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Calendar No. 128

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1186

[Report No. 106–58]

Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year

ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 2, 1999

Mr. DOMENICI from the Committee on Appropriations, reported, under authority of the order of the Senate of May 27, 1999, the following original

bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

A BILL

Making appropriations for energy and water development

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for

other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, for energy and

6 water development, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

3 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

4 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

5 The following appropriations shall be expended under

6 the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super7 vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func8 tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers

9 and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related pur10 poses.

11 GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS

12 For expenses necessary for the collection and study

13 of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood

14 control, shore protection, and related projects, restudy of

15 authorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, and,

16 when authorized by laws, surveys and detailed studies and

17 plans and specifications of projects prior to construction,

18 $125,459,000, to remain available until expended, of

19 which funds are provided for the following projects in the

20 amounts specified:

21 Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Townsend’s Inlet,

22 New Jersey, $226,000:

23 Provided, That the Secretary of the Army is directed to

24 use $328,000 of the funds appropriated herein to imple25 ment section 211(f)(7) of Public Law 104–303 (110 Stat.
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1 3684) and to reimburse the non-Federal sponsor a portion

2 of the Federal share of project costs for the Hunting

3 Bayou element of the project for flood control, Buffalo

4 Bayou and tributaries, Texas.

5 CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL

6 For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control,

7 shore protection, and related projects authorized by laws;

8 and detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of

9 projects (including those for development with participa10 tion or under consideration for participation by States,

11 local governments, or private groups) authorized or made

12 eligible for selection by law (but such studies shall not con13 stitute a commitment of the Government to construction),

14 $1,113,227,000, to remain available until expended, of

15 which such sums as are necessary for the Federal share

16 of construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Ma17 terial Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from

18 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, as authorized by

19 Public Law 104–303; and of which such sums as are nec20 essary pursuant to Public Law 99–662 shall be derived

21 from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, for one-half of

22 the costs of construction and rehabilitation of inland wa23 terways projects, including rehabilitation costs for the

24 Lock and Dam 25, Mississippi River, Illinois and Mis25 souri; Lock and Dam 14, Mississippi River, Iowa; Lock
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1 and Dam 24, Part 1 and Part 2, Mississippi River, Illinois

2 and Missouri; and Lock and Dam 3, Mississippi River,

3 Minnesota, London Lock and Dam, Kanawha River, West

4 Virginia; and Lock and Dam 12, Mississippi River, Iowa,

5 projects, and of which funds are provided for the following

6 projects in the amounts specified:

7 Norco Bluffs, California, $2,200,000;

8 Indianapolis Central Waterfront, Indiana,

9 $3,000,000;

10 Ohio River Flood Protection, Indiana,

11 $1,000,000;

12 Jackson County, Mississippi, $800,000;

13 Virginia Beach, Virginia (Hurricane Protec14 tion), $17,000,000; and

15 Upper Mingo County (including Mingo County

16 Tributaries), Lower Mingo County (Kermit), Wayne

17 County, and McDowell County, elements of the

18 Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and

19 Upper Cumberland River project in West Virginia,

20 $4,400,000:

21 Provided, That the Secretary of the Army is directed to

22 use $9,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein to imple23 ment section 211(f)(6) of Public Law 104–303 (110 Stat.

24 3683) and to reimburse the non-Federal sponsor a portion

25 of the Federal share of project construction costs for the
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1 flood control components comprising the Brays Bayou ele2 ment of the project for flood control, Buffalo Bayou and

3 tributaries, Texas: Provided further, That the Secretary of

4 the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is di5 rected to use $2,000,000 provided herein to construct

6 bluff stabilization measures at authorized locations for

7 Natchez Bluff, Mississippi: Provided further, That no part

8 of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be ex9 pended or obligated to begin Phase II on the John Day

10 Drawdown study or to initiate a study of the drawdown

11 of McNary Dam unless authorized by law: Provided fur12 ther, That using $200,000 of the funds provided herein,

13 the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of

14 Engineers, is directed to initiate a Detailed Project Report

15 for the Dickenson County, Virginia, element of the Levisa

16 and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cum17 berland River, West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky,

18 project: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army,

19 acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall not provide

20 funding for construction of an emergency outlet from Dev21 ils Lake, North Dakota, to the Sheyenne River, unless the

22 Secretary of the Army determines that an emergency (as

23 defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster

24 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122))

25 exists with respect to the emergency need for the outlet
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1 and reports to Congress that the construction is tech2 nically sound, economically justified, and environmentally

3 acceptable and in compliance with the National Environ4 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.): Pro5 vided further, That the economic justification for the emer6 gency outlet shall be prepared in accordance with the prin7 ciples and guidelines for economic evaluation as required

8 by regulations and procedures of the Army Corps of Engi9 neers for all flood control projects, and that the economic

10 justification be fully described, including the analysis of

11 the benefits and costs, in the project plan documents: Pro12 vided further, That the plans for the emergency outlet

13 shall be reviewed and, to be effective, shall contain assur14 ances provided by the Secretary of State, after consulta15 tion with the International Joint Commission, that the

16 project will not violate the requirements or intent of the

17 Treaty Between the United States and Great Britain Re18 lating to Boundary Waters Between the United States and

19 Canada, signed at Washington January 11, 1909 (36

20 Stat. 2448; TS 548) (commonly known as the ‘‘Boundary

21 Waters Treaty of 1909’’): Provided further, That the Sec22 retary of the Army shall submit the final plans and other

23 documents for the emergency outlet to Congress: Provided

24 further, That no funds made available under this Act or

25 any other Act for any fiscal year may be used by the Sec-
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1 retary of the Army to carry out the portion of the feasi2 bility study of the Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota, au3 thorized under the Energy and Water Development Ap4 propriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–377), that ad5 dresses the needs of the area for stabilized lake levels

6 through inlet controls, or to otherwise study any facility

7 or carry out any activity that would permit the transfer

8 of water from the Missouri River Basin into Devils Lake.

9 FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES,

10 ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MIS11 SISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE

12 For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood

13 control, and rescue work, repair, restoration, or mainte14 nance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by

15 flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 702a, 702g–1),

16 $315,630,000, to remain available until expended.

17 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL

18 For expenses necessary for the preservation, oper19 ation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor,

20 flood control, and related works, including such sums as

21 may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels

22 provided by a State, municipality or other public agency,

23 outside of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of gen24 eral commerce and navigation; surveys and charting of

25 northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters;
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1 clearing and straightening channels; and removal of ob2 structions to navigation, $1,790,043,000, to remain avail3 able until expended, of which such sums as become avail4 able from the special account established by the Land and

5 Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C.

6 460l), may be derived from that account for construction,

7 operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation facili8 ties: Provided, That no funds, whether appropriated, con9 tributed, or otherwise provided, shall be available to the

10 United States Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose

11 of acquiring land in Jasper County, South Carolina, in

12 connection with the Savannah Harbor navigation project.

13 REGULATORY PROGRAM

14 For expenses necessary for administration of laws

15 pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands,

16 $115,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro17 vided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the

18 Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $5,000,000 of funds

19 appropriated herein to fully implement an administrative

20 appeals process for the Corps of Engineers Regulatory

21 Program, which administrative appeals process shall pro22 vide for a single-level appeal of jurisdictional determina23 tions, the results of which shall be considered final agency

24 action under the Administrative Procedures Act.
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1 FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION

2 PROGRAM

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For expenses necessary to clean up contamination

5 from sites throughout the United States resulting from

6 work performed as part of the Nation’s early atomic en7 ergy program, $150,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended: Provided, That the United States Army Corps of

9 Engineers under this program shall undertake the fol10 lowing functions and activities to be performed at eligible

11 sites where remediation has not been completed: sampling

12 and assessment of contaminated areas, characterization of

13 site conditions, determination of the nature and extent of

14 contamination, selection of the necessary and appropriate

15 response actions as the lead Federal agency, cleanup and

16 closeout of sites, and any other functions and activities

17 determined by the Chief of Engineers as necessary for car18 rying out this program, including the acquisition of real

19 estate interests where necessary, which may be transferred

20 upon completion of remediation to the administrative ju21 risdiction of the Department of Energy: Provided further,

22 That response actions by the United States Army Corps

23 of Engineers under this program shall be subject to the

24 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation

25 and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), and the Na-
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1 tional Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contin2 gency Plan, 40 CFR, Chapter 1, Part 300: Provided fur3 ther, That these provisions do not alter, curtail or limit

4 the authorities, functions or responsibilities of other agen5 cies under CERCLA or, except as stated herein, under the

6 Atomic Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.): Provided fur7 ther, That any sums recovered under CERCLA or other

8 authority from a liable party, contractor, insurer, surety,

9 or other person for any expenditures by the Army Corps

10 of Engineers or the Department of Energy for response

11 actions under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action

12 Program shall be credited to this account and will be avail13 able until expended for response action costs for any eligi14 ble site: Provided further, That the Secretary of Energy

15 may exercise the authority of 42 U.S.C. 2208 to make

16 payments in lieu of taxes for federally-owned property

17 where Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program

18 activities are conducted, regardless of which Federal agen19 cy has administrative jurisdiction over the property and

20 notwithstanding references to ‘‘the activities of the Com21 mission’’ in 42 U.S.C. 2208.

22 GENERAL EXPENSES

23 For expenses necessary for general administration

24 and related functions in the Office of the Chief of Engi25 neers and offices of the Division Engineers; activities of
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1 the Coastal Engineering Research Board, the Humphreys

2 Engineer Center Support Activity, the Water Resources

3 Support Center, and headquarters support functions at

4 the USACE Finance Center; $151,000,000, to remain

5 available until expended: Provided, That no part of any

6 other appropriation provided in title I of this Act shall

7 be available to fund the activities of the Office of the Chief

8 of Engineers or the executive direction and management

9 activities of the division offices.

10 REVOLVING FUND

11 Using amounts available in the Revolving Fund, the

12 Secretary of the Army is authorized to renovate office

13 space in the General Accounting Office (GAO) head14 quarters building in Washington, D.C., for use by the

15 Corps and GAO. The Secretary shall ensure that the Re16 volving Fund is appropriately reimbursed from appropria17 tions of the Corps’ benefitting programs by collection each

18 year of amounts sufficient to repay the capitalized cost

19 of such renovation and through rent reductions or rebates

20 from GAO.

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

22 Appropriations in this title shall be available for offi23 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed

24 $5,000); and during the current fiscal year the Revolving

25 Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase
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1 (not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of pas2 senger motor vehicles.

3 GENERAL PROVISIONS

4 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

5 SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provisions of

6 law, no fully allocated funding policy shall be applied to

7 projects for which funds are identified in the Committee

8 reports accompanying this Act under the Construction,

9 General; Operation and Maintenance, General; and Flood

10 Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, appropriation

11 accounts: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army, act12 ing through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to under13 take these projects using continuing contracts, as author14 ized in section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of Sep15 tember 22, 1922 (33 U.S.C. 621).

16 SEC. 102. Agreements proposed for execution by the

17 Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works or the

18 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after the date of enactment

19 of this Act pursuant to section 4 of the Rivers and Harbor

20 Act of 1915, Public Law 64–291; section 11 of the River

21 and Harbor Act of 1925, Public Law 68–585; the Civil

22 Functions Appropriations Act, 1936, Public Law 75–208;

23 section 215 of the Flood Control Act of 1968, as amended,

24 Public Law 90–483; sections 104, 203, and 204 of the

25 Water Resources Development Act of 1992, as amended,
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1 Public Law 102–580; and section 211 of the Water Re2 sources Development Act of 1996, Public Law 104–303,

3 shall be limited to a single agreement per project, credits

4 and reimbursements per project not to exceed

5 $10,000,000 in each fiscal year, and total credits and re6 imbursements for all applicable projects not to exceed

7 $50,000,000 in each fiscal year.

8 SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this

9 Act may be used to revise the Missouri River Master

10 Water Control Manual when it is made known to the Fed11 eral entity or official to which the funds are made available

12 that such revision provides for an increase in the spring13 time water release program during the spring heavy rain14 fall and snow melt period in States that have rivers drain15 ing into the Missouri River below the Gavins Point Dam.

16 TITLE II

17 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

18 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT

19 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

20 For carrying out activities authorized by the Central

21 Utah Project Completion Act, and for activities related to

22 the Uintah and Upalco Units authorized by 43 U.S.C.

23 620, $38,049,000, to remain available until expended, of

24 which $17,047,000 shall be deposited into the Utah Rec25 lamation Mitigation and Conservation Account: Provided,
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1 That of the amounts deposited into that account,

2 $5,000,000 shall be considered the Federal contribution

3 authorized by paragraph 402(b)(2) of the Central Utah

4 Project Completion Act and $12,047,000 shall be available

5 to the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation

6 Commission to carry out activities authorized under that

7 Act.

8 In addition, for necessary expenses incurred in car9 rying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the

10 Interior, $1,321,000, to remain available until expended.

11 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

12 For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Rec13 lamation as provided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act

14 of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory

15 thereof or supplementary thereto) and other Acts applica16 ble to that Bureau as follows:

17 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For management, development, and restoration of

20 water and related natural resources and for related activi21 ties, including the operation, maintenance and rehabilita22 tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in

23 fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri24 cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other

25 agreements with, State and local governments, Indian

26 Tribes, and others, $612,451,000, to remain available
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1 until expended, of which $2,247,000 shall be available for

2 transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and

3 $24,326,000 shall be available for transfer to the Lower

4 Colorado River Basin Development Fund, and of which

5 such amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to

6 the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That such trans7 fers may be increased or decreased within the overall ap8 propriation under this heading: Provided further, That of

9 the total appropriated, the amount for program activities

10 that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bu11 reau of Reclamation special fee account established by 16

12 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i) shall be derived from that Fund or ac13 count: Provided further, That funds contributed under 43

14 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the purposes

15 for which contributed: Provided further, That funds ad16 vanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this ac17 count and are available until expended for the same pur18 poses as the sums appropriated under this heading: Pro19 vided further, That funds available for expenditure for the

20 Departmental Irrigation Drainage Program may be ex21 pended by the Bureau of Reclamation for site remediation

22 on a non-reimbursable basis: Provided further, That sec23 tion 301 of Public Law 102–250, Reclamation States

24 Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, as amended by

25 Public Law 104–206, is amended further by inserting
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1 ‘‘1999, and 2000’’ in lieu of ‘‘and 1997’’: Provided further,

2 That the amount authorized for Indian municipal, rural,

3 and industrial water features by section 10 of Public Law

4 89–108, as amended by section 8 of Public Law 99–294,

5 section 1701(b) of Public Law 102–575, and Public Law

6 105–245, is increased by $2,000,000 (October 1998

7 prices).

8 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 For the cost of direct loans and/or grants,

10 $12,000,000, to remain available until expended, as au11 thorized by the Small Reclamation Projects Act of August

12 6, 1956, as amended (43 U.S.C. 422a–422l): Provided,

13 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such

14 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres15 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further,

16 That these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga17 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed

18 $43,000,000.

19 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

20 carry out the program for direct loans and/or grants,

21 $425,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,

22 That of the total sums appropriated, the amount of pro23 gram activities that can be financed by the Reclamation

24 Fund shall be derived from that Fund.
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1 CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

2 For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, and

3 habitat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provi4 sions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act,

5 $37,346,000, to be derived from such sums as may be col6 lected in the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pur7 suant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), 3405(f), and

8 3406(c)(1) of Public Law 102–575, to remain available

9 until expended: Provided, That the Bureau of Reclamation

10 is directed to assess and collect the full amount of the

11 additional mitigation and restoration payments authorized

12 by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102–575.

13 CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Department of the In16 terior and other participating Federal agencies in carrying

17 out ecosystem restoration activities pursuant to the Cali18 fornia Bay-Delta Environmental Enhancement Act and

19 other activities that are in accord with the CALFED Bay20 Delta Program, including projects to improve water use

21 efficiency, water quality, groundwater and surface storage,

22 levees, conveyance, and watershed management, consistent

23 with plans to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior,

24 in consultation with such Federal agencies, $50,000,000,

25 to remain available until expended, of which $30,000,000

26 shall be used for ecosystem restoration activities and
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1 $20,000,000 shall be used for such other activities, and

2 of which such amounts as may be necessary to conform

3 with such plans shall be transferred to appropriate ac4 counts of such Federal agencies: Provided, That no more

5 than $2,500,000 of the funds appropriated herein may be

6 used for planning and management activities associated

7 with developing the overall CALFED Bay-Delta Program

8 and coordinating its staged implementation: Provided fur9 ther, That funds for ecosystem restoration activities may

10 be obligated only as non-Federal sources provide their

11 share in accordance with the cost-sharing agreement re12 quired under section 1101(d) of such Act, and that funds

13 for such other activities may be obligated only as non-Fed14 eral sources provide their share in a manner consistent

15 with such cost-sharing agreement: Provided further, That

16 such funds may be obligated prior to the completion of

17 a final programmatic environmental impact statement

18 only if: (1) consistent with 40 CFR 1506.1(c); and (2)

19 used for purposes that the Secretary finds are of suffi20 ciently high priority to warrant such an expenditure.

21 POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

22 For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and

23 related functions in the office of the Commissioner, the

24 Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau

25 of Reclamation, to remain available until expended,

26 $49,000,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund
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1 and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377:

2 Provided, That no part of any other appropriation in this

3 Act shall be available for activities or functions budgeted

4 as policy and administration expenses.

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

6 SEC. 201. Advance payments made under this title

7 to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia

8 pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education

9 Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally

10 Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.)

11 may be invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization,

12 or consortium before such funds are expended for the pur13 poses of the grant, compact, or annual funding agreement

14 so long as such funds are:

15 (1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organiza16 tion, or consortium only in obligations of the United

17 States, or in obligations or securities that are guar18 anteed or insured by the United States, or mutual

19 (or other) funds registered with the Securities and

20 Exchange Commission and which only invest in obli21 gations of the United States or securities that are

22 guaranteed or insured by the United States; or

23 (2) deposited only into accounts that are in24 sured by an agency or instrumentality of the United

25 States, or are fully collateralized to ensure protec-
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1 tion of the Funds, even in the event of a bank fail2 ure.

3 SEC. 202. Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclama4 tion shall be available for purchase of not to exceed seven

5 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only.

6 TITLE III

7 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

8 ENERGY PROGRAMS

9 ENERGY SUPPLY

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For expenses of the Department of Energy activities

12 including the purchase, construction and acquisition of

13 plant and capital equipment and other expenses necessary

14 for energy supply, and uranium supply and enrichment ac15 tivities in carrying out the purposes of the Department

16 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in17 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop18 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con19 struction, or expansion; and the purchase of not to exceed

20 1 passenger motor vehicle for replacement only,

21 $721,233,000, of which $821,000 shall be derived by

22 transfer from the Geothermal Resources Development

23 Fund, and $5,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from

24 the United States Enrichment Corporation Fund.
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1 NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

2 For Department of Energy expenses, including the

3 purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital

4 equipment and other expenses necessary for non-defense

5 environmental management activities in carrying out the

6 purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act

7 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con8 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant

9 or facility acquisition, construction or expansion,

10 $327,922,000, to remain available until expended.

11 URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND

12 DECOMMISSIONING FUND

13 For necessary expenses in carrying out uranium en14 richment facility decontamination and decommissioning,

15 remedial actions and other activities of title II of the

16 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and title X, subtitle A of the

17 Energy Policy Act of 1992, $200,000,000, to be derived

18 from the Fund, to remain available until expended: Pro19 vided, That $25,000,000 of amounts derived from the

20 Fund for such expenses shall be available in accordance

21 with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.

22 SCIENCE

23 For expenses of the Department of Energy activities

24 including the purchase, construction and acquisition of

25 plant and capital equipment and other expenses necessary
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1 for science activities in carrying out the purposes of the

2 Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101

3 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any

4 real property or facility or for plant or facility acquisition,

5 construction, or expansion, and purchase of not to exceed

6 6 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only,

7 $2,725,069,000, to remain available until expended.

8 NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

9 For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the

10 purposes of Public Law 97–425, as amended, including

11 the acquisition of real property or facility construction or

12 expansion, $242,500,000 to be derived from the Nuclear

13 Waste Fund: Provided, That not to exceed $4,727,000

14 may be provided to the State of Nevada solely for expendi15 tures, other than salaries and expenses of State employees,

16 to conduct scientific oversight responsibilities pursuant to

17 the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, (Public Law 97–

18 425) as amended: Provided further, That not to exceed

19 $5,432,000 may be provided to affected units of local gov20 ernments, as defined in Public Law 97–425, to conduct

21 appropriate activities pursuant to the Act: Provided fur22 ther, That the distribution of the funds as determined by

23 the units of local government shall be approved by the De24 partment of Energy: Provided further, That the funds

25 shall be made available to the State and units of local gov-
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1 ernment by direct payment: Provided further, That within

2 90 days of the completion of each Federal fiscal year, the

3 State and each local entity shall provide certification to

4 the Department of Energy, that all funds expended from

5 such payments have been expended for activities as de6 fined in Public Law 97–425. Failure to provide such cer7 tification shall cause such entity to be prohibited from any

8 further funding provided for similar activities: Provided

9 further, That none of the funds herein appropriated may

10 be: (1) used directly or indirectly to influence legislative

11 action on any matter pending before Congress or a State

12 legislature or for lobbying activity as provided in 18

13 U.S.C. 1913; (2) used for litigation expenses; or (3) used

14 to support multi-state efforts or other coalition building

15 activities inconsistent with the restrictions contained in

16 this Act.

17 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

18 For salaries and expenses of the Department of En19 ergy necessary for departmental administration in car20 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga21 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire

22 of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and rep23 resentation expenses (not to exceed $35,000),

24 $219,415,000, to remain available until expended, plus

25 such additional amounts as necessary to cover increases
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1 in the estimated amount of cost of work for others not2 withstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31

3 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in

4 cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the same

5 or greater amount, to remain available until expended:

6 Provided further, That moneys received by the Department

7 for miscellaneous revenues estimated to total

8 $116,887,000 in fiscal year 2000 may be retained and

9 used for operating expenses within this account, and may

10 remain available until expended, as authorized by section

11 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions

12 of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein

13 appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of miscella14 neous revenues received during fiscal year 2000 so as to

15 result in a final fiscal year 2000 appropriation from the

16 General Fund estimated at not more than $102,528,000.

17 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

19 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

20 General Act of 1978, as amended, $29,000,000, to remain

21 available until expended.

22 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

23 WEAPONS ACTIVITIES

24 For Department of Energy expenses, including the

25 purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
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1 equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for

2 atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out

3 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization

4 Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or

5 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for

6 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion;

7 and the purchase of passenger motor vehicles (not to ex8 ceed 3 for replacement only), $4,609,832,000, to remain

9 available until expended: Provided, That funding for any

10 ballistic missile defense program undertaken by the De11 partment of Energy for the Department of Defense shall

12 be provided by the Department of Defense according to

13 procedures established for Work for Others by the Depart14 ment of Energy.

15 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE

16 MANAGEMENT

17 For Department of Energy expenses, including the

18 purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital

19 equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic energy

20 defense environmental restoration and waste management

21 activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department

22 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in23 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop24 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con25 struction, or expansion; and the purchase of passenger
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1 motor vehicles (not to exceed 35 for replacement only),

2 $4,551,676,000, to remain available until expended.

3 DEFENSE FACILITIES CLOSURE PROJECTS

4 For expenses of the Department of Energy to accel5 erate the closure of defense environmental management

6 sites, including the purchase, construction and acquisition

7 of plant and capital equipment and other necessary ex8 penses, $1,069,492,000, to remain available until ex9 pended.

10 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

11 PRIVATIZATION

12 For Department of Energy expenses for privatization

13 projects necessary for atomic energy defense environ14 mental management activities authorized by the Depart15 ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et

16 seq.), $228,000,000, to remain available until expended.

17 OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

18 For Department of Energy expenses, including the

19 purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital

20 equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic energy

21 defense, other defense activities, in carrying out the pur22 poses of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42

23 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con24 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant

25 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion,
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1 $1,872,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That not to exceed $3,000 may be used for official

3 reception and representation expenses for transparency

4 activities and not to exceed $2,000 for the same purpose

5 for national security and nonproliferation activities.

6 DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

7 For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the

8 purposes of Public Law 97–425, as amended, including

9 the acquisition of real property or facility construction or

10 expansion, $112,500,000, to remain available until ex11 pended.

12 POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS

13 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND

14 Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra15 tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454,

16 are approved for the Northeast Oregon Hatchery Master

17 Plan, and for official reception and representation ex18 penses in an amount not to exceed $3,000.

19 During fiscal year 2000, no new direct loan obliga20 tions may be made.

21 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER

22 ADMINISTRATION

23 For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance

24 of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric

25 power and energy, including transmission wheeling and
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1 ancillary services, pursuant to the provisions of section 5

2 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as

3 applied to the southeastern power area, $11,594,000; in

4 addition, notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C.

5 3302, not to exceed $39,549,000 in reimbursements for

6 transmission wheeling and ancillary services and for power

7 purchases, to remain available until expended.

8 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN

9 POWER ADMINISTRATION

10 For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance

11 of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric

12 power and energy, and for construction and acquisition of

13 transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities,

14 and for administrative expenses, including official recep15 tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex16 ceed $1,500 in carrying out the provisions of section 5

17 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as

18 applied to the southwestern power area, $28,000,000, to

19 remain available until expended; in addition, notwith20 standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed

21 $4,200,000 in reimbursements, to remain available until

22 expended.
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1 CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND

2 MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS3 TRATION

4 For carrying out the functions authorized by title III,

5 section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42

6 U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con7 servation and renewable resources programs as author8 ized, including official reception and representation ex9 penses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, $223,555,000,

10 to remain available until expended, of which $160,286,000

11 shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec12 lamation Fund: Provided, That of the amount herein ap13 propriated, $5,036,000 is for deposit into the Utah Rec14 lamation Mitigation and Conservation Account pursuant

15 to title IV of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and

16 Adjustment Act of 1992.

17 FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE

18 FUND

19 For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for

20 the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad

21 Dams, $1,309,000, to remain available until expended,

22 and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating

23 and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad24 ministration, as provided in section 423 of the Foreign

25 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
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1 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regu4 latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De5 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et

6 seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

7 the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and official reception

8 and representation expenses (not to exceed $3,000),

9 $170,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,

11 not to exceed $170,000,000 of revenues from fees and an12 nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal

13 year 2000 shall be retained and used for necessary ex14 penses in this account, and shall remain available until

15 expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro16 priated from the General Fund shall be reduced as reve17 nues are received during fiscal year 2000 so as to result

18 in a final fiscal year 2000 appropriation from the General

19 Fund estimated at not more than $0.

20 GENERAL PROVISIONS

21 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

22 SEC. 301. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

23 Act or any prior appropriations Act may be used to award

24 a management and operating contract unless such con25 tract is awarded using competitive procedures or the Sec-
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1 retary of Energy grants, on a case-by-case basis, a waiver

2 to allow for such a deviation. The Secretary may not dele3 gate the authority to grant such a waiver.

4 (b) At least 60 days before a contract award, amend5 ment, or modification for which the Secretary intends to

6 grant such a waiver, the Secretary shall submit to the

7 Subcommittees on Energy and Water Development of the

8 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent9 atives and the Senate a report notifying the subcommit10 tees of the waiver and setting forth the reasons for the

11 waiver.

12 SEC. 302. Of the funds appropriated by this title to

13 the Department of Energy, not more than $200,000,000

14 shall be available for reimbursement of contractor travel

15 expenses, and no funds shall be available for reimburse16 ment of contractor travel expenses that exceed 80 percent

17 of the amount incurred by any individual contractor in fis18 cal year 1998.

19 SEC. 303. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

20 or any prior appropriations Act may be used to—

21 (1) develop or implement a workforce restruc22 turing plan that covers employees of the Department

23 of Energy; or

24 (2) provide enhanced severance payments or

25 other benefits for employees of the Department of
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1 Energy; under section 3161 of the National Defense

2 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law

3 102–484; 106 Stat. 2644; 42 U.S.C. 7274h).

4 SEC. 304. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

5 or any prior appropriations Act may be used to augment

6 the $30,000,000 made available for obligation by this Act

7 for severance payments and other benefits and community

8 assistance grants under section 3161 of the National De9 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law

10 102–484; 106 Stat. 2644; 42 U.S.C. 7274h).

11 SEC. 305. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

12 or any prior appropriations Act may be used to prepare

13 or initiate Requests For Proposals (RFPs) for a program

14 if the program has not been funded by Congress.

15 (TRANSFERS OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES)

16 SEC. 306. The unexpended balances of prior appro17 priations provided for activities in this Act may be trans18 ferred to appropriation accounts for such activities estab19 lished pursuant to this title. Balances so transferred may

20 be merged with funds in the applicable established ac21 counts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund

22 for the same time period as originally enacted.

23 SEC. 307. None of the funds in this Act may be used

24 to dispose of transuranic waste in the Waste Isolation

25 Pilot Plant which contains concentrations of plutonium in

26 excess of 20 percent by weight for the aggregate of any
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1 material category on the date of enactment of this Act,

2 or is generated after such date.

3 TITLE IV

4 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

5 APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

6 For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au7 thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of

8 1965, as amended, for necessary expenses for the Federal

9 Co-Chairman and the alternate on the Appalachian Re10 gional Commission, for payment of the Federal share of

11 the administrative expenses of the Commission, including

12 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of pas13 senger motor vehicles, $71,400,000, to remain available

14 until expended.

15 DENALI COMMISSION

16 For expenses of the Denali Commission including the

17 purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital

18 equipment as necessary and other expenses, $25,000,000,

19 to remain available until expended.

20 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Fa23 cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized

24 by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public
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1 Law 100–456, section 1441, $17,500,000, to remain

2 available until expended.

3 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Commission in car6 rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act

7 of 1974, as amended, and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,

8 as amended, including official representation expenses

9 (not to exceed $15,000), $465,400,000, to remain avail10 able until expended: Provided, That of the amount appro11 priated herein, $19,150,000 shall be derived from the Nu12 clear Waste Fund: Provided further, That revenues from

13 licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and

14 collections estimated at $442,400,000 in fiscal year 2000

15 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and ex16 penses in this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,

17 and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur18 ther, That $3,850,000 of the funds herein appropriated

19 for regulatory reviews and other assistance provided to the

20 Department of Energy and other Federal agencies shall

21 be excluded from license fee revenues, notwithstanding 42

22 U.S.C. 2214: Provided further, That the sum herein ap23 propriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues re24 ceived during fiscal year 2000 so as to result in a final
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1 fiscal year 2000 appropriation estimated at not more than

2 $23,000,000.

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

6 General Act of 1978, as amended, $5,000,000, to remain

7 available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein

8 appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues

9 received during fiscal year 2000 so as to result in a final

10 fiscal year 2000 appropriation estimated at not more than

11 $0.

12 NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Tech15 nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–

16 203, section 5051, $3,150,000, to be derived from the Nu17 clear Waste Fund, and to remain available until expended.

18 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY FUND

19 For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of

20 the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended

21 (16 U.S.C. ch. 12A), $7,000,000, to remain available until

22 expended for operation, maintenance, surveillance, and im23 provement of Land Between The Lakes.
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1 TITLE V—RESCISSIONS

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

3 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

4 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

5 GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS

6 (RESCISSIONS)

7 Of the funds made available under this heading in

8 Public Law 105–245 and prior Energy and Water Devel9 opment Acts, the following amounts are hereby rescinded

10 in the amounts specified:

11 Calleguas, Creek, California, $271,100;

12 San Joaquin, Caliente Creek, California,

13 $155,400;

14 Red River Waterway, Shreveport, Louisiana, to

15 Dangerfield, Texas $582,600;

16 Buffalo, Small Boat Harbor, New York,

17 $15,100;

18 City of Buffalo, New York, $4,000;

19 Geneva State Park, Ohio Shoreline Protection,

20 $91,000;

21 Clinton River Spillway, Michigan, $50,000;

22 Lackawanna River Basin Greenway Corridor,

23 Pennsylvania, $217,900; and

24 Red River Waterway, Index Arkansas, to

25 Denison Dam, Texas, $125,000.
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1 CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL

2 (RESCISSIONS)

3 Of the funds made available under this heading in

4 Public Law 105–245, and prior Energy and Water Devel5 opment Acts, the following amounts are hereby rescinded

6 in the amounts specified:

7 Sacramento River Flood Control Project, Cali8 fornia (Deficiency Correction), $1,500,000;

9 Melaleuca Quarantine Facility, Florida,

10 $295,000;

11 Lake George, Hobart, Indiana, $3,484,000;

12 Southern and Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky,

13 $2,623,000;

14 Anacostia River (Section 1135), Maryland,

15 $1,534,000;

16 Sowashee Creek, Meridian, Mississippi,

17 $2,537,000;

18 Platte River Flood and Streambank Erosion

19 Control, Nebraska, $1,409,000;

20 Hackensack Meadowlands, New Jersey,

21 $1,641,000;

22 Rochester Harbor, New York, $1,842,000;

23 Columbia River, Seafarers Museum, Hammond,

24 Oregon, $98,000;

25 Lackawanna River, Scranton, Pennsylvania,

26 $25,000,000;
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1 South Central Pennsylvania, Environmental

2 Improvements Program, Pennsylvania, $20,000,000;

3 and

4 Quonset Point, Davisville, Rhode Island,

5 $120,000.

6 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

7 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 (RESCISSION)

10 Of the funds made available under this heading in

11 Public Law 105–245 and prior Energy and Water Devel12 opment Acts, $5,500,000, are rescinded.

13 TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS

14 SEC. 601. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

15 may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence

16 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation

17 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu18 nicate to Members of Congress as described in section

19 1913 of title 18, United States Code.

20 SEC. 602. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

21 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con22 gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip23 ment and products purchased with funds made available

24 in this Act should be American-made.
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1 (b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial

2 assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any enti3 ty using funds made available in this Act, the head of each

4 Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall

5 provide to such entity a notice describing the statement

6 made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

7 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

8 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

9 If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal

10 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear11 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

12 with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped

13 to the United States that is not made in the United

14 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con15 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in

16 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli17 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

18 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

19 SEC. 603. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth20 erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter21 mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain

22 for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary

23 of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which

24 shall conform to the water quality standards of the State

25 of California as approved by the Administrator of the En-
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1 vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri2 mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters.

3 (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup

4 Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain5 age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the

6 Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected

7 until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program—

8 Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alter9 native Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled

10 ‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro11 gram and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Feb12 ruary 1995’’, prepared by the Department of the Interior,

13 Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds

14 by the United States relating to, or providing for, drainage

15 service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall

16 be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of

17 such service or studies pursuant to Federal Reclamation

18 law.

19 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this

20 or any other Act may be used to restart the High Flux

21 Beam Reactor.

22 SEC. 605. Section 6101(a)(3) of the Omnibus Budget

23 Reconciliation Act of 1990, as amended, (42 U.S.C.

24 2214(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 1999’’

25 and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’.
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1 SEC. 606. UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORPORA2 TION FUND. (a) WITHDRAWALS.—Subsections (b) and (c)

3 of section 1 of Public Law 105–204 (112 Stat. 681) are

4 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘fis5 cal year 2002’’.

6 (b) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS IN THE USEC

7 FUND.—Section 1308(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of

8 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297b–7(a)) is amended—

9 (1) in subsection (a)—

10 (A) by striking ‘‘There is established’’ and

11 inserting the following:

12 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established’’;

13 and

14 (B) by striking ‘‘, which’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘(referred to in this section as the ‘Fund’),

16 which’’; and

17 (2) by adding at the end the following:

18 ‘‘(2) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.—

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the

20 Treasury shall invest such portion of the Fund

21 as is not, in the judgment of the Secretary, re22 quired to meet current withdrawals. Invest23 ments may be made only in interest-bearing ob24 ligations of the United States.
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1 ‘‘(B) ACQUISITION OF OBLIGATIONS.—For

2 the purpose of investments under subparagraph

3 (A), obligations may be acquired—

4 ‘‘(i) on original issue at the issue

5 price; or

6 ‘‘(ii) by purchase of outstanding obli7 gations at the market price.

8 ‘‘(C) SALE OF OBLIGATIONS.—Any obliga9 tion acquired by the Fund may be sold by the

10 Secretary of the Treasury at the market price.

11 ‘‘(D) CREDITS TO FUND.—The interest on,

12 and the proceeds from the sale or redemption

13 of, any obligations held in the Fund shall be

14 credited to and form a part of the Fund.’’.

15 SEC. 607. LAKE CASCADE. (a) DESIGNATION.—The

16 reservoir commonly known as the ‘‘Cascade Reservoir’’,

17 created as a result of the building of the Cascade Dam

18 authorized by the matter under the heading ‘‘BUREAU OF

19 RECLAMATION’’ of the fifth section of the Interior Depart20 ment Appropriation Act, 1942 (55 Stat. 334, chapter 259)

21 for the Boise Project, Idaho, Payette division, is redesig22 nated as ‘‘Lake Cascade’’.

23 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regula24 tion, document, record, map, or other paper of the United
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1 States to ‘‘Cascade Reservoir’’ shall be considered to be

2 a reference to ‘‘Lake Cascade’’.

3 SEC. 608. Section 4(h)(10)(D) of the Pacific North4 west Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (16

5 U.S.C. 839b(h)(10)(D)) is amended by striking clauses

6 (vii) and (viii) and inserting the following:

7 ‘‘(vii) COST LIMITATION.—The annual cost of this

8 provision shall not exceed $500,000 in 1997 dollars.’’.

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De10 velopment Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Calendar No. 128

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1186

[Report No. 106–58]

A BILL

Making appropriations for energy and water devel2000, and for other purposes. opment for the fiscal year ending September 30,

JUNE 2, 1999

Read twice and placed on the calendar