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In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 
5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 
Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF ENGINEERS— 
CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I of 
this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming 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 program, 
project, or activity for which funds have been denied or 
restricted by this Act, unless prior approval is received 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
tivity for a different purpose, unless prior approval is re-
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ceived from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress; 
(5) 
augments 
or 
reduces 
existing 
programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of the amounts contained 
in paragraphs (6) through (10), unless prior approval is 
received from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress; 
(6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 
$100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 
amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study or 
activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level less 
than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is $25,000: 
Provided further, That up to $25,000 may be repro-
grammed into any continuing study or activity that did 
not receive an appropriation for existing obligations and 
concomitant administrative expenses; 
(7) 
CONSTRUCTION.—For 
a 
base 
level 
over 
$2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the base 
amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, study 
or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level less 
than $2,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $300,000: 
Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 may be repro-
grammed for settled contractor claims, changed condi-
tions, or real estate deficiency judgments: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $300,000 may be reprogrammed into
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any continuing study or activity that did not receive an 
appropriation for existing obligations and concomitant 
administrative expenses; 
(8) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—Unlimited re-
programming authority is granted for the Corps to be 
able to respond to emergencies: Provided, That the Chief 
of Engineers shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of these emergency ac-
tions as soon thereafter as practicable: Provided further, 
That for a base level over $1,000,000, reprogramming of 
15 percent of the base amount up to a limit of 
$5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed: Pro-
vided further, That for a base level less than $1,000,000, 
the reprogramming limit is $150,000: Provided further, 
That $150,000 may be reprogrammed into any con-
tinuing study or activity that did not receive an appro-
priation; 
(9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.—The re-
programming guidelines in paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) 
shall apply to the Investigations, Construction, and Op-
eration and Maintenance portions of the Mississippi 
River and Tributaries Account, respectively; and 
(10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION 
PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 percent of the 
base of the receiving project is permitted.
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(b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case should 
a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
(c) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM.—Subsection 
(a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity funded under 
the continuing authorities program. 
(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to es-
tablish the baseline for application of reprogramming and 
transfer authorities for the current fiscal year which shall in-
clude: 
(1) A table for each appropriation with a separate 
column to display the President’s budget request, adjust-
ments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted re-
scissions, if applicable, and the fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) A delineation in the table for each appropriation 
both by object class and program, project and activity as 
detailed in the budget appendix for the respective appro-
priations; and 
(3) An identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall allocate funds made avail-
able in this Act solely in accordance with the provisions of 
this Act and in the explanatory statement described in section
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4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
SEC. 103. 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, except that such 
amounts may include any funds that have been made avail-
able through reprogramming pursuant to section 101. 
SEC. 104. 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 $8,200,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps of 
Engineers projects. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for an open lake placement alternative for dredged material, 
after evaluating the least costly, environmentally acceptable 
manner for the disposal or management of dredged material 
originating from Lake Erie or tributaries thereto, unless it is 
approved under a State water quality certification pursuant 
to section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That until an open lake place-
ment alternative for dredged material is approved under a 
State water quality certification, the Corps of Engineers shall 
continue upland placement of such dredged material con-
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sistent with the requirements of section 101 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation study 
under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, 
project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 
636, ch. 595). 
SEC. 107. Additional funding provided in this Act shall 
be allocated only to projects determined to be eligible by the 
Chief of Engineers. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available by this Act 
or any prior Act may be used to alter the eligibility require-
ments for assistance under section 5 of the Act of August 18, 
1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n) in effect on November 14, 2022, 
without express authorization by Congress. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other requirement, the 
remaining unobligated balances from amounts made available 
under the heading ‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil—Construc-
tion’’ in division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (Public Law 117–58) for which spend plan allocations 
have not been announced as of the date of enactment of this 
Act (other than such balances otherwise repurposed by the 
third proviso under such heading in this title) may be made 
available for projects, in addition to amounts otherwise made 
available for such purposes and regardless of project purpose,
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that have previously received funds under the heading ‘‘Con-
struction’’ in title IV of division B of the Bipartisan Budget 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123) subject to the terms and 
conditions of such title IV of division B as applicable and as 
specifically modified by section 111 of this Act, or in chapter 
4 of title X of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 
(division A of Public Law 113–2) subject to the terms and 
conditions of such chapter 4 of title X as applicable and as 
specifically modified by section 111 of this Act, and for which 
non-Federal interests have entered into binding agreements 
with the Secretary as of the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section 
that were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, 
and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget en-
forcement in the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 110. The remaining unobligated balances from 
amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in title 
IV of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2022 (division B of Public Law 117–43) for which spend 
plan allocations were announced prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act shall be reallocated to the same project, in-
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cluding modifications thereto, and in addition to amounts 
otherwise made available for such purpose, that has pre-
viously received funds under such heading in title IV of divi-
sion B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115–123), subject to the terms and conditions of such title 
IV of division B of Public Law 115–123 as applicable and 
as specifically modified by section 111 of this Act: Provided, 
That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were 
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 111. Studies or projects receiving funds under the 
following headings in the following Acts as of the date of en-
actment of this Act are not required to be completed with 
such funds and may receive funds from this Act or future 
Acts, and any additional funds for such studies and projects 
shall be subject to the same terms and conditions applicable 
to the following headings in the following Acts— 
(1) ‘‘Investigations’’ or ‘‘Construction’’ in title IV of 
division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–123);
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(2) ‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil—Construction’’ in 
chapter 4 of title X of the Disaster Relief Appropriations 
Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 113–2); and 
(3) ‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil—Investigations’’ in 
title III of division J of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58). 
SEC. 112. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available to ‘‘Corps of Engineers— 
Civil’’, the following funds shall be transferred from the fol-
lowing accounts and programs in the specified amounts to 
‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil—Investigations’’ and, in addition 
to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes, shall 
be used for studies that have previously received funds pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘Investigations’’ in title IV of divi-
sion B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115–123) or under such heading in title III of division J of 
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58) and for which non-Federal interests have entered 
into feasibility cost sharing agreements with the Secretary as 
of the date of enactment of this Act— 
(1) $371,293.38 from the unobligated balances 
under the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in chapter 3 of title 
I of division B of Public Law 109–148; 
(2) $562,613.89 from the unobligated balances 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in
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chapter 3 of title I of division B of Public Law 109–148 
that were provided for the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet 
channel; 
(3) $38,873.32 from the unobligated balances under 
the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in chapter 3 of title II of 
Public Law 109–234 that were provided for the Lake 
Pontchartrain and Vicinity project, the North Padre Is-
land, Texas project, the Sacramento, California, Area 
project, and the Hawaii Water Systems Technical Assist-
ance Program; 
(4) $95.55 from the combined unobligated balances 
under the ‘‘Construction’’ headings in chapter 3 of title 
IV and chapter 3 of title V of Public Law 110–28; 
(5) $83,734.13 from the unobligated balances under 
the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in chapter 3 of title III of 
Public Law 110–252, including amounts that were pro-
vided for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity project, 
the West Bank and Vicinity project, and the Southeast 
Louisiana Urban Drainage project; 
(6) $2,122.56 from the unobligated balances under 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in chapter 3 
of title III of Public Law 110–252; 
(7) $10.72 from the unobligated balances under the 
heading ‘‘Mississippi River and Tributaries’’ in chapter 
3 of title III of Public Law 110–252;
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(8) $274,678.03 from the unobligated balances 
under the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in chapter 3 of title 
I of division B of Public Law 110–329 that were pro-
vided for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity project, 
the West Bank and Vicinity project, and the Southeast 
Louisiana Urban Drainage project; 
(9) $267,434.81 from the unobligated balances 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in 
chapter 3 of title I of division B of Public Law 110–329; 
(10) $0.02 from the unobligated balances under the 
heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in title IV of 
Public Law 111–32; 
(11) $246,869.24 from the unobligated balances 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in 
chapter 4 of title I of Public Law 111–212; and 
(12) $2,643,142.04 from the unobligated balances 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in title 
I of Public Law 112–77: 
Provided, That studies receiving funding pursuant to this sec-
tion shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the head-
ing ‘‘Investigations’’ in title IV of division B of the Bipar-
tisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123) or such 
heading in title III of division J of the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), as applicable and 
as specifically modified by section 111 of this Act: Provided
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further, That amounts repurposed or transferred pursuant to 
this section that were previously designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso-
lution on the budget or as being for disaster relief pursuant 
to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 are designated by the Congress as being an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.
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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, $23,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $4,650,000 shall be deposited 
into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Ac-
count for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-
servation Commission: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $1,750,000 shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, for expenses necessary in carrying out re-
lated responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2024, of the amount made avail-
able to the Commission under this Act or any other Act, the 
Commission may use an amount not to exceed $1,990,000 for 
administrative expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to exe-
cute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation: 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For management, development, and restoration of water 
and related natural resources and for related activities, in-
cluding the operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of rec-
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lamation and other facilities, participation in fulfilling related 
Federal responsibilities to Native Americans, and related 
grants to, and cooperative and other agreements with, State 
and local governments, federally recognized Indian Tribes, 
and others, $1,751,698,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $1,051,000 shall be available for transfer to 
the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and $7,584,000 shall 
be available for transfer to the Lower Colorado River Basin 
Development Fund; of which such amounts as may be nec-
essary may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: 
Provided, That $500,000 shall be available for transfer into 
the Aging Infrastructure Account established by section 
9603(d)(1) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009, as amended (43 U.S.C. 510b(d)(1)): Provided further, 
That such transfers, except for the transfer authorized by the 
preceding proviso, may be increased or decreased within the 
overall appropriation under this heading: Provided further, 
That of the total appropriated, the amount for program ac-
tivities that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund, the 
Water Storage Enhancement Receipts account established by 
section 4011(e) of Public Law 114–322, or the Bureau of 
Reclamation special fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 
6806 shall be derived from that Fund or account: Provided 
further, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 are 
available until expended for the purposes for which the funds
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were contributed: Provided further, That funds advanced 
under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account and 
are available until expended for the same purposes as the 
sums appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$5,500,000 shall be deposited in the San Gabriel Basin Res-
toration Fund established by section 110 of title I of division 
B of appendix D of Public Law 106–554: Provided further, 
That of the amounts provided herein, funds may be used for 
high-priority projects which shall be carried out by the Youth 
Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Pro-
vided further, That within available funds, $250,000 shall be 
for grants and financial assistance for educational activities: 
Provided further, That in accordance with section 4007 of 
Public Law 114–322 and as recommended by the Secretary 
in a letter dated July 25, 2023, funding provided for such 
purpose in fiscal year 2023 and prior fiscal years shall be 
made available to the Sites Reservoir Project. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat 
restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the 
Central Valley Project Improvement Act, such sums as may 
be collected in fiscal year 2024 in the Central Valley Project 
Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), 
and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, to remain available until
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expended: Provided, That the Bureau of Reclamation is di-
rected 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 Sup-
ply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, con-
sistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of the In-
terior, $33,000,000, to remain available until expended, 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 pur-
poses: Provided, That funds appropriated herein may be used 
for the Federal share of the costs of CALFED Program 
management: Provided further, That CALFED implementa-
tion shall be carried out in a balanced manner with clear per-
formance measures demonstrating concurrent progress in 
achieving the goals and objectives of the Program.
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POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for policy, administration, and 
related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the Den-
ver office, and offices in the six regions of the Bureau of Rec-
lamation, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
$66,794,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund and 
be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377, of which 
not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and 
representation expenses: 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 and replacement of not to exceed 30 
motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II of 
this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided by 
previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agencies or 
entities funded in title II of this Act for Water and Related 
Resources that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2024, shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure through a reprogramming of funds that—
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(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, or 
activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or ac-
tivity for which funds have been denied or restricted by 
this Act, unless prior approval is received from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 
(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or ac-
tivity for which funds are not provided in this Act, un-
less prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following limits, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 
(A) 15 percent for any program, project or ac-
tivity for which $2,000,000 or more is available at 
the beginning of the fiscal year; or 
(B) $400,000 for any program, project or ac-
tivity for which less than $2,000,000 is available at 
the beginning of the fiscal year; 
(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the 
Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation 
category or the Resources Management and Develop-
ment category to any program, project, or activity in the 
other category, unless prior approval is received from the
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Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress; or 
(7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal ob-
ligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 
$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled con-
tractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to ac-
celerated rates of operations, and real estate deficiency 
judgments, unless prior approval is received from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer of 
funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Re-
habilitation category. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 
means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 
project, or activity. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the 
amounts made available in this title under the heading ‘‘Bu-
reau of Reclamation—Water and Related Resources’’ shall be 
expended for the programs, projects, and activities specified 
in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ columns in the ‘‘Water and Related Re-
sources’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title II—Depart-
ment of the Interior’’ in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act).
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(e) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports on 
a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro-
grammed between programs, projects, activities, 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. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to determine 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 ap-
proved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis 
drainage waters. 
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-
gram and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Pro-
gram shall be classified by the Secretary of the Interior as 
reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully re-
paid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program—Alternative Repay-
ment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alternative Repayment Plan’’ 
described in the report entitled ‘‘Repayment Report, 
Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San Joaquin Val-
ley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, prepared by the De-
partment of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Any future
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obligations of funds by the United States relating to, or pro-
viding for, drainage service or drainage studies for the San 
Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit bene-
ficiaries of such service or studies pursuant to Federal rec-
lamation law. 
SEC. 203. Section 9504(e) of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$820,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$920,000,000’’. 
SEC. 204. (a) Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the Calfed 
Bay-Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as amended 
by section 204 of division D of Public Law 117–103, shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2022’’ each place it 
appears. 
(b) Section 103(f)(4)(A) of Public Law 108–361 (the 
Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act) is amended by striking 
‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000’’. 
SEC. 205. Section 9106(g)(2) of Public Law 111–11 
(Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009) shall be 
applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2022’’. 
SEC. 206. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation States 
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2214(c)) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2022’’. 
(b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) shall be applied
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by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2022’’ and by substituting 
‘‘$130,000,000’’ for ‘‘$120,000,000’’. 
SEC. 207. Section 9503(f) of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10363(f)) shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2023’’.
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TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
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 acqui-
sition, construction, or expansion, $3,460,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$223,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 
for program direction. 
CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY SECURITY, AND EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy sector 
cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency response activi-
ties in carrying out the purposes of the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facil-
ity or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-
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sion, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $28,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 
ELECTRICITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for electricity activi-
ties in carrying out the purposes of the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facil-
ity or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-
sion, $280,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $19,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2025, for program direction: Provided 
further, That funds under this heading allocated for the pur-
poses of section 9 of the Small Business Act, as amended (15 
U.S.C. 638), including for Small Business Innovation Re-
search and Small Business Technology Transfer activities, or 
for the purposes of section 1001 of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005, as amended (42 U.S.C. 16391(a)), for Technology 
Commercialization Fund activities, may be reprogrammed 
without being subject to the restrictions in section 301 of this 
Act.
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GRID DEPLOYMENT 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for grid deployment 
in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7191 et seq.), including the ac-
quisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of such amount, $6,000,000 shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, for program direction. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 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 ex-
pansion, $1,685,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amount, $90,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2025, for program direction: Pro-
vided further, That for the purpose of section 954(a)(6) of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended, the only amount 
available shall be from the amount specified as including that
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purpose in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department of 
Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title III—De-
partment of Energy’’ in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act). 
FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out fossil energy and carbon management research and 
development activities, under the authority of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ-
ing the acquisition of interest, including defeasible and equi-
table interests in any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting in-
quiries, technological investigations and research concerning 
the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral sub-
stances without objectionable social and environmental costs 
(30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), $865,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount 
$70,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, for 
program direction. 
ENERGY PROJECTS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out community project funding activities, under the au-
thority of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $83,724,000, to remain available until
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expended, for projects specified in the table that appears 
under the heading ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending for 
Energy Projects’’ in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act). 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry 
out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 
$13,010,000, 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 Department of Energy expenses necessary for Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve facility development and operations 
and program management activities pursuant to the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), 
$213,390,000, to remain available until expended. 
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT 
For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of pe-
troleum products, and for other necessary expenses pursuant 
to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), sections 403 and 404 of 
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6241, 6239 
note), section 32204 of the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
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portation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241 note), and section 30204 of 
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 6241 note), 
$100,000, to remain available until expended. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, and 
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $7,150,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities of the Energy Information Adminis-
tration, $135,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment and other expenses necessary for non-defense envi-
ronmental 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 condemnation of any real 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $342,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That in addition, fees collected pur-
suant to subsection (b)(1) of section 6939f of title 42, United 
States Code, and deposited under this heading in fiscal year
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2024 pursuant to section 309 of title III of division C of 
Public Law 116–94 are appropriated, to remain available 
until expended, for mercury storage costs. 
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING FUND 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination and 
decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activities of 
title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, sub-
title A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $855,000,000, to 
be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination 
and Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $0 shall be available in accordance with title 
X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. 
SCIENCE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for science activities 
in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the ac-
quisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
and purchase of not more than 35 passenger motor vehicles, 
$8,240,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
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That of such amount, $226,831,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2025, for program direction. 
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for nu-
clear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes of the 
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public Law 97–425, as 
amended, $12,040,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund. 
TECHNOLOGY TRANSITIONS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for car-
rying 
out 
the 
activities 
of 
technology 
transitions, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of such amount, $11,500,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2025, for program direction. 
CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATIONS 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment and other expenses necessary for clean energy 
demonstrations in carrying out the purposes of the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
including the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, $50,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of such amount, $27,500,000
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shall be available until September 30, 2025, for program di-
rection. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 
America 
COMPETES 
Act 
(Public 
Law 
110–69), 
$460,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of such amount, $40,000,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2025, for program direction. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received from 
borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall be col-
lected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for necessary adminis-
trative expenses of the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan 
Guarantee Program, as authorized, $70,000,000 is appro-
priated, to remain available until September 30, 2025: Pro-
vided further, That up to $70,000,000 of fees collected in fis-
cal year 2024 pursuant to section 1702(h) of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 shall be credited as offsetting collections 
under this heading and used for necessary administrative ex-
penses in this appropriation and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025: Provided further, That to the extent
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TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses nec-
essary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee 
Program, $6,300,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025. 
INDIAN ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities in 
carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Or-
ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $70,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, $14,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy 
necessary for departmental administration in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $387,078,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, including the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and official reception and representation expenses not 
to exceed $30,000, 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 in-
creases in cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the 
same or greater amount: Provided further, That moneys re-
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ceived by the Department for miscellaneous revenues esti-
mated to total $100,578,000 in fiscal year 2024 may be re-
tained and used for operating expenses within this account, 
as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwith-
standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as collec-
tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the general fund es-
timated at not more than $286,500,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $86,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025. 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for atomic 
energy defense weapons activities in carrying out the pur-
poses of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemna-
tion of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
acquisition, construction, or expansion, $19,108,000,000, to
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remain available until expended: Provided, That of such 
amount, $118,056,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2025, for program direction. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for de-
fense 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 condemna-
tion of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
acquisition, construction, or expansion, $2,581,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
NAVAL REACTORS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval 
reactors activities to carry out the Department of Energy Or-
ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui-
sition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, or other-
wise) of real property, plant, and capital equipment, facilities, 
and facility expansion, $1,946,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which, $92,800,000 shall be transferred to 
‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear En-
ergy’’, for the Advanced Test Reactor: Provided, That of such
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amount made available under this heading, $61,540,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex-
penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
$500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
including official reception and representation expenses not to 
exceed $17,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 
ACTIVITIES 
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic energy 
defense 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 condemna-
tion of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
acquisition, construction, or expansion, $7,285,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of such 
amount, $326,893,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2025, for program direction.
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DEFENSE URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for atomic energy defense en-
vironmental cleanup activities for Department of Energy con-
tributions for uranium enrichment decontamination and de-
commissioning activities, $285,000,000, to be deposited into 
the Defense Environmental Cleanup account, which shall be 
transferred to the ‘‘Uranium Enrichment Decontamination 
and Decommissioning Fund’’. 
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic energy 
defense, other defense activities, and classified activities, in 
carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Or-
ganization 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 expansion, 
$1,080,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of such amount, $381,593,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2025, for program direction.
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POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration 
Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, are ap-
proved for official reception and representation expenses in 
an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That during fiscal 
year 2024, no new direct loan obligations may be made. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric 
power and energy, including transmission wheeling and ancil-
lary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southeastern 
power area, $8,449,000, including official reception and rep-
resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1944, up to $8,449,000 collected by the Southeastern 
Power Administration from the sale of power and related 
services shall be credited to this account as discretionary off-
setting collections, 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 reduced
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as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to re-
sult in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $71,850,000 collected by the South-
eastern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 
shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to 
remain available until expended for the sole purpose of mak-
ing purchase power and wheeling expenditures: Provided fur-
ther, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses 
means expenditures 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 expenses necessary for operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric 
power and energy, for construction and acquisition of trans-
mission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, and for 
administrative expenses, including official reception and rep-
resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500 in 
carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 
U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the Southwestern Power Adminis-
tration, $52,326,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of
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the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to 
$40,886,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Adminis-
tration 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 Southwestern Power Ad-
ministration: 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 2024 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$11,440,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $80,000,000 collected by the South-
western Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 
shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to 
remain available until expended for the sole purpose of mak-
ing purchase power and wheeling expenditures: Provided fur-
ther, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses 
means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same 
year that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
wheeling expenses). 
CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
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.
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7152), and other related activities including conservation and 
renewable resources programs as authorized, $313,289,000, 
including official reception and representation expenses in an 
amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $313,289,000 shall be derived from the De-
partment of the Interior Reclamation Fund: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Inte-
rior Department Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), 
up to $213,417,000 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 collec-
tions, 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 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 2024 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$99,872,000, of which $99,872,000 is derived from the Rec-
lamation Fund: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $475,000,000 collected by the Western 
Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to re-
cover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited 
to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available
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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 expendi-
tures that are generally recovered in the same year that they 
are incurred (excluding purchase power and wheeling ex-
penses). 
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE 
FUND 
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the 
hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, 
$3,425,000, to remain available until expended, and to be de-
rived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Mainte-
nance Fund of the Western Area Power Administration, as 
provided in section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 
255): Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of that 
Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $3,197,000 collected by the 
Western Area Power Administration from the sale of power 
and related services from the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall 
be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collec-
tions, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 
of funding the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities 
of these Dams and associated Western Area Power Adminis-
tration activities: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final
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fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$228,000: Provided further, That for purposes of this appro-
priation, annual expenses means expenditures that are gen-
erally recovered in the same year that they are incurred: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2024, the Administrator of 
the Western Area Power Administration may accept up to 
$1,872,000 in funds contributed by United States power cus-
tomers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams for deposit into the 
Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund, and 
such funds shall be available for the purpose for which con-
tributed in like manner as if said sums had been specifically 
appropriated for such purpose: Provided further, That any 
such funds shall be available without further appropriation 
and without fiscal year limitation for use by the Commis-
sioner of the United States Section of the International 
Boundary and Water Commission for the sole purpose of op-
erating, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or 
upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at these Dams in ac-
cordance with agreements reached between the Adminis-
trator, Commissioner, and the power customers. 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.),
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including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, official re-
ception and representation expenses not to exceed $3,000, 
and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $520,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$520,000,000 of revenues from fees and annual charges, and 
other services and collections in fiscal year 2024 shall be re-
tained and used for expenses necessary in this account, and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 
reduced as revenues are received during fiscal year 2024 so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at not more than $0. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS 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, Re-
quests for Information, and Funding Opportunity Announce-
ments) for a program, project, or activity if the program, 
project, or activity has not been funded by Congress. 
(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at
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(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and the 
report required by paragraph (2) shall include the recipient 
of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal year for 
which the funds for the award were appropriated, the account 
and program, project, or activity from which the funds are 
being drawn, the title of the award, and a brief description 
of the activity for which the award is made. 
(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect to 
any program, project, or activity that uses budget authority 
made available in this title under the heading ‘‘Department 
of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a multiyear con-
tract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into a multiyear co-
operative agreement unless— 
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is 
funded for the full period of performance as anticipated 
at the time of award; or 
(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
includes a clause conditioning the Federal Government’s 
obligation on the availability of future year budget au-
thority and the Secretary notifies the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress at least 3 days 
in advance. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 
the amounts made available by this title shall be expended as 
authorized by law for the programs, projects, and activities
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specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department of 
Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title III—De-
partment of Energy’’ in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act). 
(e) The amounts made available by this title may be re-
programmed for any program, project, or activity, and the 
Department shall notify, and obtain the prior approval of, the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 
least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed reprogram-
ming that would cause any program, project, or activity fund-
ing 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. 
(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds that— 
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; 
(2) increases funds or personnel for any program, 
project, or activity for which funds are denied or re-
stricted by this Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for 
a specific program, project, or activity by this Act.
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(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any require-
ment or restriction in this section that applies to the use of 
funds made available for the Department of Energy if compli-
ance with such requirement or restriction would pose a sub-
stantial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or 
national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 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 require-
ment or restriction would otherwise have applied. Such notice 
shall include an explanation of the substantial risk under 
paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 
(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 
same appropriation accounts for such activities established 
pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged with 
funds in the applicable established accounts and thereafter 
may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period 
as originally enacted. 
SEC. 302. None of the funds made available in this title 
shall be used for the construction of facilities classified as 
high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 830 unless 
independent oversight is conducted by the Office of Enter-
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prise Assessments to ensure the project is in compliance with 
nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this title 
may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical decision- 
3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or any succes-
sive departmental guidance, for construction 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 decision. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this title 
may be used to support a grant allocation award, discre-
tionary grant award, or cooperative agreement that exceeds 
$100,000,000 in Federal funding unless the project is carried 
out through internal independent project management proce-
dures. 
SEC. 305. No funds shall be transferred directly from 
‘‘Department of Energy—Power Marketing Administration— 
Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, Western Area 
Power Administration’’ to the general fund of the Treasury 
in the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 306. Only $35,000,000 of the amounts made avail-
able in this Act under the heading ‘‘Weapons Activities’’ for 
W80–4 Alteration-SLCM, as specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ col-
umn in the ‘‘Department of Energy’’ table included under the 
heading ‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in the explana-
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tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act), shall be available for obli-
gation until 15 days after the date on which the Adminis-
trator of the National Nuclear Security Administration cer-
tifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress that the Administrator is in compliance 
with the requirements of subsection (c) and subsection (d) of 
section 1642 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263). 
SEC. 307. (a) Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available to the Department of Energy under each 
heading in title III of division J of Public Law 117–58, an 
amount equal to the amount transferred from each such 
heading as of September 30, 2023, pursuant to section 303 
of Public Law 117–58 shall be transferred not later than 15 
days after the date of enactment of this Act to the Office of 
the Inspector General of the Department of Energy to over-
see the funds made available to the Department of Energy 
in Public Law 117–58: Provided, That any amounts so trans-
ferred that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the Budget are designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
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year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 
budget enforcement in the House of Representatives. 
(b) As of the date of enactment of this Act, of the 
amounts made available to the Department of Energy under 
each of sections 50121, 50141, 50142, 50143, 50144, 50145, 
50151, 50152, 50153, and 50161 of Public Law 117–169, 
two-tenths of one percent of such amounts shall be trans-
ferred to the Office of the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Energy to oversee the funds made available to the 
Department of Energy in Public Law 117–169: Provided, 
That amounts so transferred shall be derived from the unobli-
gated balances of amounts under each such section. 
(c) Section 303 of Public Law 117–58 is amended by 
striking ‘‘through 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘and 2023, and two- 
tenths of such amounts made available in each of fiscal years 
2024 through 2026’’: Provided, That amounts repurposed 
pursuant to the amendments made by this subsection that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
Budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget 
enforcement in the House of Representatives.
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SEC. 308. (a) Notwithstanding sections 161 and 167 of 
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241, 
6247), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and sell one 
million barrels of refined petroleum product from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve during fiscal year 2024. 
(b) All proceeds from such sale shall be deposited into 
the general fund of the Treasury during fiscal year 2024. 
(c) Upon the completion of such sale, the Secretary shall 
carry out the closure of the Northeast Gasoline Supply Re-
serve. 
(d)(1) The Secretary of Energy may not establish any 
new regional petroleum product reserve unless funding for 
the proposed regional petroleum product reserve is explicitly 
requested in advance in an annual budget submitted by the 
President pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code, and approved by the Congress in an appropriations 
Act. 
(2) The budget request or notification shall include— 
(A) the justification for the new reserve; 
(B) a cost estimate for the establishment, operation, 
and maintenance of the reserve, including funding 
sources; 
(C) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, in-
cluding the conditions upon which the products may be 
released;
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STATE CONSERVATION GRANTS 
SEC. 120. For expenses necessary to carry out section 
200305 of title 54, United States Code, the National Park 
Service may retain up to 7 percent of the State Conservation 
Grants program to provide to States, the District of Colum-
bia, and insular areas, as matching grants to support state 
program administrative costs. 
RETENTION OF CONCESSION FRANCHISE FEES 
SEC. 121. Section 101917(c) of title 54, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) REDUCTION.—The Secretary may reduce the 
percentage allocation otherwise applicable under para-
graph (2) to a unit or area of the National Park Service 
for a fiscal year if the Secretary determines that the rev-
enues collected at the unit or area exceed the reasonable 
needs of the unit or area for which expenditures may be 
made for that fiscal year. In no event may a percentage 
allocation be reduced below 60 percent.’’. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND DEPOSITS 
SEC. 122. Section 303102 of title 54, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ for 
‘‘fiscal year 2023’’.