113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2609 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for energy and water development 

and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2014, 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, 
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for en3 ergy and water development and related agencies for the 

4 fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other pur5 poses, namely: 

6 TITLE I—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 

7 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

8 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

9 The following appropriations shall be expended under 

10 the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super11 vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func12 tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 

13 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro14 tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 

15 INVESTIGATIONS

16 For expenses necessary where authorized by law for 

17 the collection and study of basic information pertaining 

18 to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 

19 shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re20 lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 

21 and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 

22 storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 

23 ecosystem restoration, projects and related efforts prior to 

24 construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 

25 miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 
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1 surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 

2 of projects prior to construction, $90,000,000, to remain 

3 available until expended. 

4 CONSTRUCTION

5 For expenses necessary for the construction of river 

6 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro7 tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 

8 projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, 

9 and plans and specifications, of such projects (including 

10 those involving participation by States, local governments, 

11 or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 

12 by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica13 tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern14 ment to construction), $1,343,000,000, to remain avail15 able until expended; of which such sums as are necessary 

16 to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facili17 ties under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities pro18 gram shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

19 Fund as authorized by Public Law 104–303; and of which 

20 such sums as are necessary to cover one-half of the costs 

21 of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion 

22 of inland waterways projects shall be derived from the In23 land Waterways Trust Fund. 
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1 MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

2 For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 

3 projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu4 vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 

5 by law, $249,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

6 of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 

7 share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for in8 land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte9 nance Trust Fund. 

10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

11 For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte12 nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 

13 storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 

14 and related projects authorized by law; providing security 

15 for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ16 ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 

17 harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 

18 other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 

19 of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 

20 and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con21 necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 

22 removing obstructions to navigation, $2,682,000,000, to 

23 remain available until expended, of which such sums as 

24 are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible oper25 ation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and chan-
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1 nels, and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Har2 bor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which such sums as be3 come available from the special account for the Corps of 

4 Engineers established by the Land and Water Conserva5 tion Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account 

6 for resource protection, research, interpretation, and 

7 maintenance activities related to resource protection in the 

8 areas at which outdoor recreation is available; and of 

9 which such sums as become available from fees collected 

10 under section 217 of Public Law 104–303 shall be used 

11 to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the 

12 dredged material disposal facilities for which such fees 

13 have been collected: Provided, That 1 percent of the total 

14 amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 

15 projects or activities funded under this heading shall not 

16 be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the begin17 ning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be 

18 available for use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such 

19 emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines 

20 to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of En21 gineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any re22 maining funds which have not been used for emergency 

23 activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts 

24 provided for the programs, projects, or activities. 
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1 REGULATORY PROGRAM

2 For expenses necessary for administration of laws 

3 pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 

4 $193,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2015. 

6 FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM

7 For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 

8 from sites in the United States resulting from work per9 formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro10 gram, $104,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

11 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

12 For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri13 cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 

14 operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 

15 such disasters as authorized by law, $28,000,000, to re16 main available until expended. 

17 EXPENSES

18 For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen19 eral administration of the civil works program in the head20 quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 

21 Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op22 eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ23 ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 

24 Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 

25 the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen-
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1 ter allocable to the civil works program, $182,000,000, to 

2 remain available until September 30, 2015, of which not 

3 to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and 

4 representation purposes and only during the current fiscal 

5 year: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation 

6 provided in this title shall be available to fund the civil 

7 works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers 

8 or the civil works executive direction and management ac9 tivities of the division offices: Provided further, That any 

10 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation 

11 may be used to fund the supervision and general adminis12 tration of emergency operations, repairs, and other activi13 ties in response to any flood, hurricane, or other natural 

14 disaster. 

15 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

16 FOR CIVIL WORKS

17 For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 

18 for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 

19 $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

21 The Revolving Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be 

22 available during the current fiscal year for purchase (not 

23 to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of passenger 

24 motor vehicles for the civil works program. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS, CORPS OF 

2 ENGINEERS—CIVIL 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 

5 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

6 reprogramming of funds that— 

7 (1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 

8 or activity; 

9 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

10 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro11 gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 

12 or restricted by this Act; 

13 (4) reduces funds that are directed to be used 

14 for a specific program, project, or activity by this 

15 Act; 

16 (5) increases funds for any program, project, or 

17 activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 

18 whichever is less; or 

19 (6) reduces funds for any program, project, or 

20 activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 

21 whichever is less. 

22 (b) Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project 

23 or activity authorized under section 205 of the Flood Con24 trol Act of 1948, section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 

25 1946, section 208 of the Flood Control Act of 1954, sec-
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1 tion 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, section 

2 103 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962, section 111 

3 of the River and Harbor Act of 1968, section 1135 of the 

4 Water Resources Development Act of 1986, section 206 

5 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, or sec6 tion 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 

7 1992. 

8 (c) The Corps of Engineers shall submit reports on 

9 a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of 

10 the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing all 

11 the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, ac12 tivities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report 

13 shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date 

14 of enactment of this Act. 

15 SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 

16 title may be used to award or modify any contract that 

17 commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 

18 program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex19 cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 

20 been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 

21 section 101. 

22 SEC. 103. None of the funds in this Act, or previous 

23 Acts, making funds available for Energy and Water Devel24 opment, shall be used to award any continuing contract 

25 that commits additional funding from the Inland Water-
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1 ways Trust Fund unless or until such time that a long2 term mechanism to enhance revenues in this Fund suffi3 cient to meet the cost-sharing authorized in the Water Re4 sources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–662) 

5 is enacted. 

6 SEC. 104. Not later than 120 days after the date of 

7 the Chief of Engineers Report on a water resource matter, 

8 the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) shall 

9 submit the report to the appropriate authorizing and ap10 propriating committees of the Congress. 

11 SEC. 105. During the fiscal year period covered by 

12 this Act, the Secretary of the Army is authorized to imple13 ment measures recommended in the efficacy study author14 ized under section 3061 of the Water Resources Develop15 ment Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–114; 121 Stat. 1121) 

16 or in interim reports, with such modifications or emer17 gency measures as the Secretary of the Army determines 

18 to be appropriate, to prevent aquatic nuisance species 

19 from dispersing into the Great Lakes by way of any hydro20 logic connection between the Great Lakes and the Mis21 sissippi River Basin. 

22 SEC. 106. As of the date of enactment of this Act 

23 and each fiscal year hereafter, the Secretary of the Army 

24 may transfer to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the 

25 Fish and Wildlife Service may accept and expend, such 
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1 funds as the Secretary and the Director of the Fish and 

2 Wildlife Service determine to be necessary to mitigate for 

3 fisheries lost due to Corps of Engineers projects, except 

4 that in no event may the amount of funds transferred pur5 suant to this section during any fiscal year exceed the 

6 amount identified for such purpose in the report accom7 panying the appropriations for that fiscal year. 

8 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act or any other Act making appropriations for Energy 

10 and Water Development may be used by the Corps of En11 gineers to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or en12 force any change to the regulations and guidance in effect 

13 on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definition of waters 

14 under the jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pollution Con15 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), including the provisions 

16 of the rules dated November 13, 1986, and August 25, 

17 1993, relating to such jurisdiction, and the guidance docu18 ments dated January 15, 2003, and December 2, 2008, 

19 relating to such jurisdiction. 

20 SEC. 108. Section 3(a)(6) of the Water Resources 

21 Development Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–676; 102 Stat. 

22 4013) is amended by striking ‘‘$775,000,000’’ each place 

23 it appears and inserting ‘‘$2,918,000,000’’. 
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1 SEC. 109. (a) Section 1001(17)(A) of the Water Re2 sources Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–114; 

3 121 Stat. 1052) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘$125,270,000’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘$152,510,000’’; 

6 (2) by striking ‘‘$75,140,000’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘$92,007,000’’; and 

8 (3) by striking ‘‘$50,130,000’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘$60,503,000’’. 

10 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 

11 take effect as of November 8, 2007. 

12 SEC. 110. The authorization under the heading ‘‘Lit13 tle Calumet River Basin (Cady Marsh Ditch), Indiana’’, 

14 in section 401(a) of the Water Resources Development Act 

15 of 1986 (Public Law 99–662; 100 Stat. 4115), as modi16 fied by section 127 of Public Law 109–103 (119 Stat. 

17 2259), is further modified to authorize completion of the 

18 project at a total cost of $269,988,000 with an estimated 

19 Federal cost of $202,800,000 and an estimated non-Fed20 eral cost of $67,188,000. 

21 SEC. 111. During fiscal year 2014, the limitation re22 lating to total project costs in section 902 of the Water 

23 Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2280) 

24 shall not apply with respect to any project that receives 

25 funds made available by this title. 
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1 SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 

2 or any other Act making appropriations for Energy and 

3 Water Development for any fiscal year may be used by 

4 the Corps of Engineers to develop, adopt, implement, ad5 minister, or enforce any change to the regulations in effect 

6 on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definitions of the 

7 terms ‘‘fill material’’ or ‘‘discharge of fill material’’ for the 

8 purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

9 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). 

10 SEC. 113. As of the date of enactment of this Act 

11 and thereafter, the Secretary of the Army shall not pro12 mulgate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an indi13 vidual from possessing a firearm, including an assembled 

14 or functional firearm, at a water resources development 

15 project covered under section 327.0 of title 36, Code of 

16 Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment 

17 of this Act), if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohib18 ited by law from possessing the firearm; and (2) the pos19 session of the firearm is in compliance with the law of 

20 the State in which the water resources development 

21 project is located. 
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1 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

2 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT

3 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

4 For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 

5 Utah Project Completion Act, $7,425,000, to remain 

6 available until expended, of which $1,000,000 shall be de7 posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con8 servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti9 gation and Conservation Commission. In addition, for nec10 essary expenses incurred in carrying out related respon11 sibilities of the Secretary of the Interior, $1,300,000, to 

12 remain available until September 30, 2015. 

13 For fiscal year 2014, the Commission may use an 

14 amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for administrative ex15 penses. 

16 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

17 The following appropriations shall be expended to 

18 execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama19 tion: 

20 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For management, development, and restoration of 

23 water and related natural resources and for related activi24 ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita25 tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 
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1 fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri2 cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 

3 agreements with, State and local governments, federally 

4 recognized Indian tribes, and others, $812,744,000 (in5 creased by $25,000,000), to remain available until ex6 pended, of which $28,000 shall be available for transfer 

7 to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and $8,401,000 

8 shall be available for transfer to the Lower Colorado River 

9 Basin Development Fund; of which such amounts as may 

10 be necessary may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam 

11 Fund: Provided, That such transfers may be increased or 

12 decreased within the overall appropriation under this 

13 heading: Provided further, That of the total appropriated, 

14 the amount for program activities that can be financed 

15 by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Reclamation 

16 special fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall 

17 be derived from that Fund or account: Provided further, 

18 That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available 

19 until expended for the purposes for which the funds were 

20 contributed: Provided further, That funds advanced under 

21 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account and are 

22 available until expended for the same purposes as the 

23 sums appropriated under this heading: Provided further, 

24 That of the amounts provided herein, funds may be used 

25 for high priority projects which shall be carried out by the 
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1 Youth Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 

2 1706. 

3 CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

4 For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi5 tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 

6 the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $53,288,000, 

7 to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the 

8 Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sec9 tions 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 

10 102–575, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

11 That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and 

12 collect the full amount of the additional mitigation and 

13 restoration payments authorized by section 3407(d) of 

14 Public Law 102–575: Provided further, That none of the 

15 funds made available under this heading may be used for 

16 the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream purposes 

17 if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes 

18 by a court adopted decree or order. 

19 CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 

22 Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 

23 consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 

24 the Interior, $30,000,000, to remain available until ex25 pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 
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1 carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 

2 accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 

3 out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro4 priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 

5 costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur6 ther, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out 

7 in a balanced manner with clear performance measures 

8 demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals 

9 and objectives of the Program. 

10 POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

11 For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and 

12 related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the 

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

14 of Reclamation, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2015, $60,000,000, to be derived from the Reclamation 

16 Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 

17 377: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation 

18 in this Act shall be available for activities or functions 

19 budgeted as policy and administration expenses. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

21 Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 

22 be available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger 

23 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 

2 INTERIOR 

3 SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 

4 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

5 reprogramming of funds that— 

6 (1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 

7 or activity; 

8 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

9 (3) increases funds for any program, project, or 

10 activity for which funds have been denied or re11 stricted by this Act; 

12 (4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 

13 activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 

14 unless prior approval is received from the Commit15 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa16 tives and the Senate; 

17 (5) transfers funds in excess of the following 

18 limits: 

19 (A) 15 percent for any program, project or 

20 activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail21 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 

22 (B) $300,000 for any program, project or 

23 activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail24 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 
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1 (6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 

2 the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili3 tation category or the Resources Management and 

4 Development category to any program, project, or 

5 activity in the other category; or 

6 (7) transfers, when necessary to discharge legal 

7 obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 

8 $5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 

9 contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 

10 to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de11 ficiency judgments. 

12 (b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 

13 of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 

14 Rehabilitation category. 

15 (c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 

16 means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 

17 project, or activity. 

18 (d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 

19 on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 

21 all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, 

22 activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly re23 port shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the 

24 date of enactment of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth2 erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter3 mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 

4 for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 

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

6 shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 

7 of California as approved by the Administrator of the En8 vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri9 mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 

10 (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 

11 Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain12 age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 

13 Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 

14 until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program-Al15 ternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP-Alternative 

16 Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repay17 ment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and 

18 San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, 

19 prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

20 Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the 

21 United States relating to, or providing for, drainage serv22 ice or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully 

23 reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such serv24 ice or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 
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1 SEC. 203. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, until the pipeline reliability study required in the Con3 solidated Appropriations Act, 2012, is completed, and any 

4 necessary changes are made to Technical Memorandum 

5 No. 8140–CC–2004–1, the Bureau of Reclamation shall 

6 not deny approval, funding, or assistance to any project, 

7 nor disqualify any material from use, based, in whole or 

8 in part, on the corrosion control used, if the corrosion con9 trol meets the requirements of a published national or 

10 international standard promulgated by the American 

11 Water Works Association (‘‘AWWA’’), ASTM Inter12 national, the American National Standards Institute 

13 (‘‘ANSI’’), NACE International (‘‘NACE’’) or the Amer14 ican Society for Testing and Materials (‘‘ASTM’’). The 

15 Bureau shall allow any project initiated during the study 

16 to use any corrosion control meeting the above standards. 

17 TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

18 ENERGY PROGRAMS 

19 RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENERGY RELIABILITY, AND

20 EFFICIENCY

21 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

22 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap23 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 

24 efficiency and renewable energy activities, and electricity 

25 delivery and energy reliability activities, in carrying out 
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1 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

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

3 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

4 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

5 $982,637,000 (reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced by 

6 $9,518,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 

7 That of the amount provided under this heading, 

8 $76,926,000 shall be available until September 30, 2015, 

9 for program direction. 

10 NUCLEAR ENERGY

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

13 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap14 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 

15 energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De16 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

17 seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 

18 real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi19 tion, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not 

20 more than 10 buses and 2 ambulances, all for replacement 

21 only, $656,389,000, to remain available until expended, 

22 of which such sums as may be necessary shall be derived 

23 from the Nuclear Waste Fund, to be made available only 

24 to support the high-level waste geological repository at 

25 Yucca Mountain: Provided, That of the amount provided 
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1 under this heading, $87,500,000 shall be available until 

2 September 30, 2015, for program direction: Provided fur3 ther, That of the amount provided under this heading, 

4 $5,000,000 shall be made available to affected units of 

5 local government, as defined in section 2(31) of the Nu6 clear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(31)), 

7 to support the Yucca Mountain high-level waste geological 

8 repository, as authorized by such Act: Provided further, 

9 That funds derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund may 

10 be transferred to ‘‘Independent Agencies—Nuclear Regu11 latory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ to support 

12 the Yucca Mountain high-level waste geological repository 

13 license application. 

14 FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

15 For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 

16 research and development activities, under the authority 

17 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public 

18 Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, includ19 ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property 

20 or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan21 sion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga22 tions and research concerning the extraction, processing, 

23 use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection24 able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, 

25 and 1603), $450,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended: Provided, That $115,753,000 shall be available 

2 until September 30, 2015, for program direction: Provided 

3 further, That for all programs funded under Fossil Energy 

4 appropriations in this Act or any other Act, the Secretary 

5 may vest fee title or other property interests acquired 

6 under projects in any entity, including the United States. 

7 NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES

8 For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum 

9 and oil shale reserve activities, $14,909,000, to remain 

10 available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

11 any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining 

12 from prior years shall be available for all naval petroleum 

13 and oil shale reserve activities. 

14 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

15 For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re16 serve facility development and operations and program 

17 management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and 

18 Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $189,400,000, 

19 to remain available until expended. 

20 NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE

21 For necessary expenses for Northeast Home Heating 

22 Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management activities 

23 pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $8,000,000, to remain available until 

25 expended. 
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1 ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

2 For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 

3 of the Energy Information Administration, $100,000,000, 

4 to remain available until expended. 

5 NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

6 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

7 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap8 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de9 fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 

10 purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

11 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con12 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

13 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

14 $194,000,000 (increased by $18,956,000), to remain 

15 available until expended. 

16 URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND

17 DECOMMISSIONING FUND

18 For necessary expenses in carrying out uranium en19 richment facility decontamination and decommissioning, 

20 remedial actions, and other activities of title II of the 

21 Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, subtitle A, of 

22 the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $545,000,000, to be de23 rived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 

24 Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until ex25 pended. 
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1 SCIENCE

2 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

3 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap4 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for science 

5 activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

6 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in7 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop8 erty or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc9 tion, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 25 pas10 senger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one 

11 law enforcement vehicle, one ambulance, and one bus, 

12 $4,653,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That $174,862,000 shall be available until Sep14 tember 30, 2015, for program direction. 

15 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY

16 For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 

17 authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES 

18 Act (42 U.S.C. 16538), $50,000,000 (increased by 

19 $20,000,000), to remain available until expended. 

20 TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE

21 PROGRAM

22 Such sums as are derived from amounts received 

23 from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b)(1)(B) of the 

24 Energy Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior 

25 Acts, shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) 
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1 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That, 

2 for necessary administrative expenses to carry out this 

3 Loan Guarantee program, $22,000,000 is appropriated, to 

4 remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided fur5 ther, That $22,000,000 of the fees collected pursuant to 

6 section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

7 U.S.C. 16512(h)) shall be credited as offsetting collections 

8 to this account to cover administrative expenses and shall 

9 remain available until expended, so as to result in a final 

10 fiscal year 2014 appropriation from the general fund esti11 mated at not more than $0: Provided further, That fees 

12 collected under section 1702(h) in excess of the amount 

13 appropriated for administrative expenses shall not be 

14 available until appropriated: Provided further, That the 

15 Department of Energy shall not subordinate any loan obli16 gation to other financing in violation of section 1702 of 

17 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512) or sub18 ordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or other 

19 debt obligations in violation of section 609.10 of title 10, 

20 Code of Federal Regulations. 

21 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING

22 LOAN PROGRAM

23 For administrative expenses in carrying out the Ad24 vanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Pro-
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1 gram, $6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2015. 

3 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

4 For salaries and expenses of the Department of En5 ergy necessary for departmental administration in car6 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga7 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire 

8 of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and rep9 resentation expenses not to exceed $30,000, $187,863,000 

10 (reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced by $20,000,000) (re11 duced by $9,478,000) (reduced by $20,000,000), to re12 main available until September 30, 2015, plus such addi13 tional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the esti14 mated amount of cost of work for others notwithstanding 

15 the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 

16 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in cost of work are 

17 offset by revenue increases of the same or greater amount: 

18 Provided further, That moneys received by the Department 

19 for miscellaneous revenues estimated to total 

20 $108,188,000 in fiscal year 2014 may be retained and 

21 used for operating expenses within this account, as au22 thorized by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwith23 standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided fur24 ther, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 

25 as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 
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1 result in a final fiscal year 2014 appropriation from the 

2 general fund estimated at not more than $79,675,000. 

3 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

6 General Act of 1978, $42,000,000, to remain available 

7 until September 30, 2015. 

8 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

9 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 

10 ADMINISTRATION 

11 WEAPONS ACTIVITIES

12 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

13 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap14 ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 

15 atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 

16 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

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

18 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

19 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

20 and the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance, 

21 $7,675,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

23 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

24 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap25 ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
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1 defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 

2 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

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

4 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

5 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

6 $2,100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That the Secretary of Energy may make available 

8 from funds provided under this heading in this Act not 

9 more than $48,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out 

10 domestic uranium enrichment research, development, and 

11 demonstration activities. 

12 NAVAL REACTORS

13 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

14 naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 

15 Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ16 ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc17 tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 

18 equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, 

19 $1,109,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro20 vided, That $43,212,000 shall be available until Sep21 tember 30, 2015, for program direction. 

22 OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Adminis24 trator in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 

25 including official reception and representation expenses 
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1 not to exceed $12,000, $382,000,000 (reduced by 

2 $9,478,000), to remain available until September 30, 

3 2015. 

4 ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 

5 ACTIVITIES 

6 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

7 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

8 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap9 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 

10 energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car11 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga12 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui13 sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 

14 or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan15 sion, and the purchase of not to exceed one sport utility 

16 vehicle, three lube trucks, and one fire truck for replace17 ment only, $4,750,000,000 (increased by $22,586,500), to 

18 remain available until expended: Provided, That 

19 $280,784,000 shall be available until September 30, 2015, 

20 for program direction. 

21 OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

22 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

23 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap24 ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic 

25 energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac-
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1 tivities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

2 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in3 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop4 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con5 struction, or expansion, $830,000,000, to remain available 

6 until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

7 $122,734,000 shall be available until September 30, 2015 

8 for program direction. 

9 POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATION 

10 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND

11 Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra12 tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 

13 are approved for construction of, or participating in the 

14 construction of, a high voltage line from Bonneville’s high 

15 voltage system to the service areas of requirements cus16 tomers located within Bonneville’s service area in southern 

17 Idaho, southern Montana, and western Wyoming; and 

18 such line may extend to, and interconnect in, the Pacific 

19 Northwest with lines between the Pacific Northwest and 

20 the Pacific Southwest, and for John Day Reprogramming 

21 and Construction, the Columbia River Basin White Stur22 geon Hatchery, and Kelt Reconditioning and Reproductive 

23 Success Evaluation Research, and, in addition, for official 

24 reception and representation expenses in an amount not 
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1 to exceed $5,000: Provided, That during fiscal year 2014, 

2 no new direct loan obligations may be made. 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 

6 of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric 

7 power and energy, including transmission wheeling and 

8 ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Con9 trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the south10 eastern power area, and including official reception and 

11 representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 

12 $1,500, $7,750,000, to remain available until expended: 

13 Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and sec14 tion 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $7,750,000 

15 collected by the Southeastern Power Administration from 

16 the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 

17 this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to re18 main available until expended for the sole purpose of fund19 ing the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Ad20 ministration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro21 priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 

22 are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 

23 fiscal year 2014 appropriation estimated at not more than 

24 $0: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

25 3302, up to $78,081,000 collected by the Southeastern 
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1 Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 

2 of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 

3 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 

4 to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 

5 of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: 

6 Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, 

7 annual expenses means expenditures that are generally re8 covered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding 

9 purchase power and wheeling expenses). 

10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN

11 POWER ADMINISTRATION

12 For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 

13 of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric 

14 power and energy, for construction and acquisition of 

15 transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, 

16 and for administrative expenses, including official recep17 tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex18 ceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control 

19 Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the South20 western Power Administration, $45,456,000, to remain 

21 available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 

22 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act 

23 of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $33,564,000 collected 

24 by the Southwestern Power Administration from the sale 

25 of power and related services shall be credited to this ac-
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1 count as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 

2 available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding 

3 the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power Adminis4 tration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro5 priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 

6 are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 

7 fiscal year 2014 appropriation estimated at not more than 

8 $11,892,000: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 

9 U.S.C. 3302, up to $42,000,000 collected by the South10 western Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Con11 trol Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling 

12 expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting col13 lections, to remain available until expended for the sole 

14 purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expendi15 tures: Provided further, That, for purposes of this appro16 priation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 

17 generally recovered in the same year that they are in18 curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 

19 CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND

20 MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS21 TRATION

22 For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 

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

24 U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con25 servation and renewable resources programs as author-
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1 ized, including official reception and representation ex2 penses in an amount not to exceed $1,500; $299,919,000, 

3 to remain available until expended, of which $292,019,000 

4 shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec5 lamation Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

6 3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 

7 U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 

8 Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to 

9 $203,989,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad10 ministration from the sale of power and related services 

11 shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 

12 collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 

13 purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western 

14 Area Power Administration: Provided further, That the 

15 sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be re16 duced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 

17 as to result in a final fiscal year 2014 appropriation esti18 mated at not more than $95,930,000, of which 

19 $88,030,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro20 vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 

21 to $230,738,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad22 ministration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 

23 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover pur24 chase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 

25 this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 
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1 until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 

2 power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 

3 for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 

4 expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 

5 that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 

6 wheeling expenses). 

7 FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE

8 FUND

9 For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 

10 the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 

11 Dams, $5,330,671, to remain available until expended, 

12 and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 

13 and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad14 ministration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 

15 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding 

16 the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 

17 $4,910,671 collected by the Western Area Power Adminis18 tration from the sale of power and related services from 

19 the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited to this 

20 account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 

21 available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 

22 the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities of these 

23 Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration 

24 activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro25 priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
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1 are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 

2 fiscal year 2014 appropriation estimated at not more than 

3 $420,000: Provided further, That for purposes of this ap4 propriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 

5 generally recovered in the same year that they are in6 curred: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2014, the 

7 Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 

8 may accept up to $865,000 in funds contributed by United 

9 States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams 

10 for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad Operating and 

11 Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available for 

12 the purpose for which contributed in like manner as if said 

13 sums had been specifically appropriated for such purpose: 

14 Provided further, That any such funds shall be available 

15 without further appropriation and without fiscal year limi16 tation for use by the Commissioner of the United States 

17 Section of the International Boundary and Water Com18 mission for the sole purpose of operating, maintaining, re19 pairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the hydro20 electric facilities at these Dams in accordance with agree21 ments reached between the Administrator, Commissioner, 

22 and the power customers. 
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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 $304,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 not to exceed $304,600,000 of revenues from fees and an12 nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 

13 year 2014 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 revenues 

17 are received during fiscal year 2014 so as to result in a 

18 final fiscal year 2014 appropriation from the general fund 

19 estimated at not more than $0. 

20 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF 

21 ENERGY 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 

24 made available by this title for the Department of Energy 

25 shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 
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1 or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 

2 or similar arrangements (including Requests for 

3 Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Op4 portunity Announcements) for a program, project, or ac5 tivity if the program, project, or activity has not been 

6 funded by Congress. 

7 (b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the 

8 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent9 atives and the Senate at least 3 full business days in ad10 vance, none of the funds made available in this title may 

11 be used to— 

12 (A) make a grant allocation or discretionary 

13 grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 

14 (B) make a discretionary contract award or 

15 Other Transaction Agreement totaling in excess of 

16 $1,000,000, including a contract covered by the 

17 Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

18 (C) issue a letter of intent to make an alloca19 tion, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in 

20 subparagraph (A) or (B); or 

21 (D) announce publicly the intention to make an 

22 allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the lim23 its in subparagraph (A) or (B). 

24 (2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com25 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
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1 and the Senate on the first business day of each quarter 

2 a report detailing each grant allocation or discretionary 

3 grant award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during 

4 the previous quarter. 

5 (3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and 

6 the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the re7 cipient of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal 

8 year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, 

9 the account and program, project, or activity from which 

10 the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and 

11 a brief description of the activity for which the award is 

12 made. 

13 (c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 

14 to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au15 thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De16 partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 

17 multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 

18 a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 

19 (1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree20 ment is funded for the full period of performance as 

21 anticipated at the time of award; or 

22 (2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree23 ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov24 ernment’s obligation on the availability of future 

25 year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Senate at least 3 days in ad3 vance. 

4 (d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 

5 the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 

6 as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and ac7 tivities specified in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department 

8 of Energy’’ table or the text included under the heading 

9 ‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in the report of the 

10 Committee on Appropriations accompanying this Act. 

11 (e) The amounts made available by this title may be 

12 reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 

13 the Department shall notify the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate at 

15 least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed reprogram16 ming which would cause any program, project, or activity 

17 funding level to increase or decrease by more than 

18 $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the 

19 time period covered by this Act. 

20 (f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 

21 available for obligation or expenditure through a re22 programming of funds that— 

23 (1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 

24 project, or activity; 
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1 (2) increases funds or personnel for any pro2 gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 

3 or restricted by this Act; or 

4 (3) reduces funds that are directed to be used 

5 for a specific program, project, or activity by this 

6 Act. 

7 (g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re8 quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 

9 use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 

10 if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 

11 pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 

12 welfare, or national security. 

13 (2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit14 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Senate of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon 

16 as practicable, but not later than 3 days after the date 

17 of the activity to which a requirement or restriction would 

18 otherwise have applied. Such notice shall include an expla19 nation of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that 

20 permitted such waiver. 

21 SEC. 302. The unexpended balances of prior appro22 priations provided for activities in this Act may be avail23 able to the same appropriation accounts for such activities 

24 established pursuant to this title. Available balances may 

25 be merged with funds in the applicable established ac-
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1 counts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund 

2 for the same time period as originally enacted. 

3 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated by this or any other 

4 Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 

5 Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 

6 authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 

7 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) dur8 ing fiscal year 2014 until the enactment of the Intelligence 

9 Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014. 

10 SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 

11 title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi12 fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 

13 830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of14 fice of Health, Safety, and Security to ensure the project 

15 is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 

16 SEC. 305. None of the funds made available in this 

17 title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 

18 decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 

19 any successive departmental guidance, for construction 

20 projects where the total project cost exceeds 

21 $100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 

22 has been developed for the project for that critical deci23 sion. 

24 SEC. 306. Section 20320 of the Continuing Appro25 priations Resolution, 2007, Public Law 109–289, division 
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1 B, as amended by the Revised Continuing Appropriations 

2 Resolution, 2007, Public Law 110–5, is amended by strik3 ing in subsection (c) ‘‘an annual review’’ after ‘‘conduct’’ 

4 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘a review every three years’’. 

5 SEC. 307. None of the funds made available by this 

6 or any subsequent Act for fiscal year 2014 or any fiscal 

7 year hereafter may be used to pay the salaries of Depart8 ment of Energy employees to carry out the amendments 

9 made by section 407 of division A of the American Recov10 ery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 

11 SEC. 308. Notwithstanding section 307 of Public Law 

12 111–85, of the funds made available by the Department 

13 of Energy for activities at Government-owned, contractor14 operated laboratories funded in this or any subsequent 

15 Energy and Water Development appropriation Act for any 

16 fiscal year, the Secretary may authorize a specific amount, 

17 not to exceed 4.5 percent of such funds, to be used by 

18 such laboratories for laboratory directed research and de19 velopment. 

20 SEC. 309. Notwithstanding section 301(c) of this Act, 

21 none of the funds made available under the heading ‘‘De22 partment of Energy—Energy Programs—Science’’ may 

23 be used for a multiyear contract, grant, cooperative agree24 ment, or Other Transaction Agreement of $1,500,000 or 

25 less unless the contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or 
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1 Other Transaction Agreement is funded for the full period 

2 of performance as anticipated at the time of award. 

3 SEC. 310. Not later than June 30, 2014, the Sec4 retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

5 of the House of Representatives and the Senate a tritium 

6 and enriched uranium management plan that provides— 

7 (1) an assessment of the national security de8 mand for tritium and low and highly enriched ura9 nium through 2060; 

10 (2) a description of the Department of Energy’s 

11 plan to provide adequate amounts of tritium and en12 riched uranium for national security purposes 

13 through 2060; and 

14 (3) an analysis of planned and alternative tech15 nologies which are available to meet the supply 

16 needs for tritium and enriched uranium for national 

17 security purposes, including weapons dismantlement 

18 and down-blending. 

19 SEC. 311. The Secretary of Energy shall submit to 

20 the congressional defense committees (as defined in 10 

21 U.S.C. 101(a)(16)) not later than December 1, 2013, a 

22 report that provides an analysis of alternatives for each 

23 major warhead refurbishment program that reaches Phase 

24 6.3, including— 
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1 (1) a summary of the overall cost, scope, and 

2 schedule planning assumptions for the major refur3 bishment activity; 

4 (2) a full description of alternatives considered 

5 prior to the award of Phase 6.3; 

6 (3) a comparison of the costs and benefits of 

7 each of those alternatives, to include an analysis of 

8 trade-offs among cost, schedule, and performance 

9 objectives against each alternative considered; 

10 (4) an assessment of the risks, costs, and 

11 scheduling needs for each military requirement es12 tablished by the Department of Defense or any re13 quirement established to enhance safety, security, or 

14 maintainability; 

15 (5) identification of the cost and risk of critical 

16 technology elements associated with each refurbish17 ment alternative, including technology maturity, in18 tegration risk, manufacturing feasibility, and dem19 onstration needs; and 

20 (6) identification of the cost and risk of capital 

21 asset and infrastructure capabilities required to sup22 port production and certification of each refurbish23 ment alternative. 
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1 TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

2 APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

3 For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au4 thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 

5 1965, notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 14704, and for nec6 essary expenses for the Federal Co-Chairman and the Al7 ternate on the Appalachian Regional Commission, for pay8 ment of the Federal share of the administrative expenses 

9 of the Commission, including services as authorized by 5 

10 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

11 $70,317,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Fa15 cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 

16 by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 

17 Law 100–456, section 1441, $29,915,000, to remain 

18 available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That of the 

19 amount provided under this heading, $850,000 shall be 

20 made available to procure Inspector General services from 

21 the Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commis22 sion. 
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1 DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Delta Regional Author4 ity and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the 

5 Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding 

6 sections 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said 

7 Act, $11,319,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 DENALI COMMISSION

9 For expenses of the Denali Commission including the 

10 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap11 ital equipment as necessary and other expenses, 

12 $7,396,000, to remain available until expended, notwith13 standing the limitations contained in section 306(g) of the 

14 Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, That funds 

15 shall be available for construction projects in an amount 

16 not to exceed 80 percent of total project cost for distressed 

17 communities, as defined by section 307 of the Denali Com18 mission Act of 1998 (division C, title III, Public Law 105– 

19 277), as amended by section 701 of appendix D, title VII, 

20 Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–280), and an 

21 amount not to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed com22 munities. 

23 NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION

24 For necessary expenses of the Northern Border Re25 gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
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1 subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $1,355,000, to 

2 remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

3 amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, 

4 notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United 

5 States Code. 

6 SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION

7 For necessary expenses of the Southeast Crescent Re8 gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 

9 subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, to 

10 remain available until expended. 

11 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Commission in car14 rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 

15 of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, including 

16 official representation expenses (not to exceed $25,000), 

17 $1,043,937,000, to remain available until expended: Pro18 vided, That of the amount appropriated herein, not more 

19 than $9,500,000 may be made available for salaries, trav20 el, and other support costs for the Office of the Commis21 sion, to remain available until September 30, 2015, of 

22 which, notwithstanding section 201(a)(2)(c) of the Energy 

23 Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5841(a)(2)(c)), 

24 the use and expenditure shall only be approved by a major25 ity vote of the Commission: Provided further, That reve-
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1 nues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other 

2 services and collections estimated at $920,721,000 in fis3 cal year 2014 shall be retained and used for necessary 

4 salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31 

5 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available until expended: 

6 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall 

7 be reduced by the amount of revenues received during fis8 cal year 2014 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2014 

9 appropriation estimated at not more than $123,216,000: 

10 Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under 

11 this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for university research 

12 and development in areas relevant to their respective orga13 nization’s mission, and $5,000,000 shall be for a Nuclear 

14 Science and Engineering Grant Program that will support 

15 multiyear projects that do not align with programmatic 

16 missions but are critical to maintaining the discipline of 

17 nuclear science and engineering. 

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

20 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

21 General Act of 1978, $11,105,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2015: Provided, That revenues from 

23 licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 

24 collections estimated at $9,994,000 in fiscal year 2014 

25 shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
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1 2015, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 

2 notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 

3 Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 

4 shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur5 ing fiscal year 2014 so as to result in a final fiscal year 

6 2014 appropriation estimated at not more than 

7 $1,111,000. 

8 NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Tech11 nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 

12 203, section 5051, $3,400,000, to be derived from the Nu13 clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2015. 

15 OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR ALASKA

16 NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS

17 For necessary expenses for the Office of the Federal 

18 Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation 

19 Projects pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act, 

20 $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: 

21 Provided, That any fees, charges, or commissions received 

22 pursuant to section 106(h) of the Alaska Natural Gas 

23 Pipeline Act (15 U.S.C. 720d(h)) in fiscal year 2014 in 

24 excess of $2,402,000 shall not be available for obligation 

25 until appropriated in a subsequent Act of Congress. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 

2 AGENCIES 

3 SEC. 401. The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory 

4 Commission may not terminate any program, project, or 

5 activity without a majority vote of the Commissioners of 

6 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approving such ac7 tion. 

8 SEC. 402. The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory 

9 Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria10 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate not 

11 later than 1 day after the Chairman begins performing 

12 functions under the authority of section 3 of Reorganiza13 tion Plan No. 1 of 1980, or after a member of the Com14 mission who was delegated emergency functions under 

15 subsection (b) of that section begins performing those 

16 functions. Such notification shall include an explanation 

17 of the circumstances warranting the exercise of such au18 thority. The Chairman shall report to the Committees, not 

19 less frequently than once each week, on the actions taken 

20 by the Chairman, or a delegated member of the Commis21 sion, under such authority, until the authority is relin22 quished. The Chairman shall notify the Committees not 

23 later than 1 day after such authority is relinquished. The 

24 Chairman shall submit the report required by section 3(d) 

25 of the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980 to the Commit-
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1 tees not later than 1 day after it was submitted to the 

2 Commission. 

3 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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

7 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

8 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu9 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

10 1913. 

11 SEC. 502. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used to eliminate or reduce funding for a pro13 gram, project, or activity as proposed in a President’s 

14 budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed change 

15 is subsequently enacted in an appropriations Act, or unless 

16 such change is made pursuant to the reprogramming and 

17 transfer provisions of this Act. 

18 SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

20 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

21 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any cor22 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 

23 under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 

24 where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un25 less the agency has considered suspension or debarment 
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1 of the corporation and has made a determination that this 

2 further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 

3 the Government. 

4 SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

6 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

7 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor8 poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

9 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

10 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

11 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree12 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

13 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

14 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

15 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter16 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro17 tect the interests of the Government. 

18 SEC. 505. (a) None of the funds made available in 

19 title III of this Act may be transferred to any department, 

20 agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern21 ment, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 

22 authority provided in this Act or any other appropriation 

23 Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in 

24 the report of the Committee on Appropriations accom25 panying this Act, or any authority whereby a department, 
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1 agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern2 ment may provide goods or services to another depart3 ment, agency, or instrumentality. 

4 (b) None of the funds made available for any depart5 ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

6 Government may be transferred to accounts funded in title 

7 III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 

8 transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appro9 priation Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority ref10 erenced in the report of the Committees on Appropriations 

11 accompanying this Act, or any authority whereby a de12 partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

13 Government may provide goods or services to another de14 partment, agency, or instrumentality. 

15 (c) The head of any relevant department or agency 

16 funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 

17 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

18 of Representatives and the Senate a semiannual report de19 tailing the transfer authorities, except for any authority 

20 whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

21 United States Government may provide goods or services 

22 to another department, agency, or instrumentality, used 

23 in the previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This 

24 report shall include the amounts transferred and the pur25 poses for which they were transferred, and shall not re-
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1 place or modify existing notification requirements for each 

2 authority. 

3 SEC. 506. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 

5 12898 of February 11, 1994 (‘‘Federal Actions to Address 

6 Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low7 Income Populations’’). 

8 SEC. 507. None of the funds made available under 

9 this Act may be expended for any new hire by any Federal 

10 agency funded in this Act that is not verified through the 

11 E-Verify Program as described in section 403(a) of the 

12 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 

13 Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 

14 SEC. 508. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 

15 from prior year appropriations for the following accounts, 

16 the following amounts are hereby permanently rescinded: 

17 (1) Under the heading ‘‘Corps of Engineers18 Civil—Department of the Army’’, $200,000,000, to 

19 be derived by the Secretary of the Army from funds 

20 made available for ‘‘Construction, General’’, ‘‘Flood 

21 Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Arkan22 sas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis23 souri, and Tennessee’’, ‘‘General Investigations’’, 

24 ‘‘Construction’’, ‘‘Investigations’’, and ‘‘Mississippi 

25 River and Tributaries’’. 
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1 (2) ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro2 grams—Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’’, 

3 $157,000,000. 

4 (3) ‘‘Department of Energy—Atomic Energy 

5 Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Ad6 ministration—Weapons Activities’’, $142,000,000. 

7 (4) ‘‘Department of Energy—Atomic Energy 

8 Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Ad9 ministration—Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation’’, 

10 $20,000,000. 

11 (b) No amounts may be rescinded under this section 

12 from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 

13 an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso14 lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer15 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 SEC. 509. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used to conduct closure of adjudicatory func18 tions, technical review, or support activities associated 

19 with the Yucca Mountain geologic repository license appli20 cation, or for actions that irrevocably remove the possi21 bility that Yucca Mountain may be a repository option in 

22 the future. 

23 SEC. 510. The Commissioner of the Bureau of Rec24 lamation and the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil 

25 Works) shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
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1 of the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the 

2 time that the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 

3 2015 is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 

4 United States Code, a comprehensive report compiled in 

5 conjunction with the Government Accountability Office 

6 that details updated missions, goals, strategies, and prior7 ities, and performance metrics that are measurable, re8 peatable, and directly linked to requests for funding. 

9 SEC. 511. It is the sense of the Congress that the 

10 Congress should not pass any legislation that authorizes 

11 spending cuts that would increase poverty in the United 

12 States. 

13 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

14 SEC. 512. The amount by which the applicable alloca15 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

16 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec17 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex18 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

19 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used— 

21 (1) to implement or enforce section 430.32(x) 

22 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations; or 

23 (2) to implement or enforce the standards es24 tablished by the tables contained in section 

25 325(i)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
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1 Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(1)(B)) with respect to 

2 BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandes3 cent reflector lamps, and ER incandescent reflector 

4 lamps. 

5 SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to pay the salary of individuals appointed 

7 to their current position through, or to otherwise carry 

8 out, paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 5503(a) of 

9 title 5, United States Code. 

10 SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be used within the borders of the State of Lou12 isiana by the Mississippi Valley Division or the South13 western Division of the Army Corps of Engineers or any 

14 district of the Corps within such divisions to implement 

15 or enforce the mitigation methodology, referred to as the 

16 ‘‘Modified Charleston Method’’. 

17 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used by the Department of Energy to finalize, 

19 implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Energy 

20 Conservation Standards Ceiling Fans and Ceiling Fan 

21 Light Kits’’ and identified by regulation identification 

22 number 1904–AC87. 

23 SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act may be used to relocate or consolidate general and 

25 administrative functions, personnel, or resources of the 
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1 Buffalo and Chicago Districts of the Corps of Engineers 

2 Great Lakes and Ohio River Division. 

3 SEC. 518. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to carry out section 801 of the Energy 

5 Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

6 17281). 

7 SEC. 519. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 

9 or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 

10 by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 

11 of its principals— 

12 (1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 

13 has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren14 dered against it for: (A) commission of fraud or a 

15 criminal offense in connection with obtaining, at16 tempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, 

17 State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of 

18 Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 

19 submission of offers; or (B) commission of embezzle20 ment, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruc21 tion of records, making false statements, tax eva22 sion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving 

23 stolen property; 

24 (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 

25 criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti-
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1 ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer2 ated above in paragraph (1); or 

3 (3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 

4 has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 

5 an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil6 ity remains unsatisfied. 

7 SEC. 520. The amounts otherwise provided by this 

8 Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 

9 for ‘‘Department of Energy––Energy Programs––Depart10 ment Administration’’, and increasing the amount made 

11 available for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil––Department of 

12 the Army––Corps of Engineers––Construction’’, by 

13 $2,000,000. 

14 SEC. 521. The amounts otherwise provided by this 

15 Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 

16 for ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Fossil 

17 Energy Research and Development’’, and increasing the 

18 amount made available for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil— 

19 Department of the Army—Corps of Engineers-Civil— 

20 Construction’’, by $20,000,000. 

21 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act or funds available in the Bonneville Power Adminis23 tration Fund may be used by the Department of Energy 

24 for any program, project, or activity required by or other25 wise proposed in the memorandum from Steven Chu, Sec-
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1 retary of Energy, to the Power Marketing Administrators 

2 with the subject line ‘‘Power Marketing Administrations’ 

3 Role’’ and dated March 16, 2012. 

4 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to reduce the active and inactive nuclear 

6 weapons stockpiles of the United States in contravention 

7 of section 303(b) of the Arms Control and Disarmament 

8 Act (22 U.S.C. 2573(b)). 

9 SEC. 524. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to lease or purchase new light duty vehi11 cles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inven12 tory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo13 randum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 

14 2011. 

15 SEC. 525. The amounts otherwise provided by this 

16 Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 

17 for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Expenses’’, and by in18 creasing the amount made available for ‘‘Corps of Engi19 neers-Civil—Construction’’, by $1,000,000. 

20 SEC. 526. None the funds made available by this Act 

21 may be used for the study of the Missouri River Projects 

22 authorized in section 108 of the Energy and Water Devel23 opment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 

24 (division C of Public Law 111–8). 
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1 SEC. 527. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to continue the study conducted by the 

3 Army Corps of Engineers pursuant to section 5018(a)(1) 

4 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007. 

5 SEC. 528. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used to issue rules or regulations to establish 

7 a fee for surplus water from Missouri River reservoirs. 

8 SEC. 529. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be used to develop or submit a proposal to expand 

10 the authorized uses of the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

11 Fund described in section 9505(c) of the Internal Revenue 

12 Code of 1986. 

13 SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to regulate activities identified in sub15 paragraphs (A) and (C) of section 404(f)(1) of the Federal 

16 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), 

17 (C)). 

18 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act to the United States Army Corps of Engineers may 

20 be used for sediment or soil dumping into the Missouri 

21 River. 

22 SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

24 National Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order 

25 No. 13547 of July 19, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 43023, relating 
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1 to the stewardship of oceans, coasts, and the Great 

2 Lakes). 

3 SEC. 533. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce sec5 tion 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act 

6 of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 42 U.S.C. 17142). 

7 SEC. 534. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or em9 ployee to carry out section 301 of the Hoover Power Plant 

10 Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 16421a; added by section 402 of 

11 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

12 (Public Law 111–5)). 

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De14 velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

15 2014’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 2013. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2609 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for energy and water develposes. ending September 30, 2014, and for other pur- opment and related agencies for the fiscal year