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Union Calendar No. 68 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2354 
[Report No. 112–118] 
Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2011 
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for energy and water development 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2012, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for en-
ergy and water development and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers 
and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, shore 
protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related ef-
forts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary when authorized by law for 
the collection and study of basic information pertaining 
to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 
shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re-
lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies and plans and 
specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 
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ecosystem restoration projects and related efforts prior to 
construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 
miscellaneous investigations and, when authorized by law, 
surveys and detailed studies and plans and specifications 
of projects prior to construction, $104,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That except as pro-
vided in section 101, the amounts made available under 
this paragraph shall be expended as authorized by law for 
the programs, projects and activities specified in the text 
and table under this heading in the report of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
to accompany this Act. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies 
and plans and specifications of such projects (including 
those involving participation by States, local governments, 
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 
by law (but such detailed studies and plans and specifica-
tions shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern-
ment to construction), $1,615,941,000, to remain avail-
able until expended; of which such sums as are necessary 
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to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facili-
ties under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities pro-
gram shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund as authorized by the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–303); and of which such 
sums as are necessary to cover one-half of the costs of 
construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of 
inland waterways projects (including only Olmsted Lock 
and Dam, Ohio River, Illinois and Kentucky; Emsworth 
Locks and Dam, Ohio River, Pennsylvania; Lock and 
Dams 2, 3, and 4, Monongahela River, Pennsylvania; and 
Lock and Dam 27, Mississippi River, Illinois) shall be de-
rived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund: Provided, 
That of the unobligated balances from prior year appro-
priations available under this heading, $50,000,000 is re-
scinded: Provided further, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Con-
current Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
Provided further, That except as provided in section 101, 
the amounts made available under this paragraph shall be 
expended as authorized by law for the programs, projects, 
and activities specified in the text and table under this 
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heading in the report of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives to accompany this Act. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-
vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 
by law, $210,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 
share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for in-
land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund: Provided, That except as provided in 
section 101, the amounts made available under this para-
graph shall be expended as authorized by law for the pro-
grams, projects, and activities specified in the text and 
table under this heading in the report of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to ac-
company this Act. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
and related projects authorized by law; providing security 
for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps of Engi-
neers, including administrative buildings and laboratories; 
maintaining harbor channels provided by a State, munici-
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pality, or other public agency that serve essential naviga-
tion needs of general commerce, when authorized by law; 
surveying and charting northern and northwestern lakes 
and connecting waters; clearing and straightening chan-
nels; 
and 
removing 
obstructions 
to 
navigation, 
$2,366,465,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 
share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for 
coastal harbors and channels and for inland harbors shall 
be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; of 
which such sums as become available from the special ac-
count for the Corps of Engineers established by the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 
460l–6a(i)) shall be derived from that account for resource 
protection, research, interpretation, and maintenance ac-
tivities related to resource protection in the areas at which 
outdoor recreation is available; and of which such sums 
as become available from fees collected under section 217 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–303) shall be used to cover the cost of operation 
and maintenance of the dredged material disposal facilities 
for which such fees have been collected: Provided, That 
1 percent of the total amount of funds provided for each 
of the programs, projects or activities funded under this 
heading shall not be allocated to a field operating activity 
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prior to the beginning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal 
year and shall be available for use by the Chief of Engi-
neers to fund such emergency activities as the Chief of 
Engineers determines to be necessary and appropriate, 
and that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the 
fourth quarter any remaining funds which have not been 
used for emergency activities proportionally in accordance 
with the amounts provided for the programs, projects or 
activities: Provided further, That except as provided in sec-
tion 101, the amounts made available under this para-
graph shall be expended as authorized by law for the pro-
grams, projects, and activities specified in the text and 
table under this heading in the report of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to ac-
company this Act. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$196,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $109,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for floods, hurri-
canes, and other natural disasters and support emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 
such disasters as authorized by law, $27,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen-
eral administration of the civil works program in the head-
quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 
Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op-
eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ-
ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 
Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 
the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen-
ter allocable to the civil works program, $185,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$5,000 may be used for official reception and representa-
tion purposes and only during the current fiscal year: Pro-
vided, That no part of any other appropriation in this title 
shall be available to fund the civil works activities of the 
Office of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works execu-
tive direction and management activities of the division 
offices: Provided further, That any Flood Control and 
Coastal Emergencies appropriation may be used to fund 
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the supervision and general administration of emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to any 
flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 
FOR CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works as authorized by section 3016(b)(3) of 
title 10, United States Code, $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
The Revolving Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be 
available during the current fiscal year for purchase (not 
to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles for the civil works program. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
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(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; 
(4) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act; 
(5) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; or 
(6) reduces funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less. 
(b) Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project 
or activity authorized under section 205 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1948, section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 
1946, section 208 of the Flood Control Act of 1954, sec-
tion 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, section 
103 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962, section 111 
of the River and Harbor Act of 1968, section 1135 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986, section 206 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, or sec-
tion 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1992. 
(c) This section shall not apply to additional flood 
and coastal storm damage reduction and navigation pro-
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gram funds provided under ‘‘Remaining Items’’ in the ta-
bles under the headings ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Con-
struction’’ and ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Operation and 
Maintenance’’ or to additional investigations funding 
under ‘‘National Programs’’ under the heading ‘‘Corps of 
Engineers-Civil—Investigations’’ in the report of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
to accompany this Act. 
(d) The Corps of Engineers shall submit reports on 
a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing all 
the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, ac-
tivities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report 
shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds in this Act, or previous 
Acts, making funds available for Energy and Water Devel-
opment, shall be used to implement any pending or future 
competitive sourcing actions under OMB Circular A-76 or 
High Performing Organizations for the Army Corps of 
Engineers. 
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, ex-
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cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds in this Act, or previous 
Acts, making funds available for Energy and Water Devel-
opment, shall be used to award any continuing contract 
that commits additional funding from the Inland Water-
ways Trust Fund unless or until such time that a long- 
term mechanism to enhance revenues in this Fund suffi-
cient to meet the cost-sharing authorized in the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–662) 
is enacted. 
SEC. 105. Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the Chief of Engineers Report on a water resource matter, 
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall 
submit the report to the appropriate authorizing and ap-
propriating committees of the Congress. 
SEC. 106. During the 1-year period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army 
is authorized to implement measures recommended in the 
efficacy study authorized under section 3061 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1121) or 
in interim reports, with such modifications or emergency 
measures as the Secretary of the Army determines to be 
appropriate, to prevent aquatic nuisance species from dis-
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persing into the Great Lakes by way of any hydrologic 
connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi 
River Basin. 
SEC. 107. The Secretary is authorized to transfer to 
‘‘Corps 
of 
Engineers-Civil—Construction’’ 
up 
to 
$100,000,000 of the funds provided for reinforcing or re-
placing flood walls under the heading ‘‘Corps of Engi-
neers-Civil—Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies’’ in 
Public Law 109–234 and Public Law 110–252 and up to 
$75,000,000 of the funds provided for projects and meas-
ures for the West Bank and Vicinity and Lake 
Ponchartrain and Vicinity projects under the heading 
‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies’’ in Public Law 110–28, to be used with 
funds provided for the West Bank and Vicinity project 
under the heading ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Construc-
tion’’ in Public Law 110–252 and Public Law 110–329, 
consistent with 65 percent Federal and 35 percent non- 
Federal cost share and the financing of, and payment 
terms for, the non-Federal cash contribution associated 
with the West Bank and Vicinity project. 
SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 
to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service may accept and expend, up to $3,800,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
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Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 
of Engineers projects. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any subsequent Act making appropriations for En-
ergy and Water Development may be used by the Corps 
of Engineers to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or 
enforce a change or supplement to the rule dated Novem-
ber 13, 1986, or guidance documents dated January 15, 
2003, and December 2, 2008, pertaining to the definition 
of waters under the jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Corps of Engineers to relocate, 
or study the relocation of, any regional division head-
quarters of the Corps located at a military installation or 
any permanent employees of such headquarters. 
SEC. 111. (a) Section 5 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 
authorizing the construction of certain public works on 
rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other pur-
poses,’’ approved June 22, 1936, (33 U.S.C. 701h), is 
amended by— 
(1) inserting ‘‘for work, which includes planning 
and design,’’ before ‘‘to be expended’’; 
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(2) striking ‘‘flood control or environmental res-
toration work’’ and inserting ‘‘water resources devel-
opment study or project’’; and 
(3) inserting ‘‘: Provided further, That the term 
‘States’ means the several States, the District of Co-
lumbia, the commonwealths, territories, and posses-
sions of the United States, and Federally recognized 
Indian tribes’’ before the period. 
(b) The Secretary shall notify the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress prior to initiation of negotiations for 
accepting contributed funds under 33 U.S.C. 701h. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 
Utah Project Completion Act, $27,154,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be de-
posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-
servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-
gation and Conservation Commission. In addition, for nec-
essary expenses incurred in carrying out related respon-
sibilities of the Secretary of the Interior, $1,550,000. For 
fiscal year 2012, the Commission may use an amount not 
to exceed $1,500,000 for administrative expenses. 
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BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to 
execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For management, development, and restoration of 
water and related natural resources and for related activi-
ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita-
tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 
fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-
cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 
agreements with, State and local governments, federally 
recognized Indian tribes, and others, $822,300,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $10,698,000 shall 
be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 
Basin Fund and $6,136,000 shall be available for transfer 
to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 
of which such amounts as may be necessary may be ad-
vanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund; of which not 
more than $500,000 is for high priority projects which 
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as 
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Provided, That such trans-
fers may be increased or decreased within the overall ap-
propriation under this heading: Provided further, That of 
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the total appropriated, the amount for program activities 
that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bu-
reau of Reclamation special fee account established by 16 
U.S.C. 460l-6a(i) shall be derived from that Fund or ac-
count: Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 
U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the purposes 
for which contributed: Provided further, That funds ad-
vanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this ac-
count and are available until expended for the same pur-
poses as the sums appropriated under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That except as provided in section 201, the 
amounts made available under this paragraph shall be ex-
pended as authorized by law for the programs, projects, 
and activities specified in the text and table under this 
heading in the report of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives to accompany this Act. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi-
tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 
the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $53,068,000, 
to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the 
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sec-
tions 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 
102–575, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and 
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collect the full amount of the additional mitigation and 
restoration payments authorized by section 3407(d) of 
Public Law 102–575: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be used for 
the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream purposes 
if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes 
by a court adopted decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 
consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior, $35,928,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 
carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 
accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 
out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 
costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur-
ther, That the use of any funds provided to the California 
Bay-Delta Authority for program-wide management and 
oversight activities shall be subject to the approval of the 
Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That CALFED 
implementation shall be carried out in a balanced manner 
with clear performance measures demonstrating concur-
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rent progress in achieving the goals and objectives of the 
Program. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and 
related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the 
Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau 
of Reclamation, to remain available until expended, 
$60,000,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund 
and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377: 
Provided, That no part of any other appropriation in this 
Act shall be available for activities or functions budgeted 
as policy and administration expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger 
motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, or ac-
tivity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
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(3) increases funds for any program, project, or activ-
ity for which funds have been denied or restricted by this 
Act; 
(4) reduces funds that are directed to be used for 
a specific program, project, or activity by this Act; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following limits: 
(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) $300,000 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 Fa-
cilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation cat-
egory or the Resources Management and Development 
category to any program, project, or activity in the other 
category; or 
(7) transfers, when necessary to discharge legal obli-
gations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 
$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled con-
tractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to accel-
erated rates of operations, and real estate deficiency judg-
ments. 
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(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 
of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 
Rehabilitation 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) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 
on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, 
activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly re-
port shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter-
mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 
for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 
of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 
shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 
of California as approved by the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri-
mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 
Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain-
age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 
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Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 
until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program-Al-
ternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP-Alternative 
Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repay-
ment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and 
San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, 
prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the 
United States relating to, or providing for, drainage serv-
ice or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully 
reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such serv-
ice or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 
SEC. 203. Of the funds deposited in the San Joaquin 
River Restoration Fund in accordance with subparagraphs 
(A), (B) and (C) of section 10009(c)(1) of Public Law 
111-11, all unobligated balances remaining from prior fis-
cal years are hereby permanently rescinded. 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 
efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
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partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-
tion, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not 
more 
than 
buses, 
all 
for 
replacement 
only, 
$733,633,000, to remain available until expended. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 
research and development activities, under the authority 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public 
Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, includ-
ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property 
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan-
sion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga-
tions and research concerning the extraction, processing, 
use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection-
able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, 
and 1603), $476,993,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That for all programs funded under 
Fossil Energy appropriations in this Act or any other Act, 
the Secretary may vest fee title or other property interests 
acquired under projects in any entity, including the United 
States. 
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NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities, $14,909,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining 
from prior years shall be available for all naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities. 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve facility development and operations and program 
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 
et seq.), $192,704,000, to remain available until expended. 
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT 
Notwithstanding sections 161 and 167 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241, 6247), the 
Secretary of Energy shall sell $500,000,000 in petroleum 
products from the Reserve not later than March 1, 2012, 
and shall deposit any proceeds from such sales in the Gen-
eral Fund of the Treasury: Provided, That during fiscal 
year 2012 and hereafter, the quantity of petroleum prod-
ucts sold from the Reserve under the authority of this Act 
may only be replaced using the authority provided in para-
graph (a)(1) or (3) of section 160 of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6240(a)(1) or (3)): Pro-
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vided further, That unobligated balances in this account 
shall be available to cover the costs of any sale under this 
Act. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Northeast Home Heating 
Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management activities 
pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, 
$10,119,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts net of the purchase of 1 million bar-
rels of petroleum distillates in fiscal year 2011; costs re-
lated to transportation, delivery, and storage; and sales 
of petroleum distillate from the Reserve under section 182 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6250a) are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 181 of the Energy Pol-
icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6250) , for fiscal year 
2012 and hereafter, the Reserve shall contain no more 
than 1 million barrels of petroleum distillate. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 
of the Energy Information Administration, $105,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
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NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de-
fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$213,121,000, to remain available until expended. 
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING FUND 
For necessary expenses in carrying out uranium en-
richment facility decontamination and decommissioning, 
remedial actions, and other activities of title II of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, subtitle A, of 
the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $449,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
Decommissioning Fund, and not more than $150,000,000, 
to be derived from the barter, transfer, or sale of uranium 
authorized under section 3112 of the USEC Privatization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h-10) or section 314 of the Energy 
and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public 
Law 109-103), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That proceeds from such barter, transfer, or sale 
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of uranium in excess of such amount shall not be available 
until appropriated. 
SCIENCE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital 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.), in-
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 49 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one 
ambulance and one bus, $4,800,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 
purposes of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (Public 
Law 97-425), $25,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, and to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 
authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES 
Act (42 U.S.C. 16538), $100,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
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TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, for the cost of loan guarantees for renewable 
energy or efficient end-use energy technologies under sec-
tion 1703 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 
$160,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the amounts provided in this section are in 
addition to those provided in any other Act: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding section 1703(a)(2) of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005, funds appropriated for the cost 
of loan guarantees are also available for projects for which 
an application has been submitted to the Department of 
Energy prior to February 24, 2011, in whole or in part, 
for a loan guarantee under 1705 of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005: Provided further, That an additional amount for 
necessary administrative expenses to carry out this Loan 
Guarantee program, $38,000,000 is appropriated, to re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That 
$38,000,000 of the fees collected pursuant to section 
1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited 
as offsetting collections to this account to cover adminis-
trative expenses and shall remain available until expended, 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2012 appropriations 
from the general fund estimated at not more than $0: Pro-
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vided further, That fees collected under section 1702(h) 
in excess of the amount appropriated for administrative 
expenses shall not be available until appropriated: Pro-
vided further, That for amounts collected pursuant to sec-
tion 1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the 
source of such payment received from borrowers is not a 
loan or other debt obligation that is guaranteed by the 
Federal Government: Provided further, That none of the 
loan guarantee authority made available in this paragraph 
shall be available for commitments to guarantee loans for 
any projects where funds, personnel, or property (tangible 
or intangible) of any Federal agency, instrumentality, per-
sonnel or affiliated entity are expected to be used (directly 
or indirectly) through acquisitions, contracts, demonstra-
tions, exchanges, grants, incentives, leases, procurements, 
sales, other transaction authority, or other arrangements, 
to support the project or to obtain goods or services from 
the project: Provided further, That the previous proviso 
shall not be interpreted as precluding the use of the loan 
guarantee authority in this paragraph for commitments 
to guarantee loans for projects as a result of such projects 
benefiting from (1) otherwise allowable Federal income 
tax benefits; (2) being located on Federal land pursuant 
to a lease or right-of-way agreement for which all consider-
ation for all uses is (A) paid exclusively in cash, (B) depos-
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ited in the Treasury as offsetting receipts, and (C) equal 
to the fair market value as determined by the head of the 
relevant Federal agency; (3) Federal insurance programs, 
including under section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210; commonly known as the ‘‘Price- 
Anderson Act’’); or (4) for electric generation projects, use 
of transmission facilities owned or operated by a Federal 
Power Marketing Administration or the Tennessee Valley 
Authority that have been authorized, approved, and fi-
nanced independent of the project receiving the guarantee: 
Provided further, That none of the loan guarantee author-
ity made available in this paragraph shall be available for 
any project unless the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget has certified in advance in writing that 
the loan guarantee and the project comply with the provi-
sions under this paragraph. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For administrative expenses in carrying out the Ad-
vanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Pro-
gram, $6,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of En-
ergy necessary for departmental administration in car-
rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
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nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and rep-
resentation 
expenses 
not 
to 
exceed 
$30,000, 
$221,514,000, to remain available until expended, plus 
such additional amounts as necessary to cover increases 
in the estimated amount of cost of work for others not-
withstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 
U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in 
cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the same 
or greater amount, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That moneys received by the Department 
for 
miscellaneous 
revenues 
estimated 
to 
total 
$111,883,000 in fiscal year 2012 may be retained and 
used for operating expenses within this account, and may 
remain available until expended, as authorized by section 
201 of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions 
of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of miscella-
neous revenues received during 2012, and any related ap-
propriated receipt account balances remaining from prior 
years’ miscellaneous revenues, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2012 appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $109,631,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, $41,774,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION 
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance and one air-
craft; $7,131,993,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amount not more than 
$139,281,000 may be made available for the B-61 Life 
Extension Program until the Administrator for Nuclear 
Security submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate the outcome 
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