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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 river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for 
the collection and study of basic information pertaining 
to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 
shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re-
lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 
and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 
ecosystem restoration, projects and related efforts prior to 
construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 
miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 
surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 
of projects prior to construction, $90,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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CONSTRUCTION 
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), $1,343,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended; of which such sums as are necessary 
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 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 shall be derived from the In-
land Waterways Trust Fund. 
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, $249,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
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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. 
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, includ-
ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 
harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 
other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 
of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 
and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con-
necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 
removing obstructions to navigation, $2,682,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which such sums as 
are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible oper-
ation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and chan-
nels, and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Har-
bor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which such sums as be-
come available from the special account for the Corps of 
Engineers established by the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account 
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for resource protection, research, interpretation, and 
maintenance activities 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 Public Law 104–303 shall be used 
to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the 
dredged material disposal facilities for which such fees 
have been collected: Provided, That 1 percent of the total 
amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 
projects or activities funded under this heading shall not 
be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the begin-
ning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be 
available for use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such 
emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines 
to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of En-
gineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any re-
maining funds which have not been used for emergency 
activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts 
provided for the programs, projects, or activities. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$193,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2015. 
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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, $104,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri-
cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 
such disasters as authorized by law, $28,000,000, 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, $182,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2015, of which not 
to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and 
representation purposes and only during the current fiscal 
year: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation 
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provided in this title shall be available to fund the civil 
works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers 
or the civil works executive direction and management ac-
tivities of the division offices: Provided further, That any 
Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation 
may be used to fund the supervision and general adminis-
tration of emergency operations, repairs, and other activi-
ties in response to any flood, hurricane, or other natural 
disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 
FOR CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015. 
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 TRANSFER 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— 
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tion 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1992. 
(c) The Corps of Engineers shall submit reports on 
a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing all 
the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, ac-
tivities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report 
shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to award or modify any contract that 
commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 
program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-
cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds in this Act, or previous 
Acts, making funds available for Energy and Water Devel-
opment, shall be used to award any continuing contract 
that commits additional funding from the Inland Water-
ways Trust Fund unless or until such time that a long- 
term mechanism to enhance revenues in this Fund suffi-
cient to meet the cost-sharing authorized in the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–662) 
is enacted. 
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SEC. 104. Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the Chief of Engineers Report on a water resource matter, 
the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) shall 
submit the report to the appropriate authorizing and ap-
propriating committees of the Congress. 
SEC. 105. During the fiscal year period covered by 
this Act, the Secretary of the Army is authorized to imple-
ment measures recommended in the efficacy study author-
ized under section 3061 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–114; 121 Stat. 1121) 
or in interim reports, with such modifications or emer-
gency measures as the Secretary of the Army determines 
to be appropriate, to prevent aquatic nuisance species 
from dispersing into the Great Lakes by way of any hydro-
logic connection between the Great Lakes and the Mis-
sissippi River Basin. 
SEC. 106. As of the date of enactment of this Act 
and each fiscal year hereafter, the Secretary of the Army 
may transfer to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the 
Fish and Wildlife Service may accept and expend, such 
funds as the Secretary and the Director of the Fish and 
Wildlife Service determine to be necessary to mitigate for 
fisheries lost due to Corps of Engineers projects, except 
that in no event may the amount of funds transferred pur-
suant to this section during any fiscal year exceed the 
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amount identified for such purpose in the report accom-
panying the appropriations for that fiscal year. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act making appropriations for Energy 
and Water Development may be used by the Corps of En-
gineers to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or en-
force any change to the regulations and guidance in effect 
on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definition of waters 
under the jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), including the provisions 
of the rules dated November 13, 1986, and August 25, 
1993, relating to such jurisdiction, and the guidance docu-
ments dated January 15, 2003, and December 2, 2008, 
relating to such jurisdiction. 
SEC. 108. Section 3(a)(6) of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–676; 102 Stat. 
4013) is amended by striking ‘‘$775,000,000’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘$2,918,000,000’’. 
SEC. 109. (a) Section 1001(17)(A) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–114; 
121 Stat. 1052) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$125,270,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$152,510,000’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘$75,140,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$92,007,000’’; and 
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(3) by striking ‘‘$50,130,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$60,503,000’’. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as of November 8, 2007. 
SEC. 110. The authorization under the heading ‘‘Lit-
tle Calumet River Basin (Cady Marsh Ditch), Indiana’’, 
in section 401(a) of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (Public Law 99–662; 100 Stat. 4115), as modi-
fied by section 127 of Public Law 109–103 (119 Stat. 
2259), is further modified to authorize completion of the 
project at a total cost of $269,988,000 with an estimated 
Federal cost of $202,800,000 and an estimated non-Fed-
eral cost of $67,188,000. 
SEC. 111. During fiscal year 2014, the limitation re-
lating to total project costs in section 902 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2280) 
shall not apply with respect to any project that receives 
funds made available by this title. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act making appropriations for Energy and 
Water Development for any fiscal year may be used by 
the Corps of Engineers to develop, adopt, implement, ad-
minister, or enforce any change to the regulations in effect 
on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definitions of the 
terms ‘‘fill material’’ or ‘‘discharge of fill material’’ for the 
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purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). 
SEC. 113. As of the date of enactment of this Act 
and thereafter, the Secretary of the Army shall not pro-
mulgate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an indi-
vidual from possessing a firearm, including an assembled 
or functional firearm, at a water resources development 
project covered under section 327.0 of title 36, Code of 
Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment 
of this Act), if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohib-
ited by law from possessing the firearm; and (2) the pos-
session of the firearm is in compliance with the law of 
the State in which the water resources development 
project is located. 
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, $7,425,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $1,000,000 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-
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sibilities of the Secretary of the Interior, $1,300,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2015. 
For fiscal year 2014, the Commission may use an 
amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for administrative ex-
penses. 
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, $812,744,000 (in-
creased by $25,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $28,000 shall be available for transfer 
to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and $8,401,000 
shall be available for transfer to the Lower Colorado River 
Basin Development Fund; of which such amounts as may 
be necessary may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam 
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Fund: Provided, That such transfers may be increased or 
decreased within the overall appropriation under this 
heading: Provided further, That of the total appropriated, 
the amount for program activities that can be financed 
by the Reclamation Fund or the 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 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 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. 
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, $53,288,000, 
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, 
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That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and 
collect the full amount of the additional mitigation and 
restoration payments authorized by section 3407(d) of 
Public Law 102–575: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be used for 
the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream purposes 
if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes 
by a court adopted decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 
consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior, $30,000,000, 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 CALFED implementation shall be carried out 
in a balanced manner with clear performance measures 
demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals 
and objectives of the Program. 
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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 September 30, 
2015, $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 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by this Act; 
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(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 
activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 
unless prior approval is received from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following 
limits: 
(A) 15 percent for any program, project or 
activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 
(B) $300,000 for any program, project or 
activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 
(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 
the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili-
tation category 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 
obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 
$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 
contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 
to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de-
ficiency judgments. 
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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. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, until the pipeline reliability study required in the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2012, is completed, and any 
necessary changes are made to Technical Memorandum 
No. 8140–CC–2004–1, the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
not deny approval, funding, or assistance to any project, 
nor disqualify any material from use, based, in whole or 
in part, on the corrosion control used, if the corrosion con-
trol meets the requirements of a published national or 
international standard promulgated by the American 
Water Works Association (‘‘AWWA’’), ASTM Inter-
national, the American National Standards Institute 
(‘‘ANSI’’), NACE International (‘‘NACE’’) or the Amer-
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ican Society for Testing and Materials (‘‘ASTM’’). The 
Bureau shall allow any project initiated during the study 
to use any corrosion control meeting the above standards. 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENERGY RELIABILITY, AND 
EFFICIENCY 
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, and electricity 
delivery and energy reliability 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, 
$982,637,000 (reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced by 
$9,518,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$76,926,000 shall be available until September 30, 2015, 
for program direction. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
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ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 
energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-
tion, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not 
more than 10 buses and 2 ambulances, all for replacement 
only, $656,389,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which such sums as may be necessary shall be derived 
from the Nuclear Waste Fund, to be made available only 
to support the high-level waste geological repository at 
Yucca Mountain: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $87,500,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2015, for program direction: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$5,000,000 shall be made available to affected units of 
local government, as defined in section 2(31) of the Nu-
clear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(31)), 
to support the Yucca Mountain high-level waste geological 
repository, as authorized by such Act: Provided further, 
That funds derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund may 
be transferred to ‘‘Independent Agencies—Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ to support 
the Yucca Mountain high-level waste geological repository 
license application. 
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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), $450,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That $115,753,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2015, for program direction: Provided 
further, That for all programs funded under Fossil Energy 
appropriations in this Act or any other Act, the Secretary 
may vest fee title or other property interests acquired 
under projects in any entity, including the United States. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities, $14,909,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining 
from prior years shall be available for all naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities. 
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$194,000,000 (increased by $18,956,000), 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, $545,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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 25 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one 
law enforcement vehicle, one ambulance, and one bus, 
$4,653,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That $174,862,000 shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2015, for program direction. 
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), $50,000,000 (increased by 
$20,000,000), to remain available until expended. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received 
from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b)(1)(B) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior 
Acts, shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That, 
for necessary administrative expenses to carry out this 
Loan Guarantee program, $22,000,000 is appropriated, to 
remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided fur-
ther, That $22,000,000 of the fees collected pursuant to 
section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16512(h)) shall be credited as offsetting collections 
to this account to cover administrative expenses and shall 
remain available until expended, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2014 appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $0: Provided further, That fees 
collected under section 1702(h) in excess of the amount 
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appropriated for administrative expenses shall not be 
available until appropriated: Provided further, That the 
Department of Energy shall not subordinate any loan obli-
gation to other financing in violation of section 1702 of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512) or sub-
ordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or other 
debt obligations in violation of section 609.10 of title 10, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
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 September 30, 
2015. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of En-
ergy necessary for departmental administration in car-
rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $30,000, $187,863,000 
(reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced by $20,000,000) (re-
duced by $9,478,000) (reduced by $20,000,000), to re-
main available until September 30, 2015, plus such addi-
tional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the esti-
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mated amount of cost of work for others notwithstanding 
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: 
Provided further, That moneys received by the Department 
for 
miscellaneous 
revenues 
estimated 
to 
total 
$108,188,000 in fiscal year 2014 may be retained and 
used for operating expenses within this account, as au-
thorized by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwith-
standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided fur-
ther, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 
as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2014 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at not more than $79,675,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $42,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2015. 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION 
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
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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, 
and the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance, 
$7,675,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$2,100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Energy may make available 
from funds provided under this heading in this Act not 
more than $48,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out 
domestic uranium enrichment research, development, and 
demonstration activities. 
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vance, none of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to— 
(A) make a grant allocation or discretionary 
grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 
(B) make a discretionary contract award or 
Other Transaction Agreement totaling in excess of 
$1,000,000, including a contract covered by the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation; 
(C) issue a letter of intent to make an alloca-
tion, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in 
subparagraph (A) or (B); or 
(D) announce publicly the intention to make an 
allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the lim-
its in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate on the first business day of each quarter 
a report detailing each grant allocation or discretionary 
grant award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during 
the previous quarter. 
(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and 
the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the re-
cipient 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 
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