Fusion Energy Sciences is on pages: 150-151 for text, 183 for budget table,
PPPL Infrastructure projects ($16.15 M) on page: 186
Inertial Confinement Fusion is on page: 162 for text, 194 for budget table[FULL COMMITTEE PRINT]
117TH CONGRESS" HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session!

REPORT
117–XXENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATEDAGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2022

XXXXX, 2021.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed

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

R E P O R T[To accompany H.R. XXXX]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, 2022, and for other purposes.
INDEX TO BILL AND REPORT

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I. Department of Defense—Civil:
Corps of Engineers—Civil ..................................................................
Investigations ...............................................................................
Construction .................................................................................
Mississippi River and Tributaries ..............................................
Operation and Maintenance .......................................................
Regulatory Program .....................................................................
Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program ...................
Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies ....................................
Expenses .......................................................................................
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program ..........
General Provisions ..............................................................................
II. Department of the Interior:
Central Utah Project ...........................................................................
Central Utah Project Completion Account ................................
Bureau of Reclamation:
Water and Related Resources .....................................................
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund ...................................
California Bay-Delta Restoration ...............................................
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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 .................................
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 ....................................................
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:
Bonneville Power Administration ...............................................
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 ..............................................................................
IV. Independent Agencies:
Appalachian Regional Commission ...................................................
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board ...........................................
Delta Regional Authority ...................................................................
Denali Commission .............................................................................
Northern Border Regional Commission ............................................
Southeast Crescent Regional Commission ........................................
Southwest Border Regional Commission ..........................................
Nuclear Regulatory Commission .......................................................

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General Provisions ..............................................................................
V. General Provisions:House of Representatives Report Requirements .....................................

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SUMMARY OF ESTIMATES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HEARINGThe Committee has considered budget estimates, which are contained in the Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year
2022. The following table summarizes appropriations for fiscal year
2021, the budget estimates, and amounts recommended in the billfor fiscal year 2022.

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INTRODUCTION
The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2022 totals $53,226,000,000,$1,474,000,000 above fiscal year 2021 amounts.
Title I of the bill provides $8,657,932,000 for the Civil Works programs of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, $862,932,000 above
fiscal year 2021 and $1,865,432,000 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 $2,050,000,000, $370,000,000 above fiscal year 2021
and $424,114,000 above the budget request.
Title II provides $1,965,899,000 for the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation, $274,899,000 above fiscal year
2021 and $412,950,000 above the budget request. The Committee
recommends $1,945,866,000 for the Bureau of Reclamation,$275,899,000 above fiscal year 2021 and $412,950,000 above thebudget request. The Committee recommends $20,000,000 for theCentral Utah Project, $1,000,000 below fiscal year 2021 and equal
to the budget request.
Title III provides $45,126,500,000 for the Department of Energy,$3,201,475,000 above fiscal year 2021 amounts. Funding for energy
programs within the Department of Energy, which includes basic
science research and the applied energy programs, is$16,848,760,000. The Committee recommends $7,320,000,000 for
the Office of Science; $3,768,000,000 for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; $177,000,000 for Cybersecurity, Energy Security,
andEmergency
Response;$267,000,000
forElectricity;$1,675,000,000 for Nuclear Energy; $820,000,000 for Fossil Energy
and Carbon Management; and $600,000,000 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 $20,155,000,000.
Environmental Management activities—Non-defense Environmental Cleanup, Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning, and Defense Environmental Cleanup—are funded
at $7,757,203,000.
The net amount appropriated for the Power Marketing Administrations is provided at the requested levels.
Title IV provides $457,800,000 for several Independent Agencies,$43,950,000 above fiscal year 2021. Net funding for the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission is $131,000,000, $8,000,000 above fiscal
year 2021 and equal to the budget request.

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD 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;

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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,
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.

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HEARINGNATIONAL ENERGY POLICY TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
The Department of Energy and its national laboratory systemhave helped to lay the foundation for the technological advances toreduce greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change anddrive today’s the energy markets. Production breakthroughs forevery energy generation source can trace their origins back to research and development supported by the Department. With the increased urgency to address climate change and 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 thetechnologies required for the coming decades to further reduce
emissions.
The Committee provides funding in support of an energy strategy
designed to mitigate and adapt to climate change, create jobs, andincrease economic prosperity, and enhance energy security. Funding for renewable energy sources and energy efficiency technologies
supports continued investments in research, development, anddemonstration to advance technological innovations that save consumers money, reduce carbon pollution, and increase U.S. competitiveness for the energy sector of the future. Funding for fossil andnuclear 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.

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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 ofenergy 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.

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HEARINGINVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE
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 2020 hurricane season had 30 named storms, the mostever recorded, 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 meet the 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 contributes over
$500,000,000,000 to the nation’s gross domestic product and supports employment for 10 million people. As the agency responsible
for the nation’s federal waterways, the Corps maintains 1,072 harbors and 25,000 miles of commercial channels serving 45 states.
The maintenance of these commercial waterways is directly tied tothe ability of the nation to ship manufactured and bulk products,
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supporter of America’s waterway infrastructure, the Corps ensuresthat the nation has the tools to maintain a competitive edge in the
global market. This recommendation makes key changes to thebudget request to ensure that the Corps has the resources to continue to support America’s navigation infrastructure.
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 20112020 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.

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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

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10goals 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.
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.
Federal Advertising.—The Committee directs each of the agencies funded by this Act to include the following information in its
fiscal year 2023 budget justification: expenditures for fiscal year
2021 and expected expenditures for fiscal year 2022, 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. The agencies shall continue to brief
the Committee not less than quarterly on the progress on resolving
issues.
Federal Law Enforcement.—The Committee notes that the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2022 directs the Attorney General to continue efforts to implement
training programs to cover the use of force and de-escalation, racial
profiling, implicit bias, and procedural justice, to include training
on the duty of federal law enforcement officers to intervene in cases
where another law enforcement officer is using excessive force, andmake such training a requirement for federal law enforcement officers. The Committee further notes that certain Departments andagencies funded by this Act employ federal law enforcement officers
and are Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers partner organizations. The Committee directs such Departments and agencies
to adopt and follow the training programs implemented by the Attorney General and to make such training a requirement for its
federal law enforcement officers. The Committee further directs
such Departments and agencies to brief the Committee on their efforts relating to training not later than 90 days after enactment of
this Act.
In addition, the Committee directs such Departments and agencies, to the extent that such Departments and agencies have not already done so, to submit their use of force data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s National Use of Force Data Collection
database. The Committee further directs such Departments andagencies to brief the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act on their current efforts to tabulate and submit its
use of force data to the FBI.

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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.

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HEARINGBUDGET STRUCTURE CHANGESThe fiscal year 2022 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;• Dredge 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; and• 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 a national program as requested in
the Operation and Maintenance 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.

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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
2022 is estimated to be approximately $11,183,000,000.
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 $2,050,000,000 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
the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of2014 are treated under discretionary budget rules. The Committee
provides $50,000,000 for these purposes.

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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 2022, the Committee
provides $90,000,000 from the IWTF, $37,850,000 above the budget
request. The final program level will depend on project-specific allocations to be made by the Corps. The Committee recommends$55,000,000 above the budget request for additional operation andmaintenance activities 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 our 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
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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 our 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, 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 2022. 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
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a list of all studies and projects that were considered eligible forfunding but did not receive funding, including an explanation ofwhether the study or project could have used funds in fiscal year
2021 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 prior to WRDA 2020 thathave yet to receive funding. In recognition of this need, the Committee includes the seven new start Investigations projects andfour new start Construction projects proposed in the budget request
without change. The Committee also includes a limited number of
additional new starts in the Investigations, Construction, and Mississippi River and Tributaries accounts. No further new starts areprovided 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 dam-

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age reduction and the environmental restoration mission areas can
include instances where non-federal sponsors are seeking assistance with flood control and unauthorized discharges from permitted 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.

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Law 110–114). The Committee notes that the Brandon Road Lockand Dam in Joliet, Illinois, is critical to keeping invasive carp outof the Chicago Area Waterways System, which is the only continuous connection between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins. The Committee appreciates that the project received a positive recommendation in the Report of the Chief of Engineers andthat funding is included in the fiscal year 2022 budget request tocontinue work on PED.
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 Asian
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gation protocols that would be beneficial or effective in reducing
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 2022 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.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONThe Committee recommends $8,657,932,000 for the Corps,$862,932,000 above fiscal year 2021 and $1,865,432,000 above thebudget request.
A table summarizing the fiscal year 2021 enacted appropriation,
the fiscal year 2022 budget request, and the Committee-recommended levels is provided below:(Dollars in thousands)

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FY 2022 request

Cmte. rec.

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 ..............................................................................
Rescission ...........................................................................
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program ......
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund .........................................
Inland Waterways Trust Fund .............................................

$153,000
2,692,645
380,000
3,849,655
210,000
250,000
35,000206,000$105,837
1,792,378
269,688
2,502,901
204,400–––
35,000199,000$155,000
2,591,732
370,000
4,817,000
212,000
250,000
35,000208,000

5,000¥500
14,200
–––
–––

5,000
–––
–––
1,625,856
52,1505,000–––
14,200––––––Total, Corps of Engineers—Civil ...............................

7,795,000

6,792,500

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INVESTIGATIONSAppropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$153,000,000
105,837,000
155,000,000+2,000,000+49,163,000

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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 recommendation includes sufficient additional funding to undertake asignificant amount of feasibility and PED work. 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.
Ala Wai Canal, Hawaii.—The Corps is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act abriefing on this project. The Committee expects such a briefing toaddress the merits of the overall project, improvements to the modeling used to assess the project, efforts to engage with the local
community, and steps that can be taken to ensure the viability ofthe project.
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 Committee appreciates
the Corps working to complete disposition studies pursuant to facilities that closed as a result of Public Law 113–121. The Corps
is directed to provide to the Committee copies of disposition studies
upon completion. For Corps facilities that are deemed as excess,the Committee supports the disposal of those facilities through theappropriate General Services Administration process.
Economically Disadvantaged Communities.—The Committee isaware that economically-disadvantaged communities, such as the
Rio Grande Valley in Texas, face extra burdens in addressing complex flood control issues. Without federal attention, many of thesechallenges may not be recognized and addressed in a timely manner, possibly resulting in additional damages to property and life.
The Corps is encouraged in future budget requests to take into account economically disadvantaged communities that are prone tohurricane storm damage and flooding when proposing new starts.
Fort Bend County, Texas.—The Corps is encouraged to continue
to work with the non-federal sponsor on plans to reduce flooding
along Mustang Bayou, including an evaluation of the Mustang
Bayou Flood and Drainage Control Project if requested. The Corps
is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 180 days
after enactment of this Act a briefing on the status of this project.
The Committee also notes that there is a threat of flooding fromhigh volumes of stormwater draining into Barker Reservoir. The
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days after enactment of this Act a briefing on the status of its efforts to engage with Fort Bend County to address this issue.
Hartford and East Hartford, Connecticut.—The Committee understands that the Corps is completing initial appraisal reports
under section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 and reminds theCorps that WRDA 2018 directed expedited completion of feasibility
studies for flood risk management projects in Hartford and East
Hartford, Connecticut.
Kauai, Hawaii.—The Committee is aware that river levels on the
Island of Kauai continue to rise in response to more frequent extreme weather and have contributed to record high flooding andmudslides across the island. The Corps is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act abriefing on efforts to address these issues, including any authorizedstudies, timelines, challenges, and other related projects that are
required to be expedited to mitigate flood risks on the Island of
Kauai.
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 encourages the Corps to coordinate with state and local officials on
this issue.
Long Beach, Mississippi.—The Corps is reminded that the Long
Beach, Bay St. Louis and Mississippi Sound, Mississippi hurricane
and storm damage risk reduction and flood risk management feasibility study was authorized in section 201 of WRDA 2020. This
study would establish the scope and identify and prioritize structural and non-structural measures for a sustainable, regional solution to hurricane, storm, and flood risks that protects lives andproperty and promotes long-term economic growth in Mississippi’s
largely rural western Gulf Coast.
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).
Murrieta Creek, California.—The non-federal sponsor is prepared
to work with the Corps during the General Reevaluation Report(GRR) to develop the conceptual design for the multi-purpose basin
in order to optimize costs and benefits and facilitate interim usesof the property. Once the GRR is complete, the Committee understands that the non-federal sponsor will complete the design of thebasin and plans to seek to enter into an agreement for credit forthis project work. The non-federal sponsor is also working closelywith the Corps to update the economic analysis and include the fullrange of benefits for this project in order to identify the best returnon investment for the federal government. The Corps is encouraged
to focus the GRR on identifying and optimizing the remaining features for construction completion. The Corps is encouraged to include appropriate funding for this project in future budget submis-

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sions and to work with the non-federal sponsor to advance theproject to the next phase at the earliest practicable opportunity.
New York-New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries.—The Committee
appreciates that the budget request includes $1,450,000 to continue
this study. The Committee continues to expect the Corps to makeall necessary efforts to engage community groups and incorporate
impacts of low-frequency precipitation and sea level rise in the
study. The Corps is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on the statusof this study.
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,
can help in understanding areas of vulnerability, and could be used
to prioritize areas of interest. Therefore, the Committee directs theCorps, 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 of this Act on how
beneficial uses of dredged material for non-contiguous states andterritories can be applied to mitigate rising sea levels, including
impacts on sensitive shoreline areas.
North Branch Ecorse Creek Watershed, Michigan.—The Committee is aware that flooding is a consistent, recurring issue in the
project area, North Branch Ecorse Creek Watershed, which has
flooded at least four times in the last four years. The repetitive
flooding is causing extensive property damage, bank instability anderosion, sediment and nutrient loading, trash and debris loading,in-stream habitat degradation, and loss of aesthetic and recreational value.
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. Accordingly, the recommendation provides $10,000,000 for the program. Within the funds provided, theCorps is directed to prioritize providing planning-level technical assistance to coastal federally recognized tribal communities that are
actively working to relocate homes and other critical infrastructure
to higher ground to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The
Corps is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 45days after enactment of this Act a briefing on its efforts to comply
with this directive, how the Corps’s existing authorities can provide
assistance to coastal federally recognized tribal communities actively working to relocate their homes, and how these authorities
could be modernized to better assist these communities.
Additionally, the Committee encourages the Corps to continuebuilding capacity to provide this assistance to vulnerable coastal
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the effects of sea level rise and storm surge on locations of significance for communities that have limited options for relocation or
retreat from the coastal flood zone, including remote, coastal, or
small watershed areas when considering feasibility studies for floodand storm damage reduction.
Principles, Requirements & Guidelines.—The Committee understands that the Corps is developing Agency Specific Procedures toimplement the Principles, Requirements and Guidelines for Federal
Investments in Water Resources (PR&G) released in March 2013
and the Final Interagency Guidelines released in December 2014.
The Corps is reminded that Congress, through section 110 of
WRDA 2020, required the Corps to issue final Agency Specific Procedures originally enacted by section 2031 of WRDA 2007. This section established a national policy for water resources projects tomaximize sustainable development, to avoid unwise use offloodplains and flood-prone areas, and to protect and restore, andwhere necessary mitigate unavoidable impacts to, natural systems.
This section also directed the Secretary to update the PR&G to incorporate modern advancements in economic and analytical techniques and to incorporate efforts to address public safety, low-income communities, nonstructural approaches to water resource development and management, and integrative, adaptive and watershed approaches. The Corps is directed to fully implement the
WRDA 2020 requirement and to brief the Committee not later than
45 days of enactment of this Act on its efforts to update the Agency
Specific Procedures and again prior to finalizing the Agency Specific Procedures.
Research and Development.—The Committee encourages theCorps to engage in monitored field trials of coastal restoration optimized for blue carbon CO2 sequestration. The Corps is directed toprovide to the Committee not later than 180 days after enactmentof this Act a briefing on such efforts and how the Corps collaborates with other federal and state agencies on these issues. The
Committee also encourages the Corps to collaborate with university
partners to improve the capabilities for improving the integrity andperformance of the nation’s levee systems. The recommendation
provides $4,000,000 to modernize existing Corps coastal and hydraulics models and integrate them to make them accessible foruse by other agencies, universities, and the public. The Committee
directs the Corps to investigate the presence, geochemistry, and potential recovery of rare earth elements in dredged materials.
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.
Research and Development, Flood and Coastal Systems.—The
Committee recognizes the importance of ensuring the integrity of
our nation’s flood control systems and employing the most effective
technologies to identify potential deficiencies in these systems. The
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and 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, Freshwater Intrusions.—The Committee recognizes the need to develop tools to assess, forecast, andproactively manage the hydrodynamic and environmental impactsof large-scale freshwater intrusion into the Mississippi Sound andsurrounding waters. These consistent freshwater intrusions havebeen detrimental to the Mississippi Sound and the U.S. blue economy. The Corps is encouraged to partner with academia with expertise in coastal processes and ocean and hydrodynamic modelingto develop these tools.
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
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, Ecohydraulics.—The Corps is encouraged to consider advancement and implementation of capabilities
regarding ecohydraulic data and models to support project planningand engineering models for decision making and advanceecohydraulics tools.
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
for these activities. The Corps is encouraged to develop partnerships with research universities to leverage their expertise to enhance these activities.
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
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Rio Inabón, Ponce, Puerto Rico.—The Committee acknowledges
the interest of local and federal parties in the flood risk management project for Rı́o Inabón, Ponce, Puerto Rico, to protect the
Ponce Mercedita Airport, one of the three main passenger gateways
to Puerto Rico. The Committee encourages the Corps to continue
working with the Puerto Rico Ports Authority and the Municipalityof Ponce to evaluate current needs and to expeditiously move forward with the necessary feasibility studies to determine a courseof action.
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 the
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Resolution
dated April 25, 2016, authorizing the Imperial Stream Salton Sea
study, an aquatic ecosystem restoration study on an inland lakewith associated public health risks, and reminds the Corps that
this study is eligible to compete for a new start as provided in thisAct.
San Francisco Waterfront Storm Damage Reduction Project, California.—The century-old Embarcadero Seawall underpins approximately $140,000,000,000 in public and private assets and economic
activity. The Seawall is now in urgent need of repair as it stands
vulnerable to seismic risks and increasing flood risks. The Committee urges the Corps to expedite approval of the non-federal
sponsor’s exemption request and encourages timely implementationof sections 113 and 152 of WRDA 2020.
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
for this study in future budget submissions.
Southeast Michigan Flooding.—The Committee is aware of thelong and persist issue of severe flooding events across the Southeast Michigan region. Within its existing authorities, the Corps is
encouraged to closely coordinate with affected communities in thisregion and the State of Michigan to identify the source of theseflooding events and to help these communities mitigate future flood
disasters in this area.
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 commends the Corps for its decision to resume the Tampa Harbor General Reevaluation Report(GRR), which will identify long-term channel needs, and encourages the Corps to move forward expeditiously.
Tittabawassee River Watershed.—The Committee recognizes thebenefits of environment-based mitigation measures such as the creation of wetlands, conservation easements, and natural floodplains
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severity 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 Des Plaines River and Tributaries Project, Illinois andWisconsin.—The Committee is aware that the project area was
flooded with record high crests overflowing the Des Plaines River,resulting in damage to more than 3,200 residences. The Committee
urges the Corps to cooperate with the non-federal sponsor as it prepares advance work on a number of flood features under section
204 of WRDA 1986.
CONSTRUCTION

Appropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$2,692,645,000
1,792,378,000
2,591,732,000¥100,913,000+799,354,000

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reduction, or aquatic ecosystem restoration benefits to the nation.
Portions of this account are funded from the Harbor Maintenance
Trust Fund and the Inland Waterways Trust Fund.
The budget request for this account and the approved Committee
allowance are shown on the following table:

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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 $13,530,000 for execution of comprehensive restoration plans developed by the Corps for
major bodies of water.
Of the additional funds provided in this account, the Corps shallallocate not less than $40,000,000 to projects with riverfront development components.
Of the additional funding provided in this account for flood andstorm damage reduction and flood control, the Corps shall allocate
not less than $40,000,000 to continue construction of projects thatprincipally address drainage in urban areas.
Public Law 115–123 and Public Law 116–20 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 $20,000,000 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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36• for mitigation projects, projects with the purpose to address the safety concerns of coastal communities impacted byfederal flood control, navigation, and defense projects;• for navigation projects, the number of jobs or level of economic activity to be supported by completion of the project,separable element, or project phase;• for projects cost shared with the Inland Waterways TrustFund (IWTF), the economic impact on the local, regional, andnational economy if the project is not funded, as well as discrete elements of work that can be completed within the funding provided in this line item;• for other authorized project purposes and environmental
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, and projects that will provide substantial benefits towater quality improvements.
The recommendation provides a total of $90,000,000 of estimatedannual revenues in the IWTF, including those projects listed in the‘‘Projects Listed Under States’’ table. The Corps shall allocate allfunds provided in the IWTF Revenues line item along with thestatutory cost share from funds provided in the Navigation line
item prior to allocating the remainder of funds in the Navigationline item.
Aquatic Plant Control Program.—Of the additional funding provided for the Aquatic Plant Control Program, $17,000,000 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), and$3,000,000 shall be for related monitoring, as authorized by section
1170 of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. Additional
funding is also provided for nationwide research and development
to address invasive aquatic plants, and activities for monitoring,surveys, and control of flowering rush and hydrilla verticillate. The
recommendation also provides $150,000 to commence activities authorized under section 509 of WRDA 2020, and the Corps is directed to provide to the Committee prior to the obligation of any
funds for this purpose a briefing on how it will implement this program. Lastly, the recommendation provides additional funding foractivities authorized by section 505 of WRDA 2020, and the Corps
is directed to provide to the Committee prior to the obligation of
any funds a briefing on how it will implement this program.
Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Pilot Program.—The Committee provides $4,300,000 to continue the pilot projects to demonstrate the economic benefits and impacts of environmentally sustainable maintenance dredging methods that provide for ecosystem
restoration and resilient protective measures. Cost sharing forthese projects shall be in accordance with subsection (e) of section
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Francisco Bay Pilot Project. The Committee is aware of the nonfederal sponsor’s desire to proceed with the full proposal phased
over a number of years. The Committee urges the Corps to include
appropriate funding in future budget requests for these efforts.
Calaveras County, California.—The Corps is reminded that thewastewater treatment facility within the Calaveras County Water
District is a critical health and safety need in this rural, mountainous, and underserved community.
Caño Martı́n Peña, Puerto Rico.—The Committee notes the environmental degradation and persistent flooding that disadvantages
communities abutting the channel, as evidenced by Hurricanes
Irma and Maria, and appreciates that the budget request included$2,150,000 for this project. The Committee continues to recognize
the significance of the project and its importance for economic revitalization, public health, incidental flood protection, and in restoring a critical watershed and the natural functioning of the tidal
system in the San Jose Lagoon and the San Juan Bay Estuary. The
Committee notes the substantial time and effort dedicated to advance the project and encourages the Corps to include appropriate
funding for this project in future budget submissions and to workwith the non-federal sponsor in support of this project. The Corps
is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days afterenactment of this Act an update on the status of this project.
Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Water Resources and Restoration
Plan.—The Committee is supportive of the Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Water Resources and Restoration Plan.
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 requests 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$61,000,000. 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 as described in Engineering Circulars 11–2–221 and 11–2–222. This permits the Corps to award the entire contract and fund the contract
incrementally until completion. This acquisition strategy is wellsuited to large, multi-year projects, including those with life safety,
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at multiple projects nationwide. The Administration is directed toresume using its existing continuing contract authorities to thefullest extent and in accordance with the general provisions in thisAct 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.
Howard Hanson Dam, Washington.—The Committee notes that
$3,000,000 was included in the fiscal year 2020 work plan to begin
the design and cost update needed to resume work on the construction of a downstream fish passage facility as mandated by the 2019
Biological Opinion. The Committee supports these efforts and ispleased that the Corps and the project sponsor continue to makeprogress. The Committee directs the Corps to continue to work expeditiously on this project in order to meet the 2030 deadline established in the Biological Opinion.
Hudson Raritan Estuary, New Jersey.—The Committee recognizes the importance of the Hackensack Meadowlands, New Jersey
Ecosystem Restoration Project within the Hudson Raritan Estuary
and encourages the Corps to closely collaborate with the non-federal partners to ensure the required match is available to advance
this project.
Lakes Marion and Moultrie, South Carolina.—The Committee
recognizes the importance of continued progress on the Lakes Marion and Moultrie regional water supply project and encourages theCorps to include appropriate funding in future budget submissions.
Lake Isabella, California.—The Committee is aware the Corps, inconjunction with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), is in the processof building a replacement USFS visitor center at Lake Isabella,
California, as part of the Isabella Lake Dam Safety Modification
Project. In April 2021, the Corps established a schedule, in conjunction with the USFS, that included commencing construction by
March 31, 2023. The Committee commends the Corps for completing environmental reviews for this project on schedule but remains concerned about the long delay with this project overall. Accordingly, the Committee directs the Corps to adhere to its own established schedule to the maximum extent practicable and to workwith the USFS to ensure engagement of local community stakeholders throughout the design phase of the project.
New Program Requested in the Budget Proposal.—The budget request includes $10,000,000 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.

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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 directs the Corps toprovide to the Committee not later than 45 days after enactmentof this Act a briefing on the status of the implementation guidance
and the path forward for this program.
North Canadian River, Oklahoma.—The Committee notes that
periodic flooding along the North Canadian River in Jones, Oklahoma, has caused significant erosion that has forced the closure of
the North Triple X Road bridge. The Committee encourages theCorps to work collaboratively with the City of Jones and Oklahoma
County should a request be made regarding work to mitigate riverbank erosion.
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.
Public Law 115–123 (LERRDs).—The Corps has authority to perform acquisition of required lands, easements, rights-of-ways, relocations, and disposal areas (LERRDs) on behalf of a non-federal
sponsor under certain circumstances. The Committee strongly encourages the Corps to evaluate such requests from non-federal
sponsors of projects funded under Public Law 115–123.
Sacramento Region, California.—The Corps is encouraged towork expeditiously toward Title I of Public Law 115–270 and Division AA of Public Law 116–260, which directed the Corps to expedite levee construction projects and completion of feasibility studies
in the greater Sacramento region to improve levee integrity andflood protection and build greater system resiliency. The Committee expects that the Corps will recognize the continued flooding
threat within the greater Sacramento region and encourages theCorps to include appropriate funding for design and construction
activities for flood risk management projects, including the initiation of new construction where appropriate, in future budget submissions.

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Salton Sea, California.—The Committee encourages the Corps toexpeditiously move forward to carry out section 3032 of Public Law
110–114.
San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico.—The Committee notes the importance of this project for the economic and social recovery of PuertoRico. The project would address deepening and widening the channels, accommodate existing and future vessel movement, resolve
navigation restriction problems, and allow opportunities for economic development. The Committee encourages the Corps to continue working with the non-federal sponsor to advance the projectat the earliest practicable opportunity. The Committee further encourages the Corps to include appropriate funding in future budget
submissions.
Soo Locks, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.—The Committee recognizes that the Soo Locks on the St. Mary’s River at Sault Ste.
Marie, Michigan, are the only waterway connection from Lake Superior to the rest of the Lower Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence
Seaway. The Committee understands that a failure at the Soo
Locks could have a significant impact on national security. The
Committee supports the ongoing construction of a second 1,200-footlock and believes such a lock is necessary to maintain redundancy
and resiliency at the Soo Locks and further protects our national
defense priorities. The Committee supports the budget request for
construction of the new lock.
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.
United States Virgin Islands.—The Committee notes that persistent flooding has harmed communities and infrastructure in the
territory, as evidenced by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The Committee is disappointed that none of the supplemental appropriations made available under Public Law 115–123 were allocated forflood risk management projects in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The
Corps is reminded that it may fund such projects out of remaining
construction funds provided under Public Law 115–123, in a workplan, or in future budget requests.
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Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
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$380,000,000
269,688,000
370,000,000¥10,000,000+100,312,000

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
allowance are shown on the following table:

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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 Watershed Management Studies.—The Committee
notes the authorization of studies that modernize multi-state watershed management regimes, such as the study described in section 213 of the WRDA 2020 (P.L. 116–260), to optimize operational
procedures for Corps assets and holistically manage multiple mission sets.
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

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Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
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Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$3,849,655,000
2,502,901,000
4,817,000,000+967,345,000+2,314,099,000

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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.—Of the additional funding provided in this account, the Corps shall allocate not less than
$7,500,000 to complete water control manual updates at projects
identified on the comprehensive list developed by the Corps referenced in this account under the heading ‘‘Water Control Manuals’’, including in regions impacted by atmospheric rivers andwhere enhanced forecasting can improve water operations.
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;• 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 $5,600,000 for thispurpose. The recommendation provides $4,000,000 to establish theHarmful Algal Bloom Demonstration Program, as authorized by
WRDA 2020, and the Corps is directed to provide to the Committee
prior to the obligation of any funds a briefing on how it will implement this program. Within additional funds provided, the Corps is
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techniques and procedures to reduce the occurrence and impacts ofharmful algal blooms in the nation’s water resources. The Corps isurged to work collaboratively with university partners as appropriate to address these issues.
The Committee encourages the Corps to facilitate collaboration
with university partners to assess the impacts of environmental
triggers in riverine ecosystems to advance prediction, avoidance,and remediation efforts for harmful algal blooms.
The Committee encourages the Corps to conduct research into
environmental triggers that initiate harmful algal blooms, how upstream inputs influence development, and how triggers vary acrossregions.
Asset Management/Facilities Equipment Maintenance Program.—The recommendation provides $2,000,000 above the budget
request for research on novel approaches to repair and maintenance practices that will increase civil infrastructure intelligenceand resilience.
Beneficial Use of Dredged Material.—Section 125 of WRDA 2020
directs the Corps to include the economic benefits and efficiencies
of beneficial use of dredged material, including the use of alternative dredging equipment and dredging disposal methods, whencalculating economic and environmental benefits of the beneficial
use of dredged material. The Corps is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act abriefing on its efforts to comply with this provision.
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 appreciates that the Corps allocated resources tocomplete construction of the second array at the CSSC in fiscal
year 2021. The Committee notes that maximizing effectiveness of
the CSSC can have significant immediate benefits for preventing
spread of aquatic invasive species into the productive and ecologically diverse Great Lakes system.
Contaminated Sediment.—Section 312 of WRDA 1990 provides
for the removal of contaminated sediment for the purpose of environmental enhancement and water quality improvement. The Committee is aware that the Corps has been constrained in its use of
section 312 due to liability concerns when dredging contaminatedsediment. As such, the Committee directs the Corps, when necessary to exercise its section 312 authority, to enter into agreements with states and localities whereby those states and localities
shall assume any liability concerns.
District Realignment Activities.—The Committee acknowledges
the transfer of civil works missions at T.J. O’Brien and Lockport
Locks from the Rock Island District to the Chicago District. The
Committee understands that the transfer of two additional locks
from the Rock Island District to the Chicago District will be considered in 2022 and strongly encourages the Corps to conduct robust
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the Committee when the review commences. The Corps is directed
to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactmentof this Act a report on the long-term workload viability on both theRock Island District and Chicago District.
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.
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 initiative which enables more sustainable delivery of economic, social, and environmental benefits associated with water resources infrastructure andinvolves the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to efficiently and sustainably deliver economic, environmental, and social benefits through collaborative processes.
The Committee notes that using nature-based systems to adapt
to and account for rapidly changing environmental conditions may
lengthen the lifespan of infrastructure, improve readiness, andlower long-term infrastructure investment. Of the funding provided
in this remaining item, up to $5,000,000 is provided to employ nature-based tools and principles to support civil works flood control
and ecosystem management planning objectives and operations in
the Chesapeake Bay.
Federal Breakwaters and Jetties.—The Corps is directed to continue to assess the inventory of the structural condition of federal
breakwaters and jetties protecting harbors and inland harbors
using available funds from fiscal year 2021. The Corps is directed
to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactmentof this Act an update on the status of the report and inventory thatsummarizes the available data.
Hamilton Wetlands, California.—The Committee understands
the non-federal sponsor for the Hamilton Wetlands Restoration
Project is working with the Corps to amend the Project Cooperation
Agreement to include the authorized Bel Marin Keys project as a
portion of the overall project. The Corps is encouraged to work with
the non-federal sponsor to develop and execute an agreement thatkeeps the total project cost within the authorized amount in atimely manner.
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act.—
When Congress passed the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act (HABHRCA), it created a task force intended to coordinate the federal response to harmful algal bloom
activities. The Corps possesses key research, management, andcontrol capabilities in assisting the fight against harmful algal
blooms. The Corps is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 120 days after enactment of this Act a briefing with an update on how the Corps is using its expertise to target a strategic
response to the harmful algal blooms in various parts of the nation,
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Corps is encouraged to continue high level participation in the
HABHRCA Task Force.
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.
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 to take into consideration the upcoming completion of the Herbert Hoover Dike and related Everglades restoration
projects. As the Corps continues the public scoping process and initial formulation, the Corps is encouraged to use the best available
science and appropriately weigh the concerns of all water users toensure the ecosystem is preserved, water supply for the eight million residents in South Florida is maintained, and the safety of allresidents of the region is upheld.
Levee Safety.—The Committee notes that the Corps has authorization to carry out certain levee safety initiatives that are fundedwithin two remaining items: the National (Levee) Flood Inventory
and Inspection of Completed Federal Flood Control Projects. The
Committee supports the budget request to fund the National Levee
Flood Inventory remaining item at the capability amount, and theCommittee notes that, in fiscal year 2022, all activities associatedwith the National Levee Safety Program will be funded from thisremaining item. All activities for the Inspection of Completed Federal Flood Control Projects remaining item were funded in thebudget request and shall be used for the assessment of high risk
federally authorized levees. The Corps is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act abriefing on its efforts to implement these initiatives. Additionally,
the Corps is directed to provide to the Committee not later than
90 days after enactment of this Act a report detailing how it willcomply with section 131 of WRDA 2020.
Mississippi River Basin Coordination.—The Committee continues
to urge the Corps to participate and coordinate as an essential federal stakeholder with the Environmental Protection Agency’s development of the Mississippi River Restoration and Resiliency Strategy, as urged in the fiscal year 2021 Act. The Corps is also encouraged to engage with the U.S. Geological Survey as it hosts the Mississippi River Science Forum and to contribute to the proceedings
as a federal agency with relevant scientific expertise.
Mississippi River Navigation System.—The Committee notes theimportant role small shallow draft ports play in ensuring the proper function of the Mississippi River navigation system. The Corps
is reminded that these activities are eligible to compete for additional funding provided in this account.
Monitoring of Completed Navigation Projects, Structural Health
Monitoring.—The recommendation provides $4,000,000 to support
the structural health monitoring program to facilitate research tomaximize operations, enhance efficiency, and protect asset life
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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 commends the Corps for including funding for sedimentmonitoring activities in the budget request and encourages theCorps to include appropriate funding for these activities in futurebudget 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
sloughing and erosion at a Corps project, including at locations
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 serves as a major thoroughfare to the Great
Lakes navigation system, supporting manufacturing and commerce
throughout the region. The Corps is reminded that Toledo and Sandusky Harbors are eligible to compete for additional funding in thisaccount and that Lorain and Huron Harbors are small draft harbors that are eligible to compete for additional funds in this account.
Performance Based Budgeting Support Program.—Of the funding
provided for this remaining item, $2,500,000 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.
Prado Dam Spillway Mural.—The Committee is aware of ongoing efforts to remove the existing lead-based paint mural on the
Prado Dam Spillway and restore the mural to its original stateusing safe, non-toxic paint. The Committee directs the Corps to remove the existing lead paint as quickly as possible and to expeditiously execute a license agreement with the local sponsor in Riverside County that would allow the mural to be repainted. The Committee expects the Corps to coordinate lead paint removal with theexecution of a license agreement to ensure the mural can be restored soon after the lead paint is removed.
Recreational Facilities.—The Corps is one of the nation’s largest
providers of conventional outdoor recreation opportunities andranks first among federal providers of outdoor recreation. The Committee recognizes the important role that the Corps plays in providing recreational opportunities to the public. The Corps is encouraged to recognize the importance of concessionaires at their recreational facilities and to work with them on ways to improve recreational facilities. The Corps is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act a reportthat includes an analysis of current lease terms and the effects
these terms have on concessionaire financing.
The Committee is aware of the importance that waterborne
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our nation’s navigable waterways, including the Alabama andCoosa Rivers project in Alabama. The Corps is encouraged to work
across all Corps districts and with local stakeholders to ensure that
small boat access channels and recreational facilities, in accordancewith previously approved operations and maintenance dredging
and disposal plans, can be utilized in a safe, reliable, and efficientmanner. The Committee supports efforts to address racial equity
and social justice issues and encourages the Corps to prioritize
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.
Repair and Restoration of Embankments.—In accordance withsection 147 of WRDA 2020, the Corps is encouraged to assess thecause of damages to embankments adjacent to shorelines of reservoir projects owned and operated by the Corps and to participate
in the repair and restoration of the embankment as appropriate.
The Corps is reminded that Waco Lake, Texas, is eligible to compete for additional funding provided in this account.
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.
Seven Oaks Dam, California.—The Committee is aware that nonfederal entities are working with the Corps in an effort 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 work with non-federal entities to coordinate releases of water behind the dam in a mannerthat protects water quality, ensures that it can be diverted forwater supply purposes, and provides advance notice to ensure habitat conservation efforts are protected.
Sustainable Temporary Power.—The Committee is aware theCorps utilizes mobile diesel generators as a power source in theexecution of its civil works and emergency response missions. The
Committee encourages the Corps to explore the use of hybrid solar,
battery, and diesel technology in its use of mobile generators forthese purposes. The Corps is encouraged to coordinate with otheragencies and the private sector as to research options and innovative solutions on these activities and is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act abriefing on its findings.
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
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Upper St. Anthony Falls, Minnesota.—The cross over wall at theUpper St. Anthony Falls is experiencing seepage that is deteriorating the concrete wall. WRDA 2020 encouraged the Corps to continue to operate and maintain the Upper St Anthony Falls Lockand Dam. The Corps is further reminded that the Upper St. Anthony Falls project remains an authorized federal project that requires routine maintenance and is eligible to compete for additional
funding provided in this account.
Water Control Manuals.—The Committee recognizes that many
water control manuals are in need of updates, particularly in lightof recent dam disasters and improvements in forecast-informed reservoir operations (FIRO). The Corps received funding in fiscal
years 2020 and 2021 to develop a comprehensive list of water control manuals at Corps-owned projects located in states where a
Reclamation project is also located, including a prioritized list ofneeded updates of those manuals. If needed, funds shall also be
used to operationalize a FIRO-compatible component of the Corps
Water Management System to process ensemble and synthetic forecasts to ensure continuous implementation of improvements inforecast skill for water operations. The Corps is directed to brief
the Committee prior to executing any water control manual updates.
Water Operations Technical Support (WOTS).—The recommendation includes $5,000,000 in addition to the budget request to continue research into atmospheric rivers first funded in fiscal year
2015 and to continue developing and incorporating improved
weather forecasting for Corps reservoir and waterway projects
through this multiagency, multidisciplinary research effort.
REGULATORY PROGRAM

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$210,000,000
204,400,000
212,000,000+2,000,000+7,600,000

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.
Permit Application Backlogs.—Additional funding is provided inthis account to address staffing shortages and reduce permit application backlogs, including in the Northwestern Division. The Corps
is directed to brief the Committee quarterly on these efforts beginning not later than 45 days of enactment of this Act. The Corps is
to include in these briefings information on how the funding is tobe utilized by the Northwestern Division to ensure the timely processing of shellfish aquaculture permitting activities.

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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.
Regional General Permits.—The Committee urges the Corps andthe National Marine Fisheries Service to continue to evaluate appropriate mitigation options for Seattle District Regional General
Permits that take into consideration improvements to existing
structures.
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM

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$250,000,000–––
250,000,000–––+250,000,000

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 again rejects the budget request proposal totransfer the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program(FUSRAP) to the Department of Energy. The Congress intentionally transferred FUSRAP from the Department to the Corps infiscal year 1998. In appropriating FUSRAP funds to the Corps, theCommittee transferred only the responsibility for administrationand execution of cleanup activities at FUSRAP sites where the Department had not completed cleanup. The Committee did not transfer to the Corps ownership of and accountability for real property
interests, which remain with the Department. The Corps is directed to submit its fiscal year 2023 budget request using thisbudget structure.
The Committee remains pleased with the current cooperation between the Corps and the Department in carrying out the programand expects the Department to continue to provide its institutional
knowledge and expertise to ensure the success of this program andto serve the nation and the affected communities.
The Committee continues to support the prioritization of sites,
especially those that are nearing completion. The Committee isaware that the Corps continues to work on the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study of the former Sylvania nuclear fuel site at
Hicksville, New York. The Committee supports these efforts, andencourages the Corps to proceed expeditiously, as appropriate, withsubsequent activities in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).

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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 2018 (Public Law 115–123)
and 2019 (Public Law 116–20) 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 the Committee detailed estimatesof damages to Corps projects as required by Public Law 115–123
and shall submit such report not later than 15 days after enactment of this Act and monthly thereafter.
Levee Rehabilitation and Inspection Program.—The Committee
notes that the Corps provides non-federal entities continued eligibility in the Public Law 84–99 Rehabilitation and Inspection Program as levees are transitioned to meet Corps standards.
EXPENSES

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$206,000,000
199,290,000
208,000,000+2,000,000+8,710,000

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 Corps is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing
on its P3 pilot program.
Buoy Chain.—The Committee is concerned that acquisition regulations relating to the Corps procurement of buoy chain fails to appropriately prioritize domestic content preference rules and current
Buy America directives. The Corps is directed to abide by Buy
America requirements and preferences for buoy chain direct acquisitions and to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days
after the enactment of this Act a briefing on its compliance withthese requirements.

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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR CIVIL WORKS

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$4,500,000
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5,000,000+500,000–––

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 has been 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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$14,200,000–––
14,200,000–––+14,200,000

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 Administration is directed
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WIFIA program and to provide the financial assistance envisioned
in the legislation. The recommendation makes $8,500,000 available
to the Secretary for program development, administration, andoversight, including but not limited to, publishing the final fee andprogram rules, criteria for project eligibility and Notice of Funding
Availability. The recommendation includes $5,700,000 for the financial assistance authorized by WIFIA. The fiscal year 2021 Act
provided funds to publish the final fee and program rules and Notice of Funding Availability. The Committee reminds the Administration that the publication of these rules is necessary to move forward with the WIFIA program and directs the Administration to
expeditiously publish the rules.
The Corps is directed to provide to the Committee not later than
45 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on the inclusion oflevees in the WIFIA program.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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except in certain circumstances.
The bill includes 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 includes 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 includes a provision regarding reallocations at a project.
The bill includes a provision prohibiting the use of funds in thisAct to reorganize or transfer the Civil Works functions of theCorps.
The bill includes 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
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TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORCENTRAL UTAH PROJECTCENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

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$21,000,000
20,000,000
20,000,000¥1,000,000–––

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
responsibilities for carrying out the Act to the Secretary of the Interior and prohibits delegation of those responsibilities to the Bureau
of Reclamation.
The Committee recommendation includes a total of $20,000,000
for the Central Utah Project Completion Account, which includes$13,150,000 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 $1,550,000 for necessary expenses of the Secretary of the Interior.
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

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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 and does so in response to a changing climate that strains
the very resources that Reclamation is charged with managing, developing, and protecting. Reclamation maintains 338 reservoirs
with the capacity to store 140 million acre-feet of water.
The West is currently experiencing one of the most severe
droughts on record, which could be more severe than the last
stretch of drought from 2012 to 2017. Furthermore, over the last
40 years, snowpack in the western states has declined by about 25
percent. Climate change has exacerbated the presence and effects
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on public health, water supply, and fire intensity. Innovation andinfrastructure investments are critical to secure water resources forboth municipal and agricultural usage now and into the future. Accordingly, the Committee recommendation includes targeted increased investments in programs to assist western states now as
they respond to the drought crisis and continues to build on longterm 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 funding
sufficient 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
XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program. Balancing these competing priorities will be challenging and requires active participation and leadership on the part of Reclamation and its technicalstaff.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONThe budget request for the Bureau of Reclamation totals$1,532,949,000.
The
Committee
recommendation
totals$1,945,899,000, which is $275,899,000 above fiscal year 2021 and$412,950,000 above the budget request.
A table summarizing the fiscal year 2021 enacted appropriation,
the fiscal year 2022 budget request, and the Committee recommendation is provided below:(Dollars in thousands)
Account

FY 2021 enacted

FY 2022 request

Cmte rec.

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

$1,521,125
55,87533,00060,000$1,379,050
56,49933,00064,400$1,792,000
56,49933,00064,400Total, Bureau of Reclamation ....................................

1,670,000

1,532,949

1,945,899

WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$1,521,125,000
1,379,050,000
1,792,000,000+270,875,000+412,950,000

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,
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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 which provide new or existingwater supplies through additional infrastructure.
Of the additional funding provided under the heading ‘‘Water
Conservation and Delivery’’, $67,000,000 shall be for water storage
projects as authorized in section 4007 of Public Law 114–322.
Of the funding recommended under the heading ‘‘Water Conservation and Delivery,’’ $50,000,000 shall be for implementing theDrought Contingency Plan in the Lower Colorado River Basin tocreate or conserve 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 long-term 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 inthis section shall be construed as limiting existing or future opportunities to augment the water supplies of the Colorado River.
Of the additional funding recommended 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$1,000,000 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 increases 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.

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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.
Columbia Basin Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition.—The
Committee is aware that the Columbia Basin Project has beenusing the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) information system architecture since 1987 to operate and monitor hundreds of remote field sites critical to the mission of the irrigation
project. The project is dependent on this system to monitor the
project’s reservoirs, canals, pumping plants, drains, and wasteways
to manage water across 1,500 square miles of the project. The lastsignificant modernization of the program took place in 2002 andthe system is in need of additional upgrades to ensure the stability
and durability of its operation during future irrigation systems.
Reclamation is encouraged to include appropriate funding for thiseffort in future budget submissions.
Lower Colorado River Operations Program.—The Lower Colorado
River Operations Program supports water efficiency activities andconservation efforts in partnership with non-federal water users,
including Minute 323 implementation and monitoring. Reclamationis reminded that activities within this program are eligible to compete for additional funds provided under ‘‘Water Conservation and
Delivery’’.
Milk River Project, Montana.—The Committee recognizes the importance of stable water supply to regional economies and communities and notes that the current cost allocations for the St. Mary
Unit, Milk River Project, operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation is 73.96 percent reimbursable and 26.04 percent non-reimbursable.
Mni Wiconi Project, South Dakota.—Reclamation is directed tocontinue working with the tribes and relevant federal agencies,
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Health Service, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to coordinate use of all existing authorities and funding
sources to finish needed community system upgrades and connections, as well as transfers of those systems, as quickly as possible.
The Administration is encouraged to include appropriate fundingfor upgrades and transferred community systems in future budget
requests.
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 provide appropriate funding for these
efforts in future budget submissions.
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.
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.
San Justo Reservoir, California.—The Committee recognizes thebenefits of the San Justo Reservoir Zebra Mussel Eradication
Project, and Reclamation is reminded that this project is eligible tocompete for the additional funding provided in Water Conservation
and Delivery. The Committee also recognizes that previous work
conducted by Reclamation has demonstrated the efficacy of using
muriate of potash (MOP) in treating invasive mussels. The Committee encourages Reclamation to leverage existing knowledge on
MOP treatments to address the zebra mussel infestation at the San
Justo Reservoir.
Research and Development: Desalination and Water Purification
Program.—Of the funding provided for this program, $6,000,000
shall be for desalination projects as authorized in section 4009(a)of Public Law 114–322.
Research and Development: Airborne Snow Observatory Program.—The recommendation provides an additional $2,000,000 for
this program, which advances snow and water supply forecasting.
Upper Rio Grande Basin Study.—The Committee recognizes theecological, economic, cultural, and historic importance of the Upper
Rio Grande Basin and the increasing stress on its water supply.
Accordingly, Reclamation is directed to enter into a contract with
the National Academies of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive
study of Rio Grande dams and reservoirs in the upper Rio Grande
Basin (headwaters to Fort Quitman, Texas) on how to conserve
water and optimize river management to benefit water users
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fish and wildlife. Reclamation is encouraged to leverage ongoingand completed activities in this area to benefit this effort.
Verde River Basin.—The Committee is aware of the appraisal
study being conducted by Reclamation in partnership with the Salt
River Project on water storage capacity at Horseshoe Reservoir.
The Committee recognizes the importance of this study to the management and reliability of water provided to central Arizona anddirects Reclamation to provide to the Committee not later than 60days after enactment of this Act a briefing on the status of thestudy.
WaterSMART: Climate Resilience.—Within the Water and Energy Efficiency Grants program, Reclamation is encouraged to consider as priority factors decreasing water scarcity and increasing
drought resilience while also improving instream flows, either by
releasing conserved water or decreasing diversions, or otherwise restoring hydrologic function through nature-based solutions.
WaterSMART Program: Title XVI Water Reclamation & Reuse
Program.—Of the funding provided for this program, $10,000,000
shall be for water recycling and reuse projects as authorized in section 4009(c) of Public Law 114–322.
WaterSMART Program: Open Evapotranspiration System.—Reclamation is encouraged to utilize the OpenET system designed toprovide real-time and historical evapotranspiration information,
primarily on irrigated crop lands. Reclamation is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of
this Act a briefing on the potential application of this system to
Reclamation missions.
WaterSMART Program: Non-contiguous States and Territories.—
The Committee is concerned about the unique water challenges
faced by the non-contiguous states and territories and notes that
Congress recently made Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, as wellas the American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, andthe U.S. Virgin Islands eligible applicant locations for
WaterSMART grants. Reclamation is encouraged to conduct outreach in all non-contiguous states and territories about this andother available funding opportunities to address and mitigate
water challenges in these jurisdictions.
Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Integrated Plan,
Washington.—The Committee notes that the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan, developed to address water storage, water supply, andfishery and ecosystem restoration needs for agriculture, fish, andmunicipalities within the Yakima River Basin in Central Washington, was authorized by Public Law 116–9. The Committee is
supportive of the Plan and reminds Reclamation that activities
within this program are eligible to compete for additional funds
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CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

Appropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
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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.
Within available funds, the Committee provides funding for programs and activities according to the budget request. The Committee notes that the amount for this account in the budget request
and recommendation is based on a three-year rolling average of collections, in accordance with the authorizing statute.
Anadromous Fish Screen Program.—The Committee continues tobe concerned with the disconnect between funding levels requested
and ultimately allocated for the Anadromous Fish Screen Program.
The Committee urges Reclamation to maintain its focus on screening the remaining high priority diversions from within funds madeavailable under the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund.
CALIFORNIA BAY DELTA RESTORATION(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$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.
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

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Appropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$60,000,000
64,400,000
64,400,000+4,400,000–––

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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and technical costs. These charges are covered under other appropriations.
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 Reclamation Projects
Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992.
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; 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;
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 and Expenses);
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$46,646,300,000 in fiscal year 2022 to fund programs in its four

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primary mission areas: science, energy, environment, and national
security. The recommendation provides $45,126,500,000 for the Department of Energy, $3,201,475,000 above fiscal year 2021
amounts.
The Committee’s recommendations for Department of Energy
programs in fiscal year 2022 are described in the following sections.
A detailed funding table is included at the end of this title.
CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTION

Article 1, 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

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$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 reprogramming 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 2021, 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. 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 this Act. The Department may not obligate morethan 75 percent of amounts provided to the Chief Financial Officer
until the Department submits to the Committee a plan to become
fully compliant with this requirement.
Working Capital Fund.—The Department has requested$282,272,000 for the Working Capital Fund for fiscal year 2022.
The Committee provides $282,272,000 for this purpose and directs
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in advance of any such transfer. The notification shall identify thesources of funds by program, project, or activity. Further, the Department shall notify the Committee before adding or removing
any activities from the fund.
Public Access Plan.—The Committee appreciates the Department
issuing its Public Access Plan on July 24, 2014. The Committee
urges the Department to continue efforts toward full implementation of the plan and expects an update on progress to be includedin the fiscal year 2023 budget request.
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 recycled 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 monthly 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 Department
is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 30 days afterenactment of this Act a briefing on how the Department can better
track and provide information about the accounting of future-year
awards by control point.
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 2022 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
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Workforce Development.—The Committee recognizes the need toensure that our nation has a ready, capable workforce both fortoday and the next generation to meet changing energy demands
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a long history in and unique opportunity of training and supporting
the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 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 overthe 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 15days after enactment of this Act.
The Department is encouraged to allocate funding to training
and workforce development programs that assist and support workers in trades and activities required for the continued growth of the
U.S. energy efficiency and clean energy sectors, including training
programs focused on building retrofit, the construction industry,
and the electric vehicle industry. The Department is encouraged tocontinue 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 theenergy workforce.
The Committee supports improving the coordination of federal efforts involved in growing and sustaining a robust national security
workforce. The Committee recognizes the Department’s collaborations with the Department of Defense to address national security
priorities including, but not limited to, climate change, electric infrastructure, nuclear energy, and space. The Committee recognizes
the Department’s individual education and workforce development
programs relating to the intersection of national security and energy but encourages interdepartmental coordination on the creation
or modification of these programs. The Department is directed tocontinue participation in the Interagency Working Group on the
National Security Workforce to implement the ‘‘Revitalizing America’s Foreign Policy and National Security Workforce, Institutions,and Partnerships’’ National Security Memorandum. Further, theDepartment is directed to participate in efforts led by the Department of Defense in developing a strategy to address national security education and workforce issues.
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
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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 30 days after enactment of this Act. Additionally, the Department is directed to provide to the Committee notlater than 120 days after enactment of this Act 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 and technical positions. This
report should also include current workforce numbers withdisaggregated data for racial, ethnic, gender, and other underrepresented minorities at all national laboratories and across the Department. The Department is encouraged to consider direct programmatic funding to the national laboratories to support locallydeveloped activities and programs that advance the Department’s
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Equity and Justice.—The Committee recognizes the importanceof establishing a 21st-century clean energy system that will both
combat climate change and institute principles of equity and justicein the U.S. energy system. The Committee supports the Department’s reforms toward this goal. In order to improve these practices at the Department, the Committee directs the Department tosurvey its current programs, policies, procedures, and rules to ensure that it is adequately meeting the clean energy, energy conservation, and energy efficiency needs of low-income, minority, andother marginalized communities. Further, the Department is directed to consider social equity, workforce development standards,
public health effects, and environmental and energy justice in conducting activities across the Department’s programs and toprioritize projects and grantees that advance equity and justice andmaximize public health benefits. The Department is directed to improve analytical tools and grantmaking criteria to evaluate the social equity, public health, and environmental and energy justice impacts of technologies and projects and to incorporate these criteria
into agency activities. The Department is directed to increase engagement with communities impacted by climate change, air andwater pollution, systemic racism and underinvestment, high energy
costs, and economic inequality when carrying out this section, designing grant programs, and conducting activities across the Department’s programs. The Department is directed to provide funding to state, local, and tribal government entities, community organizations, businesses, universities, and other entities to advanceequity and environmental and energy justice while driving innovation and to integrate this funding across the energy programs. The
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90 days after enactment of this Act a report summarizing its efforts
and findings in carrying out the direction contained herein.
The Department is directed to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study the technicaland non-technical barriers to and solutions for ensuring equitable
distribution of the benefits associated with clean energy in environmental justice communities across all sectors of the economy, andin particular the role of the Department in assessing and mitigating such barriers. In this study, the term ‘‘environmental justicecommunity’’ means a community with significant representation ofcommunities of color, low-income communities, or tribal and indigenous communities, that experiences, or is at risk of experiencing,higher or more adverse human health or environmental effects. Environmental justice communities should be part of the developmentof the study. The study shall: (1) assess the state of research on
the equitable distribution of the benefits of clean energy including
workforce development, job creation, and public health benefits; (2)identify key indicators and standards to measure equitable and effective allocation of resources; (3) assess the progress in implementing programs and policies that result in increased adoption ofclean energy technologies in environmental justice communities; (4)identify barriers as well as potential incentives and mechanisms toachieving the equitable distribution of the benefits associated withclean energy in environmental justice communities, including
through the consideration of social, behavioral, regulatory, policy,
market, and technology aspects, and considerations of the characteristics of individual communities, such as geographical location,
average income, and racial-ethnic composition; (5) identify mechanisms for ensuring the effective participation of environmental justice communities in decision-making about the transition to a clean
energy economy; and (6) recommend research areas for the Department to make progress toward ensuring equitable distribution of
the benefits associated with clean energy in environmental justicecommunities.
The Committee supports the Department’s continuing efforts andprogress in implementing the Justice40 Initiative, the energy justice initiative, and Executive Order 14008.
Energy Storage.—The Committee continues to support the Department’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge initiative to build on
and coordinate the Department’s research, development, demonstration, and deployment efforts in energy storage to accelerate
the development, commercialization, and utilization of next generation energy storage technologies. The Department is directed tocarry out these activities in accordance with sections 3201 and3202 of the Energy Act of 2020. The recommendation provides notless than $484,000,000 for energy storage, including not less than$350,000,000 from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy (EERE), not less than $101,000,000 from the Office of Electricity (OE), not less than $5,000,000 from the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), not less than $4,000,000
from the Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), and not less than
$24,000,000 from the Office of Science.
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rural utilities to build microgrids for resiliency. The Department isdirected to support competitive pilot demonstration grants, as authorized in section 3201 of the Energy Act of 2020, for energy storage projects that are wholly U.S.-made, sourced, and supplied. The
Department is directed to support activities that would also help
build a domestic energy storage supply chain that does not depend
on foreign sources of critical minerals. The Department is directed
to continue to support research and technology development efforts
in long-duration energy storage in all its forms, including electrochemical, chemical, thermal, and mechanical, as a critical enablerof high volumes of renewables on the grid and as the key to the
future of energy innovation in buildings, transportation, and theelectric grid.
The Committee recognizes the emergence of several new energy
storage technologies that can support energy independence in the
United States. The Committee directs the Department to publish
a report on emerging energy storage technologies. Further, the report shall include an analysis of which technologies show promisefor further or future funding. The emergent energy storage technologies explored in this report shall include, but not be limited to,supercapacitors, flow batteries, low-carbon hydrogen storage, andcompressed-air energy storage. The Department is directed to provide this report to the Committee not later than 270 days after enactment of this Act.
Critical Minerals.—The modern global economy has increasingly
come to depend on access to a number of critical materials thatwere not widely used or considered essential to manufacturing justa few decades ago. Given that growing dependency, the Committee
appreciates the Department’s elevation and coordination of criticalminerals activities across the Department through the Critical
Minerals Initiative. The recommendation provides not less than$152,000,000 for research, development, demonstration, and commercialization activities on the development of alternatives to, recycling of, and efficient production and use of critical minerals, including not less than $100,000,000 from EERE, not less than
$35,000,000 from FECM, and not less than $17,000,000 from the
Office of Science. The Department is directed to carry out these activities pursuant to sections 7001 and 7002 of the Energy Act of2020. These activities may be carried out by the Critical Materials
Energy Innovation Hub.
The Committee supports the construction of a Critical Materials
Supply Chain Research Facility, as authorized by section 7002(h)of the Energy Act of 2020. However, the Committee is concerned
about the lack of approval of mission need and the unclear responsibilities among program offices for supporting construction of thisfacility. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee areport detailing the mission and cost of developing the Critical Materials Supply Chain Research Facility. The report shall include abreakdown of the roles and costs associated with each participating
program office. The report shall be provided not later than 30 days
after enactment of this Act and prior to the obligation of any funds
for the design or construction of the facility.
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other federal assets containing rare earth minerals. The Department, in coordination with relevant federal agencies, is directed
provide to the Committee not later than 60 days after enactmentof this Act a report regarding any financial or technical support
provided by the Department to mines containing rare earth minerals in the United States, including but not limited to the Mountain Pass mine, and when such financial or technical support started if it exists; rationale for such financial or technical support;
whether concerns exist over partial foreign ownership of rare earth
mineral mines; and the benefits and costs of the rare earth mineralmines to U.S. economic and security interests, including the composition and relative importance of the mine’s minerals.
Industrial Decarbonization.—Industrial processes currently contribute as much as 20 percent of the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions. The Committee supports the Department’s efforts, alignedwith title VI of the Energy Act of 2020, to foster innovations andenable scale up of cost-competitive, low-emissions technologies. The
Department is encouraged to supplement research, development,
demonstration, and deployment activities with technical assistanceand workforce development programs. The recommendation provides not less than $520,000,000 for industrial decarbonization activities, including not less than $250,000,000 from EERE, not lessthan $250,000,000 from FECM, and not less than $20,000,000 fromthe Office of Science.
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 Committee recognizes the accomplishments of over 200 partners fromindustry, academia, and state governments in these efforts. The
Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than
90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing 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
directs the Department to continue emphasis on national energy
systems resilience within the context of the Administration’s goals
for decarbonization of the power system and related infrastructures
such as transportation. This should build on GMI and Grid Modernization Lab Consortium progress in advanced grid modeling andimproved grid cyber resilience to address emerging national resilience challenges of the grid and related energy systems, planned
investments in energy storage to improve grid flexibility and resilience, and advanced sensors and control paradigms that promise toimprove energy system resilience of the grid of the future. The
Committee recognizes the growing importance of training andworkforce development to support grid modernization research anddevelopment, and the Committee directs the Department to develop
a plan for a pipeline of students, graduates, and professors to sustain a robust grid modernization research, design, and operations
capability over the long-term.
Recognizing the importance of adaptation of the electric grid to
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generated energy, variable generation sources such as wind andsolar, and changing demand patterns, including from vehicle electrification, the Department is directed to prioritize implementationof grid modernization programs.
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
agenda of integrated energy systems activities, including estimatedfunding 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 30 days after enactment of this Act.
Carbon Dioxide Removal.—Carbon dioxide removal technologies,
also referred to as negative emissions technologies, aim to remove
and sequester excess carbon from the atmosphere, and these technologies have been identified as an important part of the portfolioof responses to climate change. The fiscal year 2020 Act directed
the Department to develop an implementation plan coordinatedacross FECM, EERE, and the Office of Science. The Committee is
still awaiting this plan and directs the Department to provide theplan 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 recommendation provides not less than $106,000,000 for research, development, and demonstration of carbon dioxide removal
technologies, including not less than $20,000,000 from EERE, notless than $51,000,000 from FECM, and not less than $35,000,000
from the Office of Science. Within available funds for carbon dioxide removal, the recommendation provides not less than
$75,000,000 for direct air capture. The Department is directed, pursuant to section 5001 and 5002 of the Energy Act of 2020, to establish the Carbon Dioxide Removal Program and Carbon Dioxide Removal Task Force to advance the development and commercialization of carbon dioxide removal, direct air capture, sequestration,
and any other relevant technologies on a significant scale. The Department is directed to coordinate these activities among FECM,
EERE, and the Office of Science. The Committee supports direct
air capture prize competitions and the direct air capture test center. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee notlater than 30 days after enactment of this Act the report requiredby section 5002 of the Energy Act of 2020.
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

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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.
The fiscal year 2021 Act directed the Department to submit a report that outlines the activities previously conducted under the Energy-Water Nexus across the Department, which activities havecontinued, which activities ended, and an explanation for the termination of each activity that ended. The Committee is still awaiting this report and directs the Department to provide the report to
the Committee not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
The Department is directed to coordinate all Energy-Water Nexus
activities across EERE, OE, FECM, NE, Science, and any other relevant program offices.
Emissions Reductions.—Energy production is a principle contributor to U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The Committee recognizes
the urgent necessity of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the impacts of global climate change, as well as the centralityof the power sector to that effort and opportunities for research anddevelopment of key technologies at the Department. The Department is encouraged to integrate considerations of climate impacts
centrally into all aspects of energy planning and funding. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than
180 days after enactment of this Act a report outlining the Department’s plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with theUnited States’ Nationally Determined Contribution under the U.N.
Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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,
and any other relevant program offices to maximize the effectiveness of investments in hydrogen-related activities.
Harmful Algal Blooms.—When Congress passed the Harmful
Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and 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 research, management, and supercomputing capabilities that may be of assistance in the fight against
harmful algal blooms. The Department is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act areport identifying its relevant capabilities and how it is using thosecapabilities to support key questions posed in managing, controlling, and diagnosing the public response to harmful algal blooms.
Further, the Department is encouraged to engage with partner
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tration, to determine how its capabilities could play a supportingrole with the HABHRCA task force.
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 integrate alternativefuel and energy efficiency savings throughout our 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 the energy efficiency
of other agricultural platforms; water and wastewater treatment;
and greenhouse facilities. The Committee encourages collaboration
between USDA’s Office of Urban 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 Office of Science. The Department is directed
to provide to the Committee regular updates on the goals, benchmarks, and progress in implementation of the working group andcollaborations. Further, the Department is directed to provide to
the Committee not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act
a briefing explaining the Department’s research agenda relating topromoting 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 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 theassessment and implementation of innovative technologies with thecapability of combining different infrastructure systems in an integrated manner to effectively mitigate power plant emissions, efficiently treat and reuse wastewater, produce biofuels, and generate
power from solid waste. In addition, the Department is directed tooffer technical and other programmatic assistance to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in assessing theeffectiveness of renewable energy technologies, such as solar andwind, for the territories; power grid feasibility, including repairs,
improvements, and modernization; mitigation of storm damages
through resilient electric power grids; and microgrid innovation.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on the statusof, and future plans for, these efforts.
Civilian Climate Corps.—The Department is directed to coordinate with the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture on implementation of a Civilian Climate Corps. The Department has capabilities that could contribute to the new Civilian

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Climate Corps in assisting communities in need and communities
interested in transitioning to the green energy economy. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 30days after enactment of this Act a briefing on its coordination with
the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture toensure the Department’s capabilities, technology development, andtechnical assistance can be utilized by the Civilian Climate Corps.
The Department is directed to identify what steps it can take to ensure that its deployment programs inspire a new generation of conservationists and adoption of clean energy technologies.
Landfill Emissions.—The Department, through EERE and
FECM and in coordination with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 120
days after enactment of this Act a report describing the opportunities and challenges for technologies that capture greenhouse gases,
including methane, from municipal landfills. The report should consider synergies between these technologies and technologies used
for carbon capture, utilization, and storage, and the report should
include a recommendation for better utilizing and preventing
greenhouse gas emissions from landfills.
Variable Buoyancy Aircraft.—The Committee notes that variablebuoyancy aircraft may allow for direct factory-to-site transportationof energy products, such as transformers, grid modules, transmission towers, wind turbine blades, and generators. The Department in coordination with relevant federal agencies, is directed toprovide to the Committee not later than 180 days after enactmentof this Act a report on the feasibility of developing operation concepts and application system configurations of variable buoyancecargo transportation aircraft with internal-ballast systems. The report should include the benefits, challenges, costs, and proper responsibilities of particular federal agencies and the private sector
in developing the operation concepts and application system configurations.
Digital Energy Innovation with Decentralized Technologies.—A
growing body of research and real-world examples indicate thatpublic, open-source decentralized technologies, including blockchain
technology, may help address existing challenges around access toand usefulness of data generated from energy devices in order topromote numerous innovative digital energy solutions. The Committee notes the promise of these technologies for unlocking the
economic potential of energy infrastructure investments happening
nationwide in renewable energy, electric vehicles, and distributed
energy resources like batteries to ensure these devices can participate seamlessly and reliably across different markets and scenarios. Therefore, the Committee encourages the continued research and investment efforts related to decentralized technologies
and their application within the energy sector. The Department isdirected to provide to the Committee not later than 270 days after
the date of enactment of this Act a report on the Department’s research activities related to public, open-source decentralized technologies, including blockchain technology. The report should include, but is not limited to, a discussion of all current research related to decentralized technologies, like blockchain; an outline ofresearch that could be done to better understand and utilize decen-

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tralized technologies; recommendations for how to encourage adoption and integration of decentralized technologies within the energy
sector; and any other relevant observations or recommendations
within the field of decentralized technologies and energy.
COVID–19 Research Delays.—The Committee recognizes the potential impacts and delays in research caused by the effects of the
COVID–19 pandemic. The Committee notes that the Department
has taken some steps to engage scientific professional societies,
universities and colleges, and other federal agencies to obtain upto-date information on the impacts to institutions and researchcommunities to help inform an open, transparent, and equitable response. However, the Committee is concerned that this response
has been uneven across the Department. The Department is encouraged to consider these impacts within the resources available.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 60 days after enactment of this Act a report that details theimpacts of the COVID–19 pandemic on institutions and researchcommunities. The report shall outline funding and costs associatedwith the impacts. Further, the Department is encouraged to include funding to address the impacts in future budget requests.
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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, as well as federal energy assistance programs.
Since the early 1970s and in partnership with business, industry,
universities, research labs, and stakeholders, EERE has spurredinnovation of affordable, renewable energy and energy efficiency
technologies critical to combating climate change. EERE remains at
the forefront of clean energy innovation, implementing a range ofstrategies aimed at creating good paying jobs, ensuring the clean
energy economy benefits all Americans, saving American families
and businesses money, and reducing pollution.
The EERE program is divided into three portfolios: sustainabletransportation, 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, and geothermal programs, supports efforts to reduce the costs and accelerate the use and integration of renewables to contribute to a reliable, secure, and resilient electric grid. The energy efficiency port-

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folio, which consists of the advanced manufacturing, buildings, andfederal energy assistance programs, develops cost-effective solutions to reduce energy consumption in plants, buildings, andhomes.
Additional direction related to Department-wide crosscutting initiatives is provided under the heading Crosscutting Initiatives in
the front matter of Department of Energy.
In carrying out deployment activities for energy efficiency improvements, energy demand savings, use of renewable energy, andother innovative energy technologies to reach climate mitigation
goals, the Department is encouraged to prioritize projects at the
local and regional level that use a cooperative model of development, such as Energy Improvement Districts, to encourage coordination between public authorities, energy providers, property owners, and citizens.
Benefits of Renewable and Clean Energy Technologies.—The
Committee recognizes the significant impacts of the nation’s energy
infrastructure on social, health, economic, and ecological outcomes,
and that successful decarbonization efforts must consider these impacts in a holistic manner. Therefore, the Department is encouraged to expand its efforts to study the varied benefits of distributed, renewable, and clean energy technologies, including their potential to 1) address racial and economic inequality; 2) promote
community health and well-being; 3) strengthen the climate anddisaster resilience and cybersecurity of the nation’s energy infrastructure; and 4) increase democratic participation in the energy
sector. Further, the Department is encouraged to examine how increased public and nonprofit ownership of distributed, renewable,or clean energy infrastructure, including federal, regional, municipal, and cooperative ownership of generation, distribution, andtransmission, can employ accountability mechanisms to maximize
the achievement of the described benefits, while also increasingplanning capacity to accelerate the transition to a net-zero emissions economy. Finally, to conduct interdisciplinary research onthese questions, the Department is encouraged to collaborate withother federal agencies, such as the Department of Health andHuman Services, Department of Labor, Department of Commerce,
Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, andDepartment of Homeland Security, including the Cybersecurity andInfrastructure Security Agency.
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.

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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.
Zero Emissions Energy Credit.—The Committee notes that in thefiscal year 2018, 2019, and 2020 Acts the Department was directed
to produce a report to evaluate the effects of a Zero Emissions Energy Credit. The Department is directed to provide this report notlater than 15 days after enactment of this Act.
Energy Transitions Initiative.—The recommendation provides notless than $10,000,000 for the Energy Transitions Initiative (ETI) to
address high energy costs, reliability, and inadequate infrastructure challenges faced by islands and remote communities. This program, which aims to advance self-reliant island and remote communities through the development of resilient energy systems, isenormously beneficial to its recipients that face unique energy challenges due to their remote location, fossil fuel dependency, and limited access to affordable infrastructure improvements. The program
also has a disproportionately positive effect on indigenous groups
within these locations who are subject to increased difficulty in obtaining and maintaining clean and resilient infrastructure. To facilitate expansion and improvement of this initiative, the Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 180
days after enactment of this Act a report detailing: (1) projects undertaken to date; (2) the costs and scope of each approved project;(3) description of the evaluation criteria used to select the grant recipients; (4) description of how the Department accounts for a location’s fossil fuel dependence in the selection process; (5) how the
Department defines remoteness and to what degree it factors into
the selection process; (6) the effects of the initiative on indigenous
communities, including Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, andAmerican Indians; and (7) how the initiative incorporates culturally respectful decision-making processes and addresses uniquecultural needs for areas with high populations of indigenous peoples.

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closely with the Department of Agriculture and the private sector
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the emerging green hydrogen industry on the ethanol and biodiesel
industries.
Within available funds, the recommendation provides not lessthan $30,000,000 to continue the SuperTruck III vehicle demonstration program and further address the energy efficiency, carbon dioxide emissions reduction potential, and freight efficiency ofheavy and medium duty long- and regional-haul vehicles.
The Committee notes that liquified petroleum gases (LPG), including propane gas, are increasingly being generated from renewable sources. The Committee encourages the Department to support demonstration projects to show the increased viability of renewable LPG.
Vehicle Technologies.—Within available funds, the Committee
provides not less than $200,000,000 for Battery and Electrification
Technologies, including not less than $40,000,000 for Electric Drive
Research and not less than $20,000,000 for the ReCell initiative toimprove strategies to recycle and repurpose batteries, including foruse on the electrical grid. The Committee also supports efforts toimprove cost, performance, and charging time of plug-in electric vehicles, as well as further research into reducing the size of vehicle
batteries and reducing cobalt content. The recommendation provides not less than $25,000,000 for the Vehicle Technologies Office
to expand its partnership with the Advanced Manufacturing Office
on efforts to scale up the domestic battery supply chain, including
battery manufacturing demonstration projects.
The recommendation provides $10,000,000 for research and development of new engine architectures that integrate low-carbon
fuels like ethanol and biodiesel, including the performance of theseengines on higher blends of renewable fuels.
The recommendation provides up to $25,000,000 to advance zeroemission technologies for off-road applications and improving theenergy efficiency of commercial off-road vehicles, including fluid
power systems.
The Committee recognizes novel engine designs can achieve significant efficiency improvements. The recommendation provides up
to $10,000,000 to support research and development for two-stroke
opposed piston engines.
The Committee recommends not less than $100,000,000 for Technology Integration, previously called Outreach, Deployment, andAnalysis.
The Committee directs the Department to continue to support
the Clean Cities alternative fuels deployment program focused on
vehicles that can deliver lower greenhouse gas emissions and meetcustomer needs, which can include vehicles powered by biofuels,
electricity, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable natural gas, and propane. Within available funds, the recommendation provides notless than $60,000,000 for deployment through the Clean Cities program, including 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 support of these activities, the Department is encouraged to include
some awards that range from $500,000 to $1,000,000 each and encourage at least one Clean Cities coalition partner. The Committee
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funds to achieve 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 most greenhouse gases reduction. The Committee encourages the Department to work with the Department ofTransportation and industry on coordinating efforts to deploy EV
charging infrastructure. The Committee encourages the Department to explore ways in which the Clean Cities Program can leverage funding to provide greater support for electrification efforts, including in underserved communities, recognizing the strong emissions reduction and public health benefits delivered by electrification.
The Committee recommends not less than $50,000,000 for Energy Efficient Mobility Systems.
The recommendation provides not less than $5,000,000 for electric vehicle workforce development activities. Integrating electricvehicles 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.
Considering the complicated challenges for fleet managers andmanufacturers in designing and building vehicles capable of being
operated in a cost effective and safe manner, the Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 180 days afterenactment of this Act a report that describes how the Vehicle Technologies Office, in coordination with the Advanced Manufacturing
Office, is meeting these challenges. Further, the Department is directed to coordinate with the Department of Transportation to develop a roadmap for electric vehicle transition and workforce training. The Department is directed to coordinate with the Clean Cities
Program and the Department of Transportation to ensure all activities are aligned to meet the goals of widespread adoption ofelectric vehicles.
The Department is directed to coordinate with and assist the Environmental Protection Agency with the Clean School Bus Grant
Program.
The Committee directs the Department to carry out a nationwide assessment of the state of, challenges to, and opportunities for
deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged communities. The Committee encourages
the Department to look at urban, rural, and suburban areas. The
Committee encourages the Department to create a publicly accessible and routinely updated registry, at the most granular level
practicable, of existing and planned publicly accessible electric vehicle charging stations throughout the United States. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days
after enactment of this Act a briefing on the methodology that will
be used to obtain information provided in the assessment. Further,
the Department is directed to provide the assessment to the Committee not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act and release the assessment on a publicly accessible website as soon aspracticable.
The Committee directs the Department to increase deployment
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derserved or disadvantaged communities through grants, technicalassistance, and community engagement. The Committee encourages the Department to focus on electric vehicle charging infrastructure that is publicly accessible or available to residents ofmulti-unit dwellings, including public and affordable housing, who
would otherwise lack convenient access to such infrastructure. The
Committee encourages the Department to partner with local government entities and community organizations to increase awareness of the program benefits and ensure that the needs and concerns of local communities are specifically addressed.
Propane-fueled vehicles may have a lower emissions profile than
traditional gasoline powered vehicles, and the Department is encouraged to support additional research to advance this technology
to a commercial scale.
The Department is encouraged to address technical barriers to
the increased use of natural gas vehicles, including medium andheavy duty on-road vehicles, off-road vehicles, maritime, and rail.
The Department is encouraged to consider the impacts of supporting activities in any state or locality that has enacted and isenforcing any law or order prohibiting the construction of any typeof fueling or charging station for transportation vehicles.
Bioenergy
Technologies.—The
recommendation
provides
$50,000,000 for Feedstock Technologies and the Biomass Feedstock
National User Facility and $40,000,000 for advanced algal systems.
The recommendation provides $3,000,000 for research, at commercially relevant processing scales, into affordable wood chip fractionation technologies and other processing improvements relevant
to biorefineries in order to enable economic production of cellulose
nanomaterials and economic upgrading of hemicelluloses andlignin.
The recommendation provides not less than $20,000,000 for the
Agile BioFoundry to continue developing methods and technologies
to advance biological engineering, to support expanded focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning and software development, to improve the predictive design of organisms and pathways,
to build tools accessible to the wider scientific community, and forthe purchase of state-of-technology instrumentation that will enable better and more expansive collaborations. A portion of thefunding should be used to support Directed Funding Opportunities
to meet the demand for collaboration by industry partners.
The Committee supports the Department’s research to integrate
the use of captured carbon as feedstock in high pH algal cultivation
to maximize the production of biofuels and bioproducts and research to develop advanced sorbent materials to optimize direct air
carbon capture.
The Committee recognizes the vital importance of forests andgrasslands as natural carbon storage. These ecosystems provide a
critical regulating function in offsetting the nation’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. The Department is directed to consider mechanisms that will incorporate the preservation and expansion of forests and grasslands and metrics for natural climate solutions. The
Department shall define metrics to report the benefits of these actions on carbon and weather growing alignment with other agencies that have responsibility.

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Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies.—The recommendation provides not less than $100,000,000 for continuation of the H2@Scale
Initiative to facilitate wide-scale hydrogen production and utilization in the United States, to enable resiliency of power generationand transmission, as well as the advancement of a wide range ofindustrial processes for the production of fuels, chemicals, andother materials.
The recommendation provides not less than $114,000,000 for
technologies to advance hydrogen use for heavy-duty transportationand industrial applications and not less than $70,000,000 for activities relevant to hydrogen as a fuel for sustainable 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 recognizes the potential for perovskites as catalysts and catalyst supports for hydrogen extraction from hydrogenrich feedstocks and carriers. The recommendation provides$2,500,000 for research that tightly couples advanced modeling,
characterization, and controlled synthesis to elucidate the key
mechanisms in this technology. This research should include participation by a university with demonstrated expertise withperovskite materials.
The recommendation provides not less than $15,000,000 to costshare the Office of Nuclear Energy hydrogen demonstration project,including for high temperature electrolysis research and development at a national laboratory.
The recommendation provides not less than $14,000,000 to support ongoing efforts for high- and low-temperature electrolyzer development. The Department is encouraged to pursue research onlarge-scale low carbon intensity hydrogen production, including
high-temperature electrolysis, to enable decarbonization of the industrial sector. The Department is directed to consider thetransactive interactions of the electrolyzer operation with the gridas well as the development of transportation fuels and high value
chemical products from hydrogen produced at a nuclear power
plant.
Within available funds, the recommendation provides not lessthan $10,000,000 for solar fuels research and development to identify and develop entirely solar driven processes for hydrogen production, including activities on adsorbents for sequestering carbon
dioxide and catalysts needed to activate carbon dioxide and hydrogen. To test these processes at scale, funds may be used to assist
partners in designing, building, and operating a continuous laboratory scale pilot plant that integrates such systems. The Department is encouraged to leverage research and technology advancesfrom the Fuels from Sunlight Energy Innovation Hub program.
Within available funds, the recommendation provides not lessthan $60,000,000 for System Development and Integration, including not less than $10,000,000 for Safety, Codes, and Standards.

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The Department is encouraged to pursue research and partnerships with non-federal entities on large-scale low carbon intensity
hydrogen energy production, including next generation liquefaction
plants, large-scale hydrogen energy storage, and development ofsystems and equipment for the production and delivery of smallscale and large-scale hydrogen energy. Further, the Department isencouraged to continue to research ways to reduce the cost of hydrogen fuel production, storage, and distribution. The Department
is encouraged to continue to research novel onboard hydrogen tanksystems, as well as trailer delivery systems to reduce cost of delivered hydrogen and to work with the Department of Transportationon coordinating efforts to deploy hydrogen fueling infrastructure.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 120 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on its efforts
to work cooperatively with industry, university, and laboratory
partners and efforts to develop strategies and technologies to support continued evolution and success of low-carbon intensity hydrogen production. The briefing shall include an outline of a technicaland policy roadmap to demonstrate how existing infrastructure canbe utilized in a transition to low-carbon intensity hydrogen production.

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Solar Energy.—The recommendation provides not less than
$60,000,000 for Systems Integration, including for demonstration ofoperation of the grid with very high levels of solar penetration.
The recommendation provides not less than $75,000,000 for Photovoltaic Technologies.
The Committee notes that the Department recently announced acomprehensive and systematic approach to support Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) Photovoltaics (PV). This work will advance low-cost
manufacturing techniques and domestic research capabilities inthis important domestic sector. The Committee notes that theUnited States is the leader in CdTe PV manufacturing, contributing to high value job production in the Midwest and elsewhere.
The recommendation provides not less than $30,000,000 for additional investments in CdTe to implement goals of a technology
roadmap developed by the consortium for research leading to 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 PV. The Committee further notes that this program is intended to ensure manufacturing, development, and supply chain jobs for CdTe technology.
The recommendation provides not less than $30,000,000 for research, development, demonstration, and commercialization activities focused on perovskites, including inherently scalable production methods, such as solution processing, roll-to-roll manufacturing, or inline rigid substrate/superstrate processing, the scienceof inherent material stability, and ultra-high efficiency throughtandem or hybrid tandem cell or module architectures.
The recommendation provides not less than $20,000,000 to continue and expand work to lower barriers to solar adoption for lowincome households, renters, multifamily homes, and minority com-

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munities, and the Department is directed to prioritize these activities throughout the programs of the Solar Energy Technologies Office. This includes exploring and providing resources on financing
and business models that are well-suited to these households andcommunities.
The recommendation provides not less than $50,000,000 for Balance of System Soft Costs efforts focused on reducing the time andcosts for planning, siting, permitting, inspecting, and interconnecting distributed and large-scale solar or storage projects
through standardized requirements, online application systems,
and technical assistance.
The recommendation provides not less than $60,000,000 for Concentrating Solar Power Technologies. Within available funds forConcentrating Solar Power Technologies, the recommendation provides up to $50,000,000 to advance technologies for long-duration
storage and process heat for industrial applications.
The recommendation provides up to $20,000,000 for research, development, demonstration, and commercialization projects to create
innovative and practical approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of solar energy technologies.
Within available funds, the recommendation provides$15,000,000 for technology development, testing and verification oftechnologies that help solar energy projects avoid, minimize, andmitigate impacts on wildlife and ecosystems, including through improved scientific research into avian-solar interactions. The Department is directed to continue research and activities to promote thedevelopment and deployment of bird-friendly renewable energy development that applies technologies and procedures to mitigate
bird collisions.
The Solar Energy Technologies Office is directed to collaborate
with the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs to advancedemonstration, field testing, financing, and deployment of distributed solar and energy storage technologies for households and communities in Tribal nations that lack connection to the electric grid.
The Department is encouraged to cooperate with industry andacademia in its research and development efforts. The Department
is encouraged to research ways to accelerate zoning for solar
projects while balancing local government interests and access for
project developers. The Committee encourages research and development efforts to target grid storage improvements, demand-response and load-shaping technologies, and modeling and planning
tools for distributed energy resources.
Wind Energy.—The recommendation provides not less than
$12,000,000 for distributed wind technologies. The Department isencouraged to continue investment in research, competitiveness improvement, soft costs, workforce development, and deployment.
Further, the Department is encouraged to distribute funding to expand geographic distribution of benefits for rural communities,
farmers, businesses, and U.S. workers, with an emphasis on displaced fossil fuel workers.
The recommendation provides not less than $60,000,000 for offshore wind, including to support competitive solicitation of offshore
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their development, design, construction methods, testing plans, andeconomic value proposition.
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 tosupport research, curriculum development, and fellowships aimed
at increasing U.S. university offshore wind workforce development
capacity in order to accelerate and maximize the effectiveness, reliability, and sustainability of U.S. offshore wind deployment and operation with partners from institutions of higher education, research institutions, national laboratories, the private sector, andstate and local-level public sector representatives relevant toemerging commercial scale offshore wind deployments.
The recommendation provides $4,000,000 for work on advanced
manufacturing of large offshore wind blades and components and$1,000,000 for the Wind for Schools program.
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.
The recommendation provides up to $30,000,000 for demonstration activities of onsite manufacturing of turbine system components to enable turbine construction with blade length greater than
75 meters.
The Committee is aware of and supports the ongoing work of theWind Turbine Radar Interference Mitigation working group managed by the Wind Energy Technologies Office. The Department isdirected to provide to Committee not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act a report on the efforts of the working group.
The report should include the status of testing, certification and deployment of mitigation options by radar type and department or
agency; remaining steps and timelines before mitigation options
currently being developed or tested could be available for deployment; identification of resource gaps to achieve deployment of mitigation options currently being tested; identification of mitigation
options that are not currently being considered due to resource constraints but may be promising with additional resources andprioritization; and mitigation options that have been dismissed
along with an explanation of why the option is not considered viable.
Water Power.—The recommendation provides not less than
$69,000,000 for Hydropower Technologies and up to $137,000,000
for Marine Energy. The Department is encouraged to consider theuse of existing authorities to waive cost share for water power technology research, development, demonstration, and deployment activities as appropriate.
The recommendation provides $5,000,000 to continue industryled research, development, demonstration, and deployment efforts
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removal at hydropower facilities, as well as analysis of hydrologic
climate science and water basin data to understand the impact ofclimate change on hydropower.
The recommendation provides up to $10,000,000 for small hydropower innovation, testing, and initiatives, including industry-led
competitive solicitations for advanced turbine demonstrations, improved environmental performance and sustainability, operational
efficiency, and standardized or modular project deployment applications.
The Committee remains supportive of the Department’s ongoingscoping activities toward establishing a network of hydropower
testing facilities. The recommendation provides up to $5,000,000
for design and engineering based on the outcome of the scoping
analysis. Further, the Department is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act abriefing on its strategy for establishing these facilities.
The recommendation provides $10,000,000 for the purposes ofsections 242 and 243 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
The recommendation provides not less than $24,000,000 for thePowering the Blue Economy initiative. The Committee supports the
Department’s growing investment and focus on its Powering theBlue Economy, including cross-cutting initiatives within the Department and with other federal partners that integrate marine energy harvesting, energy storage, and continuous, wide area environmental monitoring. The Department is directed to continue
leveraging existing core capabilities within its national laboratories
to execute this work, in partnership with universities and industry.
Within available funds, the recommendation provides up to$20,000,000 to address infrastructure needs at marine energy technology testing sites, including general plant projects, and support
for planning activities for the staged development of an ocean current test facility. The Committee recognizes the challenges ofdecarbonizing remote communities and the maritime sector. The
Department is encouraged to continue to focus on activities addressing the integration of clean energy systems for remote communities and port electrification, including the demonstration of marine, distributed wind, solar, energy storage, improved microgrids,
and local production of zero-carbon fuels.
The recommendation provides not less than $60,000,000 for industry-led competitive solicitations 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 recommendation provides up to$24,000,000 for foundational research activities led by universities
and other research institutions affiliated with the National Marine
Energy Centers.
The recommendation provides up to $10,000,000 to continue development and construction of an open water, fully energetic, gridconnected wave energy test facility. The recommendation provides
up to $5,000,000 for the Department to continue its support of operations at the Atlantic Marine Energy Center to accelerate thetransition of wave and tidal energy technologies to market. The
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Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research initiative.
The recommendation provides up to $35,000,000 to expand theHydroWIRES program to enhance the flexibility of America’s hydropower and pumped storage hydropower resources, including
support for research, development, and demonstration to advancepumped storage hydro projects.
The Department is encouraged to continue efforts for increased
grid reliability, integration of other energy resources, and energywater systems resilience, such as hybridized hydropower and battery storage applications, microgrids, and machine learning.
The Committee supports the efforts of the Department to promote irrigation modernization as an opportunity for promoting
thriving agriculture, decarbonization, sustainable water management, and rural community wellbeing. The Department is directed
to build on the pre-engineering design tool for irrigation modernization and conduct demonstration and deployment activities.
The Committee recommends the Department 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 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 Department is directed to provide to the Committee notlater than 180 days after enactment of this Act a report on the feasibility of incorporating engineering within SWAC and OTEC thatwould enhance open-ocean aquaculture and serve to stimulate biological productivity in nutrient-poor off-shore waters as a means ofaccelerating capture and sequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide as well as stimulating offshore fisheries. This report shall include completed, ongoing, and planned OTEC and SWAC projects
in non-contiguous states and U.S. territories. The report shall also
include recommendations to address barriers to expanding OTEC
and SWAC technologies.
Geothermal Technologies.—The Department is directed to focus
on all stages of research and development, market transformation
activities to advance geothermal strategies, and implementation of
the recommendations outlined in the GeoVision study.
The recommendation provides up to $75,000,000 for enhanced
geothermal system demonstrations and next-generation geothermal
demonstration projects in diverse geographic areas. The Department is encouraged to consider at least one demonstration projects
in an area with no obvious surface expression or to develop deep,
direct use geothermal technologies to distribute geothermal heatthrough an integrated energy system or district heating system.
Further, the Department is encouraged to consider at least one
such super-hot rock demonstration that showcases innovative drilling methods, such as energy drilling, to depths of 10 kilometers or
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The recommendation provides not less than $20,000,000 for research, development, and demonstration efforts in super-hot rockgeothermal technology.
The recommendation provides not less than $20,000,000 for Low
Temperature and Coproduced Resources, including research, development, and demonstration for activities such as critical mineral
recovery, deep-direct use, thermal storage, and closed-loop systems.
The Committee notes the emergence of geothermal systems in
the United States and the potential to produce sustainable electricity, reduce carbon emissions, and diversify energy options while
creating business and job opportunities. The Department is directed to conduct investigations of geothermal resource prospects tothe degree necessary for determination of potential generation capacity as well as the technical and economic viability to serve asa renewable, secure source of electrical, space conditioning, andthermal processing needs as appropriate to demands for Department of Defense installation lands as well as immediately adjacentpublic lands located in non-contiguous states and U.S. territories.

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Manufacturing.—The
recommendation
provides$25,000,000 for the Energy-Water Desalination Hub and not lessthan $5,000,000 for improvements in the steel industry.
The Committee notes that industrial drying processes consume
approximately 10 percent of the process energy used in the manufacturing sector. The recommendation provides $10,000,000 to improve the efficiency of industrial drying processes.
The Committee recognizes the potential for energy savings inwater 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 areaand provides $5,000,000 to expand the technical assistance provided for water and wastewater treatment. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 120 days afterenactment of this Act a briefing on its plan to ensure the technicalassistance is aligned with the related programs operated by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department ofAgriculture to assist communities that seek to upgrade systems toutilize energy efficient and alternative energy improvements atthese facilities. The Department is directed to summarize its efforts
to work with key stakeholders in this area, including wastewaterand drinking water providers, to maximize the investment of thesedollars to high priority targets. In addition, the recommendation
provides $20,000,000 for research and development on technologies
to achieve energy efficiency of water and wastewater treatment
plants, including the deployment of alternative energy sources, as
appropriate.
The recommendation provides $10,000,000 for the development ofadvanced 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 Manufacturing Demonstration Facility and universities and industry located in areas
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ployment and increase the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturingindustries.
The recommendation provides up to $20,000,000 to continue development of additive manufacturing involving nanocellulose feedstock materials made from forest products. The Department is directed to conduct this work in partnership with the Manufacturing
Demonstration Facility (MDF) in order to leverage expertise andcapabilities for large scale additive manufacturing.
The recommendation provides not less than $20,000,000 for the
Advanced Manufacturing Office to work in coordination with Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office to support high-impact
activities for the development and deployment of hydrogen and fuelcell technologies, including on the economic use of low-carbon hydrogen for industrial processes.
The recommendation provides up to $25,000,000 for a competitive solicitation to accelerate development of manufacturing processes needed for micro-battery technologies. The Department is encouraged to support awards that include strong end user participation and a clear path to market adoption.
The recommendation provides $25,000,000 for the Manufacturing
Demonstration Facility (MDF) and the Carbon Fiber Technology
Facility. Within available funds for MDF, the recommendation provides $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.
The recommendation provides not less than $10,000,000 for conversion and retooling of manufacturing industrial facilities, such as
authorized by section 132 of the Energy Independence and Security
Act of 2007 and section 712 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, to
support the domestic auto industry and to retain American competitiveness in building the vehicles of the future.
The recommendation provides $20,000,000 for process-informed
science, design, and engineering materials and devices in harsh environments, including nuclear environments, and to demonstrateintegrated energy systems applied to decarbonized steel making
and refractory materials, including net zero or high-temperaturehydrogen-based decarbonization. The recommendation provides$10,000,000 for continued research for dynamic catalyst science
coupled with data analytics.
The recommendation provides not less than $20,000,000 for electric vehicle battery manufacturing. The Department is directed toprioritize funding to partnerships and consortiums that include private industry, universities, and nonprofit organizations with expertise in electric vehicle manufacturing, electric vehicle workforce development, and regional innovation development.
The recommendation provides $10,000,000 for research, development, and demonstration activities that will enable U.S. manufacturers to increase the recovery, recycling, reuse, and remanufacturing of plastics, metals, electronic waste, and fibers.
The recommendation provides up to $10,000,000 for technical assistance grants, in coordination with the Building Technologies Office, to enable small- and medium-sized businesses to create independently verified and comparable assessments of the lifecycle

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emissions impact of construction materials using environmental
product declarations. The Department is encouraged to work with
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Institute ofStandards and Technology, General Services Administration, andOffice of Federal Procurement Policy on any efforts related to assessing lifecycle emissions of different materials and products.
The recommendation provides up to $25,000,000 for the Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC). The Department is encouraged tosupport regions that are currently designated as underserved
through the IAC program.
The recommendation provides $13,000,000 to provide ongoingsupport for the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Technical Assistance Partnerships (TAP) and related CHP activities.
Recent advancements in machine learning have opened the door
to increase the efficiency and sustainability of gold and silver metal
extraction. The recommendation provides up to $10,000,000 for theissuance of a competitive solicitation for industry-led teams to improve the efficiency and sustainability of gold and silver extraction
through artificial intelligence and machine learning.
The recommendation provides up to $10,000,000 for efforts topromote Strategic Energy Management practices and up to$30,000,000 for competitive grants to companies for the hiring ordesignation of plant energy managers. The Department is encouraged to focus efforts related to Strategic Energy Management on
small- and medium-sized manufacturing. The recommendation provides up to $55,000,000 for the Better Plants program to offer comprehensive assessment and engagements to the largest greenhousegas emitting manufacturing facilities. The recommendation provides up to $60,000,000 for competitive grants to provide cost-sharepayments to manufacturing plants for the installation of underutilized, existing low-carbon technologies. The recommendation provides up to $30,000,00 for support of the development and adoptionof smart manufacturing practices directed toward small- and medium-sized manufacturers. The recommendation provides up to$55,000,000 for research, development, and deployment to develop
and promote the adoption of technologies that can dramatically reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from process heating applications.
The recommendation provides up to $20,000,000 for the development of transformative processes for manufacturing-related carbon
dioxide separation and utilization. The Department is directed tocoordinate with the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management as it proceeds with this work. The Department is encouraged
to support research and development on carbon capture, utilization,and storage with an emphasis on utilization within industry processes and materials, low-carbon fuels, transformative technologythat will allow deep industrial decarbonization, materials efficiency
and circular economy, carbon intensity definitions and labelingacross key product groups, and the steel industry.
The Department is directed to carry out activities in accordancewith title VI of the Energy Act of 2020. The Committee supports
the expanded use of smart manufacturing technologies across a
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continue activities to lower the adoption hurdles of these emerging
and transformative technologies.
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 Department is directed to provide to the Committee notlater than 90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on the potential benefits and considerations of renewing or extending existing CEMI agreements, including extensions of not less than five
years.
The Department is encouraged to coordinate with the Solar Energy Technologies Offices on the use of solar technologies for longduration storage and process heat for industrial applications.
The Committee remains supportive of the Critical Materials Energy Innovation Hub.
To remain competitive, the U.S. aerospace industry must continually increase efficiencies to meet increasing production rate demands. The Committee recognizes the Department’s success inpartnering with industry to solve its most challenging problems, including the development and deployment of artificial intelligenceand machine learning. The Department is encouraged to continue
to support the application of machine learning to increase efficiencies in large-scale, high-rate aerostructures manufacturing.
Silicon carbide ceramic matrix composites have been proven as acapable material for high temperature applications. The Department is encouraged to continue its efforts regarding silicon carbide
components.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 30 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on the statusof its decarbonization roadmaps in key technology areas to guideresearch and development at the Department to achieve significant, economical greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2050, including energy efficiency, process electrification, industrial electrification technologies, and carbon capture.
The Committee recognizes the growing need for the use of moresustainable chemistry in consumer and commercial products, which
can create significant value as an economic opportunity for U.S.
manufacturing. The fiscal year 2021 Act directed the Department
to provide a report exploring how incorporating sustainable chemistry in consumer and commercial manufacturing processes fits
within its research and development portfolio and can benefit theseprocesses. The Committee is still awaiting this report and directs
the Department to provide the report to the Committee not lessthan 30 days after enactment of this Act.
The Committee supports the Department’s efforts to develop thenext generation of energy and manufacturing entrepreneurs
through the Lab-Embedded Partnership Programs. The Department is directed to brief the Committee not later than 90 days
after enactment of this Act on the status of existing programs andthe potential for establishing additional programs at national laboratories or DOE sites.

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The Committee encourages continued efforts at the Lithium Research Center to convert lithium chloride to lithium hydroxide. The
Department is encouraged to support activities for the purposes ofdeveloping and building capabilities to process lithium ore into
cathode-grade material of lithium hydroxide.
Building Technologies.—The recommendation provides not lessthan $60,000,000 for Commercial Building Integration, not lessthan $60,000,000 for Residential Buildings Integration, and notless than $60,000,000 for Equipment and Building Standards.
Within available funds for Equipment and Building Standards, therecommendation provides not less than $10,000,000 for Building
Energy Codes to increase training, including certifications, and provide technical assistance to states, local governments, regional
collaboratives, workforce development providers, homebuilders, office builders, architects, engineers, and other organizations that develop, adopt, or assist with the adoption or compliance with modelbuilding energy codes and standards to improve energy efficiency
and resilience. Within available funds, the recommendation supports smart building acceleration, as authorized in section 1007 of
the Energy Act of 2020, and the Department is directed toprioritize these activities.
The recommendation provides up to $40,000,000 to expand efforts to accelerate adoption of electric heat pumps. The recommendation provides up to $50,000,000 for activities to accelerate
grid-enabled buildings and reduce barriers to dynamic, responsive
building energy use that can meet customers’ needs and support a
reliable electric grid.
The Department is directed to develop programs to support askilled, robust, diverse, and nationally representative energy efficiency and building electrification workforce. The recommendation
provides up to $30,000,000 for these activities. The Department isencouraged to collaborate with the Department of Education andthe Department of Labor on educational and worker training programs. Further, the Department is encouraged to develop strategies and activities to increase adoption of energy-saving and emissions-reducing technologies for low-income households, multifamily
buildings, and minority communities.
The recommendation provides up to $40,000,000 for solid-state
lighting, including field evaluations that examine the potential ofadvanced, tunable lighting to deliver health, wellness, and productivity benefits, in addition to greater energy efficiency. If the Secretary finds solid-state lighting technology eligible for the TwentyFirst Century Lamp prize, specified under 655 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, $5,000,000 shall be made available to fund the prize or additional projects for solid-state lighting
research and development.
The recommendation provides $5,000,000 for the establishmentof a Heat Pump Consortium to integrate and deploy heat pumptechnologies in a joint industry partnership. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on how the consortium will incorporate thermal heat pump technologies.
The Committee notes that natural gas and propane gas currently
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buildings. While the Department is encouraged to focus its natural
gas and propane gas activities on energy efficiency efforts, including applications that integrate with renewables, the Department isdirected to phase down all research, development, and commercialization work related to gas systems and appliances. Further,
the Department is encouraged to study the future market commercialization of combined heat and power, including integration withrenewables, and how the commercialization will increase energy efficiency efforts nationwide.
The Department is directed to continue to fulfill its statutory obligation to promulgate natural gas appliance standards and to provide support for building energy codes development and adoption.
The Department is encouraged to continue to invest intransactive energy and control research, development, and demonstration activities to allow buildings, energy generation and storage assets, and the electrical grid to seamlessly interact to enhancereliability, security, and efficiency of the nation’s electrical distribution systems. The effort should be implemented at an existing, successful development and demonstration platform at a university
center. The Department is encouraged to emphasize the integrationof renewable energy assets, such as photovoltaics, associated hardware and software development, and the establishment of a living
and learning laboratory that integrates training of new and current
professionals.
The Department is directed to expand its work to advance building upgrades and weatherization of homes, as well as to advancework in grid-integrated efficient buildings and inclusion of smart
grid systems, demand flexibility and new initiatives in workforce
training to ensure the technology and research findings reach practitioners. The Committee encourages funding to be used to facilitate widespread deployment and dissemination of information andbest practices through direct engagement with builders, labor organizations, equipment manufacturers, smart grid technology andsystems suppliers, integrators, state and local governments, andother market transformation activities. The Department is encouraged to support deep whole-house energy efficiency retrofits, including outreach, engagement, and training to private sector contractors, and encouraged to continue efforts to advance smart hometechnology.
The Building Technologies Office is encouraged to collaborate
with other offices throughout the Department, especially including
efforts pertaining to improved building-to-grid interactions and integration of energy storage and renewable energy.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 120 days after enactment of this Act a briefing outlining theopportunities and challenges in deploying energy efficient building
technologies to public buildings and buildings that host providers,such as food banks, serving community needs. The briefing should
estimate the resource potential, outline mechanisms that could be
employed to overcome the challenges of wide-spread deployment ofenergy efficient technologies, and the potential role of other federal
agencies.
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tioning (HVAC) and refrigeration research, development, and demonstration, to include heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, andboilers. The Department should focus efforts to address wholebuilding energy performance and cost issues to inform efforts to advance beneficial electrification and greenhouse gas mitigation without compromising building energy performance.
Federal Energy Management Program.—The recommendation
provides not less than $20,000,000 for the Department to continue
its work through the Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) program.
The recommendation provides not less than $2,000,000 for workforce development and the Performance Based Contract National
Resource Initiative. The fiscal year 2020 Act directed the Department to provide a report that outlines the types of technical andfinancial expertise the Department is suited to provide and includes an analysis of the available infrastructure work that can beaccomplished through performance-based contracts over a 10-year
period and the resources necessary to achieve this goal. The Committee is still awaiting this report and directs the Department toprovide this report not later than 15 days after enactment of thisAct.
The Department is directed to establish an improved process to
assist in guiding infrastructure investments through energy performance contracts management, including, but not limited to, Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) and Utility Energy
Savings Contracts (UESCs), to effectively and efficiently reduce energy costs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve facilities.
The Department is directed to conduct a solicitation for the Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity in fiscal year 2022 if additional
funds are available for these activities that were not included inthis Act. The Department is directed to ensure the availability ofsufficient acquisition staffing resources to address energy saving
measures, as well as to streamline and find efficiencies in the approval of projects to continue to provide climate, resilience, and economic benefits.
Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs.—Within available funds for Training and Technical Assistance, the recommendation provides $500,000 for technical assistance to continue the Sustainable Wastewater Infrastructure of the Future Accelerator.
Within available funds for the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), the recommendation provides $3,000,000 to support
community-scale weatherization. The Department is directed tomake these funds available directly to WAP grantees that present
targeted and innovative use of these dollars to model methods for
WAP integration with the various other weatherization programs,
including but not limited to the HOME Investment Partnership
Program, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, and private utility supported weatherization funds. The grants shall be
used to weatherize multiple homes as part of an integrated weatherization approach or for community groups as they attempt totake a broader approach to weatherization at mobile home communities, multi-family units, or in communities that share a common
small-scale alternative energy resource. These community-scale
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individuals across a targeted community or incorporating thebroader health impacts of weatherization as WAP organizations attempt to enroll individuals across a neighborhood or multi-homeapproach. The Department is directed to regularly brief the Committee on progress to implement these community-scale weatherization grants.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing relating to ongoing efforts at the Department to collaborate with partners at Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Interagency collaboration among federal agencies could beparticularly 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 the various weatherization and home assistance programs can better integrate assistance for structurally
deficient but weatherable residences.
The Committee recognizes that WAP is particularly importantfor bringing energy efficiency to communities that most need it.
The Committee notes the importance of WAP to directly fund building retrofits and its important role focusing on equity, including
moderating energy demand and the cost burden faced by low-income communities. The Committee also recognizes the importanceof the State Energy Program’s (SEP) support for a wide range ofstate energy initiatives, including energy audits, building retrofits,
and alternative vehicles purchasing. The Committees notes that
SEP also ensures the safety, security, and resilience of the grid in
the face of increasing weather events.
The Committee recognizes the importance of providing federal
funds under the Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program tostates and tribes in a timely manner to avoid any undue delay ofservices to eligible low-income households and to encourage local
high-impact energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives andenergy emergency preparedness. Therefore, the Department is encouraged to obligate funds recommended for WAP and SEP tostates, tribes, and other direct grantees not later than 60 days afterenactment of this Act. The Committee is concerned with the reduction of staff at the Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental
Programs and directs the Department to achieve staffing levels
that will allow it to provide robust training, technical assistance,and oversight for WAP and SEP.
In consultation with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department is encouraged to investigate how thefederal government can act immediately to fund, support, and expand state and local efforts to decarbonize low- and moderate-income housing through beneficial electrification of heating and cooling, including as part of efforts to conduct healthy, deep energy retrofits in such housing. The Department is further encouraged tocollaborate with the Department of Housing and Urban Development to outline potential implementation pathways to achieve
healthy, deep energy retrofits of 10 to 15 million low-income homes,
including in all federally subsidized housing, by 2030, including the
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nate carbon emissions. The Department is directed to provide to
the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act
a written status update on these activities.
Weatherization Readiness Fund.—The Committee supports thecreation of a new Weatherization Readiness Fund to enable more
low-income households to receive Weatherization Assistance Program support by providing funds to address structural and healthand safety issues to reduce the frequency of deferred homes thatare not weatherization ready when WAP work crews enter thehome to perform retrofit services.
Local Government Clean Energy Workforce Program.—The Committee supports the Local Government Clean Energy Workforce
Program to provide competitive awards, on-site capacity, peer exchanges, and technical assistance to support the development anddeployment of transformative clean energy programs that create
good paying jobs working with qualifying local governments andtribal nations, with a focus on energy communities and disadvantaged or small-to-medium jurisdictions.
The Department is encouraged to consider projects that implement best practices to advance energy efficiency adoption, building
and vehicle electrification, grid modernization, distributed electricity generation, and workforce development at the local level.
These activities should include work with and support for organizations that convene and support municipal governments.
Build Back Better Challenge Grants.—The Committee supports
the proposed Build Back Better Challenge Grants program. The
Department is directed to support novel state-, local-, and Triballevel approaches that encourage early action and novel methods forclean energy deployment, prioritizing investments that meet energy
needs at the local level and are inclusive in elevating impoverished,disenfranchised, marginalized, or overburdened communities. The
Department is directed to conduct this program on a competitive
basis where entities apply to the Department. Eligible entities
shall include states, local governments, communities, U.S. territories, and tribes. The Department is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act andprior to obligation of any funds a briefing on its implementation
plan for the Build Back Better Challenge Grants program.
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 toconsider 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, and to require that funded projects
pay wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction, alteration, installation, or repair work in the locality as
determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code.
The Department is encouraged to consider grants to units of local
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to conduct energy efficiency audits and purchase energy efficiency
upgrades for residential and commercial properties.
The Department is encouraged to support projects that combine
geothermal technologies with other emissions reduction technologies, such as solar, buildings, and efficiency technologies.
The Committee believes it is critical that there is access to funding and support that helps to prevent future electricity disruptions,
including support for local communities. The Department is encouraged to provide grants to entities for activities and infrastructurethat ensure the electric grid is safe and secure from events thatmay disrupt it.
The Department is encouraged to consider projects that implement best practices to advance energy efficiency adoption, building
and vehicle electrification, grid modernization, distributed electricity generation, and workforce development at the local level.
These activities should include work with and support for organizations that convene and support municipal governments.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 90 days after enactment of this Act a report on how the Department is implementing the Build Back Better Challenge Grants
program.
CORPORATE SUPPORT

Facilities and Infrastructure.—The Committee supports efforts on
the Energy Materials and Processing at Scale facility, Advanced
Research in Integrated Energy Systems, and computing infrastructure.
Program Direction.—The Committee appreciates the Department’s aggressive strategy to ensure that EERE is appropriately
staffed to execute and oversee the funds provided by the Committee. The Committee expects continued, regular updates on its
progress.
Strategic Programs.—The recommendation provides not less than
$3,000,000 for Technology-to-Market, not less than $10,000,000 for
Strategic Analysis, and not less than $4,500,000 for Communications and Outreach.
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The Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response
program leads the Department’s efforts to secure the nation’s energy infrastructure against all hazards, reduce the risks of and impacts from cyber events and other disruptive events, and assist
with restoration activities. A reliable and resilient power grid is
critical to the nation’s economic competitiveness and leadership.
Additional direction related to Department-wide crosscutting initiatives is provided under the heading Crosscutting Initiatives in
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The Department is directed to include an itemization of funding
levels below the control point in future budget submissions.
The nation continues to face global cybersecurity threats fromnations such as Iran, Russia, and North Korea that have launcheddocumented cyberattacks on the country. Because of their uniquelocation and geography, island states and territories host a disproportionate amount of our national security and defense forces,
putting island states and territories and the electric grid infrastructure at risk. Remote island communities also face the added
burden of not being able to integrate with mainland infrastructure
and are excluded from designations and programs such as the Defense Critical Electrical Infrastructure, which may otherwise afford
these communities with additional resources. The Committee encourages the Department to work with electric cooperatives, public
utility districts, investor-owned utilities, and municipal utilities
serving island communities to plan and build out needed cybersecurity infrastructure. The Department is directed to submit to theCommittee not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act areport assessing the current vulnerabilities of island communities
and how the Department can provide resources and technical assistance to mitigate vulnerabilities.
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.
The Committee is concerned about the substantial and growing
threat from cybersecurity attacks to the electrical grid. The Committee supports the Department’s efforts to identify and develop
defenses for these new cyber threats, including developing proof ofconcept algorithms that can be tested across a full range of attacks
in both testbed and real environments. The recommendation provides not less than $2,000,000 for digital twin projects to enable essential collaborator participation and their integration into the effort.
The recommendation provides up to $20,000,000 for the Cyber
Testing for Resilient Industrial Control System (CyTRICS) program.
Risk Management Technology and Tools.—The recommendation
provides up to $10,000,000 for consequence-driven cyber-informed
engineering and $4,000,000 for 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. 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.
The recommendation includes not less than $2,000,000 to continue the establishment of a network of university-based, regionalenergy cybersecurity centers. The centers should address interrelated research and development challenges of cybersecurity andcritical energy infrastructure and develop a trained, globally competitive workforce. The centers should be distributed regionally

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across the country to leverage regional utilities, national laboratories, and regulatory bodies and take into account the distinctive
characteristics of each region’s electricity system, network of oil
and gas infrastructure, and workforce expertise. The Department isdirected to coordinate these activities with the Office of Electricity
and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Response and Restoration.—The Committee places a high priority
on ensuring the protection of the electric 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 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 and information sharing
about the status of the energy systems to improve risk management; and analysis of evolving threats and hazards to energy infrastructure.
Information Sharing, Partnerships, and Exercises.—The Information Sharing, Partnerships, and Exercises program supports energy
sector security and resilience through coordination with government and industry partners. This program provides technical assistance that incorporates exercises to strengthen federal, regional,
state, tribal, and territorial abilities to work together to prepare forand mitigate the effects of an energy sector emergency and focuseson training the next generation workforce on energy sector risks.
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The Office of Electricity advances technologies and provides operational support to increase the efficiency and technological advancement of the nation’s electricity delivery system. The power
grid employs aging technologies at a time when power demands
and the deployment of new energy technologies are imposing newstresses on the system. This program aims to develop a modern
power grid by advancing resilient power distribution systems, intelligent and high-efficiency grid components, and energy storage systems.
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.
Transmission Reliability and Resilience.—The recommendation
provides not less than $1,000,000 for sensors and analytics technologies.
The fiscal year 2021 Act directed the Department to conduct acase study on regional, wide-spread deployment of dynamic line
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Committee is still awaiting this case study and directs the Department to provide the report not later than 60 days after enactmentof this Act.
The fiscal year 2021 Act directed the Department to provide a report on ways to maximize utilization of the existing electricity delivery system by enabling dynamic line ratings, dynamically controlling the flow of electricity, and optimizing electricity delivery
system topology. The Committee is still awaiting this report and directs the Department to provide the report not later than 30 days
after enactment of this Act.
The fiscal year 2021 Act directed the Department to provide a report summarizing the results of a 12-month non-contact sensor
monitory study. The Committee is still awaiting this report and directs the Department to provide the report not later than 30 days
after enactment of this Act.
Energy Delivery Grid Operations Technology.—The recommendation provides up to $10,000,000 for the DarkNet project.
Resilient Distribution Systems.—The recommendation provides
up to $10,000,000 for the COMMANDER (Coordinated Management of Microgrids and Networked Distributed Energy Resources)
National Test Bed to establish a data link for a back-up operations
center that can benefit utility companies across the country andsupport the North American Energy Resilience Model.
Within available funds, the Committee directs the Department 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 developing the innovative technologies, tools, and techniques tomodernize the distribution portion of the electricity delivery system. Resilient Distribution Systems pursues strategic investments
to improve 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 Committee recommends that currently available distributed fuels, such as propane fueled microgrids, be evaluated.
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
operators, electric utilities, and energy companies and their customers to capture the full potential of investments in grid modernization. The Committee directs the Department to coordinate research about the opportunity and needs for new digital solutions
built with public, open-source decentralized technologies to support
electric grid modernization efforts.
The recommendation provides not less than $15,000,000 for demonstration projects with the Grid Sensors and Sensor Analytics program. The demonstration activities may focus on utilizing datafrom advanced sensors that are deployed on existing transmission

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and distribution lines to predict or detect vegetation contact tomitigate wildfires and wildfire impacts. Further, the demonstration
activities may focus on measuring the condition of utility poles interms of their position, impacts, the presence of high temperatures,and measuring the condition of conductors at the attachment
points to utility poles in terms of their position and impacts. Data
from the sensors should be utilized to provide useful and immediate analytics to improve the safety of the general public and improve electrical distribution network performance indices. The demonstration activities may also include post-weather or fire event assessments on what assets have been compromised and need replacement.
Energy Storage.—The recommendation 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 wholly U.S.-made, sourced, and supplied.
The Department is directed to include large scale commercial development and deployment of long cycle life, lithium-grid scale batteries and their components.
The Committee continues to support at least one pilot energy
storage project that demonstrates business model innovation targeted at cost-effective deployment through aggregation in rural
electric cooperatives and municipal utilities. The Department is encouraged to focus on reducing the soft costs of novel project designand optimization and developing legal and power purchase model
agreements that can be replicated in cooperatives elsewhere in thenation, reducing future costs for deployment of energy storage
projects. As a part of this pilot, the Committee recommends funding of at least one project for demonstration through the deployment and optimization of on-grid storage assets.
Cyber R&D.—The recommendation provides up to $5,000,000 for
university-based research and development of scalable cyber-physical platforms for resilient and secure electric power systems thatare flexible, modular, self-healing, and autonomous. This activity
should be conducted in coordination with the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response.
Transformer Resilience and Advanced Components.—The recommendation includes up to $5,000,000 for the Grid Research Integration and Demonstration Center to advance technologies in support of modernizing the electric delivery system and understanding
the nation’s electricity infrastructure using real-time data.
The recommendation provides up to $2,000,000 to further assesscomposite utility poles in controlled and field tests. The fiscal year
2021 Act directed the Department to submit to the Committee a report that assesses the performance of composite poles. The Committee is still awaiting this report and directs the Department toprovide the report not later than 90 days after enactment of thisAct.

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NUCLEAR ENERGY

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$1,507,600,000
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1,675,000,000+167,400,000¥175,500,000

Nuclear power generates approximately one-fifth of the nation’s
electricity and continues to be an important zero carbon-emissions
energy source. The Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy (NE)program invests in research, development, and demonstration activities that develop the next generation of clean and safe reactors,
further improve the safety and economic viability of our 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.
Advanced nuclear technologies hold potential for reliable, safe,
emission-free energy. The Department is encouraged to prioritize
funds on activities related to advancing the goal to demonstrateprivate-sector advanced reactor designs and fuel types by the late
2020s.
Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP).—Since 2009, theDepartment has allocated up to 20 percent of funds appropriatedto certain Nuclear Energy Research and Development programs tofund university-led R&D and university infrastructure projects
through an open, competitive solicitation process using formallycertified peer reviewers. The Department is directed to continue
this practice, including determining which programs are appropriate consistent with previous years, with not less than
$40,000,000 for R&D activities performed at U.S. colleges and universities. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee
not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on
progress in addressing concerns and implementing improvements
recommended by the Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee quarterly briefings on the status of NEUP and the university work being funded.
Integrated University Program.—The Committee is alarmed by
the statistics highlighting the severe shortage of highly trained nuclear specialists and the lack of academic programs to train andprepare individuals for work in the nuclear sector. The recommendation includes $6,000,000 to continue the Integrated University Program, which is critical to ensuring the nation’s nuclear
science and engineering workforce in future years.
Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor Program.—The Committee isaware of both interest in and concerns with thorium molten-salt reactors (TMSR). The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act a report
indicating whether the Department is working with any other nations to develop TMSR programs. The report should also include
suggestions and considerations for Congress regarding the development of a domestic TMSR program, including the potential benefits

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and challenges of the technology, necessary infrastructure investments, fuel cycle considerations, proliferation issues, and the potential for using the federal U–233 supply and any resulting impacts
to cleanup milestones or costs of cleanup or security activities related to the supply.
NUCLEAR ENERGY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES

Crosscutting Technology Development.—The recommendation includes $5,000,000 to support and expand research collaborations,which may include a consortium, between research universities andnational laboratories utilizing existing capabilities and infrastructure focused on the benefits, as well as vulnerabilities of digital instrumentation for existing and future nuclear reactors, including
the use of new approaches, such as predictive analytics, machinelearning, and artificial intelligence, to improve reactor safety andperformance and address cybersecurity issues. The recommendation includes not less than $5,000,000 to continue activities related
to materials development, including through public-private partnerships, to develop new materials the nuclear industry will needin the future. The recommendation provides $10,000,000 for integrated energy systems and $5,000,000 to support the Gateway for
Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) program.
Nuclear Science User Facilities.—The recommendation includes
not less than $10,000,000 for computational support and$3,000,000 for Nuclear Materials Discovery and Qualification.
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. Acknowledging the tremendous recent advances that havebeen made in microreactor research and development, the TCR effort ended in fiscal year 2021. The Department is directed to support crosscutting research initiated under TCR through the Crosscutting Technology Development program.

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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$50,000,000, including $2,000,000 for Mining, Shipping, and Transportation; $33,000,000 for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability; andnot less than $15,000,000 within Material Recovery and Waste
Form Development.
Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability.—The Committee supports
establishment of an Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability program tomake available small quantities of HALEU in the short term andsupports the transition of these activities to the private sector forcommercial HALEU production and domestic supply chain capabilities for the long 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 fiscal year 2020 Act directed the Department to provide an evaluation

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on the anticipated demand for HALEU, the timing of that demand,and options for meeting that demand. The Committee is still awaiting this report. Section 2001(b)(2) of the Energy Act of 2020 requires the Department to submit to Congress a report on a program to support the availability of HALEU for civilian domestic
demonstration and commercial use. The Department is directed tosubmit these reports to the Committee not later than 30 days afterenactment of this Act and not less than 60 days prior to the obligation of more than 75 percent of these funds. The Department is directed to disburse these funds on a competitive basis.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 30 days after enactment of this Act the Alternate Fuels Report required by section 2001(b)(3) of the Energy Act of 2020.
Material Recovery and Waste Form Development.—The recommendation provides not less than $15,000,000 for EBR II Processing for HALEU.
Accident Tolerant Fuels.—The Committee continues to place ahigh priority on this program and urges the Department to maintain 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 this Acta table summarizing the allocation of fiscal year 2022 funds.
Used Nuclear Fuel Disposition R&D.—The recommendation provides $5,000,000 for advanced reactor used fuel disposition to address used fuel from TRISO-fueled and metal-fueled advanced reactors, with specific focus on near-term implementation challenges
such as used fuel packaging at potential advanced reactor sites.
Integrated Waste Management System.—The Department is directed to continue site preparation activities at stranded sites, toevaluate the re-initiation of regional transport, and undertake
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REACTOR CONCEPTS RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION

Advanced Small Modular Reactor RD&D.—The recommendation
provides funds for ongoing demonstration activities.
Light Water Reactor Sustainability.—The recommendation provides not less than $10,000,000 to support new or previously
awarded hydrogen demonstration projects.
Advanced Reactor Technologies.—The recommendation provides
not less than $15,000,000 for Advanced Reactor Concepts Industry
Awards and $25,000,000 for MW-scale reactor research and development, including $9,000,000 for MARVEL. The Department is encouraged to move expeditiously on the solicitation and award ofthese funds and to streamline its procurement process to ensure
implementation is not delayed.
The recommendation provides up to $5,000,000 for the researchand development of advanced isotope separation process for Molten
Salt Reactors (MSRs) to ensure the ongoing development of the isotope separation process needed to provide required materials for inherently safe, Generation IV MSRs, as well as a domestic sourceof lithium isotopes for nuclear reactors.

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ADVANCED REACTORS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

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 continue tofocus resources on partners capable of project delivery in the next
five to seven years. The Committee encourages the Department toconsider including the Milestone-Based Demonstration Projects approach as authorized in section 9005 of the Energy Act of 2020 for
existing ARDP awards.
National Reactor Innovation Center.—The recommendation provides up to $48,000,000 for capital design and construction activities for demonstration reactor test bed preparation at Idaho National Laboratory supporting reactor demonstration activities. The
Department shall submit a Construction Project Data Sheet foreach such applicable project that is expected to exceed the minor
construction threshold.
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.
INL Facilities Operations and Maintenance.—The recommendation provides $290,000,000 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.
FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT

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$750,000,000
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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 refocuses
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Additional direction related to Department-wide crosscutting initiatives is provided under the heading Crosscutting Initiatives in
the front matter of Department of Energy.
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 tocontinue efforts to support natural gas demand response pilot programs and expects the Department to proceed with awards expeditiously.
The recommendation provides $500,000 to support feasibility andoperational planning for large-scale biomass production for the purposes of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage.
Special Recruitment Programs.—The Committee supports the Department’s efforts to offer undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students majoring in scientific, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) disciplines the opportunity to learn aboutprograms, policies, and research, development, demonstration, anddeployment initiatives within the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management.
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems & Hydrogen.—The recommendation provides not less than $105,000,000 for the research, development, and demonstration of solid oxide fuel cell systems and hydrogen.

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CCUS AND POWER SYSTEMS

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is a process that
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 commercial
volumes of carbon dioxide from fossil energy power plants, industrial facilities, or directly from the air consistent with the objectivesof title IV of the Energy Act of 2020.
The Committee encourages the Department to continue to support the Clean Energy Research Consortium: Advanced Coal Technology Consortium program.
The Committee recognizes the benefits of developing carbon capture technologies across multiple sources and directs the Department to invest in a portfolio of carbon capture technologies and applications. The Committee directs the Department to use its existing authorities to fund technologies that significantly improve theefficiency, effectiveness, costs, emissions reductions and environmental performance of carbon dioxide captured from coal, naturalgas, industrial facilities, and other sources to produce fuels andother valuable products.

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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, including within significant basalt formations, to pursue research, development, and deployment of carbon containment technologies and proximate carbon dioxide capturing systems that also meet regional economic and ecological restoration policy goals such as catastrophic wildfire mitigation andjob creation.
The fiscal year 2020 Act directed the Department to provide a report and briefing on the recommendations for program structuresthat could best support and maximize the impact of expanded research, development, and demonstration efforts in three areas:
decarbonization of the industrial sector, direct air capture, and carbon utilization. The Committee is still awaiting this report andbriefing and directs the Department to provide the report andbriefing to the Committee not later than 15 days after enactmentof this Act.
The Department is encouraged to develop educational partnerships, including at Hispanic Serving Institutions and other Minority Serving Institutions, focused on carbon capture and storage,
methane capture and storage, and emission mitigation technologies. The fiscal year 2021 Act directed the Department to provide a report detailing possible education partnerships in theseareas. The Committee is still awaiting this report and directs the
Department to provide the report to the Committee not later than
30 days after enactment of this Act.
The Committee is supportive of the Department’s research to develop advanced sorbent materials to optimize direct air carbon capture and integrate the use of captured carbon as feedstock in highpH algal cultivation to maximize the production of biofuels and bioproducts.
As industrial deployment of CCUS technology expands, the demand for the transportation of captured carbon oxides is anticipated to increase significantly. In preparation to meet this demand,
the Department, in collaboration with the Department of Transportation, is directed to review existing freight transportation infrastructure and the capacity of the various modes of freight transportation to provide cost-effective service. The Department is directed
to provide to the Committee not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act a report of the findings of the review. This report
should ensure that anticipated short- and long-term freight transportation demand associated with the expanded industrial deployment of CCUS technology is met. Additionally, the report should
include analysis of locations where CCUS projects are likely to belocated and where carbon sequestration or utilization is likely tooccur and the unique aspects of those areas for freight transpor-

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tation infrastructure. Finally, in conducting this review, the Department shall consult with stakeholders, including representatives
from the various modes of freight transportation.
Carbon Capture.—The Committee encourages the Department tofocus its efforts on improving the efficiency and decreasing thecosts of carbon capture technologies, demonstrating carbon capture
technologies, and identifying how these technologies can be integrated with business models and operations.
The recommendation provides up to $50,000,000 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.
The recommendation provides not less than $10,000,000 for research and optimization of carbon capture technologies at industrial facilities and not less than $12,000,000 for research and optimization of carbon capture technologies for natural gas power systems.
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 funding to institutions successfully employing carbon capture technology within natural gas power plants.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 180 days after enactment of this Act a report on these efforts.
The recommendation provides up to $10,000,000 to assist communities in the design and construction of pilot-scale equipment
and systems necessary to demonstrate carbon capture, utilization,and storage at waste to energy plants.
Within available funds, the Department is directed to support research, development, and demonstration activities of technology forcarbon capture chemical looping and hydrogen production. Chemical looping is a next-generation carbon capture and hydrogen production technology being pursued by a number of companies anduniversities around the world. This technology offers several advantages over earlier carbon capture technologies such as post-combustion amine scrubbing and oxy-fuel combustion, including: applicability to a wide range of fuels used in both power and industrial
plants, including coal, pet coke, natural gas/methane, biomass andany syngas; significantly reduced levelized cost of electricity compared to other CCUS technologies; and a wide range of uses as aplatform technology, including both carbon capture for clean, zero
emission power generation and hydrogen production.
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. Within available
funds, the recommendation provides $5,000,000 for a competitive
solicitation for a study of the development of a direct air capture
facility co-located with a geothermal energy resource. The Department is encouraged to give priority to entities that are engaged in
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tive power markets, and the Department is directed to coordinate
this activity with the Geothermal Technologies Office.
Carbon Utilization.—The recommendation supports carbon utilization for research, development, and demonstration activities toadvance valuable and innovative uses of captured carbon, including
biological utilization by the conversion of carbon dioxide to highervalue products such as chemicals, plastics, building materials, curing for cement, and the integration of carbon utilization technologies with fossil fuel power plants, such as biological conversion
systems. Within available funds, the recommendation provides up
to $10,000,000 for research and development of carbon utilization
using algal systems.
Carbon Storage.—Within available funds, the recommendation
provides not less than $30,000,000 for CarbonSAFE and not lessthan $20,000,000 for the Regional Initiatives.
The Department is encouraged to recognize the importance of expanding regional geological characterization, collecting and analyzing data, and addressing regional monitoring, permitting, andpolicy challenges, as well as the value of this work in supporting
broadscale commercial deployment efforts, including the assurance
of environmental integrity in storage projects. Further, the Department is encouraged to facilitate development and deployment ofmonitoring technologies at carbon capture utilization and storage
projects with considerable progress toward commercial implementation. The Department is encouraged to give attention to technologies that promise near real-time results or employ big data,
machine learning, and artificial intelligence to better address
issues such as leak detection, monetization of credits, and permit
compliance.
Advanced Energy and Hydrogen Systems.—The recommendation
provides not less than $30,000,000 for Advanced Turbines to carryout research, development, and technology demonstration to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in power generation systems, aviation, and other applications. The Committee encourages
the Department to give priority to promising turbine technologies
developed under Phase I awards from previous years. The Department is encouraged to support research and development activities
for lithographic molding processes.
The recommendation provides up to $50,000,000 for materials research and development. The Department is encouraged to support
the Advanced Ultrasupercritical Program to fabricate, qualify, anddevelop domestic suppliers capable of producing components fromhigh temperature materials. Further, the Department is encouraged to support the Extreme Environments Materials Multi-Laboratory Consortium and the development of advanced ceramics
under the Materials that Withstand Harsh Environments and Extend Service Lifetimes. The Department is directed to support thedevelopment of ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials in accordance with the CMC Manufacturing Roadmap and section 4005
of the Energy Act of 2020.
Minerals Sustainability.—The Mineral Sustainability subprogram will support domestic supply chain networks required for the
economically, environmentally, and geopolitical sustainable production of critical minerals.

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Within available funds, the recommendation provides not lessthan $23,000,000 for research and development activities, as authorized by section 7001 of the Energy Act of 2020, to develop advanced separation technologies for the extraction and recovery ofrare earth elements and other critical materials from coal and coal
byproducts, as well as mitigate any potential environmental andpublic health impacts of such activities.
Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Generation.—Within available funds, the Committee supports efforts, consistent with the original scope of work, to complete the necessary
design and construction of the 10–MW pilot and to conduct the necessary testing for the facility. The Committee remains concerned
about repeated cost overruns for the project, and the Department
is directed to brief the Committee prior to any change to scope or
cost profile of the project. The recommendation provides additional
funds for competitively awarded research and development activities, coordinated with the Offices of Nuclear Energy and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to advance the use of supercriticalpower cycles.

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NATURAL GAS TECHNOLOGIESThe recommendation provides not less than $26,000,000 for
Emissions Mitigation from Midstream Infrastructure and not lessthan $13,000,000 for Emissions Quantification from Natural Gas
Infrastructure. Within available funds, the recommendation supports activities to develop and demonstrate an integrated methane
monitoring platform to enable early detection of leaks at natural
gas production sites, which may include autonomous, real-time,
low-cost optical methane sensors and imagers on unmanned aerial
systems, integration of carbon emissions data from geospatial satellites, and new multidimensional data modeling and predictive capabilities using machine learning tools.
The Department is encouraged to explore technologies, including
in coordination with public-private partnerships, that curtail methane gas emissions from flaring and venting in shale formations.
The fiscal year 2020 Act directed the Department to provide a report on these activities. The Committee is still awaiting this reportand directs the Department to provide the report not later than 15days after enactment of this Act.
Environmentally Prudent Development.—The recommendation
provides not less than $5,000,000 for research and development
aimed to reduce the environmental impact of produced water andopportunities to reprocess produced water at natural gas or oil development sites. The Department is encouraged to support researchand technology development to develop natural resources in themost environmentally friendly way possible, including technologies
that can minimize the environmental impact of resource recovery
such as reduced surface footprints, water resource demand, and fugitive methane emissions. The Committee encourages the Department to consider the Field Test Sites in conducting this work.
The recommendation provides up to $5,200,000 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 30days after enactment of this Act.
The Department is encouraged to support university research
and field investigations in the Gulf of Mexico to confirm the nature,regional context, environmental impacts, and hydrocarbon systembehavior of gas hydrate deposits.
The Committee acknowledges the Department’s investment in research and development on unconventional fossil energy technologies, including for field laboratories. The fiscal year 2021 Act
directed the Department to submit to the Committee a report assessing the potential of using solid propellant fuel to generate gas,
which will drive hydraulic systems to shut off unwanted flows orblow outs of oil or gas from onshore or offshore wells. The Committee is still awaiting this report and directs the Department toprovide the report not later than 30 days after enactment of thisAct.
Within existing funds, the Department is encouraged to coordinate with other agencies and states to maximize the benefits andminimize the environmental impacts of U.S. unconventional natural gas liquids production.
Natural Gas Hydrogen Research.—The recommendation provides
not less than $20,000,000 for natural gas utilization, hydrogen, sustainable fuels, and chemicals. The Department is encouraged tosupport research and development to effectively utilize natural gas
for decarbonization solutions, including activities focused on natural gas conversion to low-carbon chemicals and derivatives, suchas ammonia and hydrogen, and comprehensive planning of the infrastructure required to store and transport them.
The fiscal year 2021 Act directed the Department to develop a research plan for natural gas utilization for purposes in addition to
power generation and direct use applications. The Committee is
still awaiting this report and directs the Department to provide thereport to the Committee not later than 30 days after enactment of
this Act. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee
not less than 90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on howtechnologies included in the research plan for natural gas utilization can transition from lower-carbon technologies to carbon-neutral or carbon-negative technologies.
NETL INFRASTRUCTURE

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.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES

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sequently 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 NPR3 to a new owner occurred in fiscal year 2015.
The Committee supports the Department’s proposal for the Officeof Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response to
manage activities of the Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
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$188,000,000
197,000,000
197,000,000+9,000,000–––

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 directs the Department to maintain the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve.
The Committee supports the Department’s proposal for the Officeof Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response to
manage the Strategic Petroleum 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.
The Committee notes that regional supply disruptions of petroleum products were examined in the first installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review. If the Department further examines issues
related to potential regional shortages of petroleum products, theDepartment is encouraged to explore options for expanded salt cavern storage of petroleum products, including in the western UnitedStates.

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The SPR Petroleum Account funds Strategic Petroleum Reserveacquisition, transportation, and drawdown activities.
The Committee supports the Department’s proposal for the Officeof Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response to
manage the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE
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$6,500,000–––
6,500,000–––+6,500,000

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.
The Committee supports the Department’s proposal for the Officeof Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response to
manage the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
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$126,800,000
126,800,000
129,087,000+2,287,000+2,287,000

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HEARINGThe 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.
The fiscal year 2021 Act directed the Department to provide a report on how the Energy Information Administration can supply increased data regarding the electricity consumption and emissions
for retail electricity suppliers, and for cities, within city limits,
served by an electric utility. The Committee is still awaiting thisreport and directs the Department to provide the report not later
than 30 days after enactment of this Act.

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NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUPAppropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
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$319,200,000
338,860,000
333,863,000+14,663,000¥4,997,000

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.
Small Sites.—The Committee provides $124,340,000 for small
sites, of which $21,340,000 is for the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC), $11,000,000 is for Idaho National Laboratory,$5,000,000 is for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and$67,000,000 is for Moab.
ETEC.—The Committee is pleased with the progress of building
demolition, including the recent agreement between the Department and the State of California to demolish the remaining buildings on site. The Committee remains concerned about the pace ofsoil and water remediation and acknowledges the need for compliance with the 2007 Consent Order and 2010 Administrative Orderon Consent. The Committee expects the Department of Energy toprioritize the expenditure of funds needed to timely initiate andcomplete the required demolition of buildings in Area IV of the site
and the cleanup of soil and water resources. The Committee encourages the Department to continue working with the State ofCalifornia on cleanup of the Site. The Department is directed tocontinue to act in accordance with applicable laws, orders, regulations, and agreements with the state of California.
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING
FUND

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$841,000,000
831,340,000
831,340,000¥9,660,000–––

The 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 for the
Department to establish a community liaison and to provide technical and regulatory assistance to the local community and surrounding counties. The Department is directed to continue its air
and ground water monitoring efforts and increase the frequency ofreporting results in a transparent manner. The Department is directed to develop a comprehensive land use plan in conjunction

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with the surrounding counties that establishes a vision and coordinated objectives for the long-term use of the Portsmouth Site.
The Committee understands that a third-party effort is underway to collect environmental samples in the area. When the sampling effort is complete, the Department is directed to consult with
the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and provide
to the Committee a briefing on the results.
SCIENCE

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$7,026,000,000
7,440,000,000
7,320,000,000+294,000,000¥120,000,000

The Office of Science funds basic science research across national
laboratories, universities, and other research institutions in support of American innovation and the Department’s energy-focusedmissions. Through research in physics, biology, chemistry, andother science disciplines, these activities expand scientific understanding and secure the nation’s leadership in energy innovation.
This basic science research is crucial to enabling the nation to continue developing transformational energy technologies and to position itself to seize economic opportunities in the global energy markets of the future. The Office of Science is the nation’s largest supporter of basic 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 in fiscal year 2022, given theprivate 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 for valuable 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 $115,000,000 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
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other 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.
Quantum Information Sciences.—The Committee supports the
Office of Science’s coordinated and focused research program inquantum information science and technology. This emerging fieldof science promises to yield revolutionary new approaches to computing, sensing, and communication. The recommendation provides
not less than $245,000,000 for quantum information science, including not less than $120,000,000 for research and $125,000,000
for the five National Quantum Information Science Research Centers. Within available funding, the Committee encourages the Department to support a quantum internet and communications research program consistent with the Department’s ‘‘America’s Blueprint for the Quantum Internet’’ strategy. The Department is directed to continue its coordination efforts with the National Science
Foundation, other federal agencies, private sector stakeholders, andthe user community to promote researcher access to quantum systems, enhance the U.S. quantum research enterprise, develop the
U.S. quantum computing industry, and educate the future quantum computing workforce.
The Committee directs the Department to be inclusive of allquantum information science technologies to ensure the research
expands all possible research applications. Funded research should
be inclusive of quantum technologies, including gate, annealing,
topological, photonics, trapped ion, silicon, superconducting, andother viable quantum technologies. The Department is directed toprovide to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactmentof this Act a report of near-term application developments. The report should outline the breakdown of research funding across theavailable quantum computing technologies, including gate, annealing, topological, photonics, trapped ion, silicon, superconducting,and other viable quantum technologies.
Traineeships for Underrepresented Communities.—The Committee supports the Department’s efforts to diversify the nuclear
physics research community by offering research traineeships tounderrepresented communities pursuing STEM undergraduate degrees. The Committee encourages the Department to especially recruit undergraduate students from Historically Black Colleges andUniversities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges andUniversities, and Asian American and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee
not less than 90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on its
efforts; data on students’ socioeconomic status, race, or ethnicity;and recommendations on how to expand this program across the
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Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce.—The Committee
supports the new Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce(RENEW) initiative for targeted efforts to increase participation
and retention of underrepresented groups in the Office of Science’s
research activities. The Department is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act andquarterly thereafter briefings on implementation of this program.
ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH

The Advanced Scientific Computing Research 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 $160,000,000 for the Argonne
Leadership Computing Facility, $250,000,000 for the Oak Ridge
Leadership Computing Facility, and not less than $115,000,000 for
the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The recommendation includes
not less than $90,000,000 to support necessary infrastructure upgrades and operations for ESnet.
Mathematical, Computational, and Computer Sciences Research.—The recommendation provides not less than $250,000,000
for Mathematical, Computational, and Computer Sciences Research, including not less than $15,000,000 for computational
sciences workforce programs.
The recommendation includes not less than $10,000,000 and up
to $40,000,000 for the development of AI-optimized emerging memory technology for AI-specialized hardware allowing for new computing capabilities tailored to the demands of artificial intelligencesystems.

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BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES

The Basic Energy Sciences program funds basic research in materials science, chemistry, geoscience, and bioscience. The science
breakthroughs in this program enable a broad array of innovationin energy technologies and other industries critical to American
economic competitiveness.
Research.—The recommendation provides $130,000,000 for Energy Frontier Research Centers, $25,000,000 for the Experimental
Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, $25,000,000 for theBatteries and Energy Storage Innovation Hub, and not less than
$20,000,000 and up to $25,000,000 for the Fuels from Sunlight Innovation Hub. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act a plan
to recapitalize and modernize needed infrastructure, instrumentation, and capabilities utilized by the Energy Innovation Hubs.
The Committee encourages the Office of Science to work with the
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to address theneed to quickly scale up efforts to develop cleaner production of hydrogen at lower costs to attract industrial investment.
The recommendation provides not less than $535,000,000 for facilities operations of the nation’s light sources, not less than$293,000,000 for facilities operations of the high-flux neutron

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sources, and not less than $142,000,000 for facilities operations of
the Nanoscale Science Research Centers (NSRC).
The recommendation provides not less than $14,300,000 for otherproject costs, including $4,300,000 for Linac Coherent Light SourceII, $5,000,000 for Advanced Photon Source Upgrade, $3,000,000 for
Linac Coherent Light Source-II HE, and $2,000,000 for Cryomodule
Repair & Maintenance Facility. The recommendation includes$15,000,000 for NSRC Recapitalization.
The recommendation includes $15,000,000 for NSLS II Experimental Tools-II. Commissioned in 2014, the NSLS II is currently
the nation’s most powerful synchrotron x-ray light source. While it
was designed to accommodate 60 beamlines, just over half will
have been constructed at the completion of NEXT II. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 120
days after enactment of this Act a plan and timeline for the designand construction of the beamlines necessary to complete the buildout of the NSLS 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 $390,000,000 for Biological Systems Science and not less than $405,000,000 for Earthand Environmental Systems Sciences.
The recommendation provides up to $5,000,000 to support university research efforts for the design and development of AI-inspired biological robots for a broad set of applications, including environmental remediation, chemical upcycling, energy-relevant biomaterials, and enabling technologies for basic biological sciences.
The Department should focus on reducing the time and scaling up
the processes required to design, manufacture, and deploy new
kinds of biological machines for energy and environmental missions.
The Committee continues to support the prototyping and establishment of fabricated ecosystems, automation, sensors, and computational tools to enable a predictive understanding of soil-plantmicrobe interactions across molecular to ecosystem scales. The
novel tools and capabilities will accelerate discovery and speed thedelivery of solutions to climate change, environmental sustainability, and clean energy. The recommendation provides not lessthan $6,000,000 for fabricated ecosystems and sensors. Within
available funds, the recommendation includes up to $4,000,000 forsecond generation SmartSoils fabricated ecosystem testbeds, newsensors, and computational tools to enable real-time connectivity
between lab-controlled, instrumented SmartSoil testbeds and naturally varying field experiments. Within available funds, the recommendation includes up to $8,000,000 to develop and test novel
sensor technologies, procure second generation EcoPOD units, andcreate the computational and experimental infrastructures necessary to dissect field observations at atomic and molecular levels
in fabricated ecosystems.
The Committee supports the Department-wide Designing the
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cial Intelligence and Machine Learning tools and Design, Build,
Test, Learn systems for the discovery and annotation of genes involved in the biosynthesis of inorganic and organic/inorganic biologically produced materials. [B. Lee]The recommendation provides not less than $100,000,000 for the
Bioenergy Research Centers and up to $15,000,000 to continue thedevelopment of a multi-scale genes-to ecosystems approach that
supports a predictive understanding of gene functions and how
they scale with complex biological and environmental systems.
The recommendation includes not less than $10,000,000 for the
low-dose radiation research program. The Department is directed
to complete the required contract agreement with the National
Academy of Sciences (NAS) to develop a plan for and to conduct acomprehensive, multi-year independent low-dose radiation research
program. The Committee intends for this research plan to include
a five-year program implementation outline and funding requirements. The plan shall include recommendations for the Department and other federal agencies, including collaborations with outside organizations. The research plan shall be developed in consultation with other federal agencies and qualified personnel representing industry and public interest stakeholders.
The Committee continues to support the Department’s fundingfor colleges and universities to examine and evaluate earth systemmodels and validate their ability to reproduce earth systems.
The Committee continues to support the Department’s investment in observational studies, modeling, and computing to reduce
the uncertainty in understanding cloud aerosol effects, and the recommendation includes not less than $15,000,000 and up to$30,000,000 to build upon this research. Within available funds,
the Department is directed to support the modernization and acceleration of the Energy, Exascale, and Earth System Model program
to improve earth system prediction and climate risk managementin the service of U.S. public safety, security, and economic interests, including, in coordination with the Department of Homeland
Security, evaluation of the modernization and adaptation of capabilities from the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis
Center to support climate impacts on infrastructure and communities.
The recommendation includes not less than $100,000,000 for Environmental System Science.
The recommendation includes not less than $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, that leverages national laboratories’ assets as well as local infrastructure and expertise atuniversities and other research institutions. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 120 days afterenactment of this Act a ten-year research plan, including annual
budget targets and justifications, for this integrated effort. The
plan should identify investments in existing and new field sitesthat further the establishment of a national coastal observation
network.
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cluding a focus on extreme hydrology in vulnerable watersheds critical for U.S. water resilience in a changing climate. The Committee
supports activities to develop integrated mountainous hydroclimate
modeling and observational capabilities. The effort should leverage
activities supported by other federal agencies active in investigating how snow-dominated Upper Colorado mountainous systems are responding to extreme events and gradual warming andthe implications for water resilience in the western United States.
Existing scientific and modeling approaches for understanding
water-energy systems cannot accurately simulate and predict rapidchanges and feedbacks between coupled water and energy systems
in an uncertain future where extremes, such as droughts, floods,
heat waves, and wildfires, are becoming more frequent, intense,
and widespread. The Department is directed to support Regional
Data, Modeling, and Analysis Test Beds targeted to universities
with research competencies in water scarcity issues in dry regionsof the United States.
The Department is directed to give priority to optimizing the operation of BER user facilities and encouraged to examine needs for
additional capabilities at its existing user facilities.

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The Fusion Energy Sciences program supports basic researchand experimentation aiming to harness nuclear fusion for energy
production.
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 provide to theCommittee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act abriefing on how the Department is aligning its Fusion Energy
Sciences program with the recommendations of the ‘‘Powering the
Future: Fusion and Plasmas’’ report.
Research.—The recommendation provides not less than
$20,000,000 for High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas, including activities for LaserNetUS; not less than $59,000,000 for NSTX–U Operations; and not less than $33,000,000 for NSTX–U Research.
The recommendation includes up to $45,000,000 for the Milestone-Based Development Program as authorized in section 2008 of
the Energy Act of 2020. The Department is directed to support
these activities at a level commensurate with the prioritization recommended in the ‘‘Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas’’ report. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee notlater than 90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on how
the authorities provided in the Milestone-Based Development Program can be applied to the prioritized activities recommended inthe ‘‘Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas’’ report.
The Committee notes the long-range plan includes considerationof the development of a stellarator facility, and the Department is

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directed to support these activities at a level commensurate withthe prioritization in the ‘‘Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas’’ report developed through the community’s consensus process.
The recommendation provides not less than $25,000,000 for the
Materials Plasma Exposure experiment.
Construction.—The Committee recommends $242,000,000 for the
U.S. contribution to the ITER project, of which not less than$80,000,000 is for in-cash contributions. The Committee continues
to believe the ITER project represents an important step forward
for energy sciences and has the potential to revolutionize the current understanding of fusion energy. 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, and the Department is directed toprovide this information not later than 30 days after enactment of
this Act.
The Committee provides funding for the Matter in Extreme Conditions Upgrade at a level commensurate with the prioritization inthe ‘‘Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas’’ report developed
through the community’s consensus process.
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICSThe High Energy Physics program supports fundamental research into the elementary constituents of matter and energy andultimately into the nature of space and time. The program focuseson particle physics theory and experimentation in three areas: theenergy frontier, which investigates new particles and fundamental
forces through high-energy experimentation; the intensity frontier,which focuses on rare events to better understand our 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.
Research.—The recommendation provides not less than
$30,000,000 for the Sanford Underground Research Facility andnot less than $20,000,000 for Cosmic Microwave Background-Stage
4.
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.

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NUCLEAR PHYSICSThe Nuclear Physics program supports basic research into thefundamental particles that compose nuclear matter, how theyinteract, and how they combine to form the different types of matter observed in the universe today.
Research.—The Department is directed to give priority to optimizing operations for all Nuclear Physics user facilities.
The recommendation provides up to $12,500,000 for the GammaRay Energy Tracking Array, up to $13,000,000 for the High Rigidity Spectrometer, and up to $16,200,000 for MOLLER.

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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
Committee supports the FRIB Isotope Harvesting projects.
ACCELERATOR R&D AND PRODUCTION

Accelerator R&D and Production supports cross-cutting 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.
The Committee recommends $35,000,000 for Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists.
The Committee encourages the Department, in collaboration with
the national laboratories, to support engagement with high schools
locally and across the nation through impactful interactions withnational laboratory employees, work-based learning, experiential
activities, and emerging technology programs. In support of the Department’s and national laboratories’ diversity goals, these pre-college programs should address the specific needs of each laboratories’ regional community. Programs should directly support andprioritize participation from underrepresented racial and ethnic
groups in STEM and people with disabilities. The programs may
also address gaps in educational programming and opportunities
for students in under resourced and rural school districts.
Further, the Department is directed to submit to the Committee
not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act a plan describing a five-year educational and workforce development program for
expanding engagement with and support for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students as well as recent graduates,
teachers, and faculty in STEM fields. This plan may include paidinternships, fellowships, temporary employment, training programs, visiting student and faculty programs, sabbaticals, and research support. The plan shall also include an outreach strategy tomore effectively advertise, recruit, and promote educational andworkforce programs to community colleges, Minority Serving Institutions, and non-research universities.

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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 submit to
the Committee a report on the funding levels required for operations and maintenance of Oak Ridge National Laboratory nuclear
facilities. The Committee is still awaiting this report and directs
the Department to provide the report not later than 15 days afterenactment of this Act.
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL
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$27,500,000
7,500,000
27,500,000–––+20,000,000

The recommendation includes $27,5000,000 for Nuclear Waste
Disposal, of which $20,000,000 is for interim storage and$7,500,000 is for Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF) oversight activities.
Funds for NWF oversight activities are derived from the NWF.
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 remindedthat the Nuclear Waste Policy Act provides for a wide variety of activities that may take place prior to the limitation in that Act.
The Committee also notes that spent nuclear fuel is in manycases located near Indian reservations and cities. As the Department moves forward with planning for an integrated system for thenation’s spent nuclear fuel, the Committee encourages the Department to include planning for the removal of spent nuclear fuel fromsites located near Indian reservations and cities.
TECHNOLOGY TRANSITIONS

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$– – –
19,470,000
19,470,000+19,470,000–––

The budget request proposes a separate appropriation for the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT). The mission of OTT is to expand the commercial and public impact of the research investmentsof the Department, and OTT enhances the public return on investment in the Department’s technology portfolio, including the national 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 supports funding OTT through a new, separate
appropriation to increase transparency and reflect the need for
multi-year funding for programmatic activities.
The recommendation provides not less than $5,000,000 for a competitive funding opportunity for incubators supporting energy innovation clusters. These incubators should have the support of state,regional, and local entities. The Department is directed to provide
to the Committee not later than 120 days after obligation of thesefunds a report on the impact incubators have on job creation and

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workforce development, including in low-income communities andon underrepresented entrepreneurs.
CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATIONSAppropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
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$– – –
400,000,000
200,000,000+200,000,000¥200,000,000

The budget request proposes to establish an Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) to accelerate the maturation of nearand mid-term clean energy technologies and systems with the goalof quicker commercial adoption and increased availability. This will
be accomplished through 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 the establishment of an Office of Clean
Energy Demonstrations. The Department is directed to conduct
these activities on a competitive basis and include cost-share requirements pursuant to section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of2005. The Department is encouraged to conduct these activities
through technology neutral solicitations focused on crosscutting energy challenges.
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY

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$427,000,000
500,000,000
600,000,000+173,000,000+100,000,000

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 our 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, and accelerating the development of commercial fusion energy.
The budget request proposes the establishment of an Advanced
Research Projects Agency—Climate (ARPA–C). However, the budget request justification notes that ARPA–C will require legislation
beyond the current ARPA–E authorization. The Committee notesthat ARPA–E has authority ‘‘to address the energy and environmental missions of the Department,’’ according to section 5012 of
the America COMPETES Act. This includes climate-related innova-

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tions, and further, the Committee notes that ARPA–E alreadyfunds such activities. The Department is directed to conduct the
proposed activities through ARPA–E. Additionally, the budget request proposes funds for other federal agencies in support of
ARPA–C’s mission. The Department is directed to support and coordinate any such efforts through ARPA–E.
The Committee supports the recent activities of ARPA–E aimed
to support the scaling of high-risk and potentially disruptive
ARPA–E funded technologies across the full spectrum of energy applications.
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAMADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSESGROSS APPROPRIATION

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$32,000,000
182,000,000
32,000,000–––¥150,000,000

OFFSETTING COLLECTIONSAppropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
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¥$3,000,000¥3,000,000¥3,000,000––––––

NET APPROPRIATION

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Comparison:
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$29,000,000
179,000,000
29,000,000–––¥150,000,000

The recommendation includes a net appropriation of $29,000,000
in administrative expenses for the Loan Guarantee Program.
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING LOAN
PROGRAM

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$5,000,000
5,000,000
5,000,000––––––

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. The Committee remains dis-

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appointed with the rescission of emergency balances included in
Public Law 116–260.
TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
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$2,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000––––––

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.
INDIAN ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMSAppropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
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Comparison:
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$22,000,000
122,000,000
70,000,000+48,000,000¥52,000,000

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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.
The recommendation provides not less than $25,000,000 to advance technical assistance, demonstration, and deployment of distributed solar and energy storage technologies for households andcommunities in tribal nations to improve reliability, resilience, andalleviate energy poverty. The Department is encouraged toprioritize households and communities that lack connection to theelectric grid. The Department is directed to collaborate with the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, including theSolar Energy Technologies Office, and the Office of Electricity in
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DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATIONGROSS APPROPRIATION

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$259,378,000
422,378,000
372,578,000+113,200,000¥49,760,000

REVENUES

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¥$93,378,000¥100,578,000¥100,578,000¥7,200,000–––

NET APPROPRIATION

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$166,000,000
321,760,000
272,000,000+106,000,000¥49,760,000

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.
Within available funds, the recommendation includes up to$5,000,000 to leverage commercial technologies and carry out pilot
projects related to implementation of the requirements under Title
II of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (Public
Law 115–435).
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.
Therefore, the recommendation provides $20,000,000 for the Officeof Economic Impact and Diversity, $9,831,000 above fiscal year
2021 and equal to the budget request.
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. Within available funds, the recommenda-

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tion provides not less than $71,800,000 for cybersecurity and secure information. In addition, the recommendation provides notless than $55,000,000 to address the impacts of the SolarWinds incident across the Department.
International Affairs.—Within available funds, 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.
Other Departmental Administration.—The recommendation provides not less than $25,000,000 for the Chief Human Capital Officer, up to $38,000,000 for the General Counsel, not less than
$13,000,000 for Project Management Oversight and Assessments,
not less than $3,500,000 for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization, and not less than $4,000,000 for Public Affairs. The Department is directed to provide to the Committee notlater than 30 days after enactment of this Act the briefing requiredin the fiscal year 2021 Act detailing how it plans to address GAO’s
high-risk concerns.
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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$57,739,000
78,000,000
78,000,000+20,261,000–––

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 Committee notes the release of the April 2021 Special Reportdealing with audits of the Department’s Management and Oper-

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ating (M&O) contractors, which drives the budget request increase.
The Committee does not question the Inspector General’s authority
to develop a new audit strategy and appreciates the attention tothis matter. The Committee has heard concerns about how thisstrategy will be implemented. Prior to obligating any funds for the
independent audit strategy, the Inspector General shall submit to
the Committee a detailed implementation plan for transitioning
from the Cooperative Audit Strategy to the independent audit
strategy, including hiring of new federal employees, metrics for
how the Office of the Inspector General will measure success, theextent of the need for access to contractor systems, and how theindependent audit strategy will be phased in across the Department’s 32 M&Os. The Department is directed to provide to theCommittee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, andquarterly thereafter, a briefing on the 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.
NATIONAL 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
complex, nuclear nonproliferation activities, and naval reactors.
The Committee encourages the NNSA to coordinate with the Department of Defense regarding a nuclear scenario wargame that includes participation of Congressional members to both participate
in and observe table-top exercises and other scenario-based, nontraining exercises.
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$15,345,000,000
15,484,295,000
15,484,295,000+139,295,000–––

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 ele-

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ments: Stockpile Management; Production Modernization; Stockpile
Research, Technology, and Engineering; Infrastructure and Operations; and Security functions.
The Committee notes that the Administration is moving forwardwith a nuclear posture review and encourages the Administration
to ensure that the review and future budget requests reflect a sustainable path forward for the NNSA so it can deliver on its budget
and schedule commitments. In conducting this review, the Administration is encouraged to appropriately value the role of scienceand technology in sustaining the stockpile without the need fortesting, which is too often marginalized in budget requests. The
Committee is concerned that the focus on refurbishing and building
new warheads, along with the plutonium pit production mission,
has resulted in significant downward pressure on other critical activities within Defense Programs, including science and infrastructure. Continuing this unbalanced funding strategy is not sustainable. Additionally, the Committee urges the Administration to ensure that military requirements align 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 Committee is still awaiting this report anddirects the NNSA to provide the IPR not later than 30 days afterenactment of this Act and with the annual budget request thereafter. In light of the NNSA’s increasing and highly interdependent
workload, which requires significant investments to reconstitutekey 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.

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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.
Stockpile Major Modernization and Sustainment Activities.—No
funding is provided for the B83–1 service life extension or theW80–4 Alteration for the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile. The Committee considers these proposed investments premature pending
the nuclear posture review.
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 Committee looks forward to receiving the Office of Cost Estimating andProgram Evaluation (CEPE) Joint Nuclear Weapons Lifecycle Process assessment directed in the fiscal year 2021 Act, as well as the
NNSA’s briefing on its plans to incorporate CEPE’s recommendations.

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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 critical
non-nuclear 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, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities inSouth Carolina and New Mexico to support plutonium pit production.
Plutonium Pit Production.—The budget request proposes significant funding increases for operations and construction to support
plutonium pit production. The Committee notes that the two construction projects that will support pit production at Los Alamosand Savannah River have recently achieved the Critical Decision1 milestone with increased projected cost estimates and, in the caseof Savannah River, a timeline that will stretch beyond 2030. These
substantial investments and the timeline underscore the need fora resource-loaded integrated master schedule (IMS) that includes
all pit production-related project and program activities. The IMS
was directed by the fiscal year 2021 Act and has not been received
by the Committee. The NNSA is directed to submit the IMS to theCommittee not later than 15 days after enactment of this Act.
Additionally, the Committee remains concerned about contingency planning given the timeline for achieving 80 pits per year
will stretch beyond 2030. Given the NNSA’s continuing challenges
in constructing large, complex nuclear facilities on time and on
budget, coupled with the extremely constrained timeframe andplanned use of expedited processes and procedures, the risk of not
meeting pit production milestones remains high. The Committee
has not received the contingency plan required in the fiscal year
2021 Act and directs the NNSA to provide the plan not later than
15 days after enactment of this Act. The NNSA is reminded that
this plan shall be updated and submitted annually with the budget
request.
University Collaboration.—The Committee notes the importanceof collaborations between research universities and national laboratories as the NNSA modernizes manufacturing and production capabilities and is pleased with the progress in establishing the Center of Excellence regarding lifetime extension and materials degradation issues. The recommendation provides $10,000,000 to continue these efforts, including developing a recruiting pipeline capability across the national security enterprise.

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STOCKPILE RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENGINEERING

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, $40,000,000
shall be for the Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program
and $5,000,000 shall be for Tribal Colleges and Universities. The
Committee encourages the NNSA to partner with ZNetUS to explore opportunities in pulsed-power high energy density researchand development. The NNSA is directed to provide to the Committee not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act a briefing on its plans to work with ZNetUS to facilitate user access tonational pulsed-power facilities.
Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) and High Yield.—Within the
ICF program, the recommendation includes not less than$350,000,000 for the National Ignition Facility, not less than
$66,900,000 for the Z Facility, and not less than $83,000,000 for
the OMEGA Laser Facility. Within funds provided for Facility Operations, not less than $33,000,000 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 NNSA is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 120 days after enactment of this Act a strategic plan for recapitalizing, upgrading, and maintaining ICF facilities. This plan
shall include cost estimates and a reasonable timeframe for implementation.
Advanced Simulation and Computing.—Within funds provided
for Advanced Simulation and Computing, $25,000,000 shall be forresearch in, and leading to the development of, memory technologies that will drive 40X performance gains beyond that
achieved by exascale computing systems for critical mission applications.
Stockpile Responsiveness Program.—The fiscal year 2021 Act directed the NNSA to submit to the Committee an annual reportwith the budget request that includes a detailed accounting andstatus of each program, project, and activity within the program.
The NNSA has proposed meeting this reporting requirement by expanding the annual Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan
(SSMP) as necessary. The Committee notes that the SSMP does
not typically accompany the annual budget request, and therefore
does not offer a useful and timely companion to the budget. The
Committee reiterates the fiscal year 2021 direction and expects toreceive timely updates on the status of any new and existingtaskings, studies, and assessments.

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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.

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INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONSInfrastructure and Operations provides funding for the base operations, maintenance, and recapitalization of the NNSA’s facilities
and infrastructure.
The NNSA is encouraged to accelerate activities necessary to prepare the Beta-4 facility at Y–12 for deactivation and demolition as
it moves forward with the West End Protected Area Reduction
project.
LEGACY CONTRACTOR PENSIONSThe Committee provides $78,656,000 for payments into the legacy University of California contractor employee defined benefit
pension plans.
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
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$2,260,000,000
1,934,000,000
2,340,000,000+80,000,000+406,000,000

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DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

Funding for the Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation isprovided across five programs: Global Material Security, Material
Management and Minimization, Nonproliferation and Arms Control, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D, and Nonproliferation
Construction.
In concert with the NNSA’s efforts to implement a safe, secure,and cost-effective approach to dispose of surplus plutonium, theCommittee encourages efforts to engage the interagency and international partners as appropriate on mutually beneficial plutonium
disposition protocols.
Global Material Security.—The recommendation includes not lessthan $38,000,000 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. Within available
funds for Domestic Radiological Security, the recommendation provides not less than $25,000,000 for the Cesium Irradiator Replacement Project. The Committee notes the importance of accelerating
the removal of cesium devices to permanently reduce the risk ofterrorist use of a radiological dispersal device in the U.S.
Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence.—The Nuclear
Smuggling Detection and Deterrence program plays a critical rolein assisting partner countries to detect, disrupt, and investigate thesmuggling of radioactive and nuclear materials. The Committee
notes the critical importance of this program’s efforts to recapitalize equipment as necessary to meet mission needs.
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development(DNN R&D).—The recommendation includes funding above thebudget request to advance U.S. space-based capabilities to detect
nuclear detonations. The Committee notes the importance of the

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University Consortia and Nonproliferation Stewardship programs
and includes $20,000,000 for the University Consortia for Nuclear
Nonproliferation Research. The Committee supports the budget request for a new consortium, and the NNSA is encouraged to consider quantum-enabled nuclear security technologies for advanced
nuclear systems as it works to establish a new consortium.
The fiscal year 2021 Act directed the NNSA to evaluate and brief
the Committee on the establishment of a nuclear materials processing test bed capability to address proliferation concerns within
the evolving civilian nuclear fuel cycle. The Committee is still
awaiting this briefing and directs the NNSA to provide the briefing
not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
The Committee supports the budget proposal to realign National
Technical Nuclear Forensics R&D within DNN R&D. The fiscal
year 2021 Act directed the NNSA to develop and brief the Committee on a threat-informed strategic plan for its National Technical Nuclear Forensics R&D work, with near- and long-term research and development milestones that have been coordinatedwith stakeholders, and describes how R&D, counterterrorism, andcounterproliferation activities will be integrated. The Committee is
still awaiting this briefing and directs the NNSA to provide thebriefing not later than within 30 days after enactment of this Act.
The NNSA is reminded that the plan shall evaluate potential mission need and benefits of establishing a low-background radiationlaboratory capability with access to Category I special nuclear materials representative of both weapons and commercial uses to support activities such as accelerator-based photonuclear, neutron activation, chemistry and isotope separation, treaty verification, andtechnical capabilities enabling emergency response, including a costestimate. The recommendation also includes $20,000,000 within
Nonproliferation Fuels Development to develop high-density, lowenriched fuels that could replace highly enriched uranium for naval
applications.
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 $38,800,000 for payments into the legacy University of California contractor employee defined benefit
pension plans.
NAVAL REACTORS

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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 continue
the Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project.
Naval Reactors Development.—Within available funds for Naval
Reactors Development, $92,747,000 is transferred to the Office of
Nuclear Energy for Advanced Test Reactor operations.
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$443,200,000
464,000,000
464,000,000+20,800,000–––

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 CLEANUP

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Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
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$6,426,000,000
6,841,670,000
6,592,000,000+166,000,000¥249,670,000

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,
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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 the Office of River Protection to support stable
funding for cleanup activities at the Hanford Site.
The Department is directed to carry out maintenance and public
safety efforts at historical sites, including the B Reactor. This includes facility improvements including replacement of the B Reactor roof. Within available funds, not less than $8,500,000 is provided for the Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency
Response facilities.
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 2019 Hanford
Lifecycle Scope, Schedule, and Cost Report. This report estimates
the total cost of Hanford cleanup to be between $322 and $677 billion, with a potential completion date of 2079. 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 publichealth and the environment. The Committee notes that the budget
request includes $7,000,000 for low level waste offsite disposal andthat fiscal year 2020 funds are still available for this purpose. 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 supports the Department’s efforts to analyze alternatives for the future of spent
fuel facilities at Idaho to include multi-purpose canisters. The Committee encourages expediency in its review and expects regular updates from the Department. Within available funding, up to$15,000,000 is for a road-ready, dry storage packaging pilot projectusing multi-purpose canisters and existing infrastructure.
Savannah River Site.—Within funds for Risk Management Operations, not less than $3,000,000 is for disposition of spent fuel fromthe High Flux Isotope Reactor. The Committee supports the budget
request for H-Canyon operations, which continues operations at the
fiscal year 2021 level. The Committee further supports the budget
request for remediation of the D-Area. The Committee notes thatthe transition to a separate contract for the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) could impact overhead rates traditionallypaid by users of the laboratory, including Departmental programs.
The Department is directed to propose to the Committee not later
than 60 days after enactment of this Act a method or methods forfunding SRNL radiological facilities that mitigates, to the extent
practicable, the impacts to overhead rates to users of the laboratory. The Department shall include an option for direct funding ofthese facilities and include information on the benefits to all users

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of such facilities and ensure that the relevant users would pay ashare proportional to their use.
Nevada.—The recommendation includes $15,000,000 for improved real time radiography equipment to support enhanced lowlevel radioactive waste verification and oversight.
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).—The fiscal year 2021 Act directed the Department to brief the Committee on its plan for infrastructure improvements around WIPP. The Committee is still
awaiting this briefing, and the Department is directed to provide
the briefing not later than 15 days after enactment of this Act.
Program Direction.—The Committee places a high priority on
workforce recruitment, mentoring, and training programs to prepare the next generation of federal and contractor workforce personnel. The Office of Environmental Management (EM) is encouraged to implement such programs as necessary to ensure the Department continues to meet the rigorous demands of its ongoingcleanup activities.
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. Within these amounts, the Department shall use
funding to address the need for additional assessments into material degradation that may occur as a result of multiple decades ofEnvironmental Management spent nuclear fuel storage facilities,
nuclear material measuring and monitoring in the Department’s
storage systems, and other activities recommended by the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board in its 2017 report on the Management and Disposal of U.S. Department of Energy Spent Nuclear
Fuel. The Committee appreciates the Department’s work to improve worker safety and provides up to $6,500,000 to consider exploring options to develop and deploy wearable robotic devices toenhance worker safety. The recommendation provides up to$7,000,000 for continued work on qualification, testing, and research to advance the state-of-the-art containment ventilation systems.
DEFENSE URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND
DECOMMISSIONING(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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$– – ––––
831,340,000+831,340,000+831,340,000

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$920,000,000
1,170,000,000
932,000,000+12,000,000¥238,000,000

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 again rejects the budget proposal to move theFormerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) fromthe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to the Department. The
Congress intentionally transferred FUSRAP from the Department
to the Corps in fiscal year 1998. The Department maintains ownership of and accountability for real property interests. The Committee remains pleased with the current cooperation between the
Department and the Corps in carrying out the FUSRAP programand expects the Department to continue to provide its institutional
knowledge and expertise to ensure the success of this program andto serve the nation and the affected communities. The Committee
notes its direction to the Corps to submit its fiscal year 2023 budget request in the structure outlined in this Act.
The Committee is pleased with the Department’s progress on establishing a memorandum of understanding with the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board that will provide a foundation for mutual communication, transparency, and information sharing to promote operational and interface efficiencies.
The recommendation includes $12,000,000 above the budget request for targeted investments to defend the U.S. energy sector
against the evolving threat of cyber and other attacks in supportof the resiliency of the nation’s electric grid and energy infrastructure.
Runit Island, Marshall Islands.—The Committee has heard concerns that the Department is not in full compliance with the reporting requirements contained in section 2 of Public Law 112–149.
The Department is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 90 days after enactment of this Act a plan to come into fullcompliance with Public Law 112–149. At a minimum, the plan
shall include: steps required to come into compliance; technicalissues associated with the effort how the Department will ensure
the reports are made available to the public in the Marshall Islands, including translation of reports into Marshallese and redevelopment of outdated Department websites; and cost estimates associated with each of these items.
The Committee notes recent advances in commercially available
technologies, including artificial intelligence, computer vision, andsensor fusion capabilities, may make it possible to deploy innovative technologies to detect, track and identify threats at scale tohelp meet force protection and physical security requirements. The
Committee is aware that such initiatives are underway in federal
agencies such as the Department of Defense and Customs and Bor-

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der Protection. The Department is directed to conduct a review of
its security requirements across the entire complex to assess how
the use of artificial intelligence and commercially available technologies could improve security while reducing overall costs. The
Department shall provide to the Committee not later than 180 days
after enactment of this Act a report detailing its findings. The report shall include information on if and how the Department is already using artificial intelligence or commercially available technologies, include a recommendation for a pilot project at one ormore sites within the complex, and include cost estimates and comparisons to current security costs.
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
activities authorized under section 5 of the Flood Control Act of1944 and all other functions of the Bonneville Power Administration, 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.
Beginning in fiscal year 2011, power revenues from the Southeastern, Southwestern, and Western Area Power Administrations,which were previously classified as mandatory offsetting receipts,
were reclassified as discretionary offsetting collections to directly
offset annual expenses. The capital expenses of Southwestern andWestern Area Power Administrations are appropriated annually.
Beginning in fiscal year 2018, the Congressional Budget Office(CBO) changed its scoring of the PMAs. The change stemmed frominformation on execution of language regarding purchase power
and wheeling expenses and offsetting collections included in thisbill each year. The Committee appreciates the PMAs’ and their customers’ efforts to provide additional financial information. As inprevious years, to address the increased score in the short-term,
the recommendation reduces the maximum level for purchasepower and wheeling below the budget request.

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marketing agency for electric power in the Pacific Northwest. BPA
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hydropower 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.
Satsop Business Park, Washington.—The Committee notes theongoing efforts to provide increased power capacity to underutilized
infrastructure. Bonneville is encouraged to continue to work withthe local public utility district and partners and to consider the economic development opportunities this may support.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER
ADMINISTRATION
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The Southeastern Power Administration (SEPA) markets hydroelectric power from 22 Corps Projects to 473 customers across 10
states in the southeast. Southeastern does not own or operate anytransmission facilities, so it contracts to ‘‘wheel’’ its power using
the existing transmission facilities of area utilities.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER
ADMINISTRATION
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$10,400,000
10,400,000
10,400,000––––––

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 1,380 miles of transmission lines,
along with supporting substations and communications sites.
CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE,WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION

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$89,372,000
90,772,000
90,772,000+1,400,000–––

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. Western also operates and maintains a system oftransmission lines nearly 17,000 miles long. Western provides electricity to 15 western states over a service area of 1.3 million square
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FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE FUND
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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 the Western Area Power Administration for use by
the Commissioner of the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission.
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSIONSALARIES AND EXPENSES

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$404,350,000
463,900,000
466,426,000+62,076,000+2,526,000

REVENUES

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¥$404,350,000¥463,900,000¥466,426,000¥62,076,000¥2,526,000

The Committee recommendation for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is $466,426,000. Additional funds areprovided for FERC to initiate an Office of Public Participation. Revenues for FERC are established at a rate equal to the budget authority, resulting in a net appropriation of $0.
The Committee is concerned by the review process of FERC torely on precedent agreements in determining whether to approve
future natural gas pipeline projects. The Committee encourages
FERC to initiate work to review its approval process to ensure thatnew natural gas pipelines are adequately evaluated for both needand impact.
The Committee directs FERC to provide to the Committee notlater than 180 days after enactment of this Act a report on the feasibility of implementing a national reliability standard that includes inter-regional capacity requirements such as that of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONThe 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 RESCISSIONS 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 includes a provision regarding authority to release refined petroleum product from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve(SPR).
The bill includes a provision to prohibit certain payments.
The bill includes a provision that rescinds certain funds fromprior year appropriations.
The bill includes a provision transferring certain funds.
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIESAPPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

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Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$180,000,000
235,000,000
210,000,000+30,000,000¥25,000,000

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.
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

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broadband deployment in distressed counties within the Central
Appalachian region that have been most negatively impacted by
the downturn in the coal industry.
Not less than $15,000,000 is provided 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 $65,000,000 for
activities in support of the POWER Plan for activities that target
resources to help communities and regions that have been affectedby job losses in coal mining, coal power plant operations, and coal
related supply chain industries due to the economic downturn ofthe coal industry. These projects will create and retain 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 otheremerging 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 Commission is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing regarding any
activities proposed or funded relating to clean energy deployment
or integration of renewable energy sources, including energy storage, and coordination with other federal agencies on these efforts.
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$31,000,000
31,000,000
31,000,000––––––

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 En-

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ergy 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.
The Committee is pleased with the Board’s progress on establishing a memorandum of understanding with the Department thatwill provide a foundation for mutual communication, transparency,
and information sharing to promote operational and interface efficiencies.
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITYSALARIES AND EXPENSES

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Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$30,000,000
30,100,000
30,000,000–––¥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 DRA is directed to provide to the Committee not later than
90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing regarding any activities proposed or funded relating to clean energy deployment or in-

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tegration of renewable energy sources, including energy storage,
and coordination with other federal agencies on these efforts.
DENALI COMMISSION
Appropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$15,000,000
15,100,000
15,000,000–––¥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 Commission is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing regarding any
activities proposed or funded relating to clean energy deployment
or integration of renewable energy sources, including energy storage, and coordination with other federal agencies on these efforts.
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION

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Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$30,000,000
30,100,000
32,000,000+2,000,000+1,900,000

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.
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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.
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 Commission is directed to provide to the Committee not later
than 90 days after enactment of this Act a briefing regarding any
activities proposed or funded relating to clean energy deployment
or integration of renewable energy sources, including energy storage, and coordination with other federal agencies on these efforts.
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION
Appropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$1,000,000
2,500,000
2,500,000+1,500,000–––

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 strongly
encourages the Administration to promptly appoint a federal cochair for 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.
SOUTHWEST BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION

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Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$250,000
2,500,000
2,500,000+2,250,000–––

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 in-

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tended 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 impoverished areas to promote economic development in communities
where it has been scarce, both in persistent poverty counties andin other high-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, 2021 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$830,900,000
873,901,000
873,901,000+43,001,000–––

REVENUES

Appropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

¥$710,293,000¥745,258,000¥745,258,000¥34,965,000–––

NET APPROPRIATION

Appropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$120,607,000
128,643,000
128,643,000+8,036,000–––

The Committee recommendation for the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) provides the following amounts:(Dollars in thousands)

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FY 2021 enacted

FY 2022 request

Cmte. rec.

Nuclear Reactor Safety .......................................................
Nuclear Materials and Waste Safety ..................................
Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste .............................
Integrated University Program ............................................
Corporate Support ...............................................................

$452,849
102,864
22,771
16,000271,416$477,430
107,337
22,856
0266,278$477,430
107,337
22,856
16,000266,278

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

865,900¥35,000

873,901–––

889,901¥16,000

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

830,900

873,901

873,901

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tain 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.
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.—Evidenceshows that certain nuclear medicine extravasations may exceed
medical event reporting provided in 10 C.F.R. Part 35 Subpart M.
These 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.
Radiopharmaceutical Training and Experience.—The Committee
encourages the Commission to ensure that patient safety is at theforefront of its examination of training and experience requirements for the use of radiopharmaceuticals. This includes following
the recommendations of the NRC Advisory Committee on the Medical Use of Isotopes, as well as the input of medical and scientificprofessionals with radiation safety expertise, to maintain importantpatient safeguards and ensure public health and safety.

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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERALGROSS APPROPRIATION

Appropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$13,499,000
13,799,000
13,799,000+300,000–––REVENUES

Appropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

¥$11,106,000¥11,442,000¥11,442,000¥336,000–––

NET APPROPRIATION

Appropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$2,393,000
2,357,000
2,357,000¥36,000–––

The Committee includes $1,146,000 within this appropriation toprovide inspector general services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriation, 2021 ............................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 .......................................................................
Recommended, 2022 ...........................................................................
Comparison:
Appropriation, 2021 ....................................................................
Budget estimate, 2022 ................................................................

$3,600,000
3,800,000
3,800,000+200,000–––

The 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.

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GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT AGENCIESThe bill continues a provision requiring the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission to fully comply with Congressional requests for information.
The 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’’, $71,217,000 is available
for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and$5,584,000 is available for transfer to the Lower Colorado River
Basin Development Fund. Such funds as may be necessary may be

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advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund. Additionally,$40,000,000 is available for transfer into the Blackfeet Water Settlement Implementation Fund established by section 3717 of Public
Law 114–322. The amounts of transfers may be increased or decreased within the overall appropriation under the heading.
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’’, $92,747,000 shall betransferred to ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear
Energy’’ for the Advanced Test Reactor.
Under ‘‘Defense Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning’’, $831,340,000 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 308, ‘‘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 ITEMS

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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 ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Construction ..........................................
Section 103 ...........................................
Section 103 ...........................................
Section 107 ...........................................

AgencyArmy Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........

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Willamette River at Willamette Falls, OR ............................................................
Wrightsville Beach, NC .........................................................................................
Reel Point Preserve, Town of Shelter Island, NY .................................................
Wading River Creek, Town of Riverhead, NY .......................................................
Lake Montauk Harbor, NY ....................................................................................

Arizona Environmental Infrastructure, AZ ............................................................
Arizona Environmental Infrastructure (City of Tolleson), AZ ...............................
Calumet Region, IN ..............................................................................................
Carolina Beach and Vicinity, NC .........................................................................
City of Lorain Environmental Infrastructure Sewer Project, OH ..........................
Ecorse Creek, Wayne County, MI ..........................................................................
Fairfax Jersey Creek, KS .......................................................................................
Florida Keys Water Quality Improvement Project, FL ...........................................
Fort Pierce, FL ......................................................................................................
Harbor/South Bay, Los Angeles, CA .....................................................................
Indiana Harbor, Confined Disposal Facility, IN ...................................................
Indiana Shoreline, IN ............................................................................................
J Bennett Johnston Waterway, LA ........................................................................
Lakes Marion and Moultrie, SC ............................................................................
Midwest City, OK ..................................................................................................
New River, Imperial County, CA ...........................................................................
Pinellas County, FL ...............................................................................................
Sacramento Area Environmental Infrastructure (City of Folsom), CA .................
Sacramento Area Environmental Infrastructure (Orangevale), CA ......................
San Clemente Shoreline, CA ................................................................................
South Central Pennsylvania Environmental Improvement (Confluence BoroughMunicipal Authority Water Quality Project), PA.
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration (SFER) Program, FL ..................................
Southern and Eastern Kentucky, KY (Martin County) ..........................................
Southwest Coastal Louisiana Hurricane Protection, LA .......................................
Surfside-Sunset-Newport Beach, CA ....................................................................
Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet, NJ ...............................................................
Tres Rios, AZ ........................................................................................................
Upper Mississippi River—Illnois WW System, IL, IA, MN, MO & WI ...................

Project[Community Project Funding Items]

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOMENT

6,200,000
10,080,000
50,00050,0001,000,000

350,000,000
1,500,000
12,700,000
15,500,000
15,500,000
1,841,000
22,500,000$4,000,000
638,000
10,000,000
11,550,000
3,375,000
1,675,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
10,549,000
3,790,000
18,395,000
2,700,000
2,250,000
19,785,000
5,000,000
500,000
900,000
75,00075,0009,306,000
3,246,000

AmountRequestor(s)MastRogers (KY)
Higgins (LA)Steel
Van Drew
StantonBustos; Graves (MO);Hinson; Luetkemeyer
SchraderRouzer
ZeldinZeldinZeldinStantonGallegoMrvan
Rouzer
KapturDingell; Tlaib
Davids (KS)Gimenez
Mast
Waters
Mrvan
Mrvan
Letlow
Clyburn
Cole
Vargas
Crist
Bera
Bera
Levin (CA)
Joyce (PA)223

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Section 107 ...........................................
Section 1135 .........................................
Section 14 .............................................
Section 205 ...........................................
Section 205 ...........................................
Section 205 ...........................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
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Lower St. Croix River, MN ....................................................................................
Osage River Ecosystem Restoration, Tuscumbia, MO & Miller County, MO .......
Chickasaw Park Louisville/Jefferson Co. KY 14, KY ............................................
McCormick Wash, Globe, AZ ................................................................................
Rose and Palm Garden Washes Flood Control Project, AZ .................................
Salmon River, NY .................................................................................................
Caño Martin Peña Ecosystem Restoration, PR ....................................................
City of Norfolk, VA ................................................................................................
Columbia River Turning Basin Navigation Improvements, WA & OR .................
Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, FL ..........................................................................
Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study, IL, IN, MI, MN, NY, OH, PA and WI ........
Hartford, CT & East Hartford, CT ........................................................................
Honolulu Harbor Modification Feasibility Study, HI .............................................
Houma Navigation Canal, LA ...............................................................................
Imperial Streams Salton Sea, CA ........................................................................
Kentucky River, Beatyville, KY ..............................................................................
Little Colorado River, Winslow, AZ .......................................................................
Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration, CA .....................................................
Lowell Creek Flood Diversion, AK .........................................................................
Lower Cache Creek, CA ........................................................................................
Lower Missouri Basin—Brunswick L-246, MO ....................................................
Lower Missouri Basin—Holt County, MO, Doniphan County, KS ........................
Lower Missouri Basin—Jefferson City L-142, MO ...............................................
Lower Rio Grande Valley Watershed Assessment, TX ..........................................
Lower San Joaquin (Lathrop & Manteca), CA ......................................................
Peckman River Basin, NJ .....................................................................................
Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel, LA ................................................................
Port of Iberia, LA ..................................................................................................
San Diego County Shoreline (Oceanside), CA ......................................................
San Francisco Waterfront Storm Damage Reduction Study, CA .........................
Santa Paula Creek, CA .........................................................................................
South San Francisco Bay Shoreline (Santa Clara County), CA ...........................
St. Augustine Back Bay, FL .................................................................................
Tampa Harbor, FL (General Re-Evaluation Report) .............................................
Upper Turkey Creek Basin Design, Merriam, KS ..................................................

Project[Community Project Funding Items]

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOMENT—Continued

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100,000
100,000
100,000
50,0002,150,000
650,000
200,000
1,000,000
500,000
200,000
800,000
350,000
200,000
700,000
500,000
3,693,000
3,000,000
2,000,000
500,000
300,000
300,000
200,000
200,000
500,000
1,500,000
1,200,000
750,000
3,000,000
900,000
1,600,000
200,000
800,000
500,000

AmountCraig
Luetkemeyer
YarmuthO’HalleranKirkpatrick
Stefanik
Gonzalez-Colon
Luria
Herrera Beutler
Mast
Joyce (OH); Katko
Larson (CT)
Case
Graves (LA)Ruiz; Vargas
Rogers (KY)O’Halleran
Gomez
Young
Garamendi
Graves (MO)Graves (MO)Luetkemeyer
Vela
McNerney
Sherrill
Scalise
Higgins (LA)Levin (CA)PelosiBrownley
KhannaRutherford
Castor (FL)Davids (KS)

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Department of the Interior ....................

Department of the Interior ....................

Department of the Interior ....................

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) ...........
Department of the Interior ....................

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Investigations .......................................
Investigations .......................................
Mississippi River and Tributaries ........
Mississippi River and Tributaries ........
Mississippi River and Tributaries ........
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Operation and Maintenance .................
Bureau of Reclamation—Water andRelated Resources.
Bureau of Reclamation—Water andRelated Resources.
Bureau of Reclamation—Water andRelated Resources.
Bureau of Reclamation—Water andRelated Resources.
Los Banos Creek Appraisal Study ........................................................................

Lake Mead/Las Vegas Wash Program ..................................................................

Island Main Lateral Concrete Lining Project .......................................................

Willamette River Environmental Dredging, OR ....................................................
Wilmington Harbor Navigation Improvements, NC ..............................................
Channel Improvement, AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO & TN (Tom Lee Park) ................
Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study ..............................
Morganza to the Gulf, LA .....................................................................................
Brown’s Creek, NY ................................................................................................
Burns Waterway Harbor, IN ..................................................................................
Channel Islands Harbor, CA .................................................................................
Conneaut Harbor, OH ...........................................................................................
Coos Bay (Major Maintenance), OR .....................................................................
Dauphin Island Bay, AL .......................................................................................
Fairport Harbor, OH ..............................................................................................
Houston Ship Channel (DMMP), TX ......................................................................
Indiana Harbor, IN ................................................................................................
Intracoastal Waterway (IWW)—Caloosahatchee River to Anclote River, FL .......
Intracoastal Waterway (IWW)—Jacksonville to Miami, FL ..................................
Lake Providence Harbor, LA .................................................................................
Lake River, WA (Port of Ridgefield) .....................................................................
Lockwoods Folly River, NC ....................................................................................
Long Island Intracoastal Waterway, NY ...............................................................
Maurice River, NJ .................................................................................................
Mount St. Helens Sediment Control, WA ..............................................................
San Joaquin River (Port of Stockton), CA ............................................................
Santa Ana River Basin, CA ..................................................................................
Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, NJ .................................................................
St. Lucie Inlet (South Jetty Rehabilitation), FL ....................................................
St. Lucie Inlet, FL .................................................................................................
St. Patrick’s Creek, MD ........................................................................................
St. Paul Small Boat Harbor, MN ..........................................................................
Ventura Harbor, CA ..............................................................................................
Westport Harbor & Saugatuck River, CT .............................................................
East to West Conveyance Project (SJR to DMC) Appraisal Study .......................

500,000

3,655,000

798,000

732,000
500,000
3,000,000
5,000,000
19,333,000
250,000
1,561,000
8,000,000
2,764,000
32,720,000
3,023,000
3,880,000
1,500,000
8,196,000
2,500,000
6,000,000
1,332,000
124,000
1,050,000
8,500,000
4,010,000
918,000
9,675,000
9,072,000
8,000,000
4,800,000
5,750,000
2,070,000
500,000
5,516,000
2,810,000
500,000

Costa

Lee (NV)

GonzalesBlumenauer
RouzerCohen
Graves (LA)
Scalise; Graves (LA)Garbarino
Mrvan
Brownley
Joyce (OH)DeFazioCarl
Joyce (OH)Jackson Lee
Mrvan
Steube
Mast
Letlow
Herrera Beutler
Rouzer
ZeldinVan Drew
Herrera Beutler
McNerney
Calvert
Pallone
Mast
Mast
Hoyer
McCollum
Brownley
HimesHarder (CA)225

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Department of the Interior ....................

Department of the Interior ....................

Department of the Interior ....................

Department of the Interior ....................

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Bureau of Reclamation—Water
Related Resources.
Bureau of Reclamation—Water
Related Resources.
Bureau of Reclamation—Water
Related Resources.
Bureau of Reclamation—Water
Related Resources.
Bureau of Reclamation—Water
Related Resources.

Account

and

and

and

and

and

San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund ...................................................................

Salton Sea Research Project ................................................................................

Sacramento River Basin Flood Plain Reactivation ..............................................

Odessa Subarea ...................................................................................................

Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, NM .............................................................

Project[Community Project Funding Items]

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOMENT—Continued

10,000,000

2,546,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

67,342,000

AmountChu; Napolitano

VargasGaramendi

Newhouse; Rodgers (WA)Leger Fernandez

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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 United

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States Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and theUnited States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center.
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 that

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such sums as necessary may be advanced to the Colorado River
Dam Fund; allowing fund transfers to the Blackfeet Water Settlement Implementation Fund; and, transfers may be increased or decreased within the overall appropriation.
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, 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.
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.

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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 Reclamation
Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992.
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 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.
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

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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 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; and for the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance for replacement only.
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, and for the purchase of not to exceed one
passenger minivan for replacement only.
Language has been included under Defense Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning transferring funds to
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

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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 thehydroelectric 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

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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
2019 until enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal
year 2019.
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, rescinding certain unobligated balances from prior year appropriations.
Language has been included under Department of Energy, General Provisions, section 308, transferring certain funds.

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TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Language has been included under Appalachian Regional Commission, notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 14704, providing for the hire ofpassenger 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 dis-

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tressed 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, requiring the NRC to comply with certain procedures when responding to Congressional requests for information.
Language has been included under Independent Agencies, General Provisions, section 402, 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.
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.
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.

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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 pursu-

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ant 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 127a]
APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW

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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: Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation .............................................................................
Department of Energy: Naval Reactors ..........................................................................................................

$330,000,000
6,000,000

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 128a]
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 128b]
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 128c]

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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, 2022:
The Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development andRelated Agencies held an oversight hearing on February 25,
2021, entitled ‘‘Strategies for Energy and Climate Innovation.’’The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Ms. Robin Millican, Director, Breakthrough Energy

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Dr. Colin Cunliff, Senior Policy Analyst, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Dr. Shobita Parthasarathy, Professor of Public Policy and Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, University of Michigan
Mr. Rich Powell, Executive Director, ClearPath
The Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies held an oversight hearing on March 10, 2021, entitled ‘‘Innovation and Investment in Water Resources Infrastructure.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Mr. Kevin DeGood, Director of Infrastructure Policy, Center
for American Progress
Mr. Thomas J. Winston, President and CEO, Toledo-Lucas
County Port Authority
Ms. Bidtah Becker, Associate Attorney, Navajo Tribal Utility
Authority
Mr. Jason Uhley, General Manager—Chief Engineer, Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
The Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies held an oversight hearing on March 17, 2021, entitled ‘‘Domestic Manufacturing for a Clean Energy Future.’’ The
Subcommittee received testimony from:Dr. Pat Choate, Director, Manufacturing Policy Project
Ms. Roxanne Brown, International Vice President at Large,
United Steelworkers
Mr. Tim Cortes, Chief Technology Officer, Plug PowerDr. Thomas R. Kurfess, Chief Manufacturing Officer, Interim
Director—Manufacturing Science Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory
The Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies held a Member Day Hearing on May 3, 2021. The
Subcommittee received testimony from:The Honorable Bill Foster, Member of Congress
The Honorable Jenniffer González-Colón, Member of Congress
The Honorable H. Morgan Griffith, Member of Congress
The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Member of Congress
The Honorable John Moolenaar, Member of Congress
The Honorable Frank Mrvan, Member of Congress
The Honorable Kim Schrier, Member of Congress
The Honorable Greg Stanton, Member of Congress
The Honorable Jefferson Van Drew, Member of Congress
The Honorable Joe Wilson, Member of Congress
The Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies held a budget hearing on May 6, 2021, entitled ‘‘FY
2022 Budget Request for the Department of Energy.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony from:The Honorable Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary, Department of Energy
The Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies received written testimony from public witnesses.
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Alexander Ratner, Federal Policy Manager, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

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Allen Segal, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, American Society for Microbiology
Anne Gelb, Professor, Society for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics
April Snell, Executive Director, Oregon Water Resources
Congress
Brian Pallasch, President and CEO, International Instituteof Building Enclosure Consultants
Brittany Webster, Program Manager, American Geophysical
Union
Carrie L. Billy, President and CEO, American Indian Higher
Education Consortium
Chad Berginnis, Executive Director, Association of State
Floodplain Managers
Christopher Guttman-McCabe, Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer, Anterix
Christopher S. Harris, Executive Director, Colorado River
Board of California
Corinna Turbes, Policy Director, The Data Foundation
Craig Piercy, Executive Director and CEO, American Nuclear Society
Crispin Taylor, PhD, CEO, American Society of Plant Biologists
Daniel E. Fass, M.D., CEO, Princeton Healthcare AllianceDavid Bradley, CEO, National Community Action Foundation
David Terry, Executive Director, National Association ofState Energy Officials
Don A. Barnett, Executive Director, Colorado River Basin
Salinity Control Forum
Ellen Kuo, Associate Director, Legislative Affairs, Federationof American Societies for Experimental Biology
Eric Eikenberg, CEO, The Everglades Foundation
Fawn Sharp, President, National Congress of American Indians
Genevieve Cullen, President, Electric Drive Transportation
Association
Greg Fogel, Policy Director, WateReuse Association
James D. Ogsbury, Executive Director, Western Governors’
Association
Jared Mott, Conservation Director, Izaak Walton League ofAmerica
Jason Reott, Policy Manager, Alliance to Save Energy
Jeffrey Kightlinger, General Manager, The Metropolitan
Water District of Southern California
Jennifer Schafer, Executive Director, Federal PerformanceContracting Coalition
Jeremy Takala, Chairman, Columbia River Inter-Tribal FishCommission
Jim B. Horan, Executive Director, Mid-West Electric Consumers Association
Jimmy Hague, Senior Water Policy Advisor, The Nature
Conservancy

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Joseph Britton, Executive Director, Zero Emission Transportation Association
Julie Hill-Gabriel, Vice President, Water Conservation, National Audubon Society
Karle E. Anderson, Director of Government Relations, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil
Science Society of America
Katrina McMurrian, Executive Director, Nuclear Waste
Strategy Coalition
Kumi Premathilake, Senior Vice President, Division Vice
President, Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Services, Aclara
Technologies LLC
Larry Zarker, CEO, Building Performance Institute, Inc.
Maria Korsnick, President and CEO, Nuclear Energy Institute
Marisa Carrozzo, Co-Chair, Everglades Coalition
Mark Perry, Co-Chair, Everglades Coalition
Melissa Samet, Senior Water Resources Counsel, National
Wildlife Federation
Michael Bindner, Principal Consultant, The Center for Fiscal
EquityMorry B. Markowitz, President, Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association
Patrick Valente, Executive Director, The Ohio Fuel Cell Coalition
Paula Szkody, President, American Astronomical Society
Robert Johnson, Senior Vice President, Hannon Armstrong
Robin LeBaron, Co-Founder, President and COO, Pearl Certification
Rolf Schmidt-Petersen, Director, New Mexico Interstate
Stream Commission
Ron Blacksmith, Core System Manager, The Oglala Sioux
Rural Water Supply System, Oglala Sioux Tribe
Shannon Angielski, Executive Director, Carbon Utilization
Research Council, and President, Clean Hydrogen Future Coalition
Stephen Cowell, President, E4TheFuture
Steve Skodak, CEO, Building Performance Association
Susanne C. Brenner, Professor, Society for Industrial andApplied Mathematics
Suzanne L. Weekes, Executive Director, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Theodore C. Cooke, General Manager, Central Arizona
Water Conservation District
Thomas R. Kuhn, President, Edison Electric InstituteTony Stamas, President and CEO, Midland Business Alliance
Trent Tuthill, Friends of the Trinity River
Zolaikha Strong, Vice President of Government Affairs, National Hydropower Association
The Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies held a budget hearing on May 24, 2021, entitled ‘‘FY
2022 Budget Request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and

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Bureau of Reclamation.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony
from:
Mr. Jaime Pinkham, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army
for Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers
Lieutenant General Scott A. Spellmon, Chief of Engineers
and Commanding General, Army Corps of Engineers
Mr. David Palumbo, Deputy Commissioner of Operations,Bureau of Reclamation[INSERT 130a]

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