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, 2020, 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 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 
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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, $135,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall initiate six new study starts during fiscal year 2020: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall not deviate from 
the new starts proposed in the work plan, once the plan 
has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress. 
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); $2,337,000,000, 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-
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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, except as otherwise specifi-
cally provided for in law: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall initiate six new construction starts during fiscal year 
2020: Provided further, That for new construction 
projects, project cost sharing agreements shall be executed 
as soon as practicable but no later than September 30, 
2020: Provided further, That no allocation for a new start 
shall be considered final and no work allowance shall be 
made until the Secretary provides to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an out-year 
funding scenario demonstrating the affordability of the se-
lected new starts and the impacts on other projects: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may not deviate from 
the new starts proposed in the work plan, once the plan 
has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress. 
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 
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by law, $350,000,000, 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. 
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, $3,923,000,000, 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-
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tion Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account 
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, 
$210,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021. 
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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, $155,000,000, 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, $37,500,000, 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, $203,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021, 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, 2021: 
Provided, That not more than 25 percent of such amount 
may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Sec-
retary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress a work plan that allocates at 
least 95 percent of the additional funding provided under 
each heading in this title, as designated under such head-
ing in the report of the Committee on Appropriations ac-
companying this Act, to specific programs, projects, or ac-
tivities. 
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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— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity 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) 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-
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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) The Corps of Engineers 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 cat-
egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub-
mitted 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. 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 $5,400,000 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. 104. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally ac-
ceptable 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 placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial is approved under a State water quality certification, 
the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland placement 
of such dredged material consistent with the requirements 
of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 
SEC. 105. 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, Ken-
tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 
(60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used to reorganize or to 
transfer the Civil Works functions or authority of the 
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Corps of Engineers or the Secretary of the Army to an-
other department or agency. 
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. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any prior appropriations Acts for 
the Civil Works Program of the United States Army Corps 
of Engineers may be committed, obligated, expended, or 
otherwise used to design or construct a wall, fence, border 
barriers, or border security infrastructure along the south-
ern border of the United States. 
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, $15,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $1,800,000 shall be de-
posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-
servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-
gation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $1,500,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2021, for expenses nec-
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essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec-
retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2020, of the amount made available to the Commis-
sion under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may 
use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for administra-
tive expenses. 
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, $1,485,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $70,332,000 
shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 
Basin Fund and $5,023,000 shall be available for transfer 
to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 
of which such amounts as may be necessary may be ad-
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vanced to the Colorado River Dam 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 estab-
lished 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 ex-
pended 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 Conserva-
tion Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Provided 
further, That in accordance with section 4009(c) of Public 
Law 114–322 and as recommended by the Secretary in 
a letter dated February 13, 2019, funding provided for 
such purpose in fiscal year 2018 shall be made available 
to the Expanding Recycled Water Delivery Project 
(VenturaWaterPure), the Pure Water Monterey-Ground-
water Replenishment Project, the Groundwater Reliability 
Improvement Program (GRIP) Recycled Water Project, 
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the North Valley Regional Recycled Water Program, the 
South Sacramento County Agriculture and Habitat Lands 
Recycled Water Program, and the Central Coast Blue 
Project: Provided further, That in accordance with section 
4007 of Public Law 114–322 and as recommended by the 
Secretary in a letter dated February 13, 2019, funding 
provided for such purpose in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 
shall be made available to the Cle Elum Pool Raise, the 
Boise River Basin Feasibility Study, the Del Puerto Water 
District, the Los Vaqueros Reservoir Phase 2 Expansion 
Project, the North-of-the-Delta Off stream storage (Sites 
Reservoir Project), and the Friant-Kern Canal Capacity 
Correction Resulting Subsidence: Provided further, That 
in accordance with section 4009(a) of Public Law 114– 
322 and as recommended by the Secretary in a letter 
dated February 13, 2019, funding provided for such pur-
pose in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 shall be made available 
to the Doheny Ocean Desalination Project, the Kay Bailey 
Hutchison Desalination Plant, the North Pleasant Valley 
Desalter Facility and the Mission Basin Groundwater Pu-
rification Facility Well Expansion and Brine Minimiza-
tion. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi-
tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 
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the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $54,849,000, 
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 
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, $33,000,000, 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-
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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. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for 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 Sep-
tember 30, 2021, $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 appro-
priation in this Act shall be available for activities or func-
tions 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; 
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(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; 
(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 Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress; 
(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 
available at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 
(B) $400,000 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, where necessary to discharge legal 
obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 
$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 
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contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 
to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de-
ficiency judgments. 
(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 both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro-
grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat-
egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub-
mitted 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. 
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(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 
Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 
until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program— 
Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alter-
native Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled 
‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-
gram and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Feb-
ruary 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 
service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall 
be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of 
such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation 
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 ‘‘$480,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$510,000,000’’. 
SEC. 204. Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the 
CALFED Bay-Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681) 
is amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
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SEC. 205. Section 9106(g)(2) of Public Law 111–11 
(Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
SEC. 206. The Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–291) is amended— 
(1) in section 309(d), by striking ‘‘2021’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 
(2) in section 311(h), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
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 
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, 
$2,651,713,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $163,521,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2021, for program direction. 
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CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY SECURITY, AND EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 
sector cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency re-
sponse 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, $150,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$13,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2021, 
for program direction. 
ELECTRICITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec-
tricity delivery 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, $200,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of such 
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amount, $19,600,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2021, for program direction. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
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, $1,317,808,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of such 
amount, $80,000,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2021, for program direction. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out fossil energy research and development activi-
ties, under the authority of the Department of Energy Or-
ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the ac-
quisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable in-
terests in any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting in-
quiries, technological investigations and research con-
cerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of 
mineral substances without objectionable social and envi-
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ronmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), 
$740,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount $61,045,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2021, for program direction. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary to 
carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 
$14,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be 
available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve ac-
tivities. 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and op-
erations and program management activities pursuant to 
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 
et seq.), $214,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, as authorized by section 404 of the Bipar-
tisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–74; 42 U.S.C. 
6239 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and 
sell not to exceed $450,000,000 of crude oil from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal year 2020: Provided fur-
ther, That the proceeds from such drawdown and sale shall 
be deposited into the ‘‘Energy Security and Infrastructure 
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Modernization Fund’’ during fiscal year 2020: Provided 
further, That such amounts shall be made available and 
shall remain available until expended for necessary ex-
penses to carry out the Life Extension II project for the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT 
For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of 
petroleum products, and for other necessary expenses pur-
suant 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), and section 5010 of the 21st Century 
Cures Act (Public Law 114–255), $10,200,000, 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.), 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities of the Energy Information Admin-
istration, $128,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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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, 
$308,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 activi-
ties of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and 
title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 
$873,479,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrich-
ment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to re-
main available until expended, of which $30,514,000 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 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
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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 any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 
passenger 
motor 
vehicles 
including 
one 
bus, 
$6,870,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $186,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2021, for program direction. 
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), 
$425,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $34,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2021, 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 collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for nec-
essary administrative expenses of the Title 17 Innovative 
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Technology Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, 
$33,000,000 is appropriated, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021: Provided further, That up to 
$33,000,000 of fees collected in fiscal year 2020 pursuant 
to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall 
be credited as offsetting collections under this heading and 
used for necessary administrative expenses in this appro-
priation and shall remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided further, That to the extent that fees col-
lected in fiscal year 2020 exceed $33,000,000, those ex-
cess amounts shall be credited as offsetting collections 
under this heading and available in future fiscal years only 
to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are re-
ceived during fiscal year 2020 (estimated at $3,000,000) 
and (2) to the extent that any remaining general fund ap-
propriations can be derived from fees collected in previous 
fiscal years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at $0: 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 or subordinate any Guaran-
teed Obligation to any loan or other debt obligations in 
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violation of section 609.10 of title 10, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehi-
cles Manufacturing Loan Program, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021. 
TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guar-
antee Program, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021. 
OFFICE OF INDIAN ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities 
in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $25,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That, of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, $4,800,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2021, for program direc-
tion. 
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.), $264,378,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021, 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 notwith-
standing 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 $93,378,000 in fiscal year 2020 may be retained 
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 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 2020 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at not more than $171,000,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $54,215,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021. 
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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-
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 for re-
placement only, $11,760,800,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$107,660,000 shall be available until September 30, 2021, 
for program direction. 
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 
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plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
and the purchase of not to exceed two aircraft, 
$2,079,930,000, 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 Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ-
ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc-
tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 
equipment, 
facilities, 
and 
facility 
expansion, 
$1,628,551,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which, $88,500,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department 
of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the 
Advanced Test Reactor: Provided, That of such amount, 
$50,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2021, 
for program direction. 
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex-
penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
$425,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, including official reception and representation ex-
penses not to exceed $17,000. 
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 
ACTIVITIES 
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 atomic 
energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car-
rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization 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 expan-
sion, $5,993,650,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amount, $298,500,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2021, for program direction. 
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic 
energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac-
tivities, 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 any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, $901,261,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
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$324,798,000 shall be available until September 30, 2021, 
for program direction. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 
are approved for the Steigerwald Floodplain Restoration 
Project and, in addition, for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: 
Provided, That during fiscal year 2020, no new direct loan 
obligations may be made: Provided further, Expenditures 
from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, estab-
lished pursuant to Public Law 93–454 are authorized and 
approved, without fiscal year limitation, for the cost of 
current and future year purchases or payments of emis-
sions expenses associated with Bonneville Power Adminis-
tration power and transmission operations in states with 
clean energy programs: Provided further, This expenditure 
authorization is limited solely to Bonneville Power Admin-
istration’s voluntary purchase or payments made in con-
junction with state clean energy programs and is not a 
broader waiver of Bonneville Power Administration’s sov-
ereign immunity. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and mainte-
nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 
electric power and energy, including transmission wheeling 
and ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 
southeastern power area, $6,597,000, including official re-
ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 
5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $6,597,000 col-
lected by the Southeastern Power Administration 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 Southeastern Power Adminis-
tration: 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 2020 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, up to $56,000,000 collected by the Southeastern 
Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 
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shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 
to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 
of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, 
annual expenses means expenditures that are generally re-
covered 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 mainte-
nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 
electric power and energy, for construction and acquisition 
of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facili-
ties, and for administrative expenses, including official re-
ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 
Southwestern Power Administration, $47,775,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $37,375,000 col-
lected by the Southwestern Power Administration from 
the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 
this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to re-
main available until expended, for the sole purpose of 
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funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power 
Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collec-
tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $10,400,000: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $15,000,000 collected by 
the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 
Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and 
wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as off-
setting collections, to remain available until expended for 
the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 
expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 
are generally recovered in the same year that they are in-
curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
CONSTRUCTION, 
REHABILITATION, 
OPERATION
AND 
MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS-
TRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
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. 7152), and other related activities including con-
servation and renewable resources programs as author-
ized, $262,959,000, including official reception and rep-
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resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, 
to remain available until expended, of which $262,959,000 
shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec-
lamation Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 
U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 
Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to 
$173,587,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration from the sale of power and related services 
shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 
collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 
purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western 
Area Power Administration: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be re-
duced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $89,372,000, of which 
$89,372,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 
to $168,000,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 
and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover pur-
chase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 
this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 
until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 
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power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, 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): Provided further, That of the unobli-
gated balances from prior year appropriations available 
under this heading, $176,000 is hereby permanently can-
celled. 
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE 
FUND 
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 
the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 
Dams, $3,160,000, to remain available until expended, 
and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 
and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 
18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding 
the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 
$2,932,000 collected by the Western Area Power Adminis-
tration from the sale of power and related services from 
the Falcon and Amistad Dams 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 hydroelectric facilities of these 
Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration 
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activities: 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 2020 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$228,000: Provided further, That for purposes of this ap-
propriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 
generally recovered in the same year that they are in-
curred: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2020, the 
Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 
may accept up to $1,187,000 in funds contributed by 
United States power customers 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 contributed 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 Commissioner of the United 
States Section of the International Boundary and Water 
Commission for the sole purpose of operating, maintain-
ing, repairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the 
hydroelectric facilities at these Dams in accordance with 
agreements reached between the Administrator, Commis-
sioner, and the power customers. 
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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
ceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$382,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $382,000,000 of revenues from fees and an-
nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 
year 2020 shall be retained and used for expenses nec-
essary in this account, and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues 
are received during fiscal year 2020 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2020 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, 
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or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 
or 
similar 
arrangements 
(including 
Requests 
for 
Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Op-
portunity Announcements) for a program, project, or ac-
tivity if the program, project, or activity has not been 
funded by Congress. 
(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
at least 3 full business days in advance, 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 $1,000,000 
or more, 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 both Houses of Congress 
within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report 
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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 
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 au-
thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 
multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 
a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment is funded for the full period of performance as 
anticipated at the time of award; or 
(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov-
ernment’s obligation on the availability of future 
year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 
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Committees on Appropriations 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 ac-
tivities specified in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department 
of Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title III— 
Department of Energy’’ in the report of the Committee 
on Appropriations accompanying this Act. 
(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 
reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 
the Department shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 
to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 
cause any program, project, or activity funding level to 
increase or decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10 per-
cent, whichever is less, during the time period covered by 
this Act. 
(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; 
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(2) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act. 
(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re-
quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 
use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 
if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 
pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 
welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of 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 requirement 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 
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thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same 
time period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 
Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) 
during fiscal year 2020 until the enactment of the Intel-
ligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi-
fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 
830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of-
fice of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in 
compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 304. 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 successive 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 deci-
sion. 
SEC. 305. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any prior Act under the heading ‘‘Defense Nuclear 
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Nonproliferation’’ may be made available to enter into new 
contracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance 
to, the Russian Federation. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibi-
tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that 
such activity is in the national security interests of the 
United States. This waiver authority may not be dele-
gated. 
(c) A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effec-
tive until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress, in classified form if necessary, a re-
port on the justification for the waiver. 
SEC. 306. Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), upon a 
determination by the President in this fiscal year that a 
regional supply shortage of refined petroleum product of 
significant scope and duration exists, that a severe in-
crease in the price of refined petroleum product will likely 
result from such shortage, and that a draw down and sale 
of refined petroleum product would assist directly and sig-
nificantly in reducing the adverse impact of such shortage, 
the Secretary of Energy may draw down and sell refined 
petroleum product from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
Proceeds from a sale under this section shall be deposited 
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into the SPR Petroleum Account established in section 
167 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6247), and such amounts shall be available for obligation, 
without fiscal year limitation, consistent with that section. 
SEC. 307. Of the offsetting collections, including un-
obligated balances of such collections, in the ‘‘Department 
of Energy—Power Marketing Administration—Colorado 
River Basins Power Marketing Fund, Western Area 
Power Administration’’, $21,400,000 shall be transferred 
to the ‘‘Department of Interior—Bureau of Reclama-
tion—Upper Colorado River Basin Fund’’ for the Bureau 
of Reclamation to carry out environmental stewardship 
and endangered species recovery efforts. 
SEC. 308. Section 5(b) of Public Law 110–414 is 
amended by adding after paragraph (2) the following new 
paragraph: ‘‘(3) MERCURY STORAGE REVOLVING 
FUND. There is hereby established the Mercury Storage 
Revolving Fund which shall be available without fiscal 
year limitation. Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
United States Code, receipts received from fees described 
under this subsection shall be credited to this account as 
offsetting collections, to be available for carrying out the 
long-term management and storage of elemental mercury 
generated within the United States without further appro-
priation.’’. 
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SEC. 309. During fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal 
year thereafter, notwithstanding any provision of title 5, 
United States Code, relating to classification or rates of 
pay, the Southeastern Power Administration shall pay any 
power system dispatcher employed by the Administration 
a rate of basic pay and premium pay based on those pre-
vailing for similar occupations in the electric power indus-
try. Basic pay and premium pay may not be paid under 
this section to any individual during a calendar year so 
as to result in a total rate in excess of the rate of basic 
pay for level V of the Executive Schedule (section 5316 
of such title). 
TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au-
thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
1965, and for expenses necessary for the Federal Co- 
Chairman and the Alternate on the Appalachian Regional 
Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the ad-
ministrative expenses of the Commission, including serv-
ices as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $170,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Fa-
cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 
by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 
Law 100–456, section 1441, $31,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021. 
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Au-
thority and to carry out its activities, as authorized by 
the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, $15,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission 
including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of 
plant and capital equipment as necessary and other ex-
penses, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 
306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 
That funds shall be available for construction projects in 
an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total project cost 
for distressed communities, as defined by section 307 of 
the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (division C, title III, 
Public Law 105–277), as amended by section 701 of ap-
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pendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 
1501A–280), and an amount not to exceed 50 percent for 
non-distressed communities: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law regarding pay-
ment of a non-Federal share in connection with a grant- 
in-aid program, amounts under this heading shall be avail-
able for the payment of such a non-Federal share for pro-
grams undertaken to carry out the purposes of the Com-
mission. 
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $22,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, 
notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United 
States Code. 
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent 
Regional Commission in carrying out activities authorized 
by subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Commission in car-
rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 
of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
$885,236,000, including official representation expenses 
not to exceed $25,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, not 
more than $9,500,000 may be made available for salaries, 
travel, and other support costs for the Office of the Com-
mission, to remain available until September 30, 2021, of 
which, notwithstanding section 201(a)(2)(c) of the Energy 
Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5841(a)(2)(c)), 
the use and expenditure shall only be approved by a major-
ity vote of the Commission: Provided further, That reve-
nues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other 
services and collections estimated at $757,589,000 in fis-
cal year 2020 shall be retained and used for necessary 
salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under 
this heading, not less than $15,478,000 shall be for activi-
ties related to the development of regulatory infrastruc-
ture for advanced nuclear technologies, and $12,492,000 
shall be for international activities, except that the 
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amounts provided under this proviso shall not be derived 
from fee revenues, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 2214: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 
reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal 
year 2020 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2020 appro-
priation estimated at not more than $127,647,000: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts appropriated under 
this heading, $10,500,000 shall be for university research 
and development in areas relevant to the Commission’s 
mission, and $5,500,000 shall be for a Nuclear Science 
and Engineering Grant Program that will support 
multiyear projects that do not align with programmatic 
missions but are critical to maintaining the discipline of 
nuclear science and engineering. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $13,314,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That revenues from 
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
collections estimated at $10,929,000 in fiscal year 2020 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
2021, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 
notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
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shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur-
ing fiscal year 2020 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2020 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$2,385,000: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading, $1,171,000 shall be for In-
spector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board, which shall not be available from fee reve-
nues. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 
203, section 5051, $3,600,000, to be derived from the Nu-
clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
2021. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 
comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of 
its Internal Commission Procedures when responding to 
Congressional requests for information, consistent with 
Department of Justice guidance for all federal agencies. 
SEC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this 
title for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be re-
programmed for any program, project, or activity, and the 
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Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 
to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 
cause any program funding level to increase or decrease 
by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
during the time period covered by this Act. 
(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may 
waive the notification requirement in subsection (a) if 
compliance with such requirement would pose a substan-
tial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or na-
tional security. 
(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as prac-
ticable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the 
activity to which a requirement or restriction would other-
wise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation 
of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 
such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the 
Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 
to programs, projects, or activities. 
(c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and 
(d), the amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 
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expended as directed in the report of the Committee on 
Appropriations accompanying this Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure through a reprogramming of funds that in-
creases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 
Act. 
(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress, which includes the following for each program, 
project, or activity, including any prior year appropria-
tions— 
(1) total budget authority; 
(2) total unobligated balances; and 
(3) total unliquidated obligations. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
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SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in 
title III of this Act may be transferred to any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-
ment, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 
authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations 
Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in 
the report of the Committee on Appropriations accom-
panying this Act, or any authority whereby a department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-
ment may provide goods or services to another depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality. 
(b) None of the funds made available for any depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government may be transferred to accounts funded in title 
III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 
transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appro-
priations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority ref-
erenced in the report of the Committee on Appropriations 
accompanying this Act, or any authority whereby a de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government may provide goods or services to another de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality. 
(c) The head of any relevant department or agency 
funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
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Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the 
transfer authorities, except for any authority whereby a 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government may provide goods or services to an-
other department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the 
previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report 
shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes 
for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or 
modify existing notification requirements for each author-
ity. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 
12898 of February 11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address 
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low- 
Income Populations). 
SEC. 504. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2020’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 58 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2960 
[Report No. 116–83] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for energy and water devel-
opment and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2020, and for other pur-
poses. 
MAY 23, 2019 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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