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Union Calendar No. 480 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8997 

[Report No. 118–580] 

Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 11, 2024 

Mr. FLEISCHMANN, 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, 2025, and for other purposes. 


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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, 2025, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 

9 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

10 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

11 The following appropriations shall be expended under 

12 the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super13 vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func14 tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 

15 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro16 tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 

17 INVESTIGATIONS

18 For expenses necessary where authorized by law for 

19 the collection and study of basic information pertaining 

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

21 shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re22 lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 

23 and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 

24 storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 

25 ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to 


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1 construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 

2 miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 

3 surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 

4 of projects prior to construction, $159,000,000, to remain 

5 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 

6 shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan has 

7 been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 

8 both Houses of Congress. 

9 CONSTRUCTION

10 For expenses necessary for the construction of river 

11 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro12 tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 

13 projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, 

14 and plans and specifications, of such projects (including 

15 those involving participation by States, local governments, 

16 or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 

17 by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica18 tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern19 ment to construction); $3,010,000,000, to remain avail20 able until expended; of which $34,900,000, to be derived 

21 from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be to 

22 cover the Federal share of construction costs for facilities 

23 under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program; 

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1 tion, and expansion of inland waterways projects shall be 

2 derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, except 

3 as otherwise specifically provided for in law: Provided, 

4 That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, 

5 once the plan has been submitted to the Committees on 

6 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

7 MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

8 For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 

9 projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu10 vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 

11 by law, $370,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

12 of which $5,465,000, to be derived from the Harbor Main13 tenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share 

14 of eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland har15 bors: Provided, That the Secretary shall not deviate from 

16 the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the 

17 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con18 gress. 

19 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

20 For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte21 nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 

22 storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 

23 and related projects authorized by law; providing security 

24 for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ25 ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 


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1 harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 

2 other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 

3 of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 

4 and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con5 necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 

6 removing obstructions to navigation, $5,714,000,000, to 

7 remain available until expended, of which $3,106,635,000, 

8 to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, 

9 shall be to cover the Federal share of eligible operations 

10 and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, 

11 and for inland harbors, of which $60,000,000 shall be to 

12 carry out subsection (c) of section 2106 of the Water Re13 sources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 

14 2238c(c)) and shall be designated as being for such pur15 pose pursuant to paragraph (2) of section 14003 of divi16 sion B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secu17 rity Act (Public Law 116–136); of which such sums as 

18 become available from the special account for the Corps 

19 of Engineers established by the Land and Water Con20 servation Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that 

21 account for resource protection, research, interpretation, 

22 and maintenance activities related to resource protection 

23 in the areas at which outdoor recreation is available; of 

24 which such sums as become available from fees collected 

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


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1 to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the 

2 dredged material disposal facilities for which such fees 

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

4 amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 

5 projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not 

6 be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the begin7 ning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be 

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

9 emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines 

10 to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of En11 gineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any re12 maining funds which have not been used for emergency 

13 activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts 

14 provided for the programs, projects, or activities: Provided 

15 further, That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work 

16 plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Committees 

17 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

18 REGULATORY PROGRAM

19 For expenses necessary for administration of laws 

20 pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 

21 $218,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2026. 

23 FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM

24 For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 

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1 formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro2 gram, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

4 For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri5 cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 

6 operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 

7 such disasters as authorized by law, $45,000,000, to re8 main available until expended. 

9 EXPENSES

10 For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen11 eral administration of the civil works program in the head12 quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 

13 Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op14 eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ15 ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 

16 Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 

17 the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen18 ter allocable to the civil works program, $231,000,000, to 

19 remain available until September 30, 2026, of which not 

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

21 representation purposes and only during the current fiscal 

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

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

24 works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers 

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1 tivities of the division offices: Provided further, That any 

2 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation 

3 may be used to fund the supervision and general adminis4 tration of emergency operations, repairs, and other activi5 ties in response to any flood, hurricane, or other natural 

6 disaster. 

7 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

8 FOR CIVIL WORKS

9 For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 

10 for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 7016(b)(3), 

11 $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026: 

12 Provided, That not more than 25 percent of such amount 

13 may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Sec14 retary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 

15 both Houses of Congress the report required under section 

16 101(d) of this Act and a work plan that allocates at least 

17 95 percent of the additional funding provided under each 

18 heading in the report accompanying this Act, to specific 

19 programs, projects, or activities. 

20 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION

21 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

23 and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 

24 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 


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1 Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2026. 

3 In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 

4 to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 

5 Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 

6 in this account, to remain available until expended. 

7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 

8 ENGINEERS—CIVIL 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 

11 of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 

12 to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act 

13 that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

14 year 2025, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

15 through a reprogramming of funds that: 

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

17 or activity; 

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

19 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro20 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

21 denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior ap22 proval is received from the Committees on Appro23 priations of both Houses of Congress; 

24 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

25 activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 


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1 is received from the Committees on Appropriations 

2 of both Houses of Congress; 

3 (5) augments or reduces existing programs, 

4 projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con5 tained in paragraphs (6) through (10), unless prior 

6 approval is received from the Committees on Appro7 priations of both Houses of Congress; 

8 (6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 

9 $100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 

10 amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study, 

11 or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 

12 less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 

13 $25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 

14 be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activ15 ity that did not receive an appropriation for existing 

16 obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 

17 (7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 

18 $2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 

19 base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, 

20 study or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a 

21 base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 

22 limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to 

23 $3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled con24 tractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate de25 ficiency judgments: Provided further, That up to 


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1 $300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 

2 study or activity that did not receive an appropria3 tion for existing obligations and concomitant admin4 istrative expenses; 

5 (8) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—Unlim6 ited reprogramming authority is granted for the 

7 Corps to be able to respond to emergencies: Pro8 vided, That the Chief of Engineers shall notify the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

10 Congress of these emergency actions as soon there11 after as practicable: Provided further, That for a 

12 base level over $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 

13 percent of the base amount up to a limit of 

14 $5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed: 

15 Provided further, That for a base level less than 

16 $1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $150,000: 

17 Provided further, That $150,000 may be repro18 grammed into any continuing study or activity that 

19 did not receive an appropriation; 

20 (9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.— 

21 The reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs (6), 

22 (7), and (8) shall apply to the Investigations, Con23 struction, and Operation and Maintenance portions 

24 of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, re25 spectively; and 


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1 (10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC2 TION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 per3 cent of the base of the receiving project is permitted. 

4 (b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case 

5 should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be sub6 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

7 Houses of Congress. 

8 (c) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM.—Sub9 section (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity 

10 funded under the continuing authorities program. 

11 (d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact12 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

13 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con14 gress to establish the baseline for application of re15 programming and transfer authorities for the current fis16 cal year which shall include: 

17 (1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa18 rate column to display the President’s budget re19 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 

20 due to enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fis21 cal year enacted level; 

22 (2) A delineation in the table for each appro23 priation both by object class and program, project 

24 and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 

25 the respective appropriations; and 


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1 (3) An identification of items of special congres2 sional interest. 

3 SEC. 102. The Secretary shall allocate funds made 

4 available in this Act solely in accordance with the provi5 sions of this Act and in the report accompanying this Act. 

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

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

8 commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 

9 program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex10 cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 

11 been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 

12 section 101. 

13 SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 

14 to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 

15 Service may accept and expend, up to $8,733,000 of funds 

16 provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 

17 Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 

18 of Engineers projects. 

19 SEC. 105. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

20 for an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate21 rial, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally ac22 ceptable manner for the disposal or management of 

23 dredged material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries 

24 thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality 

25 certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water 


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1 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That 

2 until an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate3 rial is approved under a State water quality certification, 

4 the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland placement 

5 of such dredged material consistent with the requirements 

6 of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act 

7 of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 

8 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation 

10 study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Ken11 tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 

12 (60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 

13 SEC. 107. Additional funding provided in this Act 

14 shall be allocated only to projects determined to be eligible 

15 by the Chief of Engineers. 

16 SEC. 108. Not later than 15 days after the date of 

17 enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environ18 mental Protection Agency and the Assistant Secretary of 

19 the Army for Civil Works shall provide to the appropriate 

20 congressional committees any guidance documents relat21 ing to the implementation of the rule entitled ‘‘Revised 

22 Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’; Conforming’’ 

23 published by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Envi24 ronmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on 

25 September 8, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 61964). 


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1 SEC. 109. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act or any prior Act may be used to alter the eligibility 

3 requirements for assistance under section 5 of the Act of 

4 August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n) in effect on November 

5 14, 2022, without express authorization by Congress. 

6 SEC. 110. As of the date of enactment of this Act 

7 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Army 

8 shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation that pro9 hibits an individual from possessing a firearm, including 

10 an assembled or functional firearm, at a water resources 

11 development project covered under section 327.0 of title 

12 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 

13 of enactment of this Act) if: 

14 (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by 

15 law from possessing a firearm; and 

16 (2) the possession of the firearm is in compli17 ance with the law of the State in which the water 

18 resources development project is located. 

19 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to modify or amend the final rules enti21 tled, ‘‘Reissuance and Modification of Nationwide Per22 mits’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 2744) and ‘‘Reissuance and Modifica23 tion of Nationwide Permits’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 73522). 


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

2 Act may be used to implement or enforce section 370 of 

3 Public Law 116–283 with respect to civil works projects. 

4 TITLE II 

5 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

6 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT

7 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

8 For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 

9 Utah Project Completion Act, $23,000,000, to remain 

10 available until expended, of which $4,000,000 shall be de11 posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con12 servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti13 gation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That of 

14 the amount provided under this heading, $1,900,000 shall 

15 be available until September 30, 2026, for expenses nec16 essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec17 retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 

18 year 2025, of the amount made available to the Commis19 sion under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may 

20 use an amount not to exceed $2,164,000 for administra21 tive expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts pro22 vided under this heading, not to exceed $1,000 may be 

23 for official reception and representation expenses. 


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1 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

2 The following appropriations shall be expended to 

3 execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama4 tion: 

5 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For management, development, and restoration of 

8 water and related natural resources and for related activi9 ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita10 tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 

11 fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri12 cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 

13 agreements with, State and local governments, federally 

14 recognized Indian Tribes, and others, $1,773,000,000, to 

15 remain available until expended, of which $23,620,000 

16 shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 

17 Basin Fund and $7,584,000 shall be available for transfer 

18 to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 

19 of which such amounts as may be necessary may be ad20 vanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That 

21 $100,000 shall be available for transfer into the Aging In22 frastructure Account established by section 9603(d)(1) of 

23 the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, as 

24 amended (43 U.S.C. 510b(d)(1)): Provided further, That 

25 such transfers, except for the transfer authorized by the 


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1 preceding proviso, may be increased or decreased within 

2 the overall appropriation under this heading: Provided fur3 ther, That of the total appropriated, the amount for pro4 gram activities that can be financed by the Reclamation 

5 Fund, the Water Storage Enhancement Receipts account 

6 established by section 4011(e) of Public Law 114–322, or 

7 the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account established 

8 by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund or 

9 account: Provided further, That funds contributed under 

10 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the pur11 poses for which the funds were contributed: Provided fur12 ther, That funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be 

13 credited to this account and are available until expended 

14 for the same purposes as the sums appropriated under this 

15 heading: Provided further, That of the amounts made 

16 available under this heading, $7,000,000 shall be depos17 ited in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund estab18 lished by section 110 of title I of division B of appendix 

19 D of Public Law 106–554: Provided further, That of the 

20 amounts provided herein, funds may be used for high-pri21 ority projects which shall be carried out by the Youth Con22 servation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Pro23 vided further, That within available funds, $250,000 shall 

24 be for grants and financial assistance for educational ac25 tivities: Provided further, That in accordance with section 


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1 4007 of Public Law 114–322 and as recommended by the 

2 Secretary in a letter dated May 22, 2024, funding pro3 vided for such purpose in fiscal year 2024 shall be made 

4 available to the Sites Reservoir Project: Provided further, 

5 That in accordance with section 4009(c) of Public Law 

6 114–322, and as recommended by the Secretary in a letter 

7 dated May 22, 2024, funding provided for such purpose 

8 in fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024 shall be made 

9 available to the El Paso Aquifer Storage and Recovery En10 hanced Arroyo Project, the Replenish Big Bear, and the 

11 Purified Water Replenishment Project. 

12 CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

13 For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi14 tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 

15 the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, such sums 

16 as may be collected in fiscal year 2025 in the Central Val17 ley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 

18 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 

19 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu20 reau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the 

21 full amount of the additional mitigation and restoration 

22 payments authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 

23 102–575: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

24 available under this heading may be used for the acquisi25 tion or leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water 


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1 is already committed to in-stream purposes by a court 

2 adopted decree or order. 

3 CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 

6 Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 

7 consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 

8 the Interior, $33,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 

10 carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 

11 accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 

12 out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro13 priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 

14 costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur15 ther, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out 

16 in a balanced manner with clear performance measures 

17 demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals 

18 and objectives of the Program. 

19 POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

20 For expenses necessary for policy, administration, 

21 and related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, 

22 the Denver office, and offices in the six regions of the Bu23 reau of Reclamation, to remain available until September 

24 30, 2026, $66,794,000, to be derived from the Reclama25 tion Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 


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1 U.S.C. 377, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used 

2 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro3 vided, That no part of any other appropriation in this Act 

4 shall be available for activities or functions budgeted as 

5 policy and administration expenses. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

7 Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 

8 be available for purchase and replacement of not to exceed 

9 30 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 

11 INTERIOR 

12 SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 

13 of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 

14 by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agen15 cies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water 

16 and Related Resources that remain available for obligation 

17 or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, shall be available for 

18 obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 

19 funds that— 

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

21 or activity; 

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

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

24 activity for which funds have been denied or re25 stricted by this Act, unless prior approval is received 


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1 from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

2 Houses of Congress; 

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

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

5 unless prior approval is received from the Commit6 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 

7 (5) transfers funds in excess of the following 

8 limits, unless prior approval is received from the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

10 Congress: 

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

12 activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail13 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 

14 (B) $400,000 for any program, project or 

15 activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail16 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 

17 (6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 

18 the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili19 tation category or the Resources Management and 

20 Development category to any program, project, or 

21 activity in the other category, unless prior approval 

22 is received from the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of both Houses of Congress; or 

24 (7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 

25 obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 


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1 $5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 

2 contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 

3 to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de4 ficiency judgments, unless prior approval is received 

5 from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

6 Houses of Congress. 

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

8 of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 

9 Rehabilitation category. 

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

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

12 project, or activity. 

13 (d) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the 

14 amounts made available in this title under the heading 

15 ‘‘Bureau of Reclamation—Water and Related Resources’’ 

16 shall be expended for the programs, projects, and activities 

17 specified in the ‘‘House Recommended’’ columns in the 

18 ‘‘Water and Related Resources’’ table included under the 

19 heading ‘‘Title II—Department of the Interior’’ in the re20 port accompanying this Act. 

21 (e) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 

22 on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro24 grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat25 egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be subVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:18 Jul 12, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8997.RH H8997

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1 mitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

2 of this Act. 

3 SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth4 erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter5 mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 

6 for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 

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

8 shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 

9 of California as approved by the Administrator of the En10 vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri11 mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 

12 (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 

13 Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain14 age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 

15 Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 

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

17 Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alter18 native Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled 

19 ‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro20 gram and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Feb21 ruary 1995’’, prepared by the Department of the Interior, 

22 Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds 

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

24 service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall 

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1 such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation 

2 law. 

3 SEC. 203. (a) Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the 

4 Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act), shall be applied by 

5 substituting ‘‘2025’’ for ‘‘2022’’ each place it appears. 

6 (b) Section 103(f)(4)(A) of Public Law 108–361 (the 

7 Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act) is amended by strik8 ing ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$40,000,000’’. 

9 SEC. 204. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation 

10 States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, as amend11 ed (43 U.S.C. 2214(c)), shall be applied by substituting 

12 ‘‘2025’’ for ‘‘2022’’. 

13 (b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency 

14 Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241)— 

15 (1) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2025’’ for 

16 ‘‘2022’’; and 

17 (2) is amended by striking ‘‘$120,000,000’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘$130,000,000’’. 

19 SEC. 205. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act or any other Act may be used to continue the reiniti21 ated consultation on the Long-Term Operation of the Cen22 tral Valley Project and State Water Project under section 

23 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 

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1 initiated consultation, until the Commissioner of the Bu2 reau of Reclamation requests and receives in writing from 

3 the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv4 ice a comprehensive report explaining the purpose, meth5 odology, and anticipated outcomes of such reinitiated con6 sultation: Provided, That not later than 15 days after the 

7 date on which the Director provides to the Commissioner 

8 such report, the Commissioner shall submit to Congress 

9 such report. 

10 SEC. 206. (a) The Central Valley Project and Cali11 fornia State Water Project shall be operated in accordance 

12 with the Preferred Alternative and FWS Biological Opin13 ion and NOAA Biological Opinion. 

14 (b) For the purposes of this section— 

15 (1) the term ‘‘Preferred Alternative’’ means the 

16 Alternative 1 (Preferred Alternative), as described in 

17 the Final Environmental Impact Statement on the 

18 Reinitiation of Consultation on the Coordinated 

19 Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley Project 

20 and the State Water Project’’ issued by the Bureau 

21 of Reclamation, and dated December 2019; 

22 (2) the term ‘‘FWS Biological Opinion’’ means 

23 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ‘‘Bio24 logical Opinion for the Reinitiation of Consultation 

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1 Project and State Water Project’’ (Service File No. 

2 08FBTD00–2019–F–0164) signed on October 21, 

3 2019; and 

4 (3) the term ‘‘NOAA Biological Opinion’’ 

5 means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad6 ministration Fisheries ‘‘Biological Opinion on the 

7 Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley Project 

8 and the State Water Project’’ (Consultation Track9 ing Number: WRCO–2016–00069) signed on Octo10 ber 21, 2019. 

11 SEC. 207. Section 40902(a)(2) of the Infrastructure 

12 Investment and Jobs Act (43 U.S.C. 3202(a)(2)) is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) in subparagraph (B)— 

15 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

16 striking ‘‘this Act, except for any project for 

17 which—’’ and inserting ‘‘this Act; or’’; and 

18 (B) by striking clauses (i) and (ii); and 

19 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘(except 

20 that projects described in clauses (i) and (ii) of sub21 paragraph (B) shall not be eligible)’’. 

22 SEC. 208. The Water Infrastructure Improvements 

23 for the Nation Act (Public Law 114–322) is amended in 

24 section 4004(a)— 

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1 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

2 strike ‘‘public water agency that contracts’’ and 

3 insert ‘‘contractor’’; 

4 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or pro5 posed action’’ after ‘‘biological assessment’’; 

6 (3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or pro7 posed action’’ after ‘‘biological assessment’’; 

8 (4) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

9 through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), re10 spectively; 

11 (5) after paragraph (2), by inserting the 

12 following new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(3) receive a copy of the draft proposed 

14 action and have the opportunity to review that 

15 document and provide comment to the action 

16 agency, which comments shall be afforded due 

17 consideration during development;’’; and 

18 (6) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by 

19 paragraph (4) of this section— 

20 (A) in the matter preceding subpara21 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘action agency pro22 poses a proposed action or’’ before ‘‘the 

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1 (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

2 ‘‘proposed action or’’ before ‘‘alternative 

3 will’’; and 

4 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

5 ‘‘alternative actions’’ and inserting ‘‘ac6 tions or alternatives’’. 

7 SEC. 209. (a) Title III of subtitle J of the Water In8 frastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public 

9 Law 114–322) is amended— 

10 (1) in section 4007(i), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘2026’’; and 

12 (2) in section 4013— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1), by deleting ‘‘section 

14 4004, which shall expire 10 years after the date of 

15 its enactment’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4004, which 

16 shall expire on December 16, 2034’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘on or before 

18 December 16, 2026’’ after ‘‘4009(c)’’. 

19 (b) Section 1602(g)(1) of the Reclamation Waste20 water and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 

21 U.S.C. 390h) is amended by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘$167,500,000’’. 

23 (c) Section 4(a)(2)(F)(i) of the Water Desalination 

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1 is amended by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘$100,500,000’’. 

3 TITLE III 

4 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

5 ENERGY PROGRAMS 

6 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

7 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

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

10 efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 

11 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

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

13 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

14 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

15 $1,960,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That of such amount, $223,000,000 shall be avail17 able until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 

18 CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY SECURITY, AND EMERGENCY

19 RESPONSE

20 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

21 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap22 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 

23 sector cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency re24 sponse activities in carrying out the purposes of the De25 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 


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

2 real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi3 tion, construction, or expansion, $200,000,000, to remain 

4 available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

5 $28,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 

6 for program direction. 

7 ELECTRICITY

8 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

9 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap10 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec11 tricity activities in carrying out the purposes of the De12 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

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

14 real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi15 tion, construction, or expansion, $250,000,000, to remain 

16 available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

17 $19,700,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 

18 for program direction: Provided further, That funds under 

19 this heading allocated for the purposes of section 9 of the 

20 Small Business Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 638), includ21 ing for Small Business Innovation Research and Small 

22 Business Technology Transfer activities, or for the pur23 poses of section 1001 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 

24 as amended (42 U.S.C. 16391(a)), for Technology Com25 mercialization Fund activities, may be reprogrammed 


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1 without being subject to the restrictions in section 301 of 

2 this Act. 

3 GRID DEPLOYMENT

4 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

5 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap6 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for grid de7 ployment in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

8 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in9 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop10 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con11 struction, or expansion, $60,000,000, to remain available 

12 until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

13 $6,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 

14 for program direction. 

15 NUCLEAR ENERGY

16 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

17 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap18 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 

19 energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De20 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

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

22 real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi23 tion, construction, or expansion, $1,793,000,000, to re24 main available until expended: Provided, That of such 

25 amount, $97,000,000 shall be available until September 


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1 30, 2026, for program direction: Provided further, That 

2 for the purpose of section 954(a)(6) of the Energy Policy 

3 Act of 2005, as amended, the only amount available shall 

4 be from the amount specified as including that purpose 

5 in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department of Energy’’ table 

6 included under the heading ‘‘Title III—Department of 

7 Energy’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 

8 FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT

9 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car10 rying out fossil energy and carbon management research 

11 and development activities, under the authority of the De12 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

13 seq.), including the acquisition of interest, including defea14 sible and equitable interests in any real property or any 

15 facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, 

16 and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations, 

17 and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, 

18 and disposal of mineral substances without objectionable 

19 social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 

20 1603), $875,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

21 Provided, That of such amount $70,000,000 shall be avail22 able until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 

23 NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES

24 For Department of Energy expenses necessary to 

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1 $13,010,000, to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

3 unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be 

4 available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve ac5 tivities. 

6 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

7 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

8 Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and op9 erations and program management activities pursuant to 

10 the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 

11 et seq.), $295,148,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE

13 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

14 Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, 

15 and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 

16 and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), 

17 $7,150,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

19 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car20 rying out the activities of the Energy Information Admin21 istration, $141,653,000, to remain available until ex22 pended. 

23 NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

24 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

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1 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de2 fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 

3 purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con5 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

6 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

7 $324,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That in addition, fees collected pursuant to sub9 section (b)(1) of section 5 of the Mercury Export Ban Act 

10 of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 6939f(b)(1)) and deposited under this 

11 heading in fiscal year 2025 pursuant to section 309 of 

12 title III of division C of Public Law 116–94 are appro13 priated, to remain available until expended, for mercury 

14 storage costs. 

15 URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND

16 DECOMMISSIONING FUND

17 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car18 rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 

19 and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activi20 ties of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and 

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

22 $864,182,000, to be deposited into and subsequently de23 rived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 

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1 ance with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act 

2 of 1992. 

3 SCIENCE

4 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

5 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap6 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for science 

7 activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

8 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in9 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop10 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con11 struction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 

12 35 passenger motor vehicles, $8,390,000,000, to remain 

13 available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

14 $238,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 

15 for program direction. 

16 NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

17 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

18 nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes 

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

20 425, as amended, $12,040,000, to remain available until 

21 expended, which shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste 

22 Fund. 

23 TECHNOLOGY TRANSITIONS

24 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

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1 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That of such amount, $12,000,000 shall be avail3 able until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 

4 CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATIONS

5 For Department of Energy expenses necessary to 

6 carry out program direction of the Office of Clean Energy 

7 Demonstrations, $27,500,000, to remain available until 

8 September 30, 2026. 

9 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY

10 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car11 rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 

12 America COMPETES Act (Public Law 110–69), 

13 $450,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro14 vided, That of such amount, $40,000,000 shall be avail15 able until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 

16 TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE

17 PROGRAM

18 Such sums as are derived from amounts received 

19 from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy 

20 Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall 

21 be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Con22 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for nec23 essary administrative expenses of the Title 17 Innovative 

24 Technology Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, 

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1 September 30, 2026: Provided further, That up to 

2 $55,000,000 of fees collected in fiscal year 2025 pursuant 

3 to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall 

4 be credited as offsetting collections under this heading and 

5 used for necessary administrative expenses in this appro6 priation and shall remain available until September 30, 

7 2026: Provided further, That to the extent that fees col8 lected in fiscal year 2025 exceed $55,000,000, those ex9 cess amounts shall be credited as offsetting collections 

10 under this heading and available in future fiscal years only 

11 to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: 

12 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

13 the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are re14 ceived during fiscal year 2025 (estimated at 

15 $170,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining 

16 general fund appropriations can be derived from fees col17 lected in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise ap18 propriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2025 ap19 propriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Pro20 vided further, That the Department of Energy shall not 

21 subordinate any loan obligation to other financing in viola22 tion of section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or 

23 subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or 

24 other debt obligations in violation of section 609.8 of title 

25 10, Code of Federal Regulations. 


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1 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING

2 LOAN PROGRAM

3 For Department of Energy administrative expenses 

4 necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehi5 cles Manufacturing Loan Program, $18,000,000, to re6 main available until September 30, 2026. 

7 TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

8 For Department of Energy administrative expenses 

9 necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guar10 antee Program, $6,300,000, to remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2026. 

12 INDIAN ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS

13 For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities 

14 in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 

15 Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $95,000,000, 

16 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

17 amount appropriated under this heading, $14,000,000 

18 shall be available until September 30, 2026, for program 

19 direction. 

20 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

21 For salaries and expenses of the Department of En22 ergy necessary for departmental administration in car23 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga24 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $387,078,000, to 

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1 hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and 

2 representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such 

3 additional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the 

4 estimated amount of cost of work for others notwith5 standing the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 

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

7 of work are offset by revenue increases of the same or 

8 greater amount: Provided further, That moneys received 

9 by the Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated 

10 to total $100,578,000 in fiscal year 2025 may be retained 

11 and used for operating expenses within this account, as 

12 authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwith13 standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided fur14 ther, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 

15 as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 

16 result in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation from the 

17 general fund estimated at not more than $286,500,000. 

18 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 

20 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

21 General Act of 1978, $100,000,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2026. 


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1 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

2 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 

3 ADMINISTRATION 

4 WEAPONS ACTIVITIES

5 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

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

8 atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 

9 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

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

11 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

12 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

13 $20,338,752,000, to remain available until expended: Pro14 vided, That of such amount, $135,264,000 shall be avail15 able until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 

16 DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

17 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

18 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap19 ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 

20 defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 

21 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

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

23 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

24 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

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1 NAVAL REACTORS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

4 naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 

5 Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ6 ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc7 tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 

8 equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, 

9 $2,118,773,000, to remain available until expended, of 

10 which, $94,750,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department 

11 of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the 

12 Advanced Test Reactor: Provided, That of such amount 

13 made available under this heading, $62,848,000 shall be 

14 available until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 

15 FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex17 penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 

18 $564,475,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2026, including official reception and representation ex20 penses not to exceed $17,000. 

21 ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 

22 ACTIVITIES 

23 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

24 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

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1 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 

2 energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car3 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga4 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui5 sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 

6 or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan7 sion, $7,132,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

8 Provided, That of such amount, $326,893,000 shall be 

9 available until September 30, 2026, for program direction. 

10 OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

11 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

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

14 energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac15 tivities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

16 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in17 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop18 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con19 struction, or expansion, $1,179,000,000, to remain avail20 able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

21 $387,781,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 

22 for program direction. 


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1 POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 

2 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND

3 Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra4 tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 

5 are approved for official reception and representation ex6 penses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That 

7 during fiscal year 2025, no new direct loan obligations 

8 may be made. 

9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 For expenses necessary for operation and mainte12 nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 

13 electric power and energy, including transmission wheeling 

14 and ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood 

15 Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 

16 southeastern power area, $9,127,000, including official re17 ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 

18 exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Pro19 vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 

20 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $9,127,000 col21 lected by the Southeastern Power Administration from the 

22 sale of power and related services shall be credited to this 

23 account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 

24 available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 

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1 tration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro2 priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 

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

4 fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 

5 $0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

6 3302, up to $75,778,000 collected by the Southeastern 

7 Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 

8 of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 

9 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 

10 to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 

11 of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: 

12 Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, 

13 annual expenses means expenditures that are generally re14 covered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding 

15 purchase power and wheeling expenses). 

16 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN

17 POWER ADMINISTRATION

18 For expenses necessary for operation and mainte19 nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 

20 electric power and energy, for construction and acquisition 

21 of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facili22 ties, and for administrative expenses, including official re23 ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 

24 exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Con25 trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 


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1 Southwestern Power Administration, $55,070,000, to re2 main available until expended: Provided, That notwith3 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Con4 trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $43,630,000 col5 lected by the Southwestern Power Administration from 

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

7 this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to re8 main available until expended, for the sole purpose of 

9 funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power 

10 Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein ap11 propriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collec12 tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 

13 in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated at not 

14 more than $11,440,000: Provided further, That notwith15 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $80,000,000 collected by 

16 the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 

17 Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and 

18 wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as off19 setting collections, to remain available until expended for 

20 the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 

21 expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this 

22 appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 

23 are generally recovered in the same year that they are in24 curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 


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1 CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND

2 MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS3 TRATION

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

5 For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 

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

7 U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con8 servation and renewable resources programs as author9 ized, $340,983,000, including official reception and rep10 resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, 

11 to remain available until expended, of which $340,983,000 

12 shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec13 lamation Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

14 3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 

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

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

17 $241,111,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad18 ministration from the sale of power and related services 

19 shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 

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

21 purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western 

22 Area Power Administration: Provided further, That the 

23 sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be re24 duced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 

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1 mated at not more than $99,872,000, of which 

2 $99,872,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro3 vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 

4 to $525,000,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad5 ministration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 

6 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover pur7 chase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 

8 this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 

9 until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 

10 power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 

11 for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 

12 expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 

13 that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 

14 wheeling expenses): Provided further, That the remaining 

15 unobligated balances from amounts described in the fifth 

16 proviso under this heading in Public Law 111–85 are 

17 hereby permanently rescinded. 

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, $6,525,000, to remain available until expended, 

23 and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 

24 and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad25 ministration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 


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1 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding 

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

3 $6,297,000 collected by the Western Area Power Adminis4 tration from the sale of power and related services from 

5 the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited to this 

6 account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 

7 available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 

8 the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities of these 

9 Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration 

10 activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro11 priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 

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

13 fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 

14 $228,000: Provided further, That for purposes of this ap15 propriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 

16 generally recovered in the same year that they are in17 curred: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2025, the 

18 Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 

19 may accept up to $1,685,000 in funds contributed by 

20 United States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad 

21 Dams for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad Operating 

22 and Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available 

23 for the purpose for which contributed in like manner as 

24 if said sums had been specifically appropriated for such 

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1 available without further appropriation and without fiscal 

2 year limitation for use by the Commissioner of the United 

3 States Section of the International Boundary and Water 

4 Commission for the sole purpose of operating, maintain5 ing, repairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the 

6 hydroelectric facilities at these Dams in accordance with 

7 agreements reached between the Administrator, Commis8 sioner, and the power customers. 

9 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu12 latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De13 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

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

15 official reception and representation expenses not to ex16 ceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

17 $532,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro18 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 not to exceed $532,000,000 of revenues from fees and an20 nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 

21 year 2025 shall be retained and used for expenses nec22 essary in this account, and shall remain available until ex23 pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro24 priated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues 

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1 final fiscal year 2025 appropriation from the general fund 

2 estimated at not more than $0. 

3 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 

4 ENERGY 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

7 made available by this title for the Department of Energy 

8 shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 

9 or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 

10 or similar arrangements (including Requests for 

11 Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Op12 portunity Announcements) for a program, project, or ac13 tivity if the program, project, or activity has not been 

14 funded by Congress. 

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

16 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

17 at least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds 

18 made available in this title may be used to— 

19 (A) make a grant allocation or discretionary 

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

21 (B) make a discretionary contract award or 

22 Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 

23 or more, including a contract covered by the Federal 

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1 (C) provide nonoperational funding through a 

2 competition restricted only to Department of Energy 

3 National Laboratories totaling $1,000,000 or more; 

4 (D) provide nonoperational funding directly to a 

5 Department of Energy National Laboratory totaling 

6 $25,000,000 or more; 

7 (E) issue a letter of intent to make an alloca8 tion, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in 

9 subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or 

10 (F) announce publicly the intention to make an 

11 allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the lim12 its in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D). 

13 (2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com14 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

15 within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report 

16 detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant 

17 award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during the 

18 previous quarter. 

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

20 the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the re21 cipient of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal 

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

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

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

2 made. 

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

4 to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au5 thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De6 partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 

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

8 a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 

9 (1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree10 ment is funded for the full period of performance as 

11 anticipated at the time of award; or 

12 (2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree13 ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov14 ernment’s obligation on the availability of future 

15 year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 

16 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

17 Congress at least 3 days in advance. 

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

19 the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 

20 as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and ac21 tivities specified in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department 

22 of Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title III— 

23 Department of Energy’’ in the report accompanying this 

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

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

3 the Department shall notify, and obtain the prior approval 

4 of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

5 Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed 

6 reprogramming that would cause any program, project, or 

7 activity funding level to increase or decrease by more than 

8 $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the 

9 time period covered by this Act. 

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

11 available for obligation or expenditure through a re12 programming of funds that— 

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

14 project, or activity; 

15 (2) increases funds or personnel for any pro16 gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 

17 or restricted by this Act; or 

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

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

20 Act. 

21 (g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re22 quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 

23 use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 

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

2 welfare, or national security. 

3 (2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit4 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 

5 waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 

6 not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 

7 a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 

8 Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 

9 risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 

10 (h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 

11 provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 

12 same appropriation accounts for such activities established 

13 pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 

14 with funds in the applicable established accounts and 

15 thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same 

16 time period as originally enacted. 

17 SEC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other 

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

19 Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 

20 authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 

21 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) 

22 during fiscal year 2025 until the enactment of the Intel23 ligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025. 

24 SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 

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1 fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 

2 830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of3 fice of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in 

4 compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 

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

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

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

8 any successive departmental guidance, for construction 

9 projects where the total project cost exceeds 

10 $100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 

11 has been developed for the project for that critical deci12 sion. 

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

14 title may be used to support a grant allocation award, dis15 cretionary grant award, or cooperative agreement that ex16 ceeds $100,000,000 in Federal funding unless the project 

17 is carried out through internal independent project man18 agement procedures. 

19 SEC. 306. No funds shall be transferred directly from 

20 ‘‘Department of Energy—Power Marketing Administra21 tion—Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, 

22 Western Area Power Administration’’ to the general fund 

23 of the Treasury in the current fiscal year. 

24 SEC. 307. (a) The Secretary of Energy may not es25 tablish any new regional petroleum product reserve unless 


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1 funding for the proposed regional petroleum product re2 serve is explicitly requested in advance in an annual budg3 et submitted by the President pursuant to section 1105 

4 of title 31, United States Code, and approved by the Con5 gress in an appropriations Act. 

6 (b) The budget request or notification shall include— 

7 (1) the justification for the new reserve; 

8 (2) a cost estimate for the establishment, oper9 ation, and maintenance of the reserve, including 

10 funding sources; 

11 (3) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, 

12 including the conditions upon which the products 

13 may be released; 

14 (4) the location of the reserve; and 

15 (5) the estimate of the total inventory of the re16 serve. 

17 SEC. 308. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to draw down and sell petroleum prod19 ucts from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (1) to any enti20 ty that is under the ownership, control, or influence of 

21 the Chinese Communist Party; or (2) except on condition 

22 that such petroleum products will not be exported to the 

23 People’s Republic of China. 

24 SEC. 309. (a) None of the funds made available by 

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1 any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or loan of 

2 $10,000,000 or greater to an entity of concern as defined 

3 in section 10114 of division B of Public Law 117–167. 

4 (b) The Secretary shall implement the requirements 

5 under subsection (a) using a risk-based approach and ana6 lytical tools to aggregate, link, analyze, and maintain in7 formation reported by an entity seeking or receiving such 

8 funds made available by this Act. 

9 (c) This section shall be applied in a manner con10 sistent with the obligations of the United States under ap11 plicable international agreements. 

12 (d) The Secretary shall have the authority to require 

13 the submission to the agency, by an entity seeking or re14 ceiving such funds made available by this Act, documenta15 tion necessary to implement the requirements under sub16 section (a). 

17 (e) Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (com18 monly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’), shall 

19 not apply to the implementation of the requirements under 

20 this section. 

21 (f) The Secretary and other Federal agencies shall 

22 coordinate to share relevant information necessary to im23 plement the requirements under subsection (a). 

24 SEC. 310. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act may be used to admit any 


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1 non-United States citizen from Russia or China to any 

2 nuclear weapons production facility, as such term is de3 fined in section 4002 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act 

4 (50 U.S.C. 2501), other than areas accessible to the gen5 eral public, unless 30 days prior to facility admittance, the 

6 Department of Energy provides notification to the Com7 mittees on Appropriations and Armed Services of both 

8 Houses of Congress. 

9 SEC. 311. (a) None of the funds made available by 

10 this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 

11 for the Department of Energy may be obligated or ex12 pended to procure or purchase computers, printers, or 

13 interoperable videoconferencing services needed for an of14 fice environment in which the manufacturer, bidder, or of15 feror, or any subsidiary or parent entity of the manufac16 turer, bidder, or offeror, of the equipment is an entity, 

17 or parent company of an entity in which the People’s Re18 public of China has any ownership stake. 

19 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) also applies in 

20 cases in which the Secretary has contracted with a third 

21 party for the procurement, purchase, or expenditure of 

22 funds on any of the equipment and software described in 

23 such subsection. 

24 SEC. 312. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 implement, or enforce the proposed regulation by the De2 partment of Energy titled ‘‘Clean Energy for New Federal 

3 Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings’’ 

4 87 Fed. Reg. 78382 (December 21, 2022). 

5 SEC. 313. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to provide a categorical exclusion from 

7 the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 

8 4321 et seq.) for energy storage systems, as described in 

9 the Department of Energy’s final rule, part 1021 of title 

10 10, Code of Federal Regulations. 

11 SEC. 314. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be expended to support the Department of En13 ergy Justice40 initiative as defined by or required by Ex14 ecutive Order 14008 of January 27, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 

15 7619; relating to tackling the climate crisis at home and 

16 abroad). 

17 SEC. 315. Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 

18 U.S.C. 717b) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking subsections (a) through (c); 

20 (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 

21 subsections (a) and (b), respectively; 

22 (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub23 section (c), and moving such subsection after sub24 section (b), as so redesignated; 


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1 (4) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by 

2 amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: ‘‘(1) The 

3 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (in this sub4 section referred to as the ‘Commission’) shall have 

5 the exclusive authority to approve or deny an appli6 cation for authorization for the siting, construction, 

7 expansion, or operation of a facility to export nat8 ural gas from the United States to a foreign country 

9 or import natural gas from a foreign country, in10 cluding an LNG terminal. In determining whether to 

11 approve or deny an application under this para12 graph, the Commission shall deem the exportation or 

13 importation of natural gas to be consistent with the 

14 public interest. Except as specifically provided in 

15 this Act, nothing in this Act is intended to affect 

16 otherwise applicable law related to any Federal 

17 agency’s authorities or responsibilities related to fa18 cilities to import or export natural gas, including 

19 LNG terminals.’’; and 

20 (5) by adding at the end the following new sub21 section: 

22 ‘‘(d)(1) Nothing in this Act limits the authority 

23 of the President under the Constitution, the Inter24 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

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1 (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), part B of title II of the 

2 Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 6271 et seq.), the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 

4 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), or any other provision of law 

5 that imposes sanctions on a foreign person or for6 eign government (including any provision of law that 

7 prohibits or restricts United States persons from en8 gaging in a transaction with a sanctioned person or 

9 government), including a country that is designated 

10 as a state sponsor of terrorism, to prohibit imports 

11 or exports. 

12 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘state sponsor 

13 of terrorism’ means a country the government of 

14 which the Secretary of State determines has repeat15 edly provided support for international terrorism 

16 pursuant to— 

17 ‘‘(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Con18 trol Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A)); 

19 ‘‘(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 

20 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 

21 ‘‘(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act 

22 (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 

23 ‘‘(D) any other provision of law.’’. 

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1 ergy—Energy Programs—Electricity’’ in title IV of divi2 sion N of Public Law 117–328 to carry out activities to 

3 improve the resilience of the Puerto Rican electric grid, 

4 thirty-five hundredths of one percent of the amounts made 

5 available under such heading shall be transferred not later 

6 than January 1, 2025, to the Office of the Inspector Gen7 eral of the Department of Energy to carry out the provi8 sions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, in addition 

9 to amounts otherwise available for such purpose, to re10 main available until expended: Provided, That any 

11 amounts so transferred that were previously designated by 

12 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

13 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

14 of 1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget are des15 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

16 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg17 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall 

18 be available only if the President designates such amount 

19 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(A)(i). 

21 SEC. 317. (a) Of the unobligated balances from 

22 amounts previously made available to the Department of 

23 Energy, the following funds shall be transferred from the 

24 following programs in the specified amounts to ‘‘Depart25 ment of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, 


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1 and, in addition to amounts otherwise made available, 

2 shall be available for the not more than two competitive 

3 awards for Generation 3+ small modular reactor deploy4 ment projects described in section 311(a)(1)(A) of division 

5 D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public 

6 Law 118–42) and the two awards for demonstration 

7 projects made prior to the date of enactment of this Act 

8 under the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, as 

9 authorized under section 959A of the Energy Policy Act 

10 of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16279a)— 

11 (1) $980,000,000, to remain available until 

12 expended, from the unobligated balances under 

13 the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy 

14 Programs—Nuclear Energy’’ in division J of 

15 the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

16 (Public Law 117–58), of which $120,000,000 

17 shall be available in fiscal year 2025 and 

18 $860,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 

19 2026; 

20 (2) $1,500,000,000, to remain available 

21 until expended, from the unobligated balances 

22 under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy— 

23 Energy Programs—Carbon Dioxide Transpor24 tation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 

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1 structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 

2 117–58); 

3 (3) $1,500,000,000, to remain available 

4 until September 30, 2026, from the unobligated 

5 balances under section 50141 of Public Law 

6 117–169; and 

7 (4) $5,000,000,000, to remain available 

8 until September 30, 2026, from the unobligated 

9 balances under section 50144 of Public Law 

10 117–169: 

11 Provided, That amounts transferred pursuant to 

12 paragraphs (1) and (2) shall continue to be treated as 

13 amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 

14 Law 118–5. 

15 (b) Public Law 117–169 is amended— 

16 (1) in section 50141(a) by amending the 

17 dollar amount to read as ‘‘$25,000,000,000’’; 

18 and 

19 (2) in section 50144(b) by amending the 

20 dollar amount to read as ‘‘$5,000,000,000’’. 

21 TITLE IV 

22 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

23 APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

24 For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au25 thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 


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1 1965, as amended, and for expenses necessary for the 

2 Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the Appa3 lachian Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal 

4 share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, 

5 including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 

6 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $200,000,000, to remain 

7 available until expended. 

8 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Fa11 cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 

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

13 Law 100–456, section 1441, $45,000,000, to remain 

14 available until September 30, 2026, of which not to exceed 

15 $1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep16 resentation expenses. 

17 DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Au20 thority and to carry out its activities, as authorized by 

21 the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwith22 standing sections 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, 

23 $32,100,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 DENALI COMMISSION

2 For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission 

3 including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of 

4 plant and capital equipment as necessary and other ex5 penses, $17,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

6 notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 

7 306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 

8 That funds shall be available for construction projects for 

9 which the Denali Commission is the sole or primary fund10 ing source in an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total 

11 project cost for distressed communities, as defined by sec12 tion 307 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (division 

13 C, title III, Public Law 105–277), as amended by section 

14 701 of appendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 

15 Stat. 1501A–280), and for Indian Tribes, as defined by 

16 section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, and in 

17 an amount not to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed 

18 communities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

19 other provision of law regarding payment of a non-Federal 

20 share in connection with a grant-in-aid program, amounts 

21 under this heading shall be available for the payment of 

22 such a non-Federal share for any project for which the 

23 Denali Commission is not the sole or primary funding 

24 source, provided that such project is consistent with the 

25 purposes of the Commission. 


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1 NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION

2 For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re3 gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 

4 subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $41,000,000, 

5 to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

6 amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, 

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

8 States Code. 

9 SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION

10 For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent 

11 Regional Commission in carrying out activities authorized 

12 by subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $20,000,000, 

13 to remain available until expended. 

14 SOUTHWEST BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION

15 For expenses necessary for the Southwest Border Re16 gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 

17 subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to 

18 remain available until expended. 

19 GREAT LAKES AUTHORITY

20 For expenses necessary for the Great Lakes Author21 ity in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of 

22 title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to remain avail23 able until expended. 


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1 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For expenses necessary for the Commission in car4 rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 

5 of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 

6 $955,368,200, including official representation expenses 

7 not to exceed $30,000, to remain available until expended: 

8 Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, not 

9 more than $11,435,000 may be made available for sala10 ries, travel, and other support costs for the Office of the 

11 Commission, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2026: Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, 

13 inspection services, and other services and collections esti14 mated at $807,672,200 in fiscal year 2025 shall be re15 tained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this 

16 account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall re17 main available until expended: Provided further, That the 

18 sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount 

19 of revenues received during fiscal year 2025 so as to result 

20 in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated at not 

21 more than $147,696,000. 

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

24 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

25 General Act of 1978, $19,578,000, to remain available 


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1 until September 30, 2026: Provided, That revenues from 

2 licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 

3 collections estimated at $16,274,000 in fiscal year 2025 

4 shall be retained and be available until September 30, 

5 2026, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 

6 notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 

7 Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 

8 shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur9 ing fiscal year 2025 so as to result in a final fiscal year 

10 2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 

11 $3,304,000: Provided further, That of the amounts appro12 priated under this heading, $1,505,000 shall be for In13 spector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 

14 Safety Board. 

15 NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech18 nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 

19 203, section 5051, $4,100,000, to be derived from the Nu20 clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2026. 

22 GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 

23 AGENCIES 

24 SEC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 

25 comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of 


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1 its Internal Commission Procedures when responding to 

2 Congressional requests for information, consistent with 

3 Department of Justice guidance for all Federal agencies. 

4 SEC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this 

5 title for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be re6 programmed for any program, project, or activity, and the 

7 Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria8 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 

9 to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 

10 cause any program funding level to increase or decrease 

11 by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

12 during the time period covered by this Act. 

13 (b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may 

14 waive the notification requirement in subsection (a) if 

15 compliance with such requirement would pose a substan16 tial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or na17 tional security. 

18 (2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify 

19 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con20 gress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as prac21 ticable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the 

22 activity to which a requirement or restriction would other23 wise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation 

24 of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 

25 such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the 


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1 Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 

2 to programs, projects, or activities. 

3 (c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and 

4 (d), the amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear 

5 Regulatory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 

6 expended as directed in the report accompanying this Act. 

7 (d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu8 latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex9 penditure through a reprogramming of funds that in10 creases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 

11 activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 

12 Act. 

13 (e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report 

14 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

15 Congress, which includes the following for each program, 

16 project, or activity, including any prior year appropria17 tions— 

18 (1) total budget authority; 

19 (2) total unobligated balances; and 

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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

6 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

7 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu8 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

9 1913. 

10 SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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

12 agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern13 ment, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 

14 authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations 

15 Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in 

16 the report accompanying this Act, or any authority where17 by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

18 States Government may provide goods or services to an19 other department, agency, or instrumentality. 

20 (b) None of the funds made available for any depart21 ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

22 Government may be transferred to accounts funded in title 

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

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1 erenced in the report accompanying this Act, or any au2 thority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality 

3 of the United States Government may provide goods or 

4 services to another department, agency, or instrumen5 tality. 

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

7 funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 

8 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

9 Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the 

10 transfer authorities, except for any authority whereby a 

11 department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

12 States Government may provide goods or services to an13 other department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the 

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

15 shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes 

16 for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or 

17 modify existing notification requirements for each author18 ity. 

19 SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds made available in 

20 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

21 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

22 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

23 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

24 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 

25 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 


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1 criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi2 ties. 

3 SEC. 504. (a) No federal monies shall be expended 

4 in furtherance of any agreement among private entities 

5 for consolidated interim storage of spent nuclear fuel that 

6 is not specifically authorized under federal law until such 

7 time that host state and local governments and any af8 fected Indian tribes have formalized their consent. 

9 (b) Provided that the prohibition provided for in this 

10 section shall not apply to facilities presently storing com11 mercial spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to a license issued 

12 by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as of the date of 

13 enactment of this Act. 

14 (c) For purposes of this section, ‘‘spent nuclear fuel’’ 

15 shall have the same meaning as provided in section 2 of 

16 the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 

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

18 Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or 

19 activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory 

20 or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory. 

21 SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

23 to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out the 

24 Equity Action Plan of the Department of Energy, or Exec25 utive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 


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1 7009, relating to advancing racial equity and support for 

2 underserved communities through the Federal Govern3 ment), Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. 

4 Reg. 34593, relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and 

5 accessibility in the Federal workforce), or Executive Order 

6 14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relat7 ing to further advancing racial equity and support for un8 derserved communities through the Federal Government). 

9 SEC. 507. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec10 tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 

11 title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 

12 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro13 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 

14 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par15 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 

16 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 

17 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 

18 a union of one man and one woman. 

19 (b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.— As used 

20 in subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any ac21 tion taken by the Federal Government to— 

22 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treat23 ment of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment 

24 to be assessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke 

25 an exemption from taxation under section 


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1 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

2 of, any person referred to in subsection (a); 

3 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax 

4 purposes of any charitable contribution made to 

5 or by such person; 

6 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or fund7 ing for, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 

8 unavailable or deny, any Federal grant, con9 tract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, guar10 antee, loan, scholarship, license, certification, 

11 accreditation, employment, or other similar po12 sition or status from or to such person; 

13 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or 

14 otherwise make unavailable or deny, any entitle15 ment or benefit under a Federal benefit pro16 gram, including admission to, equal treatment 

17 in, or eligibility for a degree from an edu18 cational program, from or to such person; or 

19 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or 

20 otherwise make unavailable or deny access or 

21 an entitlement to Federal property, facilities, 

22 educational institutions, speech fora (including 

23 traditional, limited, and nonpublic fora), or 

24 charitable fundraising campaigns from or to 

25 such person. 


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1 (c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.— 

2 The Federal Government shall consider accredited, li3 censed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person 

4 that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respec5 tively, for such purposes but for a determination against 

6 such person wholly or partially on the basis that the per7 son speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held 

8 religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection 

9 (a). 

10 SEC. 508. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act or any other Act may be used to implement, admin12 ister, or enforce any COVID–19 mask or vaccine man13 dates. 

14 SEC. 509. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to obligate or award funds, including sub16 grants and other subawards, to the Wuhan Institute of 

17 Virology, including affiliated researchers. 

18 SEC. 510. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act may be used to fly or dis20 play a flag over or within a facility of the federal govern21 ment other than the flag of the United States, flag bearing 

22 an official U.S. Government seal or insignia, or POW/MIA 

23 flag. 

24 SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act may be made available 


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1 to finalize any rule or regulation that meets the definition 

2 of section 804(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to develop or implement guidance related 

5 to the valuation of ecosystem and environmental services 

6 and natural assets in Federal regulatory decision-making, 

7 as directed by Executive Order 14072 of April 22, 2022 

8 (87 Fed. Reg. 24851, relating to strengthening the Na9 tion’s forests, communities, and local economies). 

10 SEC. 513. The funds made available in this act or 

11 any other appropriations act for the purposes of imple12 menting the United States Government Commitments in 

13 support of the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative set 

14 forth in the Memorandum of Understanding of December 

15 14, 2023, between the United States, the States of Oregon 

16 and Washington, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of 

17 the Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of the 

18 Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of 

19 the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Nez Perce 

20 Tribe, and environmental non-profit organizations, that 

21 require reimbursement by the Bonneville Power Adminis22 tration and do not arise from Bonneville’s current reim23 bursement obligations, shall be limited to the 

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1 quired to implement the U.S. Government Commitments 

2 in support of the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative 

3 set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding of Decem4 ber 14, 2023, between the United States; the States of 

5 Oregon and Washington; the Confederated Tribes and 

6 Bands of the Yakama Nation; the Confederated Tribes of 

7 the Umatilla Indian Reservation; the Confederated Tribes 

8 of the Warm Springs Reservation; the Nez Perce Tribe; 

9 and environmental non-profit organizations. 

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

11 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en12 force any of the following rules: 

13 (1) The final rule entitled ‘‘Energy Conserva14 tion Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 

15 Distribution Transformers’’ published by the De16 partment of Energy in the Federal Register on April 

17 22, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 29834), or any substantially 

18 similar rule. 

19 (2) The final rule entitled ‘‘Energy Conserva20 tion Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 

21 Manufactured Housing’’ published by the Depart22 ment of Energy in the Federal Register on May 31, 

23 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 32728), or any substantially 

24 similar rule. 


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1 (3) The final rule entitled ‘‘Energy Conserva2 tion Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 

3 Room Air Conditioners’’ published by the Depart4 ment of Energy in the Federal Register on May 26, 

5 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 34298), or any substantially 

6 similar rule. 

7 (4) The final rule entitled ‘‘Energy Conserva8 tion Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 

9 Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’ pub10 lished by the Department of Energy in the Federal 

11 Register on February 14, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 

12 11434), or any substantially similar rule, including 

13 any rule that would directly or indirectly limit con14 sumer access to consumer conventional cooking 

15 products, including gas kitchen ranges or ovens. 

16 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

17 SEC. 515. $0. 

18 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De19 velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

20 2025’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 480 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8997 

[Report No. 118–580] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for energy and water develposes. ending September 30, 2025, and for other pur- opment and related agencies for the fiscal year 

JULY 11, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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