy expenses including the 15
830	830	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-16
831	831	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for grid de-17
832	832	ployment in carrying out the purposes of the Department 18
833	833	of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-19
834	834	cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-20
835	835	erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-21
836	836	struction, or expansion, $60,000,000, to remain available 22
837	837	until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 23
838	838	$7,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 24
839	839	for program direction. 25 34
840	840	•S 4927 RS
841	841	NUCLEARENERGY 1
842	842	For Department of Energy expenses including the 2
843	843	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-3
844	844	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 4
845	845	energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-5
846	846	partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 6
847	847	seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 7
848	848	real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-8
849	849	tion, construction, or expansion, $1,675,000,000, to re-9
850	850	main available until expended: Provided, That of such 10
851	851	amount, $97,000,000 shall be available until September 11
852	852	30, 2026, for program direction: Provided further, That 12
853	853	for the purpose of section 954(a)(6) of the Energy Policy 13
854	854	Act of 2005, as amended, the only amount available shall 14
855	855	be from the amount specified as including that purpose 15
856	856	in the ‘‘Committee Recommendation’’ column in the ‘‘De-16
857	857	partment of Energy’’ table included under the heading 17
858	858	‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in the report accom-18
859	859	panying this Act. 19
860	860	F
861	861	OSSILENERGY ANDCARBONMANAGEMENT 20
862	862	For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-21
863	863	rying out fossil energy and carbon management research 22
864	864	and development activities, under the authority of the De-23
865	865	partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 24
866	866	seq.), including the acquisition of interest, including defea-25 35
867	867	•S 4927 RS
868	868	sible and equitable interests in any real property or any 1
869	869	facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, 2
870	870	and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations 3
871	871	and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, 4
872	872	and disposal of mineral substances without objectionable 5
873	873	social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 6
874	874	1603), $865,000,000, to remain available until expended: 7
875	875	Provided, That of such amount $77,000,000 shall be avail-8
876	876	able until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 9
877	877	E
878	878	NERGYPROJECTS 10
879	879	For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-11
880	880	rying out community project funding activities, under the 12
881	881	authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act 13
882	882	(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $36,037,000, to remain available 14
883	883	until expended, for projects specified in the table that ap-15
884	884	pears under the heading ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spend-16
885	885	ing for Energy Projects’’ in the report accompanying this 17
886	886	Act. 18
887	887	N
888	888	AVALPETROLEUM AND OILSHALERESERVES 19
889	889	For Department of Energy expenses necessary to 20
890	890	carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 21
891	891	$13,010,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-22
892	892	vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 23
893	893	unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be 24 36
894	894	•S 4927 RS
895	895	available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve ac-1
896	896	tivities. 2
897	897	S
898	898	TRATEGICPETROLEUMRESERVE 3
899	899	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 4
900	900	Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and op-5
901	901	erations and program management activities pursuant to 6
902	902	the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 7
903	903	et seq.), $213,390,000, to remain available until expended. 8
904	904	SPR P
905	905	ETROLEUMACCOUNT 9
906	906	For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of 10
907	907	petroleum products, and for other necessary expenses pur-11
908	908	suant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as 12
909	909	amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $100,000, to remain 13
910	910	available until expended. 14
911	911	N
912	912	ORTHEASTHOMEHEATINGOILRESERVE 15
913	913	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 16
914	914	Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, 17
915	915	and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 18
916	916	and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), 19
917	917	$7,150,000, to remain available until expended. 20
918	918	E
919	919	NERGYINFORMATIONADMINISTRATION 21
920	920	For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-22
921	921	rying out the activities of the Energy Information Admin-23
922	922	istration, $135,000,000, to remain available until ex-24
923	923	pended. 25 37
924	924	•S 4927 RS
925	925	NON-DEFENSEENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 1
926	926	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 2
927	927	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-3
928	928	ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de-4
929	929	fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 5
930	930	purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 6
931	931	(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-7
932	932	demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 8
933	933	or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 9
934	934	$342,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-10
935	935	vided, That in addition, fees collected pursuant to sub-11
936	936	section (b)(1) of section 6939f of title 42, United States 12
937	937	Code, and deposited under this heading in fiscal year 2024 13
938	938	pursuant to section 309 of title III of division C of Public 14
939	939	Law 116–94 are appropriated, to remain available until 15
940	940	expended, for mercury storage costs. 16
941	941	U
942	942	RANIUMENRICHMENTDECONTAMINATION AND 17
943	943	D
944	944	ECOMMISSIONINGFUND 18
945	945	For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-19
946	946	rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 20
947	947	and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activi-21
948	948	ties of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and 22
949	949	title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 23
950	950	$865,000,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrich-24
951	951	ment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to re-25 38
952	952	•S 4927 RS
953	953	main available until expended, of which $5,818,000 shall 1
954	954	be available in accordance with title X, subtitle A, of the 2
955	955	Energy Policy Act of 1992. 3
956	956	S
957	957	CIENCE 4
958	958	For Department of Energy expenses including the 5
959	959	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-6
960	960	ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for science 7
961	961	activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 8
962	962	of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-9
963	963	cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-10
964	964	erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-11
965	965	struction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 12
966	966	35 passenger motor vehicles, $8,600,000,000, to remain 13
967	967	available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 14
968	968	$246,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 15
969	969	for program direction. 16
970	970	N
971	971	UCLEARWASTEDISPOSAL 17
972	972	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 18
973	973	nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes 19
974	974	of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public Law 97– 20
975	975	425, as amended, $12,040,000, to remain available until 21
976	976	expended, which shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste 22
977	977	Fund. 23 39
978	978	•S 4927 RS
979	979	TECHNOLOGYCOORDINATIONANDCOMMERCIALIZATION 1
980	980	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 2
981	981	carrying out the activities of technology transitions, in-3
982	982	cluding section 10691 of Public Law 117–167, and the 4
983	983	coordination of Department programs, including those in-5
984	984	volving critical and emerging technologies, in carrying out 6
985	985	the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 7
986	986	Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $34,500,000, to remain 8
987	987	available until September 30, 2026. 9
988	988	C
989	989	LEANENERGYDEMONSTRATIONS 10
990	990	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 11
991	991	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-12
992	992	ital equipment and other expenses necessary for clean en-13
993	993	ergy demonstrations in carrying out the purposes of the 14
994	994	Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 15
995	995	et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 16
996	996	real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-17
997	997	tion, construction, or expansion, $125,000,000, to remain 18
998	998	available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 19
999	999	$80,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 20
1000	1000	for program direction. 21
1001	1001	A
1002	1002	DVANCEDRESEARCHPROJECTSAGENCY—ENERGY 22
1003	1003	For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-23
1004	1004	rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 24
1005	1005	America COMPETES Act (Public Law 110–69), 25 40
1006	1006	•S 4927 RS
1007	1007	$459,150,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-1
1008	1008	vided, That of such amount, $42,000,000 shall be avail-2
1009	1009	able until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 3
1010	1010	T
1011	1011	ITLE17 INNOVATIVETECHNOLOGYLOANGUARANTEE 4
1012	1012	P
1013	1013	ROGRAM 5
1014	1014	Such sums as are derived from amounts received 6
1015	1015	from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy 7
1016	1016	Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall 8
1017	1017	be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Con-9
1018	1018	gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for nec-10
1019	1019	essary administrative expenses of the Title 17 Innovative 11
1020	1020	Technology Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, 12
1021	1021	$55,000,000 is appropriated, to remain available until 13
1022	1022	September 30, 2026: Provided further, That up to 14
1023	1023	$55,000,000 of fees collected in fiscal year 2024 pursuant 15
1024	1024	to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall 16
1025	1025	be credited as offsetting collections under this heading and 17
1026	1026	used for necessary administrative expenses in this appro-18
1027	1027	priation and shall remain available until September 30, 19
1028	1028	2026: Provided further, That to the extent that fees col-20
1029	1029	lected in fiscal year 2025 exceed $55,000,000, those ex-21
1030	1030	cess amounts shall be credited as offsetting collections 22
1031	1031	under this heading and available in future fiscal years only 23
1032	1032	to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: 24
1033	1033	Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 25 41
1034	1034	•S 4927 RS
1035	1035	the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are re-1
1036	1036	ceived during fiscal year 2024 (estimated at 2
1037	1037	$170,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining 3
1038	1038	general fund appropriations can be derived from fees col-4
1039	1039	lected in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise ap-5
1040	1040	propriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2025 ap-6
1041	1041	propriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Pro-7
1042	1042	vided further, That the Department of Energy shall not 8
1043	1043	subordinate any loan obligation to other financing in viola-9
1044	1044	tion of section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or 10
1045	1045	subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or 11
1046	1046	other debt obligations in violation of section 609.8 of title 12
1047	1047	10, Code of Federal Regulations. 13
1048	1048	A
1049	1049	DVANCEDTECHNOLOGYVEHICLESMANUFACTURING 14
1050	1050	L
1051	1051	OANPROGRAM 15
1052	1052	For Department of Energy administrative expenses 16
1053	1053	necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehi-17
1054	1054	cles Manufacturing Loan Program, $20,000,000, to re-18
1055	1055	main available until September 30, 2026. 19
1056	1056	T
1057	1057	RIBALENERGYLOANGUARANTEEPROGRAM 20
1058	1058	For Department of Energy administrative expenses 21
1059	1059	necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guar-22
1060	1060	antee Program, $6,300,000, to remain available until Sep-23
1061	1061	tember 30, 2026. 24 42
1062	1062	•S 4927 RS
1063	1063	INDIANENERGYPOLICY ANDPROGRAMS 1
1064	1064	For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities 2
1065	1065	in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 3
1066	1066	Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $70,000,000, 4
1067	1067	to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 5
1068	1068	amount appropriated under this heading, $14,000,000 6
1069	1069	shall be available until September 30, 2026, for program 7
1070	1070	direction. 8
1071	1071	D
1072	1072	EPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 9
1073	1073	For salaries and expenses of the Department of En-10
1074	1074	ergy necessary for departmental administration in car-11
1075	1075	rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-12
1076	1076	nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $391,000,000, to 13
1077	1077	remain available until September 30, 2026, including the 14
1078	1078	hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and 15
1079	1079	representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such 16
1080	1080	additional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the 17
1081	1081	estimated amount of cost of work for others notwith-18
1082	1082	standing the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 19
1083	1083	U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in cost 20
1084	1084	of work are offset by revenue increases of the same or 21
1085	1085	greater amount: Provided further, That moneys received 22
1086	1086	by the Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated 23
1087	1087	to total $100,578,000 in fiscal year 2025 may be retained 24
1088	1088	and used for operating expenses within this account, as 25 43
1089	1089	•S 4927 RS
1090	1090	authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwith-1
1091	1091	standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided fur-2
1092	1092	ther, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 3
1093	1093	as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 4
1094	1094	result in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation from the 5
1095	1095	general fund estimated at not more than $290,422,000. 6
1096	1096	O
1097	1097	FFICE OF THEINSPECTORGENERAL 7
1098	1098	For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 8
1099	1099	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 9
1100	1100	General Act of 1978, $86,000,000, to remain available 10
1101	1101	until September 30, 2026. 11
1102	1102	ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 12
1103	1103	NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 13
1104	1104	ADMINISTRATION 14
1105	1105	W
1106	1106	EAPONSACTIVITIES 15
1107	1107	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 16
1108	1108	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-17
1109	1109	ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 18
1110	1110	atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 19
1111	1111	the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 20
1112	1112	Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 21
1113	1113	condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 22
1114	1114	plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 23
1115	1115	and the purchase of one electric bus, $19,930,000,000, to 24
1116	1116	remain available until expended: Provided, That of such 25 44
1117	1117	•S 4927 RS
1118	1118	amount, $135,264,000 shall be available until September 1
1119	1119	30, 2026, for program direction. 2
1120	1120	D
1121	1121	EFENSENUCLEARNONPROLIFERATION 3
1122	1122	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 4
1123	1123	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-5
1124	1124	ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 6
1125	1125	defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 7
1126	1126	the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 8
1127	1127	Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 9
1128	1128	condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 10
1129	1129	plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 11
1130	1130	$2,630,000,000, to remain available until expended. 12
1131	1131	N
1132	1132	AVALREACTORS 13
1133	1133	For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 14
1134	1134	naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 15
1135	1135	Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ-16
1136	1136	ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc-17
1137	1137	tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 18
1138	1138	equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, 19
1139	1139	$2,077,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-20
1140	1140	vided, That of such amount, $62,848,000 shall be avail-21
1141	1141	able until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 22
1142	1142	F
1143	1143	EDERALSALARIES ANDEXPENSES 23
1144	1144	For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex-24
1145	1145	penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 25 45
1146	1146	•S 4927 RS
1147	1147	$564,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1
1148	1148	2026, including official reception and representation ex-2
1149	1149	penses not to exceed $17,000. 3
1150	1150	ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 4
1151	1151	ACTIVITIES 5
1152	1152	D
1153	1153	EFENSEENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 6
1154	1154	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 7
1155	1155	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-8
1156	1156	ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 9
1157	1157	energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car-10
1158	1158	rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-11
1159	1159	nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui-12
1160	1160	sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 13
1161	1161	or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-14
1162	1162	sion, $7,550,000,000, to remain available until expended: 15
1163	1163	Provided, That of such amount, $355,000,000 shall be 16
1164	1164	available until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 17
1165	1165	D
1166	1166	EFENSEURANIUMENRICHMENTDECONTAMINATION 18
1167	1167	ANDDECOMMISSIONING 19
1168	1168	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 20
1169	1169	For an additional amount for atomic energy defense 21
1170	1170	environmental cleanup activities for Department of En-22
1171	1171	ergy contributions for uranium enrichment decontamina-23
1172	1172	tion and decommissioning activities, $577,000,000, to be 24
1173	1173	deposited into the Defense Environmental Cleanup ac-25 46
1174	1174	•S 4927 RS
1175	1175	count, which shall be transferred to the ‘‘Uranium Enrich-1
1176	1176	ment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund’’. 2
1177	1177	O
1178	1178	THERDEFENSEACTIVITIES 3
1179	1179	For Department of Energy expenses, including the 4
1180	1180	purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-5
1181	1181	ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic 6
1182	1182	energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac-7
1183	1183	tivities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department 8
1184	1184	of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-9
1185	1185	cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-10
1186	1186	erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-11
1187	1187	struction, or expansion, $1,188,000,000, to remain avail-12
1188	1188	able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 13
1189	1189	$396,804,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 14
1190	1190	for program direction. 15
1191	1191	POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 16
1192	1192	B
1193	1193	ONNEVILLEPOWERADMINISTRATIONFUND 17
1194	1194	Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-18
1195	1195	tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 19
1196	1196	are approved for official reception and representation ex-20
1197	1197	penses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That 21
1198	1198	during fiscal year 2025, no new direct loan obligations 22
1199	1199	may be made. 23 47
1200	1200	•S 4927 RS
1201	1201	OPERATION ANDMAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 1
1202	1202	A
1203	1203	DMINISTRATION 2
1204	1204	For expenses necessary for operation and mainte-3
1205	1205	nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 4
1206	1206	electric power and energy, including transmission wheeling 5
1207	1207	and ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood 6
1208	1208	Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 7
1209	1209	southeastern power area, $9,127,000, including official re-8
1210	1210	ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 9
1211	1211	exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Pro-10
1212	1212	vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 11
1213	1213	5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $9,127,000 col-12
1214	1214	lected by the Southeastern Power Administration from the 13
1215	1215	sale of power and related services shall be credited to this 14
1216	1216	account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 15
1217	1217	available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 16
1218	1218	the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Adminis-17
1219	1219	tration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-18
1220	1220	priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 19
1221	1221	are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 20
1222	1222	fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 21
1223	1223	$0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 22
1224	1224	3302, up to $75,778,000 collected by the Southeastern 23
1225	1225	Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 24
1226	1226	of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 25 48
1227	1227	•S 4927 RS
1228	1228	shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 1
1229	1229	to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 2
1230	1230	of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: 3
1231	1231	Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, 4
1232	1232	annual expenses means expenditures that are generally re-5
1233	1233	covered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding 6
1234	1234	purchase power and wheeling expenses). 7
1235	1235	O
1236	1236	PERATION ANDMAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN 8
1237	1237	P
1238	1238	OWERADMINISTRATION 9
1239	1239	For expenses necessary for operation and mainte-10
1240	1240	nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 11
1241	1241	electric power and energy, for construction and acquisition 12
1242	1242	of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facili-13
1243	1243	ties, and for administrative expenses, including official re-14
1244	1244	ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 15
1245	1245	exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Con-16
1246	1246	trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 17
1247	1247	Southwestern Power Administration, $55,070,000, to re-18
1248	1248	main available until expended: Provided, That notwith-19
1249	1249	standing 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Con-20
1250	1250	trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $43,630,000 col-21
1251	1251	lected by the Southwestern Power Administration from 22
1252	1252	the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 23
1253	1253	this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to re-24
1254	1254	main available until expended, for the sole purpose of 25 49
1255	1255	•S 4927 RS
1256	1256	funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power 1
1257	1257	Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-2
1258	1258	propriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collec-3
1259	1259	tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 4
1260	1260	in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated at not 5
1261	1261	more than $11,440,000: Provided further, That notwith-6
1262	1262	standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $80,000,000 collected by 7
1263	1263	the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 8
1264	1264	Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and 9
1265	1265	wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as off-10
1266	1266	setting collections, to remain available until expended for 11
1267	1267	the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 12
1268	1268	expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this 13
1269	1269	appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 14
1270	1270	are generally recovered in the same year that they are in-15
1271	1271	curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 16
1272	1272	C
1273	1273	ONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND 17
1274	1274	M
1275	1275	AINTENANCE, WESTERNAREAPOWERADMINIS-18
1276	1276	TRATION 19
1277	1277	(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 20
1278	1278	For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 21
1279	1279	section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 22
1280	1280	U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con-23
1281	1281	servation and renewable resources programs as author-24
1282	1282	ized, $341,983,000, including official reception and rep-25 50
1283	1283	•S 4927 RS
1284	1284	resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, 1
1285	1285	to remain available until expended, of which $340,983,000 2
1286	1286	shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec-3
1287	1287	lamation Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 4
1288	1288	3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 5
1289	1289	U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 6
1290	1290	Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to 7
1291	1291	$241,111,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-8
1292	1292	ministration from the sale of power and related services 9
1293	1293	shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 10
1294	1294	collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 11
1295	1295	purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western 12
1296	1296	Area Power Administration: Provided further, That the 13
1297	1297	sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be re-14
1298	1298	duced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 15
1299	1299	as to result in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation esti-16
1300	1300	mated at not more than $100,872,000, of which 17
1301	1301	$99,872,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro-18
1302	1302	vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 19
1303	1303	to $525,000,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-20
1304	1304	ministration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 21
1305	1305	and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover pur-22
1306	1306	chase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 23
1307	1307	this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 24
1308	1308	until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 25 51
1309	1309	•S 4927 RS
1310	1310	power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 1
1311	1311	for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 2
1312	1312	expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 3
1313	1313	that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 4
1314	1314	wheeling expenses): Provided further, That of the amounts 5
1315	1315	made available under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be 6
1316	1316	for supporting the administrative activities authorized in 7
1317	1317	section 301 of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 (Pub-8
1318	1318	lic Law 98–381), as amended, in addition to any other 9
1319	1319	appropriated amounts available for such purposes: Pro-10
1320	1320	vided further, That the amounts described in the preceding 11
1321	1321	proviso shall be non-reimbursable: Provided further, That 12
1322	1322	the remaining unobligated balances from amounts de-13
1323	1323	scribed in the fifth proviso under this heading in the En-14
1324	1324	ergy and Water Development and Related Agencies Ap-15
1325	1325	propriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–85) are hereby 16
1326	1326	permanently rescinded. 17
1327	1327	F
1328	1328	ALCON ANDAMISTADOPERATING ANDMAINTENANCE 18
1329	1329	F
1330	1330	UND 19
1331	1331	For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 20
1332	1332	the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 21
1333	1333	Dams, $6,525,000, to remain available until expended, 22
1334	1334	and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 23
1335	1335	and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad-24
1336	1336	ministration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 25 52
1337	1337	•S 4927 RS
1338	1338	18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding 1
1339	1339	the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 2
1340	1340	$6,297,000 collected by the Western Area Power Adminis-3
1341	1341	tration from the sale of power and related services from 4
1342	1342	the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited to this 5
1343	1343	account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 6
1344	1344	available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 7
1345	1345	the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities of these 8
1346	1346	Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration 9
1347	1347	activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-10
1348	1348	priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 11
1349	1349	are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 12
1350	1350	fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 13
1351	1351	$228,000: Provided further, That for purposes of this ap-14
1352	1352	propriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 15
1353	1353	generally recovered in the same year that they are in-16
1354	1354	curred: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2025, the 17
1355	1355	Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 18
1356	1356	may accept up to $1,685,000 in funds contributed by 19
1357	1357	United States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad 20
1358	1358	Dams for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad Operating 21
1359	1359	and Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available 22
1360	1360	for the purpose for which contributed in like manner as 23
1361	1361	if said sums had been specifically appropriated for such 24
1362	1362	purpose: Provided further, That any such funds shall be 25 53
1363	1363	•S 4927 RS
1364	1364	available without further appropriation and without fiscal 1
1365	1365	year limitation for use by the Commissioner of the United 2
1366	1366	States Section of the International Boundary and Water 3
1367	1367	Commission for the sole purpose of operating, maintain-4
1368	1368	ing, repairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the 5
1369	1369	hydroelectric facilities at these Dams in accordance with 6
1370	1370	agreements reached between the Administrator, Commis-7
1371	1371	sioner, and the power customers. 8
1372	1372	F
1373	1373	EDERALENERGYREGULATORYCOMMISSION 9
1374	1374	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 10
1375	1375	For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu-11
1376	1376	latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De-12
1377	1377	partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 13
1378	1378	seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 14
1379	1379	official reception and representation expenses not to ex-15
1380	1380	ceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 16
1381	1381	$532,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-17
1382	1382	vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 18
1383	1383	not to exceed $532,000,000 of revenues from fees and an-19
1384	1384	nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 20
1385	1385	year 2025 shall be retained and used for expenses nec-21
1386	1386	essary in this account, and shall remain available until ex-22
1387	1387	pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-23
1388	1388	priated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues 24
1389	1389	are received during fiscal year 2025 so as to result in a 25 54
1390	1390	•S 4927 RS
1391	1391	final fiscal year 2025 appropriation from the general fund 1
1392	1392	estimated at not more than $0. 2
1393	1393	GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 3
1394	1394	ENERGY 4
1395	1395	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 5
1396	1396	S
1397	1397	EC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 6
1398	1398	made available by this title for the Department of Energy 7
1399	1399	shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 8
1400	1400	or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 9
1401	1401	or similar arrangements (including Requests for 10
1402	1402	Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Op-11
1403	1403	portunity Announcements) for a program, project, or ac-12
1404	1404	tivity if the program, project, or activity has not been 13
1405	1405	funded by Congress. 14
1406	1406	(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the 15
1407	1407	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 16
1408	1408	at least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds 17
1409	1409	made available in this title may be used to— 18
1410	1410	(A) make a grant allocation or discretionary 19
1411	1411	grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 20
1412	1412	(B) make a discretionary contract award or 21
1413	1413	Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 22
1414	1414	or more, including a contract covered by the Federal 23
1415	1415	Acquisition Regulation; 24 55
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1417	1417	(C) provide nonoperational funding through a 1
1418	1418	competition restricted only to Department of Energy 2
1419	1419	National Laboratories totaling $1,000,000 or more; 3
1420	1420	(D) provide nonoperational funding directly to a 4
1421	1421	Department of Energy National Laboratory totaling 5
1422	1422	$25,000,000 or more; 6
1423	1423	(E) issue a letter of intent to make an alloca-7
1424	1424	tion, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in 8
1425	1425	subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or 9
1426	1426	(F) announce publicly the intention to make an 10
1427	1427	allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the lim-11
1428	1428	its in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D). 12
1429	1429	(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com-13
1430	1430	mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14
1431	1431	within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report 15
1432	1432	detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant 16
1433	1433	award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during the 17
1434	1434	previous quarter. 18
1435	1435	(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and 19
1436	1436	the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the re-20
1437	1437	cipient of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal 21
1438	1438	year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, 22
1439	1439	the account and program, project, or activity from which 23
1440	1440	the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and 24 56
1441	1441	•S 4927 RS
1442	1442	a brief description of the activity for which the award is 1
1443	1443	made. 2
1444	1444	(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 3
1445	1445	to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au-4
1446	1446	thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De-5
1447	1447	partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 6
1448	1448	multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 7
1449	1449	a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 8
1450	1450	(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-9
1451	1451	ment is funded for the full period of performance as 10
1452	1452	anticipated at the time of award; or 11
1453	1453	(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-12
1454	1454	ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov-13
1455	1455	ernment’s obligation on the availability of future 14
1456	1456	year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 15
1457	1457	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 16
1458	1458	Congress at least 3 days in advance. 17
1459	1459	(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 18
1460	1460	the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 19
1461	1461	as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and ac-20
1462	1462	tivities specified in the ‘‘Committee Recommendation’’ col-21
1463	1463	umn in the ‘‘Department of Energy’’ table included under 22
1464	1464	the heading ‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in the re-23
1465	1465	port accompanying this Act. 24 57
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1467	1467	(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 1
1468	1468	reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 2
1469	1469	the Department shall notify, and obtain the prior approval 3
1470	1470	of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 4
1471	1471	Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed 5
1472	1472	reprogramming that would cause any program, project, or 6
1473	1473	activity funding level to increase or decrease by more than 7
1474	1474	$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the 8
1475	1475	time period covered by this Act. 9
1476	1476	(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 10
1477	1477	available for obligation or expenditure through a re-11
1478	1478	programming of funds that— 12
1479	1479	(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 13
1480	1480	project, or activity; 14
1481	1481	(2) increases funds or personnel for any pro-15
1482	1482	gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 16
1483	1483	or restricted by this Act; or 17
1484	1484	(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used 18
1485	1485	for a specific program, project, or activity by this 19
1486	1486	Act. 20
1487	1487	(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re-21
1488	1488	quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 22
1489	1489	use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 23
1490	1490	if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 24 58
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1492	1492	pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 1
1493	1493	welfare, or national security. 2
1494	1494	(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-3
1495	1495	tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 4
1496	1496	waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 5
1497	1497	not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 6
1498	1498	a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 7
1499	1499	Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 8
1500	1500	risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 9
1501	1501	(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 10
1502	1502	provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 11
1503	1503	same appropriation accounts for such activities established 12
1504	1504	pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 13
1505	1505	with funds in the applicable established accounts and 14
1506	1506	thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same 15
1507	1507	time period as originally enacted. 16
1508	1508	S
1509	1509	EC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other 17
1510	1510	Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 18
1511	1511	Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 19
1512	1512	authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 20
1513	1513	of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) 21
1514	1514	during fiscal year 2025 until the enactment of the Intel-22
1515	1515	ligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025. 23
1516	1516	S
1517	1517	EC. 303. Of the unobligated balances from prior 24
1518	1518	year appropriations made available to the Department of 25 59
1519	1519	•S 4927 RS
1520	1520	Energy under the heading ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Ac-1
1521	1521	tivities—National Nuclear Security Administration—De-2
1522	1522	fense Nuclear Nonproliferation’’, $67,000,000 are hereby 3
1523	1523	permanently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may 4
1524	1524	be rescinded from amounts that were previously des-5
1525	1525	ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 6
1526	1526	pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 7
1527	1527	Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 8
1528	1528	1985. 9
1529	1529	S
1530	1530	EC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 10
1531	1531	title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi-11
1532	1532	fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 12
1533	1533	830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of-13
1534	1534	fice of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in 14
1535	1535	compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 15
1536	1536	S
1537	1537	EC. 305. None of the funds made available in this 16
1538	1538	title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 17
1539	1539	decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 18
1540	1540	any successive departmental guidance, for construction 19
1541	1541	projects where the total project cost exceeds 20
1542	1542	$100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 21
1543	1543	has been developed for the project for that critical deci-22
1544	1544	sion. 23
1545	1545	S
1546	1546	EC. 306. None of the funds made available in this 24
1547	1547	title may be used to support a grant allocation award, dis-25 60
1548	1548	•S 4927 RS
1549	1549	cretionary grant award, research and demonstration or co-1
1550	1550	operative agreement that exceeds $100,000,000 in Federal 2
1551	1551	funding unless the award, demonstration, or agreement is 3
1552	1552	carried out through internal independent project manage-4
1553	1553	ment procedures. 5
1554	1554	S
1555	1555	EC. 307. No funds shall be transferred directly from 6
1556	1556	‘‘Department of Energy—Power Marketing Administra-7
1557	1557	tion—Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, 8
1558	1558	Western Area Power Administration’’ to the general fund 9
1559	1559	of the Treasury in the current fiscal year. 10
1560	1560	S
1561	1561	EC. 308. Section 311 (a)(2) of division D of the 11
1562	1562	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118– 12
1563	1563	42) is amended by striking ‘‘Generation 3+’’ and insert-13
1564	1564	ing ‘‘advanced’’. 14
1565	1565	S
1566	1566	EC. 309. Section 50142(b) of Public Law 117–169 15
1567	1567	is amended by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting 16
1568	1568	‘‘$100,000,000’’. 17
1569	1569	S
1570	1570	EC. 310. Of the amounts previously appropriated 18
1571	1571	under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro-19
1572	1572	grams—Nuclear Energy’’ in division J of the Infrastruc-20
1573	1573	ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), up 21
1574	1574	to $400,000,000 that are made available for fiscal year 22
1575	1575	2025 and up to $400,000,000 that are made available for 23
1576	1576	fiscal year 2026, shall be available, in addition to amounts 24
1577	1577	otherwise available, for any of the following purposes— 25 61
1578	1578	•S 4927 RS
1579	1579	(1) the two advanced reactor demonstrations 1
1580	1580	from the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, 2
1581	1581	as authorized under section 959A of the Energy Pol-3
1582	1582	icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16279a); 4
1583	1583	(2) the two competitive awards for commercial 5
1584	1584	utility deployment projects, as authorized under sec-6
1585	1585	tion 959A of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 7
1586	1586	U.S.C. 16279a), and as referenced in section 8
1587	1587	311(1)(A) of division D of the Consolidated Appro-9
1588	1588	priations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42), as amend-10
1589	1589	ed by this Act; 11
1590	1590	(3) Risk Reduction for Future Generations, as 12
1591	1591	described under the heading Advanced Reactor 13
1592	1592	Demonstration Program in the explanatory state-14
1593	1593	ment accompanying division C of the Further Con-15
1594	1594	solidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 16
1595	1595	116–94); 17
1596	1596	(4) Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability Pro-18
1597	1597	gram; or 19
1598	1598	(5) to carry out activities under the Civil Nu-20
1599	1599	clear Credit Program, as authorized under section 21
1600	1600	40323 of Public Law 117–58: 22
1601	1601	Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this sec-23
1602	1602	tion shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in 24
1603	1603	section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 25 62
1604	1604	•S 4927 RS
1605	1605	SEC. 311. Of the amounts previously appropriated 1
1606	1606	under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro-2
1607	1607	grams—Electricity’’ in division J of the Infrastructure In-3
1608	1608	vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), up to 4
1609	1609	$300,000,000 that are made available for fiscal year 2025 5
1610	1610	and up to $300,000,000 that are made available for fiscal 6
1611	1611	year 2026, shall be available, in addition to amounts oth-7
1612	1612	erwise made available for such purposes, for financial as-8
1613	1613	sistance, procurement, technical assistance, and workforce 9
1614	1614	support, to enhance the domestic supply chain for the 10
1615	1615	manufacture of distribution and power transformers, com-11
1616	1616	ponents, and electric grid components: Provided, That 12
1617	1617	such amounts may be used to supplement amounts pre-13
1618	1618	viously appropriated under the heading ‘‘Department of 14
1619	1619	Energy—Energy Programs—Electricity’’ in division J of 15
1620	1620	the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 16
1621	1621	117–58) for electricity activities authorized in sections 17
1622	1622	40101, 40106(d)(3), 40107, and 40125(d) of such Act in 18
1623	1623	an amount not to exceed 15 percent of the amount appro-19
1624	1624	priated under such heading for each such purpose in such 20
1625	1625	fiscal year and no additional funds may be used to deploy 21
1626	1626	generation: Provided further, That any amount repurposed 22
1627	1627	pursuant to this section shall retain its original period of 23
1628	1628	availability: Provided further, That amounts repurposed 24
1629	1629	pursuant to this section shall continue to be treated as 25 63
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1631	1631	amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 1
1632	1632	Law 118–5. 2
1633	1633	S
1634	1634	EC. 312. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
1635	1635	(1) A
1636	1636	FFECTED INDIAN TRIBE .—The term ‘‘af-4
1637	1637	fected Indian tribe’’ has the meaning given the term 5
1638	1638	in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 6
1639	1639	(42 U.S.C. 10101). 7
1640	1640	(2) H
1641	1641	IGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE .—The 8
1642	1642	term ‘‘high-level radioactive waste’’ has the meaning 9
1643	1643	given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste 10
1644	1644	Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 11
1645	1645	(3) N
1646	1646	UCLEAR WASTE FUND .—The term ‘‘Nu-12
1647	1647	clear Waste Fund’’ means the Nuclear Waste Fund 13
1648	1648	established under section 302(c) of the Nuclear 14
1649	1649	Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(c)). 15
1650	1650	(4) S
1651	1651	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 16
1652	1652	the Secretary of Energy. 17
1653	1653	(5) S
1654	1654	PENT NUCLEAR FUEL .—The term ‘‘spent 18
1655	1655	nuclear fuel’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-19
1656	1656	tion 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 20
1657	1657	U.S.C. 10101). 21
1658	1658	(b) P
1659	1659	ROGRAM.—Notwithstanding any provision of the 22
1660	1660	Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et 23
1661	1661	seq.), the Secretary is authorized, in the current fiscal 24
1662	1662	year and subsequent fiscal years, to conduct a program 25 64
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1664	1664	to license, construct, and operate one or more Federal con-1
1665	1665	solidated storage facilities, using a consent-based siting 2
1666	1666	process, to provide interim storage as needed for spent nu-3
1667	1667	clear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, with priority 4
1668	1668	for storage given to spent nuclear fuel located on sites 5
1669	1669	without an operating nuclear reactor. 6
1670	1670	(c) R
1671	1671	EQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS.—The Secretary 7
1672	1672	shall issue a request for proposals— 8
1673	1673	(1) to obtain any license necessary from the 9
1674	1674	Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the construction 10
1675	1675	of one or more Federal consolidated storage facili-11
1676	1676	ties; 12
1677	1677	(2) to demonstrate the safe transportation of 13
1678	1678	spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, 14
1679	1679	as applicable; and 15
1680	1680	(3) to demonstrate the safe storage of spent nu-16
1681	1681	clear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, as appli-17
1682	1682	cable, at the one or more consolidated storage facili-18
1683	1683	ties pending the construction and operation of deep 19
1684	1684	geologic disposal capacity for the permanent disposal 20
1685	1685	of the spent nuclear fuel. 21
1686	1686	(d) C
1687	1687	ONSENT-BASEDAPPROVAL.—Prior to siting a 22
1688	1688	Federal consolidated storage facility pursuant to this sec-23
1689	1689	tion, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement to host 24 65
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1691	1691	the Federal facility using a consent-based siting process 1
1692	1692	with— 2
1693	1693	(1) the Governor of the State; 3
1694	1694	(2) each unit of local government within the ju-4
1695	1695	risdiction of which the facility is proposed to be lo-5
1696	1696	cated; 6
1697	1697	(3) each affected Indian tribe; and 7
1698	1698	(4) other entities as identified and determined 8
1699	1699	by the Secretary through the development of the 9
1700	1700	consent-based siting process. 10
1701	1701	(e) A
1702	1702	PPLICABILITY.—In executing this section, the 11
1703	1703	Secretary shall comply with— 12
1704	1704	(1) all licensing requirements and regulations of 13
1705	1705	the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and 14
1706	1706	(2) all other applicable laws (including regula-15
1707	1707	tions). 16
1708	1708	(f) P
1709	1709	ROGRAMPLAN.—The Secretary shall submit to 17
1710	1710	Congress a plan to carry out this section that includes— 18
1711	1711	(1) an estimate of the cost of licensing, con-19
1712	1712	structing, and operating a consolidated storage facil-20
1713	1713	ity, including the transportation costs, on an annual 21
1714	1714	basis, over the expected lifetime of the facility; 22
1715	1715	(2) a schedule for— 23 66
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1717	1717	(A) obtaining any license necessary to con-1
1718	1718	struct and operate a consolidated storage facil-2
1719	1719	ity from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 3
1720	1720	(B) constructing the facility; 4
1721	1721	(C) transporting spent fuel to the facility; 5
1722	1722	and 6
1723	1723	(D) removing the spent fuel and decom-7
1724	1724	missioning the facility; 8
1725	1725	(3) an estimate of the cost of any financial as-9
1726	1726	sistance, compensation, or incentives proposed to be 10
1727	1727	paid to the host State, Indian tribe, or local govern-11
1728	1728	ment; 12
1729	1729	(4) an estimate of any future reductions in the 13
1730	1730	damages expected to be paid by the United States 14
1731	1731	for the delay of the Department of Energy in accept-15
1732	1732	ing spent fuel expected to result from the program; 16
1733	1733	(5) recommendations for any additional legisla-17
1734	1734	tion needed to authorize and implement the pro-18
1735	1735	gram; and 19
1736	1736	(6) recommendations for a mechanism to en-20
1737	1737	sure that any spent nuclear fuel or high-level radio-21
1738	1738	active waste stored at a consolidated storage facility 22
1739	1739	pursuant to this section shall move to deep geologic 23
1740	1740	disposal capacity, following a consent-based approval 24
1741	1741	process for that deep geologic disposal capacity con-25 67
1742	1742	•S 4927 RS
1743	1743	sistent with subsection (d), within a reasonable time 1
1744	1744	after the issuance of a license to construct and oper-2
1745	1745	ate the consolidated storage facility. 3
1746	1746	(g) P
1747	1747	UBLICPARTICIPATION.—Prior to choosing a 4
1748	1748	site for the construction of a consolidated storage facility 5
1749	1749	under this section, the Secretary shall conduct one or more 6
1750	1750	public hearings in the vicinity of each potential site and 7
1751	1751	in at least one other location within the State in which 8
1752	1752	the site is located to solicit public comments and rec-9
1753	1753	ommendations. 10
1754	1754	(h) U
1755	1755	SE OFNUCLEARWASTEFUND.—The Secretary 11
1756	1756	may make expenditures from the Nuclear Waste Fund to 12
1757	1757	carry out this section, subject to appropriations. 13
1758	1758	S
1759	1759	EC. 313. Funds made available in this title under 14
1760	1760	the headings ‘‘Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’’, 15
1761	1761	‘‘Fossil Energy and Carbon Management’’, ‘‘Cybersecu-16
1762	1762	rity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response’’, ‘‘Clean 17
1763	1763	Energy Demonstrations’’, ‘‘Manufacturing and Energy 18
1764	1764	Supply Chains’’, and ‘‘Science’’ that are allocated for the 19
1765	1765	purposes of section 9 of the Small Business Act, as 20
1766	1766	amended (15 U.S.C. 638), including for Small Business 21
1767	1767	Innovation Research and Small Business Technology 22
1768	1768	Transfer activities, or for the purposes of section 1001 of 23
1769	1769	the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended (42 U.S.C. 24
1770	1770	16391), for Technology Commercialization Fund activi-25 68
1771	1771	•S 4927 RS
1772	1772	ties, may be reprogrammed within each account without 1
1773	1773	being subject to the restrictions in section 301 of this title: 2
1774	1774	Provided, That the administration and selection of awards 3
1775	1775	pursuant to such sections will be in coordination with the 4
1776	1776	offices that oversee the appropriations accounts to which 5
1777	1777	the relevant funding was originally appropriated. 6
1778	1778	S
1779	1779	EC. 314. Section 15(g)(3) of Public Law 85–536 7
1780	1780	(15 U.S.C. 644(g)(3)) is further amended by inserting 8
1781	1781	‘‘and by site support prime contractors at the National 9
1782	1782	Energy Technology Laboratory’’ following ‘‘Department 10
1783	1783	of Energy’’. 11 69
1784	1784	•S 4927 RS
1785	1785	TITLE IV 1
1786	1786	INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 2
1787	1787	A
1788	1788	PPALACHIANREGIONALCOMMISSION 3
1789	1789	For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au-4
1790	1790	thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 5
1791	1791	1965, as amended, and for expenses necessary for the 6
1792	1792	Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the Appa-7
1793	1793	lachian Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal 8
1794	1794	share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, 9
1795	1795	including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 10
1796	1796	hire of passenger motor vehicles, $200,000,000, to remain 11
1797	1797	available until expended. 12
1798	1798	D
1799	1799	EFENSENUCLEARFACILITIESSAFETYBOARD 13
1800	1800	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14
1801	1801	For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Fa-15
1802	1802	cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 16
1803	1803	by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 17
1804	1804	Law 100–456, section 1441, $47,000,000, to remain 18
1805	1805	available until September 30, 2026, of which not to exceed 19
1806	1806	$1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-20
1807	1807	resentation expenses. 21
1808	1808	D
1809	1809	ELTAREGIONALAUTHORITY 22
1810	1810	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 23
1811	1811	For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Au-24
1812	1812	thority and to carry out its activities, as authorized by 25 70
1813	1813	•S 4927 RS
1814	1814	the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwith-1
1815	1815	standing sections 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, 2
1816	1816	$32,500,000, to remain available until expended. 3
1817	1817	D
1818	1818	ENALICOMMISSION 4
1819	1819	For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission 5
1820	1820	including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of 6
1821	1821	plant and capital equipment as necessary and other ex-7
1822	1822	penses, $18,500,000, to remain available until expended, 8
1823	1823	notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 9
1824	1824	306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 10
1825	1825	That funds shall be available for construction projects for 11
1826	1826	which the Denali Commission is the sole or primary fund-12
1827	1827	ing source in an amount not to exceed 90 percent of total 13
1828	1828	project cost for distressed communities, as defined by such 14
1829	1829	section and by section 701 of appendix D, title VII, Public 15
1830	1830	Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–280), and for Indian 16
1831	1831	Tribes, as defined by section 5304(e) of title 25, United 17
1832	1832	States Code, and in an amount not to exceed 50 percent 18
1833	1833	for non-distressed communities: Provided further, That 19
1834	1834	notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding pay-20
1835	1835	ment of a non-Federal share in connection with a grant- 21
1836	1836	in-aid program, amounts under this heading shall be avail-22
1837	1837	able for the payment of such a non-Federal share for any 23
1838	1838	project for which the Denali Commission is not the sole 24 71
1839	1839	•S 4927 RS
1840	1840	or primary funding source, provided that such project is 1
1841	1841	consistent with the purposes of the Commission. 2
1842	1842	N
1843	1843	ORTHERNBORDERREGIONALCOMMISSION 3
1844	1844	For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re-4
1845	1845	gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 5
1846	1846	subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $46,000,000, 6
1847	1847	to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 7
1848	1848	amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, 8
1849	1849	notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United 9
1850	1850	States Code. 10
1851	1851	S
1852	1852	OUTHEASTCRESCENTREGIONALCOMMISSION 11
1853	1853	For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent 12
1854	1854	Regional Commission in carrying out activities authorized 13
1855	1855	by subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $21,000,000, 14
1856	1856	to remain available until expended. 15
1857	1857	S
1858	1858	OUTHWESTBORDERREGIONALCOMMISSION 16
1859	1859	For expenses necessary for the Southwest Border Re-17
1860	1860	gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 18
1861	1861	subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $14,000,000, 19
1862	1862	to remain available until expended. 20
1863	1863	G
1864	1864	REATLAKESAUTHORITY 21
1865	1865	For expenses necessary for the Great Lakes Author-22
1866	1866	ity in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of 23
1867	1867	title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to remain avail-24
1868	1868	able until expended. 25 72
1869	1869	•S 4927 RS
1870	1870	NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSION 1
1871	1871	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
1872	1872	For expenses necessary for the Commission in car-3
1873	1873	rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 4
1874	1874	of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 5
1875	1875	$942,558,200, including official representation expenses 6
1876	1876	not to exceed $30,000, to remain available until expended: 7
1877	1877	Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, not 8
1878	1878	more than $11,435,000 may be made available for sala-9
1879	1879	ries, travel, and other support costs for the Office of the 10
1880	1880	Commission, to remain available until September 30, 11
1881	1881	2026: Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, 12
1882	1882	inspection services, and other services and collections esti-13
1883	1883	mated at $807,672,200 in fiscal year 2025 shall be re-14
1884	1884	tained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this 15
1885	1885	account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall re-16
1886	1886	main available until expended: Provided further, That the 17
1887	1887	sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount 18
1888	1888	of revenues received during fiscal year 2025 so as to result 19
1889	1889	in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated at not 20
1890	1890	more than $134,886,000. 21
1891	1891	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 22
1892	1892	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 23
1893	1893	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 24
1894	1894	General Act of 1978, $15,769,000, to remain available 25 73
1895	1895	•S 4927 RS
1896	1896	until September 30, 2026: Provided, That revenues from 1
1897	1897	licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 2
1898	1898	collections estimated at $12,655,000 in fiscal year 2025 3
1899	1899	shall be retained and be available until September 30, 4
1900	1900	2026, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 5
1901	1901	notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 6
1902	1902	Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 7
1903	1903	shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur-8
1904	1904	ing fiscal year 2025 so as to result in a final fiscal year 9
1905	1905	2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 10
1906	1906	$3,114,000: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-11
1907	1907	priated under this heading, $1,505,000 shall be for In-12
1908	1908	spector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 13
1909	1909	Safety Board. 14
1910	1910	N
1911	1911	UCLEARWASTETECHNICALREVIEWBOARD 15
1912	1912	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16
1913	1913	For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech-17
1914	1914	nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 18
1915	1915	203, section 5051, $4,100,000, to be derived from the Nu-19
1916	1916	clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 20
1917	1917	2026. 21
1918	1918	GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 22
1919	1919	AGENCIES 23
1920	1920	S
1921	1921	EC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 24
1922	1922	comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of 25 74
1923	1923	•S 4927 RS
1924	1924	its Internal Commission Procedures when responding to 1
1925	1925	Congressional requests for information, consistent with 2
1926	1926	Department of Justice guidance for all Federal agencies. 3
1927	1927	S
1928	1928	EC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this 4
1929	1929	title for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be re-5
1930	1930	programmed for any program, project, or activity, and the 6
1931	1931	Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria-7
1932	1932	tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 8
1933	1933	to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 9
1934	1934	cause any program funding level to increase or decrease 10
1935	1935	by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 11
1936	1936	during the time period covered by this Act. 12
1937	1937	(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may 13
1938	1938	waive the notification requirement in subsection (a) if 14
1939	1939	compliance with such requirement would pose a substan-15
1940	1940	tial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or na-16
1941	1941	tional security. 17
1942	1942	(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify 18
1943	1943	the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-19
1944	1944	gress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as prac-20
1945	1945	ticable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the 21
1946	1946	activity to which a requirement or restriction would other-22
1947	1947	wise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation 23
1948	1948	of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 24
1949	1949	such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the 25 75
1950	1950	•S 4927 RS
1951	1951	Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 1
1952	1952	to programs, projects, or activities. 2
1953	1953	(c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and 3
1954	1954	(d), the amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear 4
1955	1955	Regulatory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 5
1956	1956	expended as directed in the report accompanying this Act. 6
1957	1957	(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu-7
1958	1958	latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex-8
1959	1959	penditure through a reprogramming of funds that in-9
1960	1960	creases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 10
1961	1961	activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 11
1962	1962	Act. 12
1963	1963	(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report 13
1964	1964	to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 14
1965	1965	Congress, which includes the following for each program, 15
1966	1966	project, or activity, including any prior year appropria-16
1967	1967	tions— 17
1968	1968	(1) total budget authority; 18
1969	1969	(2) total unobligated balances; and 19
1970	1970	(3) total unliquidated obligations. 20 76
1971	1971	•S 4927 RS
1972	1972	TITLE V 1
1973	1973	GENERAL PROVISIONS 2
1974	1974	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
1975	1975	S
1976	1976	EC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 4
1977	1977	may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 5
1978	1978	congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 6
1979	1979	matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-7
1980	1980	nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 8
1981	1981	1913. 9
1982	1982	S
1983	1983	EC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in 10
1984	1984	title III of this Act may be transferred to any department, 11
1985	1985	agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-12
1986	1986	ment, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 13
1987	1987	authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations 14
1988	1988	Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in 15
1989	1989	the report accompanying this Act, or any authority where-16
1990	1990	by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 17
1991	1991	States Government may provide goods or services to an-18
1992	1992	other department, agency, or instrumentality. 19
1993	1993	(b) None of the funds made available for any depart-20
1994	1994	ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 21
1995	1995	Government may be transferred to accounts funded in title 22
1996	1996	III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 23
1997	1997	transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appro-24
1998	1998	priations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority ref-25 77
1999	1999	•S 4927 RS
2000	2000	erenced in the report accompanying this Act, or any au-1
2001	2001	thority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality 2
2002	2002	of the United States Government may provide goods or 3
2003	2003	services to another department, agency, or instrumen-4
2004	2004	tality. 5
2005	2005	(c) The head of any relevant department or agency 6
2006	2006	funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 7
2007	2007	submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 8
2008	2008	Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the 9
2009	2009	transfer authorities, except for any authority whereby a 10
2010	2010	department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 11
2011	2011	States Government may provide goods or services to an-12
2012	2012	other department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the 13
2013	2013	previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report 14
2014	2014	shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes 15
2015	2015	for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or 16
2016	2016	modify existing notification requirements for each author-17
2017	2017	ity. 18
2018	2018	S
2019	2019	EC. 503. (a) None of the funds made available in 19
2020	2020	this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 20
2021	2021	network unless such network blocks the viewing, 21
2022	2022	downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 22
2023	2023	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 23
2024	2024	funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 24
2025	2025	law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 25 78
2026	2026	•S 4927 RS
2027	2027	criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi-1
2028	2028	ties. 2
2029	2029	S
2030	2030	EC. 504. None of the funds made available by this 3
2031	2031	Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 4
2032	2032	12898 of February 11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address 5
2033	2033	Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low- 6
2034	2034	Income Populations). 7
2035	2035	S
2036	2036	EC. 505. Funds made available in this Act shall be 8
2037	2037	allocated solely in accordance with the provisions of this 9
2038	2038	Act and the report accompanying this Act. 10
2039	2039	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-11
2040	2040	velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 12
2041	2041	2025’’. 13 Calendar No.
2042	2042	469
2043	2043	118
2044	2044	TH
2045	2045	CONGRESS
2046	2046	2
2047	2047	D
2048	2048	S
2049	2049	ESSION
2050	2050
2051	2051	S. 4927
2052	2052	[Report No. 118–205]
2053	2053	A BILL
2054	2054	Making appropriations for energy and water devel-
2055	2055	opment and related agencies for the fiscal year
2056	2056	ending September 30, 2025, and for other pur-
2057	2057	poses.
2058	2058	A
2059	2059	UGUST
2060	2060	1, 2024
2061	2061	Read twice and placed on the calendar