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Union Calendar No. 109 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2641 

[Report No. 110–185] 

Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 11, 2007 

Mr. VISCLOSKY, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

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, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for en5 ergy and water development and related agencies for the 

6 fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other pur7 poses, namely: 


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1 TITLE I—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

3 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

4 The following appropriations shall be expended under 

5 the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super6 vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func7 tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers 

8 and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic 

9 ecosystem restoration, and related purposes. 

10 INVESTIGATIONS

11 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

12 For expenses necessary for the collection and study 

13 of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood 

14 and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restora15 tion, and related projects; restudy of authorized projects, 

16 miscellaneous investigations; and, when authorized by law, 

17 surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications, 

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

19 until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided 

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

21 rescinded. 

22 CONSTRUCTION

23 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

24 For expenses necessary for the construction of river 

25 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic 

26 ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by 


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1 law, including a portion of the expenses for the modifica2 tions authorized by section 104 of the Everglades National 

3 Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989; for con4 ducting detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of 

5 such projects authorized or made eligible for selection by 

6 law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica7 tions, shall not constitute a Federal commitment to con8 struction); $2,008,874,000, to remain available until ex9 pended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover one10 half of the costs of construction, replacement, and expan11 sion of inland waterways projects shall be derived from 

12 the Inland Waterways Trust Fund; and of which 

13 $8,000,000 shall be exclusively for projects and activities 

14 authorized under section 107 of the River and Harbor Act 

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

16 available for projects and activities authorized under sec17 tion 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948; and of which 

18 $10,000,000 shall be exclusively for projects and activities 

19 authorized under section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 

20 1946; and of which $25,000,000 shall be exclusively for 

21 projects and activities authorized under section 1135 of 

22 the Water Resources Development Act of 1986; and of 

23 which $25,000,000 shall be exclusively for projects and ac24 tivities authorized under section 206 of the Water Re25 sources Development Act of 1996: Provided, That of the 


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1 funds provided under this heading the following amounts 

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

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

4 126, $797,000; from Public Law 105–245, $1,716,000. 

5 MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

6 For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 

7 projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu8 vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 

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

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

11 share of operation and maintenance costs for inland har12 bors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

13 Fund. 

14 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

15 For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte16 nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 

17 storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 

18 and related projects authorized by law, including the con19 struction of facilities, projects, or features (including is20 lands and wetlands) to use materials dredged during Fed21 eral navigation maintenance activities; the mitigation of 

22 impacts on shorelines resulting from Federal navigation 

23 operation and maintenance activities; to address the ef24 fects of civil works projects owned or operated by the 

25 Corps on federally listed species; to provide security for 

26 infrastructure operated by the Corps, or operated on its 


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1 behalf, including administrative buildings and facilities, 

2 and laboratories; to maintain harbor channels provided by 

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

4 essential navigation needs of general commerce where au5 thorized by law; and to conduct surveys and chart north6 ern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters, clear 

7 channels, and remove obstructions to commercial naviga8 tion, $2,655,241,000, to remain available until expended, 

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

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

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

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

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

14 shall be for projects and activities in Region 4 Great 

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

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

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

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

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

20 be for projects and activities in Region 8 Lower Mis21 sissippi; of which $3,159,000 shall be for projects and ac22 tivities in Region 9 Souris-Red-Rainy; of which 

23 $162,352,000 shall be for projects and activities in Region 

24 10 Missouri; of which $213,500,000 shall be for projects 

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


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1 $185,668,000 shall be for projects and activities in Region 

2 12 Texas-Gulf; of which $30,812,000 shall be for projects 

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

4 shall be for projects and activities in Region 14 Upper Col5 orado; of which $3,967,000 shall be for projects and ac6 tivities in Region 15 Lower Colorado; of which $819,000 

7 shall be for projects and activities in Region 16 Great 

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

9 activities in Region 17 Pacific Northwest; of which 

10 $125,998,000 shall be for projects and activities in Region 

11 18 California; of which $26,811,000 shall be for projects 

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

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

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

15 share of eligible operations and maintenance shall be de16 rived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which 

17 such sums as become available in the special account for 

18 the Corps established by the Land and Water Conserva19 tion Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)), shall be 

20 used for resource protection, research, interpretation, and 

21 maintenance activities under this heading related to re22 source projection in areas operated by the Corps at which 

23 outdoor recreation is available; and of which such sums 

24 as become available pursuant to section 217 of the Water 

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


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1 the cost of operation and maintenance of the dredged ma2 terial disposal facilities for which such fees have been col3 lected. 

4 REGULATORY PROGRAM

5 For expenses necessary for the administration of laws 

6 pertaining to the regulation of navigable waters and wet7 lands, $180,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM

9 For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 

10 from sites resulting from work performed as part of the 

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

12 remain available until expended. 

13 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

14 For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri15 cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 

16 operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 

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

18 to remain available until expended. 

19 EXPENSES

20 For expenses necessary for general administration 

21 and related functions of the civil works program in the 

22 headquarters of the Corps, the offices of the Division En23 gineers, the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ24 ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the Engineering 

25 Research and Development Center, and the Finance Cen26 ter, $171,000,000, to remain available until expended: 


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1 Provided, That no part of any other appropriation pro2 vided in this title shall be available to fund the civil works 

3 activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the 

4 civil works executive direction and management activities 

5 of the offices of the Division Engineers. 

6 OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (CIVIL

7 WORKS)

8 For expenses necessary for the Office of Assistant 

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

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

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

12 Appropriations in this title shall be available for offi13 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 

14 $5,000); and during the current fiscal year the Revolving 

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

16 (not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of pas17 senger motor vehicles. 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS, CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

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

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

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

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

24 or activity; 

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


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

2 activity for which funds have been denied or re3 stricted by this Act; 

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

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

6 Act; or 

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

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

9 percent, whichever is less; 

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

11 or activity authorized under section 205 of the Flood Con12 trol Act of 1948; section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 

13 1946; section 208 of the Flood Control Act of 1954; sec14 tion 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960; section 

15 103 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962; section 111 

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

17 Water Resources Development Act of 1986; section 206 

18 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996; sections 

19 204 and 207 of the Water Resources Development Act of 

20 1992; or section 933 of the Water Resources Development 

21 Act of 1986. 

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

23 title may be used to award any continuing contract or 

24 make modifications to any existing continuing contract 

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


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1 amounts appropriated for that project that remain unobli2 gated, except that such amounts may include any funds 

3 that have been made available through reprogramming to 

4 that project pursuant to section 101 of this Act. 

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

6 shall be available for operation and maritime maintenance 

7 of the hopper dredge McFarland. 

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

9 for the decommissioning of the vessel. 

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

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

12 the full-time employees at the Sacramento District Regu13 latory Division office of the Corps of Engineers. 

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

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

16 competition or direct conversion under the OMB Circular 

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

18 policy for any Corps of Engineers program, project or ac19 tivity. 

20 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

21 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT

22 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

23 For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 

24 Utah Project Completion Act (titles II through VI of Pub25 lic Law 102–575), $41,380,000, to remain available until 


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

2 Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account 

3 for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conserva4 tion Commission. 

5 In addition, for necessary expenses incurred in car6 rying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the 

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

8 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

9 The following appropriations shall be expended to 

10 execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama11 tion: 

12 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For management, development, and restoration of 

15 water and related natural resources and for related activi16 ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita17 tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 

18 fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri19 cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 

20 agreements with, State and local governments, federally 

21 recognized Indian tribes, and others, $871,197,000, to re22 main available until expended, of which $57,615,000 shall 

23 be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 

24 Basin Fund and $26,825,000 shall be available for trans25 fer to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 

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1 vanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund; of which not 

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

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

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

5 U.S.C. 1706): Provided, That such transfers may be in6 creased or decreased within the overall appropriation 

7 under this heading: Provided further, That of the total ap8 propriated, the amount for program activities that can be 

9 financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Rec10 lamation special fee account established by section 4(i) of 

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

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

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

15 expended for the purposes for which contributed: Provided 

16 further, That funds advanced under the Act of January 

17 12, 1927 (43 U.S.C. 397a) shall be credited to this ac18 count and are available until expended for the same pur19 poses as the sums appropriated under this heading. 

20 CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

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

22 habitat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provi23 sions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (title 

24 XXXIV of Public Law 102–575), $59,122,000, to be de25 rived from such sums as may be collected in the Central 

26 Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 


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1 3404(c)(3), 3405(f), and 3407(d) of the Central Valley 

2 Project Improvement Act (Public Law 102–575), to re3 main available until expended: Provided, That the Bureau 

4 of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full 

5 amount of the additional mitigation and restoration pay6 ments authorized by section 3407(d) of the Central Valley 

7 Project Improvement Act: Provided further, That none of 

8 the funds made available under this heading may be used 

9 for the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream pur10 poses if the water is already committed to in-stream pur11 poses by a court adopted decree or order. 

12 CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 

15 Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act 

16 (Public Law 108–361), consistent with plans to be ap17 proved by the Secretary of the Interior, $40,750,000, to 

18 remain available until expended, of which such amounts 

19 as may be necessary to carry out such activities may be 

20 transferred to appropriate accounts of other participating 

21 Federal agencies to carry out authorized purposes: Pro22 vided, That funds appropriated herein may be used for 

23 the Federal share of the costs of CALFED Program man24 agement: Provided further, That the use of any funds pro25 vided to the California Bay-Delta Authority for program26 wide management and oversight activities shall be subject 


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

2 further, That CALFED implementation shall be carried 

3 out in a balanced manner with clear performance meas4 ures demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the 

5 goals and objectives of the Program: Provided further, 

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

7 of Engineers to carry out further study and implementa8 tion of projects that contribute to the stability of the levee 

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

10 Supply, Reliability, Environmental Improvement Act 

11 (Public Law 108–361). 

12 POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and 

15 related functions in the office of the Commissioner, the 

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

17 of Reclamation, to remain available until expended, 

18 $58,811,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund 

19 and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377: 

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

21 Act shall be available for activities or functions budgeted 

22 as policy and administration expenses: Provided further, 

23 That, of the funds provided under this heading, 

24 $10,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Water and Related 

25 Resources’’ upon the expiration of the 60-day period fol26 lowing the date of enactment of this Act if, during such 


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

2 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep3 resentatives and the Senate the Bureau of Reclamation’s 

4 five-year budget plan. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

6 Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 

7 be available for purchase of not to exceed 14 passenger 

8 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

10 SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth11 erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter12 mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 

13 for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 

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

15 shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 

16 of California as approved by the Administrator of the En17 vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri18 mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 

19 (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 

20 Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain21 age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 

22 Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 

23 until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program-Al24 ternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP-Alternative 

25 Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repay26 ment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and 


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

2 prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

3 Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the 

4 United States relating to, or providing for, drainage serv5 ice or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully 

6 reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such serv7 ice or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 

8 TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

9 ENERGY PROGRAMS 

10 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

11 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

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

14 efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 

15 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

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

17 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

18 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

19 $1,873,844,000, to remain available until expended. 

20 ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY

21 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

22 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap23 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec24 tricity delivery and energy reliability activities in carrying 

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1 tion or condemnation of any real property or any facility 

2 or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan3 sion, $134,161,000, to remain available until expended. 

4 NUCLEAR ENERGY

5 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

6 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap7 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 

8 energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De9 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

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

11 real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi12 tion, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not 

13 to exceed 20 passenger motor vehicles for replacement 

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

15 available until expended. 

16 CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY

17 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

18 Of the funds made available under this heading for 

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

20 FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 

23 research and development activities, under the authority 

24 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public 

25 Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, includ26 ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property 


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1 or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan2 sion, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, the hire, 

3 maintenance, and operation of aircraft, the purchase, re4 pair, and cleaning of uniforms, the reimbursement to the 

5 General Services Administration for security guard serv6 ices, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga7 tions and research concerning the extraction, processing, 

8 use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection9 able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, 

10 and 1603), $708,801,000 to remain available until ex11 pended of which $166,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 

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

13 amounts $108,000,000 is available to continue a multi14 year project coordinated with the private sector for 

15 FutureGen, without regard to the terms and conditions 

16 applicable to clean coal technological projects, and of 

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

18 sequestration research and development: Provided further, 

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

20 used for the field testing of nuclear explosives in the recov21 ery of oil and gas: Provided further, That the Secretary 

22 of Energy is authorized to accept fees and contributions 

23 from public and private sources, to be deposited in a con24 tributed funds account, and prosecute projects using such 

25 fees and contributions in cooperation with other Federal, 


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

2 That revenues and other moneys received by or for the 

3 account of the Department of Energy or otherwise gen4 erated by sale of products in connection with projects of 

5 the Department appropriated under the Fossil Energy Re6 search and Development account may be retained by the 

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

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

9 payments to cost-sharing entities as provided in appro10 priate cost-sharing contracts or agreements. 

11 NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES

12 For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum 

13 and oil shale reserve activities, including the hire of pas14 senger motor vehicles, $17,301,000, to remain available 

15 until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 

16 provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior 

17 years shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil 

18 shale reserve activities. 

19 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

20 For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re21 serve facility development and operations and program 

22 management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and 

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

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

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1 ices Administration for security guard services, 

2 $163,472,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE

4 For necessary expenses for Northeast Home Heating 

5 Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management activities 

6 pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, 

7 $5,325,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

9 For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 

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

11 to remain available until expended. 

12 NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

13 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

14 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap15 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de16 fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 

17 purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

18 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con19 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

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

21 purchase of not to exceed three passenger motor vehicles 

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

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

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

25 legacy management. 


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1 URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND

2 DECOMMISSIONING FUND

3 For necessary expenses in carrying out uranium en4 richment facility decontamination and decommissioning, 

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 SCIENCE

12 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

13 purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital 

14 equipment, and other expenses necessary for science 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 facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc19 tion, or expansion, and purchase of not to exceed 30 pas20 senger motor vehicles for replacement only, 

21 $4,514,082,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

23 For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 

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

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1 sion, $202,454,000, to remain available until expended, 

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

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

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

5 of Nevada solely for expenditures, other than salaries and 

6 expenses of State employees, to conduct scientific over7 sight responsibilities and participate in licensing activities 

8 pursuant to the Act: Provided further, That notwith9 standing the lack of a written agreement with the State 

10 of Nevada under section 117(c) of the Nuclear Waste Pol11 icy Act of 1982, Public Law 97–425, as amended, not less 

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

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

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

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

16 Act, to conduct appropriate activities and participate in 

17 licensing activities: Provided further, That 7.5 percent of 

18 the funds provided shall be made available to affected 

19 units of local government in California with the balance 

20 made available to affected units of local government in Ne21 vada for distribution as determined by the Nevada units 

22 of local government: Provided further, That notwith23 standing the provisions of chapters 65 and 75 of title 31, 

24 United States Code, the Department of Energy shall have 

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1 sponsibilities over amounts provided to affected units of 

2 local government under this heading: Provided further, 

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

4 available solely to the Nevada Division of Emergency Man5 agement by direct payment and units of local government 

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

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

8 Division of Emergency Management and the Governor of 

9 the State of Nevada shall provide certification to the De10 partment of Energy that all funds expended from such 

11 payments have been expended for activities authorized by 

12 the Act and this Act: Provided further, That failure to pro13 vide such certification shall cause such entity to be prohib14 ited from any further funding provided for similar activi15 ties: Provided further, That none of the funds herein ap16 propriated may be: (1) used directly or indirectly to influ17 ence legislative action, except for normal and recognized 

18 executive-legislative communications, on any matter pend19 ing before Congress or a State legislature or for lobbying 

20 activity as provided in 18 U.S.C. 1913; (2) used for litiga21 tion expenses; or (3) used to support multi-State efforts 

22 or other coalition building activities inconsistent with the 

23 restrictions contained in this Act: Provided further, That 

24 all proceeds and recoveries realized by the Secretary of 

25 Energy in carrying out activities authorized by the Act, 


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

2 of assets, shall be available without further appropriation 

3 and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur4 ther, That no funds provided in this Act may be used to 

5 pursue repayment or collection of funds provided in any 

6 fiscal year to affected units of local government for over7 sight activities that had been previously approved by the 

8 Department of Energy, or to withhold payment of any 

9 such funds. 

10 ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND HEALTH

11 For Department of Energy expenses for Environ12 ment, Safety, and Health activities, $31,625,000, to re13 main available until expended. 

14 TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE

15 LOAN PROGRAM

16 Subject to the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, 

17 as amended, during fiscal year 2008 commitments to 

18 guarantee loans under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act 

19 of 2005 shall not exceed a total principal amount, any part 

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

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

22 for carbon sequestration optimized coal power plants, 

23 $4,000,000,000 shall be available for projects that pro24 mote biofuels and clean transportation fuels, and 

25 $1,000,000,000 shall be available for electric transmission 

26 facilities or renewable power generation systems: Provided 


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

2 no appropriations are available to pay the subsidy cost of 

3 such guarantees: Provided further, That the source of pay4 ments received from borrowers for the subsidy cost shall 

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

6 guaranteed by the Federal Government. 

7 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For salaries and expenses of the Department of En10 ergy necessary for departmental administration in car11 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga12 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire 

13 of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and rep14 resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000, $304,782,000, 

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

16 shall be available for necessary administrative expenses to 

17 carry out the loan guarantee program under title XVII 

18 of Public Law 109–58, plus such additional amounts as 

19 necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of 

20 cost of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of 

21 the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Pro22 vided, That such increases in cost of work are offset by 

23 revenue increases of the same or greater amount, to re24 main available until expended: Provided further, That 

25 moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous rev26 enues estimated to total $161,818,000 in fiscal year 2008 


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1 may be retained and used for operating expenses within 

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

3 authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwith4 standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided fur5 ther, That fees collected pursuant to section 1702(h) of 

6 Public Law 109–58 shall be credited as offsetting collec7 tions to this account: Provided further, That the sum here8 in appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of mis9 cellaneous revenues received during 2008, and any related 

10 appropriated receipt account balances remaining from 

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

12 final fiscal year 2008 appropriation from the general fund 

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

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

16 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

17 General Act of 1978, $47,732,000, to remain available 

18 until expended. 

19 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

20 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

21 WEAPONS ACTIVITIES

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 weapons activities in carrying out 

26 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 


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

2 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

3 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

4 $5,879,137,000 to remain available until expended. 

5 DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

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, defense nuclear nonproliferation 

10 activities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

11 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in12 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop13 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con14 struction, or expansion, $1,683,646,000, to remain avail15 able until expended. 

16 NAVAL REACTORS

17 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

18 naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 

19 Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ20 ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc21 tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 

22 equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, 

23 $808,219,000, to remain available until expended. 

24 OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

25 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Adminis26 trator in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 


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1 including official reception and representation expenses 

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

3 until expended. 

4 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

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

9 energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car10 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga11 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui12 sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 

13 or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan14 sion, and the purchase of not to exceed three passenger 

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

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

17 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Uranium Enrichment Decon18 tamination and Decommissioning Fund’’. 

19 OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

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

24 energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac25 tivities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

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1 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop2 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con3 struction, or expansion, and the purchase of not to exceed 

4 twelve passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 

5 $604,313,000, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That of the funds provided under this heading in 

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

8 ‘‘Weapons Activities’’ for planning activities associated 

9 with special nuclear material consolidation. 

10 DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

11 For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 

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

13 the acquisition of real property or facility construction or 

14 expansion, $292,046,000, to remain available until ex15 pended. 

16 POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 

17 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND

18 Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra19 tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 

20 are approved for official reception and representation ex21 penses in an amount not to exceed $1,500. During fiscal 

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

23 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER

24 ADMINISTRATION

25 For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 

26 of power transmission facilities and of electric power and 


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1 energy, including transmission wheeling and ancillary 

2 services pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Control Act 

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

4 power area, $6,463,000, to remain available until ex5 pended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

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

7 Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 

8 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be 

9 credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain 

10 available until expended for the sole purpose of making 

11 purchase power and wheeling expenditures. 

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 

15 of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric 

16 power and energy, for construction and acquisition of 

17 transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, 

18 and for administrative expenses, including official recep19 tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex20 ceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control 

21 Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the south22 western power area, $30,442,000, to remain available 

23 until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 

24 U.S.C. 3302, up to $35,000,000 collected by the South25 western Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Con26 trol Act to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 


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1 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 

2 to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 

3 of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures. 

4 CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND

5 MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION

6 For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 

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

8 U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con9 servation and renewable resources programs as author10 ized, including the operation, maintenance, and purchase 

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

12 replacement only, and official reception and representation 

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

14 $201,030,000, to remain available until expended, of 

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

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

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

18 into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 

19 Account pursuant to title IV of the Reclamation Projects 

20 Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992: Provided fur21 ther, That notwithstanding the provision of 31 U.S.C. 

22 3302, up to $258,702,000 collected by the Western Area 

23 Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 

24 of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to re25 cover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be cred26 ited 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 FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE

4 FUND

5 For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 

6 the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 

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

8 and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 

9 and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad10 ministration, as provided in section 423 of the Foreign 

11 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. 

12 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regu15 latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De16 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

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

18 the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and official reception 

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

20 $255,425,000, to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

22 not to exceed $255,425,000 of revenues from fees and an23 nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 

24 year 2008 shall be retained and used for necessary ex25 penses in this account, and shall remain available until 

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1 priated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues 

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

3 final fiscal year 2008 appropriation from the general fund 

4 estimated at not more than $0. 

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

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

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

8 year 2008 or any previous fiscal year may be used to make 

9 payments for a noncompetitive management and operating 

10 contract, or a contract for environmental remediation or 

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

12 funding at a current or former management and operating 

13 contract site or facility, or award a significant extension 

14 or expansion to an existing management and operating 

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

16 such contract is awarded using competitive procedures or 

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

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

19 not delegate the authority to grant such a waiver. 

20 (b) Within 30 days of formally notifying an incum21 bent contractor that the Secretary intends to grant such 

22 a waiver, the Secretary shall submit to the Subcommittees 

23 on Energy and Water Development of the Committees on 

24 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

25 Senate a report notifying the Subcommittees of the waiver 


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1 and setting forth, in specificity, the substantive reasons 

2 why the Secretary believes the requirement for competition 

3 should be waived for this particular award. 

4 SEC. 302. UNFUNDED REQUESTS FOR PRO5 POSALS.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

6 be used to prepare or initiate requests for proposals for 

7 a program if the program has not been funded by Con8 gress. 

9 SEC. 303. UNEXPENDED BALANCES.—The unex10 pended balances of prior appropriations provided for ac11 tivities in this Act may be available to the same appropria12 tion accounts for such activities established pursuant to 

13 this title. Available balances may be merged with funds 

14 in the applicable established accounts and thereafter may 

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

16 as originally enacted. 

17 SEC. 304. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION

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

19 other Act for the Administrator of the Bonneville Power 

20 Administration may be used to enter into any agreement 

21 to perform energy efficiency services outside the legally de22 fined Bonneville service territory, with the exception of 

23 services provided internationally, including services pro24 vided on a reimbursable basis, unless the Administrator 


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1 certifies in advance that such services are not available 

2 from private sector businesses. 

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

4 of Energy makes a user facility available to universities 

5 or other potential users, or seeks input from universities 

6 or other potential users regarding significant characteris7 tics or equipment in a user facility or a proposed user fa8 cility, the Department shall ensure broad public notice of 

9 such availability or such need for input to universities and 

10 other potential users. When the Department of Energy 

11 considers the participation of a university or other poten12 tial user as a formal partner in the establishment or oper13 ation of a user facility, the Department shall employ full 

14 and open competition in selecting such a partner. For pur15 poses of this section, the term ‘‘user facility’’ includes, but 

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

17 2203(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 

18 13503(a)(2)); (2) a National Nuclear Security Adminis19 tration Defense Programs Technology Deployment Cen20 ter/User Facility; and (3) any other Departmental facility 

21 designated by the Department as a user facility. 

22 SEC. 306. INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—Funds ap23 propriated by this or any other Act, or made available by 

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

25 are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress 


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1 for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act 

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

3 enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal 

4 year 2008. 

5 SEC. 307. LABORATORY DIRECTED RESEARCH AND

6 DEVELOPMENT.—Of the funds made available by the De7 partment of Energy for activities at government-owned, 

8 contractor-operator operated laboratories funded in this 

9 Act, the Secretary may authorize a specific amount, not 

10 to exceed 8 percent of such funds, to be used by such lab11 oratories for laboratory-directed research and develop12 ment: Provided, That the Secretary may also authorize a 

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

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

15 weapons production plant or the manager of the Nevada 

16 Site office for plant or site-directed research and develop17 ment funding. 

18 SEC. 308. CONTRACTOR PENSION BENEFITS.—None 

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

20 be used for implementation of the Department of Energy 

21 Order N 351.1 modifying contractor employee pension and 

22 medical benefits policy. 

23 SEC. 309. INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK.— 

24 Of the funds made available in the first paragraph under 

25 the heading ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—Other 


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

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

3 until expended, subject to authorization, for the contribu4 tion of the United States to create a low-enriched uranium 

5 stockpile for an International Nuclear Fuel Bank supply 

6 of nuclear fuel for peaceful means under the International 

7 Atomic Energy Agency. 

8 TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

9 APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

10 For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au11 thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 

12 1965, notwithstanding section 14704 of title 40, United 

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

14 Co-Chairman and the alternate on the Appalachian Re15 gional Commission, for payment of the Federal share of 

16 the administrative expenses of the Commission, including 

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

18 States Code, and hire passenger motor vehicles, 

19 $35,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

20 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

21 For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Fa22 cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 

23 by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, $22,499,000, to re24 main available until expended. 


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1 DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY

2 For necessary expenses of the Delta Regional Author3 ity and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the 

4 Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding 

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

6 $6,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

7 DENALI COMMISSION

8 For expenses of the Denali Commission including the 

9 purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital 

10 equipment as necessary and other expenses, $1,800,000, 

11 to remain available until expended, notwithstanding the 

12 limitations contained in section 306(g) of the Denali Com13 mission Act of 1998. 

14 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

15 For necessary expenses of the Commission in car16 rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 

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

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

19 $925,559,000, to remain available until expended: Pro20 vided, That of the amount appropriated herein, 

21 $37,250,000 shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste 

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

23 inspection services, and other services and collections esti24 mated at $757,720,000 in fiscal year 2008 shall be re25 tained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this 


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1 account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall re2 main available until expended: Provided further, That the 

3 sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount 

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

5 in a final fiscal year 2008 appropriation estimated at not 

6 more than $167,839,000. 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

9 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

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

11 expended: Provided, That revenues from licensing fees, in12 spection services, and other services and collections esti13 mated at $7,330,000 in fiscal year 2008 shall be retained 

14 and be available for necessary salaries and expenses in this 

15 account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided fur16 ther, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 

17 by the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 

18 2008 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2008 appropria19 tion estimated at not more than $814,000. 

20 NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

21 For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Tech22 nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 

23 203, section 5051, $3,621,000, to be derived from the Nu24 clear Waste Fund, and to remain available until expended. 


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1 OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR ALASKA

2 NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS

3 For necessary expenses for the Office of the Federal 

4 Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation 

5 Projects pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act 

6 of 2004, $2,322,000. 

7 TITLE V 

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

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

11 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

12 matters pending before Congress as described in 18 

13 U.S.C. 1913. 

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

15 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in16 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

17 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro18 vided in this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

19 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De20 velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

21 2008’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 109 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2641 

[Report No. 110

–185] 

A BILL 

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

JUNE 11, 2007 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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