That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for en-
ergy and water development and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers 
and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, shore 
protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related ef-
forts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary when authorized by law for 
the collection and study of basic information pertaining 
to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 
shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re-
lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies and plans and 
specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 
ecosystem restoration projects and related efforts prior to 
construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for
miscellaneous investigations and, when authorized by law, 
surveys and detailed studies and plans and specifications 
of projects prior to construction, $104,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That except as pro-
vided in section 101, the amounts made available under 
this paragraph shall be expended as authorized by law for 
the programs, projects and activities specified in the text 
and table under this heading in the report of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
to accompany this Act. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies 
and plans and specifications of such projects (including 
those involving participation by States, local governments, 
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 
by law (but such detailed studies and plans and specifica-
tions shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern-
ment to construction), $1,615,941,000 (reduced by 
$1,750,000), to remain available until expended; of which 
such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of 
construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Mate-
rial Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as authorized by the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104–303); and of which such sums as are necessary to 
cover one-half of the costs of construction, replacement, 
rehabilitation, and expansion of inland waterways projects 
(including only Olmsted Lock and Dam, Ohio River, Illi-
nois and Kentucky; Emsworth Locks and Dam, Ohio 
River, Pennsylvania; Lock and Dams 2, 3, and 4, 
Monongahela River, Pennsylvania; and Lock and Dam 27, 
Mississippi River, Illinois) shall be derived from the Inland 
Waterways Trust Fund: Provided, That of the unobligated 
balances from prior year appropriations available under 
this heading, $50,000,000 is rescinded: Provided further, 
That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budg-
et or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That except 
as provided in section 101, the amounts made available 
under this paragraph shall be expended as authorized by 
law for the programs, projects, and activities specified in 
the text and table under this heading in the report of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives to accompany this Act.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-
vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 
by law, $210,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 
share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for in-
land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund: Provided, That except as provided in 
section 101, the amounts made available under this para-
graph shall be expended as authorized by law for the pro-
grams, projects, and activities specified in the text and 
table under this heading in the report of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to ac-
company this Act. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
and related projects authorized by law; providing security 
for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps of Engi-
neers, including administrative buildings and laboratories; 
maintaining harbor channels provided by a State, munici-
pality, or other public agency that serve essential naviga-
tion needs of general commerce, when authorized by law;
surveying and charting northern and northwestern lakes 
and connecting waters; clearing and straightening chan-
nels; 
and 
removing 
obstructions 
to 
navigation, 
$2,366,465,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$6,360,000) (reduced by $4,900,000), to remain available 
until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to 
cover the Federal share of eligible operation and mainte-
nance costs for coastal harbors and channels and for in-
land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund; of which such sums as become avail-
able from the special account for the Corps of Engineers 
established by the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)) shall be derived from 
that account for resource protection, research, interpreta-
tion, and maintenance activities related to resource protec-
tion in the areas at which outdoor recreation is available; 
and of which such sums as become available from fees col-
lected under section 217 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–303) shall be used 
to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the 
dredged material disposal facilities for which such fees 
have been collected: Provided, That 1 percent of the total 
amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 
projects or activities funded under this heading shall not 
be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the begin-
ning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be 
available for use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such 
emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines 
to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of En-
gineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any re-
maining funds which have not been used for emergency 
activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts 
provided for the programs, projects or activities: Provided 
further, That except as provided in section 101, the 
amounts made available under this paragraph shall be ex-
pended as authorized by law for the programs, projects, 
and activities specified in the text and table under this 
heading in the report of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives to accompany this Act. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$196,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $109,000,000, to remain available until expended.
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for floods, hurri-
canes, and other natural disasters and support emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 
such disasters as authorized by law, $27,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen-
eral administration of the civil works program in the head-
quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 
Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op-
eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ-
ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 
Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 
the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen-
ter allocable to the civil works program, $185,000,000 (re-
duced by $6,360,000), to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official 
reception and representation purposes and only during the 
current fiscal year: Provided, That no part of any other 
appropriation in this title shall be available to fund the 
civil works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers 
or the civil works executive direction and management ac-
tivities of the division offices: Provided further, That any 
Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation
may be used to fund the supervision and general adminis-
tration of emergency operations, repairs, and other activi-
ties in response to any flood, hurricane, or other natural 
disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 
FOR CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works as authorized by section 3016(b)(3) of 
title 10, United States Code, $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
The Revolving Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be 
available during the current fiscal year for purchase (not 
to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles for the civil works program. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; 
(4) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act; 
(5) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; or 
(6) reduces funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less. 
(b) Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project 
or activity authorized under section 205 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1948, section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 
1946, section 208 of the Flood Control Act of 1954, sec-
tion 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, section 
103 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962, section 111 
of the River and Harbor Act of 1968, section 1135 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986, section 206 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, or sec-
tion 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1992. 
(c) This section shall not apply to additional flood 
and coastal storm damage reduction and navigation pro-
gram funds provided under ‘‘Remaining Items’’ in the ta-
bles under the headings ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Con-
struction’’ and ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Operation and 
Maintenance’’ or to additional investigations funding 
under ‘‘National Programs’’ under the heading ‘‘Corps of 
Engineers-Civil—Investigations’’ in the report of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
to accompany this Act. 
(d) The Corps of Engineers shall submit reports on 
a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing all 
the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, ac-
tivities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report 
shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to award or modify any contract that 
commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 
program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-
cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds in this Act, or previous 
Acts, making funds available for Energy and Water Devel-
opment, shall be used to award any continuing contract
that commits additional funding from the Inland Water-
ways Trust Fund unless or until such time that a long- 
term mechanism to enhance revenues in this Fund suffi-
cient to meet the cost-sharing authorized in the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–662) 
is enacted. 
SEC. 104. Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the Chief of Engineers Report on a water resource matter, 
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall 
submit the report to the appropriate authorizing and ap-
propriating committees of the Congress. 
SEC. 105. During the 1-year period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army 
is authorized to implement measures recommended in the 
efficacy study authorized under section 3061 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1121) or 
in interim reports, with such modifications or emergency 
measures as the Secretary of the Army determines to be 
appropriate, to prevent aquatic nuisance species from dis-
persing into the Great Lakes by way of any hydrologic 
connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi 
River Basin. 
SEC. 106. The Secretary is authorized to transfer to 
‘‘Corps 
of 
Engineers-Civil—Construction’’ 
up 
to 
$100,000,000 of the funds provided for reinforcing or re-
placing flood walls under the heading ‘‘Corps of Engi-
neers-Civil—Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies’’ in 
Public Law 109–234 and Public Law 110–252 and up to 
$75,000,000 of the funds provided for projects and meas-
ures for the West Bank and Vicinity and Lake 
Ponchartrain and Vicinity projects under the heading 
‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies’’ in Public Law 110–28, to be used with 
funds provided for the West Bank and Vicinity project 
under the heading ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Construc-
tion’’ in Public Law 110–252 and Public Law 110–329, 
consistent with 65 percent Federal and 35 percent non- 
Federal cost share and the financing of, and payment 
terms for, the non-Federal cash contribution associated 
with the West Bank and Vicinity project. 
SEC. 107. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 
to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service may accept and expend, up to $3,800,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 
of Engineers projects. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any subsequent Act making appropriations for En-
ergy and Water Development may be used by the Corps 
of Engineers to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or
enforce a change or supplement to the rule dated Novem-
ber 13, 1986, or guidance documents dated January 15, 
2003, and December 2, 2008, pertaining to the definition 
of waters under the jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Corps of Engineers to relocate, 
or study the relocation of, any regional division head-
quarters of the Corps located at a military installation or 
any permanent employees of such headquarters. 
SEC. 110. (a) Section 5 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 
authorizing the construction of certain public works on 
rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other pur-
poses,’’ approved June 22, 1936, (33 U.S.C. 701h), is 
amended by— 
(1) inserting ‘‘for work, which includes planning 
and design,’’ before ‘‘to be expended’’; 
(2) striking ‘‘flood control or environmental res-
toration work’’ and inserting ‘‘water resources devel-
opment study or project’’; and 
(3) inserting ‘‘: Provided further, That the term 
‘States’ means the several States, the District of Co-
lumbia, the commonwealths, territories, and posses-
sions of the United States, and Federally recognized 
Indian tribes’’ before the period.
(b) The Secretary shall notify the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress prior to initiation of negotiations for 
accepting contributed funds under 33 U.S.C. 701h. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 
Utah Project Completion Act, $27,154,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be de-
posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-
servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-
gation and Conservation Commission. In addition, for nec-
essary expenses incurred in carrying out related respon-
sibilities of the Secretary of the Interior, $1,550,000. For 
fiscal year 2012, the Commission may use an amount not 
to exceed $1,500,000 for administrative expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to 
execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For management, development, and restoration of 
water and related natural resources and for related activi-
ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita-
tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 
fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-
cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 
agreements with, State and local governments, federally 
recognized Indian tribes, and others, $822,300,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $10,698,000 shall 
be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 
Basin Fund and $6,136,000 shall be available for transfer 
to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 
of which such amounts as may be necessary may be ad-
vanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund; of which not 
more than $500,000 is for high priority projects which 
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as 
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Provided, That such trans-
fers may be increased or decreased within the overall ap-
propriation under this heading: Provided further, That of 
the total appropriated, the amount for program activities 
that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bu-
reau of Reclamation special fee account established by 16 
U.S.C. 460l–6a(i) shall be derived from that Fund or ac-
count: Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 
U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the purposes 
for which contributed: Provided further, That funds ad-
vanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this ac-
count and are available until expended for the same pur-
poses as the sums appropriated under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That except as provided in section 201, the 
amounts made available under this paragraph shall be ex-
pended as authorized by law for the programs, projects, 
and activities specified in the text and table under this 
heading in the report of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives to accompany this Act. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi-
tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 
the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $53,068,000, 
to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the 
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sec-
tions 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 
102–575, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and 
collect the full amount of the additional mitigation and 
restoration payments authorized by section 3407(d) of 
Public Law 102–575: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be used for 
the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream purposes 
if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes 
by a court adopted decree or order.
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 
consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior, $35,928,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 
carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 
accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 
out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 
costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur-
ther, That the use of any funds provided to the California 
Bay-Delta Authority for program-wide management and 
oversight activities shall be subject to the approval of the 
Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That CALFED 
implementation shall be carried out in a balanced manner 
with clear performance measures demonstrating concur-
rent progress in achieving the goals and objectives of the 
Program. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and 
related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the 
Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau 
of Reclamation, to remain available until expended,
$60,000,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund 
and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377: 
Provided, That no part of any other appropriation in this 
Act shall be available for activities or functions budgeted 
as policy and administration expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger 
motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by this Act; 
(4) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act;
(d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 
on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, 
activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly re-
port shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter-
mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 
for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 
of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 
shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 
of California as approved by the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri-
mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 
Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain-
age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 
Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 
until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program-Al-
ternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP-Alternative 
Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repay-
ment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and 
San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’,
prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the 
United States relating to, or providing for, drainage serv-
ice or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully 
reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such serv-
ice or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 
SEC. 203. Of the funds deposited in the San Joaquin 
River Restoration Fund in accordance with subparagraphs 
(A), (B), and (C) of section 10009(c)(1) of Public Law 
111–11, all unobligated balances remaining from prior fis-
cal years are hereby permanently rescinded. 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 
efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$1,304,636,000 (reduced by $6,000,000) (reduced by 
$200,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That for the purposes of allocating weatherization assist-
ance funds appropriated by this Act to States and tribes, 
the Secretary of Energy may waive the allocation formula 
established pursuant to section 414(a) of the Energy Con-
servation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6864(a)). 
ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec-
tricity delivery and energy reliability activities in carrying 
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisi-
tion or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-
sion, $139,496,000, to remain available until expended. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 
energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-
tion, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not 
more 
than 
buses, 
all 
for 
replacement 
only, 
$733,633,000, to remain available until expended.
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 
research and development activities, under the authority 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public 
Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, includ-
ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property 
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan-
sion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga-
tions and research concerning the extraction, processing, 
use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection-
able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, 
and 1603), $476,993,000 (reduced by $2,200,000) (in-
creased by $2,200,000), to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That for all programs funded under 
Fossil Energy appropriations in this Act or any other Act, 
the Secretary may vest fee title or other property interests 
acquired under projects in any entity, including the United 
States. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities, $14,909,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining 
from prior years shall be available for all naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve facility development and operations and program 
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 
et seq.), $192,704,000, to remain available until expended. 
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT 
Notwithstanding sections 161 and 167 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241 and 6247), 
the Secretary of Energy shall sell $500,000,000 in petro-
leum products from the Reserve not later than March 1, 
2012, and shall deposit any proceeds from such sales in 
the General Fund of the Treasury: Provided, That during 
fiscal year 2012 and hereafter, the quantity of petroleum 
products sold from the Reserve under the authority of this 
Act may only be replaced using the authority provided in 
paragraph (a)(1) or (3) of section 160 of the Energy Pol-
icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6240(a)(1) or (3)): 
Provided further, That unobligated balances in this ac-
count shall be available to cover the costs of any sale under 
this Act. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Northeast Home Heating 
Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management activities
pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, 
$10,119,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts net of the purchase of 1 million bar-
rels of petroleum distillates in fiscal year 2011; costs re-
lated to transportation, delivery, and storage; and sales 
of petroleum distillate from the Reserve under section 182 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6250a) are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 181 of the Energy Pol-
icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6250), for fiscal year 
2012 and hereafter, the Reserve shall contain no more 
than 1 million barrels of petroleum distillate. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 
of the Energy Information Administration, $105,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de-
fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion,
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 49 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one 
ambulance and one bus, $4,800,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 
purposes of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (Public 
Law 97–425), $25,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, and to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 
authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES 
Act (42 U.S.C. 16538), $100,000,000 (increased by 
$79,640,000), to remain available until expended. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, for the cost of loan guarantees for renewable 
energy or efficient end-use energy technologies under sec-
tion 1703 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 
$160,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the amounts provided in this section are in 
addition to those provided in any other Act: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding section 1703(a)(2) of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005, funds appropriated for the cost 
of loan guarantees are also available for projects for which 
an application has been submitted to the Department of 
Energy prior to February 24, 2011, in whole or in part, 
for a loan guarantee under 1705 of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005: Provided further, That an additional amount for 
necessary administrative expenses to carry out this Loan 
Guarantee program, $38,000,000 is appropriated, to re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That 
$38,000,000 of the fees collected pursuant to section 
1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited 
as offsetting collections to this account to cover adminis-
trative expenses and shall remain available until expended, 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2012 appropriations 
from the general fund estimated at not more than $0: Pro-
vided further, That fees collected under section 1702(h) 
in excess of the amount appropriated for administrative 
expenses shall not be available until appropriated: Pro-
vided further, That for amounts collected pursuant to sec-
tion 1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the 
source of such payment received from borrowers is not a 
loan or other debt obligation that is guaranteed by the 
Federal Government: Provided further, That none of the 
loan guarantee authority made available in this paragraph
shall be available for commitments to guarantee loans for 
any projects where funds, personnel, or property (tangible 
or intangible) of any Federal agency, instrumentality, per-
sonnel or affiliated entity are expected to be used (directly 
or indirectly) through acquisitions, contracts, demonstra-
tions, exchanges, grants, incentives, leases, procurements, 
sales, other transaction authority, or other arrangements, 
to support the project or to obtain goods or services from 
the project: Provided further, That the previous proviso 
shall not be interpreted as precluding the use of the loan 
guarantee authority in this paragraph for commitments 
to guarantee loans for projects as a result of such projects 
benefitting from: (1) otherwise allowable Federal income 
tax benefits; (2) being located on Federal land pursuant 
to a lease or right-of-way agreement for which all consider-
ation for all uses is: (A) paid exclusively in cash; (B) de-
posited in the Treasury as offsetting receipts; and (C) 
equal to the fair market value as determined by the head 
of the relevant Federal agency; (3) Federal insurance pro-
grams, including under section 170 of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210; commonly known as the 
‘‘Price-Anderson Act’’); or (4) for electric generation 
projects, use of transmission facilities owned or operated 
by a Federal Power Marketing Administration or the Ten-
nessee Valley Authority that have been authorized, ap-
proved, and financed independent of the project receiving 
the guarantee: Provided further, That none of the loan 
guarantee authority made available in this paragraph shall 
be available for any project unless the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget has certified in advance 
in writing that the loan guarantee and the project comply 
with the provisions under this paragraph. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For administrative expenses in carrying out the Ad-
vanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Pro-
gram, $6,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of En-
ergy necessary for departmental administration in car-
rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $30,000, $221,514,000 
(reduced by $2,500,000) (reduced by $35,000,000) (re-
duced by $21,000,000) (reduced by $79,640,000) (re-
duced by $10,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended, plus such additional amounts as necessary to 
cover increases in the estimated amount of cost of work 
for others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Defi-
ciency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such 
increases in cost of work are offset by revenue increases 
of the same or greater amount, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That moneys received by the 
Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated to total 
$111,883,000 in fiscal year 2012 may be retained and 
used for operating expenses within this account, and may 
remain available until expended, as authorized by section 
201 of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions 
of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of miscella-
neous revenues received during 2012, and any related ap-
propriated receipt account balances remaining from prior 
years’ miscellaneous revenues, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2012 appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $109,631,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, $41,774,000, to remain 
available until expended.
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION 
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance and one air-
craft; $7,131,993,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amount not more than 
$139,281,000 may be made available for the B–61 Life 
Extension Program until the Administrator for Nuclear 
Security submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate the outcome 
of its Phase 6.2a design definition and cost study: Pro-
vided further, That of the unobligated balances available 
under this heading, $40,332,000 are hereby rescinded: 
Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Reso-
lution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
and the purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor 
vehicle for replacement only, $2,086,770,000 (increased 
by $35,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the unobligated balances available under 
this heading, $30,000,000 are hereby rescinded; Provided 
further, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 
Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
NAVAL REACTORS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ-
ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc-
tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 
equipment, 
facilities, 
and 
facility 
expansion, 
$1,030,600,000, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Adminis-
trator in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
including official reception and representation expenses 
not to exceed $12,000, $420,000,000 (reduced by 
$20,000,000), to remain available until expended. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 
ACTIVITIES 
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 
energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car-
rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui-
sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-
sion, and the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance 
and one fire truck for replacement only, $4,937,619,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic 
energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac-
tivities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, and the purchase of not to exceed 
10 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 
$814,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 
are approved for the Kootenai River Native Fish Con-
servation Aquaculture Program, Lolo Creek Permanent 
Weir Facility, and Improving Anadromous Fish produc-
tion on the Warm Springs Reservation, and, in addition, 
for official reception and representation expenses in an 
amount not to exceed $3,000. During fiscal year 2012,
no new direct loan obligations may be made from such 
Fund. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric 
power and energy, including transmission wheeling and 
ancillary services pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the south-
eastern power area, $8,428,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 
and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to 
$8,428,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Adminis-
tration from the sale of power and related services shall 
be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting col-
lections, to remain available until expended for the sole 
purpose of funding the annual expenses of the South-
eastern Power Administration: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be re-
duced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2012 appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $0: Provided further, That not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $100,162,000 col-
lected by the Southeastern Power Administration pursu-
ant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase
power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this ac-
count as offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power 
and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of this appropriation, annual expenses means ex-
penditures that are generally recovered in the same year 
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
wheeling expenses). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN 
POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric 
power and energy, for construction and acquisition of 
transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, 
and for administrative expenses, including official recep-
tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex-
ceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the South-
western Power Administration, $45,010,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $33,118,000 collected 
by the Southwestern Power Administration from the sale 
of power and related services shall be credited to this ac-
count as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain
available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power Adminis-
tration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2012 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$11,892,000: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $40,000,000 collected by the South-
western Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling 
expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting col-
lections, to remain available until expended for the sole 
purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expendi-
tures: Provided further, That for purposes of this appro-
priation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 
generally recovered in the same year that they are in-
curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
CONSTRUCTION, 
REHABILITATION, 
OPERATION
AND 
MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS-
TRATION 
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 
section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 
U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con-
servation and renewable resources programs as author-
ized, including official reception and representation ex-