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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 
203, section 5051, $3,400,000, to be derived from the Nu-
clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
2015. 
OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR ALASKA 
NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS 
For necessary expenses for the Office of the Federal 
Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation 
Projects pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act, 
$1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: 
Provided, That any fees, charges, or commissions received 
pursuant to section 106(h) of the Alaska Natural Gas 
Pipeline Act (15 U.S.C. 720d(h)) in fiscal year 2014 in 
excess of $2,402,000 shall not be available for obligation 
until appropriated in a subsequent Act of Congress. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission may not terminate any program, project, or 
activity without a majority vote of the Commissioners of 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approving such ac-
tion. 
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SEC. 402. The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate not 
later than 1 day after the Chairman begins performing 
functions under the authority of section 3 of Reorganiza-
tion Plan No. 1 of 1980, or after a member of the Com-
mission who was delegated emergency functions under 
subsection (b) of that section begins performing those 
functions. Such notification shall include an explanation 
of the circumstances warranting the exercise of such au-
thority. The Chairman shall report to the Committees, not 
less frequently than once each week, on the actions taken 
by the Chairman, or a delegated member of the Commis-
sion, under such authority, until the authority is relin-
quished. The Chairman shall notify the Committees not 
later than 1 day after such authority is relinquished. The 
Chairman shall submit the report required by section 3(d) 
of the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980 to the Commit-
tees not later than 1 day after it was submitted to the 
Commission. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
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matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to eliminate or reduce funding for a pro-
gram, project, or activity as proposed in a President’s 
budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed change 
is subsequently enacted in an appropriations Act, or unless 
such change is made pursuant to the reprogramming and 
transfer provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any cor-
poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 
under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 
where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un-
less the agency has considered suspension or debarment 
of the corporation and has made a determination that this 
further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 
the Government. 
SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor-
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poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 
been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 
remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 
is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree-
ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 
liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 
tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-
tect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 505. (a) None of the funds made available in 
title III of this Act may be transferred to any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-
ment, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 
authority provided in this Act or any other appropriation 
Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in 
the report of the Committee on Appropriations accom-
panying this Act, or any authority whereby a department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-
ment may provide goods or services to another depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality. 
(b) None of the funds made available for any depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government may be transferred to accounts funded in title 
III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 
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transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appro-
priation Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority ref-
erenced in the report of the Committees on Appropriations 
accompanying this Act, or any authority whereby a de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government may provide goods or services to another de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality. 
(c) The head of any relevant department or agency 
funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a semiannual report de-
tailing the transfer authorities, except for any authority 
whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States Government may provide goods or services 
to another department, agency, or instrumentality, used 
in the previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This 
report shall include the amounts transferred and the pur-
poses for which they were transferred, and shall not re-
place or modify existing notification requirements for each 
authority. 
SEC. 506. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 
12898 of February 11, 1994 (‘‘Federal Actions to Address 
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low- 
Income Populations’’). 
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SEC. 507. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be expended for any new hire by any Federal 
agency funded in this Act that is not verified through the 
E-Verify Program as described in section 403(a) of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 
SEC. 508. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 
from prior year appropriations for the following accounts, 
the following amounts are hereby permanently rescinded: 
(1) Under the heading ‘‘Corps of Engineers- 
Civil—Department of the Army’’, $200,000,000, to 
be derived by the Secretary of the Army from funds 
made available for ‘‘Construction, General’’, ‘‘Flood 
Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Arkan-
sas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis-
souri, and Tennessee’’, ‘‘General Investigations’’, 
‘‘Construction’’, ‘‘Investigations’’, and ‘‘Mississippi 
River and Tributaries’’. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro-
grams—Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’’, 
$157,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Energy—Atomic Energy 
Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration—Weapons Activities’’, $142,000,000. 
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(4) ‘‘Department of Energy—Atomic Energy 
Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration—Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation’’, 
$20,000,000. 
(b) No amounts may be rescinded under this section 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso-
lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to conduct closure of adjudicatory func-
tions, technical review, or support activities associated 
with the Yucca Mountain geologic repository license appli-
cation, or for actions that irrevocably remove the possi-
bility that Yucca Mountain may be a repository option in 
the future. 
SEC. 510. The Commissioner of the Bureau of Rec-
lamation and the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil 
Works) shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the 
time that the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 
2015 is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, a comprehensive report compiled in 
conjunction with the Government Accountability Office 
that details updated missions, goals, strategies, and prior-
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ities, and performance metrics that are measurable, re-
peatable, and directly linked to requests for funding. 
SEC. 511. It is the sense of the Congress that the 
Congress should not pass any legislation that authorizes 
spending cuts that would increase poverty in the United 
States. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 512. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used— 
(1) to implement or enforce section 430.32(x) 
of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations; or 
(2) to implement or enforce the standards es-
tablished by the tables contained in section 
325(i)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(1)(B)) with respect to 
BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandes-
cent reflector lamps, and ER incandescent reflector 
lamps. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salary of individuals appointed 
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to their current position through, or to otherwise carry 
out, paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 5503(a) of 
title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used within the borders of the State of Lou-
isiana by the Mississippi Valley Division or the South-
western Division of the Army Corps of Engineers or any 
district of the Corps within such divisions to implement 
or enforce the mitigation methodology, referred to as the 
‘‘Modified Charleston Method’’. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Energy to finalize, 
implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Energy 
Conservation Standards Ceiling Fans and Ceiling Fan 
Light Kits’’ and identified by regulation identification 
number 1904–AC87. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to relocate or consolidate general and 
administrative functions, personnel, or resources of the 
Buffalo and Chicago Districts of the Corps of Engineers 
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out section 801 of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17281). 
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SEC. 519. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 
or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 
by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 
of its principals— 
(1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 
has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren-
dered against it for: (A) commission of fraud or a 
criminal offense in connection with obtaining, at-
tempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, 
State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of 
Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 
submission of offers; or (B) commission of embezzle-
ment, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruc-
tion of records, making false statements, tax eva-
sion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving 
stolen property; 
(2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 
criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti-
ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer-
ated above in paragraph (1); or 
(3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 
has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 
an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil-
ity remains unsatisfied. 
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SEC. 520. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for ‘‘Department of Energy––Energy Programs––Depart-
ment Administration’’, and increasing the amount made 
available for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil––Department of 
the Army––Corps of Engineers––Construction’’, by 
$2,000,000. 
SEC. 521. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Fossil 
Energy Research and Development’’, and increasing the 
amount made available for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil— 
Department of the Army—Corps of Engineers-Civil— 
Construction’’, by $20,000,000. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or funds available in the Bonneville Power Adminis-
tration Fund may be used by the Department of Energy 
for any program, project, or activity required by or other-
wise proposed in the memorandum from Steven Chu, Sec-
retary of Energy, to the Power Marketing Administrators 
with the subject line ‘‘Power Marketing Administrations’ 
Role’’ and dated March 16, 2012. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to reduce the active and inactive nuclear 
weapons stockpiles of the United States in contravention 
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