[FULL COMMITTEE PRINT]
117TH CONGRESS" HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session!

REPORT
117–XXXENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATEDAGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2023

lll.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Unionand ordered to be printed

Ms. KAPTUR, from Committee on Appropriations,submitted the following

R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS[To accompany H.R. lll]

The Committee on Appropriations submits the following report in
explanation of the accompanying bill making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2023, and for other purposes.
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ReportCentral Utah Project Completion Account ................................
Bureau of Reclamation:
Water and Related Resources .....................................................
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund ...................................
California Bay-Delta Restoration ...............................................
Policy and Administration ..........................................................
General Provisions ..............................................................................
III. Department of Energy:
Introduction .........................................................................................
Committee Recommendations ............................................................
Energy Programs:
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy .................................
Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response .....
Electricity .....................................................................................
Nuclear Energy ............................................................................
Fossil Energy Research and Development .................................
Energy Projects ............................................................................
Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves ..................................
Strategic Petroleum Reserve .......................................................
SPR Petroleum Account ..............................................................
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve ........................................
Energy Information Administration ...........................................
Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup ........................................
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning
Fund ..........................................................................................
Science ..........................................................................................
Nuclear Waste Disposal ..............................................................
Technology Transitions ...............................................................
Clean Energy Demonstrations ....................................................
Defense Production Act Domestic Clean Energy Accelerator ..
Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy ...........................
Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program ......
Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program
Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program ...................................
Indian Energy Policy and Programs ..........................................
Departmental Administration .....................................................
Office of the Inspector General ...................................................
Atomic Energy Defense Activities:
National Nuclear Security Administration:
Weapons Activities .......................................................................
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ..............................................
Naval Reactors .............................................................................
Federal Salaries and Expenses ...................................................
Environmental and Other Defense Activities:
Defense Environmental Cleanup ................................................
Defense Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning .................................................................................
Other Defense Activities .............................................................
Power Marketing Administrations:
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Southeastern Power Administration ..........................................
Southwestern Power Administration .........................................
Western Area Power Administration .........................................
Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund ..........
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ...........................................
Committee Recommendation ..............................................................
General Provisions ..............................................................................
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Delta Regional Authority ...................................................................
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Denali Commission .............................................................................
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Northern Border Regional Commission ............................................
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Southeast Crescent Regional Commission ........................................
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Southwest Border Regional Commission ..........................................
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission .......................................................
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Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board ...........................................
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General Provisions ..............................................................................
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SUMMARY OF ESTIMATES AND RECOMMENDATIONSJSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARINGThe Committee has considered budget estimates, which are contained in the Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year
2023. The following table summarizes appropriations for fiscal year
2022, the budget estimates, and amounts recommended in the billfor fiscal year 2023.

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INTRODUCTION
The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2023 totals $56,275,000,000,$3,403,000,000 above fiscal year 2022.
Title I of the bill provides $8,888,690,000 for the Civil Works programs of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, $545,690,000 above
fiscal year 2022 and $2,287,690,000 above the budget request. The
bill makes use of the adjustments provided in Public Law 116–136
and Public Law 116–260 regarding the Harbor Maintenance TrustFund and section 2106(c) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014. Total funding activities eligible for reimbursement from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) are
estimated at $2,318,000,000, $268,708,000 above fiscal year 2022
and $592,000,000 above the budget request.
Title II provides $1,913,950,000 for the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation, $479,725,000 above the budget
request. The Committee recommends $1,890,950,000 for the Bureau of Reclamation, $476,725,000 above the budget request. The
Committee recommends $23,000,000 for the Central Utah Project,equal to fiscal year 2022 and $3,000,000 above the budget request.
Title III provides $48,190,405,000 for the Department of Energy,$3,334,781,000 above fiscal year 2022. Funding for energy programs within the Department of Energy, which includes basic
science research and the applied energy programs, is$18,273,376,000. The Committee recommends $8,000,000,000 for
the Office of Science; $4,000,000,000 for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; $205,000,000 for Cybersecurity, Energy Security,
andEmergency
Response;$350,000,000
forElectricity;$1,779,800,000 for Nuclear Energy; $880,000,000 for Fossil Energy
and Carbon Management; and $550,000,000 for the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy.
Funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration(NNSA), which includes Weapons Activities, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, Naval Reactors, and Federal Salaries and Expenses,
is $21,232,065,000.
Environmental Management activities—Non-defense Environmental Cleanup, Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning, and Defense Environmental Cleanup—are funded
at $7,879,705,000.
The net amount appropriated for the Power Marketing Administrations is provided at the requested levels.
Title IV provides $521,046,000 for several Independent Agencies,$67,546,000 above fiscal year 2022. Net funding for the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission is $137,000,000, $6,000,000 above fiscal
year 2022 and equal to the budget request.

JSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARINGOVERVIEW OF THE RECOMMENDATIONThe Committee recommendation prioritizes the most critical, inherently federal responsibilities of this bill: the national defense;
energy innovation to increase economic prosperity while providing
additional solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change;
investing in infrastructure, including the maintenance of the nation’s waterways; and the resilience and security of electricity infrastructure. Strong support is included for basic science programs,

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which provide the foundation for new energy technologies that arevital to maintaining global competitiveness and ensuring long-term
prosperity but that are often too high-risk to receive the attentionof the private sector. The recommendation provides strong support
for applied energy research, development, and demonstration activities to improve and extend the performance of existing energy
sources and accelerate the adoption of new clean energy technologies. The recommendation also recognizes the importance ofthe federal government’s responsibility to clean up the legacy of
five decades of nuclear weapons production and government-sponsored nuclear energy research, and the recommendation takes
steps forward to address spent nuclear fuel.

JSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARINGNATIONAL ENERGY POLICYThe Department of Energy and its national laboratory systemhave helped to lay the foundation for the technological advances toincrease energy security, reduce greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change, and drive today’s energy markets. Production
breakthroughs for every energy generation source can trace their
origins back to research and development supported by the Department. With the increased urgency to enhance domestic energy security, address climate change, and assist as the energy market continues to transition to cleaner technologies, the Department’s support for research, development, and demonstration in all clean energy sources remains critical. According to the International Energy Agency, reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 will not be
achievable without a major acceleration in clean energy innovation.
While it is imperative that the nation deploys clean energy technologies currently available on the market today, additional innovation is critical to ensuring the nation develops the technologies
required for the coming decades to further reduce emissions.
The Committee provides funding in support of an energy strategy
designed to enhance domestic energy security, mitigate and adapt
to climate change, create jobs, and increase economic prosperity.
Funding for renewable energy sources and energy efficiency technologies supports continued investments in research, development,
and demonstration to advance technological innovations that saveconsumers money, reduce carbon pollution, and increase U.S. competitiveness for the energy sector of the future. Funding for fossil
and nuclear sources is targeted to ensure the safe, efficient, and environmentally sound use of these energy sources.
The success of these technologies depends on a reliable and resilient electric grid infrastructure. The nation’s electric grid was built
to handle a different energy reality than the one we face today.
Cyberattacks, frequent extreme weather events caused by climatechange, and an increasing diversity of energy sources must be addressed to guarantee the continued operation of the electric grid.
The Committee provides strong support to ensure the nation’s electric grid remains secure, resilient, and ready to incorporate newtechnologies, particularly those that mitigate and adapt to climatechange.
The Committee continues its long-standing support for the investment of taxpayer funds across the spectrum of all clean energy
technologies. A national energy policy can only be successful if itmaintains stability while planning for long-term strategic goals of

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energy security, building the future through science and clean energy, and economic prosperity for the nation. The Committee
makes strategic choices, recommending a balanced approach to advance research, development, and demonstration in energy technologies that can address climate change, save money for consumers, and support a resilient electric grid.

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America’s ports, inland waterways, locks, and dams serve as economic lifelines for many communities across the nation. The water
delivered to municipal, industrial, and agricultural users contributes to America’s economy. The water resource infrastructure funded by the recommendation is a critical component of ensuring a robust national economy and supporting American competitiveness ininternational markets.
The agencies funded in this bill are also on the front lines of thefederal response to climate change. A changing climate and increasing variability in weather patterns across the United States isalready impacting water infrastructure, often with catastrophic results. The 2021 hurricane season had 21 named storms, an aboveaverage hurricane season, while the West continued to experience
exceptional drought and a record-breaking wildfire season. This
recommendation represents a commitment to ensure that the nation’s water resource infrastructure is resilient and able to meetthe challenges posed by a changing climate.
The Committee believes that more needs to be done to increase
the resiliency of infrastructure funded by this Act and that every
new construction or major rehabilitation project must be constructed to the most current relevant standards. These projects
should address the risk of structural failure or loss of use from natural hazards or natural disasters throughout the lifetime of eachproject. As a measure of responsible fiscal prudence, resilient construction and related project management practices should be integrated into all programs funded by this Act.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has been instrumental in reducing the risk of flooding for public safety, businesses,
and much of this country’s food-producing lands. The Bureau of
Reclamation (Reclamation) supplies reliable water to approximately
10 percent of the country’s population and to much of its fertile agricultural lands. Both agencies make significant contributions tonational electricity production through hydropower facilities.
The U.S. marine transportation industry supports an estimated$4.6 trillion of economic activity annually and supports employment for 23 million people. As the agency responsible for the nation’s federal waterways, the Corps maintains 1,072 harbors and25,000 miles of commercial channels serving 45 states. The maintenance of these commercial waterways is directly tied to the abilityof the nation to ship manufactured and bulk products, as well as
to compete with the ports of neighboring countries for the businessof ships arriving from around the world. As a primary supporterof America’s waterway infrastructure, the Corps ensures that thenation has the tools to maintain a competitive edge in the global
market. This recommendation makes key changes to the budget request to ensure that the Corps has the resources to continue tosupport America’s navigation infrastructure.

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The flood protection infrastructure that the Corps builds ormaintains reduces the risk of flooding to people, businesses, andother public infrastructure investments. In fact, the average annual damages prevented by Corps projects over fiscal years 2011–2020 was $138,400,000,000. Between 1928 and 2020, each inflation-adjusted dollar invested in these projects prevented $12.26 indamages. This infrastructure protects properties and investments
by preventing the destruction of homes, businesses, and many valuable acres of cropland from flooding.
Reclamation’s infrastructure is a critical component of the agricultural productivity of the nation and supplies water to more than
31 million people for municipal, rural, residential, and industrialuses. These facilities deliver water to one in every five western
farmers resulting in more than 10 million acres of irrigated landthat produces 60 percent of the nation’s vegetables and 25 percent
of its fruits and nuts. Without this infrastructure, American municipal and industrial users would face critical water shortages, andagricultural producers in the West would not be able to access reliable, safe water for their families and their businesses.
The Corps and Reclamation are the nation’s largest and second
largest producers of hydropower, respectively. Combined, these federal hydropower facilities generate approximately 115 billion kilowatt-hours annually. Gross revenues from the sale of this power
reach nearly $2,500,000,000 annually.
NATIONAL DEFENSE PROGRAMSThe Committee considers the national defense programs of the
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to be the Department of Energy’s highest national security priority. The recommendation provides funding to sustain and modernize the nuclear weapons stockpile, prevent the proliferation of nuclear materials, and provide for the needs of the naval nuclear propulsion program. Additionally, the recommendation fully supports the environmental cleanup of multiple sites across the country, maintaining
the federal government’s responsibility to clean up the legacy ofover five decades of nuclear weapons production and governmentsponsored nuclear energy research and development.

JSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARINGCONGRESSIONAL DIRECTION
Program, Project, or Activity.—The term ‘‘program, project, or activity’’ shall include the most specific level of budget items identified in the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2022 and the Committee report accompanying
this Act.
Performance Measures.—The Committee directs each of the agencies funded by this Act to comply with title 31 of the United States
Code, including the development of their organizational priority
goals and outcomes such as performance outcome measures, output
measures, efficiency measures, and customer service measures.
Customer Service Measures.—The Committee directs each of theagencies funded by this Act to develop standards to improve customer service and incorporate the standards into the performanceplans required under title 31 of the United States Code.

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Offsetting Collections.—The Committee directs each of the agencies funded by this Act to continue to report any funds derived by
the agency from non-federal sources, including user charges andfines that are authorized by law, to be retained and used by theagency or credited as an offset in annual budget submissions.
Regional Councils.—The Committee encourages all federal agencies to consider including regional councils and councils of government as eligible entities in competitions for federal funding whenlocal governments or non-profit agencies are eligible.
Federal Advertising.—The Committee directs each of the agencies funded by this Act to include the following information in its
fiscal year 2024 budget justification: expenditures for fiscal year
2022 and expected expenditures for fiscal year 2024, respectively,
for (1) all contracts for advertising services, and (2) contracts forthe advertising services of all Small Business Administration-recognized socioeconomic subcategory-certified small businesses, as defined in the Small Business Act, and all minority-owned businesses.
Cost Allocation Studies.—The Committee encourages the Corps,
Reclamation, and Bonneville Power Administration to continue towork together on cost allocation issues for projects within the Federal Columbia River Power System, including resolving policy discrepancies among the agencies.
Predispute Nondisclosure and Nondisparagement Clauses.—The
Committee recognizes that harassment, including sexual harassment and assault, continue to be pervasive in the workplace, andthat the use of predispute nondisclosure and nondisparagement
clauses as conditions of employment can perpetuate illegal conduct
by silencing survivors and shielding perpetrators. The Committee
directs the agencies funded in this Act to assess the prevalence ofpredispute nondisclosure and nondisparagement clauses in employment contracts used by contractors and grantees receiving federal
funds and provide to the Committee not later than 180 days afterenactment of this Act a briefing on the results of the assessment.
The Committee further directs agencies funded in this Act to include proposals in their fiscal year 2024 budget request to eliminate the use of grants and contracts to employers that use thispractice.
Federal Law Enforcement.—The explanatory statement that accompanied the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2022 directed the Attorney General to ensure
implementation of evidence-based training programs on de-escalation, the use-of force, and the protection of civil rights, that arebroadly applicable and scalable to all federal law enforcement agencies. Several agencies funded by this Act employ federal law enforcement officers and are Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers partner organizations. These agencies are again directed toconsult with the Attorney General regarding the implementation ofthese programs for their law enforcement officers. The Committee
further directs such agencies to submit a report to the Committee
on their efforts relating to such implementation not later than 90days after consultation with the Attorney General. In addition, theCommittee continues to direct such agencies to the extent that they
are not already participating, to consult with the Attorney Generaland the Director of the FBI regarding participation in the National

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Use-of-Force Data Collection. The Committee further directs suchagencies to submit a report to the Committee not later than 180
days after enactment of this Act on their efforts to so participate.
TITLE I—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYCORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
INTRODUCTION

The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act funds the Civil Works missions of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (Corps). This program is responsible for activities in support of coastal and inland navigation, flood and coastal
storm damage reduction, environmental protection and restoration,hydropower, recreation, water supply, and disaster preparedness
and response. The Corps also performs regulatory oversight of navigable waters. Approximately 24,000 civilians and almost 300 military personnel located in eight Division offices and 38 District offices work to carry out the Civil Works program.

JSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARINGBUDGET STRUCTURE CHANGESThe fiscal year 2023 budget request for the Corps proposed numerous structural changes, including the creation of two new accounts (Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and Inland Waterways
Trust Fund); the shifting of various studies and projects among accounts and business lines; and the consolidation of certain remaining items. The Committee rejects all such proposed changes and instead funds all activities in the accounts in which funding has traditionally been provided. Unless expressly noted, all projects andstudies remain at the levels proposed in the budget request but
may be funded in different accounts. In particular:• Projects proposed for funding in the Harbor Maintenance
Trust Fund account in the budget request are funded in theConstruction, Mississippi River and Tributaries, and Operationand Maintenance accounts, as appropriate;• Dredged Material Management Plans, requested in the Investigations account, are funded in the Operation and Maintenance account;• Disposition studies will continue to be funded under theremaining item Disposition of Completed Projects in the Investigations account;• Tribal Partnership Studies will continue to be funded
under the Tribal Partnership Program remaining item in theInvestigations account, and these amounts may be used tocover necessary administrative expenses prior to agreement
execution;• Inspection of Completed Works, Project Condition Surveys,
Scheduling of Reservoir Operations and Surveillance of Northern Boundary Waters will continue to be funded under states
instead of consolidated into national programs as requested in
the Operation and Maintenance account; and• Dam Safety Modification Studies, requested in the Investigations account, will be funded under the Dam Safety and

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Seepage/Stability Correction Program remaining item in theConstruction account.
For any fiscal year, if the Corps proposes budget structurechanges, the budget proposal shall be accompanied by a display of
the funding request in the traditional budget structure.
APPORTIONMENT UNDER A CONTINUING RESOLUTION

For the purposes of continuing resolutions starting in fiscal year
2018, the Office of Management and Budget changed the longstanding policy by which funding is apportioned to the Civil Works
program of the Corps. Under the new policy, funding within an individual account was apportioned separately for amounts from thegeneral fund of the Treasury and from various trust funds.
The Committee has long intended the Corps to have the flexibility to address projects most in need of funding under a continuing resolution. The creation of artificial accounting distinctions
has the potential to cause serious impediments to the efficient andeffective implementation of the Civil Works program. For example,
work on many navigation projects is limited by environmental orother regulatory windows. Further limitations imposed by separately apportioning Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund monies could
cause serious disruptions to the economic activity that depends onthese navigation channels.
For these reasons, the Committee rejects the change in apportionment policy and directs the Administration to follow the previous policy during any continuing resolutions that may occur inthis or any future fiscal years.

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DEEP DRAFT NAVIGATIONThe Committee remains mindful of the evolving infrastructureneeds of the nation’s ports. Meeting these needs—including deeper
drafts to accommodate the move toward larger ships—will be essential if the nation is to remain competitive in international markets and to continue advancing economic development and job creation domestically.
Investigation and construction of port projects, including thedeepening of existing projects, are cost-shared between the federal
government and non-federal sponsors, often local or regional port
authorities. The operation and maintenance of these projects arefederal responsibilities and are funded as reimbursements from theHarbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF), which is supported byan ad valorem tax on the value of imported and domestic cargo.
Expenditures from the trust fund are subject to annual appropriations. The balance in the HMTF at the beginning of fiscal year
2023 is estimated to be approximately $9,312,000,000.
The CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and the Water Resources
Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 (Public Law 116–260) made certain changes to the methods by which funds from the HMTF aretreated under discretionary budget rules. The Committee provides
an estimated $2,318,000,000 in accordance with these changes.
This funding will enable the Corps to make significant progress on
the backlog of dredging needs. Additionally, WRDA 2020 made certain changes to the methods by which funds for section 2106(c) of
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2014 are treated under discretionary budget rules. The Committee
provides $56,000,000 for these purposes.
INLAND WATERWAYS SYSTEM

The nation’s inland waterways system—consisting of approximately 12,000 miles of commercially navigable channels and 237
lock chambers—is also essential to supporting the national economy. Freight transported on the inland waterways system includes
a significant portion of the nation’s grain exports, domestic petroleum and petroleum products, and coal used in electricity generation. Much of the physical infrastructure of the system is aging,
however, and in need of improvements. For example, commercial
navigation locks typically have a design life of 50 years, yet nearly
70 percent of these locks in the United States are more than 50
years old, with the average age being 65 years old.
In accordance with WRDA 2020, capital improvements to the inland waterways system are generally funded 65 percent from thegeneral fund of the Treasury and 35 percent from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF), while operation and maintenancecosts are funded 100 percent from the general fund of the Treasury. The IWTF is supported by a tax on barge fuel.
The Corps is directed to take the preparatory steps necessary toensure that new construction projects can be initiated as soon as
can be supported under a robust capital program (i.e., as ongoingprojects approach completion). For fiscal year 2023, the Committee
provides robust funding above the budget request from the IWTF
for inland waterways projects. The Committee recommends funding
above the budget request for additional operation and maintenanceactivities on the inland waterways.

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FORMAT OF FUNDING PRIORITIES

Since the 112th Congress, when congressional earmarks wereprohibited, the Administration amassed enormous control of the direction of the nation’s water resources infrastructure. In doing so,
the Administration often ignored congressional directives, inserted
its own policies in place of the law, and turned a blind eye toward
many water resources needs at the local level.
Accordingly, this recommendation includes Community Project
Funding requested by Members of Congress to meet urgent needs
across the United States. Community Project Funding has been included in this recommendation in the Investigations, Construction,
Mississippi River and Tributaries, and Operation and Maintenanceaccounts in a manner that adheres to the Rules of the House ofRepresentatives and the increased transparency and accountability
standards put in place by the Committee.
As in previous years, the Committee lists in report tables thestudies, projects, and activities within each account requested by
the President along with the Committee-recommended funding
level. To advance its programmatic priorities, the Committee has
included additional funding in some accounts for certain categories
of projects. Project-specific allocations within these categories will
be determined by the Corps based on further direction provided inthis report.

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ADDITIONAL FUNDING

The recommendation includes funding in addition to the budget
request to ensure continued improvements to water resources infrastructure, including resiliency, that benefit the national economy,
public safety, and environmental health. This funding is for additional work that either was not included in the budget request or
was inadequately budgeted.
For additional funding, the executive branch retains discretionover project-specific allocation decisions within the additional funds
provided, subject to only the direction here and under the heading‘‘Additional Funding’’ or ‘‘Additional Funding for Ongoing Work’’within each of the Investigations, Construction, Mississippi River
and Tributaries, and Operation and Maintenance accounts. A study
or project may not be excluded from consideration for funding forbeing ‘‘inconsistent with Administration policy.’’ The Administration is reminded that these funds are in addition to the budget request, and Administration budget metrics shall not be a reason todisqualify a study or project from being funded.
The Committee remains concerned that the Administration has
implied, either implicitly or explicitly, to non-federal sponsors thatchances of being included in a budget request or work plan increase with the amount of funding a non-federal sponsor can bringto a project. Therefore, the Administration is reminded that voluntary funding in excess of legally required cost shares for studies
and projects is acceptable but shall not be used as a criterion forinclusion in the budget request, or for allocating the additional
funding provided.
It is expected that all the additional funding provided by this Act
will be allocated to specific programs, projects, or activities. The
focus of the allocation process shall favor the obligation, rather
than expenditure, of funds. Additionally, the Administration shallconsider the extent to which the Corps is able to obligate funds as
it allocates the additional funding.
The Corps shall evaluate all studies and projects only within accounts and categories consistent with previous congressional funding.
A project or study shall be eligible for additional funding within
the Investigations, Construction, and Mississippi River and Tributaries accounts if: (1) it has received funding, other than througha reprogramming, in at least one of the previous three fiscal years;or (2) it was previously funded and could reach a significant milestone, complete a discrete element of work, or produce significant
outputs in fiscal year 2023. None of the additional funding in any
account may be used for any item where funding was specificallydenied or for projects in the Continuing Authorities Program.
Funds shall be allocated consistent with statutory cost share requirements.
Work Plan.—Not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act,
the Corps shall provide to the Committee a work plan including thefollowing information: (1) a detailed description of the process andcriteria used to evaluate studies and projects; (2) delineation of how
these funds are to be allocated; (3) a summary of the work to beaccomplished with each allocation, including phase of work; and (4)a list of all studies and projects that were considered eligible for

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funding but did not receive funding, including an explanation ofwhether the study or project could have used funds in fiscal year
2023 and the specific reasons each study or project was considered
as being less competitive for an allocation of funds.

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The passage of the WRDA 2020 presents the Committee with thechallenge of considerable demand for new water resources projects.
The Committee supports a move to a new generation of projects
that address the challenges faced by local communities, although
there remain many projects authorized in prior WRDAs that have
yet to receive funding. In recognition of this need, the Committee
includes the three new start Investigations and Mississippi River
and Tributaries study projects proposed in the budget request. The
Committee also includes a limited number of additional new starts
in the Investigations account. No further new starts are provided
for in this Act.
While there remains significant need for new investments inwater resources projects, decisions regarding the processes bywhich projects may be made eligible for funding or the manner inwhich projects are funded can only be made by the Committee on
Appropriations.
There continues to be confusion regarding the executive branch’s
policies and guidelines regarding which studies and projects require new start designations. Therefore, the Corps is directed to notify the Committee at least seven days prior to execution of anagreement for construction of any project except environmental infrastructure projects and projects under the Continuing Authorities
Program. Additionally, the Committee reiterates and clarifies previous congressional direction as follows. Neither study nor construction activities related to individual projects authorized under
section 1037 of the WRRDA of 2014 shall require a new start or
new investment decision; these activities shall be considered ongoing work. No new start or new investment decision shall be required when moving from feasibility to preconstruction engineeringand design (PED). The initiation of construction of an individuallyauthorized project funded within a programmatic line item may not
require a new start designation provided that some amount of construction funding under such programmatic line item was appropriated and expended during the previous fiscal year. No new startor new investment decision shall be required to initiate work on a
separable element of a project when construction of one or more
separable elements of that project was initiated previously; it shallbe considered ongoing work. A new construction start shall not be
required for work undertaken to correct a design deficiency on an
existing federal project; it shall be considered ongoing work.
During the budget formulation process, the Corps should give
careful consideration to the out-year budget impacts of any studies
selected as new starts and to whether there appears to be an identifiable non-federal sponsor that will be ready and able to provide,in a timely manner, the necessary cost share for the feasibility andPED phases. The Corps is reminded that the flood and storm damage reduction and the environmental restoration mission areas can
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mitted wastewater treatment facilities and that the navigation mission area includes work in remote and subsistence harbor areas.
During the budget formulation process, the Corps also shall consider the out-year budget impacts of any selected new starts andthe non-federal sponsor’s ability and willingness to promptly provide required cash contributions, if any, as well as required lands,
easements, rights-of-way, relocations, and disposal areas. Whenconsidering new construction starts, the Corps should include only
those that can execute a project cost sharing agreement during theupcoming fiscal year.
The Secretary is directed to submit to the Committee a realistic
out-year budget scenario along with the budget request for any new
start proposed in the budget request. It is understood that specificbudget decisions are made on an annual basis and that this scenario is neither a request for nor a guarantee of future funding forany project. Nonetheless, this scenario shall include an estimate ofannual funding for each new start utilizing a realistic funding scenario through completion of the project, as well as the specific impacts of that estimated funding on the ability of the Corps to makecontinued progress on each previously funded construction project,including impacts to the optimum timeline and funding requirements of the ongoing projects, and on the ability to consider initiating new projects in the future. The scenario shall assume Construction and Mississippi River and Tributaries account funding
levels at the average of the past three budget requests.

JSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARINGINVASIVE CARPThe Corps is undertaking multiple efforts to stop invasive carp
from reaching the Great Lakes. The Committee notes that Congress authorized a comprehensive suite of measures to counterinvasive carp at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam, critical to keeping invasive carp out of the Chicago Area Waterways System,
which is the only continuous connection between the Great Lakes
and Mississippi River basins. The Committee notes that the Corps’
spend plan for fiscal year 2022 funding provided under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) included$225,838,000 to initiate construction of the Brandon Road Lock andDam, Aquatic Nuisance Species Barrier project. Further, the Committee appreciates that the fiscal year 2023 budget request includes $47,880,500 for the project to continue this important effort.
As the Corps prioritizes projects, it shall consider critical projects
to prevent the spread of invasive species. The Corps is directed toprovide to the Committee quarterly updates on the progress andstatus of efforts to prevent the further spread of invasive carp, including the Brandon Road Recommended Plan and the second
array at the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal; the location anddensity of carp populations; the use of emergency procedures previously authorized by Congress; the development, consideration,and implementation of new technological and structural countermeasures; and progress on PED work.
The Corps shall continue to collaborate at levels commensuratewith previous years with the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Fish andWildlife Service, the State of Illinois, and members of the Invasive
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the risk of vessels inadvertently carrying aquatic invasive species,
including invasive carp, through the Brandon Road Lock and Dam
in Joliet, Illinois. Any findings of such an evaluation shall be included in the quarterly briefings to the Committee. The Corps isfurther directed to implement navigation protocols shown to be effective at reducing the risk of entrainment without jeopardizing thesafety of vessels and crews. The Corps and other federal and stateagencies are conducting ongoing research on additional potential
invasive carp solutions. The Corps is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act abriefing on such navigation protocols and potential solutions.
AGING WATERWAY INFRASTRUCTURE

The Committee recognizes the extraordinary implications to the
local, regional, and national economy, as well as national security,
due to aging waterway infrastructure. The Committee urges theCorps to continue to prioritize ongoing deep draft lock modernization or replacement projects.
CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTION AND REPROGRAMMING

To ensure that the expenditure of funds in fiscal year 2023 isconsistent with congressional direction, to minimize the movementof funds, and to improve overall budget execution, the Act incorporates by reference the projects and direction identified in the report accompanying this Act into statue. Further, the Act carries a
legislative provision outlining the circumstances under which theCorps may reprogram funds. Decisions regarding reprogramming
limits and processes can only be made by the Committee on Appropriations.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONThe Committee recommends $8,888,690,000 for the Corps,$545,690,000 above fiscal year 2022 and $2,287,690,000 above thebudget request.
A table summarizing the fiscal year 2022 enacted appropriation,
the fiscal year 2023 budget request, and the Committee-recommended levels is provided below:(Dollars in thousands)

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Investigations ......................................................................
Construction ........................................................................
Mississippi River and Tributaries .......................................
Operation and Maintenance ...............................................
Regulatory Program ............................................................
FUSRAP ................................................................................
Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies ............................
Expenses .............................................................................
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil
Works ..............................................................................
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program ......
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund .........................................
Inland Waterways Trust Fund .............................................

$143,000
2,492,800
370,000
4,570,000
212,000
300,000
35,000208,000$105,910
1,221,288
225,000
2,599,047
210,000
250,000
35,000200,000$160,000
2,475,152
350,000
5,150,000
213,000
278,338
35,000215,000

5,000
7,200
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–––

5,000
10,0001,726,000
13,755

5,000
7,200
–––
–––

Total, Corps of Engineers—Civil ...............................

$8,343,000$6,601,000$8,888,690

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INVESTIGATIONSAppropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$143,000,000
105,910,000
160,000,000+17,000,000+54,090,000

JSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARINGThis appropriation funds studies to determine the need for, theengineering and economic feasibility of, and the environmental andsocial suitability of solutions to water and related land resource
problems; preconstruction engineering and design; data collection;interagency coordination; and research.
The budget request for this account and the approved Committee
allowance are shown on the following table:

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Additional Funding.—The Corps is expected to allocate the additional funding provided in this account primarily to specific feasibility and preconstruction engineering and design (PED) phases,
rather than to remaining items line items as has been the case inprevious work plans. When allocating the additional funding provided in this account, the Corps shall consider giving priority tocompleting or accelerating ongoing studies that will enhance thenation’s economic development, job growth, and international competitiveness; are for projects located in areas that have suffered recent natural disasters; are for projects that protect life and property; or are for projects to address legal requirements. The Administration is reminded that a project study is not complete until the
PED phase is complete and that no new start or new investment
decision shall be required when moving from feasibility to PED.
Beattyville, Kentucky.—The Committee is aware of the persistentflooding at the nexus of the North and South Forks of the Kentucky River near Beattyville, Kentucky. This repetitive flooding has
caused extensive flooding damage to both homes and businesses,
brining economic hardship on this disadvantaged community. The
Corps is encouraged to continue to work expeditiously with thenon-federal sponsor on plans to reduce flooding near Beattyville.
Chacon Creek, Texas.—The Corps is encouraged to include appropriate funding for this project in future budget submissions.
Coordination with Other Water Resource Agencies.—Additional
funds are included for continued collaboration with other federal
agencies and stakeholders on invasive species challenges.
Disposition of Completed Projects.—The Corps is directed to provide to the Committee copies of disposition studies upon completion. The Committee rejects the budget request proposal to fund adisposition study of the Arkansas Red River Chloride Control
project and is looking forward to the briefing on this project as directed by the fiscal year 2022 Act.
Fort Bend County, Texas.—The Committee notes that there is athreat of flooding from high volumes of stormwater draining into
Barker Reservoir. The Corps is encouraged to continue to workwith the non-federal sponsor on plans to mitigate flood risk in communities along Barker Reservoir. The Committee looks forward toreceiving the briefing directed in the fiscal year 2022 Act.
Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Basin.—The Committee isaware that this groundwater basin, which services communities in
portions of Kern County, Inyo County, and San Bernardino County,
as well as the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, has been
deemed in critical overdraft. The Corps is directed to coordinate
with the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority and the baseand within its existing authorities, to consider and, if appropriate,assist with reducing or eliminating overdraft and increasing watersupply resiliency, including through importation of water into thebasin, infrastructure planning, and permitting assistance.
Lake Cypress, Florida.—The Committee continues to be awarethat high rain totals have created significant sediment flow
through the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, resulting in a shoal thathas expanded in recent years, located at the end of the C–35 canalin Lake Cypress, Florida. The Committee is concerned over reportsthat the shoal has become a danger to navigation and strongly en-

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courages the Corps to coordinate with state and local officials on
this issue.
Louisiana Coastal Area Task Force.—The Corps is encouraged,
as appropriate, to establish the Task Force authorized by section
7004 of WRDA 2007 to improve coordination of ecosystem restoration in the Louisiana Coastal Area and is reminded of the reporting
requirement in section 212 of WRDA 2020 (Public Law 116–260).
Lower Missouri River Basin Flood Risk and Resiliency Study.—
The Corps is encouraged to collaborate with outside experts, including qualified universities and stakeholders in the region, when performing economic analyses and considering economic impacts fromflooding in the basin, particularly as it relates to key industries
like agriculture.
Murrieta Creek, California.—The Committee understands that
the Corps is proceeding with the General Reevaluation Report(GRR) to adopt a cost-effective, justified solution to complete thiscritical flood protection and multi-purpose project, and urges theCorps to move forward with this effort expeditiously. The Committee also understands that Phase 2B will not be reanalyzed in
the GRR and urges the Corps to move forward expeditiously withconstruction. Additionally, the Committee understands that theCorps is updating the certified cost estimate for this project. The
Committee is monitoring this process and expects the Corps tominimize contingencies included in the estimate to the maximum
degree practicable.
Non-Contiguous Regional Sediment Study.—The Committee isaware of the effects of rising sea levels on states and territories due
to climate change. The quantification of sediment resources andpathways can provide the engineering design guidance necessary to
restore these vital coastal resources in the most cost-effective manner. Additionally, a study of shorelines could assist state and local
authorities in documenting the historical shift of island shorelines,
could help in understanding areas of vulnerability, and could be
used to prioritize areas of interest. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Corps, within available funds in the National Shoreline
Management Study remaining item, to conduct a study and provide
a report not later than one year after enactment on how beneficial
uses of dredged material for non-contiguous states and territories
can be applied to mitigate rising sea levels, including impacts on
sensitive shoreline areas. The Corps is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act abriefing on the status of this effort.
Planning Assistance to States, Vulnerable Coastal Communities.—The Committee notes the important role the Corps plays inmanaging flood risk and threats from coastal hazards and that the
Planning Assistance to States program provides in assisting withcomprehensive plans and technical assistance to eligible state, tribal, or U.S. territory partners. The Committee encourages the Corps
to continue building capacity to provide this assistance to vulnerable coastal communities, including tribal, Alaskan Native, andNative Hawaiian communities. Within funds provided, the Corps isdirected to prioritize technical assistance to coastally-located federally recognized tribes that are actively working to relocate or address issues due to continued high lift safety risks from flooding
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are not limited to studies, surveys, and rates of erosion of land
being evaluated for relocation. The Committee looks forward to receiving the briefing directed in the fiscal year 2022 Act.
Remote Sensing/Geographic Information System Support.—The
fiscal year 2020 Act included funding for a pilot effort to identify
modernization initiatives and recommendations for the procurement of advanced integrated GPS and optical surveying and mapping equipment. The Committee understands that the pilot effort
has been completed. The recommendation includes $2,100,000 to
implement the results of this effort. The Committee is concernedthat the Corps does not appear to have a mechanism in place tomodernize this type of equipment throughout its Districts, but may
encourage contracting out related services at a higher cost. The
Corps is directed to provide to the Committee prior to the obligation of any funds a briefing on this effort, to include proposed avenues to modernize this type of equipment at Districts nationwide.
Research and Development.—The Committee encourages theCorps to engage in monitored field trials of coastal restoration optimized for blue carbon CO2 sequestration. The fiscal year 2022 Act
directed a briefing on these efforts, and the Committee looks forward to receiving it. The recommendation provides $4,000,000 tocontinue the effort of modernizing existing Corps coastal and hydraulics models and integrate them to make them accessible foruse by other agencies, universities, and the public. The Corps is encouraged to collaborate with Historically Black Colleges and Universities as part of this effort. The Corps is also directed to provide
to the Committee not later than 60 days after enactment of thisAct a briefing on the status of this effort. The fiscal year 2022 Act
directed the Corps to investigate the presence, geochemistry, andpotential recovery of rare earth elements in dredged materials, andthe Committee looks forward to receiving this briefing. The Corps
is directed to investigate partnering with one or more HistoricallyBlack Colleges and Universities to offer internship opportunities.
Research and Development, Biopolymers.—The Committee notes
the importance of earthen infrastructure such as dams and levees
to support safety, flood control, and water distribution systems andnotes the value of research into the use of biopolymers to rehabilitate these deteriorating structures, reduce rehabilitation and maintenance costs, and increase resiliency against potential threats. The
recommendation includes $6,000,000 to continue research activities. It is understood that this effort will be completed in fiscal year
2024.
Research and Development, Flood and Coastal Systems.—The
Committee recognizes the importance of ensuring the integrity of
the nation’s flood control systems and employing the most effective
technologies to identify potential deficiencies in these systems. The
Committee encourages the Corps to utilize partnerships to researchand develop advanced technology to automate assessment and inspection of flood control systems for the purpose of identifying levee
deficiencies, such as slope instability, settlement and seepage, andensuring the safety of the surrounding areas and communities.
Research and Development, Manage Emerging Threats and Resilience for Flood Control Structures.—The Corps is encouraged to research, test, and refine the use of rapid, repeatable, and remotemethods for long-term monitoring of critical water infrastructure

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and to partner with academia to research and manage emerging
threats and attain resilience for flood control structures.
Research and Development, Modeling.—Rising sea levels, climatechange, and human activities continue to impact coastlines, rivers,
and related habitats. The recommendation provides $4,000,000 to
support ongoing research into geochemical, geophysical, andsedimentological analysis and modeling which will help the Corps
assess strategies to mitigate these changes and to detect and prevent adverse consequences of engineering solutions.
Research and Development, Oyster Reef Restoration.—The Committee recognizes the importance of sustainable oyster reefs formaintaining healthy ecosystems, protecting coastal infrastructure,and supporting commercial fisheries. Recent restoration efforts
have not achieved the intended success for U.S. oyster populations,and the identification of effective restoration strategies remains a
critical gap. Accordingly, the recommendation provides $3,000,000
to continue these activities. The Corps is encouraged to continue todevelop partnerships with research universities to leverage theirexpertise to enhance these activities The Corps is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 60 days after enactment of
this Act a report on the status of this effort.
Research and Development, Polymer Composites.—The fiscal year
2022 Act directed the Corps to provide a proposal for investigating
the value of incorporating polymer composites into infrastructure
application in navigable waterways. The Committee is awaiting the
proposal and directs the Corps to provide it not later than 30 days
after enactment of this Act. The Corps is also encouraged to partner with public universities as appropriate to advance this effort.
Research and Development, Urban Flood Damage Reduction.—
The recommendation includes $3,000,000 for the Corps to continue
its focus on the management of water resources infrastructure andprojects that promote public safety, reduce risk, improve operational efficiencies, reduce flood damage, and sustain the environment. Work should focus on unique western U.S. issues like wildfire, rain-on-snow, atmospheric rivers effects on flood risk management, and bridging the connection between climate change scienceand engineering application for flood risk management, emergency
management, and ecosystem management. The tools and technologies developed under this program should also be applicable toother parts of the country.
Salton Sea, California.—The Committee recognizes the role that
the Corps plays in the restoration of the Salton Sea and encourages
the Corps to be an active participant in restoration efforts involving
federal participation, including the California Natural Resources
Agency’s Salton Sea Management Plan. The Committee notes thatthe fiscal year 2022 Act and the Infrastructure Investment andJobs Act included funding to carry out the Imperial Streams Salton
Sea study, an aquatic ecosystem restoration study on an inlandlake with associated public health risks. The Committee encourages the Corps to move forward expeditiously with this effort.
Six-State High Plains Ogallala Aquifer Area Study.—The Committee recognizes the importance of the 1982 Six-State High Plains
Ogallala Aquifer Regional Resources Study and associated waterprojects and encourages the Corps to include appropriate funding
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to provide not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act abriefing on the status of this effort.
St. Louis Riverfront-Meramec River Basin Ecosystem Restoration,
Missouri.—The Big River is a main tributary to the Meramec Riverand is listed as impaired with over 55 river miles adversely affected by sediment containing cadmium, lead, and zinc. This has
led to progressive erosion and degradation causing harm to multiple disadvantaged communities along the river. The authorized
project will address stream bank restoration, erosion mitigation,and sediment management, and the Corps is encouraged to include
appropriate funding in future budget requests.
Tampa Harbor, Florida.—The Committee maintains interest in
the dramatic increase in global post-Panamax vessels utilizing
Tampa Harbor. Port Tampa Bay is strategically positioned to maximize supply chain efficiencies for global maritime goods movement
and achieve significant environment and safety benefits associatedwith reductions in truck miles, highway congestion, and freight
carbon pollution. The Committee notes that the General Reevaluation Report was funded to completion using Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funds and encourages the Corps to move forward expeditiously with this effort.
Tittabawassee River Watershed.—The Committee recognizes thebenefits of environment-based mitigation measures such as the creation of wetlands, conservation easements, and natural floodplains
to slow the flow rate of rivers, creeks, and streams to mitigate theseverity of future floods. The Committee encourages the Corps toparticipate and coordinate as a federal stakeholder with the Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as well as state, local, and tribal governments, and business and non-profit stakeholders, on developing
and supporting conservation and environment-based flood mitigation measures to reduce the impact of floods on communities, lives
and livelihoods within the Tittabawassee River Watershed in the
Great Lakes Bay Region.
Upper Mississippi River Basin and Northeast Iowa Flooding.—
The Committee is aware that flooding is a consistent, recurringissue in Northeast Iowa and along the entire Upper Mississippi
River. The repetitive flooding is causing extensive property damage, bank instability, and loss of agricultural and recreational
value. Within its existing authorities, the Corps is encouraged tocontinue coordinating closely with affected communities in this region and to help these communities mitigate future flood disasters
in this area.
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Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$2,492,800,000
1,221,288,000
2,475,152,000¥17,648,000+1,253,864,000

This appropriation funds construction, major rehabilitation, andrelated activities for water resource projects whose principal purpose is to provide commercial navigation, flood and storm damage
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Trust Fund and the Inland Waterways Trust Fund.
The budget request for this account and the approved Committee
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Additional Funding.—The recommendation includes additional
funds for projects and activities to enhance the nation’s economic
growth and international competitiveness.
Of the additional funding provided in this account for environmental restoration or compliance and other authorized project purposes, the Corps shall allocate not less than $11,900,000 for execution of comprehensive restoration plans developed by the Corps for
major bodies of water.
Of the additional funding provided in this account for flood andstorm damage reduction and flood control, the Corps shall allocate
not less than $20,000,000 to continue construction of projects thatprincipally address drainage in urban areas.
The Corps is reminded that projects in the non-contiguous states
and U.S. territories such as those in Hawaii are eligible for funding
in this account.
Public Law 117–43 and Public Law 117–58 included funding
within the Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies account to restore authorized shore protection projects to full project profile.
That funding is expected to address some of the current year capability. The recommendation includes $40,000,000 for construction ofshore protection projects. The Corps is reminded that if additional
work can be done, these projects are also eligible to compete for additional funding for flood and storm damage reduction.
When allocating the additional funding provided in this account,
the Corps is encouraged to evaluate authorized reimbursements inthe same manner as if the projects were being evaluated for new
or ongoing construction and shall consider giving priority to the following:• benefits of the funded work to the national economy;• extent to which the work will enhance national, regional,
or local economic development;• number of jobs created directly and supported in the supply chain by the funded activity;• significance to national security, including the strategic
significance of commodities;• ability to obligate the funds allocated within the fiscal
year, including consideration of the ability of the non-federal
sponsor to provide any required cost share;• ability to complete the project, separable element, or
project phase with the funds allocated;• legal requirements, including responsibilities to tribes;• for flood and storm damage reduction projects, including
authorized nonstructural measures and periodic beach renourishments,» population, economic activity, or public infrastructure
at risk, as appropriate; and» the severity of risk of flooding or the frequency withwhich an area has experienced flooding;• for shore protection projects, projects in areas that havesuffered severe beach erosion requiring additional sand placement outside of the normal beach renourishment cycle or inwhich the normal beach renourishment cycle has been delayed,and projects in areas where there is risk of environmental contamination;

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restoration or compliance projects, to include the beneficial useof dredged material; and• for environmental infrastructure projects, projects with thegreater economic impact, projects in rural communities,
projects in communities with significant shoreline and instances of runoff, projects in or that benefit counties or parishes with high poverty rates, projects in financially distressedmunicipalities, projects that improve stormwater capture capabilities, projects that provide backup raw water supply in theevent of an emergency, and projects that will provide substantial benefits to water quality improvements.
The recommendation provides a total of $31,010,000 of estimatedannual revenues in the IWTF, including those projects listed in the‘‘Projects Listed Under States’’ table. The Committee understands
that the Corps has no additional capability for ongoing projects at
this time.
Aquatic Plant Control Program.—Of the additional funding provided for the Aquatic Plant Control Program, $16,000,000 shall be
for watercraft inspection stations, as authorized in section 104 of
the River and Harbor Act of 1958, equally distributed to carry out
subsections (d)(1)(A)(i), (d)(1)(A)(ii), and (d)(1)(A)(iii), $3,000,000
shall be for related monitoring, as authorized by section 1170 of theAmerica’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, and $2,000,000 for activities related to monitoring, surveying and control of hydrillaverticillate and flowering rush. The Corps is encouraged to consider
work to address and prevent the threat of hydrilla infestation within the states of Florida and Georgia. Additional funding is also provided for nationwide research, and the Corps is encouraged to consider work to address invasive aquatic plants in the Northern Everglades region. The recommendation also provides $500,000 tocontinue activities authorized under section 509 of WRDA 2020.
Prior to the obligation of funds, the Corps is directed to provide to
the Committee a briefing on program implementation. The fiscal
year 2022 Act directed a briefing on program implementation prior
to the obligation of those funds, and the Committee is still awaiting
the briefing.
Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Pilot Program.—The Committee provides $1,366,000 to continue the pilot projects to demonstrate the economic benefits and impacts of environmentally sustainable maintenance dredging methods that provide for ecosystem
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Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Water Resources and Restoration
Plan.—The Committee is supportive of the Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Water Resources and Restoration Plan. The Corps is reminded that the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration andProtection Program is eligible to compete for the additional funding
provided in this account, and the Corps is encouraged to provide
appropriate funding in future budget submissions.
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery, Maryland and Virginia.—The
Committee is supportive of the Corps’ work on the Chesapeake Bay
Oyster Recovery program and urges the Corps to include appropriate funding in future budget submissions for these efforts.
Continuing Authorities Program (CAP).—The Committee continues to support all sections of the Continuing Authorities Program. Funding is provided for eight CAP sections at a total of$62,300,000. This program provides a useful tool for the Corps toundertake small localized projects without the lengthy study andauthorization process typical of larger Corps projects. The management of CAP should continue consistent with direction provided inprevious fiscal years. Within the section 1135 CAP authority, andto the extent already authorized by law, the Corps is reminded thatprojects that restore degraded wetland habitat and stream habitats
impacted by construction of Corps levees or channels and projects
that will divert significant pollutant nutrient runoff from entering
wetland habitats are eligible to compete for funding.
Continuing Contracts.—The Corps is authorized by section 621 of
title 33, United States Code to execute its Civil Works projects
through the use of a Special Continuing Contract Clause or Incremental Funding Clause as described in Engineering Circulars 11–
2–221 and 11–2–222. The Committee appreciates the Administration’s attention to this issue and directs the Administration to continue using its existing continuing contract authorities in accordance with the general provisions in this Act as an efficient approach to managing large, multi-year projects.
Everglades Agricultural Area.—The Committee recognizes theimportance of the Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoir
to South Florida ecosystem restoration and efforts to combat harmful algal blooms in the greater Everglades region. The Committee
urges the Corps to complete this project in a timely manner.
Friendswood, TX.—The Corps is encouraged to continue to workwith the non-federal sponsor on efforts to reduce flooding along
Clear Creek in the vicinity of Friendswood, Texas. The Corps is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 180 days afterenactment of this Act a briefing on the status of its efforts.
Lake Isabella, California.—The Committee is aware the Corps, inconjunction with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), is in the processof replacing the USFS visitor center at Lake Isabella, California,
as part of the Isabella Lake Dam Safety Modification Project. The
Committee notes that discussion on this topic began many years
ago and urges the Corps to work expeditiously with the USFS tobring this effort to fruition. The Committee further notes under thecurrent agreement between the Corps and the USFS, the USFS ischarged with the selecting a location for the visitor center. The
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tiously finalize the site location and to undertake all requirements
to evaluate, update, and finalize any necessary statutorily-required
review and compliance activities with the goal of commencing construction by December 31, 2023, or at the earliest possible date.
New Program Requested in the Budget Proposal.—The budget request includes $50,000,000 for an Innovative Funding Partnerships
Program to be used along with funds from non-federal interests ‘‘inexcess of the non-federal sponsor’s statutory cost share requirements’’ to accelerate certain authorized projects. The Committee isdisturbed by this blatant attempt to require funding in excess oflegally required cost share as a criterion for funding decisions,which is contrary to long-standing congressional direction. The
Committee provides no funds for this proposal. The Committee
notes, however, that any project that could have received funding
under such a program is eligible to compete for the additional funding provided in this account based on the project performance criteria described in this report.
New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, Georgia and South Carolina.—The Committee maintains interest in the New Savannah
Bluff Lock and Dam and encourages the Corps to work expeditiously toward a resolution that will ensure existing water levels
are maintained, as required in section 1319 of the WIIN Act of2016.
Non-Federal Implementation Pilot Program.—The Committee
recognizes that section 1043 of WRRDA 2014 (Public Law 113–121)
was reauthorized and amended in WRDA 2020. The Committee remains concerned about this pilot program and notes direction fromthe fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022 Acts to provide a briefing, forwhich the Committee is still awaiting. The Corps is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 15 days after enactment of
this Act the required briefing.
Northern Everglades Area, Osceola County, Florida.—The Committee notes the importance of water quality in the headwaters of
the Everglades and the challenge of nutrient control due to an increase of algal blooms and hydrilla. The Committee encourages theCorps to work with local governments to manage harmful algal
blooms and hydrilla.
Pinellas County, Florida.—The Committee notes the importanceof periodic shoreline restoration and its significance for the protection of public safety, public infrastructure, native vegetation andwildlife, and the local economy. The Committee is aware of the concerns regarding perpetual easements along the entire expanse ofthis project. The Committee encourages the Corps to work withlocal governments to incorporate flexibility that allows for incremental acquisition of easements necessary for the construction of
the scheduled nourishment.
Port of Brownsville Deepening Project, Texas.—The Port ofBrownsville, Texas, is undergoing a project to deepen the channel
from 42 to 52 feet. The Committee recognizes that the project has
a high benefit to cost ratio and an enthusiastic non-federal sponsor.
The Corps is encouraged to include appropriate funding for thisproject in future budget submissions.
Raritan River Basin, Green Brook Sub-Basin, New Jersey.—The
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Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers Constructed Pump Stations.—The Corps is directed to expeditiously finalize the implementation guidance for section 133 of WRDA 2020 and provide to
the Committee not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act
a briefing on the status of this effort.
River Commissions.—The Congress has made clear its intent
that the Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River Basin Commissions be supported, and the Corps is encouraged to budget accordingly in future budget submissions.
Salton Sea, California.—The Committee encourages the Corps toexpeditiously move forward to carry out section 3032 of Public Law
110–114.
Soo Locks, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.—The Committee is awarethat the project to build a new Soo Lock has experienced significant
cost increases that will require additional funds to complete theproject, despite the Administration’s statement that Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act funds would complete the project. Given
that the Soo Locks are the only waterway connection from Lake
Superior to the rest of the Lower Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway, a failure at the current lock could have a significant
impact on national security. The Corps is strongly encouraged tomove forward expeditiously with a plan to provide the necessary
authorization and funding to complete this critical work and to include appropriate funding for these activities in future budget submissions.
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration, Florida.—As in previous
years, the Committee provides funding for all study and construction authorities related to Everglades restoration under the line
item titled ‘‘South Florida Ecosystem Restoration, Florida.’’ This
single line item allows the Corps flexibility in implementing thenumerous activities underway in any given fiscal year.
Unified Facilities Guide Specifications.—The Corps is encouraged
to continue to work with the Air Force and Navy to update the criteria included in the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications as appropriate. The Corps is encouraged to consider using lower carbon
building materials, including cements such as portland-limestone
cement, in order to reduce the environmental footprint of infrastructure projects.
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Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
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$370,000,000
225,000,000
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This appropriation funds planning, construction, and operationand maintenance activities associated with projects to reduce flood
damage in the lower Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape
Girardeau, Missouri.
The budget request for this account and the approved Committee
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Additional Funding.—When allocating the additional funding
provided in this account, the Corps shall consider giving priority tocompleting or accelerating work that will enhance the nation’s economic development, job growth, and international competitivenessor are for studies or projects located in areas that have suffered recent natural disasters. While this funding is shown under remaining items, the Corps shall use these funds in Investigations, Construction, and Operation and Maintenance, as applicable.
Comprehensive Management Studies.—Comprehensive management studies that are fully within the boundaries of this accountare authorized under the requirements, including cost share, of theMississippi River and Tributaries project.
Lower Mississippi River Main Stem.—The budget request proposes to consolidate several activities across multiple states into
one line item. The Committee does not support this change and instead continues to fund these activities as separate line items.
Mississippi River Commission.—No funding is provided for thisnew line item. The Corps is directed to continue funding the costsof the commission from within the funds provided for activities
within the Mississippi River and Tributaries project.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
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$4,570,000,000
2,599,047,000
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River and Harbor, Flood Control, and Water Resources Development Acts. Related activities include aquatic nuisance control,
monitoring of completed projects, removal of sunken vessels, andthe collection of domestic, waterborne commerce statistics. Portionsof this account are financed through the Harbor Maintenance TrustFund.
The budget request for this account and the approved Committee
allowance are shown on the following table:

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Additional Funding for Ongoing Work.—When allocating the additional funding provided in this account, the Corps shall consider
giving priority to the following:• ability to complete ongoing work maintaining authorized
depths and widths of harbors and shipping channels, including
where contaminated sediments are present;• ability to address critical maintenance backlog;• presence of the U.S. Coast Guard;• extent to which the work will enhance national, regional,
or local economic development, including domestic manufacturing capacity;• extent to which the work will promote job growth or international competitiveness;• number of jobs created directly by the funded activity;• ability to obligate the funds allocated within the fiscal
year;• ability to complete the project, separable element, project
phase, or useful increment of work within the funds allocated;• dredging projects that would provide supplementary benefits to tributaries and waterways in close proximity to ongoingisland replenishment projects;• ability to address hazardous barriers to navigation due toshallow channels;• risk of imminent failure or closure of the facility;• improvements to federal breakwaters and jetties where additional work will improve the safety of navigation and stabilize infrastructure to prevent continued deterioration; and• for harbor maintenance activities,» total tonnage handled;» total exports;» total imports;» dollar value of cargo handled;» energy infrastructure and national security needs
served;» designation as strategic seaports;» maintenance of dredge disposal facilities;» lack of alternative means of freight movement; and» savings over alternative means of freight movement.
Aquatic Nuisance Control Research Program.—The recommendation provides $8,000,000 to supplement activities related to harmful algal bloom research and control, and the Committee directs theCorps to target freshwater ecosystems. The Committee is aware of
the need to develop next generation ecological models to maintaininland and intracoastal waterways and provides $5,000,000 for thispurpose. The recommendation also provides $5,000,000 to continue
work on the Harmful Algal Bloom Demonstration Program, as authorized by WRDA 2020, and the Corps is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act abriefing on the status of this effort. Within additional funds provided, the Corps is encouraged to support research that will identify and develop improved strategies for early detection, prevention,and management techniques and procedures to reduce the occurrence and impacts of harmful algal blooms in the nation’s water resources. The Corps is urged to work collaboratively with university
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Asset Management/Facilities Equipment Maintenance Program.—The recommendation provides $2,000,000 above the budget
request to continue research on novel approaches to repair andmaintenance practices that will increase civil infrastructure intelligence and resilience. The Corps is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act a reporton the status of this effort.
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barrier.—The Committee notes the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC) dispersal barrier at Des Plaines River is a key control mechanism forprotecting the Great Lakes from invasive carp. Over the last decade, the Corps has invested significant resources in building a permanent electric barrier on the Chicago Area Waterways System.
The Committee notes that maximizing effectiveness of the CSSC
can have significant immediate benefits for preventing spread ofaquatic invasive species into the productive and ecologically diverse
Great Lakes system.
Civil Works Water Management System (CWWMS).—Additional
funding is included for CWWMS Ensemble Forecast Tools for incorporation of Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations.
Dredging Operations Technical Support Program.—Additional
funding is included for the further development of the Integrated
Navigation Analysis and Visualization platform related to the operation and maintenance of the U.S. Marine Transportation System.
The Corps is directed to provide to the Committee not later than
90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on the potential needfor evaluation of whether deeper and wider channels would improve supply chain performance throughout the southeast region of
the country.
Emerging Harbor Projects.—The recommendation includes funding for individual projects defined as emerging harbor projects in
section 210(f)(2) of WRDA 1986 that exceeds the funding levels envisioned in sections 210(c)(3) and 210(d)(1)(B)(ii) of WRDA 1986.
Engineering with Nature.—The recommendation provides$20,000,000 for the Engineering With Nature (EWN) initiative.
Funding under this line item is intended for EWN activities having
a national or regional scope or that benefit the Corps’ broader execution of its mission areas. It is not intended to replace or preclude
the appropriate use of EWN practices using project-specific funding
or work performed across other Corps programs that might involve
EWN. The recommendation provides $7,500,000 to support research and development of natural infrastructure solutions for thenation’s bays and estuaries to reduce costs, environmental and aesthetic impacts, and improve access and health outcomes for thecommunities, economies, ecosystems, and defense installations thatconcentrate in the nation’s bays and estuaries. The recommendation also provides $5,000,000 to support ongoing research with university partners to develop standards, design guidance, and testing
protocols to improve and standardize nature-based and hybrid infrastructure solutions.
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act.—
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control capabilities in assisting the fight against harmful algal
blooms and is encouraged to continue high level participation in
the HABHRCA Task Force. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed abriefing on this effort. The Committee is still awaiting this briefing
and the Corps is directed to provide it not later than 30 days afterenactment of this Act.
Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, Washington.—The Committee recognizes the importance of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks for public
safety, the environment, and the regional economy. The Corps isreminded that this project is eligible to compete for additional
funding provided in this account.
Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam.—The Committee reminds theCorps that activities to address and prevent hydrilla infestations at
this project are eligible to compete for additional funding provided
in this account. Additionally, the Corps is reminded that repairs tothis project are eligible to compete for additional funding provided
in this account.
Lake Okeechobee, Florida.—In accordance with section 1106 of
the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–270), the Corps is currently updating the Lake Okeechobee System
Operating Manual. The Corps is encouraged to use the best available science and appropriately weigh the concerns of all water
users to ensure the ecosystem is preserved, water supply for theeight million residents in South Florida is maintained, and thesafety of all residents of the region is upheld.
Lake Providence Harbor, Louisiana.—The Committee is aware of
the importance of Lake Providence Harbor in transporting criticalcommodities and supplies. The Committee notes the desire for the
port to be fully operational during agricultural harvest season. The
Committee directs the Corps to perform the necessary dredging
prior to the beginning of harvest season, to the extent practicable,
to minimize potential economic impacts.
Levee Safety.—The Committee provides additional funding for
the National (Levee) Flood Inventory, including $3,150,000 to expedite work on non-federal levees in meeting the requirements of section 131 of WRDA 2020. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed a briefing on this effort. The Committee is still awaiting this briefing andthe Corps is directed to provide it not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
Mount St. Helens Sediment Monitoring.—Yearly sediment monitoring at Mt. St. Helens is an important federal responsibility toensure that water levels on the Lower Cowlitz River do not threaten downstream communities of Cowlitz County, Washington. The
Committee is aware that in previous years, a lack of federal funding led local communities to fund sediment monitoring. The Committee is encouraged that funding for sediment monitoring activities is included in the budget request and encourages the Corps toinclude appropriate funding for these activities in future budget
submissions.
Okatibbee Lake, Mississippi.—The Committee remains aware ofsignificant shoreline sloughing and erosion at this project caused bysevere storms and the resulting changing water levels, which havethe potential to impact infrastructure, damage property, and put
lives at risk. The Corps is reminded that addressing shoreline
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leased by non-federal entities, is an activity eligible to compete for
additional funding provided in this account.
Ohio Harbors.—Toledo Harbor and the channel at the mouth ofwestern Lake Erie serve as a major thoroughfare to the Great
Lakes navigation system, supporting manufacturing and commerce
throughout the region. Neighboring harbors are key components of
the Great Lakes navigation system and support economic activity
in the region. The Corps is reminded that the Toledo, Huron, Port
Clinton, Lorain, and Sandusky Harbors are eligible to compete for
additional funding in this account.
Performance Based Budgeting Support Program.—Of the funding
provided for this remaining item, $3,500,000 shall be used to support performance-based methods that enable robust budgeting of
the hydropower program through better understanding of operationand maintenance impacts leveraging data analytics.
Recreational Facilities.—The Corps is one of the nation’s largest
providers of conventional outdoor recreation opportunities and theCommittee recognizes the important role that the Corps plays inproviding recreational opportunities to the public. The Corps is encouraged to recognize the importance of concessionaires at theirrecreational facilities and to work with them on ways to improverecreational facilities. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed a report including an analysis of current lease terms and the effects theseterms have on concessionaire financing. The Committee is still
awaiting this briefing and the Corps is directed to provide it notlater than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
The Committee is aware of the importance that waterborne
transportation systems play in helping enhance a community’s economic competitiveness and recognizes the importance of water resources in improving the lives of those living and working alongnavigable waterways, including the Alabama and Coosa Rivers
project in Alabama. The Corps is encouraged to work with local
stakeholders to ensure that small boat access channels and recreational facilities, in accordance with previously approved dredge
material management plans, can be utilized in a safe, reliable, andefficient manner. The Committee supports efforts to address racial
equity and social justice issues and encourages the Corps toprioritize projects that provide opportunities for low income, racial,and ethnic minority communities.
Regional Dredge Contracting.—In accordance with section 1111
of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–270) and the Gulf Coast Regional Dredge Demonstration Program
established by Public Law 116–94, the Corps is encouraged to enter
into regional contracts to support increased efficiencies in the deployment of dredges for all civil works mission sets, prioritizing
deep draft navigational projects.
Regional Sediment Management Program.—Additional funding isprovided to develop integrated tools that build coastal resilience
across navigation, flood risk management, and ecosystem projects
within the program. The Committee directs the Corps to conduct
a study and provide a report not later than one year after enactment of this Act on how the Corps could apply dredged sediments
to better increase coastal resilience and what resources are needed
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Seven Oaks Dam, California.—The Committee is aware that nonfederal entities are working with the Corps with the goal to operate
the Seven Oaks Dam, California, in a manner that would allow
water agencies along the Santa Ana River to capture water released from the dam and recharge it into the groundwater basin.
The Committee encourages the Corps to consider applying Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations to the Seven Oaks Dam and toevaluate potential water control manual changes that may achieve
water conservation benefits.
Stakeholder Engagement.—The Committee recognizes the essential work the Corps does to maintain the integrity of its locks,
dams, and other water navigation structures and the importance of
those structures to the public. The Committee is aware that any
waterway maintenance closures significantly impact local communities and businesses, including the agricultural sector. The Corps
is directed to consult with local industrial stakeholders, including
those in the agricultural sector, prior to the announcement of theclosure of major waterways and significant work on locks, dams,
and other water navigation structures that may impact navigation
for an extended period.
Tampa Harbor, Florida.—The Committee recognizes the dramatic increase in global post-panamax vessels utilizing Tampa
Harbor and the need to maintain the main federal channel at its
authorized depth to accommodate these vessels. The Corps is reminded that Tampa Harbor is eligible to compete for additional
funding provided in this account.
Upper St. Anthony Falls, Minnesota.—The Committee encourages
the Corps of Engineers to keep the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lockand Dam in a state of good repair. The Committee directs the disposition study for the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam continue to be at full federal expense.
Walter F. George, George W. Andrews, and Jim Woodruff Locks
and Dams.—The Committee understands that there are outstanding repair and maintenance needs for the Walter F. George
Lock and Dam, the George W. Andrews Lock and Dam, and the
Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam. The Corps is reminded that these activities are eligible to compete for additional funding provided inthis account and is encouraged to include appropriate funding forthese activities in future budget submissions. The Corps is directed
to provide to the Committee not later than 60 days after enactmentof this Act a briefing on these projects and the status of dredging
in the lower Apalachicola River.
Water Control Manuals.—The Committee appreciates the inclusion of funding in the budget request to undertake water control
manuals at a significant number of Corps projects in fiscal year
2023 and notes the Corps reports that it has no additional capability in this area. The Corps is encouraged to continue to update
water control manuals across its projects, especially those projects
located in states where a Reclamation facility is also located, in regions where Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations projects exist,
and where atmospheric rivers cause flood damages. The Corps isalso encouraged to evaluate water control manual updates at Section 7 projects, including those in California.
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tinue developing and incorporating improved weather forecasting
for Corps reservoirs and waterway projects through the multiagency, multidisciplinary Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations
research effort. The Corps is encouraged to consider applying Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations to additional Section 7 dams,
including the Seven Oaks Dam in California.
REGULATORY PROGRAM

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$212,000,000
210,000,000
213,000,000+1,000,000+3,000,000

This appropriation provides funds to administer laws pertaining
to the regulation of activities affecting U.S. waters, including wetlands, in accordance with the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation
Act of 1899, the Clean Water Act, and the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. Appropriated funds are used
to review and process permit applications, ensure compliance on
permitted sites, protect important aquatic resources, and support
watershed planning efforts in sensitive environmental areas in cooperation with states and local communities.
Chehalis Basin.—The Committee is aware that flooding has long
been a problem in the Chehalis Basin and encourages the Corps tocontinue to work in coordination with the non-federal sponsor onplans to reduce flooding in the basin. The Corps is directed to continue to provide quarterly briefings to the Committee.
Permit Applications.—The Secretary is encouraged to maintainadequate staffing to expeditiously process permits, including thosefor commercial shellfish activities in the Northwestern Division.
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM

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Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$300,000,000
250,000,000
278,338,000¥21,662,000+28,338,000

This appropriation funds the cleanup of certain low-level radioactive materials and mixed wastes located at sites contaminated asa result of the nation’s early efforts to develop atomic weapons.
The Committee continues to support the prioritization of sites,
especially those that are nearing completion. The Committee isaware that the Corps has completed the Remedial Investigation of
the former Sylvania nuclear fuel site at Hicksville, New York, andis planning to initiate a feasibility study for the site. The Committee encourages the Corps to proceed expeditiously, as appropriate, to complete the study so that a remedy for cleanup can beselected in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).

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FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$35,000,000
35,000,000
35,000,000––––––

This appropriation funds planning, training, and other measuresthat ensure the readiness of the Corps to respond to floods, hurricanes, and other natural disasters, and to support emergency operations in response to such natural disasters, including advancemeasures, flood fighting, emergency operations, the provision of potable water on an emergency basis, and the repair of certain floodand storm damage reduction projects.
As the nation experiences severe weather events more frequently, the Committee appreciates the work the Corps undertakeswith this funding. The Committee notes that traditionally, fundingfor disaster response has been provided in supplemental appropriations legislation, including recently in 2021 (Public Law 117–43)
and that amounts necessary to address damages at Corps projects
in response to natural disasters can be significant. The Administration is again reminded that it has been deficient in providing to theCommittee detailed estimates of damages to Corps projects as required by Public Law 115–123 and shall submit such report notlater than 15 days after enactment of this Act and monthly thereafter.
EXPENSES

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$208,000,000
200,000,000
215,000,000+7,000,000+15,000,000

This appropriation funds the executive direction and management of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, the Division Offices,and certain research and statistical functions of the Corps.
Alternative Financing.—The Committee remains supportive of
public-private partnerships (P3) and is supportive of the alternative financing mechanisms authorized in the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act. The Corps is reminded of theCommittee’s long-standing concerns that federal funding decisions
not be biased by non-federal decisions to construct projects in advance of federal funding or to provide funding in excess of legallyrequired cost shares. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed a briefing
on the P3 pilot program. The Committee is still awaiting this briefing and the Corps is directed to provide it to the Committee notlater than 30 days after enactment of this Act.

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Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
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Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
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The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works oversees the
Civil Works budget and policy, whereas the Corps’ executive direction and management of the Civil Works program are funded fromthe Expenses account.
The recommendation includes legislative language restricting theavailability of 25 percent of the funding provided in this accountuntil such time as at least 95 percent of the additional funding provided in each account has been allocated to specific programs,
projects, or activities. This restriction shall not affect the roles andresponsibilities established in previous fiscal years of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the Corps
headquarters, the Corps field operating agencies, or any other executive branch agency.
The Committee counts on a timely and accessible executive
branch in the course of fulfilling its constitutional role in the appropriations process. The requesting and receiving of basic, factual
information, such as budget justification materials and statutorily
required reports including execution reports and damage repair estimates, is vital in order to maintain a transparent and open governing process. The Committee recognizes that some discussions internal to the executive branch are pre-decisional in nature and,
therefore, not subject to disclosure. However, the access to facts,
figures, and statistics that inform these decisions are not subject tothis same sensitivity and are critical to the budget process. The Administration shall ensure timely and complete responses to these
inquiries.
Further, the Administration is reminded that it remains seriously deficient in providing to the Committee statutorily-required
reports, including detailed estimates of damages to Corps projects
and reports on the allocation and obligation of annual appropriations and supplemental appropriations.
Administrative Costs.—To support additional transparency inproject costs, the Secretary is directed to ensure that future budget
submissions specify the amount of anticipated administrative costs
for individual projects.
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION PROGRAM

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Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$7,200,000
10,000,000
7,200,000–––¥2,800,000

The financial assistance the Secretary is authorized to provide
pursuant to the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act(Public Law 113–121) (WIFIA) can play an important role in improving the nation’s infrastructure. The Committee is pleased that
the Credit Assistance and Related Fees for Water Resources Infrastructure Projects rule has been published in the Federal Register.
The recommendation provides $7,200,000 for program development,
administration, and oversight, including but not limited to finalizing the proposed rule, and publishing the Notice of Funding
Availability. The Committee strongly encourages the Administration to expeditiously finalize efforts to stand up the WIFIA program to provide the financial assistance envisioned in the legislation.

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GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill continues a provision that prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds through a reprogramming of funds in this title
except in certain circumstances.
The bill continues a provision regarding the allocation of funds.
The bill continues a provision prohibiting the use of funds in thisAct to carry out any contract that commits funds beyond theamounts appropriated for that program, project, or activity.
The bill continues a provision authorizing the transfer of funds
to the Fish and Wildlife Service to mitigate for fisheries lost due
to Corps projects.
The bill continues a provision regarding certain dredged material
disposal activities. The Committee is aware of certain issues regarding placement of dredge material. The Corps is directed tobrief the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of thisAct on these activities.
The bill continues a provision regarding reallocations at a
project.
The bill continues a provision prohibiting the use of funds in thisAct to reorganize or transfer the Civil Works functions of theCorps. Nothing in this Act prohibits the Corps from contractingwith the National Academy of Sciences to carry out the study authorized by section 1102 of the AWIA (Public Law 115–270).
The bill continues a provision regarding eligibility for additional
funding. Whether a project is eligible for funding under a particular provision of additional funding is a function of the technicaldetails of the project; it is not a policy decision. The Chief of Engineers is the federal government’s technical expert responsible for
execution of the civil works program and for offering professional
advice on its development. Therefore, the provision clarifies that a
project’s eligibility for additional funding shall be solely the professional determination of the Chief of Engineers.
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Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
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$23,000,000
20,000,000
23,000,000–––+3,000,000

The Central Utah Project Completion Act (CUPCA) (Titles II–VI
of Public Law 102–575) provides for the completion of the Central
Utah Project by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District.
CUPCA also authorizes the appropriation of funds for fish, wildlife,and recreation mitigation and conservation; establishes an accountin the Treasury for the deposit of these funds and of other contributions for mitigation and conservation activities; and establishes a Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission to administer funds in that account. CUPCA further assigns
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rior and prohibits delegation of those responsibilities to the Bureau
of Reclamation.
The Committee recommendation includes a total of $23,000,000
for the Central Utah Project Completion Account, which includes$16,400,000 for Central Utah Project construction, $5,000,000 fortransfer to the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission, and $1,600,000 for necessary expenses of the Secretary of the Interior.
BUREAU OF RECLAMATIONINTRODUCTION

The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is to
manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of
the American public. Since its establishment by the Reclamation
Act of 1902, Reclamation has developed water supply facilities thathave contributed to sustained economic growth and an enhanced
quality of life in the western states. Lands and communities served
by Reclamation projects have been developed to meet agricultural,
tribal, urban, and industrial needs. Reclamation continues to develop authorized facilities to store and convey new water supplies
and is the largest supplier and manager of water in the 17 westernstates. Reclamation carries out its mission in the face of a changing
climate that strains the very resources it is charged with managing, developing, and protecting. Reclamation maintains 338 reservoirs with the capacity to store 140 million acre-feet of water.
The West continues to experience one of the most severe
droughts on record. Climate change has exacerbated the presence
and effects of drought in the region, resulting in consequential impacts on public health, water supply, and fire intensity. Innovationand infrastructure investments are critical to secure water resources for both municipal and agricultural usage now and into the
future. Accordingly, the Committee recommendation includes targeted, increased investments in programs to assist western states
as they respond to the drought crisis and continues to build on
long-term efforts to address future challenges.
As Reclamation’s facilities reach their design life, the projected
cost of operating, maintaining, and rehabilitating this infrastructure continues to grow, yet Reclamation has not budgeted sufficientfunding to implement a comprehensive program to reduce its maintenance backlog. At the same time, Reclamation is increasingly relied upon to supply water to federally-recognized Indian tribes
through water settlements, rural communities through its Title I
Rural Water Program, and municipalities through its Title XVIWater Reclamation and Reuse Program. Balancing these competing
priorities will be challenging and requires active participation andleadership on the part of Reclamation and its technical staff.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONThe budget request for the Bureau of Reclamation totals$1,414,225,000.
The
Committee
recommendation
totals$1,890,950,000, which is $476,725,000 above the budget request.

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A table summarizing the fiscal year 2022 enacted appropriation,
the fiscal year 2023 budget request, and the Committee recommendation is provided below:(Dollars in thousands)
Account

FY 2022 enacted

FY 2023 request

Cmte rec.

Water and Related Resources ............................................
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund .............................
California Bay-Delta Restoration ........................................
Policy and Administration ...................................................

$1,747,101
56,49933,00064,400$1,270,376
45,77033,00065,079$1,747,101
45,77033,00065,079Total, Bureau of Reclamation ....................................

$1,901,000$1,414,225$1,890,950

WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$1,747,101,000
1,270,376,000
1,747,101,000–––+476,725,000

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The Water and Related Resources account supports the development, construction, management, and restoration of water and related natural resources in the 17 western states. The account includes funds for operating and maintaining existing facilities to obtain the greatest overall levels of benefits, to protect public safety,
and to conduct studies on ways to improve the use of water andrelated natural resources.
The budget request for this account and the approved Committee
allowance are shown on the following table:

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Additional Funding for Water and Related Resources Work.—The
recommendation includes funds in addition to the budget request
for Water and Related Resources studies, projects, and activities.
Priority in allocating these funds should be given to advance andcomplete ongoing work, including preconstruction activities andwhere environmental compliance has been completed; improvewater supply reliability; improve water deliveries; enhance national, regional, or local economic development; promote job growth;advance tribal and nontribal water settlement studies and activities; or address critical backlog maintenance and rehabilitation activities. Funding provided under the heading, ‘‘Additional Funding
for Ongoing Work’’ may be utilized for ongoing work, including
preconstruction activities, on projects that provide new or existingwater supplies through additional infrastructure.
Of the additional funding provided under the heading ‘‘Water
Conservation and Delivery’’, $134,000,000 shall be for water storage projects as authorized in section 4007 of Public Law 114–322.
Of the funding provided under the heading ‘‘Water Conservation
and Delivery’’, $50,000,000 shall be for implementing the Drought
Contingency Plan in the Lower Colorado River Basin to create orconserve recurring Colorado River water that contributes to supplies in Lake Mead and other Colorado River water reservoirs in
the Lower Colorado River Basin or projects to improve the longterm efficiency of operations in the Lower Colorado River Basin,
consistent with the Secretary’s obligations under the Colorado
River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act (Public Law
116–14) and related agreements. None of these funds shall be used
for the operation of the Yuma Desalting Plant and nothing in thissection shall be construed as limiting existing or future opportunities to augment the water supplies of the Colorado River.
Of the additional funding provided under the heading ‘‘Water
Conservation and Delivery’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall be forplanning or pre-construction activities related to projects for the repair of critical Reclamation canals where operational conveyancecapacity has been seriously impaired by factors such as land subsidence, especially those that would imminently jeopardize Reclamation’s ability to meet water delivery obligations in droughtprone states.
Of the additional funding provided under the heading ‘‘Fish Passage and Fish Screens’’, $6,000,000 shall be for the Anadromous
Fish Screen Program.
Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, Reclamation
shall provide to the Committee a report delineating how the additional funds in this account are to be distributed, in which phase
the work is to be accomplished, and an explanation of the criteria
and rankings used to justify each allocation.
Reclamation is reminded that activities authorized under Indian
Water Rights Settlements and under section 206 of Public Law
113–235 are eligible to compete for the additional funding provided
under ‘‘Water Conservation and Delivery’’.
Aging Infrastructure Account.—The Committee recommends$500,000 for the Aging Infrastructure Account for the purpose of
making financing available for the cost of emergency and extraordinary maintenance improvements to aging federal Reclamationowned facilities. The Committee does not support allowing in-

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creases or decreases in transfer amounts at this time and directs
Reclamation to provide to the Committee prior to the obligation of
any funds for this purpose a report detailing implementation plans
for this program. As it implements the program, Reclamation is encouraged to prioritize financing improvements to eligible transferred operation and maintenance work beneficiaries in droughtprone areas with the greatest need for repair.
Anadromous Fish Screen Program.—The Committee appreciates
Reclamation’s efforts to devote additional resources to completing
work on the last two remaining priority unscreened diversions on
the Sacramento River, both of which have been specifically identified as priorities in the California Natural Resources Agency Sacramento Valley Salmon Resiliency Strategy. Additionally, Reclamation is encouraged to maintain its focus on screening high priority
diversions in the San Joaquin River Basin. Reclamation is reminded that these diversions are eligible to compete for the additional funding provided in this account, under Fish Passage andFish Screens.
Columbia Basin Project, Washington.—The Committee is awareof the Odessa Ground Water Replacement Program within the Columbia Basin Project to deliver surface water to the Odessa Subarea. The Subarea groundwater is being withdrawn at a rate beyond the aquifer’s capacity to recharge, and aquifers in the Subarea are quickly declining. Groundwater is virtually depleted tosuch an extent that water must be pumped from wells as deep as
2,400 feet. Water pumped from such depths is hot and has dangerously high sodium concentrations. The Committee supports Reclamation’s partnership in the program to provide farmlands in Central and Eastern Washington with surface water supply throughoperational changes in the storage and delivery system and urges
Reclamation to move forward to implement the program.
Lake Powell.—The Colorado River Basin is currently experiencing a severe and ongoing drought, affecting water supplies andhydropower generation. The Committee notes that diminishingwater levels at Lake Powell could drop below the minimum power
pool for the Glen Canyon Dam, severely impacting the ability togenerate electricity for approximately three million customers in
the West. Decreased power generation could lead to customers paying more in electric rates to cover operational costs of the projectand supplemental power purchased to replace the lost generation.
The Committee encourages Reclamation to work closely with relevant stakeholders as this situation develops.
Municipal Water Districts.—Reclamation is encouraged to fully
consider water districts that supply water to municipalities whendeveloping work plans.
Salton Sea.—The fiscal year 2022 Act directed Reclamation toprovide a briefing on Reclamation’s plan for managing the air quality impacts of the estimated 8.75 square miles of lands it owns thatwill emerge from the receding Sea over the next decade. The Committee is still awaiting this briefing and Reclamation is directed toprovide this briefing not later than 30 days after enactment of thisAct. Reclamation is further directed to provide to the Committee
not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act a report containing an updated estimate of anticipated exposed federal lands
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ing federal Salton Sea obligations. Reclamation is encouraged towork with other federal agencies with interests at the Salton Sea
to provide this report.
Salton Sea Research Program.—Reclamation is encouraged to include appropriate funding in future budget submissions for activities and projects associated with habitat improvement, water quality, and system development and projects with a public health benefit that will benefit economically disadvantaged communities.
Salton Sea Restoration.—The Committee supports the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Department of theInterior and the California Natural Resources Agency to support
management activities at the Salton Sea. Additionally, the Committee is concerned by the public health, environmental, agricultural, and natural resource impacts at the Salton Sea. The Committee encourages Reclamation to partner with federal, state, andlocal agencies and coordinate use of all existing authorities to support the State of California’s Salton Sea Management Program.
Reclamation is encouraged to include appropriate funding for these
efforts in future budget submissions.
San Joaquin River Restoration Program.—Permanent appropriations, available for the program in fiscal year 2020, should not supplant continued annual appropriations, and the Committee encourages Reclamation to include adequate funding in future budget
submissions.
Research and Development: Desalination and Water Purification
Program.—Of the funding provided for this program, $12,000,000
shall be for desalination projects as authorized in section 4009(a)of Public Law 114–322.
Research and Development: Science and Technology Program:
Airborne Snow Observatory Program.—The recommendation provides an additional $4,000,000 for this program, which advancessnow and water supply forecasting.
Water Treatment Pilots.—Reclamation is encouraged to look forinnovative and cost-effective ways to evaluate treatment solutionsin advance of significant infrastructure investments, including pilots for water treatment projects.
WaterSMART Program: Title XVI Water Reclamation & Reuse
Program.—Of the funding provided for this program, $20,000,000
shall be for water recycling and reuse projects as authorized in section 4009(c) of Public Law 114–322.
Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, Washington.—
The Committee is supportive of the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan,
developed to address water storage, water supply, and fishery andecosystem restoration needs for agriculture, fish, and municipalities within the Yakima River Basin in Central Washington and authorized by Public Law 116–9. The Committee encourages Reclamation to include appropriate funding in future budget submissions and reminds Reclamation that activities within this program
are eligible to compete for additional funds provided in this account.

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CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$56,499,000
45,770,000
45,770,000¥10,729,000–––

This fund was established to carry out the provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act and to provide funding for
habitat restoration, improvement and acquisition, and other fish
and wildlife restoration activities in the Central Valley area of
California. Resources are derived from donations, revenues fromvoluntary water transfers and tiered water pricing, and Friant Division surcharges. The account is also financed through additional
mitigation and restoration payments collected on an annual basis
from project beneficiaries.
The Committee recommends an indefinite appropriation, whichallows Reclamation to expend funds collected in fiscal year 2023.
The estimate of collections in fiscal year 2023 is $45,770,000.
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$33,000,000
33,000,000
33,000,000––––––

The California Bay-Delta Restoration account funds the federal
share of water supply and reliability improvements, ecosystem improvements, and other activities being developed for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and associated watersheds by a stateand federal partnership (CALFED). Federal participation in thisprogram was initially authorized in the California Bay-Delta Environmental and Water Security Act enacted in 1996.
The Committee notes that this important program was previously funded at $35,000,000 and encourages the Administration
to return to this level of funding in future budget requests.
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Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$64,400,000
65,079,000
65,079,000+679,000–––

The Policy and Administration account provides for the executive
direction and management of all Reclamation activities, as performed by the Commissioner’s office in Washington, D.C.; the Technical Service Center in Denver, Colorado; and in six regional offices. The Denver and regional offices charge individual projects oractivities for direct beneficial services and related administrative
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

The bill includes an administrative provision allowing for thepurchase of passenger motor vehicles.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The bill continues a provision regarding the circumstances inwhich the Bureau of Reclamation may reprogram funds.
The bill continues a provision regarding the San Luis Unit and
Kesterson Reservoir in California.
The bill contains a provision regarding the Secure Water Act of2009.
The bill contains a provision regarding the CALFED Bay-Delta
Authorization Act.
The bill contains a provision regarding the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009.
The bill contains a provision regarding the Reclamation States
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991.
The bill contains a provision regarding the Water Resources Development Act of 2000.
The bill contains a provision prohibiting the use of funds in thisAct for certain activities.
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYINTRODUCTION
Funds recommended in Title III provide for all Department ofEnergy (Department) programs, including Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy; Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response; Electricity; Nuclear Energy; Fossil Energy andCarbon Management; Energy Projects; Naval Petroleum and Oil
Shale Reserves; Strategic Petroleum Reserve; SPR Petroleum Account; Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve; Energy Information
Administration; Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup; Uranium
Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; Science;
Nuclear Waste Disposal; Technology Transitions; Clean Energy
Demonstrations; Defense Production Act Domestic Clean Energy
Accelerator; Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy; Title 17
Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program; Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program; Tribal Energy Loan
Guarantee Program; Indian Energy Policy and Programs; Departmental Administration; Office of the Inspector General; National
Nuclear Security Administration (Weapons Activities, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, Naval Reactors, and Federal Salaries andExpenses); Defense Environmental Cleanup; Defense Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning; Other Defense
Activities; Power Marketing Administrations; and Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission.

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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONThe Department of Energy has requested a total budget of$49,004,440,000 in fiscal year 2023 to fund programs in its four
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security. The recommendation provides $48,190,405,000 for the Department of Energy, $3,334,781,000 above fiscal year 2022 enacted.
The Committee’s recommendations for Department of Energy
programs in fiscal year 2023 are described in the following sections.
A detailed funding table is included at the end of this title.
CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTION

Article I, section 9 of the United States Constitution states, ‘‘No
money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of Appropriations made by law.’’
The Committee continues to include the Department’s reprogramming authority in statute to ensure that the Department
carries out its programs consistent with congressional direction.
This reprogramming authority is established at the program,project, or activity level, whichever is the most specific level ofbudget items identified in this Act and the Committee report accompanying this Act. The Committee also prohibits new starts
through the use of reprogramming and includes other direction to
improve public oversight of the Department’s actions. In addition,
the recommendation continues to include a general provision specifying which transfer authorities may be used for accounts fundedby this Act.
The Committee counts on a timely and accessible executive
branch in the course of fulfilling its constitutional role in the appropriations process. Requesting and receiving basic, factual information, including budget justification materials and responses toinquiries, is vital in order to ensure transparency and accountability. While some discussions internal to the executive branch
may be pre-decisional in nature and therefore not subject to release, the Committee’s access to the facts, figures, and statistics
that inform the decisions of the executive branch are not subject
to those same sensitivities. The Committee shall have ready andtimely access to information from the Department, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, and any recipient of funding from this Act. Further, the Committee appreciates the ability
for open and direct communication with all recipients of funding
from this Act, and the Department shall not interfere with such
communication and shall not penalize recipients of funding fromthis Act for such communication.

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is required during the fiscal year. The Department’s reprogramming requirements are detailed in statute. To assist the Department in this effort, the following guidance is provided for programs
and activities.
Definition.—A reprogramming includes the reallocation of funds
from one activity to another within an appropriation. The recommendation includes a general provision providing internal reprogramming authority to the Department, as long as no program,project, or activity is increased or decreased by more than
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, compared to the levelsin the table detailing the Committee’s recommendations for the Department’s various accounts. For construction projects, a re-

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programming constitutes the reallocation of funds from one construction project to another project or a change of $2,000,000 or 10
percent, whichever is less, in the scope of an approved project.
Criteria for Reprogramming.—A reprogramming should be madeonly when an unforeseen situation arises, and then only if delay ofthe project or activity until the next fiscal year would result in a
detrimental impact to an agency program or priority. A reprogramming may also be considered if the Department can show that significant cost savings can accrue by increasing funding for an activity. Mere convenience or preference shall not be a factor for consideration. A reprogramming may not be employed to initiate new programs or to change program, project, or activity allocations specifically denied, limited, or increased by the Congress in the Act or report.
Reporting and Approval Procedures.—In recognition of the security missions of the Department, the legislative guidelines allow
the Secretary and the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration jointly to waive the reprogramming restriction
by certifying to the Committee that it is in the nation’s security interest to do so. The Department shall not deviate from the levels
for activities specified in the report that are below the level of thedetail table, except through the regular notification procedures of
the Committee. No funds may be added to programs for which
funding has been denied. Any reallocation of new or prior-year
budget authority or prior-year de-obligations or any request to implement a reorganization that includes moving previous appropriations between appropriations accounts must be submitted to theCommittee in writing and shall not be implemented prior to approval by the Committee.
Transfers.—As in fiscal year 2022, funding actions into or out ofaccounts funded by this Act may only be made by transfer authorities provided by this or other appropriations Acts.

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FINANCIAL REPORTING AND MANAGEMENTThe Department is still not in compliance with its statutory requirement to submit to Congress, at the time that the President’s
budget request is submitted, a future-years energy program thatcovers the fiscal year of the budget submission and the four succeeding years, as directed in the fiscal year 2012 Act. While theCommittee appreciates the small progress of including some information in the budget request, the information provided was inadequate because it clearly was not a ‘‘meaningful and comprehensive
multi-year budget’’ as required. In addition, the Department has an
outstanding requirement to submit a plan to become fully compliant with this requirement. The Department is directed to provide
these requirements not later than 30 days after enactment of thisAct. The Department may not obligate more than 75 percent ofamounts provided to the Office of the Secretary until the Department submits to the Committee a plan to become fully compliant
with this requirement.
Commonly Recycled Paper.—The Department shall not expend
funds for projects that knowingly use as a feedstock commonly recycled paper that is segregated from municipal solid waste or collected as part of a collection system that commingles commonly re-

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cycled paper with other solid waste at any point from the time ofcollection through materials recovery.
Congressional Reporting Requirements.—The Committee remains
concerned by the Department’s often lengthy delays in meeting its
Congressional reporting requirements. However, the Committee appreciates the Department’s effort, led by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, to establish a tracking mechanism for all Congressional reporting requirements. The Department is directed to provide quarterly updates to the Committee on this issue. Further, theDepartment is directed to provide all Congressionally required reports digitally in addition to traditional correspondence.
SBIR and STTR Programs.—The Department is directed to use
the definition of research and development as provided by the
Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 and Small
Business Administration’s ‘‘SBIR and STTR Program Policy Directive’’ for the purposes of the Department’s SBIR and STTR programs.
Mortgaging Future-Year Awards.—The Committee remains concerned about the Department’s practice of making awards dependent on funding from future years’ appropriations. The fiscal year
2022 Act directed the Department to provide a briefing on how it
can better track and provide information about the accounting of
future-year awards by control point. The Committee is still awaiting this briefing and directs the Department to provide it not later
than 15 days after enactment of this Act.
General Plant Projects.—In alignment with the requirements ofsection 3118(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
FY2010, the Department is directed to notify the Committee atleast 15 days prior to starting any General Plant Project unless the
project is directed by this recommendation or explicitly included in
the fiscal year 2023 budget request.
Competitive Procedures.—The Department is directed, in alignment with section 989 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, to use acompetitive, merit-based review process in carrying out research,development, demonstration, and deployment activities, to the
maximum extent practicable. Further, the Department is directed
to notify the Committee at least 30 days prior to any non-competitive research, development, demonstration, or deployment award.
Cost Share Waivers.—Section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of2005 provides authority for the Secretary to waive cost share requirements under some circumstances. The Department is directed
to notify the Committee at least 15 days prior to waiving cost sharerequirements for any research, development, demonstration, or deployment award.
Notification of Funding Availability.—The Department is directed to notify the Committee not later than three business days
prior to any announcement of funding availability, including funding opportunity announcements and solicitations.
The Department is reminded that section 301 of this Act prohibits the use of any appropriation, funds, or authority to initiate
or resume any program, project, or activity or to prepare or initiate
Requests for Proposals for a program, project, or activity if the program, project, or activity has not been funded by Congress. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee a plan that details all programs, projects, and activities that exceed $25,000,000

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that are not directed by this recommendation or explicitly includedin the fiscal year 2023 budget request. The plan shall be provided
not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act and prior to any
funds being obligated for those programs, projects, or activities. No
funds may be obligated for programs, projects, or activities in theplan prior to approval by the Committee.
The Department is directed to develop a strategy to ensure entities that receive funding under this title and that are partneringwith foreign-owned or partially foreign-owned organizations areprotecting novel technologies from, and the flow of information to,
off-shored entities. This strategy shall include mechanisms to conduct effective oversight to protect this technology and information.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 180 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on this strategy.

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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY

Workforce Development.—The Committee recognizes the need toensure that the nation has a ready, capable workforce both fortoday and the next generation to meet changing energy demands
and safeguard the national nuclear security. The Department has
a long history in and unique opportunity of training and supporting
the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
workforce. The fiscal year 2020 Act directed the Department to provide a report that includes an inventory of workforce development
and readiness programs supported throughout the Department.
The inventory was required to include current programs, past programs over the past 10 years, and recommendations for the Department to improve or expand its workforce development efforts.
The report was required to include specific recommendations addressing workforce readiness to meet the Department’s nuclear security missions. The Committee is still awaiting this report and directs the Department to provide a briefing on the status of this report not later than 15 days after enactment of this Act.
The Department is directed to support pre-college research, internship, and mentoring experiences to engage high schools locallyand across the nation through impactful interactions with national
laboratory employees, work-based learning, experiential activities,
and emerging technology programs. In support of the Department’s
science mission and national laboratories’ diversity goals, the precollege research, internship, and mentoring experiences shall address the specific needs of regional communities. The Department
is directed to support and prioritize participation from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups and people with disabilities in
STEM fields. The Department is encouraged to address gaps ineducational programming and opportunities for students in underresourced and rural school districts.
The Committee notes the importance of student research participant programs in building a strong STEM workforce pipeline
across DOE disciplines. The Department is directed to provide to
the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act
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quantum information science, and basic and applied research programs. The report shall include information on how the Department’s current programs and research investments can be further
leveraged to support expanding undergraduate, graduate, doctoral,
and post-doc research participant placements to build a strong
STEM workforce pipeline.
Workplace Diversity.—The Committee recognizes the importanceof workplace diversity at the Department and its national laboratories. Increasing workplace diversity addresses inequity and inequality and drives performance excellence through improvements
in creativity, productivity, and inclusivity. The Committee directs
the Department to continue to develop and broaden partnerships
with minority serving institutions, including Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Asian andPacific Islander Serving Institutions, Predominantly Black Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and other Minority Serving
Institutions. The Committee understands that each national laboratory develops its own recruitment and retention strategies andprovides those plans to the Department for review. The fiscal year
2020 Act directed the Department to comprehensively evaluate
these plans and provide a report to the Committee detailing efforts
to recruit and retain diverse talent from the institutions mentioned
above. Further, the fiscal year 2020 Act directed the Department
to provide to the Committee a report on its internal programs that
support research and development opportunities for the institutions
mentioned above. The Committee is still awaiting these reports anddirects the Department to provide a briefing on the status these reports not later than 15 days after enactment of this Act. Additionally, the fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to provide
a report on the Department’s plan to recruit and retain more African Americans, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian Americans, Native Americans/Alaskan Natives, Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian, and people with disabilities across all job types, including research andtechnical positions. The Committee is still awaiting this report anddirects the Department to provide the report not later than 15 days
after enactment of this Act. The Department is encouraged to consider direct programmatic funding to the national laboratories tosupport locally developed activities and programs that advance theDepartment’s diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and objectives.
Outreach Activities.—The Department is directed to provide to
the Committee not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act
a report detailing the steps the Department has taken to increase
outreach and raise awareness of clean energy research and job opportunities at Minority Serving Institutions and minority professional organizations.

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Equitable Energy Systems.—The Committee recognizes the importance of establishing a 21st-century clean energy system thatwill both combat climate change and institute principles of equity
and justice in the U.S. energy system. The Committee supports the
Department’s efforts toward this goal.
The Committee supports the first-ever Equity Action Plan whichseeks to better engage underserved communities in clean energy.

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The Committee supports the Department’s efforts to strengthen theaction items in the plan.
The Committee supports the Department’s continuing efforts andprogress in implementing the Justice40 Initiative, the energy justice initiative, and Executive Orders 13985 and 14008.
Carbon Dioxide Removal.—The recommendation provides notless than $175,000,000 for research, development, and demonstration of carbon dioxide removal technologies, including not less than
$26,000,000 from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy (EERE), not less than $65,000,000 from Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), and not less than
$84,000,000 from the Office of Science.
The Department is directed to coordinate these activities among
FECM, EERE, the Office of Science, and any other relevant program offices or agencies, including the Environmental Protection
Agency and Department of Agriculture.
The Department is directed to support the development of a diversified suite of technologies and methods to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and durably store it, including throughpathways such as enhanced mineralization, direct air capture, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, ocean carbon removal, andcarbon-sequestering construction materials. The Department is directed to prioritize the development and improvement of accounting
frameworks and tools to accurately measure carbon removal andsequestration methods and technologies.
The Department is directed to support research, development,
and demonstration activities to advance the development and commercialization of carbon dioxide removal technologies on a significant scale. The Committee supports direct air capture prize competitions and the direct air capture test center.
The fiscal year 2020 Act directed the Department to develop an
implementation plan coordinated across FECM, EERE, and the Office of Science. The Committee is still awaiting this plan and directs the Department to provide the plan not later than 15 days
after enactment of this Act. The Department is directed to include
a breakdown of the roles and responsibilities of each participating
program office in the implementation plan.
The Committee supports the Department’s efforts to carry out
sections 5001 and 5002 of the Energy Act of 2020 and the implementation of the Carbon Dioxide Removal Task Force.
Critical Minerals and Materials.—The recommendation provides
not less than $235,000,000 for research, development, demonstration, and commercialization activities on the development of alternatives to, recycling of, and efficient production and use of criticalminerals and materials, including not less than $165,000,000 from
EERE, not less than $50,000,000 from FECM, and not less than
$20,000,000 from the Office of Science.
The Department is directed to support university initiatives focused on enhancing current abilities to extract critical minerals
and materials from sources and enhanced recovery and reuse to
maximize limited resources.
The Committee appreciates the work of the Critical Materials Institute, an Energy Innovation Hub established in 2013 and led byAmes Laboratory, to develop solutions across the materials life
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price fluctuations associated with these valuable resources. Section
7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 requires the establishment of a
Critical Materials Consortium. The Committee reminds the Department that section 7002 requires the Department to leverage thepersonnel and expertise of an Energy Innovation Hub to manage
the Consortium. The Committee is concerned about the Department’s pace in establishing the Critical Materials Consortium. The
Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than
30 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on the status of theConsortium and the role the Critical Materials Institute will playin these efforts moving forward.
The Committee supports the development of a Critical Materials
Supply Chain Research Facility, as authorized by section 7002(h)of the Energy Act of 2020. However, the Committee remains concerned about the lack of approval of mission need and the unclear
responsibilities among program offices for supporting constructionof this facility. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department
to provide a report detailing the mission and cost of developing the
Critical Materials Supply Chain Research Facility. The Committee
is still awaiting this report and directs the Department to provide
the report not later than 15 days after enactment of this Act andprior to the obligation of any funds for the facility.
The Committee notes the significant workforce needs in criticalminerals and materials that are of national security interest, including industries in the domestic battery materials supply chain.
The Department is directed to prioritize activities for workforce
training and development initiatives to meet these needs. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than
180 days after enactment of this Act a report assessing workforce
needs in critical minerals and materials industries, primary impediments to meeting these needs, and existing federal efforts supporting workforce initiatives to ensure that the United States remains competitive to meet global demand.
Energy Storage.—The recommendation provides not less than
$600,000,000 for research, development, demonstration, commercialization, and deployment of energy storage, including not lessthan $400,000,000 from EERE, not less than $95,000,000 from the
Office of Electricity (OE), not less than $5,000,000 from FECM, notless than $10,000,000 from the Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), andnot less than $90,000,000 from the Office of Science.
The Department is directed to support competitive pilot demonstration grants for energy storage deployment in new applications and business models, as authorized in section 3201 of the Energy Act of 2020.
The Department is encouraged to consider the advantages of mechanical-based energy storage for long-duration energy storage solutions. Mechanical systems, such as those that use gravity, canstore energy over long periods of time without experiencing degradation that is inherent to conventional electrochemical systems
for battery storage.
The Department is encouraged to consider supporting not lessthan one pilot energy storage project that demonstrates businessmodel innovation targeted at cost-effective deployment through aggregation in rural electric cooperatives. The Department is encouraged to focus on reducing the soft costs of novel project design and

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optimization and developing legal and power purchase model agreements that can be replicated elsewhere in the nation.
The Committee recognizes the emergence of several new energy
storage technologies that can support energy independence in the
United States. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department topublish a report on emerging energy storage technologies. The
Committee is still awaiting this report and directs the Department
to provide it not less than 15 days after enactment of this Act.
Energy-Water Nexus.—The Committee supports the Department’s
ongoing efforts, including through the Water Security Grand Challenge, on advancing transformational technology and innovation tomeet the global need for safe, secure, and affordable water. The
Committee recognizes the impact of water security and availability
on energy production and reliability and the growing interconnectedness between energy and water systems. The Department is directed to continue programs that provide technology innovation,modeling and assessment tools, technical support, informed policy,
planning tools to inform financing, and workforce development tofocus on the energy-water nexus. The Committee supports the Department’s use of a diverse portfolio of prizes; competitions; research, development, and demonstration; and other programs. The
recommendation provides not less than $70,000,000 for EnergyWater Nexus activities.
Industrial Decarbonization.—Industrial processes currently contribute to more than 20 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
The Committee supports the Department’s efforts, aligned withtitle VI of the Energy Act of 2020, to foster innovations and enable
scale up of cost-competitive, low-emissions technology. Given theadvances the Department has made in the research and development space, the Department is encouraged to also focus on demonstration and deployment activities. The recommendation provides
not less than $815,000,000 for industrial decarbonization activities,
including not less than $550,000,000 from EERE, not less than$200,000,000 from FECM, and not less than $65,000,000 from the
Office of Science.
The Committee remains concerned about greenhouse gas emissions as a biproduct of concrete production. With the recent significant infrastructure investments to address the nation’s deteriorating infrastructure, the Committee supports steps to minimize
carbon dioxide emissions in concrete production. The Committee
encourages the Department to prioritize research, development,
demonstration, and deployment activities of concrete manufacturing practices that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions intransportation projects.
Alternative Fuels Research Related to Locomotives.—The Committee notes ongoing efforts to further the use of technologies thatwill reduce emissions in existing locomotive fleets, such as different
blends of renewable diesel and biodiesel, as well as to accelerate
the commercial viability of innovative technologies and alternatives
to traditional diesel fuel, including batteries and hydrogen fuelcells. The Committee recognizes that hastening the availability oflow- and no-carbon alternatives to diesel fuel for locomotives willbe essential to addressing climate change while also meeting the
projected 50 percent growth in freight transportation demand by
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of the rail industry will be essential to achieving a net-zero emissions economy as rail will continue to play a vital role in such a
broad cross-section of industrial economic sectors well into the future. The recommendation provides not less than $30,000,000 tofurther the research, development, testing, and demonstration of
innovative technologies and solutions related to low- or no-emission
alternative fuels for non-road transportation modes, including locomotives, engine improvements, and motive power technologies. The
Department is directed to perform this research in coordination
with manufacturers and suppliers, the Department of Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency, and to ensurethat any research will complement the ongoing efforts of those entities.
Civilian Climate Corps.—The Department is encouraged to coordinate with the Department of the Interior and Department ofAgriculture on implementation of a Civilian Climate Corps. The
Department has capabilities that could contribute to the Civilian
Climate Corps in assisting communities in need and communities
interested in transitioning to the green energy economy. The Department is encouraged to identify what steps it can take to ensurethat its deployment programs inspire a new generation of conservationists and adoption of clean energy technologies.
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.—The
Department is directed to offer technical and other programmatic
assistance to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the assessment
and implementation of innovative technologies with the capabilityof combining different infrastructure systems in an integrated manner to effectively mitigate power plant emissions, efficiently treat
and reuse wastewater, produce biofuels, and generate power fromsolid waste. In addition, the Department is directed to offer technical and other programmatic assistance to the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in assessing the effectiveness of renewable energy technologies, such as solar and wind, forthe territories; power grid feasibility, including repairs, improvements, and modernization; mitigation of storm damages throughresilient electric power grids; and microgrid innovation. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90days after enactment of this Act a briefing on the status of, andfuture plans for, these efforts.
DOE and USDA Interagency Working Group.—The Committee
supports the establishment of the interagency working group topromote energy and develop technologies that will support and advance agricultural communities and domestic manufacturing, as required by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. Both agencies
have a unique role in assisting the country to integrate alternativefuel and energy efficiency savings throughout the economy. The
Committee directs the working group to pursue joint activities related to the research and development of climate-controlled, affordable, deployable, energy- and water-efficient technologies for fourseason food production platforms that can serve undernourished regions of the country. Additionally, the Committee directs the working group to pursue joint activities related to development and deployment of energy generation technologies and agriculture (e.g.
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The Committee encourages collaboration between USDA’s Office ofUrban Agriculture and Innovative Production, the Agricultural Research Service, and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture,and the various Department’s offices, including, but not limited to,
the Advanced Manufacturing Office, Solar Energy Technology Office, Biofuels Technologies Office, Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy, and Officeof Science. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee
regular updates on the goals, benchmarks, and progress in implementation of the working group and collaborations. Further, thefiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to provide a briefing
explaining the Department’s research agenda relating to promoting
energy efficiency for industrial processes, lighting systems, the utilization of advanced soil science, reuse of plant residue materials,
materials science, capture of carbon dioxide, and energy efficiency
at agricultural production platforms. The Committee is still awaiting this briefing and directs the Department to provide the briefing
not later than 15 days after enactment of this Act.
Fluoropolymers.—The Department is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 365 days after enactment of this Act areport on the life-cycle assessment (LCA) of fluoropolymers. The report shall include: a comparative LCA that quantifies resilience
properties, cost-benefit, and greenhouse gas emission savings offluoropolymers versus competing technologies; analysis of adherence to relevant International Organization for Standardization
standards and industry Product Category Rules whenever possible;
and an analysis of the use of fluoropolymers in the aerospace, automotive, battery, building construction, chemical processing, electronics, infrastructure, semiconductor, solar panel, and wind energy industries. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than one year after the submission of the first report a subsequent report on the impact to potential lifespans of infrastructure materials, including steel, plastics, glass, and wood, as
well as potential lifespan impacts to renewable energy generation
components and energy storage components, if fluoropolymers wereno longer permitted to continue in commerce.
Grid Modernization.—The Department is directed to continue theongoing work among the national laboratories, industry, and universities to improve grid reliability and resiliency through the strategic goals of the Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI).
The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to provide abriefing on the revised GMI strategy, plans to reflect new
decarbonization targets in strategy enhancements, funding profiles,
portfolio of funding opportunities, programmatic investments for
the Initiative, and the roles and responsibilities of each participating program office. The Committee is still awaiting this briefing
and directs the Department to provide the briefing not less than 15days after enactment of this Act.
Public, open-source decentralized technologies like blockchain in
combination with digital identities are positioned to enable innovation for advanced digital solutions that solve various market pain
points associated with the registration, scheduling, dispatch/activation, measurement/verification, and financial settlement of energy
customers and their devices. These digital solutions may help grid
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tomers to capture the full potential of investments in grid modernization. The Department is directed to coordinate research
about the opportunities and needs for new digital solutions builtwith public, open-source decentralized technologies to support electric grid modernization efforts. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed
the Department to provide a report on the Department’s research
activities related to public, open-source decentralized technologies,
including blockchain technology. The Committee is still awaiting
this report and directs the Department to provide the report to theCommittee not later than 15 days after enactment of this Act.
Harmful Algal Blooms.—The Committee continues to note thatthe Department conducts and possesses key research, experimental
facilities, management, and supercomputing capabilities that may
be of assistance in the fight against harmful algal blooms (HABs),
which are a serious threat to the health of people and marine ecosystems, especially for coastal communities. Climate change and increasing nutrient pollution are potentially causing HABs to occur
more often and in more locations throughout the United States.
Scientific capabilities will be imperative to discovering how and
why HABs form in order to reduce their harmful effects. When
Congress passed the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Researchand Control Act (HABHRCA), it created a task force intended to coordinate the federal response to harmful algal bloom activities. The
Department is not currently listed as a partner in the task force
activities, but the Department conducts and possesses key capabilities that may be of assistance in the fight against harmful algal
blooms. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to provide a report identifying its relevant capabilities and how it isusing those capabilities to support key questions posed in managing, controlling, and diagnosing the public response to harmful
algal blooms. The Committee is still awaiting this report and directs the Department to provide the report not later than 15 days
after enactment of this Act. Further, the Department is encouraged
to engage with partner agencies, such as the National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration, to determine how its capabilities
could play a supporting role with the HABHRCA task force.
Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell Coordination.—The Department
is directed to coordinate its efforts in hydrogen energy and fuel cell
technologies across EERE, FECM, NE, OE, the Office of Science,
the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, the Advanced Research
Projects Agency—Energy, and any other relevant program offices tomaximize the effectiveness of investments in hydrogen-related activities.
Integrated Energy Systems.—The Committee supports the integrated energy systems activities of EERE, FECM, and NE with the
purposes of maximizing energy production and efficiency; developing energy systems involving the integration of nuclear energy
with renewable energy, fossil energy, and energy storage; and expanding the use of emissions-reducing energy technologies into
nonelectric sectors to achieve significant reductions in environmental emissions. The Department is directed to coordinate all integrated energy systems activities across FECM, NE, EERE, andany other relevant program office. The fiscal year 2021 Act directed
the Department to submit a report that details a potential research
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funding levels for those activities and the roles and responsibilitiesof each participating program office. The Committee is still awaiting this report and directs the Department to provide the report
not later than 15 days after enactment of this Act.
Landfill Emissions.—The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to provide a report describing the opportunities and challenges for technologies that capture greenhouse gases, including
methane, from municipal landfills. The Committee is still awaiting
this report and directs the Department to provide the report notlater than 15 days after enactment of this Act.
Reporting Requirements.—The Department is directed to provide
to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of thisAct a report detailing its efforts to survey current programs, policies, procedures, and rules to determine if it is adequately meetingthe clean energy, energy conservation, and energy efficiency needsof low-income, minority, other underrepresented communities as
determined by the Secretary. The Department is further directed
to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactmentof this Act a report evaluating its efforts in the following areas: addressing gaps in decision-making to facilitate data-informed decision-making; increasing opportunities for new applicants for Department funding opportunities, particularly for underserved communities including those affected by persistent poverty; increasing
participation in Department research and development and financial assistance programs; expanding strategic tribal and stakeholder engagement across Department programs; and improving
access to the Weatherization Assistance Program for homes in needof non-energy related home repairs.
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The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy account supports
activities of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
the Office of State and Community Energy Programs, the Office of
Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, and the Federal Energy
Management Program.
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
accelerates the research, development, demonstration, and deployment activities that advance energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. Since the early 1970s and in partnership withbusiness, industry, universities, research labs, and stakeholders,
EERE has spurred innovation of affordable, renewable energy andenergy efficiency technologies critical to combating climate change.
EERE remains at the forefront of clean energy innovation, implementing a range of strategies aimed at creating good paying jobs,
ensuring the clean energy economy benefits all Americans, saving
American families and businesses money, and reducing pollution.
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transportation, renewable energy, and energy efficiency. The sustainable transportation portfolio, which consists of the vehicles, bioenergy, and hydrogen and fuel cell programs, focuses on efforts todecarbonize transportation across all modes to enable greater vehicle electrification, commercially viable hydrogen fuel cell trucks,
sustainable aviation fuel from biomass, and lower-pollution options
for off-road vehicles, rail, and maritime transport. The renewableenergy portfolio, which consists of the solar, wind, water, geothermal, and renewable energy integration programs, supports efforts to reduce the costs and accelerate the use and integration ofrenewables to contribute to a reliable, secure, and resilient electricgrid. The energy efficiency portfolio, which consists of the advanced
manufacturing and buildings programs, develops cost-effective solutions to reduce energy consumption in plants, buildings, andhomes.
The Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP) focuses on efforts under the Weatherization Assistance Program,State Energy Program, Local Government Energy Program, andEnergy Future Grants program to increase energy affordability andtransform the energy economy by working with state, local, andcommunity-level implementation partners.
The Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC)
prioritizes activities to strengthen and secure manufacturing andenergy supply chains needed to modernize the nation’s energy infrastructure.
The Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) helps federal
agencies meet federal sustainability goals by accelerating the implementation of energy and water conservation measures, implementing deep retrofits, improving energy resilience, andtransitioning to zero-emission fleets. The program provides technical assistance and financial assistance to agencies and works
with its stakeholders to enable federal agencies to identify affordable solutions, facilitate public-private partnerships, and provide
energy leadership to the country by identifying and leveraging government best practices.
Additional direction related to Department-wide crosscutting initiatives is provided under the heading Crosscutting Initiatives in
the front matter of Department of Energy.
The Department is directed to maintain a balanced portfolio of
research, development, demonstration, and deployment activities.
The Department is encouraged to examine its portfolio on a regularbasis and prioritize activities as necessary to maintain balanceacross research, development, demonstration, and deployment activities.
Aquatic Decarbonization.—The Committee supports the Department’s crosscutting efforts, working in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other federal
agencies, to identify and address emissions reduction opportunities
utilizing the ocean and blue economy. These efforts cut across multiple offices of EERE, including Water Power Technologies Office,Solar Energy Technologies Office, Wind Energy Technologies Office, Vehicle Technologies Office, Bioenergy Technologies Office,Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and others. The topics
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tion; marine carbon dioxide removal; port decarbonization; andother areas, such as energy storage; integrating marine energy harvesting; and continuous, wide area environmental monitoring. Recognizing the potential importance of water- and ocean-based technologies to the energy sector, the recommendation provides not lessthan $40,000,000 for crosscutting efforts that will contribute tomultiple areas of ocean- and water-based energy technologies andinclude support for research, development, and infrastructure thatleverages the Department’s existing ocean-based assets and infrastructure. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee
prior to the obligation of these funds a detailed spending plan highlighting which offices are contributing to this effort and theplanned investments in research, development, and deployment, including infrastructure needs.
Blockchain for Energy Procurement and Traceability.—Public,
open-source decentralized technologies like blockchain are being
used in various markets worldwide to develop new digital platforms for renewable energy procurement and help the companies,
cities, and other renewable energy buyers meet their voluntary procurement goals. These digital solutions built with decentralized
technologies may help simplify, reduce costs, and enhance thetraceability of renewable energy trading and reporting among market participants. These solutions may also help expand access tomore market participants. The Department is directed to coordinate research about the opportunity and needs for new digital solutions built with public, open-source decentralized technologies topromote renewable energy procurement, market access, and market growth.
Development of Open-Source Technology Services for Clean Energy Products and Services.—The Committee notes the growing
global competition for clean energy goods and services as well as
the need to support energy sector digitalization. There is an opportunity to position American goods and services ahead of global competition by developing and implementing open-source technology
standards for renewable energy, storage, energy efficiency, electricvehicle, and other clean energy technologies so that these goods
and related services deliver their full economic potential. The Department is encouraged to coordinate research evaluating and testing open-source technological standards for clean energy products
and services, particularly in terms of use of digital identities anddecentralized identity registries for such goods, that promote greater interoperability and market access across energy markets and,ultimately, help position the United States as a clean energy solutions leader.
Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency.—The
Department is directed to support needed security and software upgrades for the Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE), a program that provides U.S. homeowners, businesses, policymakers, and others with vital information relating toclean energy incentives and policies across the country. The Committee is aware that DSIRE receives more than 3.5 million yearlypage views for the purpose of educating consumers, businesses, andpolicymakers on the more than 2,600 available incentives and policies for clean energy technologies and encourages the Department

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to support phased upgrades that are necessary to improve the operation of DSIRE.
Energy Transitions Initiative.—The recommendation provides notless than $10,000,000 for the Energy Transitions Initiative (ETI) to
support initiatives to address high energy costs, reliability and inadequate infrastructure challenges faced by island and remote communities. This program, which aims to advance self-reliant island
and remote communities through the development of resilient energy systems, is enormously beneficial to its recipients that faceunique energy challenges due to their remote location, fossil fueldependency, and limited access to affordable infrastructure improvements. The program also has a disproportionately positive effect on indigenous groups within these locations who are subject toincreased difficulty in obtaining and maintaining clean and resilient infrastructure. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to provide a report on this program. The Committee is still
awaiting this report and directs the Department to provide it notlater than 30 days after enactment of this Act. The Committee supports the Department’s efforts to develop a cross-sector initiative
alongside community-based organizations pursuing energy transition efforts that will address energy challenges, build capacity, accelerate the sharing of best practices and innovations between
similarly-situated regions, and leverage specialized, local expertiseand technological innovation into viable energy transition projects.
The Department is directed to support community-based initiatives
by allocating up to $750,000 to each organization that has been selected as an ETI Partnership Project (ETIPP) Island and Remote
Community Stakeholder Engagement Regional Project Partners to
support cross-region collaboration and the design, planning, andimplementation of viable energy transition projects within their respective regions.
Metal Reuse.—The Committee notes that the Department has alarge inventory of excess metal, including nickel, that could be usedin the supply chain for electric vehicles and other clean energy applications. The Department is encouraged to coordinate across the
Offices of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Environmental Management to review the use of scrap metal for these purposes and is directed to provide to the Committee not later than
90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on this topic.
Workforce Development.—The Department is encouraged to allocate funding to training and workforce development programs thatassist and support workers in trades and activities required for thecontinued growth of the U.S. energy efficiency and clean energy
sectors, including training programs focused on building retrofits,
the construction industry, and the electric vehicle industry. The
Department is encouraged to continue to work with two-year, community and technical colleges; labor; and nongovernmental and industry consortia to pursue job training programs, including programs focused on displaced fossil fuel workers, that lead to an industry-recognized credential in the energy workforce. The Department is encouraged to update and publish on its website the listof credentials that are recognized by the Department through its
Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines and additional credentials
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JSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARINGSUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATIONThe recommendation provides $35,000,000 to continue theSuperTruck III vehicle demonstration program and further address
the energy efficiency, carbon dioxide emissions reduction potential,
and freight efficiency of heavy and medium duty long- and regional-haul vehicles.
Vehicle Technologies.—The recommendation provides not lessthan $220,000,000 for Battery and Electrification Technologies, including for electric vehicle battery recycling technology.
The recommendation provides $10,000,000 for research and development of engine architectures that integrate low-carbon fuels
like ethanol and biodiesel, including the performance of these engines on higher blends of renewable fuels.
The recommendation provides up to $25,000,000 to advanced
zero-emission technologies and low-carbon fuels for off-road applications. The Department is directed to prioritize applications in
ports, warehouses, and railyards. Within these funds, the recommendation provides up to $5,000,000 for fluid power systems.
These funds shall be awarded through a competitive solicitation inwhich university and industry teams are eligible to apply.
The recommendation provides not less than $140,000,000 for Vehicle Technology Integration and Deployment, previously called
Outreach, Deployment, and Analysis.
The Department is directed to continue to support the Clean Cities alternative fuels deployment program focused on vehicles thatcan deliver lower greenhouse gas emissions and meet customer
needs, which can include vehicles powered by biofuels, electricity,hydrogen, natural gas, renewable natural gas, propane, and renewable propane. The nation’s Clean Cities Coalitions are uniquely
suited to assist state and local governments, school districts, andpublic and private sector fleets with successful implementation of
the sustainable transportation programs. Within available funds,
the recommendation provides not less than $65,000,000 for deployment through the Clean Cities program, including not less than
$20,000,000 in direct cooperative agreements with the Clean Cities
Coalitions and not less than $40,000,000 for competitive grants to
support alternative fuel, infrastructure, new mobility, and vehicle
deployment activities. When issuing competitive grants in supportof these activities, the Department is encouraged to include someawards that range from $500,000 to $1,000,000 each and to include
at least one Clean Cities coalition partner. The Committee encourages the Department to ensure balance in the award of funds toachieve varied aims in fostering broader adoption of clean vehicles
and installation of supporting infrastructure. The Committee further encourages the Department to prioritize projects that can contribute the greatest reductions in lifecycle greenhouse gases andother harmful air pollutants. The Committee encourages the Department to work with the Department of Transportation and industry on coordinating efforts to deploy electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. The Committee encourages the Department to
explore ways in which the Clean Cities Program can leverage funding to provide greater support, including through grants, technicalassistance, and community engagement, for clean fuels and vehi-

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cles in underserved or disadvantaged communities so they can benefit from the emissions reductions and public health benefits.
The recommendation provides not less than $5,000,000 for electric vehicle workforce development activities. The Department isencouraged to build upon its existing partnerships with the GridEd
workforce training program to advance a national electric vehicle
workforce. The Department is encouraged to include engagementwith the electric industry; auto industry; labor unions; university
and community colleges, including Historically Black Colleges andUniversity and other Minority Serving Institutions; and training
institutes.
Integrating electric vehicles into the nation’s public and private
fleets requires specialized expertise and knowledge, and the Department has a leadership role to play in helping institutions confront these challenges as the electric vehicle and autonomous markets shift the landscape. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to provide a report that describes how the Vehicle Technologies Office, in coordination with the Advanced Manufacturing
Office, is meeting the challenges for fleet managers and manufacturers in designing and building vehicles capable of being operated
in a cost effective and safe manner. The Committee is still awaiting
this report and directs the Department to provide the report notlater than 30 days after enactment of this Act. The Department isfurther directed to coordinate with the Department of Transportation and the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation to develop
a roadmap for electric vehicle transition and workforce training.
The Department is also directed to coordinate with the Clean Cities
Program, the Department of Transportation, and the Joint Officeof Energy and Transportation to ensure all activities are aligned tomeet the goals of widespread adoption of electric vehicles.
The recommendation provides not less than $54,000,000 for Energy Efficient Mobility Systems, including not less than
$34,000,000 to conduct early-stage research and development atthe vehicle, traveler, and system levels and not less than
$20,000,000 for pilot and demonstration projects pairing self-driving technology with zero-emission vehicles to help ensure mobility
does not come at the cost of increased tailpipe pollution.
The recommendation provides up to $10,000,000 to improve 12volt lead batteries for safety-critical electric vehicle applications.
The Committee recognizes combusting hydrogen in internal combustion engines may offer a practical pathway to zero-carbon fuels.
The recommendation provides $10,000,000 for novel engine designs
that can achieve significant efficiency improvements in hydrogen
combustion. The Department is encouraged to support researchand development for hydrogen combustion by two-stroke opposed
piston engines.
The Department is directed to consider hyperloop and otheremerging transportation technologies throughout programs in the
Vehicle Technologies Office.
The Department is directed to support activities focused on providing voluntary technical assistance to municipalities aimed at reducing the time and costs for permitting, inspecting, and interconnecting publicly available electric vehicle supply equipment
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The Vehicle Technologies Office is directed to collaborate with
the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office on research anddevelopment for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, particularly inheavy-duty transportation, and hydrogen refueling networks.
The Department is directed to support a broad portfolio of vehicle
technology innovation with a significant focus on demonstration,
field validation, and market transformation activities, including a
focus on cost effective manufacturing at scale. The Department isencouraged to focus resources on zero-emission vehicle technologies,
such as battery electric and fuel cell electric propulsion systems, forall vehicle types.
The Committee commends the Department’s efforts to reducecarbon emissions and air pollution from trucks, including throughthe SuperTruck initiative and other funding for research, demonstration, and deployment of electrification and emissions reducing technologies. Drayage trucks are a major contributor of local air
pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that negatively impact the
air quality and health of port-adjacent communities, which areoften environmental justice communities already disproportionately
impacted by environmental hazards. Transitioning to zero-emissions drayage trucks helps advance the Department’s goals of bothachieving net-zero emissions in the transportation sector andprioritizing investments that benefit underserved communities. The
Department is directed to explore leveraging current and futureawards to advance the deployment of zero-emission drayage trucks
and related electric infrastructure at ports.
As part of an all the above energy strategy, the Committee recognizes the unique role of liquid fuels in the development of next generation internal combustion engines. Biofuels, such as ethanol,
have proven to be a cost-effective alternative for hard-todecarbonize sectors of the economy, such as heavy duty and agricultural equipment. The Department is encouraged to explore opportunities to leverage biofuel internal combustion engines in available research programs.
The Committee recognizes the need for electric charging infrastructure to adequately meet electricity distribution requirements.
The Department, in coordination with the Joint Office of Energy
and Transportation, is encouraged to assess if the capacity of electricity distribution can meet anticipated electricity demand at proposed charging locations. The Department is encouraged to consult
with stakeholders and entities tasked with overseeing the U.S.
electric grid in this assessment.
The Department, in coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency, is encouraged to consider the benefits of a competitive
voucher program to continue improving the energy efficiency ofcommercial long-haul vehicles with active emission-reducing technology. Active emission-reducing technology means any physical alterations of a Class 8 truck that can be installed as a retrofit andthat adapt automatically to control vehicle performance factors andimprove fuel efficiency, including active aerodynamic, active rolling
resistance, dynamic axle lift control, non-auxiliary power unit active idle reduction, and other such emerging improvements.
Research into propane-fueled vehicles has the potential to reduce
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nology to a commercial scale. The Department is encouraged tocontinue research and development in advanced combustion andvehicle engine technology efficiency in propane engines used for
medium- and heavy-duty applications. In particular, the Department is encouraged to research direct injection, engine technology,
and the use of dimethyl ether for fuel applications.
The Committee is encouraged by the steps the Department has
taken to demonstrate the recyclability of electric vehicle batteries
to recover critical minerals and support the circularity of plastic
and polymer composite electric vehicle battery enclosures and casings. The Department is directed to prioritize recycling funding
awards for projects that demonstrate recycling of all battery components, including casings and enclosures made from plastics andpolymer composites.
The Committee recognizes the importance of electric vehicle equity in the transition to a zero-emissions transportation system andthe potential for electric vehicle car share programs at public housing facilities to provide access to electric vehicles for lower-income
residents. The Department is directed to prioritize funding andtechnical assistance through its grant programs for electric vehicle
car share programs at public housing facilities.
The Committee supports the Department’s efforts, in coordination with the Department of Transportation and the Joint Office ofEnergy and Transportation, to prioritize equity within both the development and implementation phases of programs that support
the planning and deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, including for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicle purposes. The Committee directs the Department, in coordination with
the Department of Transportation and the Joint Office of Energy
and Transportation, to focus on increasing availability of and access to publicly accessible charging infrastructure that can support
both personal vehicle uses and ride-share services, particularly inunderserved or disadvantaged communities that lack convenient
access to such infrastructure. The Department is encouraged topartner with local government entities and community organizations through community engagement to increase awareness of the
program and ensure that the needs and concerns of local communities are specifically addressed.
The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to carry out anationwide assessment on the state of, challenges to, and opportunities for deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure inunderserved or disadvantaged communities. The Committee is still
awaiting the required briefing and directs the Department to provide the briefing not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
Further, the Department is directed to release the assessment ona publicly accessible website as soon as practicable. The Department shall carry out these activities in coordination with the Department of Transportation and the Joint Office of Energy andTransportation.
Bioenergy Technologies.—The recommendation provides not lessthan $50,000,000 for feedstock technologies research and the Biomass Feedstock National User Facility and $40,000,000 for algaerelated activities.
The recommendation provides not less than $20,000,000 for the
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for biofuels and bioproducts with a focus on sustainable aviation
fuels. The Committee supports ongoing collaboration with the Office of Science to expand computational capabilities, including new
instrumentation, to further enhance the Department’s strategic investments in biotechnology and biomanufacturing.
The recommendation provides up to $6,000,000 to support research, at commercially-relevant processing scales, into affordable
preprocessing of forest residue technologies, forest residue fractionation technologies, and other processing improvements relevant tothermal deoxygenation biorefineries in order to enable economic
production of sustainable aviation fuels and economic upgrading ofhemicelluloses and lignin.
The recommendation provides not less than $120,000,000 for
System Development and Integration, including for demonstration
activities. The Department is directed to accelerate its work on sustainable aviation fuels, with a focus on demonstrating feedstocks
and biorefining processes for net-zero-emission fuels. The Department is directed to develop a clear framework for evaluating theemissions reduction potential and environmental integrity of different sustainable aviation fuels pathways and to prioritize research and development of fuels with the greatest potential to reduce emissions while avoiding unintended consequences on forestsand other habitats and food supply chains. The Department is encouraged to work with the Department of Transportation, the Department of Agriculture, the national laboratories, and other relevant federal agencies to coordinate efforts to advance sustainableaviation fuels.
The Committee is supportive of the Department’s research to reduce emissions through the development of algal-derived biofuelsusing carbon dioxide as a feedstock. The Department is directed toaddress research challenges to maximize use of atmospheric carbon
dioxide, including in highly alkaline conditions to maximize carbon
capture. This research shall aim to eliminate the requirement for
co-location of algal production facilities with power plants or costly,
low-volume pipelines; increase algal productivity levels; and lower
the cost of biofuel production.
To support the key role that forests in the United States can playin addressing energy needs, the Department, in coordination with
the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection
Agency, is encouraged to ensure that federal policy relating to forest bioenergy is consistent across all federal departments and agencies.
The Committee supports the Department’s continued researchand development to advance the deployment of processes to increase the supply of renewable natural gas and bolster national energy security.
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies.—The Department is directed to maintain a diverse program that focuses on early-,
mid-, and late-stage research and development and technology acceleration, including market transformation. The Department is directed to continue to emphasize hydrogen production and the development of hydrogen refueling infrastructure nationwide to accelerate the adoption of zero-emission fuel cell transportation. The Department is directed to maintain regular consultation with industry
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of fuel cell technology and systems development in the UnitedStates.
The recommendation provides not less than $100,000,000 for
H2@Scale activities to support the development of hydrogen as aclean energy resource for hard-to-electrify transportation applications and to help build out the infrastructure needed to transportand store hydrogen.
The recommendation provides not less than $60,000,000 for technologies to advance hydrogen use for hard-to-electrify transportation applications, including trains, maritime shipping, and aviation.
The recommendation provides not less than $30,000,000 for Fuel
Cell Technologies, with a focus on reducing fuel cell system costand improving overall system efficiency and durability. Component
development and testing should include stack materials, material
processing, efficient and cost-effective air compression, operation at
low humidification levels and materials that are robust to poor air
quality.
The Committee notes that hydrogen carriers can play a criticalrole in enabling widespread adoption of hydrogen energy for commercial, industrial, and transportation use. The recommendation
provides $10,000,000 to advance the understanding and development of perovskites as catalysts and catalyst supports for hydrogen
carriers. The effort shall be pursued through tightly coupled computational modeling, experimental characterization, and controlled
synthesis, along with durability and degradation science. The Department is encouraged to prioritize efforts that include partnerships between at least one academic partner and one national laboratory.
The recommendation provides not less than $10,000,000 for solar
fuels research and development for hydrogen generation. The Department is encouraged to leverage research and technology advances from the Fuels from Sunlight Energy Innovation Hub.
The Committee supports the Department’s continued activities
for high temperature electrolyzer development and integrated pilot
level technology testing and validation, including at national laboratories.
The Department is directed to assess how alkaline and proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers respond to variable operation conditions associated with electricity from intermittent
sources, specifically the impact on performance and lifetime. The
Department is directed to conduct large-scale testing and analysis
in conjunction with an electric power research organization, utilities, and other stakeholders. The Department is directed to conduct
tests under various conditions and configurations and in geographically diverse regions, including the Northeast. The results shall bemade publicly available to contribute to grid reliability and plantdesign optimization.
The Committee is interested in ways to reduce the economic andenvironmental impacts of transporting hydrogen to expand the useof this proven, near-zero emissions fuel source. The Department isdirected to continue to consider the economic and environmental
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To leverage U.S. innovation in hydrogen-fueled energy applications, the Department is directed to prioritize opportunities to advance a network of pipelines to reliably deliver adequate supplies
of hydrogen for end users. To leverage the full range of innovative
applications of hydrogen and fuel cells, end users across the country will need access to fuel supplies at a competitive price. This
may include utilizing the existing natural gas infrastructure andapplying best practices learned from the development of the natural gas distribution system.
The Department is encouraged to continue to research novel onboard hydrogen tank systems, as well as trailer delivery systems
to reduce cost of delivered hydrogen, and to work with the Department of Transportation on coordinating efforts to deploy hydrogenfueling infrastructure.
The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to provide abriefing on its efforts to work cooperatively with industry, university, and national laboratory partners and efforts to develop strategies and technologies to support continued evolution and success of
low-carbon intensity hydrogen production. The Committee is still
awaiting this briefing and directs the Department to provide it notlater than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) is encouraged to collaborate with the Advanced Manufacturing Office on
efforts to advance technologies that decarbonize steel production
using hydrogen and consider hydrogen technology solutions in technology pathways to decarbonize the industrial sector. The Committee further encourages HFTO to collaborate with the Office ofClean Energy Demonstrations on hydrogen-related programs. The
Committee encourages HFTO to collaborate with the Office of Electricity to investigate and advance the potential for hydrogen as along-duration electricity storage resource. The Committee directs
HFTO to explore and assess the potential of hydrogen in the production of zero-carbon and carbon-neutral aviation fuels.

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The recommendation provides $5,000,000 for the Wind Energy
Technologies Office and the Water Power Technologies Office tosupport university-led research projects related to resource characterization, site planning, aquaculture assessments, community outreach, and planning for long term environmental monitoring for applications of marine energy and floating offshore wind technologies
to support sustainable, scalable aquaculture production.
Solar Energy Technologies.—The recommendation provides notless than $60,000,000 for Concentrating Solar Power Technologies
and not less than $80,000,000 for Photovoltaic Technologies.
The recommendation provides not less than $60,000,000 for Balance of Systems Soft Cost Reduction. The Committee is encouragedby the success of the SolarAPP+ program in facilitating easier, lessexpensive, faster, and more efficient permitting for solar projects
through automation. The Department is encouraged to explore
ways in which similar automated processes can increase efficiency
and cut costs in other clean energy applications, such as permitting
for residential solar interconnections with the utility distribution
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The recommendation provides up to $40,000,000 to continue andexpand work to lower barriers to solar adoption for low-income
households, renters, multifamily homes, and minority communities.
The Department is encouraged to explore and provide resources on
financing and business models that are well-suited to these households and communities.
The recommendation provides not less than $5,000,000 for the
National Community Solar Partnership program.
The recommendation provides $10,000,000 for technology development, testing and verification of technologies that help solar energy projects avoid, minimize, and mitigate impacts on wildlife andecosystems, including through improved scientific research into
avian-solar interactions. The Department is directed to continue research and activities to promote the development and deploymentof bird-friendly renewable energy development that applies technologies and procedures to mitigate bird collisions.
The recommendation provides not less than $65,000,000 for Systems Integration, including for research, development, and demonstration of operation of the grid with very high levels of solar
penetration, and not less than $100,000,000 for Manufacturing andCompetitiveness.
The recommendation provides $4,000,000 for research, development, and demonstration of novel power conversion equipment, including hardware and software for new plant architecture andtechnologies.
The Committee supports the Department’s decision to award
funding for the Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) Accelerator Consortium
as a comprehensive and systematic approach to support CdTe
photovoltaics. This work will advance low-cost manufacturing techniques and domestic research in this important domestic sector.
The Committee notes that the United States is a leader in CdTe
manufacturing, contributing to high-value job production in the
Midwest and elsewhere. The recommendation provides not lessthan $30,000,000 for research, development, demonstration, andcommercial activities related to cadmium telluride. This work shallalign with the goals of the technology roadmap for research: reducing CdTe module manufacturing costs, addressing supply chain
challenges, achieving greater cell and module efficiency, cutting
CdTe solar costs while extending solar panel life, and increasing
the global market share of domestically produced photovoltaics.
The recommendation provides not less than $30,000,000 for research, development, demonstration, and commercial activities related to perovskites, including inherently scalable production methods, such as solution processing, roll-to-roll manufacturing, orinline rigid substrate/superstrate processing; the science of inherent material stability; and ultra-high efficiency through tandem or
hybrid tandem cell or module architectures.
The Department is directed to support the development of smallscale pilot manufacturing plants for perovskite photovoltaics. The
Committee recognizes the importance of accelerating the demonstration and deployment of solar perovskite technologies to overcome domestic manufacturing barriers that have prohibited thesuccessful deployment of U.S. solar manufacturing capacity to date.
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ready solar perovskite entities that are prepared to scale up solar
technologies.
The Committee is aware of and supports the recently established
Perovskite Accelerator for Commercializing Technologies (PACT)
Center, which has been established for testing the durability ofperovskite photovoltaics. The Department is encouraged to consider
establishment of a companion research accelerator to advance theunderpinnings of the technology, following the model established
for the CdTe Consortium that was announced by the Department
in 2020. A perovskite R&D accelerator could be focused on nucleation and degradation, the science of inherent material stability,
new substrates, energy loss mechanisms, ultra-high efficiency
bifacial and tandem devices, and inherently scalable production
methods such as solution processing and roll-to-roll manufacturing.
The Committee is aware of independent analyses that purport toshow a decline in the projected rate of installation of rooftop solar
energy systems on residential buildings, a divergence from pastconsistent increases. The Department is directed to conduct a study
on the projected rates of such installations. If the Department findsthat the projected rate is declining, the Department is directed toprovide to the Committee not later than 180 days after enactmentof this Act a report on the potential causes of such decline andways to remove potential statutory or regulatory barriers to solar
installations.
The Department is directed to continue supporting the regional
demonstration sites under the Solar Energy Technologies Office.
The Department is encouraged to participate and coordinate asa federal stakeholder with the Bureau of Land Management in exploring new solar energy areas through intergovernmental task
forces, including continuing existing and launching new data collection campaigns nationwide. The Department is encouraged to coordinate with other federal agencies as part of an ‘‘all-of-government’’ approach to solar energy research and development, to include support for research, incorporation of agency data, and consideration of recommendations in the siting and developments of
new and existing solar projects.
The Department is encouraged to support research and development efforts to target grid storage improvements, demand-response
and load-shaping technologies, and modeling and planning tools for
distributed energy resources. The Committee supports early-stage
research on photovoltaics based on earth abundant materials focusing on scalable production methods, material stability, and ultrahigh efficiency tandem photovoltaic cell manufacturing approaches.
Wind Energy.—The recommendation provides not less than
$15,000,000 for distributed wind technologies.
The recommendation provides up to $30,000,000 to initiate theestablishment of a university-based development and testing facility capable of supporting industrial prototyping and manufacturingof turbine systems capable of producing upwards of 30 megawattsof power per unit. The Department is further directed to support
the accompanying electric grid integration of these offshore windturbine capabilities.
The recommendation provides not less than $125,000,000 for offshore wind. The Department is directed to support innovative offshore wind demonstration projects to optimize their development,

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design, construction methods, testing plans, and economic value
proposition. Within available funds for offshore wind, the recommendation provides not less than $6,000,000 for advanced technology demonstration of offshore wind projects.
Within available funds for offshore wind, the recommendation
provides $6,000,000 for Centers of Excellence focused on the offshore wind energy engineering, infrastructure, supply chain, transmission, and other pertinent issues required to support offshore
wind in the United States. The university-based Centers will develop regional and national strategies to accelerate and maximize
the effectiveness, reliability, and sustainability of U.S. offshore
wind deployment and operation with partners from institutions ofhigher education, research institutions, national laboratories, theprivate sector, and state and local-level public sector representatives relevant to emerging commercial scale offshore wind deployments.
Within available funds for offshore wind, the recommendation
provides up to $50,000,000 for floating offshore research, development, and demonstration, including activities to facilitate interconnection between offshore generation facilities and the grid.
Water Power.—The recommendation provides not less than
$50,000,000 for Hydropower Technologies and not less than$130,000,000 for Marine Energy.
The recommendation provides up to $10,000,000 to continue industry-led research, development, demonstration, and deployment
efforts of innovative technologies for fish passage and invasive fish
species removal at hydropower facilities, as well as analysis of hydrologic climate science and water basin data to understand theimpact of climate change on hydropower.
The recommendation provides up to $15,000,000 for small hydropower innovation, testing, and initiatives, including industry-led
competitive solicitations for advanced turbine demonstrations; improved environmental performance; standardized or modular
project deployment applications; and advanced manufacturing andsupply chain innovations. The Department is encouraged to support innovative analytics to optimize hydropower applications suchas machine learning-based hydrologic forecasts and operations optimization technology advancement.
The Committee remains supportive of the Department’s ongoingscoping activities toward establishing a network of hydropower
testing facilities. The recommendation provides up to $10,000,000
for design and engineering based on the outcome of the scoping
analysis. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to provide a briefing on its strategy for establishing these facilities. The
Committee is still awaiting this briefing and directs the Department to provide it not later than 30 days after enactment of thisAct.
The recommendation provides up to $5,000,000 for irrigation
modernization demonstration and deployment activities including
physical sites and digital tools that advance energy, water, environmental, community, and agricultural benefits.
The recommendation provides up to $10,000,000 for the purposesof sections 242 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Within available funds for Marine Energy, the recommendation
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licitations to increase energy capture, improve reliability, and to assess and monitor environmental effects of marine energy systems
and components at a variety of scales, including full-scale prototypes. The Committee recognizes the importance of consistent andtimely funding opportunities to optimize the impacts of universityled foundational research and to develop the skilled workforce
needed to accelerate development of the marine energy sector.
Within available funds for Marine Energy, the recommendation
provides up to $20,000,000 for continuation of foundational research activities led by universities and research institutions affiliated with the National Marine Energy Centers. Within available
funds for Marine Energy, the recommendation provides up to$10,000,000 for operations at the National Marine Energy Centersin order to accelerate the transition of marine energy technologies
to market.
Within available funds for Marine Energy, the recommendation
provides up to $30,000,000 to address infrastructure needs at marine energy technology testing sites, including not less than
$5,000,000 for the development and construction of an open water,
fully energetic, grid connected ocean current energy test facility
and not less than $5,000,000 for general purpose plant projects.
The Committee recommends up to $8,000,000 for continuation of
the Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research initiative. The Department is directed to continue to coordinate with
the U.S. Navy and other federal agencies on marine energy technology development for national security and other applications.
The Committee supports the Department’s engagement on research and workforce development with U.S. universities, particularly with its National Marine Renewable Energy Centers. The
Committee encourages the Department to continue its Powering
the Blue Economy efforts, including crosscutting initiatives within
EERE and with other federal partners that integrate marine energy harvesting, energy storage, and continuous, wide area environmental monitoring.
The Department is reminded that it may use its cost share waiver authority under section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005,
when applicable and as appropriate, for water power technology research, development, demonstration, and deployment activities.
The Committee recognizes the emergence of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) and Sea Water Air Conditioning (SWAC)
systems in the United States and the potential to produce sustainable electricity, reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and diversify fueloptions while creating job opportunities. The Committee also recognizes the Department of Defense’s investment in SWAC and OTEC
technologies for Guam and other military bases in the Indo-Pacificregion. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to reporton the feasibility of incorporating engineering within SWAC andOTEC that would enhance open-ocean aquaculture and serve tostimulate biological productivity in nutrient-poor off-shore waters
as a means of accelerating capture and sequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide as well as stimulating offshore fisheries. The
Committee is still awaiting this report and directs the Department
to provide it not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
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thermal system demonstrations (EGS) and next-generation geothermal demonstration projects in diverse geographic areas. The
Department is encouraged to prioritize EGS demonstration projects
that have previously received earlier-stage competitive FrontierObservatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) funding
to test and validate their technology. The Department is directed
to include demonstration projects in an area with no obvious surface expression or to develop deep, direct use geothermal technologies to distribute geothermal heat through an integrated energy system or district heating system. The Department is directed
to consider Superhot Rock geothermal demonstrations in whichwater, at that depth, would reach supercritical conditions and demonstrate incremental improvements toward producing supercriticalwater at the surface.
The Department is directed to support research, development,
and demonstration, including implementation of the recommendations outlined in the GeoVision study and authorized in the Energy
Act of 2020.
The Committee notes the potential for geothermal systems to
produce sustainable electricity, reduce carbon emissions, and diversify energy options while creating business and job opportunities.
The Department is directed to coordinate with appropriate federal
agencies to support investigations of geothermal resource prospects
to the degree necessary for determination of their potential generation capacity as well as the technical and economic viability toserve as a renewable, secure source of installation electrical, spaceconditioning, and thermal processing needs as appropriate to Department of Defense installations as well as immediately adjacentpublic lands located in non-contiguous states and U.S. territories.

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Manufacturing.—The
recommendation
provides$230,000,000 for Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization. The
Department is directed, as authorized in section 6003 of the Energy
Act of 2020, to conduct an industrial emissions reduction technology development program for clean industrial research, development, and demonstrations that are sector-specific and technologyinclusive. The Department is directed to support the developmentof technologies to strengthen the competitiveness of America’s industrial sector, with an emphasis on heavy industrial sectors (including iron and steel, cement and concrete, and chemicals) and adiverse technology portfolio (including industrial carbon capture
and removal, low-carbon feedstocks, clean heat alternatives, energy
efficiency, and electrification). The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 30 days after enactment of
this Act a status update on its industrial decarbonization roadmaps, including an outline of the main recommendations for each,a plan for how to implement the roadmap, and updates as appropriate based on new developments.
The Department is directed to support activities for the conversion and retooling of industrial facilities. The Committee recognizes
the importance of awarding funding to applicants that will contribute to the on-shoring and re-shoring of the domestic supply
chain for electric vehicles and support jobs with family-sustaining
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Department is encouraged to require eligible recipients to provide
evidence of their support for their incumbent manufacturing workforce and local community, which could include certification of participation in labor-management training programs; apprenticeships
or pre-apprenticeships; presence of an existing union contract orlabor peace agreement; and utilization of community benefits
agreement. The Department is encouraged to require grantees tocertify that all construction work funded under the program pays
prevailing wages and to require participation in a registered apprenticeship program. The Department is encouraged to provide
administrative and technical assistance to eligible grant recipientsand to identify projects that will meet the Justice40 Initiative.
The Advanced Manufacturing Office is critical to the competitiveness of all American manufacturing industries, including the steel
industry. Continued investment in steel mills specifically is essential for the economy and the environment. Within available funds
for Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization, the recommendation
provides not less than $5,000,000 for improvements in the steel industry.
Within available funds for Industrial Efficiency and
Decarbonization, the recommendation provides $20,000,000 for continued research for energy efficiency improvement and emissions
reduction in the chemical industry including dynamic catalyst
science coupled with data analytics.
The Committee notes that industrial drying processes consume
approximately 10 percent of the process energy used in the manufacturing sector. Within available funds for Industrial Efficiency
and Decarbonization, the recommendation provides $10,000,000 for
the issuance of a competitive solicitation for university and industry-led teams to improve the efficiency of industrial drying processes.
The Committee supports the Energy-Water Desalination Hub.
The recommendation provides $130,000,000 for Clean Energy
Manufacturing.
Within available funds for Clean Energy Manufacturing, the recommendation provides $25,000,000 for the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) and the Carbon Fiber Technology Facility. Within available funds for the MDF, the recommendation includes $5,000,000 for the development of processes for hybrid materials solutions with prescribed microstructural and mechanicalproperties to enable precise property profiles for born qualified andcertified components.
Within available funds for Clean Energy Manufacturing, the recommendation provides $10,000,000 for the development of advanced tooling for lightweight automotive components to lead thetransition to electric vehicle and mobility solutions to meet the national urgency for market adoption. The Department is directed tofurther foster the partnership between the MDF, universities, andindustry in the Great Lakes region for economic growth and technology innovation, thereby accelerating technology deployment andincreasing the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing industries.
Within available funds for Clean Energy Manufacturing, the recommendation provides not less than $15,000,000 to provide ongoingsupport for the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Technical Assistance Partnerships (TAP) and related CHP activities.

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Within available funds for Clean Energy Manufacturing, the recommendation provides $5,000,000 for advanced manufacturing oflarge offshore wind blades.
Within available funds for Clean Energy Manufacturing, the recommendation provides $3,000,000 for advanced manufacturing oflarge iron and steel castings and forgings for offshore wind turbines.
Within available funds for Clean Energy Manufacturing, the recommendation provides up to $20,000,000 to continue developmentof additive manufacturing involving nanocellulose feedstock materials made from forest products. This work shall be conducted inpartnership with the MDF to leverage expertise and capabilities forlarge scale additive manufacturing.
Within available funds for Clean Energy Manufacturing, the recommendation provides $2,000,000 to fund lithium-ion battery rejuvenation, recycling, and reuse programs that will focus on research,education, and workforce development to help the economy and national energy security. The Department is directed to focus research on room temperature process development for recycling andreuse of electrodes; rejuvenation (re-manufacturing) of electrodes
for direct reuse; and recycling of the electrolyte. The Department
is directed to prioritize support for academic institutions in a stateor states that have lithium mining and lithium-ion battery manufacturing operations.
The Committee continues to support the Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation (CEMI) Institutes. The Committee is aware of
the existing six CEMI Institutes’ capabilities and efforts in advancing clean-energy solutions that will help reduce pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and dependence on oil while launching new
businesses and creating high-wage, highly-skilled clean energy
jobs. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to provide
a briefing on the potential benefits and considerations of renewing
or extending existing CEMI agreements, including extensions of
not less than five years. The Committee is still awaiting this briefing and directs the Department to provide it not later than 15 days
after enactment of this Act.
Within available funds for Clean Energy Manufacturing, the recommendation provides up to $12,000,000 for research in silicon carbide and gallium nitride power electronics.
The Department is directed to support the expeditious development and production of lithium battery technology to scale up thedomestic battery supply chain. Within available funds for Clean
Energy Manufacturing, the recommendation provides up to$10,000,000 for solid state lithium metal battery storage demonstration projects that are U.S.-controlled, U.S.-made, and North
American sourced and supplied. The Department is directed toprioritize battery technology that is compatible with existing andnext generation cathodes, including nickel and cobalt free cathodes,
will further enhance energy density, and is intrinsically nonflammable.
The recommendation provides $90,000,000 for Material Supply
Chains.
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product or service. The Department is directed to support the development of tools to increase manufacturer participation androbustness of data provision in the U.S. Life Cycle Inventory (LCI)
Database, as well as the expansion of existing federal Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA) Commons datasets. These efforts will enable
greater use of these publicly accessible databases that are criticalto the generation of LCAs and underlie EPD generation and also
result in improved reliability and comparability of EPDs used to inform low-carbon procurement and building practices.
Domestic mining, including gold and silver mines, is a criticalelement of America’s national security as the resources are utilized
in a wide range of products. Within available funds for Material
Supply Chains, the recommendation provides up to $15,000,000 for
a competitive grant program to improve the sustainability and competitiveness of U.S. mining operations, including the beneficial use
of byproducts such as capturing excess nitrogen oxide and utilizing
it to produce ammonium sulfate fertilizer suitable for agriculturaluse.
Within available funds for Material Supply Chains, the recommendation provides not less than $5,000,000 to apply the Officeof Science’s leadership computing facility expertise in machinelearning to increase efficiencies in manufacturing processes, including large-scale, high-rate, aerostructures manufacturing.
The recommendation provides $50,000,000 for Technical Assistance and Workforce Development.
The Committee recognizes the great potential for energy savingsin water and wastewater treatment systems, which are among thecountry’s largest industrial electricity users. The Committee appreciates the Department’s work on technical assistance in this area.
Within available funds for Technical Assistance and Workforce Development, the recommendation provides $5,000,000 to expand thetechnical assistance provided for water and wastewater treatment.
The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to provide abriefing its plan to ensure the technical assistance is aligned withthe related programs operated by the Environmental Protection
Agency and Department of Agriculture to assist communities that
seek to upgrade systems to utilize energy efficient and alternative
energy improvements at these facilities. The Committee is still
awaiting this briefing and directs the Department to provide it notlater than 30 days after enactment of this Act. Within available
funds for Technical Assistance and Workforce Development, therecommendation provides $20,000,000 for research and development on technologies to achieve energy efficiency of water andwastewater treatment plants, including the deployment of alternative energy sources, as appropriate.
The Department is encouraged to support innovation in watertechnologies that will incentivize technology developments for theblue economy, including consideration of establishing a Center of
Excellence, with a focus on the Great Lakes region. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days
after enactment of this Act a briefing on this matter.
Within available funds for Technical Assistance and Workforce
Development, the recommendation provides not less than
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119(LEEP) to advance the entrepreneurial development of clean energy innovations, with a focus on those that address challenges todecarbonization. The Department is directed to coordinate this program with the Office of Technology Transitions. The Department isdirected to allow up 20 percent of technical funding provided toparticipants in LEEP to be used to cover costs associated with business development and operation and other working capital needs.
The Department is encouraged to collaborate with other offices
within the Department and with the National Science Foundation
to provide educational resources to LEEP participants. The Department is directed to make available up to $1,000,000 to each LEEP
node to increase the diversity of applicants and participants in the
LEEP program.
The Department is encouraged to support battery manufacturingpilot centers at academic institutions to accelerate regional workforce development in the battery industry. The Department is encouraged to prioritize funding to academic institutions that candemonstrate strong connections and support from regional energy
storage industries.
The Department is encouraged to consider direct involvementwith the American Indian Higher Education Consortium/Tribal
Colleges and Universities (AIHEC/TCU) Advanced Manufacturing
Network Initiative. The AIHEC/TCU Advanced Manufacturing Network Initiative is an innovative training and education program atfive TCUs with the goal of developing an American Indian/Alaska
Native advanced manufacturing technical and engineering workforce through certificate and four-year degree programs. The initiative facilitates partnerships between tribes, TCUs, national laboratories, and industry partners to create new reservation-based economic and employment opportunities through the design, manufacture, and marketing of high-quality products.
Building Technologies.—The recommendation provides not lessthan $80,000,000 for Commercial Building Integration, not lessthan $90,000,000 for Residential Buildings Integration, and notless than $75,000,000 for Equipment and Building Standards.
The recommendation provides not less than $30,000,000 to continue to invest in transactive energy and control research and development efforts to support demonstrations in which renewableenergy and energy efficiency elements connected to the electricgrid, such as buildings; wind and solar; energy storage; including
batteries; hydrogen technologies; and electric vehicle charging stations, work together seamlessly to enhance reliability, security, andefficiency of the nation’s electric grid. The Department is directed
to prioritize market-based transactive energy principles, from theindividual energy generation/consumption nodes to the wholesale
and energy distribution markets. The Department is directed to establish efforts in various parts of the country where prevailingweather and market constructions differ. The Department is further directed to prioritize projects that connect multiple physicallyseparated sites with multiple topologies.
The Committee notes the significant progress being made in advanced lighting and controls and commends the Department’s recent field evaluation efforts that have demonstrated the potential
for these technologies to deliver broad societal benefits, in addition
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ommendation provides up to $50,000,000 for solid-state lighting.
The Department is directed to accelerate field evaluations that explore the potential of advanced, tunable lighting to deliver health,wellness, and productivity benefits, in addition to greater energy
efficiency.
The recommendation provides up to $40,000,000 to facilitate
deep whole-house energy efficiency retrofits, particularly thoseusing innovations from the Advanced Building Construction Initiative, such as demonstrations, outreach, engagement, and training
to private sector contractors. These efforts shall include continuing
efforts to advance smart home technology.
The Department is directed to develop programs to support askilled, robust, diverse, and nationally representative building energy efficiency and building energy retrofit workforce. The recommendation provides up to $40,000,000 for these activities. The
Department is encouraged to work with two-year, community andtechnical colleges, labor, and nongovernmental and industry consortia to advance job training programs and to collaborate with the
Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and the residential and commercial building efficiency industry to ensure support is reaching small energy efficiency businesses that have had
difficulties accessing federal support.
The recommendation provides up to $30,000,000 for energy-related research and development in buildings. The Committee recognizes that significant research and development gaps remain totransition to lower-carbon and zero-carbon fuels in buildings. The
Department is encouraged to continue to explore research and development that can advance systems and appliances, driven by delivered fuels, including renewable fuels and hydrogen, to meet consumer demand for high efficiency and environmentally-friendly
products in residential and commercial building applications, including heat pumps with power generation and water heating; increased utilization of renewable fuels and hydrogen; applianceventing; hybrid fuel-fired and electrically driven systems; distributed carbon capture; mitigation of behind the meter methane emissions; and on-site micro combined heat and power to include cooling and integration with renewables.
The Department is encouraged to expand efforts within the Advanced Building Construction initiative to scale development andadoption of innovative technologies to produce affordable, energy
efficient buildings and retrofits with low lifecycle carbon impacts.
The Department is directed to support technical assistance to state,
local, and tribal governments to reduce emissions from buildings
through efficient electrification strategies. The Department is encouraged to continue to expand its work on Equipment and Buildings Standards, including an expansion of the Building Energy
Codes Program. The Committee supports efforts of the Building
Energy Codes Program to expedite and expand training and technical assistance efforts, including certifications, and provide technical assistance to states, local governments, regional
collaboratives, workforce development providers, homebuilders, office builders, architects and engineers, and other organizations thatdevelop, adopt, or assist with the adoption or compliance withmodel building energy codes and standards to improve energy efficiency and resilience, and reduce emissions.

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The Department is encouraged to advance building upgrades andenergy efficiency retrofits of homes. This work may include partnerships with cities, states, affordable housing entities, utilities,
manufacturers, and others to spur innovative approaches and dramatically drive investment in energy upgrades of the nation’s 120
million homes. In addition, these efforts may include work in gridintegrated efficient buildings and inclusion of smart grid systems,
demand flexibility, as well as new initiatives in workforce training
to ensure the technology and research findings reach practitioners.
Programs and investments may promote solutions that consider
consumer interests and are therefore more likely to gain widespread uptake. The Department is encouraged to support research,demonstration, and field testing of new technology and focusing on
facilitating widespread deployment and dissemination of information and best practices through direct engagement with builders,the construction trades, equipment manufacturers, smart grid technology and systems suppliers, integrators, and state and local governments and other market transformation activities.
The Department is encouraged to continue to explore researchand development that can advance future natural gas, renewable
natural gas, propane gas, and renewable propane gas systems andappliances, including hybrid technologies and controls, to meet consumer demand for high efficiency and environmentally friendly
products. The Department is encouraged to continue research, development, and market transformation programs on energy efficiency and demand management efforts related to the direct use ofnatural gas and propane gas in residential applications, including
gas heat pump heating with power generation and water heating,on-site combined heat and power, and gas appliance venting, andon site (micro) combined heat and power including a cooling integration with renewables.
The Department is directed to prioritize energy efficiency measures that reduce energy consumption, especially among high energy-burden households within communities of color. The Department is directed further to focus on increasing availability of andaccess to publicly, individually, and community-owned heat pumps.
The Committee recognizes the mission of the Department to advance research to improve energy efficiency in industrial buildings
and directs the Department to support collaborative projects with
the Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service toimprove the energy efficiency in controlled environmental agriculture (CEA). High energy costs are a barrier to success for CEA
businesses.
The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to provide abriefing outlining the opportunities and challenges in deploying energy efficient building technologies in public buildings and buildings that host providers serving community needs, such as foodbanks. The Committee is still awaiting this briefing and directs the
Department to provide it not later than 30 days after enactmentof this Act.
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Within State and Community Energy Programs, the Department
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munity centers. The Department is directed to consider social equity; workforce development and labor standards; public health effects; and environmental and energy justice in conducting activities
and to prioritize projects and grantees that advance equity and justice and maximize public health benefits, emissions reduction, andthe creation of quality jobs. Further, the Committee directs the Department to provide program guidance encouraging grantees to utilize the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s Justice40
screening tool along with relevant federal or state environmental
justice screening tools.
The Department is directed to coordinate and expand activities
to convene municipal governments, provide robust and tailoredtechnical assistance to municipal governments, and provide funding and support to municipal governments or national and local
partner organizations to implement best practices to advance energy efficiency adoption, building and vehicle electrification, gridmodernization, distributed electricity generation, and workforce development at the local level. The Department is directed to include
work with organizations that convene and support municipal governments.
The Department is encouraged to work with all relevant stakeholders to identify efficiencies for delivering weatherization services
and examine options to streamline policies and procedures whenother funding sources are utilized in conjunction with funds fromthe Department.
The Committee recognizes the importance of providing funds tostates, local governments, and tribes in a timely manner to avoid
any undue delay of services to eligible low-income households andto encourage local high-impact energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives and energy emergency preparedness. Therefore, theDepartment is directed to obligate funds expeditiously to grantees.
Weatherization.—The Department is encouraged to work collaboratively with the Building Technologies Office to develop a unified
approach to residential workforce training and standardized residential energy efficiency upgrade packages.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 30 days after enactment of this Act a briefing regarding ongoing efforts at the Department to collaborate with the Department
of Health and Human Services’ Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) program, at the Department of Housing
and Urban Development’s HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), and with the Department of Veterans Affairs. For
instance, the Department signed a memorandum of understanding
with the Department of Housing and Urban Development tostreamline the weatherization eligibility process for residents in approximately 1.1 million public housing units, another 1.2 million
privately owned federally assisted units, and some 950,000 units financed with Low Income Housing Tax Credits. Interagency collaboration among federal agencies could be particularly helpful for
identifying and weatherizing residences under the various agencies’
weatherization programs. The Department is encouraged to work
collaboratively with other federal agencies and to outline ways thevarious weatherization and home assistance programs can better
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State Energy Program.—The Department is directed to support
technical assistance on energy and related air quality in schools.
The Department is directed to consider additional technical assistance to continue the Sustainable Wastewater Infrastructure of the
Future Accelerator.
Energy Future Grants.—The Department is directed to support
novel state-, local-, and tribal level approaches that encourage early
action and novel methods for clean energy deployment, prioritizing
investments that meet energy needs at the local level and are inclusive in elevating impoverished, disenfranchised, marginalized, oroverburdened communities. The Department is directed to conduct
this program on a competitive basis. Eligible entities shall include
states, local governments, communities, U.S. territories, and tribes.
The Committee recognizes the importance of these investments
to deploy clean energy technologies to help communities address
climate change, criteria air pollutants, and energy resiliency fromclimate-related weather events. The Department is encouraged toprioritize clean energy microgrids that support critical community
infrastructure, to prioritize projects in environmental justice communities, to require eligible entities to prioritize contracts to implement grants for minority-owned and operated entities or womenowned and operated entities, to prioritize community-owned clean
energy projects, and to require that funded projects pay prevailingwages.
The Department is encouraged to support projects related to municipal water pump station generators along the southern border.
The Department is encouraged to consider projects that support
municipal water pump station generators in cities that host thebases of multiple military branches.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 60 days after enactment of this Act a report on how it is implementing the Energy Future Grants program.
MANUFACTURING AND ENERGY SUPPLY CHAINS

The recommendation provides not less than $13,000,000 to support the Industrial Assessment Centers.

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FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

The recommendation provides up to $2,000,000 for workforce development and the Performance Based Contract National Resource
Initiative. The Department is directed to facilitate performance
contracting projects by increasing contracting and technical staff
and ensuring adequate education and oversight.
The Department is directed to continue the consideration of all
AFFECT grant funding to be leveraged through private sector investment in federal infrastructure to ensure maximum overall investment in resiliency, efficiency, emissions reductions, and security. The Department is encouraged to prioritize funding to projects
that attract at least ten dollars for each federal dollar invested andthat utilize public-private partnerships like energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs) and utility energy service contracts(UESCs). The Department is directed to conduct a solicitation for
the Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity in fiscal year 2023 if
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The Department is encouraged to coordinate with the General
Services Administration to prioritize achieving immediate carbon
reductions using existing energy infrastructure and factoring incost alternatives in efforts to decarbonize mission critical and iconic
federal facilities and operations, in accordance with Executive
Order 14057, including incorporating certified natural gas; renewable natural gas; hydrogen; geothermal; energy efficiency upgrades
and appliances including combined heat and power; and carbon
capture. In addition, the Department is encouraged to incorporate
considerations of energy security, cybersecurity, reliability, and resiliency in its decision-making processes related to Executive Order
14057.
The Committee supports the Net-Zero Laboratory Initiative toachieve ambitious, real-world pathways to net-zero emissions withenhanced resilience. The Department is encouraged to prioritize
funding projects from the national laboratory pilot’s establishedroadmaps to catalyze adoption not only for other national laboratories but also to the entire federal agencies’ operational footprints.
CORPORATE SUPPORTProgram Direction.—The recommendation provides not less than
$22,500,000 for the Office of State and Community Energy Programs, not less than $1,000,000 for the Office of Manufacturingand Energy Supply Chains, not less than $14,000,000 for the Federal Energy Management Program, and not less than $200,000,000
for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY SECURITY, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE

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The Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) leads efforts to secure the nation’s energy infrastructure against all hazards, reduce the risks of and impacts fromcyber events and other disruptive events, and assist with restoration activities. A reliable and resilient power grid is critical to thenation’s economic competitiveness and leadership.
Additional direction related to Department-wide crosscutting initiatives is provided under the heading Crosscutting Initiatives in
the front matter of Department of Energy.
The Department is directed to include an itemization of funding
levels below the control point in future budget submissions.
Given concerns about the longstanding lack of clarity on the Department’s cyber research and development responsibilities,
CESER is directed to coordinate with the Office of Electricity andrelevant applied energy offices in clearly defining these program
activities. The Department is directed to provide the Committees
quarterly updates on these topics.
In light of documented cyber targeting of utilities, including bystate actors, the Committee encourages the Department to incorporate pilot programs with private sector participants to demonstrate active defense cybersecurity protection.

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Recent cyberattacks in the energy sector underscore the importance of preparing a highly trained cybersecurity workforce in the
United States. Challenges with cybersecurity in the energy sector
require a community of industry, educators, and innovators working together. Collaboration increases relevance for all institutions
by keeping pace with the malicious threat. The Department is encouraged to develop cybersecurity consortiums of public-privatepartnerships between public universities, local and state government, and private industry to develop a community of relevance incybersecurity workforce development for the energy sector.
The Department is encouraged to expand student research participant opportunities within its cyber workforce development programs and projects by expanding its utilization of the DOE Scholars Program.
Risk Management Technology and Tools.—The recommendation
provides $20,000,000 for the Cyber Testing for Resilient Industrial
Control System (CyTRICS) program. The Department is directed tocontinue supporting consequence-driven cyber-informed engineering activities at a level consistent with prior years.
The Committee is concerned about the substantial and growing
threat from cybersecurity attacks to the electrical grid. The Committee is encouraged by the Department’s grid modernization efforts, which provide a basis for modernizing the U.S. electric gridwith built-in security protections. The Committee supports the Department’s efforts to identify and develop defenses for these new
cyber threats, including developing proof of concept algorithms thatcan be tested across a full range of attacks in both testbed and realenvironments. The Department is encouraged to pursue these defenses through collaborative efforts involving the national laboratories, universities, and private sector entities.
The Committee places a high priority on ensuring the protectionof the electric grid against cyberattacks and remains concerned
about the rise in frequency and sophistication of large-scale, nation
state-directed attacks. The Committee recognizes the need to enhance secure processing systems to strengthen defense of the grid.
The recommendation provides not less than $6,800,000 to expedite
development and testing of secure inputs, processing, and outputsof systems utilizing novel cybersecurity technology.
The Committee encourages the Department to establish partnerships among universities and national laboratories to advance research on cyber-immune critical infrastructure. The Committee believes a cyber-immune framework should begin with using mapping
tools to scan both information technology and operational technology networks and build machine learning algorithms to analyze
captured packets to accurately identify the types of devices on the
networks and their functions. These capabilities can be extended toprovide continuous monitoring for devices and networks to detect
when new devices are added or device configuration changes. An
instrumented campus of higher education can then be used as adata source and test bed for the development of capabilities anddemonstration.
The recommendation provides up to $4,000,000 for universitybased research and development of scalable cyber-physical platforms for resilient and secure electric power systems that are flexi-

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ble, modular, self-healing, and autonomous. This activity should be
conducted in coordination with the Office of Electricity.
The recommendation provides not less than $5,000,000 to conduct a demonstration program of innovative technologies, such astechnologies for monitoring vegetation management, to improvegrid resiliency from wildfires.
Response and Restoration.—The Committee places a high priority
on ensuring the protection of the grid against cyberattacks and extreme weather events. The Response and Restoration program coordinates a national effort to secure the U.S. energy infrastructure
against all hazards, reduce impacts from disruptive events, and assist industry with restoration efforts. The Response and Restoration program delivers a range of capabilities including energy sector emergency response and recovery (including emergency response of a cyber nature); near-real-time situational awareness andinformation sharing about the status of the energy systems to improve risk management; analysis of evolving threats and hazards
to energy infrastructure; and technical assistance that incorporates
exercises in order to strengthen federal, regional, state, tribal, andterritorial abilities to work together to prepare for and mitigate theeffects of an energy sector emergency.
The Department is encouraged to foster partnerships between
national laboratories, universities, electricity sector utilities, andstate and local government entities to identify and mitigate theprevalent and constantly evolving national security threats to regional infrastructure.
Information Sharing, Partnerships, and Exercises.—The Department is encouraged to continue trusted partnerships with information sharing platform providers which reduce security risks by notcollecting and centralizing sensitive data such as IP addresses,
logs, packet captures and file names and keep participants’ data on
premises. The recommendation provides up to $10,000,000 to expand collective defense and community-wide visibility programs designed for operational technology and industrial control system networks.
ELECTRICITY

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The Electricity account supports activities of the Office of Electricity and the Grid Deployment Office. The Office of Electricity(OE) leads efforts in developing new technologies to strengthen,transform, and improve electricity delivery infrastructure so all
consumers have equitable access to resilient, secure, and cleansources of electricity. The Grid Deployment Office (GDO) focuses on
the development of new and upgraded high-capacity electric transmission lines nationwide and deploying transmission and distribution technologies to improve the resilience of the nation’s electric
infrastructure.
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directed to coordinate with the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) and other relevant offices in clearly defining these program activities. The Department
is expected to integrate cybersecurity, where relevant, throughout
all of OE’s research, development, demonstration, and deployment
activities.
Additional direction related to Department-wide crosscutting initiatives is provided under the heading Crosscutting Initiatives in
the front matter of Department of Energy.
The Department is directed to include an itemization of funding
levels below the control point in future budget submissions.
The Department is directed to enhance electric systems resilience, particularly through the Transmission Reliability and Resilience; Resilient Distribution Systems; and Applied Grid Transformation Solutions programs, to increase grid flexibility nationwide and improve resiliency to extreme weather, disasters, andcyberattacks.
The recommendation provides up to $15,000,000 for energy storage technology and microgrid assistance to assist electric cooperatives and municipal power utilities in deploying energy storage andmicrogrid technologies.

JSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARINGGRID CONTROLS AND COMMUNICATIONSTransmission Reliability and Resilience.—The fiscal year 2021
Act directed the Department to provide a report summarizing theresults of a 12 month non-contact sensor monitory study. The Committee is still awaiting this report and directs the Department toprovide the report not later than 15 days after enactment of thisAct.
Resilient Distribution Systems.—The Department is directed tocontinue efforts to support the integration of sensors into the nation’s electric distribution systems, fundamental research and field
validation of microgrid controllers and systems, and transactive energy concepts, including studies and evaluations of energy usage
behavior in response to price signals. The Committee places a highpriority on addressing the challenges facing the electric power gridby advancing the deployment of innovative technologies, tools, andtechniques to modernize and increase the resiliency of the distribution portion of the electricity delivery system. The Department isencouraged to work with national laboratories and industry to advance best practices to technology deployment and adoption acrossthe country.
The Department is encouraged to pursue strategic investments toimprove reliability, resilience, outage, recovery, and operational efficiency, building upon previous and ongoing grid modernization efforts.
In addition to emerging fuel technologies for distributed grids,
the Department is directed to evaluate currently available distributed fuels, such as propane-fueled microgrids and their ability to
be paired with renewable technology.
The Department is directed to focus on identifying and addressing technical and regulatory barriers impeding grid integration of
distributed energy systems to reduce energy costs and improve theresiliency and reliability of the electric grid and funds provided for
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Committee supports advanced control concepts and open test beds
for new distribution control tools for enhanced distribution system
resilience.
The Department is directed to provide public utility commissions
and state energy offices with technical assistance for understanding
distribution planning, interconnection, and modeling of distributed
energy sources. The recommendation provides up to $5,000,000 to
evaluate and identify a standard approach to modeling distributed
energy resources.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 180 days after enactment of this Act a report related to theability of the electric system to meet the demand of new electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The report should anticipate thegrowth in the use of light duty, medium duty, and heavy duty electric vehicles and assess how much additional electric generation,transmission, and distribution capacity will need to be added to theelectric system to meet demand. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days after submission of
the report a plan, including recommendations, on how the Department can assist the electric system in meeting the anticipated increase in demand. For the report and plan, the Office of Electricity
is directed to coordinate with the Grid Deployment Office, the Vehicle Technologies Office, and the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation.
The Department is directed to support the COMMANDER (Coordinated Management of Microgrids and Networked Distributed
Energy Resources) National Test Bed to establish a data link fora back-up operations center that can benefit utility companies
across the country and support the North American Energy Resilience Model.
Cyber Resilient and Secure Utility Communications Networks.—
The Department is directed to support the DarkNet project.
The Department, in coordination with CESER, is encouraged tosupport university-based research and development of scalable
cyber-physical platforms for resilient and secure electric power systems that are flexible, modular, self-healing, and autonomous.

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Energy Storage.—The agreement provides not less than
$10,000,000 for a competitive pilot demonstration grant program,as authorized in section 3201 of the Energy Act of 2020, for energy
storage projects that are U.S-controlled, U.S.-made, and North
American sourced and supplied. The Department is directed to include in this program large scale commercial development and deployment of long cycle life, lithium-grid scale batteries and theircomponents.
Transformer Resilience and Advanced Components.—The recommendation provides up to $5,000,000 for the Grid Research Integration and Demonstration Center.
High voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations are thecostliest component of long-distance transmission. The Department
is directed to develop an HVDC moonshot initiative to support research and development to reduce the costs of HVDC technology
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129‘‘pick-up’’ and ‘‘drop-off’’ stations, which would enable more local
connections to the grid and expand benefits to communities alongtransmission corridors. Additionally, advanced HVDC technologies
can potentially provide services, such as black start capability, that
support reliability and security. The Department is directed towork collaboratively across OE and GDO on these efforts.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 180 days after enactment of this Act a report regarding theenvironmental, economic, and clean energy deployment benefits ofestablishing an energy conservation standard for overhead electricity conductors that move electricity at voltages equal to or
greater than 69 kV on the electric grid from sources of generation
or storage into the distribution system for final delivery. For the
purposes of the report, the standard should be based on the electrical resistance of such conductors as measured at 20 degrees Celsius. The report shall examine whether establishing such a standard will (1) reduce line losses and their associated emissions; (2)expedite the deployment of additional transmission capacity toclear interconnection queues and accommodate additional renewable capacity on the electric grid; (3) reduce transmission line sagging in wildfire-prone regions; (4) reduce permitting timelines foradding new transmission capacity to the electric grid; and (5) any
additional matters the Department deems appropriate. The Officeof Electricity shall coordinate with the Grid Deployment Office, theOffice of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission on the report.
The Committee remains concerned about the escalating cost of
rebuilding utility infrastructure in regions subject to the effects ofextreme weather and climate change and considers the most appropriate strategy to rebuild federally funded utility infrastructure
only to specifications that can withstand foreseeable environmental
outcomes.
The Department is directed to continue to support research anddevelopment for advanced components and grid materials for lowcost power flow control devices, including both solid-state and hybrid concepts that use power electronics to control electromagnetic
devices and enable improved controllability, flexibility, and resiliency. Because there are limited viable alternatives to Sulfur
Hexafluoride (SF6) in power generation and transmission equipment above 72kV, the Department is encouraged to support research and development to advance safe and effective capture andreuse technologies for the use of SF6 in components like circuit
breakers. Below 72kV power generation and distribution equipment is fully capable of being designed and manufactured without
SF6; therefore, the Department is directed to support research anddevelopment to advance safe and effective alternatives to SF6, including in circuit breakers, reclosers, sectionalizers, load breakswitches, switchgear and gas insulated lines.
The Department is directed to provide not later than 270 days
after enactment of this Act a quantitative study of the potential
benefits of high-ampacity transmission and distribution conductor
technologies as they would operate in transmission and distribution
systems relative to lower-ampacity transmission and distribution
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GRID DEPLOYMENTThe Department is encouraged to provide public utility commissions and state energy offices with technical assistance for understanding distribution planning, interconnection, and modeling of
distributed energy sources.
The Committee recognizes the Department’s work on transmission facilitation and efforts to engage with stakeholders to easethe process of building transmission. The Department is encouraged to continue supporting high voltage transmission activities.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 270 days after enactment of this Act a report on the statusof the Department’s transmission facilitation programs.
Wide scale adoption of emerging and existing digital technology
solutions may assist regulated utilities in the registration, scheduling, dispatch/activation, measurement/verification, and financial
settlement of energy customers and their devices. The Department
is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 180 days
after enactment of this Act a report that explores the obstacles andopportunities for adoption of information technology modernization
technologies by utilities bound by the current cost-of-service regulatory model. Further, the report shall include the current treatment of the adoption of such technologies in rate recovery.
The Department is directed to consider funding for HVDC transmission projects, especially those of at least 345kV and 1,000
megawatts of capacity, with a focus on connecting balancing authorities and using existing transportation corridors to speed installation and decrease environmental impact.
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$1,654,800,000
1,675,060,000
1,779,800,000+125,000,000+104,740,000

Nuclear power generates approximately one-fifth of the nation’s
electricity and continues to be an important zero carbon-emissions
energy source. The Department’s Nuclear Energy (NE) program invests in research, development, and demonstration activities thatdevelop the next generation of clean and safe reactors, further improve the safety and economic viability of the current reactor fleet
and contribute to the nation’s long-term leadership in the global
nuclear power industry.
Additional direction related to Department-wide crosscutting initiatives is provided under the heading Crosscutting Initiatives in
the front matter of Department of Energy.
The Committee notes the potential for energy plant conversions
and the Department’s efforts to coordinate a research working
group on this topic. Since many types of electric generation plants
utilize steam technology for energy production, the Department isencouraged to consider the potential of converting shut down electric generation plant sites into nuclear plants that utilize modular
nuclear reactors. This could have the benefit of preserving functional power production for the surrounding geographic area while
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ment is further encouraged to offer grants and technical assistanceto promote such conversions into modular nuclear facilities.
The Department is encouraged to explore activities to secure adomestic supply of nuclear grade graphite at an existing synthetic
graphite facility that is U.S.-based and U.S.-owned.
Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP).—Since 2009, theDepartment has allocated up to 20 percent of funds appropriatedto Nuclear Energy research and development programs to fund university-led R&D and university infrastructure projects through an
open, competitive solicitation process using formally certified peer
reviewers. The recommendation continues to include a separate
control point to fund NEUP and other crosscutting program responsibilities, including Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR),
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), and Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF), in order to provide greater transparency and flexibility for this program. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee prior to the obligation of thesefunds a detailed spending and execution plan for NEUP activities.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
90 days after enactment of this Act and quarterly thereafter briefings on the implementation of NEUP.
Within available funds for NEUP, SBIR/STTR, and TCF, the recommendation provides $6,500,000 for the University Nuclear Leadership Program, previously funded as the Integrated University
Program.
Within available funds for NEUP, SBIR/STTR, and TCF, the recommendation provides $17,500,000 for University Fuel Services,previously funded as Research Reactor Infrastructure.
Within available funds for NEUP, SBIR/STTR, and TCF, the Department is directed to support university-based advanced microreactor projects.
Within available funds for NEUP, SBIR/STTR, and TCF, the recommendation provides up to $12,000,000 to revitalize existing university nuclear research infrastructure, especially in support of nuclear cyber-physical protection, new digital technologies in advanced nuclear reactors, and the development and safety assessments of small modular reactors.

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NUCLEAR ENERGY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES

Crosscutting Technology Development.—The recommendation provides $12,000,000 for integrated energy systems.
Nuclear Science User Facilities.—The recommendation includes
not less than $12,000,000 for computational support.
Transformational Challenge Reactor.—The Transformational
Challenge Reactor (TCR) program provided a platform to help demonstrate the ability to reduce the deployment costs and timelines
for nuclear energy systems and enhanced the development of technologies that provided the ability to manufacture small and microadvanced reactor components using additive manufacturing techniques. The Department is directed to support crosscutting research initiated under TCR through the Crosscutting Technology
Development program, including through the Advanced Materials
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FUEL CYCLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

To support availability of high-assay low-enriched uranium(HALEU) and other advanced nuclear fuels, consistent with section
2001 of the Energy Act of 2020, the recommendation includes$122,000,000, including $2,000,000 for Mining, Shipping, andTransportation; $100,000,000 for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability; and not less than $20,000,000 within Material Recovery
and Waste Form Development.
Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability.—The Committee supports
the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability program to make available
small quantities of HALEU in the short term and supports thetransition of these activities to the private sector for commercial
HALEU production and domestic supply chain capabilities for thelong term. The Department is directed to conduct these activities
in a manner that will encourage, rather than discourage, the private sector commercialization of HALEU production. The Department is directed to disburse these funds on a competitive basis.
The fiscal year 2020 Act directed the Department to provide anevaluation on the anticipated demand for HALEU, the timing ofthat demand, and options for meeting that demand. The Committee
is disappointed in the outdated and insufficient information thatwas provided. Further, section 2001(b)(2) of the Energy Act of 2020
required the Department to submit to Congress not later than 180
days after the date of enactment a report on a program to support
the availability of HALEU for civilian domestic demonstration andcommercial use. The Committee is still awaiting that report and directs the Department to provide the report to the Committee notlater than 30 days after enactment of this Act and not less than
60 days prior to the obligation of Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability funds. This report shall include, at a minimum, a plan forthe program that includes specific milestones and timelines forcompletion of the program, as well as expected out-year costs.
The Department is encouraged to consider supporting activities
related to the testing and qualification of a next-generation thorium/HALEU-based fuel suitable for existing and new reactors.
Material Recovery and Waste Form Development.—The recommendation provides not less than $20,000,000 for EBR-II Processing for HALEU. The Department is encouraged to continue activities related to the ZIRCEX process.
Accident Tolerant Fuels (ATF).—The Committee continues toplace a high priority on this program and urges the Department tomaintain focus and priority on achieving results in these efforts.
The recommendation provides not less than $10,000,000 for further
development of silicon carbide ceramic matrix composite fuel cladding for light water reactors. The Department is directed to provide
to the Committee not later than 60 days after enactment of thisAct a table summarizing the allocation of these funds. The Committee supports activities to develop post-Halden capabilities tosupport ATF qualification.
Fuel Cycle Laboratory R&D.—The recommendation provides notless than $10,000,000 for an advanced metallic fuels program.
Used Nuclear Fuel Disposition R&D.—The recommendation provides $5,000,000 for advanced reactor used fuel disposition.

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The Department is directed to develop an integrated strategy between the Office of Nuclear Energy and the Office of Environmental Management to establish a road-ready, dry storage packaging configuration capability for Department-owned spent fuel.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 180 days after enactment of this Act a briefing, including participation from the Office of Nuclear Energy and the Office of Environmental Management, on an implementation strategy for these
activities.
Integrated Waste Management System.—The Department is directed to move forward under existing authority to identify a site
for a federal interim storage facility. The Department is further directed to use a consent-based approach when undertaking these activities. The Department is reminded that the Nuclear Waste Policy Act provides for a wide variety of activities that may take placeprior to the limitation in that Act.
The Department is directed to continue site preparation activities
at stranded sites, to evaluate the re-initiation of regional transport,
and to undertake transportation coordination efforts.
REACTOR CONCEPTS RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION

Advanced Small Modular Reactor RD&D.—The recommendation
provides $165,000,000 for ongoing demonstration activities. The
Department is directed to conduct independent cost and project
management of ongoing demonstration activities through the Officeof Clean Energy Demonstrations, similar to the demonstrations of
the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program.
Advanced Reactor Technologies.—The recommendation provides
not less than $8,500,000 for Advanced Reactor Concepts and up to$20,000,000 for MARVEL.
The Department is encouraged to support industry-led activities
to address technology gaps and regulatory development needs ofnext generation light water and non-light water reactor technologies, including small modular reactors.

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The Committee notes the importance of the deployment of advanced reactors to the nation’s ability to regain its leadership innuclear energy and the contribution of nuclear energy to meetingclimate goals. The Committee is encouraged by the Department’s
pace of activities in establishing the Advanced Reactors Demonstration Program (ARDP). This program will help facilitate theaccelerated development and deployment of advanced reactors. The
Department is directed to continue to ensure the program moves
forward expeditiously.
The Department is directed to clearly articulate future fundingneeds for the programs within the ARDP in future budget requests.
National Reactor Innovation Center.—The recommendation supports capital design and construction activities for demonstration
reactor test bed preparation at Idaho National Laboratory supporting reactor demonstration activities. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on the support and proposed activities, timelines for these activities, and expected out-year costs of
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INFRASTRUCTURE

ORNL Nuclear Facilities Operations and Maintenance.—The recommendation provides $20,000,000 for ORNL Nuclear Facilities
Operations and Maintenance for the continued safe operations andmaintenance of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory hot cells.
The fiscal year 2021 Act directed the Department to provide to
the Committee a briefing on the funding levels required for operations and maintenance of Oak Ridge National Laboratory nuclear
facilities. The Committee is disappointed in the lack of progress on
this issue and lack of coordination between the Office of Scienceand Office of Nuclear Energy. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 60 days after enactment of
this Act a briefing to provide an update about progress made on
this topic. The briefing shall include participation from the Officeof Science and Office of Nuclear Energy.
INL Facilities Operations and Maintenance.—The recommendation provides $315,000,000 for INL Facilities Operations and Maintenance to support the reliability and sustainability of the Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) and the Advanced Test Reactor(ATR).
Idaho Sitewide Safeguard and Security.—The recommendation
provides $149,800,000 for Idaho Sitewide Safeguards and Security.
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$825,000,000
893,160,000
880,000,000+55,000,000¥13,160,000

The Fossil Energy and Carbon Management advances carbon reduction and mitigation in sectors and applications that are difficult
to decarbonize, including the industrial sector, with technologies
and methods such as carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, and direct air capture, while assisting in facilitating the transition toward a net-zero carbon economy and rebuilding a U.S. critical minerals supply chain.
The Committee supports the budget request, which continues torefocus funding from traditional fossil combustion-centric activities
to climate-centric activities.
Additional direction related to Department-wide crosscutting initiatives is provided under the heading Crosscutting Initiatives in
the front matter of Department of Energy.
The Committee notes the budget request proposes new control
points for Policy and Analysis; Justice and Engagement; and NETL
Interagency Working Group. The Department may support these
activities, similar to prior years, through funds provided within therecommendation.
Consistent with direction provided in previous fiscal years, theCommittee does not support the closure of any National Energy
Technology Laboratory (NETL) site and provides no funds to plan,develop, implement, or pursue the consolidation or closure of anyof the NETL sites.
The recommendation includes not less than $5,000,000 for integrated energy systems. The Committee directs the Department to

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continue efforts to support natural gas demand response pilot programs.
The Committee notes that liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs), including propane, are increasingly being generated from renewablesources. The Department is directed to support research, development, and demonstration activities to show the increased viabilityof renewable LPG and to pursue new production pathways fromsustainable aviation fuel production, landfill waste, and animal
waste.
The recommendation provides up to $50,000,000 to support pilot
and demonstration activities for chemical looping hydrogen production and carbon capture. The Department is encouraged to support
a chemical looping hydrogen production and carbon capture commercial demonstration project using natural gas, biomass, or coal
to demonstrate the technical, operational, and economic advantagesof chemical looping for clean hydrogen production and carbon capture.
The Committee supports the Department’s efforts to offer undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students majoring in scientific, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines the opportunity to learn about programs, policies, and research, development, demonstration, and deployment initiatives
within the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management.
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems & Hydrogen.—The recommendation provides not less than $121,000,000 for the research, development, and demonstration of solid oxide fuel cell systems and hydrogen production, transport, storage, and use systems.
The recommendation provides up to $50,000,000 to assess solutions to decrease potential emissions of nitrogen oxides from the direct combustion of hydrogen in natural gas fired power plants. The
Department is directed to conduct studies through both laboratory
and in-field testing, in geographically diverse areas, and include
participation by electric power research organizations, universities,
national laboratories, environmental organizations, and utilities.

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captures carbon dioxide emissions from sources and either reuses
or stores it so it will not enter the atmosphere. The potential forthese technologies is considerable, and the use of these technologies
will decrease the costs for mitigating climate change in addition to
deploying clean energy and energy efficient technologies.
The Department is directed to conduct CCUS activities, including
front-end engineering and design studies, large pilot projects, anddemonstration projects that capture and securely store volumes ofcarbon dioxide from fossil energy power plants, industrial facilities,
or directly from the air consistent with the objectives of title IV of
the Energy Act of 2020. The Department is directed to provide to
the Committee regular updates on these efforts.
The Committee recognizes the importance of rapid scale-up ofcarbon management infrastructure. The Department is encouraged
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with the Council on Environmental Quality, as they relate to carbon management technologies.
The Committee believes that capturing carbon emissions andpermanently converting them into solid bulk materials may enable
cost-effective and potentially profitable pathways to reducing emissions and producing low carbon intensity products for the circular
economy. Investigating and piloting these novel methods provides
a pathway for the United States to be at the forefront of emerging
technologies in a rapidly developing industry. The Department isdirected to conduct research, development, and demonstration activities, including studies and pilots, to identify categories of possible mineral and waste feedstocks across the United States suitable for use in CCUS technologies; assess the feasibility for technology deployment using such feedstocks to enable the productionof low carbon cement/concretes, building materials, consumer items
and other manufactured products; and identify applications andvalidate and quantify the low carbon attributes of these products.
The Department is encouraged to carry out these activities in consultation with leading industry specialists and in collaboration withnational laboratories.
The Department is encouraged to continue supporting activities
to assist communities in the design and construction of pilot-scaleequipment and systems necessary to demonstrate CCUS at waste
to energy plants.
The Committee recommends funding for the Department’s National Carbon Capture Center consistent with the cooperative
agreement. The Department is directed to use funds within Carbon
Management Technologies for research and development across a
broad range of technology and fuel applications as it determines tobe merited.
The Department is directed to increase CCUS public-private
partnerships and natural gas-based carbon capture research program opportunities at Hispanic Serving Institutions and other Minority Serving Institutions. The Committee strongly encourages the
Department to prioritize inclusion of institutions successfully employing carbon capture technology within natural gas power plants.
The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to provide a report on these efforts. The Committee is still awaiting this reportand directs the Department to provide it to the Committee notlater than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
In order to mitigate the detrimental effects of climate change andto meet net-zero goals, it is necessary to accelerate the use of methods for carbon removal and storage, including the use and management of natural systems to sequester carbon and to store it permanently underground via mineralization processes. The Department
is directed to establish a program to support research and development of novel, proof-of-principle carbon containment projects withthe goal of finding and de-risking methods and locations to remove
atmospheric carbon dioxide that are effective, safe, low cost, andscalable. The recommendation provides up to $50,000,000 to support work at multiple sites to pursue research, development, anddeployment of carbon containment technologies and proximate carbon dioxide capturing systems that also meet regional economicand ecological restoration policy goals such as catastrophic wildfire
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Carbon Capture.—The Department is encouraged to focus its efforts on improving the efficiency and decreasing the costs of carbon
capture technologies, demonstrating carbon capture technologies,
and identifying how these technologies can be integrated with business models and operations. The Department is directed to provide
to the Committee regular updates on these efforts.
The Committee provides not less than $15,000,000 for researchand optimization of carbon capture technologies at industrial facilities and not less than $20,000,000 for research and optimization ofcarbon capture technologies for natural gas power systems.
The recommendation provides up to $60,000,000 to support frontend engineering and design studies, including for the developmentof a first-of-its-kind carbon capture project at an existing natural
gas combined cycle plant. The Department is encouraged toprioritize entities that are primarily engaged in the generation ofelectricity from natural gas in competitive power markets.
Carbon Dioxide Removal.—Carbon dioxide removal will be an important tool to achieve net-zero emissions economy-wide by 2050,
and the Committee supports the Department’s continued efforts focused on carbon dioxide removal technologies.
Carbon Utilization.—The Committee notes the unrealized opportunity for carbon use and reuse to encourage the avoidance and removal of emissions, generate valuable products, and create revenue
streams and jobs. The Department is expected to significantly increase investment in the Carbon Utilization program, particularly
in research, development, and demonstration activities. The recommendation supports carbon utilization research, development,
and demonstration activities to advance valuable and innovative
uses of captured carbon, including conversion to products such as
chemicals, plastics, building materials, and fuels. The Department
is directed to support the evaluation of carbon utilization pathways
for consideration under section 45Q of Title 26 CFR.
The Department is encouraged to support technologies that significantly improve the efficiency, effectiveness, costs, emissions reductions, and environmental performance of carbon dioxide captured from coal, natural gas, industrial facilities, and other sources
to produce fuels and other valuable products.
The recommendation provides not less than $10,000,000 for research and development of carbon utilization using algal systems.
The Department is encouraged to conduct these activities througha competitive solicitation to conduct tests of technologies for carbon
dioxide absorption integrated with algae systems for capturing andreusing or utilizing carbon dioxide to produce useful fuels andchemicals, giving priority for teams with university participants.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee regular
updates on these efforts.
Carbon Storage.—The recommendation provides not less than
$40,000,000 for CarbonSAFE and not less than $20,000,000 for the
Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships. The Department isdirected to provide to the Committee regular updates on these efforts.
The Committee supports the Department’s efforts to support
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Hydrogen with Carbon Management.—The Department is encouraged to support hydrogen research, development, and demonstration activities that support fossil fuel-derived hydrogen production equipped with CCUS technologies that results in significantly reduced carbon dioxide intensity. The Committee notes theimportance of low- and zero-carbon hydrogen production for a variety of end uses and supports continued collaboration with the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Office of Electricity, and the Office of Nuclear Energy.
The agreement provides not less than $30,000,000 for Advanced
Turbines to carry out research, development, and demonstration todevelop near-zero-emission advanced turbines technologies.
The Committee is encouraged by ongoing research and development activities related to hydrogen-fueled rotating detonation combustion. Power generation systems utilizing this technology may
offer a credible energy solution for zero-carbon electric grid. The
Department is encouraged to consider support for a full-scope demonstrator program for this device.
The agreement provides up to $50,000,000 for materials researchand development. The Department is directed to support the development of ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials in accordancewith the CMC Manufacturing Roadmap and section 4005 of the Energy Act of 2020.
Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Generation.—The Committee supports efforts, consistent with the original
scope of work, to complete the necessary design and constructionof the 10–MW pilot and to conduct the necessary testing for the facility. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee abriefing on the progress, scope of work, and proposed additional activities prior to the obligation of additional funds to the pilot.
The Committee supports competitively awarded research and development activities, coordinated with the Offices of Nuclear Energy and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to advance theuse of supercritical power cycles.

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The recommendation provides up to $30,000,000 for the Department to assist in the discovery, identification, and characterizationof undocumented orphan oil and gas wells.
The Department is encouraged to coordinate with other agencies
and states to maximize the benefits and minimize the environmental impacts of U.S. unconventional natural gas liquids production.
Advanced Remediation Technologies.—The recommendation provides not less than $10,000,000 for university research and field investigations in the Gulf of Mexico to confirm the nature, regional
context, and hydrocarbon system behavior of gas hydrate deposits.
The recommendation provides not less than $10,000,000 for research and development activities to reduce the environmental impact of produced water and opportunities to reprocess produced
water at natural gas or oil development sites.
The recommendation provides up to $6,000,000 for the Risk
Based Data Management System. The fiscal year 2021 Act directed
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ment System to states. The Committee is still awaiting this reportand directs the Department to provide the report not later than 15days after enactment of this Act.
The Committee notes the Department’s continued investment inresearch and development on unconventional fossil energy technologies, including support for field laboratories. The Department
is encouraged to explore the rapid development of a prototype or
prototypes of the new technology identified by the Department thatuses solid propellant fuel to generate gas, that drives hydraulic systems to shut off unwanted flows or blow outs of oil or gas from onshore or offshore wells in the shortest possible time with the highest possible reliability and efficiency. The Department is encouraged to ensure that this new technology is created, patented, built,
and deployed by an American company or companies and to protect
the confidentiality of the intellectual property and patents as applicable.
The Department is encouraged to explore research that develops
improvements
inenhancedrecoverytechnologies
andpostproduction carbon dioxide sequestration. This may include theapplication of new technologies, including artificial intelligence,machine learning, and improved stimulation practices and subsurface characterization, focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas operations and maximizing recovery of existing shale oil in low permeability reservoirs, residual oil zone reservoirs, fractured reservoirs, and conventional oil reservoirs. To improve environmental sustainability of oil and gas production, theDepartment is encouraged to advance technologies related to reduced water usage in oil and gas stimulation and production andincreased efficiency and recovery of production operations. The Department is encouraged to prioritize funding to universities andnot-for-profit research organizations.
The Department is encouraged to support continued research andtechnology development to develop natural resources in the mostenvironmentally prudent way possible. The Department is encouraged to support innovative testing and deployment through the Department’s Field Test Sites comprehensive field experiments that
improve the environmental impact of recovery, collect critical dataand insights on geology, and provide operational efficiency. The Department is encouraged to support continued research focused on
produced water management and beneficial re-use, as well as
methane emissions capture and beneficial re-use.
Methane Mitigation Technologies.—The recommendation provides$60,000,000 for Methane Mitigation Technologies, which includes
activities previously funded through Emissions Mitigation fromMidstream Infrastructure and Emissions Quantification from Natural Gas Infrastructure. The Department is directed to provide to
the Committee regular updates on these efforts.
The Department is encouraged to support activities to develop
and demonstrate an easily implementable, maintainable, and lowcost integrated methane monitoring platform. The Department isencouraged to accelerate development and deployment of high-temperature harsh-environment sensors, sensor packaging, and wireless sensor hardware for power generation.
Natural Gas Decarbonization and Hydrogen Technologies.—The
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search and development initiative to effectively utilize natural gas
for decarbonization solutions. The Committee supports sustainable
fuels and chemicals research and development to provide valuable
research converting abundant, low-cost natural gas, natural gas
liquids and other gas streams to low-carbon, sustainable products,
including chemicals and fuels, such as ammonia and hydrogen. The
Department is encouraged to include comprehensive planning approaches for transitioning segments of the economy to hydrogenand other low-carbon fuels, including analysis of the infrastructure
required to store and transport these fuels. The Department is encouraged to consider the establishment of a Center for Sustainable
Fuels and Chemicals at the National Energy Technology Lab.
Mineral Sustainability.—The Department is directed to conduct
research and development to develop and assess advanced separation technologies for the extraction and recovery of rare earth elements and other critical materials from coal and coal byproducts.
Further, the Department is directed to determine and mitigate any
potential environmental or public health impacts that could arise
from the recovery of rare earth elements from coal-based resources.
The recommendation provides up to $6,000,000 for the Department, in collaboration with the Department of Commerce and U.S.
Geological Survey, to pilot a research and development project toenhance the security and stability of the rare earth element supply
chain.
The Department is encouraged to support research; exploration
development; extraction and material product and development;
manufacturing; and recycling for critical rare earth minerals.
NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY

Within available funds for NETL Infrastructure, the Department
is directed to prioritize funds for Joule, site-wide upgrades for safety, and addressing and avoiding deferred maintenance.
The Committee supports the Human Resources Shared Service
Center.
ENERGY PROJECTSAppropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
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$– – ––––
117,326,652+117,326,652+117,326,652

JSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARINGThe Energy Projects account is included to provide for Community Project Funding at the Department. The recommendation provides $117,326,652 for the following list of projects.
The Committee reminds recipients that statutory cost sharing requirements may apply to these projects.
The Department may use program direction funds from the appropriate program offices to implement these projects.

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NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
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$13,650,000
13,004,000
13,004,000¥646,000–––

The Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves no longer serve thenational defense purpose envisioned in the early 1900s, and consequently the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year
1996 required the sale of the government’s interest in the Naval
Petroleum Reserve 1 (NPR–1). To comply with this requirement,
the Elk Hills field in California was sold to Occidental Petroleum
Corporation in 1998. Following the sale of Elk Hills, the transferof the oil shale reserves, and transfer of administrative jurisdictionand environmental remediation of the Naval Petroleum Reserve 2(NPR–2) to the Department of the Interior, the Department retained one Naval Petroleum Reserve property, the Naval Petroleum
Reserve 3 (NPR–3) in Wyoming (Teapot Dome field). The Department issued a disposition plan for NPR–3 in June 2013 and began
implementation of the plan in fiscal year 2014. Transfer of NPR–
3 to a new owner occurred in fiscal year 2015.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
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$219,000,000
214,175,000
214,175,000¥4,825,000–––

The mission of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is to store petroleum to reduce the adverse economic impact of a major petroleum
supply interruption to the United States and to carry out obligations under the international energy program.
The Committee supports the Department’s proposal to maintainthe Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve.
No funding is requested for the establishment of a new regional
petroleum product reserve, and no funding is provided for this purpose. Further, the Department may not establish any new regional
petroleum product reserves unless funding for such a proposed regional petroleum product reserve is explicitly requested in advancein an annual budget request and approved by Congress in an appropriations Act.
Following any drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, except in the case of a severe energy supply interruption or as otherwise mandated by Congress, the Department is encouraged to develop a plan to increase domestic energy supplies.

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The SPR Petroleum Account funds Strategic Petroleum Reserveacquisition, transportation, and drawdown activities.
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE
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$6,500,000
7,000,000
7,000,000+500,000–––

The acquisition and storage of heating oil for the Northeast
began in August 2000 when the Department of Energy, throughthe Strategic Petroleum Reserve account, awarded contracts for thelease of commercial storage facilities and acquisition of heating oil.
The purpose of the reserve is to assure home heating oil supplies
for the Northeastern States during times of very low inventories
and significant threats to the immediate supply of heating oil. The
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve was established as a separate
entity from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve on March 6, 2001.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
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$129,087,000
144,480,000
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The Energy Information Administration is a quasi-independentagency within the Department of Energy established to provide
timely, objective, and accurate energy-related information to theCongress, the executive branch, state governments, industry, andthe public.
The Committee encourages the Department to continue important data collection, analysis, and reporting activities on energy use
and consumption, including the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey and the Residential Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.
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323,249,000
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Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup includes funds to manage
and remediate sites used for civilian, energy research, and non-defense related activities. These past activities resulted in radioactive, hazardous, and mixed waste contamination that requires remediation, stabilization, or some other action.
Gaseous
Diffusion
Plants.—The
Committee
provides$123,438,000 for cleanup activities at the Gaseous Diffusion Plants
and encourages the Department to continue processing and disposal of depleted uranium hexafluoride cylinders at both sites.
Small Sites.—The Committee provides $115,243,000 for small
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ing Center (ETEC), $13,500,000 is for Idaho National Laboratory,$67,000,000 is for Moab, and $8,334,000 is for excess Office of
Science facilities.
The Submarine 1st Generation Westinghouse (S1W) prototype
played a crucial role in the U.S. Navy’s history, specifically for thedevelopment of the USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered
submarine. Within available funds for the Idaho National Laboratory, the Department is directed to provide to the Committee notlater than 90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing with ananalysis of the activities necessary for historic preservation of thedeactivation and decommissioning of the S1W prototype reactor.
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING
FUND
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$860,000,000
822,421,000
823,321,000¥36,679,000+900,000The Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund was established by the Energy Policy Act of 1992 tofund the cleanup of gaseous diffusion plants at Portsmouth, Ohio;
Paducah, Kentucky; and the East Tennessee Technology Park in
Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Portsmouth Site.—The recommendation for Community and Regulatory Support includes $500,000 above the budget request to
maintain community liaison activities and to provide technical andregulatory assistance to the local community and surrounding
counties. Further, the recommendation includes $5,000,000 above
the budget request to provide support for community-focused education and training opportunities and economic development initiatives in the local community and surrounding counties. The Department is directed to continue its air and ground water monitoring efforts and ensure results are reported in a timely andtransparent manner. Further, the Department is directed to develop a comprehensive land use plan in conjunction with the surrounding counties that establishes a vision and coordinated objectives for the long-term use of the Portsmouth Site.
Paducah Site.—Within available funding, the Department may
conduct an economic and workforce development analysis in thelocal area to assess how the Department’s efforts complement thecommunity’s long-term plans for reindustrialization and workforce
development.
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$7,475,000,000
7,799,211,000
8,000,000,000+525,000,000+200,789,000

The Office of Science funds science research across national laboratories, universities, and other research institutions in support ofAmerican innovation and the Department’s energy-focused missions. Through research in physics, biology, chemistry, and other

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science disciplines, these activities expand scientific understanding
and secure the nation’s leadership in energy innovation. Thisscience research is crucial to enabling the nation to continue developing transformational energy technologies and to position itself toseize economic opportunities in the global energy markets of the future. The Office of Science is the nation’s largest supporter of research in the physical sciences.
The Office of Science includes the following programs: Advanced
Scientific Computing Research; Basic Energy Sciences; Biologicaland Environmental Research: Fusion Energy Sciences; High Energy Physics; Nuclear Physics; Isotope R&D and Production; Accelerator R&D and Production; Workforce Development for Teachers
and Scientists; Science Laboratories Infrastructure; Safeguards andSecurity; and Program Direction. The Committee has placed a highpriority on funding these activities, given the private sector is not
likely to fund research whose findings either have high non-commercial value or are not likely to be commercialized in the near or
medium term. This work is vital to sustaining the scientific leadership of the United States and can provide the underpinnings forvaluable intellectual property in the coming decades.
Additional direction related to Department-wide crosscutting initiatives is provided under the heading Crosscutting Initiatives infront matter for the Department of Energy.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.—The recommendation includes not less than $135,000,000 for Artificial Intelligenceand Machine Learning. As the stewards of the leadership computing facilities, the Committee encourages Advanced Scientific
Computing Research to play a lead role in the Department’s artificial intelligence and machine learning activities.
Biomedical Sciences.—Collaborative research efforts between the
Department and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including
the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), are developing
breakthroughs in health research, including drug discovery, brain
research, innovative neurotechnologies, diagnostic technologies, andother biomedical research areas. The Department is encouraged to
expand its relationships with NIH, including NIMH, to work together more strategically to leverage the Department’s research capabilities, including instrumentation, materials, modeling and simulation, and data science. The facilities and equipment funded inthis Act support applications in many areas of biomedical research.
Better coordination between the Department and NIH could be instrumental in assisting to develop the nation’s health, security, andtechnologies with novel biomedical application. The recommendation includes not less than $2,000,000 for collaboration with NIH
within the Department’s data and computational mission space.
Energy Earthshots.—The Energy Earthshots initiative aims toaccelerate breakthroughs of affordable and reliable clean energy solutions. The recommendation provides up to $100,000,000 for Energy Earthshots, including up to up to $25,000,000 from Advanced
Scientific Computing Research, up to $50,000,000 from Basic Energy Sciences, and up to $25,000,000 from Biological and Environmental Research.
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.—The
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fice of Science programs for the Established Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research.
Facility Operations.—The Committee is disappointed with the
Department’s lack of support for robust user facility operations in
the budget request. The operation of large-scale scientific user facilities is integral to the mission of the Office of Science. The Department maintains and operates 28 user facilities across the country as shared resources for the scientific community. Nearly 34,000
researchers make use of these facilities each year. The Committee
believes that supporting these vital user facilities should be a toppriority for the Department to advance scientific discovery. The Department is directed to prioritize the stewardship of the user facilities in fiscal year 2023 and in future budget requests.
HBCU/MSI Engagement.—The recommendation provides notless than $60,000,000, including through the Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) and Funding for Accelerated,
Inclusive Research (FAIR) programs, in support of the Office of
Science’s engagement with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) tobuild research capacity and workforce development.
Microelectronics.—Support for innovation in the semiconductor
manufacturing industry is critical to building a reliable domestic
supply chain, continuing global scientific leadership, and protecting
the national security and economic interests of the United States.
To further these goals and to advance the underpinning material,surface, and plasma science, the Department is encouraged to support microelectronics research and microelectronics science research centers.
Quantum Information Sciences.—The Committee supports the coordinated and focused research program in quantum information
science and technology. This emerging field of science promises toyield revolutionary new approaches to computing, sensing, andcommunication. The recommendation provides not less than$245,000,000 for quantum information science, including not lessthan $120,000,000 for research and $125,000,000 for the five National Quantum Information Science Research Centers. The Department shall continue its coordination efforts with the National
Science Foundation, other federal agencies, private sector stakeholders, and the user community to promote researcher access toquantum systems, enhance the U.S. quantum research enterprise,develop the U.S. quantum computing industry, and educate the future quantum computing workforce.

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The Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program
develops and hosts some of the world’s fastest computing and network capabilities to enable science and energy modeling, simulation, and research.
High Performance Computing and Network Facilities.—The recommendation provides not less than $170,000,000 for the Argonne
Leadership Computing Facility, $250,000,000 for the Oak Ridge
Leadership Computing Facility, and not less than $120,000,000 for
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not less than $90,000,000 to support necessary infrastructure upgrades and operations for ESnet.
The Committee recognizes the Department’s efforts related to a
High Performance Data Facility as data-intensive application
workflows increase and the need for real-time computing increases
exponentially across the Office of Science. The Committee appreciates the Department’s foresight in recognizing the strategic needfor operational resilience through geographic diversity. The Department is directed to support continued planning and design for theHigh Performance Data Facility.
Mathematical, Computational, and Computer Sciences Research.—The recommendation provides not less than $300,000,000
for Mathematical, Computational, and Computer Sciences Research.
The recommendation includes not less than $15,000,000 and up
to $45,000,000 for the development of advanced memory technologies to advance artificial intelligence and analytics for science
applications by a U.S.-based manufacturer of memory systems andmemory semantic storage.
The Committee supports the Center for Advanced Mathematics
for Energy Research Applications (CAMERA) and encourages the
Department to support the creation of a crosscutting research program that leverages applied math, computer science and computational science to deliver artificial intelligence research, development, and deployment to increase the scientific productivity of theuser facilities.
The Department is encouraged to explore the viability of photonic
quantum computing, in coordination with other federal agencies.
The Department is encouraged to consider mechanisms to provide
access to ion trap quantum computing resources, particularly withthe ability to integrate with existing high-performance computing
resources. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee
not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on
the Department’s recent actions and future plans related tophotonic quantum computing and ion trap quantum computing.

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BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES

The Basic Energy Sciences program funds research in materials
science, chemistry, geoscience, and bioscience. The science breakthroughs in this program enable a broad array of innovation in energy technologies and other industries critical to American economic competitiveness.
The recommendation provides not less than $130,000,000 for Energy Frontier Research Centers, $25,000,000 for the Batteries andEnergy Storage Innovation Hub, and not less than $20,000,000 for
the Fuels from Sunlight Innovation Hub.
The Committee supports the Department’s efforts to develop sodium-ion batteries for stationary energy storage and transportation
applications to address supply chain risks associated with lithiumion batteries. While sodium-ion batteries have been considered
promising for commercial use due to the low cost and high naturalabundance of raw materials compared to lithium-ion batteries,
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vides not less than $3,000,000 for the development of sodium transition metal oxide cathodes for high energy sodium-ion batteries.
The Committee recognizes the growing need for improving thenation’s clean energy storage and encourages the Department tocontinue research to further develop advanced machine learning
tools and facilities to enable theory-guided design of new energy
transformation materials, including electrocatalysts and battery
interfaces. The recommendation provides not less than $3,500,000
to fund research in catalyst design and quantum- and molecularlevel control of chemical transformations relevant to the sustainable conversion of energy resources.
The Committee notes the importance of researching potential
quantum materials. The recommendation provides not less than
$3,500,000 to fund research into two-dimensional quantum materials to advance the creation of next-generation energy and quantum information technologies, including capacitors, batteries, andqubits.
The recommendation provides not less than $566,000,000 for facilities operations of the nation’s light sources, not less than$311,000,000 for facilities operations of the high-flux neutron
sources, and not less than $149,000,000 for facilities operations of
the Nanoscale Science Research Centers (NSRC).
The recommendation provides not less than $17,500,000 for otherproject costs, including $5,000,000 for Advanced Photon Source Upgrade, $4,000,000 for Linac Coherent Light Source-II-HE,$5,000,000 for the Second Target Station, and not less than
$2,000,000 for HFIR Pressure Vessel Replacement.
The recommendation includes $25,000,000 for NSRC Recapitalization and $25,000,000 for NSLS-II Experimental Tools-II.

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BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

The Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program supports advances in energy technologies and related science throughresearch into complex biological and environmental systems.
The recommendation includes not less than $405,000,000 for Biological Systems Science and not less than $435,000,000 for Earthand Environmental Systems Sciences.
The recommendation provides up to $20,000,000 to support lowdose radiation research. The Department is directed to complete
the required contract agreement with the National Academy of
Sciences (NAS) to develop a plan for a comprehensive, multi-year
independent low dose rate research program. The Department isencouraged to continue to work through the multi-agency subworking group on these activities.
The recommendation provides not less than $105,000,000 for the
Bioenergy Research Centers to accelerate research and development needed for advanced fuels and products.
The recommendation provides not less than $90,000,000 for the
Joint Genome Institute.
The Department is directed to support activities to advance Artificial Intelligence for Earth System Processes (AI4ESP) for integrating diverse observations and models, with a focus on water cycles, extreme hydrology in vulnerable watersheds critical for U.S.
water resilience in a changing climate, and atmospheric cloudaerosols.

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The Department is directed to support activities to develop integrated mountainous hydroclimate modeling and observational capabilities. The Department is directed to leverage activities supported
by other federal agencies who are also active in investigating how
the snow dominated Upper Colorado mountainous systems are responding to extreme events and gradual warming and the implications for water resilience in the western United States.
The Department is encouraged to support activities for academia
to perform independent evaluations of climate models using existing data sets and peer-reviewed publications of climate-scale processes in order to determine various models’ ability to reproduce theactual climate.
The recommendation provides $30,000,000 to continue the development of observational assets and support associated research on
the nation’s major land-water interfaces, including the Great Lakes
and the Puget Sound, by leveraging national laboratories’ assets aswell as local infrastructure and expertise at universities and otherresearch institutions. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to provide to the Committee a ten-year research plan. The
Committee is still awaiting this plan, and the Department is directed to provide the plan to the Committee not later than 30 days
after enactment of this Act.
The recommendation provides not less than $36,000,000 to improve the understanding of key cloud, aerosol, precipitation, andradiation processes. The Department is directed, in coordination
with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, theOffice of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and other relevant
agencies, to continue to improve earth system prediction and climate risk management in the service of U.S. public safety, security,and economic interests. The Department is encouraged to coordinate with the Department of Homeland Security to improve modernization and adaptation of capabilities from the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center to support climate impacts on infrastructure and communities. The Department is encouraged, in cooperation with other agencies as relevant, to implement a pilot program providing instrumentation for observing marine aerosols, greenhouse gases, and other environmental factors as
relevant, deployed on commercial or other non-dedicated ocean vessels, and to evaluate a sustained observing network using suchplatforms. The Committee remains supportive of the Department’s
activities to support the previously-directed five-year plan and accompanying scientific assessment led by OSTP on solar and otherclimate interventions. Further, the Department is directed to continue to support OSTP, in coordination with other agencies as relevant, in an interagency effort to coordinate research in climate
intervention.
The recommendation provides not less than $65,000,000 for operation of the Environmental and Molecular Sciences Laboratory andsupports continued investment in the microbial molecular
phenotyping capability.
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The Fusion Energy Sciences program supports research and experimentation aiming to harness nuclear fusion for energy production.

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The Committee appreciates the fusion community’s process to develop a comprehensive long-range strategic plan developed througha consensus process. The Committee directs the Department to follow and embrace the recommendations of the Fusion Energy
Sciences Advisory Committee’s ‘‘Powering the Future: Fusion andPlasmas’’ report, and the Committee endeavors to provide fundingthat reflects the prioritization developed through the community’s
consensus process. The Department is directed to include an explanation in future budget requests how the Department is aligning
its Fusion Energy Sciences program with the recommendations ofthe ‘‘Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas’’ report.
The recommendation provides not less than $45,000,000 for Theory & Simulation and not less than $81,000,000 for Burning Plasma Science Long Pulse.
The recommendation provides not less than $104,000,000 for
NSTX–U, including NSTX–U Operations and NSTX–U Research.
The recommendation provides not less than $130,000,000 for
DIII–D, including DIII–D Operations and DIII–D Research. The
Department is encouraged to support activities to enable completion of planned facility enhancements, revitalization of criticalequipment, and critical new tools to address critical research needs
and secure U.S. leadership in support of ITER and a potential future fusion pilot plant. The Department is encouraged to provide
increased research operations and enable broader participation in
the DIII–D program by university researchers and graduate students, to fully exploit the world leading capabilities developed at
the facility. Further, the Department is encouraged to support
training activities at DIII–D for the next generation of fusion scientists.
The recommendation includes not less than $25,000,000 for theMilestone-Based Development Program.
The Department is directed to initiate at least two national
teams to develop conceptual pilot plant designs and technology
roadmaps that will bring fusion to commercial viability. These
teams should utilize the combined expertise of national laboratories, universities, private industry, and utility companies.
The Department is encouraged to prioritize high-performancecomputation activities for fusion energy research.
The recommendation provides not less than $27,000,000 for thehigh energy density physics program to support the existing joint
high-energy-density laboratory plasma program, advance cuttingedge research at universities in extreme states of matter, expand
the capabilities of the LaserNetUS facilities, and provide initial investments in new laser and inertial fusion energy technologies
needed to maintain U.S. leadership. The Department is encouraged
to implement the recommendations of the Brightest Light Initiative
Workshop Report to retain U.S. leadership in these fields.
Inertial fusion research has shown promise for the future of nuclear fusion. The Department is directed to support Inertial Fusion
Energy research and development. The Committee encourages the
Department to support the priority research directions in the Inertial Fusion Energy Basic Research Needs report. Further, the Department is directed to coordinate activities between Basic Energy
Sciences and Fusion Energy Sciences to advance materials researchand other science priorities to support inertial fusion energy.

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The recommendation provides not less than $14,000,000 for the
Materials Plasma Exposure eXperiment.
The Committee recognizes the need for the upgrade of experimental fusion facilities and new initiatives. The recommendation
provides $5,000,000 to support research for facility enhancements
and new development and test facilities for university-based fusion
experiments.
The Committee recognizes that university-based fusion and plasma science programs are a core component of the fusion energy
science program and achieving the goals of the Fusion Energy
Sciences Advisory Committee’s ‘‘Powering the Future: Fusion andPlasmas’’ report. In addition to conducting high-impact and cost-effective research and development, university fusion programs serveas the primary pipeline for the next generation of fusion and plasma science researchers in the United States. Further, small- to medium-scale experimental facilities located at universities help spur
innovation and exploration of new techniques. The Committee directs the Department to prioritize investments in university pipeline programs and small- to medium-scale experimental facilities atuniversities.
The recommendation provides $242,000,000 for ITER construction, enabling continued U.S. ITER in-kind and cash contributions
to meet its construction schedule and resume construction of ITER
diagnostics. Within available funds for ITER, the recommendation
provides not less than $80,000,000 for cash contributions. The
Committee continues to believe the ITER project represents an important step forward for energy sciences and has the potential torevolutionize the current understanding of fusion energy.
The Department is encouraged to develop and support a nationalteam for ITER research, operations, and commissioning, which is
required to take full advantage of ITER when it is completed.
The fiscal year 2021 Act directed the Department to provide to
the Committee the performance baseline for the entire project, including an updated baseline for Subproject 1 and a baseline for
Subproject 2. The Committee is still awaiting this information, andthe Department is directed to provide this information not later
than 15 days prior to the obligation of more than 75 percent of Fusion Energy Sciences funds.

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forces through high-energy experimentation; the intensity frontier,which focuses on rare events to better understand the fundamental
model of the universe’s elementary constituents; and the cosmic
frontier, which investigates the nature of the universe and its formof matter and energy on cosmic scales.
The recommendation provides not less than $30,000,000 for the
Sanford Underground Research Facility. The recommendation includes funding for the Cosmic Microwave Background-Stage 4.
To accelerate the transition of superconducting microfabricateddevices to commercial manufacturing, the Committee supports ac-

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tivities with the goal to drive scientific discovery to sustainable production of high sensitivity detectors based on superconducting technology and to develop the workforce needed for the future. These
detectors have superior performance and broad application, ranging
from passive explosive scanners deployable in stadiums, airports,
public events to scientific instruments including space-borne global
environment monitors.
The Committee strongly encourages the Department to maintaina balanced portfolio of small-, medium-, and large-scale experiments and to ensure adequate funding for research performed atuniversities and the national laboratories. The Committee encourages the Department to fund facility operations at levels for optimal operations.
NUCLEAR PHYSICSThe Nuclear Physics program supports research into the fundamental particles that compose nuclear matter, how they interact,and how they combine to form the different types of matter observed in the universe today.
The Department is directed to give priority to optimizing operations for all Nuclear Physics user facilities.
The recommendation provides up to $15,500,000 for the GammaRay Energy Tracking Array, up to $15,000,000 for the High Rigidity Spectrometer, and up to $14,000,000 for MOLLER. The Committee supports the FRIB Isotope Harvesting projects.
ISOTOPE R&D AND PRODUCTION

Isotope R&D and Production ensures robust supply chains of critical radioactive and stable isotopes for the nation that no domestic
entity has the infrastructure or core competency to produce.
The Isotope Program is encouraged to coordinate with the Officeof Environmental Management on issues related to strontium-90.
ACCELERATOR R&D AND PRODUCTION

Accelerator R&D and Production supports crosscutting researchand development in accelerator science and technology, access tounique Office of Science accelerator research and development infrastructure, workforce development, and public-private partnerships to advance new technologies for use in the Office of Science’s
scientific facilities and in commercial products.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS AND SCIENTISTS

The Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists program
ensures that the nation has the sustained pipeline of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workers to meet national goals and objectives.

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The Science Laboratories Infrastructure program sustains mission-ready infrastructure and safe and environmentally responsible
operations by providing the infrastructure improvements necessary
to support leading edge research by the Department’s national laboratories.

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The fiscal year 2021 Act directed the Department to provide to
the Committee a briefing on the funding levels required for operations and maintenance of Oak Ridge National Laboratory nuclear
facilities. The Committee is disappointed in the lack of progress on
this issue and lack of coordination between the Offices of Scienceand Nuclear Energy. The Department is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act abriefing to provide an update about progress made on this topic.
The briefing shall include participation from the Offices of Scienceand Nuclear Energy.
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL
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$27,500,000
10,205,000
10,205,000¥17,295,000–––

The recommendation includes $10,205,000 for Nuclear Waste
Disposal for Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF) oversight activities, which
is derived from the NWF.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on anticipatedfuture-year requirements for NWF oversight activities.
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$19,470,000
21,558,000
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The mission of the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) is toexpand the commercial and public impact of the research investments of the Department, and OTT enhances the public return on
investment in the Department’s technology portfolio, including thenational laboratories, through a suite of outcome-oriented activities
that enable climate change mitigation, job creation, and commercialization of technologies developed by the Department.
The Committee recognizes that technology transfer is instrumental to translating the work of the Department and national laboratories into commercial technologies and services that improve
the nation’s environment, economy, and national security. In carrying out OTT programs and activities, the Department is encouraged to further promote technology transfer programs and activities that support the commercialization of technologies within thelocal and regional communities of the national laboratories. The
Committee looks forward to reviewing the Department’s updated
Technology Transfer Execution Plan. The Department is encouraged to expeditiously move forward on section 9007(c) of the Energy Act of 2020 to identify programmatic gaps in supporting technology transfer at the national laboratories.
The recommendation provides not less than $5,000,000 to support the Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) program.

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CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATIONSAppropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
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$20,000,000
214,052,000
189,000,000+169,000,000¥25,052,000

The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) was established to accelerate the maturation of near- and mid-term clean energy technologies and systems with the goal of quicker commercial
adoption and increased availability. This will be accomplishedthrough a systematic approach that is informed by, and integrated
with, existing clean energy innovation initiatives across the Department’s program and functional offices, sites, and national laboratories.
The Committee supports OCED’s activities to build capacity to
implement large-scale funding opportunities as well as prepare forlong-term operation of the office. This office represents an opportunity for the Department to provide dedicated expertise and focus
to successfully implement large-scale, pre-commercial clean energy
technology demonstrations. The Department is encouraged toprioritize technology demonstration for the highest emitting sectors.
The Committee supports the Department’s efforts to demonstrate
the technical and economic viability of carrying out alternative energy projects on current and former mine land compatible in amanner with existing operations.
The Committee is encouraged by OCED’s preliminary plan to
conduct administrative and project management responsibilities fortechnology demonstrations. The Department is directed to continue
to provide the Committee quarterly briefings on these efforts.
The Department is directed to conduct OCED activities on a competitive basis and include cost-share requirements pursuant to section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The Department is encouraged to conduct these activities through technology neutral solicitations focused on crosscutting energy challenges. It is expectedthat the Department avoid the practice of making awards dependent on funding from future years’ appropriations.
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$– – ––––
100,000,000+100,000,000+100,000,000

The Defense Production Act Domestic Clean Energy Accelerator
account is included to provide support for activities using the Defense Production Act at the Department of Energy to accelerate domestic manufacturing of five key clean energy technologies.
The Committee strongly supports the need for ensuring a robust,
resilient, and sustainable domestic industrial energy supply chain
base to meet the requirements of the clean energy economy as animperative to strengthening national security. The support and expansion of domestic solar manufacturing is essential to that goal.

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Additionally, ensuring a domestic supply of components to modernize and harden the electrical grid is critical. The Department isdirected to prioritize expanding the domestic production capability
for solar photovoltaic modules and module components and electric
power grid components such as transformers.
Further, the Committee is disappointed in the Administration’slack of a plan to follow through on its recent Defense Production
Act announcements. The Department is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act andprior to the allocation or obligation of funds an execution andspending plan for these activities. The Department shall not execute the spending plan or allocate or obligate these funds prior toapproval by the Committee.
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY
Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
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$450,000,000
700,150,000
550,000,000+100,000,000¥150,150,000

The Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy (ARPA–E) supports research aimed at rapidly developing energy technologies
whose development and commercialization are too risky to attract
sufficient private sector investment but are capable of significantly
changing the energy sector to address the critical economic, environmental, and energy security challenges. The technology breakthroughs funded by ARPA–E have significant commercial impact
and have received billions of dollars in private-sector funding tocontinue to advance those technologies toward the marketplace.
Projects funded by ARPA–E include wide-ranging areas such as
production processes for transportation fuel alternatives that can
reduce our dependence on imported oil, low-cost electric aviation
technologies, enhancing the environmental and economic potentialof crop roots, accelerating the development of commercial fusion energy, and sustainable critical minerals production.
The budget request proposes to expand ARPA–E’s scope to include research and development on climate adaptation and resilience. However, the budget request justification notes that the expansion will require legislation beyond the current authorization.
The Committee notes that ARPA–E has authority ‘‘to address theenergy and environmental missions of the Department,’’ according
to section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act. This includes climate-related innovations, and further, the Committee notes that
ARPA–E already funds such activities.
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAMADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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OFFSETTING COLLECTIONSAppropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
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¥$3,000,000¥35,000,000¥35,000,000¥32,000,000–––

NET APPROPRIATION

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$29,000,000
206,206,000
31,206,000+2,206,000¥175,000,000

The recommendation includes a net appropriation of $31,206,000
in administrative expenses for the Loan Guarantee Program.
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING LOAN
PROGRAM
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$5,000,000
9,800,000
9,800,000+4,800,000–––

The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 establisheda direct loan program to support the development of advanced technology vehicles and associated components in the United States.
The program provides loans to automobile and automobile partmanufacturers for the cost of re-equipping, expanding, or establishing manufacturing facilities in the United States to produce advanced technology vehicles or qualified components, and for associated engineering integration costs.
TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
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$2,000,000
1,860,000
10,000,000+8,000,000+8,140,000

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 established a loan guarantee program for energy development to provide or expand electricity on Indian land. The Department is encouraged to take formal steps tomarket this program and ensure the program’s availability, benefits, and application process are made known to potential applicants who are ready to seek financing.

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INDIAN ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMSAppropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
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The Energy Policy Act of 2005 established the Office of Indian
Energy and Policy Programs. The Office of Indian Energy provides
technical assistance, direct and remote education, policy research
and analysis, and financial assistance to Indian tribes, Alaska Native Village and Regional corporations, and Tribal Energy Resource
Development Organizations.
The Committee encourages the Department to use its cost share
waiver authority under section 2602 of the Energy Policy Act of
1992, as modified by section 8013 of the Energy Act of 2020, whenapplicable. The Committee encourages the Department to coordinate with other federal agencies to increase outreach about theavailability of the assistance of the Office of Indian Energy Policy
and Programs.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATIONGROSS APPROPRIATION

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$340,578,000
497,781,000
407,715,000+67,137,000¥90,066,000

REVENUES

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¥100,578,000¥100,578,000¥100,578,000––––––

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Comparison:
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$240,000,000
397,203,000
307,137,000+67,137,000¥90,066,000

Funding recommended for Departmental Administration provides
for general management and program support functions benefiting
all elements of the Department, including the National Nuclear Security Administration. The account funds a wide array of Headquarters activities not directly associated with the execution of specific programs. The recommendation includes eight reprogramming
control points in this account to provide flexibility in the management of support functions. Other Departmental Administration includes Management, Project Management Oversight and Assessments, Chief Human Capital Officer, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, General Counsel, Office of Policy, andPublic Affairs. The Department is directed to continue to submit abudget request that proposes a separate funding level for each ofthese activities.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 15 days after enactment of this Act the briefing required in
the fiscal year 2021 Act detailing how it plans to address GAO’s
high-risk concerns.

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Economic Impact and Diversity.—The Committee supports the
Office of Economic Impact and Diversity’s role in driving new initiatives to achieve energy equity and environmental justice acrossthe Department and recognizes the office’s increased responsibilities of implementing Executive Orders 13985, 13988, and 14008.
The Department is encouraged to expand research and development and workforce training partnerships with Hispanic-Serving
Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Historically Black
Colleges and Universities, and other Minority-Serving Institutions.
The Department is encouraged to expand clean energy workforce
training for groups underrepresented in the clean energy industry,including women, veterans, tribes, unemployed energy workers,
and formerly incarcerated individuals. The Department is encouraged to increase access to and quality of clean energy career technical education programs, including in high schools and prisons.
The Office of Economic Impact and Diversity (ED) is encouraged
to collaborate with other offices within the Department to increase
opportunities for minority business enterprises, including employee-owned and cooperative businesses, to enter and participate
in the clean energy sector and to access relevant federal funding.
In particular, ED is encouraged to collaborate with the Department’s Loan Program Office (LPO), including by conducting outreach and offering other services to enable LPO to provide loans
and loan guarantees to smaller-scale projects and businesses. Finally, ED is encouraged to collaborate with LPO on a report to examine barriers to entry and market gaps that impact minority
business enterprises in the clean energy sector; actions that the
Department can take to address such barriers and gaps; how ED
can continue partnering with LPO to operationalize ED’s own existing loan authority; and recommendations for Congress to clarify
and enhance ED’s existing loan authority.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 90 days after enactment of this Act a report on the opportunities for women- and minority-owned businesses, rates of womenand minority-owned business utilization and partnerships with the
Department, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, and the Department’s plan to further develop support and engagement for womenand minority-owned businesses.
Chief Information Officer.—The Committee notes the importanceof prioritizing funding for cybersecurity activities at a time whencyber threats to the Department’s facilities, sites, and national laboratories are increasing. The recommendation provides not lessthan $125,000,000 for cybersecurity and cyber modernization
across the Department.
The Committee is concerned about increased costs and cybersecurity risks associated with the updating and patching of missioncritical legacy applications across the Department and is encouraged by the Office of Information Management’s (IM) efforts to deploy Low-Code Application Development to shorten the time andcost associated with developing custom applications to meet mission needs. The recommendation provides up to $10,000,000 for the
IM Office of Architecture, Engineering, Technology, and Innovation
to expand low-code application development across the Department
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posture, reduces operation and maintenance costs associated withlegacy applications, and empowers Department personnel who areclosest to problems to create solutions, selecting low-code application development options that are most appropriate for each mission need pursuant to IM’s market research.
International Affairs.—The recommendation includes $6,000,000
to continue implementation of the U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperative
Agreement and to develop the U.S.-Israel Energy Center.
The Committee is supportive of the Department’s continued workin energy cooperation with Ukraine, including providing technicalassistance in developing winter action plans and the current effort
to assist with a national energy resiliency plan. The Committee encourages additional work in areas of importance to both countries,
including technical assistance support for Ukrainian national energy security strategies and development of low carbon sources ofenergy.
Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office.—The Committee remains concerned with the Department’s implementation of the Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office (AITO). The Department’s continued lack of transparency regarding the activities of
AITO and its disregard of specific congressional direction have resulted in a lack of trust in the Department and AITO to faithfully
uphold statutory requirements and congressional direction. The
Committee directs the Department to continue programmatic activities regarding artificial intelligence and machine learning related to the Department’s mission through the appropriate program
offices. Further, the Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act and prior
to the obligation of any funds for AITO a briefing on the proposed
activities of AITO and a detailed spending plan.
Other Departmental Administration.—The recommendation provides not less than $35,000,000 for the Chief Human Capital Officer, not less than $13,500,000 for Project Management Oversightand Assessments, and not less than $20,000,000 for the Office of
Policy.
Office of Policy.—The Department is directed to develop the necessary analytical tools and closely collaborate with the Department’s science and technology offices, particularly through theUnder Secretary for Science and Innovation and the Under Secretary for Infrastructure, to pursue the most efficient, affordable,
beneficial, and equitable pathways to achieving aggressive targets
for emissions reductions. The Department is encouraged to conduct
such analysis and collaboration to address barriers to deploymentof existing clean energy technologies, strategically develop clean energy technologies projected to play a major role in achieving emissions reduction goals, and holistically inform the budgets and activities of the Department’s science and technology offices.
Chief Human Capital Officer.—The Committee supports the Department’s hiring efforts to combat climate change and deploy
clean energy across the nation. The Department is encouraged torecruit and hire diverse candidates, especially from Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions;
Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Tribal Colleges andUniversities; Hispanic-Serving Institutions; and any other minority
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Committee not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act abriefing on the Department’s plan to hire from minority serving institutions.
U.S. Energy and Employment Report.—The Department is directed to continue to complete an annual U.S. energy employment
report that includes a comprehensive statistical survey to collectdata, publish the data, and provide a summary report. The information collected shall include data relating to employment figuresand demographics in the U.S. energy sector using methodology approved by the Office of Management and Budget in 2016. The Department is directed to produce and release this report annually.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
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$78,000,000
106,808,000
92,000,000+14,000,000¥14,808,000

The Office of the Inspector General performs agency-wide audit,
inspection, and investigative functions to identify and correct management and administrative deficiencies that create conditions forexisting or potential instances of fraud, waste, and mismanagement. The audit function provides financial and performance auditsof programs and operations. The inspections function provides independent inspections and analyses of the effectiveness, efficiency,
and economy of programs and operations. The investigative function provides for the detection and investigation of improper and illegal activities involving programs, personnel, and operations.
The Office of the Inspector General is directed to continue providing quarterly briefings to the Committee on implementation of
the independent audit strategy.
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIESThe Atomic Energy Defense Activities programs of the Department in the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) consist of Weapons Activities, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, Naval
Reactors, and Federal Salaries and Expenses. Outside of the
NNSA, Atomic Energy Defense Activities programs include Defense
Environmental Cleanup, Defense Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning, and Other Defense Activities.
Descriptions of each of these accounts are provided below.

JSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARINGNATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATIONThe Department of Energy is responsible for enhancing U.S. national security through the military application of nuclear technology and reducing the global danger from the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction. The NNSA, a semi-autonomous agency within the Department, carries out these responsibilities. Established in March 2000, pursuant to title 32 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2000, the NNSA is responsible forthe management and operation of the nation’s nuclear weapons
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NNSA has proposed changes to its budget structure and implemented changes to its organizational structure without briefing theCommittee in advance. NNSA’s actions prevented the Committee
from understanding the rationale behind the changes and fromhaving its questions and concerns addressed prior to implementation. Upfront communication and consultation on such fundamental
issues as organizational and budget structure is critical for theCommittee to provide appropriate oversight. NNSA is directed toconsult with the Committee prior to implementing these types ofsignificant structural changes.
The Committee notes the success NNSA has had in its partnerships with universities and encourages NNSA to continue these initiatives. Collaborations among industry, national laboratories, anduniversities have resulted in innovative technologies and remain
crucial for continuing to address national security challenges including detection of nuclear, chemical, and biological threats, blast
containment, shock mitigation, and detection of cybersecurity
breaches.
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$15,920,000,000
16,486,298,000
16,333,065,000+413,065,000¥153,233,000

Weapons Activities ensures the safety, security, reliability, andeffectiveness of the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile without nuclear explosive testing. These activities are funded by five main elements: Stockpile Management; Production Modernization; Stockpile
Research, Technology, and Engineering; Infrastructure and Operations; and Security functions.
The Committee remains concerned that the focus on refurbishingand building new warheads, along with the plutonium pit production mission, has resulted in significant downward pressure onother critical activities within Defense Programs, including scienceand infrastructure. Continuing this unbalanced funding strategy is
not sustainable, and the Administration is strongly encouraged toappropriately value the role of science and technology in sustaining
the stockpile without the need for testing. Further, the Committee
urges the Administration to ensure that military requirementsalign to what the NNSA can realistically achieve.
Integrated Priorities Report.—The fiscal year 2021 Act directed
the NNSA to provide with its budget request an Integrated Priorities Report (IPR). The report NNSA submitted does not meet theCommittee’s direction. In light of NNSA’s increasing and highlyinterdependent workload, which requires significant and sustained
investments to reconstitute key capabilities and materials, recapitalize infrastructure and construct new facilities, and modernize
cyber and physical security, the Committee considers the IPR critical to its oversight role. NNSA is directed to provide an IPR thatmeets the direction in the fiscal year 2021 Act not later than 15days after enactment of this Act and with the annual budget request thereafter.

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STOCKPILE MANAGEMENT

Stockpile Management includes all activities that directly sustain
and modernize the nuclear stockpile. These activities include maintenance, operations, surveillance, dismantlement, and weapon acquisition programs including life extensions, modifications, and alterations.
Joint Nuclear Weapons Lifecycle Process.—The Committee remains concerned the existing joint nuclear weapons lifecycle process lacks modern management controls such as upfront planning,
analyses of alternatives that meet GAO best practices, and earlier
cost estimating. The Committee remains further concerned thatsome of these controls are optional and are not consolidated within
one Departmental order or directive. Additionally, parts of thelifecycle process have not been exercised in decades. The fiscal year
2021 Act directed the Office of Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation (CEPE) to assess the Joint Nuclear Weapons Lifecycle Process and NNSA to brief the Committee on its plans to incorporate
CEPE’s recommendations. The Committee is still awaiting both
items and directs that they be provided not later than 15 days afterenactment of this Act.

JSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARINGPRODUCTION MODERNIZATION

Production Modernization includes all activities needed to restore
and modernize production capabilities. These activities include restoring and modernizing the capability to produce primaries,
secondaries, and non-nuclear components.
Comprehensive Critical Materials Strategy.—The U.S. nuclear security strategy requires access to a variety of nonnuclear materials
that remain critical to national security, including beryllium. The
Committee is pleased that the NNSA is moving forward with upgrading its production and processing capacity for these special materials, including by leveraging commercial technologies and capabilities.
Plutonium Modernization.—Within funds provided, not less than
$10,000,000 shall be for workforce development and training partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges andUniversities in South Carolina and New Mexico to support plutonium pit production.
Plutonium Pit Production.—The Committee continues to support
NNSA’s two-site pit production strategy, but remains concernedthat NNSA is not fully accounting for all of the risks and scheduledependencies inherent in such a complex undertaking. The slip inschedule for achieving a production rate of 50 plutonium pits per
year at the Savannah River Site is symptomatic of the lack of afully mature, risk-informed integrated master schedule (IMS). The
fiscal year 2021 Act directed creation of an IMS, and the fiscal year
2022 Act directed NNSA to brief the Committee at least quarterly
on progress to meeting the IMS milestones. The Committee has not
yet begun receiving these briefings. Further, the Committee understands that the current version of the IMS only encompasses a portion of work planned for Los Alamos National Laboratory toachieve the first production unit, rather than all work required to
produce 80 pits per year as directed by the Committee. The Com-

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mittee also understands that a fully-scoped, resource-loaded, twosite IMS may not be available until 2026 or beyond. Given the substantial resources NNSA is investing in its two-site pit production
strategy and the length of time since the direction in the fiscal year
2021 Act, the lack of an IMS is unacceptable. NNSA is directed tobrief the Committee not later than 15 days after enactment of thisAct on its plan to establish a resource-loaded, two-site IMS to cover
the entirety of work required to produce 80 pits per year, including
a reasonable timeline for achieving this critical requirement.
Additionally, both NNSA and the Department of Defense haverepeatedly stated that the timeline for achieving 80 pits per year
will stretch beyond 2030. This, along with that the potential forfurther delays, underscores the need for a detailed, actionable contingency plan fully coordinated with the Department of Defense.
The contingency plan NNSA provided to the Committee includes
minimal detail on meeting the needs of the nuclear deterrent without solely relying on statutory milestones for pit production. NNSA
is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 15 days afterenactment of this Act an updated contingency plan, coordinatedwith the Department of Defense, based on current pit production
timelines.
University Collaboration.—The Committee is pleased with theprogress in developing the scope for establishing the Center of Excellence regarding lifetime extension and materials degradation
issues, including its expansion to the entire nuclear security enterprise. NNSA is encouraged to continue these efforts, including developing a recruiting pipeline capability across the enterprise.

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Stockpile Research, Technology, and Engineering (SRT&E) includes all activities to strengthen science-based stockpile stewardship capabilities to annually certify and assess the stockpile. These
activities include assessments, advanced computing and manufacturing, experimental capabilities, and academic partnerships.
Academic Programs.—Within Academic Programs, $45,000,000
shall be for the Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program
and $10,000,000 shall be for Tribal Colleges and Universities.
Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) and High Yield.—Within the
ICF program, the recommendation includes not less than$351,000,000 for the National Ignition Facility, not less than
$67,900,000 for the Z Facility, and not less than $84,000,000 for
the OMEGA Laser Facility. Within funds provided for Facility Operations, not less than $35,000,000 shall be for the NNSA to manage target development and acquisition. The Committee notes theimportance of the ICF program and the aging nature of the facilities. The fiscal year 2022 Act directed NNSA to provide to theCommittee a strategic plan for recapitalizing, upgrading, and maintaining ICF facilities. The Committee is still awaiting this reportand directs NNSA to provide the report not later than 30 days
after enactment of this Act.
Advanced Simulation and Computing.—Within funds provided
for Advanced Simulation and Computing, $35,000,000 shall be forresearch in advanced memory technology and near-memory computing architectures by a U.S.-based manufacturer of very largescale memory systems and memory semantic storage from 100s of

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terabytes to petabytes that will inspire advancements in data marshaling technologies that will dramatically improve effective performance for NNSA mission applications.
Stockpile Responsiveness Program (SRP).—The fiscal year 2021
Act directed the NNSA to submit to the Committee an annual report with the budget request that includes a detailed accounting
and status of each program, project, and activity within the program. The NNSA proposed meeting this reporting requirement by
expanding the annual Stockpile Stewardship and Management
Plan (SSMP) as necessary. The fiscal year 2022 Act rejected
NNSA’s proposal and reiterated the fiscal year 2021 direction. The
SRP appendix in the fiscal year 2022 SSMP does not address proposed fiscal year 2023 activities and does not offer a useful andtimely companion to the budget. The Committee reiterates the fiscal year 2021 direction and expects to receive timely updates on thestatus of any new and existing taskings, studies, and assessments.
SECURE TRANSPORTATION ASSETThe Secure Transportation Asset (STA) program provides safe
and secure transportation of nuclear weapons, weapon components,and special nuclear material throughout the nuclear security enterprise. The STA workforce includes federal agents and program
management staff.
INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONSInfrastructure and Operations provides funding for the base operations, maintenance, and recapitalization of the NNSA’s facilities
and infrastructure.
LEGACY CONTRACTOR PENSIONSThe Committee provides $114,632,000 for payments into the legacy University of California contractor employee defined benefit
pension plans, the Requa settlement reached in 2019, and the pension plan at the Savannah River Site.
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
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$2,354,000,000
2,346,257,000
2,424,000,000+70,000,000+77,743,000

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DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

Funding for the Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation isprovided across six programs: Global Material Security, Material
Management and Minimization, Nonproliferation and Arms Control, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D, NNSA Bioassurance
Program, and Nonproliferation Construction.
Global Material Security.—The recommendation includes not lessthan $25,000,000 for the Green Border Security Initiative within
the Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence program. The
Committee recognizes the importance of improving the security ofborder crossings to prevent nuclear smuggling and accelerating
partnerships, particularly within Eastern Europe.

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Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development.—
The Committee notes the importance of the University Consortia
and Nonproliferation Stewardship programs and includes$20,000,000 for the University Consortia for Nuclear Nonproliferation Research. The recommendation also includes $20,000,000 within Nonproliferation Fuels Development to develop high-density,
low-enriched fuels that could replace highly enriched uranium fornaval applications.
NNSA Bioassurance Program.—The recommendation includes$20,000,000 for the establishment of the NNSA Bioassurance Program. The NNSA is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 90 days after enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter,a briefing of its activities under this program, including how corecapabilities are being leveraged to address biosecurity to complement efforts of other agencies.
NUCLEAR COUNTERTERRORISM AND INCIDENT RESPONSE

The NNSA’s Nuclear Counterterrorism and Incident Response
programs respond to and mitigate nuclear and radiological incidents worldwide to reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism.
LEGACY CONTRACTOR PENSIONSThe Committee provides $55,708,000 for payments into the legacy University of California contractor employee defined benefit
pension plans, the Requa settlement reached in 2019, and the pension plan at the Savannah River Site.
NAVAL REACTORS(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$1,918,000,000
2,081,445,000
2,000,000,000+82,000,000¥81,445,000

The Naval Reactors program is responsible for all aspects ofnaval nuclear propulsion from technology development through reactor operations to ultimate reactor plant disposal. The programprovides for the design, development, testing, and evaluation of improved naval nuclear propulsion plants and reactor cores.
The recommendation fully funds the request to develop the Columbia-Class submarine, to refuel the S8G prototype, and to continue the Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project.
Naval Reactors Development.—Within available funds for Naval
Reactors Development, $99,747,000 is transferred to the Office of
Nuclear Energy for Advanced Test Reactor operations.

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FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

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The Federal Salaries and Expenses account provides salaries,
corporate planning, oversight, and management for Defense Programs, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, and the NNSA field offices in New Mexico, Nevada, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, South
Carolina, and California.
Human Capital Management.—The Committee notes the successof the NNSA’s partnership with its Management and Operating
contractors to coordinate enterprise-wide recruiting efforts. However, the Committee remains concerned about the NNSA’s ability
to meet its federal staffing requirements, a challenge that posesrisk to successfully managing a nuclear modernization effort unprecedented in its scope and complexity. The NNSA is directed tocontinue providing the Committee monthly updates on the statusof hiring and retention.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIESDEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUPJSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARING

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$6,710,000,000
7,105,863,000
6,722,521,000+12,521,000¥383,342,000

The Defense Environmental Cleanup account provides funding
for identifying and reducing risks and managing waste at sites
where the nation carried out defense-related nuclear research andproduction activities that resulted in radioactive, hazardous, andmixed waste contamination requiring remediation, stabilization, orsome other cleanup action.
Within available funds, $10,000,000 is provided to fund the hazardous waste worker training program.
While the budget request for Defense Environmental Cleanup included increases at some sites, those increases were at the expenseof other important cleanup activities at sites including Hanford,
Idaho, and Savannah River. The recommendation continues to funda balanced approach that sustains the momentum of ongoing cleanup activities more consistently across all Department cleanup sites.
Hanford Site.—The recommendation includes funds above thebudget request for Richland and the Office of River Protection to
support stable funding for cleanup activities at the Hanford Site.
The Department is reminded that meeting the Consent Decree
milestone for operations of Direct Feed Low Activity Waste mustremain the Department’s top focus within the Office of River Protection. The Committee remains concerned about the projected
costs and timelines identified in the Department’s 2022 Hanford
Lifecycle Scope, Schedule, and Cost Report. This report estimates
the total cost of Hanford cleanup to be between $300 and $640 billion, with a potential completion date of 2078. This timeline could
leave local communities at risk for an unnecessarily long period oftime, and the Committee is concerned that projected funding needs
are not realistically achievable. The Department, in partnershipwith its regulators, tribes, and other stakeholders, is encouraged toseriously consider all cleanup options that have the potential to reduce costs and safely expedite cleanup while protecting public

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health and the environment. The Committee notes that
$15,800,000 is available for low level waste offsite disposal. The
Department shall provide notice to the Committee if any additional
funds are proposed for this project, including the amount andsource of funds.
Idaho National Laboratory.—The Committee is aware of efforts
underway at the Idaho National Laboratory Site to collaborate
across all programs and contractors to address respective missions.
The Committee encourages the Office of Nuclear Energy, the Officeof Environmental Management, and Naval Reactors to continue
this integration to ensure existing facilities, capabilities, and workforce are being utilized efficiently and effectively. As part of this integration effort, the Department shall develop an Idaho Sitewide
Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Plan and shall analyze the use of
the Naval Reactors spent fuel packaging facility to support EM’s
packaging needs in lieu of new construction.
The Committee notes that funding was provided in the fiscal
year 2022 Act to pilot a road-ready, dry storage packaging capability and the Department is encouraged to move forward expeditiously with these activities in coordination with the Office of Nuclear Energy. Further, the Department is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act abriefing, coordinated between the Offices of Environmental Management and Nuclear Energy, to address elimination of mixed
waste streams identified in the Idaho National Laboratory Site
Treatment Plan.
Savannah River Site.—The recommendation includes funds
above the budget request for H Canyon operations to continue operations at the fiscal year 2022 level.
The recommendation includes $41,000,000 for operations andmaintenance of radiological facilities at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). The fiscal year 2022 Act directed the Department to propose to the Committee a method for funding SRNL
radiological facilities to mitigate impacts to overhead rates to usersof the laboratory and to ensure all relevant users would pay ashare proportional to their use. The Committee is still awaiting
this proposal and directs the Department to provide the proposal
not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act. The Committee
notes that NNSA makes significant use of the radiological facilities
at the Savannah River National Laboratory. The Committee directs
the Office of Environmental Management to coordinate with NNSA
in developing future budget requests to ensure shared operations
and maintenance costs of SRNL radiological facilities support multiple critical missions.
Program Direction.—Recruitment and training of scientists, engineers, and other professionals is important to address retirement
and other attrition trends. As part of its workforce strategies, theDepartment is encouraged to leverage the DOE Scholars Program
to enable the training of technicians to support cleanup and remediation activities across the program.
Program Support.—The Committee supports the budget request
for the Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program (MSIPP).
The Department is directed to use a competitive, merit-based process in awarding funds for this program. Further, the Department
is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 30 days after

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enactment of this Act and prior to the issuance of a funding opportunity announcement, or the allocation or obligation of any funds
a detailed spend plan for fiscal year 2023 funds.
The Committee recommendation includes funds for the Community Capacity Building program. The Department is directed to use
a competitive, merit-based process in awarding funds for this program. Further, the Department is directed to provide to the Committee prior to the issuance of a funding opportunity announcement, or the allocation or obligation of any funds a detailed spendplan for fiscal year 2023 funds.
Technology Development.—Within Technology Development and
Deployment, $5,000,000 is provided for the National Spent Nuclear
Fuel Program to address issues related to storing, transporting,processing, and disposing of Department-owned and managed spent
nuclear fuel.
DEFENSE URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND
DECOMMISSIONING(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$573,333,000–––
823,321,000+249,988,000+823,321,000

The Committee recommends $823,321,000 to fully offset the fiscal year 2023 appropriation for the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning account.
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIESAppropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$985,000,000
978,351,000
1,027,554,000+42,554,000+49,203,000

The Other Defense Activities account provides funding for the
Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security; the Office ofIndependent Enterprise Assessments; the Office of Legacy Management; Specialized Security Activities; Defense Related Administrative Support; and the Office of Hearings and Appeals.
The Committee notes the importance of the Environment,
Health, Safety, and Security mission to inform worker health andsafety decisions. The Department is encouraged to support efforts
to further engage subject matter experts, knowledge sharing tools,
and health database innovations allowing for continuous improvement in this important area.

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POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONSManagement of the federal power marketing functions was transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department ofEnergy in the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977
(Public Law 95–91). These functions include the power marketing
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tion, the Southeastern Power Administration, the SouthwesternPower Administration, and the power marketing functions of the
Bureau of Reclamation that have been transferred to the Western
Area Power Administration.
All four power marketing administrations (PMAs) give preferencein the sale of their power to publicly-owned and cooperativelyowned utilities. Operations of the Bonneville Power Administration
are financed principally under the authority of the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act (Public Law 93–454). Under
this Act, the Bonneville Power Administration is authorized to use
its revenues to finance the costs of its operations, maintenance, andcapital construction and to sell bonds to the Treasury if necessary
to finance any additional capital program requirements.
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is the Department’s
marketing agency for electric power in the Pacific Northwest. BPA
provides electricity to a 300,000 square mile service area in the Columbia River drainage basin and it markets the power from federalhydropower projects in the Northwest, as well as power from nonfederal generating facilities in the region, and exchanges and markets surplus power with Canada and California.
BPA is encouraged to work with public utility districts andstakeholders located in opportunity zones and consider the economic development opportunities that may be provided by affordable load capacity.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER
ADMINISTRATION
Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
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Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
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$– – –
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–––
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The Southeastern Power Administration (SEPA) markets hydroelectric power from 22 Corps Projects to 473 customers across 11
states in the southeast. SEPA does not own or operate any transmission facilities, so it contracts to ‘‘wheel’’ its power using the existing transmission facilities of area utilities.
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Comparison:
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$10,400,000
10,608,000
10,608,000+208,000–––The Southwestern Power Administration (SWPA) markets hydroelectric power produced at 24 Corps projects in the six-state areaof Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas.
SWPA operates and maintains 1,381 miles of transmission lines,
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CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE,WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION
Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
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$90,772,000
98,732,000
98,732,000+7,960,000–––

The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) is responsible
for marketing the electric power generated by the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps, and the International Boundary and Water
Commission. WAPA also operates and maintains a system of transmission lines nearly 17,000 miles long. Western provides electricity
to 15 western states over a service area of 1.3 million square miles.
The Committee encourages WAPA to fully utilize its statutory
borrowing authority to upgrade interties between Western andEastern regions.
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE FUND
Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
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$228,000
228,000
228,000––––––

Falcon Dam and Amistad Dam are two international waterprojects located on the Rio Grande River between Texas and Mexico. Power generated by hydroelectric facilities at these two dams
is sold to public utilities through WAPA. The Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 created the Falcon
and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund to defray the costsof operation, maintenance, and emergency activities. The Fund isadministered by WAPA for use by the Commissioner of the U.S.
Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission.
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSIONSALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
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$466,426,000
508,400,000
508,400,000+41,974,000–––

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Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

¥$466,426,000¥508,400,000¥508,400,000¥41,974,000–––

The Committee recommendation for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is $508,400,000. Revenues for FERC areestablished at a rate equal to the budget authority, resulting in a
net appropriation of $0.

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The fiscal year 2022 Act directed FERC to provide a report on
the feasibility of implementing a national reliability standard that
includes inter-regional capacity requirements such as that of theEuropean Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity. The Committee looks forward to reviewing this report anddirects FERC to provide the report not later than 15 days after enactment of this Act.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONJSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARINGThe Committee’s detailed funding recommendations for programsin Title III are contained in the following table.

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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

The bill includes a provision that prohibits the use of funds provided in this title to initiate requests for proposals, other solicitations or arrangements for new programs or activities that have notyet been approved and funded by the Congress; requires notification or a report for certain funding actions; prohibits funds to be
used for certain multi-year ‘‘Energy Programs’’ activities without
notification; prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds provided in this title through a reprogramming of funds except in certain circumstances; and permits the transfer and merger of unexpended balances of prior appropriations with appropriation accounts established in this bill.
The bill continues a provision that authorizes intelligence activities of the Department of Energy for purposes of section 504 of the
National Security Act of 1947.
The bill continues a provision that prohibits the use of funds inthis title for capital construction of high hazard nuclear facilities,
unless certain independent oversight is conducted.
The bill continues a provision that prohibits the use of funds provided in this title to approve critical decision-2 or critical decision3 for certain construction projects, unless a separate independent
cost estimate has been developed for that critical decision.
The bill continues a provision regarding authority to release refined petroleum product from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve(SPR).
The bill continues a provision to prohibit certain payments.
The bill includes a provision transferring certain funds.
The bill includes a provision related to the loan programs.
The bill includes a provision that rescinds certain funds fromprior year appropriations and provides new loan authority.
The bill includes a provision regarding property disposition.
The bill includes a provision that prohibits the use of certain
funds in this title unless project management is conducted.
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIESAPPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSIONJSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARING

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$195,000,000
235,000,000
220,000,000+25,000,000¥15,000,000

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is a regional economic development agency established in 1965 by the AppalachianRegional Development Act (Public Law 89–4). It is composed of thegovernors of the 13 Appalachian states and a federal co-chair appointed by the President. Each year, the ARC provides funding forseveral hundred projects in the Appalachian Region in areas suchas business development, education and job training, telecommunications, infrastructure, community development, housing, andtransportation.

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The recommendation includes $8,000,000 for Local Development
Districts.
To diversify and enhance regional business development,$10,000,000 is provided to continue the program of high-speed
broadband deployment in distressed counties within the Central
Appalachian region that have been most negatively impacted by
the downturn in the coal industry.
The recommendation includes not less than $15,000,000 for counties within the Northern Appalachian region to support economic
development, manufacturing, and entrepreneurship.
The recommendation includes $16,000,000 for a program of basic
infrastructure improvements in distressed counties in Central Appalachia.
Within available funds, the Committee provides not less than
$65,000,000 for activities in support of the POWER Plan for activities that target resources to help communities and regions thathave been affected by job losses in coal mining, coal power plant
operations, and coal related supply chain industries due to the economic downturn of the coal industry. These projects will create andretain jobs, assist businesses, and prepare thousands of workers
and students with globally competitive skills and opportunities in
the region’s manufacturing, technology, entrepreneurship, agriculture, and other emerging sectors.
The Committee supports targeted investment in impoverishedareas to promote economic development in communities where it
has been scarce, both in persistent poverty counties and in otherhigh-poverty areas. Accordingly, the Commission is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of
this Act an analysis of how the Commission’s authorizing statutedefines persistent poverty or distressed communities. This analysis
should include information on the percentage of funding and asummary of activities directed to distressed communities or areasof persistent poverty. Additionally, it should include a comparisonof how the Commission’s definitions of persistent poverty or distressed communities compares to a definition of persistent poverty
meaning that county that has had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the
1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty
Estimates, or any territory or possession of the United States.
The Committee looks forward to receiving the briefing directed in
the fiscal year 2022 Act regarding activities proposed or funded related to clean energy deployment or integration of renewable energy sources, including energy storage, and coordination with otherfederal agencies on these efforts.
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

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Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

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The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) was created by the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year
1989. The Board, composed of five members appointed by the President, provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy regarding public health and safety issues at the Department’s
defense nuclear facilities. The Board is responsible for reviewing
and evaluating the content and implementation of the standards
relating to the design, construction, operation, and decommissioning of the Department of Energy’s defense nuclear facilities.
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITYSALARIES AND EXPENSES

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Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$30,100,000
30,100,000
30,100,000––––––

The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is a federal-state partnership established by the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–554) that serves a 252-county/parish area in an eightstate region near the mouth of the Mississippi River. Led by a federal co-chair and the governors of each participating state, the DRA
is designed to remedy severe and chronic economic distress bystimulating economic development and fostering partnerships thatwill have a positive impact on the region’s economy. The DRA
seeks to help local communities leverage other federal and state
programs that are focused on basic infrastructure development,
transportation improvements, business development, and job training services. Under federal law, at least 75 percent of appropriatedfunds must be invested in distressed counties and parishes, with
50 percent of the funds for transportation and basic infrastructure
improvements.
The Committee supports targeted investment in impoverishedareas to promote economic development in communities where it
has been scarce, both in persistent poverty counties and in otherhigh-poverty areas. Accordingly, the DRA is directed to provide to
the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act
an analysis of how the DRA’s authorizing statute defines persistentpoverty or distressed communities. This analysis should include information on the percentage of funding and a summary of activities
directed to distressed communities or areas of persistent poverty.
Additionally, it should include a comparison of how the DRA’s definitions of persistent poverty or distressed communities compares toa definition of persistent poverty meaning that county that has had
20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the past
30 years, as measured by the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty
Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small
Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any territory or possessionof the United States.
The Committee looks forward to receiving the briefing directed in
the fiscal year 2022 Act regarding activities proposed or funded related to clean energy deployment or integration of renewable energy sources, including energy storage, and coordination with otherfederal agencies on these efforts.

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DENALI COMMISSION
Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$15,100,000
15,100,000
15,100,000––––––

The Denali Commission is a regional development agency established by the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–277)
to provide critical utilities, infrastructure, health services, and economic support throughout Alaska. To ensure that local communities have a stake in Commission-funded projects, local cost-sharerequirements for construction and equipment have been established for both distressed and non-distressed communities.
The Committee supports targeted investment in impoverishedareas to promote economic development in communities where it
has been scarce, both in persistent poverty counties and in otherhigh-poverty areas. Accordingly, the Commission is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of
this Act an analysis of how the Commission’s authorizing statutedefines persistent poverty or distressed communities. This analysis
should include information on the percentage of funding and asummary of activities directed to distressed communities or areasof persistent poverty. Additionally, it should include a comparisonof how the Commissions’ definitions of persistent poverty or distressed communities compares to a definition of persistent poverty
meaning that county that has had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the
1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty
Estimates, or any territory or possession of the United States.
The Committee looks forward to receiving the briefing directed in
the fiscal year 2022 Act regarding activities proposed or funded related to clean energy deployment or integration of renewable energy sources, including energy storage, and coordination with otherfederal agencies on these efforts.
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSIONJSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARING

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$35,000,000
36,000,000
38,000,000+3,000,000+2,000,000

The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law
110–234) authorized the establishment of the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) as a federal-state partnership intended
to address the economic development needs of distressed portionsof the four-state region of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, andNew York.
The Committee supports targeted investment in impoverishedareas to promote economic development in communities where it
has been scarce, both in persistent poverty counties and in otherhigh-poverty areas. Accordingly, the Commission is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of

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this Act an analysis of how the Commission’s authorizing statutedefines persistent poverty or distressed communities. This analysis
should include information on the percentage of funding and asummary of activities directed to distressed communities or areasof persistent poverty. Additionally, it should include a comparisonof how the Commission’s definitions of persistent poverty or distressed communities compares to a definition of persistent poverty
meaning that county that has had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the
1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty
Estimates, or any territory or possession of the United States.
Within available funds, the recommendation provides $4,000,000
for initiatives that seek to address the decline in forest-based
economies throughout the region, and $1,250,000 for the State Capacity Grant Program.
The Committee looks forward to receiving the briefing directed in
the fiscal year 2022 Act regarding activities proposed or funded related to clean energy deployment or integration of renewable energy sources, including energy storage, and coordination with otherfederal agencies on these efforts.
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSIONJSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARING

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Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$5,000,000
7,000,000
33,000,000+28,000,000+26,000,000

The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law
110–234) authorized the establishment of the Southeast CrescentRegional Commission as a federal-state partnership intended to address the economic development needs of distressed portions of theseven state region in the southeastern United States not alreadyserved by a regional development agency. The Committee waspleased with the recent appointment and confirmation of a Federal
Co-Chair and supports expeditiously moving forward to establish
the Commission.
The Committee supports targeted investment in impoverishedareas to promote economic development in communities where it
has been scarce, both in persistent poverty counties and in otherhigh-poverty areas. Accordingly, the Commission is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of
this Act an analysis of how the Commission’s authorizing statutedefines persistent poverty or distressed communities. This analysis
should include information on the percentage of funding and asummary of activities directed to distressed communities or areasof persistent poverty. Additionally, it should include a comparisonof how the Commission’s definitions of persistent poverty or distressed communities compares to a definition of persistent poverty
meaning that county that has had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the
1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty
Estimates, or any territory or possession of the United States.

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SOUTHWEST BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION
Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$2,500,000
2,500,000
2,500,000––––––

The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law
110–234) authorized the establishment of the Southwest Border
Regional Commission (SWBRC) as a federal-state partnership intended to address the economic development needs of distressed
portions of the four-state region of Arizona, California, New Mexicoand Texas.
The Committee supports targeted investment in impoverishedareas to promote economic development in communities where it
has been scarce, both in persistent poverty counties and in otherhigh-poverty areas.
The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically decreased cross-border travel, leading to widespread economic hardship along thesouthwest border. The Administration, therefore, is encouraged topromptly appoint a federal co-chair in order to establish key partnerships with local communities, including a focus on underservedcolonias at the southwest border that include approximately
2,500,000 individuals, and to consider opportunities to establish aregional presence in or near major inland ports of entry.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONSALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$873,901,000
911,384,000
911,384,000+37,483,000–––

REVENUES

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

¥$745,258,000¥777,498,000¥777,498,000¥32,240,000–––

NET APPROPRIATION

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$128,643,000
133,886,000
133,886,000+5,243,000–––

The Committee recommendation for the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) provides the following amounts:
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Nuclear Reactor Safety .......................................................
Nuclear Materials and Waste Safety ..................................

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FY 2022 enacted

FY 2023 request

Cmte. rec.

Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste .............................
Integrated University Program ............................................
Corporate Support ...............................................................

22,856
16,000266,278

23,866
0285,251

23,866
16,000285,251

Total, Program Level ..................................................
Savings and Carryover ...............................................

889,901¥16,000

911,384–––

927,384¥16,000

Total ...........................................................................

$873,901$911,384$911,384

The Commission is responsible for ensuring the safety and security of the nation’s commercial nuclear reactors and overseeing certain nuclear materials and radioactive waste activities. The Committee expects the Commission to hold the nuclear industry to thehighest safety standards in law and in regulation.
The Commission is directed to provide budget request amounts
rounded to the thousands in all tables in future budget request
submissions.
Office of the Commission.—Within available funds, up to$9,500,000 is included for salaries, travel, and other support costs
for the Office of the Commission. These salaries and expenses shall
include only salaries, benefits, and travel costs and shall not include general and administrative and infrastructure costs. The
Commission shall continue to include a breakout and explanationof the Commission salaries and expenses in its annual budget requests. If the Commission wishes to change the composition of thefunds requested for its salaries and expenses in future years, it
must do so in an annual budget request or through a reprogramming.
Reactor Oversight and Safety.—The Commission is directed tocontinue to provide regular briefings to the Committee on the Commission’s current reactor oversight and safety program and on any
proposed changes before they are implemented.
Integrated University Program.—The Commission is directed to
use $16,000,000 of prior-year, unobligated balances for the Integrated University Program. Because the Commission has alreadycollected fees corresponding to these activities in prior years, theCommittee does not include these funds within the fee base calculation for determining authorized revenues and does not provide
authority to collect additional offsetting receipts for their use.
Budget Execution Plan.—The Commission is directed to provide
to the Committee not later than 30 days after enactment of thisAct a specific budget execution plan. The plan shall include details
at the product line level within each of the control points.
Rulemaking.—The Commission shall list all planned rulemaking
activities, including their priority, schedule, and actions taken toadhere to the backfit rule, in the annual budget request and thesemi-annual report to Congress on licensing and regulatory activities.
Re-Evaluation of Nuclear Medicine Event Reporting.—The Committee is closely monitoring the Commission’s reconsideration of its
policy related to significant extravasations and medical event reporting. Evidence shows that nuclear medicine extravasations may
be avoidable and that some extravasations may exceed medical
event reporting provided in 10 C.F.R. Part 35 Subpart M. These

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events may harm patients through unintended radiation exposure,compromised imaging that negatively affects care, additional interventional procedures, and repeated imaging procedures. The Committee continues to encourage the Commission to consider the inclusion of significant extravasations in medical event reporting to
improve safety, quality, and transparency for patients, treating
physicians, and the Commission itself.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERALGROSS APPROPRIATION

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$13,799,000
17,769,000
17,769,000+3,970,000–––

REVENUES

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

¥$11,442,000¥14,655,000¥14,655,000¥3,213,000–––

NET APPROPRIATION

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$2,357,000
3,114,000
3,114,000+757,000–––

The Committee includes $1,520,000 within this appropriation toprovide inspector general services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriation, 2022 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2023 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2022 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2023 ................................................................

$3,800,000
3,945,000
3,945,000+145,000–––JSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARINGThe Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) was established by the 1987 amendments to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act
of 1982 to provide independent technical oversight of the Department of Energy’s nuclear waste disposal program. The Committee
expects the NWTRB to continue its active engagement with the Department and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on issues involving nuclear waste disposal.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT AGENCIESThe bill continues a provision regarding the circumstances inwhich the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may reprogram funds.

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TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill continues a provision that prohibits the use of funds provided in this Act to, in any way, directly or indirectly influence congressional action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before the Congress, other than to communicate to Members ofCongress as described in section 1913 of Title 18, United States
Code.
The bill continues a provision consolidating the transfer authorities into and out of accounts funded by this Act. No additionaltransfer authority is implied or conveyed by this provision. For the
purposes of this provision, the term ‘‘transfer’’ shall mean the shifting of all or part of the budget authority in one account to another.
The bill continues a provision prohibiting funds in contraventionof E.O. 12898 of February 11, 1994, regarding environmental justice.
The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds in this Act frombeing used to maintain or establish computer networks unless suchnetworks block the viewing, downloading, or exchange of pornography.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT REQUIREMENTS
The following items are included in accordance with various requirements of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
STATEMENT OF GENERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the Houseof Representatives, the following is a statement of general performance goals and objectives for which this measure authorizes funding:
The Committee on Appropriations considers program performance, including a program’s success in developing and attaining
outcome-related goals and objectives, in developing funding recommendations.
TRANSFER OF FUNDS
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the Houseof Representatives, the following is submitted describing the transfer of funds provided in the accompanying bill.
TITLE I—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
Under section 104, ‘‘General Provisions, Corps of Engineers—
Civil’’, $5,400,000 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’
may be transferred to the Fish and Wildlife Service to mitigate forfisheries lost due to Corps projects.

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TITLE II—BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Under ‘‘Water and Related Resources’’, $22,165,000 is available
for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and$7,584,000 is available for transfer to the Lower Colorado River
Basin Development Fund. Such funds as may be necessary may be
advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund. The amounts of trans-

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fers may be increased or decreased within the overall appropriation
under the heading.
Under ‘‘Water and Related Resources’’, $500,000 is available fortransfer into the Aging Infrastructure Account established by section 9603(d)(1) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of2009, as amended.
Under ‘‘California Bay-Delta Restoration’’, such sums as may benecessary to carry out authorized purposes may be transferred toappropriate accounts of other participating federal agencies.
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Under ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Administration—Naval Reactors’’, $99,747,000 shall betransferred to ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear
Energy’’ for the Advanced Test Reactor.
Under ‘‘Defense Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning’’, $823,321,000 is deposited into the ‘‘Defense Environmental Cleanup’’ account and transferred to the ‘‘Uranium Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund’’.
Under section 301, ‘‘General Provisions—Department of Energy,’’
unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for activities
in this Act may be available for appropriation accounts for such activities established pursuant to this title. Available balances may
be merged with funds in the applicable established accounts andthereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as originally enacted.
Under section 307, ‘‘General Provisions—Department of Energy,’’
all unavailable balances from the United States Enrichment Corporation Fund shall be transferred to and merged with the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund.
DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTEDSPENDING ITEMSJSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARINGThe following table is submitted in compliance with clause 9 ofrule XXI, and lists the congressional earmarks (as defined in paragraph (e) of clause 9) contained in the bill or in this report. Neither
the bill nor the report contains any limited tax benefits or limited
tariff benefits as defined in paragraphs (f) or (g) of clause 9 of rule
XXI.

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Construction

Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, CA; U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers$4,200,000$4,200,000

Lee (CA)

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

American River Watershed, Folsom Dam Raise, CA; U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers

37,792,000

37,792,000

MatsuiArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg Inlet, NJ; U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers

32,000,000

32,000,000

Van Drew

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Pilot Program (Hickory Cove Marsh and Living Shoreline, TX); U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers

500,000

500,000

Weber (TX)

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Calcasieu River and Pass, LA; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

9,000,000

9,000,000

Higgins (LA)Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Calumet Region, IN; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

4,500,000

4,500,000

Mrvan

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration & Protection Program, DC, DE, MD, NY, PA, VA & WV (Money
Point); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

11,250,000

11,250,000

Scott (VA)

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Cook County, IL; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

4,000,000

4,000,000

Kelly (IL), Newman

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Cook County, IL (Cicero Water Main Replacement); U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers

2,000,000

2,000,000

Garcı́a (IL)Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

El Paso County, TX; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

1,000,000

1,000,000

EscobarArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Florida Keys Water Quality Improvement Project, FL;
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

5,694,000

5,694,000

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Freeport Harbor, TX; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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90,660,000

Weber (TX)

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Hudson—Raritan Estuary, NY & NJ (Fresh Creek, NY);
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

500,000

500,000

Jeffries

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Indiana Shoreline, IN; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

2,700,000

2,700,000

Mrvan

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Indianapolis, IN; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

500,000

500,000

CarsonArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

J Bennett Johnston Waterway, LA; U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers

15,500,000

15,500,000

Letlow

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Lakes Marion and Moultrie, SC; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

10,511,000

10,511,000

ClyburnArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Little Wood River, ID; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

2,600,000

2,600,000

SimpsonArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Lugert-Altus Irrigation District, OK; U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers

2,000,000

2,000,000

Lucas

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions: Delaware River
Basin Commission; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

715,000

715,000

Watson Coleman

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Murrieta Creek, CA; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

8,500,000

8,500,000

Calvert, Issa

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

North Carolina Section 5113, NC (Brunswick County);
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

100,000

100,000

RouzerArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

North Carolina Section 5113, NC (Holden Beach); U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers

100,000

100,000

RouzerArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Ohio Riverfront, Cincinnati, OH; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

900,000

900,000

ChabotArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Promontory Point Third Party Review, Chicago Shoreline,
IL; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

450,000

450,000

Kelly (IL)Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Sabine—Neches Waterway, TX; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

167,402,000

167,402,000

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Sacramento
Area
Environmental
Infrastructure(Orangevale), CA; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration, FL; U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

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AmountTotal Amount
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2,000,000

Bera

40,000,000

446,982,000

Mast

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration, FL (Southcentral
Biscayne Bay Hydrologic Monitoring Network); U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers

350,000

350,000

Construction

Southwest Coastal Louisiana Hurricane Protection, LA;
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

10,000,000

10,000,000

Higgins (LA)Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Texas Environmental Infrastructure Program, TX (Bear
Branch Dam Modification); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

3,600,000

3,600,000

Crenshaw

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Upper Mississippi River—Illinois WW System, IL, IA,
MN, MO & WI; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

49,300,000

49,300,000

Bustos, Graves (MO),
LaHood, Luetkemeyer

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Western Rural Water, AZ, NV, MT, ID, NM, UT & WY (Arizona Environmental Infrastructure, AZ); U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers

5,550,000

5,550,000

StantonArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction

Western Rural Water, AZ, NV, MT, ID, NM, UT & WY (Arizona Environmental Infrastructure, AZ—City of
Douglas); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

2,175,000

2,175,000

Kirkpatrick

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Construction/Section 103

Grosse Pointe Shoreline, MI; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

100,000

100,000

Lawrence

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Construction/Section 205

City of Springfield, 42nd Street Levee, OR; U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers

460,000

460,000

DeFazio

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Brunswick County Beaches (Holden Beach), NC; U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers

1,000,000

1,000,000

RouzerArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Brunswick Harbor, GA; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

1,600,000

1,600,000

Carter (GA)

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Charlotte County, FL; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

500,000

500,000

SteubeArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Christiansted Harbor, VI; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

200,000

200,000

Plaskett

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Columbia River Turning Basin Navigation Improvements, WA & OR; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

900,000

900,000

Herrera Beutler

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Florida Keys, Monroe County, FL; U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers

916,000

916,000

Gimenez

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study, IL, IN, MI, MN,
NY, OH, PA and WI; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

2,400,000

3,000,000

Katko

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Gulfport Harbor, MS; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

200,000

200,000

Palazzo

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Hartford & East Hartford, CT; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

1,000,000

1,000,000

Larson (CT)Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Hoosic River Basin, MA; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

200,000

200,000

Neal

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Houma Navigation Canal, LA; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

2,500,000

2,500,000

Graves (LA), Scalise

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Kentucky River, Beattyville, KY; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

800,000

800,000

Rogers (KY)

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Lower Missouri Basin—Brunswick L–246, MO; U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers

500,000

500,000

Graves (MO)Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Lower Missouri Basin—Holt County, MO & Doniphan
County, KS; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

600,000

600,000

Graves (MO)600,000

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Investigations

Lower Missouri Basin—Jefferson City L–142, MO; U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers

500,000

500,000

Luetkemeyer

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Middle Creek, CA; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

750,000

750,000

Thompson (CA)Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Northern California Streams, Lower Cache Creek, Yolo
County, Woodland & Vicinity, CA; U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers

3,000,000

3,000,000

Garamendi

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel, LA; U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers

1,500,000

1,500,000

ScaliseArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Port of Iberia, LA; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

1,200,000

1,200,000

Higgins (LA)Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Redbank and Fancher Creeks, CA; U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers

200,000

200,000

Costa

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Rio Salado Oeste, Salt River, AZ; U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers

300,000

300,000

StantonArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

St. Augustine Back Bay, FL; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

1,000,000

1,000,000

Rutherford

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

St. Louis Riverfront, Meramec River Basin, MO and IL;
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

1,400,000

1,400,000

Luetkemeyer

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Whippany River, NJ; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

300,000

300,000

Sherrill

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Investigations

Wilmington Harbor Navigation Improvements, NC; U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers

1,500,000

1,500,000

RouzerArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Mississippi River and Tributaries

Morganza to the Gulf, LA; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

31,000,000

31,000,000

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Mississippi River and Tributaries

Yazoo Basin, Grenada Lake, MS; U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers

5,709,000

10,000,000

15,709,000

Kelly (MS)Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Operation and MaintenanceBlack Rock Channel and Tonawanda Harbor, NY; U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers

2,277,000

10,000,000

12,277,000

Higgins (NY)Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Operation and Maintenance

Burns Waterway Small Boat Harbor, IN; U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers

8,000

914,000

922,000

Mrvan

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Operation and MaintenanceCharlotte Amalie (St. Thomas) Harbor, VI; U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers

200,000

200,000

Plaskett

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Operation and MaintenanceConneaut Harbor, OH; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

2,020,000

450,000

2,470,000

Joyce (OH)

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Operation and MaintenanceFairport Harbor, OH; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

2,346,000

450,000

2,796,000

Joyce (OH)

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Operation and MaintenanceIntracoastal Waterway (IWW)—Jacksonville to Miami,
FL; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

4,230,000

2,000,000

6,230,000

Mast

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Operation and Maintenance

Little Machipongo River, VA; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

1,945,000

1,945,000

Luria

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Operation and MaintenanceMichigan City Harbor, IN; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

10,0001,016,000

1,026,000

Mrvan

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Operation and Maintenance

Mount St. Helens Sediment Control, WA; U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers

696,000

160,000

856,000

Herrera Beutler

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Operation and MaintenanceOkeechobee Waterway (OWW), FL; U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers

4,556,000

2,900,000

7,456,000

Mast

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Operation and Maintenance

Shrewsbury River, NJ; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

26,000,000

26,000,000

PalloneArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil)

Operation and Maintenance

Waco Lake, TX; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

1,000,000

5,706,000

Sessions

DOI/Bureau of Reclamation

Water and Related ResourcesFranklin Canal Concrete Lining Project; Bureau of Reclamation

100,000

100,000

Escobar

DOI/Bureau of Reclamation

Water and Related Resources

Lake Mead/Las Vegas Wash Program; Bureau of Reclamation

6,000,000

6,598,000

Horsford

4,706,000

598,000

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Project; Recipient

Additional
AmountTotal Amount
ProvidedHouse Requestors

Riverside Canal Concrete Lining Project; Bureau of Reclamation

100,000

100,000

Gonzales, Tony

DOI/Bureau of Reclamation

Water and Related Resources

Sacramento River Basin Floodplain Reactivation; Bureau of Reclamation

7,859,000

7,859,000

Garamendi

DOI/Bureau of Reclamation

Water and Related Resources

San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund; Bureau of Reclamation

10,000,000

10,000,000

Chu, Napolitano

DOI/Bureau of Reclamation

Water and Related Resources

Ventura River Project; Bureau of Reclamation

1,125,000

1,500,000

Brownley

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

500,000

500,000

Demings

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1.2 MW Floating Solar at the Southern Regional Water
Supply Facility; Orange County, FL

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

115 kW Floating Solar Project at Utilities and Customer
Administration Building; Orange County, FL

400,000

400,000

Soto

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Energy Projects

Acidic Water Pollution Cleanup and Community Economic Development through Domestic Production of
Critical Minerals for National Security; The Pennsylvania State University

2,100,000

2,100,000

Reschenthaler

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Advanced Energy Research Equipment; Emery County,
UT, San Rafael Energy Research Center

1,492,000

1,492,000

CurtisA967

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Advanced Separation Technologies Research; Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University

1,000,000

1,000,000

Griffith

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Beaver City Hydroelectric Plant Transportation Pipeline
Replacement; Beaver City Corporation, UT

2,000,000

2,000,000

Stewart

375,000

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3,000,000

Kilmer

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Carr Park Resilient Community Solar; City of Medford,
MA

1,500,000

1,500,000

Clark (MA)

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Center for Wind Energy; University of Texas at Dallas

1,600,000

1,600,000

AllredDepartment of Energy

Energy Projects

Clean Energy Wayfinders Program; Hawaii State Energy
Office1,000,000

1,000,000

Case

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Energy Projects

Clearwater Solar Panel Project; City of Clearwater, FL

949,500

949,500

Crist

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Community Lighthouse Solar and Energy Storage Resilience; Together New Orleans

3,800,000

3,800,000

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Energy Projects

Como Park Zoo and Conservatory Hydro Geothermal
Heat Pump; City of Saint Paul, MN

2,200,000

2,200,000

McCollum

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Craig Energy Center Feasibility Study; Tri-State Generation and Transmission, Inc.

200,000

200,000

Perlmutter

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Critical Mineral Analytical Training Center; University ofCalifornia Riverside

2,000,000

2,000,000

VargasDepartment of Energy

Energy Projects

El Paso International Airport Solar Covered Parking
Project; City of El Paso, TX

1,750,000

1,750,000

Escobar

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Electric Vehicle Charging Hubs with Energy Storage
and Floating Solar; Orlando Utilities Commission, FL

3,000,000

3,000,000

Demings

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Energy Efficiency Upgrades of Administrative Building;Town of Hamden, CT

425,000

425,000

DeLauroDepartment of Energy

Energy Projects

Energy Improvements of Fire Stations; City of Shawnee,KS126,750

126,750Davids (KS)Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Enhanced Grid Cybersecurity Threat and Vulnerability
Management; JEA

400,000

400,000

Rutherford

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Belfair Electrical Capacity Infrastructure Project; Mason
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Energy Projects

Enhanced Treatment and Site Upgrade Campus Solar
Project; Union Sanitary District

2,150,000

2,150,000

Swalwell

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Fremont Municipal Critical Facility Resilience Battery
Systems; East Bay Community Energy

1,000,000

1,000,000

KhannaDepartment of Energy

Energy Projects

Geothermal Heating and Cooling System; Aquarium of
Niagara694,925

694,925

Higgins (NY)Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Golden Gate National Recreation Area Solar Energy Production and Storage Project; Golden Gate National
Parks Conservancy

3,000,000

3,000,000

Pelosi

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Green Era Anaerobic Digester; Green Era Educational
NFP

3,888,000

3,888,000

Rush

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Green Hydrogen Laboratory Equipment; Colorado Schoolof Mines

3,000,000

3,000,000

Perlmutter

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Hayward Municipal Critical Facility Resilience Solar andEnergy Storage; East Bay Community Energy

1,000,000

1,000,000

Swalwell

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Hydrogen Academic Programs to Enhance the Hydrogen
Economy; University of Toledo

3,000,000

3,000,000

Kaptur

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Hydrogen Electrolyzer Performance Research; Emery
County, UT, San Rafael Energy Research Center

1,080,000

1,080,000

CurtisDepartment of Energy

Energy Projects

Largo Public Library Solar Installation Project; City of
Largo, FL

265,000

265,000

Crist

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Liquified Natural Gas Opportunity Study; Greene County
Industrial Developments, Inc.

500,000

500,000

Reschenthaler

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Low- and Moderate-Income Building Electrification;
Montgomery County Department of Environmental
Protection

1,000,000

1,000,000

RaskinDepartment of Energy

Energy Projects

Marjorie Post Community Park Solar Panels Project;
Town of Oyster Bay, NY

1,000,000

1,000,000

Garbarino

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center Solar Panels;
City of Dallas, TX, Office of Community Care

2,000,000

2,000,000

Johnson (TX)

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Maywood Community Resilience Center Energy Storage
Project; City of Maywood, CA

250,000

250,000

Roybal-Allard

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Mecca and North Shore Electric Infrastructure Resiliency Project; Imperial Irrigation District

1,200,000

1,200,000

Ruiz

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Memorial Pools Energy Efficiency Retrofits; National
September 11 Memorial & Museum

700,000

700,000

Nadler

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Midstream Critical Manufacturing Industry Cybersecurity Hub; Sul Ross State University

2,500,000

2,500,000

Gonzales, Tony

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Millcreek Battery Project; City of Saint George, UT, Utility Department

1,000,000

1,000,000

StewartDepartment of Energy

Energy Projects

Milpitas Carbon Neutral Homes Retrofit Program; Cityof Milpitas, CA

3,000,000

3,000,000

KhannaDepartment of Energy

Energy Projects

Model Regional Operations Center to Enhance the Cyber
Security of the U.S. Electricity Sector; Auburn University

10,000,000

10,000,000

Rogers (AL)

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

National Hydrogen Test and Utilization Center; Georgia
Institute of Technology

4,000,000

4,000,000

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New River Feeder Electrical Substation; City of Fallon,
NV879,835

879,835

Amodei

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Omaha Public Power District Grid Resiliency and Modernization; Omaha Public Power District

7,787,500

7,787,500

Bacon

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Port of Hueneme Comprehensive Climate Action and
Adaptation Plan; Port of Hueneme, Oxnard Harbor
District, CA

375,000

375,000

Brownley

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Regional Clean Electricity Plan for Local Governments
in Metro Atlanta; Atlanta Regional Commission

750,000

750,000

Johnson (GA)

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Renewable Energy for Cold Storage Facility; Feeding
America Tampa Bay Incorporated

2,258,992

2,258,992

Castor (FL)

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Renewable Energy Outdoor Workforce Laboratory; Manchester Community College

1,000,000

1,000,000

PappasDepartment of Energy

Energy Projects

Riverbank Community Center Microgrid Project; City ofRiverbank, CA

2,500,000

2,500,000

Harder (CA)Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Savanna Industrial Park Anaerobic Digester; Jo-Carroll
Local Redevelopment Authority

4,000,000

4,000,000

BustosDepartment of Energy

Energy Projects

Schenectady Community Virtual Power Plant; City of
Schenectady, NY

1,000,000

1,000,000

Tonko

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Scott Valley Biomass Utilization Project; Northern California Resource Center

1,000,000

1,000,000

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SMUD Neighborhood Electrification Project; Sacramento
Municipal Utility District

3,000,000

3,000,000

Matsui

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Solar and Smart Grid Modernization at the Solar Energy
Park; City of Ellensburg, WA

1,500,000

1,500,000

Schrier

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Solar Energy Sustainability Project; Shelter Partnership

1,500,000

1,500,000

Roybal-Allard

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Solar Panel Installations on Town Facilities; Town ofMorrisville, NC

250,000

250,000

Ross

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Solar Workforce Training Lab; IMPACT Community Action

650,000

650,000

BeattyDepartment of Energy

Energy Projects

Southeast Texas Data Analytics and Cybersecurity for
Energy Supply Chain Resilience Project; Lamar University

2,000,000

2,000,000

Weber (TX)

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Sustainability Education Center for Education andWorkforce Development; City of Anaheim, CA

3,000,000

3,000,000

CorreaDepartment of Energy

Energy Projects

Transit Station Solar Energy and EV Charging Demonstration Project; SouthWest Transit

1,854,150

1,854,150

Phillips

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

UCLA SeaChange: Carbon Sequestration Pilot; Universityof California Los Angeles

1,600,000

1,600,000

Lieu

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Water Facilities Hydroelectric and Solar Project; City of
Tampa, FL

2,000,000

2,000,000

Castor (FL)

Department of Energy

Energy Projects

Willowbrook Wildlife Center Efficiency Improvements;
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, IL

2,000,000

2,000,000

CastenDepartment of Energy

Energy Projects

Wilmington Electric Vehicle Direct Current Fast Charging Stations with Renewable Energy; City of Wilmington, IL

750,000

750,000

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CHANGES IN THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of theHouse of Representatives, the following statements are submitted
describing the effect of provisions in the accompanying bill which
directly or indirectly change the application of existing law.

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TITLE I—CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, Investigations, providing for detailed studies and plans and specifications of projects prior to construction.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, Construction, stating that funds can be used for the construction of riverand harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection,aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized bylaw, and for detailed studies and plans and specifications of suchprojects.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, Construction, providing funds from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund andthe Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, Mississippi River and Tributaries, providing funds from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund.
Language has been included under the Corps of Engineers, Operation and Maintenance, stating that funds can be used for: the operation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, floodand storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, andrelated projects authorized by law; providing security for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, including administrativebuildings and laboratories; maintaining authorized harbor channels
provided by a state, municipality, or other public agency that serve
essential navigation needs of general commerce; surveying andcharting northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters;
clearing and straightening channels; and removing obstructions tonavigation.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, Operation and Maintenance, providing funds from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; providing for the use of funds from a special account for resource protection, research, interpretation, and maintenance activities at outdoor recreation areas; and allowing use offunds to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of dredged
material disposal facilities for which fees have been collected.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, Operation and Maintenance, providing that one percent of the total
amount of funds provided for each of the programs, projects, or activities funded under the Operation and Maintenance heading shallnot be allocated to a field operating activity until the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and permitting the use of these funds for
emergency activities as determined by the Chief of Engineers to benecessary and appropriate.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, Expenses, regarding support of the Humphreys Engineer Support
Center Activity, the Institute for Water Resources, the UnitedStates Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and theUnited States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center.

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Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, Expenses, providing that funds are available for official reception andrepresentation expenses.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, Expenses, prohibiting the use of other funds in Title I of this Act for
the activities funded in Expenses.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, Expenses, permitting any Flood Control and Coastal Emergency appropriation to be used to fund the supervision and general administration of emergency operations, repairs, and other activities in response to any flood, hurricane or other natural disaster.
Language has been included to provide for funding for the Officeof the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, General
Provisions, section 101, providing that none of the funds may beavailable for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming offunds except in certain circumstances.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, General
Provisions, section 102, providing that the allocation of funds bemade in accordance to the provisions of this title and report accompanying this Act.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, General
Provisions, section 103, prohibiting the execution of any contract
for a program, project or activity which commits funds in excess of
the amount appropriated (to include funds reprogrammed under
section 101) that remain unobligated.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, General
Provisions, section 104, providing for transfer authority to the Fish
and Wildlife Service for mitigation for lost fisheries.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, General
Provisions, section 105, prohibiting certain dredged material disposal activities.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, General
Provisions, section 106, prohibiting certain activities at a Corps ofEngineers project.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, General
Provisions, section 107, prohibiting funds for reorganization of the
Civil Works program.
Language has been included under Corps of Engineers, General
Provisions, section 108, regarding the allocation of additional funding.

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TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Language has been included under Bureau of Reclamation,
Water and Related Resources, providing that funds are available
for fulfilling federal responsibilities to Native Americans and for
grants to and cooperative agreements with state and local governments and Indian tribes.
Language has been included under Bureau of Reclamation,
Water and Related Resources, allowing fund transfers within theoverall appropriation to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund andthe Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; providing thatsuch sums as necessary may be advanced to the Colorado River
Dam Fund; and transfers may be increased or decreased within theoverall appropriation.

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Language has been included under Bureau of Reclamation,
Water and Related Resources, allowing fund transfers within theoverall appropriation to the Aging Infrastructure Account established by section 9603(d)(1) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, as amended.
Language has been included under Bureau of Reclamation,
Water and Related Resources, providing for funds to be derived
from the Reclamation Fund, the Water Storage Enhancements Receipts account established by section 4011(e) of Public Law 114–
322, or the special fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 6806; thatfunds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 by non-federal entities shallbe available for expenditure; and that funds advanced under 43
U.S.C. 397a are to be credited to the Water and Related Resources
account and available for expenditure.
Language has been included under Bureau of Reclamation,
Water and Related Resources, providing that funds certain funds
appropriated under this heading shall be deposited in the San Gabriel Restoration Fund established by section 110 of title I of appendix D of Public Law 106–554.
Language has been included under Bureau of Reclamation,
Water and Related Resources, providing that funds may be used forhigh priority projects carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps,
as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706.
Language has been included under Bureau of Reclamation, Central Valley Project Restoration Fund, allowing the Bureau of Reclamation to expend such sums as may be collected in fiscal year
2023.
Language has been included under Bureau of Reclamation, Central Valley Project Restoration Fund, directing the Bureau of Reclamation to assess and collect the full amount of additional mitigation and restoration payments authorized by section 3407(d) of
Public Law 102–575.
Language has been included under Bureau of Reclamation, Central Valley Project Restoration Fund, providing that none of thefunds under the heading may be used for the acquisition or leaseof water for in-stream purposes if the water is already committed
to in-stream purposes by a court order adopted by consent or decree.
Language has been included under Bureau of Reclamation, California Bay-Delta Restoration (CALFED), permitting the transfer offunds to appropriate accounts of other participating federal agencies to carry out authorized programs; allowing funds made available under this heading to be used for the federal share of the costsof the CALFED Program management; and requiring that
CALFED implementation be carried out with clear performancemeasures demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals
and objectives of the program.
Language has been included under Bureau of Reclamation, Policy and Administration, providing that funds are to be derived fromthe Reclamation Fund and prohibiting the use of any other appropriation in the Act for activities budgeted as policy and administration expenses.
Language has been included under Bureau of Reclamation, Administrative Provision, providing for the purchase of motor vehicles
for replacement.

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Language has been included under General Provisions, Department of the Interior, section 201, providing that none of the funds
may be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds except in certain circumstances.
Language has been included under General Provisions, Department of the Interior, section 202, regarding the San Luis Unit andthe Kesterson Reservoir in California.
Language has been included under General Provisions, Department of the Interior, section 203, regarding the Omnibus PublicLand Management Act of 2009.
Language has been included under General Provisions, Department of the Interior, section 204, regarding the CALFED Bay-Delta
Authorization Act.
Language has been included under General Provisions, Department of the Interior, section 205, regarding the Omnibus PublicLand Management Act of 2009.
Language has been included under General Provisions, Department of the Interior, section 206, regarding the Reclamation States
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991.
Language has been included under General Provisions, Department of the Interior, section 207, regarding the Water Resources
Development Act of 2000.
Language has been included under General Provisions, Department of the Interior, section 208, prohibiting funds for certain activities.

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TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Language has been included under Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plantand capital equipment.
Language has been included under Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response for the purchase, construction, andacquisition of plant and capital equipment.
Language has been included under Electricity for the purchase,
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment.
Language has been included under Nuclear Energy for the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment.
Language has been included under Fossil Energy Research andDevelopment for the acquisition of interest, including defeasible
and equitable interest in any real property or any facility or forplant or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting inquires, technological investigations, and research concerning theextraction, processing, use and disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social and environmental costs under 30 U.S.C. 3,
1602 and 1603.
Language has been included under the Naval Petroleum and Oil
Shale Reserves, permitting the use of unobligated balances.
Language has been included under Non-Defense Environmental
Cleanup for the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plantand capital equipment, for the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle, and to allow collections to be expended for mercury storage
costs.
Language has been included under Science providing for the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment;
and for the purchase of motor vehicles.

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Language has been included under Clean Energy Demonstrations for the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant andcapital equipment.
Language has been included under Defense Production Act Domestic Clean Energy Accelerator for the domestic production capability for solar, transformers, electric grid components, fuel cells,
electrolyzers, heat pumps, and insulation.
Language has been included under Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program crediting fees collected pursuant
to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 as offsetting collections to this account and making fees collected under section
1702(h) in excess of the appropriated amount unavailable for expenditure until appropriated.
Language has been included under Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program prohibiting the subordination ofcertain interests.
Language has been included under Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program to provide appropriated credit subsidy.
Language has been included under Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program to allow the Department to make direct loans.
Language has been included under Departmental Administration
providing for the hire of passenger vehicles and for official reception and representation expenses.
Language has been included under Departmental Administration
providing, notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency
Act, such additional amounts as necessary to cover increases in theestimated amount of cost of work for others, as long as such increases are offset by revenue increases of the same or greater
amounts.
Language has been included under Departmental Administration, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and consistent with the authorization in Public Law 95–238, to permit the Department of Energy to use revenues to offset appropriations. The appropriations
language for this account reflects the total estimated program
funding to be reduced as revenues are received.
Language has been included under Weapons Activities for thepurchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment.
Language has been included under Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation for the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plantand capital equipment.
Language has been included under Naval Reactors for the acquisition of real property, plant, and capital equipment, facilities, andfacility expansion.
Language has been included under Naval Reactors transferringcertain funds to Nuclear Energy.
Language has been included under Federal Salaries and Expenses providing funding for official reception and representation
expenses.
Language has been included under Defense Environmental
Cleanup for the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plantand capital equipment.
Language has been included under Defense Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning transferring funds to

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the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning
Fund.
Language has been included under Other Defense Activities forthe purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment.
Language has been included under Bonneville Power Administration Fund providing funding for official reception and representation expenses and precluding any new direct loan obligations.
Language has been included under Southeastern Power Administration providing funds for official reception and representation expenses.
Language has been included under Southeastern Power Administration providing that, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and 16
U.S.C. 825s, amounts collected from the sale of power and related
services shall be credited to the account as discretionary offsettingcollections and remain available until expended for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Administration; amounts collected to recover purchase power andwheeling expenses shall be credited to the account as offsetting collections and remain available until expended for the sole purposeof making purchase power and wheeling expenditures.
Language has been included under Southwestern Power Administration providing funds for official reception and representation
expenses.
Language has been included under Southwestern Power Administration providing that, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and 16
U.S.C. 825s, amounts collected from the sale of power and related
services shall be credited to the account as discretionary offsettingcollections and remain available until expended for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power
Administration; amounts collected to recover purchase power andwheeling expenses shall be credited to the account as offsetting collections and remain available until expended for the sole purposeof making purchase power and wheeling expenditures.
Language has been included under Construction, Rehabilitation,
Operation and Maintenance, Western Area Power Administration,
providing funds for official reception and representation expenses.
Language has been included under Construction, Rehabilitation,
Operation and Maintenance, Western Area Power Administration
providing that, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 16 U.S.C. 825s,
and 43 U.S.C. 392a, amounts collected from the sale of power andrelated services shall be credited to the account as discretionary
offsetting collections and remain available until expended for thesole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western Area
Power Administration; amounts collected to recover purchasepower and wheeling expenses shall be credited to the account as
offsetting collections and remain available until expended for thesole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures.
Language has been included under Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund providing that, notwithstanding 68
Stat. 255 and 31 U.S.C. 3302, amounts collected from the sale ofpower and related services shall be credited to the account as discretionary offsetting collections and remain available until expended for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the

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hydroelectric facilities of those dams and associated Western Area
Power Administration activities.
Language has been included under Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund providing that the Western Area
Power Administration may accept a limited amount of contributions from the United States power customers of the Falcon andAmistad Dams for use by the Commissioner of the United States
Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission for
operating and maintenance of hydroelectric facilities.
Language has been included under Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission to permit the hire of passenger motor vehicles, to provide official reception and representation expenses, and to permit
the use of revenues collected to reduce the appropriation as revenues are received.
Language has been included under Department of Energy, General Provisions, section 301, prohibiting the use of funds to prepare
or initiate requests for proposals or other solicitations or arrangements for programs that have not yet been fully funded by theCongress; requiring notification and reporting requirements for certain funding awards; limiting the use of multi-year funding mechanisms; providing that none of the funds may be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds except incertain circumstances; and providing that unexpended balances ofprior appropriations may be transferred and merged with new appropriation accounts established in this Act.
Language has been included under Department of Energy, General Provisions, section 302, providing that funds for intelligence
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized for purposes ofsection 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 during fiscal year
2023 until enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal
year 2023.
Language has been included under Department of Energy, General Provisions, section 303, prohibiting the use of funds for capitalconstruction of high hazard nuclear facilities unless certain independent oversight is conducted.
Language has been included under Department of Energy, General Provisions, section 304, prohibiting the use of funds to approvecritical decision-2 or critical decision-3 for certain construction
projects, unless a separate independent cost estimate has been developed for that critical decision.
Language has been included under Department of Energy, General Provisions, section 305, authorizing the Secretary of Energy todraw down and sell refined petroleum product from the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve under certain circumstances.
Language has been included under Department of Energy, General Provisions, section 306, to prohibit certain payments.
Language has been included under Department of Energy, General Provisions, section 307, transferring certain funds.
Language has been included under Department of Energy, General Provisions, section 308, to address the loan programs.
Language has been included under Department of Energy, General Provisions, section 309, rescinding certain funds and making
loan authority.
Language has been included under Department of Energy, General Provisions, section 310, regarding property disposition.

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Language has been included under Department of Energy, General Provisions, section 311, regarding project management.
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Language has been included under Appalachian Regional Commission providing for the hire of passenger vehicles and services
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code.
Language has been included under Delta Regional Authority allowing the expenditure of funds as authorized by the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding sections 382F(d),382M, and 382N of said Act.
Language has been included under Denali Commission allowing
the expenditure of funds notwithstanding section 306(g) of the
Denali Commission Act of 1998, and providing for cost-share requirements for Commission-funded construction projects in distressed and non-distressed communities, as defined by section 307
of the Denali Commission Act of 1998, as amended.
Language has been included under Denali Commission allowing
funding to be available for payment of a non-federal share for certain programs.
Language has been included under Northern Border Regional
Commission allowing the expenditure of funds, notwithstanding
section 15751(b) of title 40, United States Code.
Language has been included under Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Salaries and Expenses, that provides for salaries andother support costs for the Office of the Commission.
Language has been included under Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Salaries and Expenses that provides for official representation
expenses and permits the use of revenues from licensing fees, inspections services, and other services for salaries and expenses toreduce the appropriation as revenues are received.
Language has been included under Office of Inspector Generalthat provides for the use of revenues from licensing fees, inspections services, and other services for salaries and expenses, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, to reduce
the appropriation as revenues are received.
Language has been included under Independent Agencies, General Provisions, section 401, providing that none of the funds for
the NRC may be available for obligation or expenditure through a
reprogramming of funds except in certain circumstances.

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TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Language has been included under General Provisions, section
501, prohibiting the use of funds in this Act to influence congressional action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending
before the Congress.
Language has been included under General Provisions, section
502, prohibiting the transfer of funds except pursuant to a transfer
made by, or transfer authority provided in this or any other appropriations Act, or certain other authorities, and requiring a report.
Language has been included under General Provisions, section
503, prohibiting funds in contravention of Executive Order No.
12898 of February 11, 1994, regarding environmental justice.

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Language has been included under General Provisions, section
504, prohibiting funds from being used to maintain or establish
computer networks unless such networks block the viewing,
downloading, or exchange of pornography.
PROGRAM DUPLICATION
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(5) of rule XIII of the Rules of the Houseof Representatives, no provision of this bill establishes or reauthorizes a program of the Federal Government known to be duplicativeof another federal program, a program that was included in any report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111–139, or a program related toa program identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
COMPLIANCE WITH RULE XIII, CL. 3(e) (RAMSEYER RULE)
In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of theHouse of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill,as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italics,
existing law in which not change is proposed is shown in roman):[INSERT XXXa]APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAWJSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with HEARING

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(B) of rule XIII of the Rules of theHouse of Representatives, the following table lists the appropriations in the accompanying bill which are not authorized:

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RESCISSIONS
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the Houseof Representatives, the following table is submitted describing therescissions recommended in the accompanying bill:
Department or Activity

AmountDepartment of Energy: Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program ........................................

$150,000,000

COMPARISON WITH THE BUDGET RESOLUTION
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the Houseof Representatives and section 308(a)(1)(A) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–344), as amended, requires thereport accompanying a bill providing new budget authority to contain a statement comparing the levels in the bill to the suballocations submitted under section 302(b) of the Act for the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for the applicable fiscal year.
[INSERT XXXa]
FIVE-YEAR OUTLAY PROJECTIONS
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the Houseof Representatives and pursuant to section 308(a)(1)(B) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–344), as amended,
the following table contains five-year projections prepared by theCongressional Budget Office of outlays associated with the budget
authority provided in the accompanying bill.
[INSERT XXXa]FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the Houseof Representatives and in accordance with section 308(a)(1)(C) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–344), as
amended, the Congressional Budget Office has provided the following estimates of new budget authority and outlays provided by
the accompanying bill for financial assistance to state and local
governments.
[INSERT XXXa]

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COMMITTEE HEARINGSFor the purposes of cl. 3(c)(6) of rule XIII—
The following hearings were used to develop or consider the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2023:
The Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development andRelated Agencies held a budget hearing on April 27, 2022, entitled ‘‘FY 2023 Budget Request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony from:The Honorable Tanya Trujillo, Assistant Secretary for Waterand Science, Department of the Interior

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The Honorable Michael L. Connor, Assistant Secretary of the
Army for Civil Works Lieutenant General Scott A. Spellmon,
Chief of Engineers and Commanding General, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
Mr. David Palumbo, Deputy Commissioner of Operations,Bureau of Reclamation
The Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development andRelated Agencies held a budget hearing on April 28, 2022, entitled ‘‘FY 2023 Budget Request for the Department of Energy.’’
The Subcommittee received testimony from:The Honorable Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
The Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development andRelated Agencies held a budget hearing on May 11, 2022, entitled ‘‘FY23 Budget: National Nuclear Security Administrationand Environmental Management.’’ The Subcommittee received
testimony from:The Honorable Dr. Marvin Adams, Deputy Administrator for
Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration,
U.S. Department of Energy
The Honorable Corey Hinderstein, Deputy Administrator for
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security
Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
Admiral James ‘‘Frank’’ Caldwell Jr., Deputy Administrator
for Naval Reactors, National Nuclear Security Administration,
U.S. Department of Energy
Mr. William ‘‘Ike’’ White, Senior Advisor, Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy
The Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development andRelated Agencies held a Member Day Hearing on May 25,
2022. The Subcommittee received testimony from:The Honorable Rick Allen, Member of Congress
The Honorable Jack Bergman, Member of Congress
The Honorable Sean Casten, Member of Congress
The Honorable Michael Cloud, Member of Congress
The Honorable Steve Cohen, Member of Congress
The Honorable Rick Crawford, Member of Congress
The Honorable Veronica Escobar, Member of Congress
The Honorable Brian Mast, Member of Congress
The Honorable Frank Mrvan, Member of Congress
The Honorable Katie Porter, Member of Congress
The Honorable Pete Sessions, Member of Congress
The Honorable Melanie Stansbury, Member of Congress
The Honorable Greg Stanton, Member of Congress
The Honorable Dina Titus, Member of Congress
The Honorable Jefferson Van Drew, Member of Congress
The Honorable Randy Weber, Member of Congress
The Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development andRelated Agencies received written testimony from public witnesses. The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Adel Hagekhalil, General Manager, The Metropolitan Water
District of Southern California
Alexander Ratner, Federal Policy Manager, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

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Allen Segal, Chief Advocacy Officer, American Society for
Microbiology
Anne Gelb, Vice President for Science Policy, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
April Snell, Executive Director, Oregon Water Resources
Congress
Ashleigh Weeks, General Manager, Assiniboine and Sioux
Rural Water Supply System
Bill Hasencamp, Chair, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum
Carrie L. Billy, President and CEO, American Indian Higher
Education Consortium
Casey Mitchell, Chairman, Columbia River Inter-Tribal FishCommission
Chad Berginnis, Executive Director, Association of State
Floodplain Managers
Christopher S. Harris, Executive Director, Colorado River
Board of California
Craig Piercy, Executive Director and CEO, American Nuclear Society
Crispin Taylor, CEO, American Society of Plant Biologists
Dan Powers, Executive Director, Society for Science at User
Research Facilities
Dane Farrell, Director, Government Affairs, Federal Performance Contracting Coalition
Dante Desiderio, CEO, National Congress of American IndiansDavid Bradley, CEO, National Community Action Foundation
David Terry, Executive Director, National Association ofState Energy Officials
Ellen Kuo, Associate Director, Legislative Affairs, Federationof American Societies for Experimental Biology
Genevieve Cullen, President, Electric Drive Transportation
Association
H. Davis Whitehead, Jr., President, Coalition of Oak Ridge
Retired Employees, Inc.
James D. Ogsbury, Executive Director, Western Governors’
Association
Jeannette M. Wierzbicki, Executive Director, Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association
Jimmy Hague, Senior Water Policy Advisor, The Nature
Conservancy
Katrina McMurrian, Executive Director, Nuclear Waste
Strategy Coalition
Kumi Premathilake, Senior Vice President, Division Vice
President, AMI and Services at Hubbell Utility Solutions
Larry Zarker, CEO, Building Performance InstituteLisa Jacobson, President, Business Council for Sustainable
EnergyMalcolm Woolf, President and CEO, National Hydropower
Association
Maria Korsnick, President and CEO, Nuclear Energy Institute

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Michael Bindner, Principal Investigator, The Center for Fiscal Equity
Mike Hamman, P.E., New Mexico State Engineer, State of
New Mexico
Phillip M. DeLaine Jr., President, United Barrier Technologies, Inc.
Robert Johnson, Senior Vice President, Hannon Armstrong
Robin LeBaron, Co-Founder and President, Pearl Certification
Ron Blacksmith, Core System Manager, Oglala Sioux Rural
Water Supply System
Salvatore A. DellaVilla, Jr., Managing Director, Gas Turbine
Association
Shannon Angielski, Executive Director, Carbon Utilization
Research Council & President, Clean Hydrogen Future Coalition
Stephen Cowell, President, E4TheFuture
Steve Skodak, CEO, Building Performance Association
Susanne Brenner, President, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Suzanne Weekes, Executive Director, Society for Industrial
and Applied Mathematics
Theodore C. Cooke, General Manager, Central Arizona
Water Conservation District
Victoria Kitcheyan, Chairwoman, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Vincent Barnes, Senior Vice President Policy, Research, andAnalysis, Alliance to Save Energy[INSERT XXXa]

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