to remain available until expended, of which $281,702,000 
shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec-
lamation Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 
U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 
Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to 
$195,790,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration from the sale of power and related services 
shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 
collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 
purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western 
Area 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 2013 appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $96,130,000, of which 
$85,912,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount herein appropriated, not 
more than $3,375,000 is for deposit into the Utah Rec-
lamation Mitigation and Conservation Account pursuant 
to title IV of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $242,858,000 collected 
by the Western Area Power Administration pursuant to 
the Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Reclamation
Project Act of 1939 to recover purchase power and wheel-
ing expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting 
collections, 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). 
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE 
FUND 
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 
the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 
Dams, $5,555,000, to remain available until expended, 
and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 
and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 
18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255) as amended: Provided, That not-
withstanding the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 
3302, up to $5,335,000 collected by the Western Area 
Power Administration from the sale of power and related 
services from the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be cred-
ited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, 
to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 
of funding the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facili-
ties of these Dams and associated Western Area Power
Administration activities: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced 
as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2013 appropriation estimated 
at not more than $220,000: Provided further, That for 
purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means ex-
penditures that are generally recovered in the same year 
that they are incurred. 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and official reception 
and representation expenses not to exceed $3,000, 
$304,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $304,600,000 of revenues from fees and an-
nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 
year 2013 shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this account, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues 
are received during fiscal year 2013 so as to result in a
final fiscal year 2013 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $0. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 
made available by this title for the Department of Energy 
shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 
or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 
or 
similar 
arrangements 
(including 
Requests 
for 
Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Op-
portunity Announcements) for a program, project, or ac-
tivity if the program, project, or activity has not been 
funded by Congress. 
(b) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 
to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au-
thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 
multi-year contract, award a multi-year grant, or enter 
into a multi-year cooperative agreement unless: 
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment is funded for the full period of performance as 
anticipated at the time of award; or 
(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov-
ernment’s obligation on the availability of future- 
year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate at least 14 days in ad-
vance. 
(c) Except as provided in subsections (d), (e), and 
(f), the amounts made available by this title shall be ex-
pended as authorized by law for the projects and activities 
specified in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department of En-
ergy’’ table or the text included under the heading ‘‘Title 
III—Department of Energy’’ in the report of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations accompanying this Act. 
(d) The amounts made available by this title may be 
reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 
the Department shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate at 
least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed reprogram-
ming which would cause any program, project, or activity 
funding level to increase or decrease by more than 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the 
time period covered by this Act. 
(e) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that—
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; 
(2) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act. 
(f)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re-
quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 
use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 
if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 
pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 
welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of any waiver under paragraph (1) 
as soon as practicable, but not later than 3 days after the 
date of the activity to which a requirement or restriction 
would otherwise have applied. Such notice shall include an 
explanation of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) 
that permitted such waiver. 
SEC. 302. The unexpended balances of prior appro-
priations provided for activities in this Act may be avail-
able to the same appropriation accounts for such activities 
established pursuant to this title. Available balances may
be merged with funds in the applicable established ac-
counts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund 
for the same time period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 
Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) dur-
ing fiscal year 2013 until the enactment of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi-
fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 
830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of-
fice of Health, Safety, and Security to ensure the project 
is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 305. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to approve a Critical Decision-2 or Crit-
ical Decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 
413.3B, or any successive departmental guidance, for con-
struction projects where the total project cost exceeds 
$100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 
has been developed for the project for that critical deci-
sion.
SEC. 306. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to make a grant allocation, discretionary 
grant award, discretionary contract award, or Other 
Transaction Agreement, or to issue a letter of intent, to-
taling in excess of $1,000,000, or to announce publicly the 
intention to make such an allocation, award, or Agree-
ment, or to issue such a letter, including a contract cov-
ered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless the 
Secretary of Energy notifies the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
at least 3 full business days in advance of making such 
an allocation, award, or Agreement, or issuing such a let-
ter: Provided, That if the Secretary of Energy determines 
that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 
risk to human life, health, or safety, an allocation, award, 
or Agreement may be made, or a letter may be issued, 
without advance notification, and the Secretary shall no-
tify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives not later than 5 full business 
days after the date on which such an allocation, award, 
or Agreement is made or letter issued: Provided further, 
That the notification shall include the recipient of the 
award, the amount of the award, the fiscal year for which 
the funds for the award were appropriated, and the ac-
count and program from which the funds are being drawn,
the title of the award, and a brief description of the activ-
ity for which the award is made. 
SEC. 307. None of the funds made available by this 
or any subsequent Act for fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal 
year hereafter may be used to pay the salaries of Depart-
ment of Energy employees to carry out section 407 of divi-
sion A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
of 2009. 
SEC. 308. Section 20320(c) of division B of Public 
Law 109–289, as added by Public Law 110–5, is amended 
by striking ‘‘an annual review’’ and inserting ‘‘a review 
every 3 years’’. 
SEC. 309. Not later than June 30, 2013, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations a tritium and enriched uranium man-
agement plan that provides: 
(a) An assessment of the national security demand 
for tritium through 2060; 
(b) An assessment of the national security demand 
for low and highly enriched uranium through 2060; 
(c) A description of the Department of Energy’s plan 
to provide adequate amounts of tritium for national secu-
rity purposes through 2060, including the derivation of 
adequate supplies of enriched uranium and its use;
(d) An analysis of planned and alternative tritium 
production technologies, including weapons dismantle-
ment; 
(e) An analysis of planned and alternative enriched 
uranium production technologies, including down-blend-
ing, which are available to meet the supply needs for na-
tional security programs through 2060. 
SEC. 310. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for uranium transactions that do not con-
form to the excess uranium inventory management plan 
submitted pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2012. 
SEC. 311. No funds within this Act shall be expended 
to promulgate the final rule pursuant to section 433 of 
the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, Pub-
lic Law 110–140 (Dec. 19, 2007) (42 U.S.C. 6834) and 
no funds shall be used to implement any final rule imple-
menting section 433 of the Energy Independence and Se-
curity Act of 2007, Public Law 110–140 (Dec. 19, 2007) 
(42 U.S.C. 6834). 
SEC. 312. None of the funds made available in this 
title or funds available in the Bonneville Power Adminis-
tration Fund may be used by the Department of Energy 
for any new program, project, or activity required by or 
otherwise proposed in the memorandum from Steven Chu,
Secretary of Energy, to the Power Marketing Administra-
tors with the subject line ‘‘Power Marketing Administra-
tions’ Role’’ and dated March 16, 2012. 
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au-
thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
1965, as amended, notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 14704, and 
for necessary expenses for the Federal Co-Chairman and 
the Alternate on the Appalachian Regional Commission, 
for payment of the Federal share of the administrative ex-
penses of the Commission, including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$75,317,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Fa-
cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 
by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 
Law 100–456, section 1441, $29,415,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2014. 
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Delta Regional Author-
ity and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the
Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, as amended, not-
withstanding sections 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 
382N of said Act, $11,677,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses of the Denali Commission including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment as necessary and other expenses, 
$10,679,000, to remain available until expended, notwith-
standing the limitations contained in section 306(g) of the 
Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, That funds 
shall be available for construction projects in an amount 
not to exceed 80 percent of total project cost for distressed 
communities, as defined by section 307 of the Denali Com-
mission Act of 1998 (division C, title III, Public Law 105– 
277), as amended by section 701 of appendix D, title VII, 
Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–280), and an 
amount not to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed com-
munities. 
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses of the Northern Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $1,425,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available for administrative expenses,
notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United 
States Code. 
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses of the Southeast Crescent Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission in car-
rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 
of 1974, as amended, and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
as amended, including official representation expenses 
(not to exceed $25,000), $1,038,800,000 (increased by 
$10,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount appropriated herein, not more 
than $9,500,000 may be made available for salaries, trav-
el, and other support costs for the Office of the Commis-
sion, of which, notwithstanding section 201(a)(2)(c) of the 
Energy 
Reorganization 
Act 
of 
1974 
(42 
U.S.C. 
5841(a)(2)(c)), the use and expenditure shall only be ap-
proved by a majority vote of the Commission: Provided 
further, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection serv-
ices, and other services and collections estimated at 
$911,772,000 in fiscal year 2013 shall be retained and
used for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues 
received during fiscal year 2013 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2013 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$127,028,000: Provided further, That of the amounts ap-
propriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for 
university research and development in areas relevant to 
their respective organization’s mission, and $5,000,000 
shall be for a Nuclear Science and Engineering Grant Pro-
gram that will support multiyear projects that do not align 
with programmatic missions but are critical to maintain-
ing the discipline of nuclear science and engineering. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $11,020,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2014: Provided, That revenues from 
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
collections estimated at $9,918,000 in fiscal year 2013 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
2014, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 
notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated
shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur-
ing fiscal year 2013 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2013 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$1,102,000. 
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 established in section 302(c) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 10222(c)) and to remain available until 
expended. 
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 
of 2004, $1,000,000: Provided, That any fees, charges, or 
commissions received pursuant to section 802 of Public 
Law 110–140 in fiscal year 2013 in excess of $2,000,000 
shall not be available for obligation until appropriated in 
a subsequent Act of Congress.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, INDEPENDENT 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. (a) None of the funds provided for ‘‘Nu-
clear Regulatory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ in 
this Act or prior Acts shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; or 
(2) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act. 
(b) The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Com-
mission may not terminate any program, project, or activ-
ity without the approval of a majority vote of the Commis-
sioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approving 
such action. 
(c) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may waive 
the restriction on reprogramming under subsection (a) on 
a case-by-case basis by certifying to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate that such action is required to address national 
security or imminent risks to public safety. Each such 
waiver certification shall include a letter from the Chair-
man of the Commission that a majority of Commissioners
of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have voted and ap-
proved the reprogramming waiver certification. 
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 
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 
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 in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 503. 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. 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-
poration that was convicted (or had an officer or agent 
of such corporation acting on behalf of the corporation 
convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 
law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding 
agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has 
considered suspension or debarment of the corporation, or
such officer or agent, and made a determination that this 
further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 
the Government. 
SEC. 505. 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 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 made a determination 
that this further action is not necessary to protect the in-
terests of the Government. 
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’’). 
SEC. 507. No funds made available by this Act may 
be used to pay for mitigation associated with the removal
of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project num-
ber 2342. 
SEC. 508. 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. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 509. 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 
(increased by $25,000,000). 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to plan for the termination of peri-
odic nourishment for any water resource development 
project described in section 156 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–587), as 
amended by the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986 (Public Law 99–662).
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement section 10011(b) of Public 
Law 111–11. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to provide new loan guarantees or 
loan guarantee commitments under section 1705 of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16515). 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for ‘‘Department of Energy; Energy Programs; 
Science’’ may be used in contravention of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Energy to require 
grant recipients to replace any lighting that does not meet 
or exceed the energy efficiency standard set forth in sec-
tion 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6295). 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to develop or submit a proposal to expand 
the authorized uses of the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund described in section 9505(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)). 
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to fund any portion of the Inter-
national program activities at the Office of Energy Effi-
ciency and Renewable Energy of the Department of En-
ergy with the exception of the activities authorized in sec-
tion 917 of the Energy Independence and Security Act 
of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17337). 
SEC. 517. 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. 518. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to continue the study conducted by the 
Army Corps of Engineers pursuant to section 5018(a)(1) 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Energy or any 
other Federal agency to lease or purchase new light duty 
vehicles, for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet 
inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo-
randum-Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.
SEC. 520. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guar-
antee Program may be used by the Department of Energy 
to issue or administer new loan guarantees for renewable 
energy systems, electric power transmission systems, or 
leading edge biofuel projects as defined by section 1705 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. 
SEC. 521. Of the funds appropriated in title I of this 
Act, not more than $50,000,000 may be used for the Mis-
souri River Recovery Program. 
SEC. 522. 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. 523. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to carry out section 801 of Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17281). 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available under 
this Act for the Advanced Research Projects Agency—En-
ergy may be used for unallowable costs related to adver-
tising or promoting the sale of products or services in con-
travention of the requirements of section 31.205–1, or for 
unallowable expenditures related to raising capital in con-
travention of the requirements of 31.205–27, of title 48 
of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce part 429 or 430 of title 10, 
Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to showerheads 
(as that term is defined in section 430.2 of such title). 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the pro-
posed rule entitled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program: En-
ergy Conservation Standards for Battery Chargers and 
External Power Supplies’’ (77 Fed. Reg. 18478 (March 
27, 2012)) with respect to product class 7 (as described 
in such proposed rule). 
SEC. 527. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce section 526 of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 
140; 42 U.S.C. 17142). 
SEC. 528. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used by the Department of Energy to 
fund the Wind Powering America Initiative. 
SEC. 529. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Energy to subordi-
nate any loan obligation to other financing in violation of
section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16512) or to subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to 
any loan or other debt obligations in violation of section 
609.10 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to conduct a survey in which money is 
included or provided for the benefit of the responder. 
SEC. 531. None the funds made available by this Act 
may be used for the study of the Missouri River Projects 
authorized in section 108 of the Energy and Water Devel-
opment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 
(division C of Public Law 111–8). 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2013’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 6, 2012. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5325 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for energy and water devel-
opment and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2013, and for other pur-
poses.