Calendar No. 156

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1905

[Report No. 104–120]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for energy and water devel1996, and for other purposes. opment for the fiscal year ending September 30,

JULY 19 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on

Appropriations

JULY 27 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995

Reported with amendments
Calendar No. 156

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1905

[Report No. 104–120]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 19 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995

Received, read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

JULY 27 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995

Reported by Mr. DOMENICI, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for energy and water development

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for

other purposes.

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, for energy and

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

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

3 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

4 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

5 The following appropriations shall be expended under

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

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

11 GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS

12 For expenses necessary for the collection and study

13 of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood

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

15 authorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, and,

16 when authorized by laws, surveys and detailed studies and

17 plans and specifications of projects prior to construction,

18 $129,906,000 $126,323,000, to remain available until ex19 pended, of which funds are provided for the following

20 projects in the amounts specified:

21 Norco Bluffs, California, $375,000;

22 Indianapolis Central Waterfront, Indiana,

23 $2,000,000;

24 Ohio River Greenway, Indiana, $1,000,000; and

25 Mussers Dam, Middle Creek, Snyder County,

26 Pennsylvania, $300,000
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1 Norco Bluffs, California, $375,000;

2 Indianapolis Central Waterfront, Indiana,

3 $1,000,000;

4 Kentucky Lock and Dam, Kentucky, $2,500,000;

5 and

6 West Virginia Port Development, West Virginia,

7 $300,000.

8 CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL

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

10 shore protection, and related projects authorized by laws;

11 and detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of

12 projects (including those for development with participa13 tion or under consideration for participation by States,

14 local governments, or private groups) authorized or made

15 eligible for selection by law (but such studies shall not con16 stitute a commitment of the Government to construction),

17 $807,846,000 $778,456,000, to remain available until ex18 pended, of which such sums as are necessary pursuant to

19 Public Law 99–662 shall be derived from the Inland Wa20 terways Trust Fund, for one-half of the costs of construc21 tion and rehabilitation of inland waterways projects, in22 cluding rehabilitation costs for the Lock and Dam 25,

23 Mississippi River, Illinois and Missouri, Lock and Dam

24 14, Mississippi River, Iowa, Lock and Dam 24, Mississippi

25 River, Illinois and Missouri, and GIWW-Brazos River
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1 Floodgates, Texas, projects, and of which funds are pro2 vided for the following projects in the amounts specified:

3 Red River Emergency Bank Protection, Arkan4 sas and Louisiana, $6,600,000;

5 Sacramento River Flood Control Project

6 (Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District), California,

7 $300,000;

8 San Timoteo Creek (Santa Ana River

9 Mainstem), California, $5,000,000;

10 Indiana Shoreline Erosion, Indiana,

11 $1,500,000;

12 Harlan (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big

13 Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Ken14 tucky, $12,000,000;

15 Williamsburg (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big

16 Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Ken17 tucky, $4,100,000;

18 Middlesboro (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big

19 Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Ken20 tucky, $1,600,000;

21 Salyersville, Kentucky, $500,000;

22 Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (Hurricane

23 Protection), Louisiana, $11,848,000;
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1 Red River below Denison Dam Levee and Bank

2 Stabilization, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas,

3 $3,800,000;

4 Broad Top Region, Pennsylvania, $4,100,000;

5 Glen Foerd, Pennsylvania, $200,000; and

6 Wallisville Lake, Texas, $5,000,000

7 Homer Spit, Alaska, repair and extend project,

8 $3,800,000;

9 McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation Sys10 tem, Arkansas, $6,000,000: Provided, That $4,900,000

11 of such amount shall be used for activities relating to

12 Montgomery Point Lock and Dam, Arkansas;

13 Red River Emergency Bank Protection, Arkan14 sas and Louisiana, $6,600,000;

15 Sacramento River Flood Control Project (Glenn16 Colusa Irrigation District), California, $300,000;

17 Winfield, Kansas, $670,000;

18 Harlan (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy

19 River and Upper Cumberland River), Kentucky,

20 $12,000,000;

21 Williamsburg (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big

22 Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Ken23 tucky, $4,100,000;
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1 Middlesboro (Lesiva and Tug Forks of the Big

2 Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Ken3 tucky, $1,600,000;

4 Salyersville, Kentucky, $500,000;

5 Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (Hurricane

6 Protection), Louisiana, $11,838,000;

7 Ouachita River Levees, Louisiana, $2,300,000;

8 Red River below Denison Dam Levee and Bank

9 Stabilization, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas,

10 $2,000,000;

11 Roughans Point, Massachusetts, $710,000;

12 Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, $1,000,000;

13 Broad Top Region, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;

14 Glen Foerd, Pennsylvania, $200,000;

15 Wallisville Lake, Texas, $5,000,000;

16 Hatfield Bottom (Levisa and Tug Forks of the

17 Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River),

18 West Virginia, $200,000; and

19 Upper Mingo (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big

20 Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River, West

21 Virginia, $2,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of

22 the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall

23 transfer $1,120,000 of the Construction, General funds

24 appropriated in this Act to the Secretary of the Inte25 rior and the Secretary of the Interior shall accept and
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1 expend such funds for performing operation and

2 maintenance activities at the Columbia River Fishing

3 Access Sites to be constructed by the Department of

4 the Army at Cascade Locks, Oregon; Lone Pine, Or5 egon; Underwood, Washington; and the Bonneville

6 Treaty Fishing Access Site, Washington.

7 FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBU8 TARIES, ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISI9 ANA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE

10 For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood

11 control, and rescue work, repair, restoration, or mainte12 nance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by

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

14 $307,885,000, to remain available until expended.

15 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL

16 For expenses necessary for the preservation, oper17 ation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor,

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

19 may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels

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

21 outside of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of gen22 eral commerce and navigation; surveys and charting of

23 northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters;

24 clearing and straightening channels; and removal of ob25 structions to navigation, $1,712,123,000 $1,696,998,000,

26 to remain available until expended, of which such sums
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1 as become available in the Harbor Maintenance Trust

2 Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662, may be derived

3 from that fund, and of which such sums as become avail4 able from the special account established by the Land and

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

6 460l), may be derived from that fund for construction, op7 eration, and maintenance of outdoor recreation facilities:

8 Provided, That not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available

9 for obligation for national emergency preparedness pro10 grams: Provided further, That $5,926,000 $3,426,000 of

11 the funds appropriated herein are provided for the

12 Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania, project: Provided further,

13 That the Secretary of the Army is directed during fiscal

14 year 1996 to maintain a minimum conservation pool level

15 of 475.5 at Wister Lake in Oklahoma.

16 REGULATORY PROGRAM

17 For expenses necessary for administration of laws

18 pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands,

19 $101,000,000, to remain available until expended.

20 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

21 For expenses necessary for emergency flood control,

22 hurricane, and shore protection activities, as authorized

23 by section 5 of the Flood Control Act approved August

24 18, 1941, as amended, $10,000,000, to remain available

25 until expended.
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1 OIL SPILL RESEARCH

2 For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of

3 the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, pursuant to Title VII

4 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $850,000, to be derived

5 from the Fund and to remain available until expended.

6 GENERAL EXPENSES

7 For expenses necessary for general administration

8 and related functions in the Office of the Chief of Engi9 neers and offices of the Division Engineers; activities of

10 the Coastal Engineering Research Board, the Humphreys

11 Engineer Center Support Activity, the Engineering Stra12 tegic Studies Center, and the Water Resources Support

13 Center, $150,000,000 $153,000,000, to remain available

14 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $60,000,000

15 of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for

16 general administration and related functions in the Office

17 of the Chief of Engineers: Provided further, That no part

18 of any other appropriation provided in title I of this Act

19 shall be available to fund the activities of the Office of

20 the Chief of Engineers or the executive direction and man21 agement activities of the Division Offices: Provided fur22 ther, That with funds provided herein and notwithstanding

23 any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Army shall

24 develop and submit to the Congress within 60 days of en25 actment of this Act, a plan which reduces the number of

26 division offices within the United States Army Corps of
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1 Engineers to no less than 6 and no more than 8, with

2 each division responsible for at least 4 district offices, but

3 does not close or change the function of any district office:

4 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi5 sion of law, the Secretary of the Army is directed to begin

6 implementing the division office plan on August 15, 1996,

7 and such plan shall be implemented prior to October 1,

8 1997.

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

10 Appropriations in this title shall be available for offi11 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed

12 $5,000); and during the current fiscal year the revolving

13 fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase

14 (not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of pas15 senger motor vehicles.

16 GENERAL PROVISION

17 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

18 SEC. 101. (a) In fiscal year 1996, the Secretary of

19 the Army shall advertise for competitive bid at least

20 7,500,000 cubic yards of the hopper dredge volume accom21 plished with government-owned dredges in fiscal year

22 1992.

23 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the

24 Secretary is authorized to use the dredge fleet of the Corps

25 of Engineers to undertake projects when industry does not

26 perform as required by the contract specifications or when
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1 the bids are more than 25 percent in excess of what the

2 Secretary determines to be a fair and reasonable estimated

3 cost of a well equipped contractor doing the work or to

4 respond to emergency requirements.

5 (c) None of the funds appropriated herein or other6 wise made available to the Army Corps of Engineers, in7 cluding amounts contained in the Revolving Fund of the

8 Army Corps of Engineers, may be used to study, design

9 or undertake improvement or major repair of the Federal

10 vessel, MCFARLAND.

11 SEC. 101. (a) In fiscal year 1996, the Secretary of the

12 Army shall advertise for competitive bid at least 7,500,000

13 cubic yards of the hopper dredge volume accomplished with

14 government owned dredges in fiscal year 1992.

15 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the

16 Secretary is authorized to use the dredge fleet of the Corps

17 of Engineers to undertake projects when industry does not

18 perform as required by the contract specifications or when

19 the bids are more than 25 percent in excess of what the

20 Secretary determines to be a fair and reasonable estimated

21 cost of a well equipped contractor doing the work or to re22 spond to emergency requirements.

23 (c) None of the funds appropriated herein or otherwise

24 made available to the Army Corps of Engineers, including

25 amounts contained in the Revolving Fund of the Army
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1 Corps of Engineers, may be used to study, design or under2 take improvements or major repair of the Federal vessel,

3 McFARLAND, except for normal maintenance and repair

4 necessary to maintain the vessel McFARLAND’s current

5 operational condition.

6 (d) If any of the four Corps of Engineers hopper

7 dredges is removed from normal service for repair or reha8 bilitation and such repair prevents the dredge from accom9 plishing its volume of work regularly carried out in each

10 of the past three years, the Corps of Engineers shall reduce

11 the 7,500,000 cubic yards of hopper dredge volume con12 tained in subsection (a) of this section by the proportional

13 amount of work which had been allocated to such dredge

14 over the past three fiscal years in calculating the reduction

15 in Corps dredging work required to implement subsection

16 (a).

17 SEC. 102. (a) SAND AND STONE CAP IN NAVIGATION

18 PROJECT AT MANISTIQUE HARBOR, MICHIGAN.—The

19 project for navigation, Manistique Harbor, Schoolcraft

20 County, Michigan, authorized by the first section of the

21 Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the con22 struction, repair, and preservation of certain public works

23 on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes’’, approved

24 March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. 1136), is modified to permit in25 stallation of a sand and stone cap over sediments affected
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1 by polychlorinated biphenyls in accordance with an admin2 istrative order of the Environmental Protection Agency.

3 (b) PROJECT DEPTH.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para5 graph (2), the project described in subsection (a) is

6 modified to provide for an authorized depth of 18

7 feet.

8 (2) EXCEPTION.—The authorized depth shall be

9 12.5 feet in the areas where the sand and stone cap

10 described in subsection (a) will be placed within the

11 following coordinates: 4220N–2800E to 4220N–

12 3110E to 3980N–3260E to 3190N–3040E to

13 2960N–2560E to 3150N–2300E to 3680N–2510E

14 to 3820N–2690E and back to 4220N–2800E.

15 (c) HARBOR OF REFUGE.—The project described in

16 subsection (a), including the breakwalls, pier, and author17 ized depth of the project (as modified by subsection (b)),

18 shall continue to be maintained as a harbor of refuge.

19 SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated herein or

20 otherwise available to the Army Corps of Engineers, may

21 be used to assist, guide, coordinate, administer; prepare for

22 occupancy of; or acquire furnishings for or in preparation

23 of a movement to the Southeast Federal Center.
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1 TITLE II

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

3 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT

4 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

5 For the purpose of carrying out provisions of the

6 Central Utah Project Completion Act, Public Law 102–

7 575 (106 Stat. 4605), and for feasibility studies of alter8 natives to the Uintah and Upalco Units, $42,893,000, to

9 remain available until expended, of which $23,503,000

10 shall be deposited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation

11 and Conservation Account: Provided, That of the amounts

12 deposited into the Account, $5,000,000 shall be considered

13 the Federal Contribution authorized by paragraph

14 402(b)(2) of the Act and $18,503,000 shall be available

15 to the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation

16 Commission to carry out activities authorized under the

17 Act.

18 In addition, for necessary expenses incurred in carry19 ing out responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior

20 under the Act, $1,246,000, to remain available until ex21 pended.

22 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

23 For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Rec24 lamation as provided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act

25 of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory
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1 thereof or supplementary thereto) and other Acts applica2 ble to that Bureau as follows:

3 GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS

4 For engineering and economic investigations of pro5 posed Federal reclamation projects and studies of water

6 conservation and development plans and activities prelimi7 nary to the reconstruction, rehabilitation and betterment,

8 financial adjustment, or extension of existing projects, to

9 remain available until expended, $13,114,000 $11,234,000:

10 Provided, That, of the total appropriated, the amount for

11 program activities which can be financed by the reclama12 tion fund shall be derived from that fund: Provided fur13 ther, That funds contributed by non-Federal entities for

14 purposes similar to this appropriation shall be available

15 for expenditure for the purposes for which contributed as

16 though specifically appropriated for said purposes, and

17 such amounts shall remain available until expended.

18 CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For construction and rehabilitation of projects and

21 parts thereof (including power transmission facilities for

22 Bureau of Reclamation use) and for other related activi23 ties as authorized by law, to remain available until ex24 pended, $417,301,000 $390,461,000, of which

25 $27,049,000 shall be available for transfer to the Upper

26 Colorado River Basin Fund authorized by section 5 of the
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1 Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620d), and $94,225,000

2 $92,725,000 shall be available for transfer to the Lower

3 Colorado River Basin Development Fund authorized by

4 section 403 of the Act of September 30, 1968 (43 U.S.C.

5 1543), and such amounts as may be necessary shall be

6 considered as though advanced to the Colorado River Dam

7 Fund for the Boulder Canyon Project as authorized by

8 the Act of December 21, 1928, as amended: Provided,

9 That of the total appropriated, the amount for program

10 activities which can be financed by the reclamation fund

11 shall be derived from that fund: Provided further, That

12 transfers to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and

13 Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund may be

14 increased or decreased by transfers within the overall ap15 propriation under this heading: Provided further, That

16 funds contributed by non-Federal entities for purposes

17 similar to this appropriation shall be available for expendi18 ture for the purposes for which contributed as though spe19 cifically appropriated for said purposes, and such funds

20 shall remain available until expended: Provided further,

21 That all costs of the safety of dams modification work at

22 Coolidge Dam, San Carlos Irrigation Project, Arizona,

23 performed under the authority of the Reclamation Safety

24 of Dams Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 506), as amended, are
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1 in addition to the amount authorized in section 5 of said

2 Act.

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

4 For operation and maintenance of reclamation

5 projects or parts thereof and other facilities, as authorized

6 by law; and for a soil and moisture conservation program

7 on lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclama8 tion, pursuant to law, to remain available until expended,

9 $278,759,000 $267,393,000: Provided, That of the total

10 appropriated, the amount for program activities which can

11 be financed by the reclamation fund shall be derived from

12 that fund, and the amount for program activities which

13 can be derived from the special fee account established

14 pursuant to the Act of December 22, 1987 (16 U.S.C.

15 460l–6a, as amended), may be derived from that fund:

16 Provided further, That funds advanced by water users for

17 operation and maintenance of reclamation projects or

18 parts thereof shall be deposited to the credit of this appro19 priation and may be expended for the same purpose and

20 in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be

21 expended, and such advances shall remain available until

22 expended: Provided further, That revenues in the Upper

23 Colorado River Basin Fund shall be available for perform24 ing examination of existing structures on participating

25 projects of the Colorado River Storage Project.
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1 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

3 $11,243,000, to remain available until expended, as au4 thorized by the Small Reclamation Projects Act of August

5 6, 1956, as amended (43 U.S.C. 422a–422l): Provided,

6 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such

7 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres8 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these

9 funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the

10 principal amount of direct loans not to exceed

11 $37,000,000.

12 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

14 $425,000: Provided, That of the total sums appropriated,

15 the amount of program activities which can be financed

16 by the reclamation fund shall be derived from the fund.

17 CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

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

19 habitat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provi20 sions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, to

21 remain available until expended, such sums as may be col22 lected in the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pur23 suant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), 3405(f) and

24 3406(c)(1) of Public Law 102–575: Provided, That the

25 Bureau of Reclamation is directed to levy additional miti26 gation and restoration payments totaling $30,000,000
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1 (October 1992 price levels) on a three-year rolling average

2 basis, as authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law

3 102–575.

4 GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of general administration and

6 related functions in the office of the Commissioner, the

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

8 of Reclamation, $48,150,000, of which $1,400,000 shall

9 remain available until expended, the total amount to be

10 derived from the reclamation fund and to be

11 nonreimbursable pursuant to the Act of April 19, 1945

12 (43 U.S.C. 377): Provided, That no part of any other ap13 propriation in this Act shall be available for activities or

14 functions budgeted for the current fiscal year as general

15 administrative expenses.

16 SPECIAL FUNDS

17 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 Sums herein referred to as being derived from the

19 reclamation fund or special fee account are appropriated

20 from the special funds in the Treasury created by the Act

21 of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391) or the Act of December

22 22, 1987 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a, as amended), respectively.

23 Such sums shall be transferred, upon request of the Sec24 retary, to be merged with and expended under the heads

25 herein specified; and the unexpended balances of sums

26 transferred for expenditure under the head ‘‘General Ad-
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1 ministrative Expenses’’ shall revert and be credited to the

2 reclamation fund.

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall

5 be available for purchase of not to exceed 9 passenger

6 motor vehicles for replacement only.

7 TITLE III

8 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

9 ENERGY SUPPLY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

10 ACTIVITIES

11 For expenses of the Department of Energy activities

12 including the purchase, construction and acquisition of

13 plant and capital equipment and other expenses incidental

14 thereto necessary for energy supply, research and develop15 ment activities, and other activities in carrying out the

16 purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act

17 (42 U.S.C. 7101, et seq.), including the acquisition or con18 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant

19 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; pur20 chase of passenger motor vehicles (not to exceed 25, of

21 which 19 are for replacement only), $2,576,700,000 (less

22 $1,000,000) $2,798,324,000, to remain available until ex23 pended:–Provided, That, of such amount, $44,772,000

24 shall be available to implement the provisions of section

25 1211 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13316).
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1 URANIUM SUPPLY AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES

2 For expenses of the Department of Energy in connec3 tion with operating expenses; the purchase, construction,

4 and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other

5 expenses incidental thereto necessary for uranium supply

6 and enrichment activities in carrying out the purposes of

7 the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C.

8 7101, et seq.) and the Energy Policy Act (Public Law

9 102–486, section 901), including the acquisition or con10 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant

11 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; pur12 chase of electricity as necessary; $64,197,000, to remain

13 available until expended: Provided, That revenues received

14 by the Department for uranium programs and estimated

15 to total $34,903,000 in fiscal year 1996 shall be retained

16 and used for the specific purpose of offsetting costs in17 curred by the Department for such activities notwith18 standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302(b) and 42

19 U.S.C. 2296(b)(2): Provided further, That the sum herein

20 appropriated shall be reduced as revenues are received

21 during fiscal year 1996 so as to result in a final fiscal

22 year 1996 appropriation estimated at not more than

23 $29,294,000.
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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, $278,807,000, to be derived

8 from the fund, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That at least $42,000,000 of amounts derived from

10 the fund for such expenses shall be expended in accord11 ance with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act

12 of 1992.

13 GENERAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

14 For expenses of the Department of Energy activities

15 including the purchase, construction and acquisition of

16 plant and capital equipment and other expenses incidental

17 thereto necessary for general science and research activi18 ties in carrying out the purposes of the Department of

19 Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101, et seq.), in20 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop21 erty or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc22 tion, or expansion; purchase of passenger motor vehicles

23 (not to exceed 12 for replacement only), $991,000,000

24 $971,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL FUND

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, $226,600,000, to remain available until ex6 pended, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund.

7 For the nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out

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

9 the acquisition of real property or facility construction or

10 expansion, $151,600,000 to remain available until ex11 pended, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Pro12 vided, That of the amount herein appropriated together

13 with the amount provided in the Defense Nuclear Waste

14 Disposal Appropriation contained in this title, within

15 available funds, no more than $250,000,000 shall be avail16 able to continue, at a reduced level, the technical site char17 acterization effort and to retain deferred licensing capabil18 ity at the Yucca Mountain site: Provided further, That the

19 facility for the initial storage of no more than 40,000 metric

20 tons of uranium at a site to be determined by the President

21 shall be licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for

22 an unspecified period, in accordance with its regulations

23 governing the licensing of independent spent fuel storage in24 stallations, without regard to sections 148(a) and 148(d)

25 of Public Law 97–425: Provided further, That the facility
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1 shall be expandable for the subsequent transportation and

2 interim storage of up to 100,000 metric tons of uranium

3 and shall be operational in the 1998 timeframe, consistent

4 with sections 135(a)(1)(B), 135(a)(4), 137(a), 141(a),

5 148(a), 148(b), and 148(c) of Public Law 97–425, but with6 out regard to sections 131(a)(3), 131(b)(2), 135(a)(1),

7 135(a)(2), 135(d), 135(e), 141(g), 145, 146, 148(d)(1),

8 148(d)(3), and 148(d)(4) of Public Law 97–425: Provided

9 further, That the director shall review the program’s insti10 tutional activities, including all cooperative agreements,

11 international commitments, and university assistance, and

12 shall make available to these entities amounts commensu13 rate with the revised program for nuclear waste disposal

14 activities: Provided further, That any funds provided to the

15 State of Nevada are for the sole purpose of conduct of its

16 scientific oversight responsibilities pursuant to Public Law

17 97–425, as amended: Provided further, That none of the

18 funds herein appropriated may be used directly or indi19 rectly to influence legislative action on any matter pending

20 before Congress or a State legislature or for any lobbying

21 activity as provided in section 1913 of title 18, United

22 States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall sub23 mit to the Congress within 90 days a revised program plan

24 and schedule, including a new five-year budget, that ad25 dresses the construction and operation of the interim storage
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1 capability, the revised site characterization program at the

2 Yucca Mountain site, and the results of the Director’s re3 view of the program’s institutional activities.

4 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

5 WEAPONS ACTIVITIES

6 For Department of Energy expenses, including the

7 purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital

8 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

12 or condemnation of any real property or any facility or

13 for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion;

14 and the purchase of passenger motor vehicles (not to ex15 ceed 79, of which 76 are for replacement only, including

16 one police-type vehicle), $3,273,014,000 $3,751,719,000,

17 to remain available until expended.

18 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE

19 MANAGEMENT

20 For Department of Energy expenses, including the

21 purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital

22 equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for

23 atomic energy defense environmental restoration and

24 waste management activities in carrying out the purposes

25 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C.

26 7101, et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation
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1 of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility

2 acquisition, construction, or expansion; and the purchase

3 of passenger motor vehicles (not to exceed 7 for replace4 ment only), $5,265,478,000 $5,989,750,000, to remain

5 available until expended.

6 OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

7 For Department of Energy expenses, including the

8 purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital

9 equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for

10 atomic energy defense, other defense activities in carrying

11 out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organiza12 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7101, et seq.), including the acquisi13 tion or condemnation of any real property or any facility

14 or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan15 sion $1,323,841,000 $1,439,112,000, to remain available

16 until expended.

17 DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

18 For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the

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

20 the acquisition of real property or facility construction or

21 expansion, $198,400,000 $248,400,000, to remain avail22 able until expended, all of which shall be used in accordance

23 with the terms and conditions of the Nuclear Waste Fund

24 appropriation of the Department of Energy contained in

25 this title.
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1 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

2 For salaries and expenses of the Department of En3 ergy necessary for Departmental Administration and other

4 activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department

5 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101, et seq.), in6 cluding the hire of passenger motor vehicles and official

7 reception and representation expenses (not to exceed

8 $35,000), $362,250,000 $377,126,000, to remain available

9 until expended, plus such additional amounts as necessary

10 to cover increases in the estimated amount of cost of work

11 for others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Defi12 ciency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511, et seq.): Provided, That such

13 increases in cost of work are offset by revenue increases

14 of the same or greater amount, to remain available until

15 expended: Provided further, That moneys received by the

16 Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated to total

17 $122,306,000 $137,306,000 in fiscal year 1996 may be re18 tained and used for operating expenses within this ac19 count, and may remain available until expended, as au20 thorized by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwith21 standing the provisions of section 3302 of title 31, United

22 States Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appro23 priated shall be reduced by the amount of miscellaneous

24 revenues received during fiscal year 1996 so as to result
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1 in a final fiscal year 1996 appropriation estimated at not

2 more than $239,944,000 $239,820,000.

3 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

6 General Act of 1978, as amended, $26,000,000

7 $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.

8 POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS

9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ALASKA POWER

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance

12 of projects in Alaska and of marketing electric power and

13 energy, $4,260,000, to remain available until expended.

14 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND

15 Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra16 tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454,

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

19 During fiscal year 1996, no new direct loan obliga20 tions may be made.

21 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER

22 ADMINISTRATION

23 For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance

24 of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric

25 power and energy pursuant to the provisions of section
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1 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as

2 applied to the southeastern power area, $19,843,000, to

3 remain available until expended.

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN

5 POWER ADMINISTRATION

6 For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance

7 of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric

8 power and energy, and for construction and acquisition of

9 transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities,

10 and for administrative expenses, including official recep11 tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex12 ceed $1,500 connected therewith, in carrying out the pro13 visions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16

14 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern power area,

15 $29,778,000, to remain available until expended; in addi16 tion, notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302,

17 not to exceed $4,272,000 in reimbursements, to remain

18 available until expended.

19 CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND

20 MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS21 TRATION

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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. 7101, et seq.), and other related activities includ-
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1 ing conservation and renewable resources programs as au2 thorized, including official reception and representation

3 expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500,

4 $257,652,000, to remain available until expended, of

5 which $245,151,000 shall be derived from the Department

6 of the Interior Reclamation fund: Provided, That of the

7 amount herein appropriated, $5,283,000 is for deposit

8 into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation

9 Account pursuant to title IV of the Reclamation Projects

10 Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992: Provided fur11 ther, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to

12 transfer from the Colorado River Dam Fund to the West13 ern Area Power Administration $4,556,000 to carry out

14 the power marketing and transmission activities of the

15 Boulder Canyon project as provided in section 104(a)(4)

16 of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984, to remain avail17 able until expended.

18 FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE

19 FUND

20 For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for

21 the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad

22 Dams, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended and

23 to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and

24 Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Adminis-
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1 tration, as provided in section 423 of the Foreign Rela2 tions 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,

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

9 3109, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles; offi10 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed

11 $3,000); $132,290,000 $131,290,000, to remain available

12 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

13 provision of law, not to exceed $132,290,000 $131,290,000

14 of revenues from fees and annual charges, and other serv15 ices and collections in fiscal year 1996, shall be retained

16 and used for necessary expenses in this account, and shall

17 remain available until expended: Provided further, That

18 the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as revenues

19 are received during fiscal year 1996 so as to result in a

20 final fiscal year 1996 appropriation estimated at not more

21 than $0.
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1 TITLE IV

2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

3 APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

4 For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au5 thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of

6 1965, as amended, notwithstanding section 405 of said

7 Act, and for necessary expenses for the Federal Co-Chair8 man and the alternate on the Appalachian Regional Com9 mission and for payment of the Federal share of the ad10 ministrative expenses of the Commission, including serv11 ices as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States

12 Code, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, to remain

13 available until expended, $142,000,000 $182,000,000.

14 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY

15 BOARD

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Fa18 cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized

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

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

21 available until expended.
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1 DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of

4 the United States member of the Delaware River Basin

5 Commission, as authorized by law (75 Stat. 716), $343,000.

6 CONTRIBUTION TO DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION

7 For payment of the United States share of the current

8 expenses of the Delaware River Basin Commission, as au9 thorized by law (75 Stat. 706, 707), $478,000.

10 INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC

11 RIVER BASIN

12 CONTRIBUTION TO INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE

13 POTOMAC RIVER BASIN

14 To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in ad15 vance to the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River

16 Basin the Federal contribution toward the expenses of the

17 Commission during the current fiscal year in the adminis18 tration of its business in the conservancy district established

19 pursuant to the Act of July 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 748), as

20 amended by the Act of September 25, 1970 (Public Law

21 91–407), $511,000.
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1 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Commission in carry5 ing out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act

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

7 as amended, including the employment of aliens; services

8 authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code;

9 publication and dissemination of atomic information; pur10 chase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms, official represen11 tation expenses (not to exceed $20,000); reimbursements

12 to the General Services Administration for security guard

13 services; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft,

14 $468,300,000 $474,300,000, to remain available until ex15 pended, of which $11,000,000 $17,000,000 shall be derived

16 from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided, That from this

17 appropriation, transfer of sums may be made to other

18 agencies of the Government for the performance of the

19 work for which this appropriation is made, and in such

20 cases the sums so transferred may be merged with the

21 appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That

22 moneys received by the Commission for the cooperative

23 nuclear safety research program, services rendered to for24 eign governments and international organizations, and the

25 material and information access authorization programs,
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1 including criminal history checks under section 149 of the

2 Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, may be retained

3 and used for salaries and expenses associated with those

4 activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall re5 main available until expended: Provided further, That reve6 nues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other

7 services and collections estimated at $457,300,000 in fis8 cal year 1996 shall be retained and used for necessary

9 salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31

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

11 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall

12 be reduced by the amount of revenues received during fis13 cal year 1996 from licensing fees, inspection services and

14 other services and collections, excluding those moneys re15 ceived for the cooperative nuclear safety research program,

16 services rendered to foreign governments and international

17 organizations, and the material and information access au18 thorization programs, so as to result in a final fiscal year

19 1996 appropriation estimated at not more than

20 $11,000,000 $17,000,000.

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

24 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

25 General Act of 1978, as amended, including services au-
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1 thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,

2 $5,000,000, to remain available until expended; and in ad3 dition, an amount not to exceed 5 percent of this sum may

4 be transferred from Salaries and Expenses, Nuclear Regu5 latory Commission: Provided, That notice of such trans6 fers shall be given to the Committees on Appropriations

7 of the House and Senate: Provided further, That from this

8 appropriation, transfers of sums may be made to other

9 agencies of the Government for the performance of the

10 work for which this appropriation is made, and in such

11 cases the sums so transferred may be merged with the

12 appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That

13 revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other

14 services and collections shall be retained and used for nec15 essary salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstand16 ing 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available until ex17 pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro18 priated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues re19 ceived during fiscal year 1996 from licensing fees, inspec20 tion services, and other services and collections, so as to

21 result in a final fiscal year 1996 appropriation estimated

22 at not more than $0.
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1 NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Tech5 nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–

6 203, section 5051, $2,531,000 $2,664,000, to be trans7 ferred from the Nuclear Waste Fund and to remain avail8 able until expended.

9 SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of

12 the United States member of the Susquehanna River Basin

13 Commission as authorized by law (84 Stat. 1541),

14 $318,000.

15 CONTRIBUTION TO SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN

16 COMMISSION

17 For payment of the United States share of the current

18 expenses of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, as

19 authorized by law (84 Stat. 1530, 1531), $288,000.

20 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

21 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY FUND

22 For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the

23 Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended (16

24 U.S.C. ch. 12A), including purchase, hire, maintenance,

25 and operation of aircraft, and purchase and hire of pas-
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1 senger motor vehicles, $103,339,000 $110,339,000, to re2 main available until expended.

3 TITLE V

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS

5 SEC. 501. Sec. 505 of Public Law 102–377, the Fis6 cal Year 1993 Energy and Water Development Appropria7 tions Act, and section 208 of Public Law 99–349, the Ur8 gent Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1986, are re9 pealed.

10 SEC. 502. Sec. 510 of Public Law 101–514, the Fis11 cal Year 1991 Energy and Water Development Appropria12 tions Act, is repealed.

13 SEC. 503. Without fiscal year limitation and notwith14 standing section 502(b)(5) of the Nuclear Waste Policy

15 Act, as amended, or any other provision of law, a member

16 of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board whose term

17 has expired may continue to serve as a member of the

18 Board until such member’s successor has taken office.

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

20 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity,

21 when it is made known to the Federal entity or official

22 to which the funds are made available that the program,

23 project, or activity is not in compliance with any applicable

24 Federal law relating to risk assessment, the protection of

25 private property rights, or unfunded mandates.
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1 SEC. 505. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

2 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con3 gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip4 ment and products purchased with funds made available

5 in this Act should be American-made.

6 (b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial

7 assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en8 tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of

9 each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,

10 shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state11 ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

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

13 Act may be used to revise the Missouri River Master

14 Water Control Manual when it is made known to the Fed15 eral entity or official to which the funds are made available

16 that such revision provides for an increase in the spring17 time water release program during the spring heavy rain18 fall and snow melt period in States that have rivers drain19 ing into the Missouri River below the Gavins Point Dam.

20 SEC. 507. The amount otherwise provided in this Act

21 for the following account is hereby reduced by the follow22 ing amount:

23 (1) ‘‘Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund’’, aggregate

24 amount, $1,000.
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1 SEC. 508. None of the funds made available in this

2 Act for the Army Corps of Engineers Upper Mississippi

3 River-Illinois Waterway System Navigation Study may be

4 used to study any portion of the Upper Mississippi River

5 located above Lock and Dam 14 at Moline, Illinois, and

6 Bettendorf, Iowa, except that the limitation in this section

7 shall not apply to the conducting of any system-wide envi8 ronmental baseline study pursuant to the National Envi9 ronmental Policy Act.

10 SEC. 509. Without fiscal year limitation, the amount

11 of fish and wildlife costs that the Bonneville Power Admin12 istration may incur during a fiscal year shall not exceed

13 its ability to pay as a percent of the preceding years gross

14 annual power revenues exclusive of gross residential ex15 change revenues that the Bonneville Administrator accrues

16 in that fiscal year. No branch or agency of the Federal Gov17 ernment shall take any action pursuant to any law which

18 shall cause the Bonneville Power Administration to exceed

19 this expenditure limitation.

20 ‘‘Fish and wildlife costs’’ includes—

21 (1) purchase power costs and lost revenues, as

22 determined by the Bonneville Administrator (subject

23 to independent audit), based on the forecast value of

24 such costs or revenues under average flow conditions,

25 related to operations of the Federal Columbia River
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1 Power System for the benefit of fish and wildlife af2 fected by the development, operation, or management

3 of such system using operations prior to passage of

4 the Northwest Power Act as a baseline for calculating

5 such costs;

6 (2) expenditures; and

7 (3) reimbursable costs.

8 This provision shall be implemented on October 1, 1995 un9 less there is a valid agreement which limits Bonneville’s ex10 posure to increases in fish and wildlife costs consistent with

11 its ability to pay and the needs for fish and wildlife re12 sources in the Columbia River Basin.

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De14 velopment Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 1995.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.

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