110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2641 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for energy and water development 

and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2008, 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, 2008, 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 rivers 

13 and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic 

14 ecosystem restoration, and related purposes. 

15 INVESTIGATIONS

16 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

17 For expenses necessary for the collection and study 

18 of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood 

19 and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restora20 tion, and related projects; restudy of authorized projects, 

21 miscellaneous investigations; and, when authorized by law, 

22 surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications, 

23 of proposed projects, $120,100,000, to remain available 

24 until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided 

25 under this heading of Public Law 106–554, $100,000 are 

26 rescinded. 
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1 CONSTRUCTION

2 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

3 For expenses necessary for the construction of river 

4 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic 

5 ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by 

6 law, including a portion of the expenses for the modifica7 tions authorized by section 104 of the Everglades National 

8 Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989; for con9 ducting detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of 

10 such projects authorized or made eligible for selection by 

11 law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica12 tions, shall not constitute a Federal commitment to con13 struction); $2,008,874,000, to remain available until ex14 pended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover one15 half of the costs of construction, replacement, and expan16 sion of inland waterways projects shall be derived from 

17 the Inland Waterways Trust Fund; and of which 

18 $8,000,000 shall be exclusively for projects and activities 

19 authorized under section 107 of the River and Harbor Act 

20 of 1960; and of which $45,000,000 shall be exclusively 

21 available for projects and activities authorized under sec22 tion 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948; and of which 

23 $10,000,000 shall be exclusively for projects and activities 

24 authorized under section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 

25 1946; and of which $25,000,000 shall be exclusively for 

26 projects and activities authorized under section 1135 of 
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1 the Water Resources Development Act of 1986; and of 

2 which $25,000,000 shall be exclusively for projects and ac3 tivities authorized under section 206 of the Water Re4 sources Development Act of 1996: Provided, That of the 

5 funds provided under this heading the following amounts 

6 are rescinded: from Public Law 101–101, $435,000; from 

7 Public Law 102–377, $1,740,000; from Public Law 103– 

8 126, $797,000; from Public Law 105–245, $1,716,000. 

9 MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

10 For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 

11 projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu12 vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 

13 by law, $278,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

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

15 share of operation and maintenance costs for inland har16 bors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

17 Fund. 

18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

19 For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte20 nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 

21 storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 

22 and related projects authorized by law, including the con23 struction of facilities, projects, or features (including is24 lands and wetlands) to use materials dredged during Fed25 eral navigation maintenance activities; the mitigation of 

26 impacts on shorelines resulting from Federal navigation 
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1 operation and maintenance activities; to address the ef2 fects of civil works projects owned or operated by the 

3 Corps on federally listed species; to provide security for 

4 infrastructure operated by the Corps, or operated on its 

5 behalf, including administrative buildings and facilities, 

6 and laboratories; to maintain harbor channels provided by 

7 a State, municipality, or other public agency that serve 

8 essential navigation needs of general commerce where au9 thorized by law; and to conduct surveys and chart north10 ern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters, clear 

11 channels, and remove obstructions to commercial naviga12 tion, $2,655,241,000, to remain available until expended, 

13 of which $53,585,000 shall be for projects and activities 

14 in Region 1 New England; of which $179,814,000 shall 

15 be for projects and activities in Region 2 Mid Atlantic; 

16 of which $367,101,000 shall be for projects and activities 

17 in Region 3 South Atlantic Gulf; of which $126,907,000 

18 shall be for projects and activities in Region 4 Great 

19 Lakes; of which $342,354,000 shall be for projects and 

20 activities in Region 5 Ohio; of which $25,721,000 shall 

21 be for projects and activities in Region 6 Tennessee; of 

22 which $251,630,000 shall be for projects and activities in 

23 Region 7 Upper Mississippi; of which $166,946,000 shall 

24 be for projects and activities in Region 8 Lower Mis25 sissippi; of which $3,159,000 shall be for projects and ac-
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1 tivities in Region 9 Souris-Red-Rainy; of which 

2 $162,352,000 shall be for projects and activities in Region 

3 10 Missouri; of which $213,500,000 shall be for projects 

4 and activities in Region 11 Arkansas-White-Red; of which 

5 $185,668,000 shall be for projects and activities in Region 

6 12 Texas-Gulf; of which $30,812,000 shall be for projects 

7 and activities in Region 13 Rio Grande; of which $57,000 

8 shall be for projects and activities in Region 14 Upper Col9 orado; of which $3,967,000 shall be for projects and ac10 tivities in Region 15 Lower Colorado; of which $819,000 

11 shall be for projects and activities in Region 16 Great 

12 Basin; of which $286,031,000 shall be for projects and 

13 activities in Region 17 Pacific Northwest; of which 

14 $125,998,000 shall be for projects and activities in Region 

15 18 California; of which $26,811,000 shall be for projects 

16 and activities in Region 19 Alaska; of which $872,000 

17 shall be for projects and activities in Region 20 Hawaii; 

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

19 share of eligible operations and maintenance shall be de20 rived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which 

21 such sums as become available in the special account for 

22 the Corps established by the Land and Water Conserva23 tion Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)), shall be 

24 used for resource protection, research, interpretation, and 

25 maintenance activities under this heading related to re-
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1 source projection in areas operated by the Corps at which 

2 outdoor recreation is available; and of which such sums 

3 as become available pursuant to section 217 of the Water 

4 Resources Development Act of 1996, shall be used to cover 

5 the cost of operation and maintenance of the dredged ma6 terial disposal facilities for which such fees have been col7 lected. 

8 REGULATORY PROGRAM

9 For expenses necessary for the administration of laws 

10 pertaining to the regulation of navigable waters and wet11 lands, $180,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM

13 For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 

14 from sites resulting from work performed as part of the 

15 Nation’s early atomic energy program, $130,000,000, to 

16 remain available until expended. 

17 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

18 For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri19 cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 

20 operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 

21 such natural disasters, as authorized by law, $40,000,000, 

22 to remain available until expended. 

23 EXPENSES

24 For expenses necessary for general administration 

25 and related functions of the civil works program in the 

26 headquarters of the Corps, the offices of the Division En-
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1 gineers, the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ2 ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the Engineering 

3 Research and Development Center, and the Finance Cen4 ter, $171,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

5 Provided, That no part of any other appropriation pro6 vided in this title shall be available to fund the civil works 

7 activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the 

8 civil works executive direction and management activities 

9 of the offices of the Division Engineers. 

10 OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (CIVIL

11 WORKS)

12 For expenses necessary for the Office of Assistant 

13 Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), as authorized by 10 

14 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), $6,000,000. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

16 Appropriations in this title shall be available for offi17 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 

18 $5,000); and during the current fiscal year the Revolving 

19 Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase 

20 (not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of pas21 senger motor vehicles. 

22 GENERAL PROVISIONS, CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

23 SEC. 101. (a) Except as provided under subsection 

24 (b), none of the funds provided under this title shall be 

25 available for obligation or expenditure through a re26 programming of funds that— 
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1 (1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 

2 or activity; 

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

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

5 activity for which funds have been denied or re6 stricted by this Act; 

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

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

9 Act; or 

10 (5) increases or reduces funds for any program, 

11 project, or activity by more than $2,000,000 or 25 

12 percent, whichever is less. 

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

14 or activity authorized under section 205 of the Flood Con15 trol Act of 1948; section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 

16 1946; section 208 of the Flood Control Act of 1954; sec17 tion 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960; section 

18 103 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962; section 111 

19 of the River and Harbor Act of 1968; section 1135 of the 

20 Water Resources Development Act of 1986; section 206 

21 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996; sections 

22 204 and 207 of the Water Resources Development Act of 

23 1992; or section 933 of the Water Resources Development 

24 Act of 1986. 
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1 SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 

2 title may be used to award any continuing contract or 

3 make modifications to any existing continuing contract 

4 that commits an amount for a project in excess of the 

5 amounts appropriated for that project that remain unobli6 gated, except that such amounts may include any funds 

7 that have been made available through reprogramming to 

8 that project pursuant to section 101 of this Act. 

9 SEC. 103. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act 

10 shall be available for operation and maritime maintenance 

11 of the hopper dredge McFarland. 

12 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to funds required 

13 for the decommissioning of the vessel. 

14 SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Army, acting through 

15 the Chief of Engineers, is directed to reduce by 35 percent 

16 the full-time employees at the Sacramento District Regu17 latory Division office of the Corps of Engineers. 

18 SEC. 105. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

19 or any other Act may be used to conduct a public-private 

20 competition or direct conversion under the OMB Circular 

21 A–76 or any other administrative regulation, directive, or 

22 policy for any Corps of Engineers program, project or ac23 tivity. 
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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 (titles II through VI of Pub6 lic Law 102–575), $41,380,000, to remain available until 

7 expended, of which $976,000 shall be deposited into the 

8 Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account 

9 for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conserva10 tion Commission. 

11 In addition, for necessary expenses incurred in car12 rying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the 

13 Interior, $1,620,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

15 The following appropriations shall be expended to 

16 execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama17 tion: 

18 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For management, development, and restoration of 

21 water and related natural resources and for related activi22 ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita23 tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 

24 fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri25 cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 

26 agreements with, State and local governments, federally 
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1 recognized Indian tribes, and others, $871,197,000, to re2 main available until expended, of which $57,615,000 shall 

3 be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 

4 Basin Fund and $26,825,000 shall be available for trans5 fer to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 

6 of which such amounts as may be necessary may be ad7 vanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund; of which not 

8 more than $500,000 is for high priority projects which 

9 shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as 

10 authorized by section 106 of Public Law 91–378 (16 

11 U.S.C. 1706): Provided, That such transfers may be in12 creased or decreased within the overall appropriation 

13 under this heading: Provided further, That of the total ap14 propriated, the amount for program activities that can be 

15 financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Rec16 lamation special fee account established by section 4(i) of 

17 the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 

18 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)) shall be derived from that Fund or ac19 count: Provided further, That funds contributed under the 

20 Act of March 4, 1921 (43 U.S.C. 395) are available until 

21 expended for the purposes for which contributed: Provided 

22 further, That funds advanced under the Act of January 

23 12, 1927 (43 U.S.C. 397a) shall be credited to this ac24 count and are available until expended for the same pur25 poses as the sums appropriated under this heading. 
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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 (title 

5 XXXIV of Public Law 102–575), $59,122,000, to be de6 rived from such sums as may be collected in the Central 

7 Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 

8 3404(c)(3), 3405(f), and 3407(d) of the Central Valley 

9 Project Improvement Act (Public Law 102–575), to re10 main available until expended: Provided, That the Bureau 

11 of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full 

12 amount of the additional mitigation and restoration pay13 ments authorized by section 3407(d) of the Central Valley 

14 Project Improvement Act: Provided further, That none of 

15 the funds made available under this heading may be used 

16 for the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream pur17 poses if the water is already committed to in-stream pur18 poses by a court adopted decree or order. 

19 CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 

22 Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act 

23 (Public Law 108–361), consistent with plans to be ap24 proved by the Secretary of the Interior, $40,750,000, to 

25 remain available until expended, of which such amounts 

26 as may be necessary to carry out such activities may be 
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1 transferred to appropriate accounts of other participating 

2 Federal agencies to carry out authorized purposes: Pro3 vided, That funds appropriated herein may be used for 

4 the Federal share of the costs of CALFED Program man5 agement: Provided further, That the use of any funds pro6 vided to the California Bay-Delta Authority for program7 wide management and oversight activities shall be subject 

8 to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided 

9 further, That CALFED implementation shall be carried 

10 out in a balanced manner with clear performance meas11 ures demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the 

12 goals and objectives of the Program: Provided further, 

13 That $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Army Corps 

14 of Engineers to carry out further study and implementa15 tion of projects that contribute to the stability of the levee 

16 projects authorized under section 103(f)(3) of the Water 

17 Supply, Reliability, Environmental Improvement Act 

18 (Public Law 108–361). 

19 POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and 

22 related functions in the office of the Commissioner, the 

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

24 of Reclamation, to remain available until expended, 

25 $58,811,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund 

26 and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377: 
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1 Provided, That no part of any other appropriation in this 

2 Act shall be available for activities or functions budgeted 

3 as policy and administration expenses: Provided further, 

4 That, of the funds provided under this heading, 

5 $10,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Water and Related 

6 Resources’’ upon the expiration of the 60-day period fol7 lowing the date of enactment of this Act if, during such 

8 period, the Secretary of the Interior has not submitted to 

9 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Senate the Bureau of Reclamation’s 

11 five-year budget plan. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

13 Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 

14 be available for purchase of not to exceed 14 passenger 

15 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 

16 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

17 SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth18 erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter19 mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 

20 for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 

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

22 shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 

23 of California as approved by the Administrator of the En24 vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri25 mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 
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1 (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 

2 Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain3 age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 

4 Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 

5 until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program-Al6 ternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP-Alternative 

7 Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repay8 ment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and 

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

10 prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

11 Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the 

12 United States relating to, or providing for, drainage serv13 ice or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully 

14 reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such serv15 ice or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 

16 TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

17 ENERGY PROGRAMS 

18 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

19 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

20 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap21 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 

22 efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 

23 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

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

25 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
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1 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

2 $1,873,844,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY

4 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

5 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap6 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec7 tricity delivery and energy reliability activities in carrying 

8 out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organiza9 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisi10 tion or condemnation of any real property or any facility 

11 or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan12 sion, $134,161,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 NUCLEAR ENERGY

14 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

15 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap16 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 

17 energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De18 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

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

20 real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi21 tion, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not 

22 to exceed 20 passenger motor vehicles for replacement 

23 only, including one ambulance, $759,227,000, to remain 

24 available until expended. 
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1 CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY

2 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

3 Of the funds made available under this heading for 

4 obligation in prior years, $149,000,000 are rescinded. 

5 FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 

8 research and development activities, under the authority 

9 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public 

10 Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, includ11 ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property 

12 or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan13 sion, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, the hire, 

14 maintenance, and operation of aircraft, the purchase, re15 pair, and cleaning of uniforms, the reimbursement to the 

16 General Services Administration for security guard serv17 ices, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga18 tions and research concerning the extraction, processing, 

19 use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection20 able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, 

21 and 1603), $708,801,000 to remain available until ex22 pended of which $166,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 

23 from ‘‘Clean Coal Technology’’, and of which transferred 

24 amounts $108,000,000 is available to continue a multi25 year project coordinated with the private sector for 

26 FutureGen, without regard to the terms and conditions 
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1 applicable to clean coal technological projects, and of 

2 which the remaining $58,000,000 is available for carbon 

3 sequestration research and development: Provided further, 

4 That no part of the sums herein made available shall be 

5 used for the field testing of nuclear explosives in the recov6 ery of oil and gas: Provided further, That the Secretary 

7 of Energy is authorized to accept fees and contributions 

8 from public and private sources, to be deposited in a con9 tributed funds account, and prosecute projects using such 

10 fees and contributions in cooperation with other Federal, 

11 State, or private agencies or concerns: Provided further, 

12 That revenues and other moneys received by or for the 

13 account of the Department of Energy or otherwise gen14 erated by sale of products in connection with projects of 

15 the Department appropriated under the Fossil Energy Re16 search and Development account may be retained by the 

17 the Secretary of Energy, to be available until expended, 

18 and used only for plant construction, operation, costs, and 

19 payments to cost-sharing entities as provided in appro20 priate cost-sharing contracts or agreements. 

21 NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES

22 For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum 

23 and oil shale reserve activities, including the hire of pas24 senger motor vehicles, $17,301,000, to remain available 

25 until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 

26 provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior 
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1 years shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil 

2 shale reserve activities. 

3 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

4 For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re5 serve facility development and operations and program 

6 management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and 

7 Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), including the 

8 hire of passenger motor vehicles, the hire, maintenance, 

9 and operation of aircraft, the purchase, repair, and clean10 ing of uniforms, the reimbursement to the General Serv11 ices Administration for security guard services, 

12 $163,472,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE

14 For necessary expenses for Northeast Home Heating 

15 Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management activities 

16 pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, 

17 $5,325,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

19 For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 

20 of the Energy Information Administration, $105,095,000, 

21 to remain available until expended. 

22 NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

23 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

24 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap25 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de26 fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 
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1 purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con3 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

4 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the 

5 purchase of not to exceed three passenger motor vehicles 

6 for replacement only, $286,041,000, to remain available 

7 until expended, of which $250,937,000 is for non-defense 

8 environmental cleanup and $35,104,000 is for non-defense 

9 legacy management. 

10 URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND

11 DECOMMISSIONING FUND

12 For necessary expenses in carrying out uranium en13 richment facility decontamination and decommissioning, 

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

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

16 Energy Policy Act of 1992, $618,759,000, to be derived 

17 from the Fund, to remain available until expended, of 

18 which $20,000,000 shall be available in accordance with 

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

20 SCIENCE

21 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

22 purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital 

23 equipment, and other expenses necessary for science ac24 tivities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

25 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in26 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
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1 erty or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc2 tion, or expansion, and purchase of not to exceed 30 pas3 senger motor vehicles for replacement only, 

4 $4,514,082,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

6 For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 

7 purposes of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public 

8 Law 97–425, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’), including the ac9 quisition of real property or facility construction or expan10 sion, $202,454,000, to remain available until expended, 

11 and to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided, 

12 That of the funds made available in this Act for Nuclear 

13 Waste Disposal, $2,500,000 shall be provided to the State 

14 of Nevada solely for expenditures, other than salaries and 

15 expenses of State employees, to conduct scientific over16 sight responsibilities and participate in licensing activities 

17 pursuant to the Act: Provided further, That notwith18 standing the lack of a written agreement with the State 

19 of Nevada under section 117(c) of the Nuclear Waste Pol20 icy Act of 1982, Public Law 97–425, as amended, not less 

21 than $1,200,000 shall be provided to Nye County, Nevada, 

22 for on-site oversight activities under section 117(d) of that 

23 Act: Provided further, That $4,000,000 shall be provided 

24 to affected units of local government, as defined in the 

25 Act, to conduct appropriate activities and participate in 

26 licensing activities: Provided further, That 7.5 percent of 
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1 the funds provided shall be made available to affected 

2 units of local government in California with the balance 

3 made available to affected units of local government in Ne4 vada for distribution as determined by the Nevada units 

5 of local government: Provided further, That notwith6 standing the provisions of chapters 65 and 75 of title 31, 

7 United States Code, the Department of Energy shall have 

8 no monitoring, auditing or other oversight rights or re9 sponsibilities over amounts provided to affected units of 

10 local government under this heading: Provided further, 

11 That the funds for the State of Nevada shall be made 

12 available solely to the Nevada Division of Emergency Man13 agement by direct payment and units of local government 

14 by direct payment: Provided further, That within 90 days 

15 of the completion of each Federal fiscal year, the Nevada 

16 Division of Emergency Management and the Governor of 

17 the State of Nevada shall provide certification to the De18 partment of Energy that all funds expended from such 

19 payments have been expended for activities authorized by 

20 the Act and this Act: Provided further, That failure to pro21 vide such certification shall cause such entity to be prohib22 ited from any further funding provided for similar activi23 ties: Provided further, That none of the funds herein ap24 propriated may be: (1) used directly or indirectly to influ25 ence legislative action, except for normal and recognized 
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1 executive-legislative communications, on any matter pend2 ing before Congress or a State legislature or for lobbying 

3 activity as provided in 18 U.S.C. 1913; (2) used for litiga4 tion expenses; or (3) used to support multi-State efforts 

5 or other coalition building activities inconsistent with the 

6 restrictions contained in this Act: Provided further, That 

7 all proceeds and recoveries realized by the Secretary of 

8 Energy in carrying out activities authorized by the Act, 

9 including but not limited to, any proceeds from the sale 

10 of assets, shall be available without further appropriation 

11 and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur12 ther, That no funds provided in this Act may be used to 

13 pursue repayment or collection of funds provided in any 

14 fiscal year to affected units of local government for over15 sight activities that had been previously approved by the 

16 Department of Energy, or to withhold payment of any 

17 such funds. 

18 ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND HEALTH

19 For Department of Energy expenses for Environ20 ment, Safety, and Health activities, $31,625,000, to re21 main available until expended. 

22 TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE

23 LOAN PROGRAM

24 Subject to the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, 

25 as amended, during fiscal year 2008 commitments to 

26 guarantee loans under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act 
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1 of 2005 shall not exceed a total principal amount, any part 

2 of which is to be guaranteed, of $7,000,000,000: Provided, 

3 That of that amount, $2,000,000,000 shall be available 

4 for carbon sequestration optimized coal power plants, 

5 $4,000,000,000 shall be available for projects that pro6 mote biofuels and clean transportation fuels, and 

7 $1,000,000,000 shall be available for electric transmission 

8 facilities or renewable power generation systems: Provided 

9 further, That pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of the Act, 

10 no appropriations are available to pay the subsidy cost of 

11 such guarantees: Provided further, That the source of pay12 ments received from borrowers for the subsidy cost shall 

13 not be a loan or other debt obligation that is made or 

14 guaranteed by the Federal Government. 

15 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For salaries and expenses of the Department of En18 ergy necessary for departmental administration in car19 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga20 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire 

21 of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and rep22 resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000, $304,782,000, 

23 to remain available until expended, of which $2,390,000 

24 shall be available for necessary administrative expenses to 

25 carry out the loan guarantee program under title XVII 

26 of Public Law 109–58, plus such additional amounts as 
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1 necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of 

2 cost of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of 

3 the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Pro4 vided, That such increases in cost of work are offset by 

5 revenue increases of the same or greater amount, to re6 main available until expended: Provided further, That 

7 moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous rev8 enues estimated to total $161,818,000 in fiscal year 2008 

9 may be retained and used for operating expenses within 

10 this account, and may remain available until expended, as 

11 authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwith12 standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided fur13 ther, That fees collected pursuant to section 1702(h) of 

14 Public Law 109–58 shall be credited as offsetting collec15 tions to this account: Provided further, That the sum here16 in appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of mis17 cellaneous revenues received during 2008, and any related 

18 appropriated receipt account balances remaining from 

19 prior years’ miscellaneous revenues, so as to result in a 

20 final fiscal year 2008 appropriation from the general fund 

21 estimated at not more than $142,964,000. 

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

24 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

25 General Act of 1978, $47,732,000 (reduced by 
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1 $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to remain avail2 able until expended. 

3 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

4 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

5 WEAPONS ACTIVITIES

6 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

7 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap8 ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 

9 atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 

10 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

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

12 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

13 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

14 $5,879,137,000 to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That $173,250,000 of the amounts provided are 

16 available for nuclear weapons dismantlement activities at 

17 Department of Energy facilities authorized for such activi18 ties, of which $91,000,000 is for the Pit Disassembly and 

19 Conversion Facility Project at the Savannah River Site, 

20 South Carolina. 

21 DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

22 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

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

25 atomic energy defense, defense nuclear nonproliferation 

26 activities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
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1 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in2 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop3 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con4 struction, or expansion, $1,683,646,000, to remain avail5 able until expended. 

6 NAVAL REACTORS

7 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

8 naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 

9 Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ10 ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc11 tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 

12 equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, 

13 $808,219,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Adminis16 trator in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 

17 including official reception and representation expenses 

18 not to exceed $12,000, $415,879,000, to remain available 

19 until expended. 

20 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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 environmental cleanup activities in car26 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
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1 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui2 sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 

3 or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan4 sion, and the purchase of not to exceed three passenger 

5 motor vehicles for replacement only, $5,766,561,000, to 

6 remain available until expended, of which $463,000,000 

7 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Uranium Enrichment Decon8 tamination and Decommissioning Fund’’. 

9 OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

12 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap13 ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic 

14 energy defense, other defense activities, and classified 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 twelve passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 

21 $604,313,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That of the funds provided under this heading in 

23 Public Law 109–103, $4,900,000 are transferred to 

24 ‘‘Weapons Activities’’ for planning activities associated 

25 with special nuclear material consolidation. 
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1 DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

2 For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 

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

4 the acquisition of real property or facility construction or 

5 expansion, $292,046,000, to remain available until ex6 pended. 

7 POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 

8 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND

9 Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra10 tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 

11 are approved for official reception and representation ex12 penses in an amount not to exceed $1,500. During fiscal 

13 year 2008, no new direct loan obligations may be made. 

14 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER

15 ADMINISTRATION

16 For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 

17 of power transmission facilities and of electric power and 

18 energy, including transmission wheeling and ancillary 

19 services pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Control Act 

20 of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southeastern 

21 power area, $6,463,000, to remain available until ex22 pended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

23 up to $48,413,000 collected by the Southeastern Power 

24 Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 

25 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be 

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

2 purchase power and wheeling expenditures. 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 

6 of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric 

7 power and energy, for construction and acquisition of 

8 transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, 

9 and for administrative expenses, including official recep10 tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex11 ceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control 

12 Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the south13 western power area, $30,442,000, to remain available 

14 until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 

15 U.S.C. 3302, up to $35,000,000 collected by the South16 western Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Con17 trol Act to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 

18 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 

19 to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 

20 of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures. 

21 CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND

22 MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION

23 For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 

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

25 U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con26 servation and renewable resources programs as author-
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1 ized, including the operation, maintenance, and purchase 

2 through transfer, exchange, or sale of one helicopter for 

3 replacement only, and official reception and representation 

4 expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500; 

5 $201,030,000, to remain available until expended, of 

6 which $191,094,000 shall be derived from the Department 

7 of the Interior Reclamation Fund: Provided, That of the 

8 amount herein appropriated, $7,167,000 is for deposit 

9 into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 

10 Account pursuant to title IV of the Reclamation Projects 

11 Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992: Provided fur12 ther, That notwithstanding the provision of 31 U.S.C. 

13 3302, up to $258,702,000 collected by the Western Area 

14 Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 

15 of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to re16 cover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be cred17 ited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain 

18 available until expended for the sole purpose of making 

19 purchase power and wheeling expenditures. 

20 FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE

21 FUND

22 For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 

23 the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 

24 Dams, $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

25 and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 

26 and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad-
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1 ministration, as provided in section 423 of the Foreign 

2 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. 

3 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regu6 latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De7 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

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

9 the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and official reception 

10 and representation expenses not to exceed $3,000, 

11 $255,425,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

13 not to exceed $255,425,000 of revenues from fees and an14 nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 

15 year 2008 shall be retained and used for necessary ex16 penses in this account, and shall remain available until 

17 expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro18 priated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues 

19 are received during fiscal year 2008 so as to result in a 

20 final fiscal year 2008 appropriation from the general fund 

21 estimated at not more than $0. 

22 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

23 SEC. 301. CONTRACT COMPETITION.—(a) None of 

24 the funds in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal 

25 year 2008 or any previous fiscal year may be used to make 
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1 payments for a noncompetitive management and operating 

2 contract, or a contract for environmental remediation or 

3 waste management in excess of $100,000,000 in annual 

4 funding at a current or former management and operating 

5 contract site or facility, or award a significant extension 

6 or expansion to an existing management and operating 

7 contract, or other contract covered by this section, unless 

8 such contract is awarded using competitive procedures or 

9 the Secretary of Energy grants, on a case-by-case basis, 

10 a waiver to allow for such a deviation. The Secretary may 

11 not delegate the authority to grant such a waiver. 

12 (b) Within 30 days of formally notifying an incum13 bent contractor that the Secretary intends to grant such 

14 a waiver, the Secretary shall submit to the Subcommittees 

15 on Energy and Water Development of the Committees on 

16 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

17 Senate a report notifying the Subcommittees of the waiver 

18 and setting forth, in specificity, the substantive reasons 

19 why the Secretary believes the requirement for competition 

20 should be waived for this particular award. 

21 SEC. 302. UNFUNDED REQUESTS FOR PRO22 POSALS.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

23 be used to prepare or initiate requests for proposals for 

24 a program if the program has not been funded by Con25 gress. 
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1 SEC. 303. UNEXPENDED BALANCES.—The unex2 pended balances of prior appropriations provided for ac3 tivities in this Act may be available to the same appropria4 tion accounts for such activities established pursuant to 

5 this title. Available balances may be merged with funds 

6 in the applicable established accounts and thereafter may 

7 be accounted for as one fund for the same time period 

8 as originally enacted. 

9 SEC. 304. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION

10 SERVICE TERRITORY.—None of the funds in this or any 

11 other Act for the Administrator of the Bonneville Power 

12 Administration may be used to enter into any agreement 

13 to perform energy efficiency services outside the legally de14 fined Bonneville service territory, with the exception of 

15 services provided internationally, including services pro16 vided on a reimbursable basis, unless the Administrator 

17 certifies in advance that such services are not available 

18 from private sector businesses. 

19 SEC. 305. USER FACILITIES.—When the Department 

20 of Energy makes a user facility available to universities 

21 or other potential users, or seeks input from universities 

22 or other potential users regarding significant characteris23 tics or equipment in a user facility or a proposed user fa24 cility, the Department shall ensure broad public notice of 

25 such availability or such need for input to universities and 
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1 other potential users. When the Department of Energy 

2 considers the participation of a university or other poten3 tial user as a formal partner in the establishment or oper4 ation of a user facility, the Department shall employ full 

5 and open competition in selecting such a partner. For pur6 poses of this section, the term ‘‘user facility’’ includes, but 

7 is not limited to: (1) a user facility as described in section 

8 2203(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 

9 13503(a)(2)); (2) a National Nuclear Security Adminis10 tration Defense Programs Technology Deployment Cen11 ter/User Facility; and (3) any other Departmental facility 

12 designated by the Department as a user facility. 

13 SEC. 306. INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—Funds ap14 propriated by this or any other Act, or made available by 

15 the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities 

16 are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress 

17 for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act 

18 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2008 until the 

19 enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal 

20 year 2008. 

21 SEC. 307. LABORATORY DIRECTED RESEARCH AND

22 DEVELOPMENT.—Of the funds made available by the De23 partment of Energy for activities at government-owned, 

24 contractor-operator operated laboratories funded in this 

25 Act, the Secretary may authorize a specific amount, not 
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1 to exceed 8 percent of such funds, to be used by such lab2 oratories for laboratory-directed research and develop3 ment: Provided, That the Secretary may also authorize a 

4 specific amount not to exceed 3 percent of such funds, 

5 to be used by the plant manager of a covered nuclear 

6 weapons production plant or the manager of the Nevada 

7 Site office for plant or site-directed research and develop8 ment funding. 

9 SEC. 308. CONTRACTOR PENSION BENEFITS.—None 

10 of the funds made available in title III of this Act shall 

11 be used for implementation of the Department of Energy 

12 Order N 351.1 modifying contractor employee pension and 

13 medical benefits policy. 

14 SEC. 309. INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK.— 

15 Of the funds made available in the first paragraph under 

16 the heading ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—Other 

17 Defense Activities’’ in chapter 2 of title I of division B 

18 of Public Law 105–277, $100,000,000 shall be available 

19 until expended, subject to authorization, for the contribu20 tion of the United States to create a low-enriched uranium 

21 stockpile for an International Nuclear Fuel Bank supply 

22 of nuclear fuel for peaceful means under the International 

23 Atomic Energy Agency. 
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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 section 14704 of title 40, United 

6 States Code, and, for necessary expenses for the Federal 

7 Co-Chairman and the alternate on the Appalachian Re8 gional Commission, for payment of the Federal share of 

9 the administrative expenses of the Commission, including 

10 services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

11 States Code, and hire passenger motor vehicles, 

12 $35,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

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, $22,499,000, to re17 main available until expended. 

18 DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY

19 For necessary expenses of the Delta Regional Author20 ity and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the 

21 Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding 

22 sections 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), and 382M(b) of said Act, 

23 $6,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

2 For necessary expenses of the Commission in car3 rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 

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

5 official representation expenses (not to exceed $21,000), 

6 $925,559,000, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That of the amount appropriated herein, 

8 $37,250,000 shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste 

9 Fund: Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, 

10 inspection services, and other services and collections esti11 mated at $757,720,000 in fiscal year 2008 shall be re12 tained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this 

13 account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall re14 main available until expended: Provided further, That the 

15 sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount 

16 of revenues received during fiscal year 2008 so as to result 

17 in a final fiscal year 2008 appropriation estimated at not 

18 more than $167,839,000. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

21 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

22 General Act of 1978, $8,144,000, to remain available until 

23 expended: Provided, That revenues from licensing fees, in24 spection services, and other services and collections esti25 mated at $7,330,000 in fiscal year 2008 shall be retained 

26 and be available for necessary salaries and expenses in this 
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1 account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided fur2 ther, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 

3 by the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 

4 2008 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2008 appropria5 tion estimated at not more than $814,000. 

6 NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

7 For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Tech8 nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 

9 203, section 5051, $3,621,000, to be derived from the Nu10 clear Waste Fund, and to remain available until expended. 

11 OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR ALASKA

12 NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS

13 For necessary expenses for the Office of the Federal 

14 Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation 

15 Projects pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act 

16 of 2004, $2,322,000. 

17 TITLE V 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

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

21 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

22 matters pending before Congress as described in 18 

23 U.S.C. 1913. 

24 SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
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1 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

2 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro3 vided in this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

4 SEC. 503. Of the amount made available for Energy 

5 Efficiency and Renewable Energy for the Department of 

6 Energy, $213,000,000 shall be made available for hydro7 gen technologies as authorized by section 974 of the En8 ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16314). 

9 SEC. 504. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be used to purchase light bulbs unless the light 

11 bulbs have the ‘‘ENERGY STAR’’ designation. 

12 SEC. 505. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to administer the ‘‘Yucca Mountain 

14 Youth Zone’’ website. 

15 SEC. 506. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend17 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart18 ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 

19 the United States. 

20 SEC. 507. None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act may be used for the Green Maintenance Building in 

22 North Bergen, New Jersey. 
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De2 velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

3 2008’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 17, 2007. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2641 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for energy and water develposes. ending September 30, 2008, and for other pur- opment and related agencies for the fiscal year