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Calendar No. 233 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4394 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 1, 2023 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for energy and water development 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2024, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That 
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-
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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); $2,889,942,000 (increased by 
$1,746,000,000) (reduced by $1,746,000,000) (increased 
by $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000), to remain 
available until expended; of which $74,152,000, to be de-
rived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be 
to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facili-
ties under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities pro-
gram; and of which such sums as are necessary to cover 
35 percent of the costs of construction, replacement, reha-
bilitation, and expansion of inland waterways projects 
shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, 
except as otherwise specifically provided for in law: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall not deviate from 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-
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vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 
by law, $364,349,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $5,457,000, to be derived from the Harbor Main-
tenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share 
of eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland har-
bors: Provided, That the Secretary shall not deviate from 
the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
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, $5,496,622,000 (in-
creased by $3,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000), to re-
main available until expended, of which $2,691,391,000, 
to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, 
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shall be to cover the Federal share of eligible operations 
and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, 
and for inland harbors; of which such sums as become 
available from the special account for the Corps of Engi-
neers established by the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account for 
resource protection, research, interpretation, and mainte-
nance activities related to resource protection in the areas 
at which outdoor recreation is available; 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; 
and of which $58,000,000, to be derived from the general 
fund of the Treasury, shall be to carry out subsection (c) 
of section 2106 of the Water Resources Reform and Devel-
opment Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2238c) and shall be des-
ignated as being for such purpose pursuant to paragraph 
(2) of section 14003 of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, 
Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136): 
Provided, That 1 percent of the total amount of funds pro-
vided for each of the programs, projects, or activities fund-
ed under this heading shall not be allocated to a field oper-
ating activity prior to the beginning of the fourth quarter 
of the fiscal year and shall be available for use by the Chief 
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of Engineers to fund such emergency activities as the 
Chief of Engineers determines to be necessary and appro-
priate, and that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate dur-
ing the fourth quarter any remaining funds which have 
not been used for emergency activities proportionally in 
accordance with the amounts provided for the programs, 
projects, or activities: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan has 
been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$218,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025. 
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, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri-
cane, typhoon, and other natural disasters and support 
emergency operations, repairs, and other activities in re-
sponse to such disasters as authorized by law, 
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$40,000,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,500,000), to remain avail-
able 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, $215,000,000 (in-
creased by $1,500,000), to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, 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 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 di-
rection and management activities of the division offices: 
Provided further, That any Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies appropriation may be used to fund the super-
vision and general administration of emergency oper-
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ations, repairs, and other activities in response to any 
flood, hurricane, typhoon, 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, 2025: 
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 the report required under section 
101(d) of this Act and a work plan that allocates at least 
95 percent of the additional funding provided under each 
heading in the report accompanying this Act to specific 
programs, projects, or activities. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs authorized by the Water 
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 
of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 
to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2024, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a 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, unless prior ap-
proval is received from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 
is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress; 
(5) augments or reduces existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con-
tained in paragraphs (6) through (10), unless prior 
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approval is received from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress; 
(6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 
$100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 
amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 
or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 
less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 
$25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 
be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activ-
ity that did not receive an appropriation for existing 
obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 
(7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 
$2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 
base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, 
study or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a 
base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 
limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to 
$3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled con-
tractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate de-
ficiency judgments: Provided further, That up to 
$300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 
study or activity that did not receive an appropria-
tion for existing obligations and concomitant admin-
istrative expenses; 
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(8) OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE.—Unlim-
ited reprogramming authority is granted for the 
Corps to be able to respond to emergencies: Pro-
vided, That the Chief of Engineers shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of these emergency actions as soon there-
after as practicable: Provided further, That for a 
base level over $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 
percent of the base amount up to a limit of 
$5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed: 
Provided further, That for a base level less than 
$1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $150,000: 
Provided further, That $150,000 may be repro-
grammed into any continuing study or activity that 
did not receive an appropriation; 
(9) MISSISSIPPI
RIVER
AND
TRIBUTARIES.— 
The reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs (6), 
(7), and (8) shall apply to the Investigations, Con-
struction, and Operation and Maintenance portions 
of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, re-
spectively; and 
(10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC-
TION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 per-
cent of the base of the receiving project is permitted. 
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(b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case 
should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
(c) CONTINUING
AUTHORITIES
PROGRAM.—Sub-
section (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity 
funded under the continuing authorities program. 
(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress to establish the baseline for application of re-
programming and transfer authorities for the current fis-
cal year which shall include: 
(1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
due to enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fis-
cal year enacted level; 
(2) A delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project 
and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 
the respective appropriations; and 
(3) An identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
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SEC. 102. The Secretary shall allocate funds made 
available in this Act solely in accordance with the provi-
sions of this Act and in the report accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to award or modify any contract that 
commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 
program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-
cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 
to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service may accept and expend, up to $8,200,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 
of Engineers projects. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for an open lake placement alternative for dredged 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-
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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. 106. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation 
study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Ken-
tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 
(60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 
SEC. 107. 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 
Corps of Engineers or the Secretary of the Army to an-
other department or agency. 
SEC. 108. Additional funding provided in this Act 
shall be allocated only to projects determined to be eligible 
by the Chief of Engineers. 
SEC. 109. The rule submitted by the Department of 
the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense, 
and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘Re-
vised Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’ ’’ (88 
Fed. Reg. 3004 (January 18, 2023)) shall have no force 
or effect. 
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SEC. 110. As of the date of enactment of this Act 
and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Army 
shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation that pro-
hibits an individual 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 prohibited by 
law from possessing a firearm; and 
(2) the possession of the firearm is in compli-
ance with the law of the State in which the water 
resources development project is located. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act in any fiscal year may be used to 
alter the eligibility requirements for assistance under sec-
tion 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n) 
in effect on November 14, 2022, without express author-
ization by Congress. 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other requirement, 
unobligated balances from amounts made available under 
the heading ‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil—Construction’’ 
in division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (Public Law 117–58) for which spend plan allocations 
have not been announced as of the date of enactment of 
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this Act may be made available for projects, regardless 
of project purpose, that have previously received funds 
under the heading ‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil—Construc-
tion’’ in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115–123) and for which non-Federal interests have en-
tered into binding agreements with the Secretary as of the 
date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That projects re-
ceiving Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public 
Law 117–58) funding pursuant to this section shall be 
subject only to the terms and conditions of the Bipartisan 
Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123): Provided fur-
ther, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section 
that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concur-
rent resolution on the budget are designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 
Utah Project Completion Act, $23,000,000, to remain 
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available until expended, of which $4,650,000 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, $1,750,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2025, for expenses nec-
essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec-
retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2024, 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 $1,990,000 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 
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recognized Indian Tribes, and others, $1,693,366,000 (in-
creased by $2,000,000) (increased by $4,000,000) (in-
creased by $500,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to re-
main available until expended, of which $1,051,000 (in-
creased by $2,000,000) shall be available for transfer to 
the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and $7,584,000 
shall be available for transfer to the Lower Colorado River 
Basin Development Fund; of which such amounts as may 
be necessary may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam 
Fund: Provided, That $500,000 shall be available for 
transfer into the Aging Infrastructure Account established 
by section 9603(d)(1) of the Omnibus Public Land Man-
agement Act of 2009, as amended (43 U.S.C. 510b(d)(1)): 
Provided further, That such transfers, except for the 
transfer authorized by the preceding proviso, may be in-
creased or decreased within the overall appropriation 
under this heading: Provided further, That of the total ap-
propriated, the amount for program activities that can be 
financed by the Reclamation Fund, the Water Storage En-
hancement Receipts account established by section 
4011(e) of Public Law 114–322, or the Bureau of Rec-
lamation 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 
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funds were contributed: Provided further, That funds ad-
vanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this ac-
count and are available until expended for the same pur-
poses as the sums appropriated under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $5,500,000 shall be deposited in the San Ga-
briel Basin Restoration Fund established by section 110 
of title I of division B of appendix D of Public Law 106– 
554: Provided further, That of the amounts provided here-
in, 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: Provided further, That 
within available funds, $250,000 shall be for grants and 
financial assistance for educational activities: Provided 
further, That in accordance with section 4007 of Public 
Law 114–322 and as recommended by the Secretary in 
letters dated February 13, 2019, June 22, 2020, and De-
cember 3, 2020, funding provided for such purpose in this 
and prior fiscal years shall be made available to the Shasta 
Dam and Reservoir Enlargement Project. 
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, such sums 
as may be collected in fiscal year 2024 in the Central Val-
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ley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 
3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu-
reau 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 acquisi-
tion 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 further, 
That Calfed implementation shall be carried out in a bal-
anced manner with clear performance measures dem-
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onstrating 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 six regions of the Bu-
reau of Reclamation, to remain available until September 
30, 2025, $65,079,000, to be derived from the Reclama-
tion Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 
U.S.C. 377, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used 
for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided, That no part of any other appropriation in this Act 
shall be available for activities or functions budgeted as 
policy and administration expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be available for purchase and replacement of not to exceed 
30 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 
of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 
by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water 
and Related Resources that remain available for obligation 
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or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 
funds that— 
(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by this Act, unless prior approval is received 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress; 
(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 both Houses of Congress; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following 
limits, unless prior approval is received from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress: 
(A) 15 percent for any program, project or 
activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail-
able 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; 
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(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, unless prior approval 
is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress; 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 
contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 
to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de-
ficiency judgments, unless prior approval is received 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
(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) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the 
amounts made available in this title under the heading 
‘‘Bureau of Reclamation—Water and Related Resources’’ 
shall be expended for the programs, projects, and activities 
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specified in the ‘‘House Recommended’’ columns in the 
‘‘Water and Related Resources’’ table included under the 
heading ‘‘Title II—Department of the Interior’’ in the re-
port accompanying this Act. 
(e) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 
on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro-
grammed between programs, projects, activities, or 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. 
(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— 
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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. 
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, 
$2,994,000,000 (reduced by $1,000,000,000), to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
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$223,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 
for program direction. 
CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY SECURITY, AND EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
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, $200,000,000 (increased 
by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$7,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000), to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$25,143,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 
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 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 
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real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-
tion, construction, or expansion, $315,600,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$23,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 
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, $1,783,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. Provided, That of such 
amount, $85,500,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2025, for program direction: Provided further, That 
for the purpose of section 954(a)(6) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005, as amended, the only amount available shall 
be from the amount specified as including that purpose 
in the ‘‘House Recommended’’ column in the ‘‘Department 
of Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title III— 
Department of Energy’’ in the report accompanying this 
Act. 
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FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out fossil energy and carbon management research 
and development activities, under the authority of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition of interest, including defea-
sible and equitable interests in any real property or any 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, 
and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations 
and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, 
and disposal of mineral substances without objectionable 
social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 
1603), $857,904,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amount $70,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2025, 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, 
$13,010,000, 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. 
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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.), $280,969,000, to remain available until expended. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, 
and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), 
$7,150,000, to remain available until expended. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities of the Energy Information Admin-
istration, $135,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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 
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or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$341,700,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That in addition, fees collected pursuant to sub-
section (b)(1) of section 6939f of title 42, United States 
Code, and deposited under this heading in fiscal year 2024 
pursuant to section 309 of title III of division C of Public 
Law 116–94 are appropriated, to remain available until 
expended, for mercury storage costs. 
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING FUND 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 
and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activi-
ties of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and 
title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 
$865,208,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrich-
ment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to re-
main available until expended, of which $10,000,000 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-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for science 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
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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 
35 passenger motor vehicles, $8,100,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$211,211,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 
for program direction. 
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes 
of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public Law 97– 
425, as amended, $12,040,000, to remain available until 
expended, which shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste 
Fund. 
TECHNOLOGY TRANSITIONS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
carrying out the activities of technology transitions, 
$22,098,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $13,183,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 
CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATIONS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary to 
carry out program direction of the Office of Clean Energy 
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Demonstrations, $35,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025. 
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), 
$470,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $37,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received 
from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall 
be 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 
Technology Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, 
$70,000,000 (reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by 
$3,000,000) is appropriated, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025: Provided further, That up to 
$70,000,000 of fees collected in fiscal year 2024 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-
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priation and shall remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided further, That to the extent that fees col-
lected in fiscal year 2024 exceed $70,000,000, 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 2024 (estimated at $70,000,000) 
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 2024 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 
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-
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cles Manufacturing Loan Program, $13,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2025. 
TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guar-
antee Program, $6,300,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025. 
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.), $75,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, $14,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2025, for program 
direction. 
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.), $383,578,000 (re-
duced by $2,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced 
by $500,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025, including the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles and official reception and represen-
tation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such addi-
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tional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the esti-
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 
$100,578,000 in fiscal year 2024 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 2024 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at not more than $283,000,000. 
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, $92,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025. 
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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, 
$19,114,167,000 (increased by $3,000,000), to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$118,056,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 
for program direction. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
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, 
$2,380,037,000, 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, 
$1,946,049,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $99,747,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department 
of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the 
Advanced Test Reactor: Provided, That of such amount, 
$61,540,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 
for program direction. 
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex-
penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
$518,994,000 (reduced by $3,000,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025, including official reception 
and representation expenses 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, $7,073,556,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amount, $326,893,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2025, 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, $1,075,197,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
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$381,460,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 
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 official reception and representation ex-
penses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That 
during fiscal year 2024, no new direct loan obligations 
may be made. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and 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, $8,449,000, 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 $8,449,000 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 
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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 2024 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, up to $71,850,000 collected by the Southeastern 
Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 
shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 
to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 
of 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 
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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, $52,326,000, 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 $40,886,000 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 
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 2024 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $11,440,000: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $80,000,000 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 
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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 
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, $313,289,000, including official reception and rep-
resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, 
to remain available until expended, of which $313,289,000 
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 
$213,417,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration from the sale of power and related services 
shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 
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 
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as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $99,872,000, of which 
$99,872,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 
to $475,000,000 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 
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). 
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE 
FUND 
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 
the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 
Dams, $3,425,000, to remain available until expended, 
and to be 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 
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$3,197,000 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 
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 2024 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 2024, the 
Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 
may accept up to $1,872,000 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 
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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. 
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, 
$520,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $520,000,000 of revenues from fees and an-
nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 
year 2024 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 2024 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $0. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 
made available by this title for the Department of Energy 
shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 
or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 
or 
similar 
arrangements 
(including 
Requests 
for 
Quotations, 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 
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(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 
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— 
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(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 
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 ‘‘House Recommended’’ column in 
the ‘‘Department of Energy’’ table included under the 
heading ‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in the report 
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, and obtain the prior approval 
of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed 
reprogramming that would cause any program, project, or 
activity funding level to increase or decrease by more than 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the 
time period covered by this Act. 
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(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; 
(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. 
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(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 
same appropriation accounts for such activities established 
pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 
with funds in the applicable established accounts and 
thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same 
time period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 302. 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 2024 until the enactment of the Intel-
ligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024. 
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 
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$100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 
has been developed for the project for that critical deci-
sion. 
SEC. 305. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to support a grant allocation award, dis-
cretionary grant award, or cooperative agreement that ex-
ceeds $100,000,000 in Federal funding unless the project 
is carried out through internal independent project man-
agement procedures. 
SEC. 306. No funds shall be transferred directly from 
‘‘Department of Energy—Power Marketing Administra-
tion—Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, 
Western Area Power Administration’’ to the general fund 
of the Treasury in the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 307. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force an energy efficiency standard that increases effi-
ciency standards on distribution transformers, including 
the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program: 
Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Trans-
formers’’ published by the Department of Energy in the 
Federal Register on January 11, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 
1722) or any substantially similar rule. 
SEC. 308. Notwithstanding section 301(c) of this Act, 
none of the funds made available under the heading ‘‘De-
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partment of Energy—Energy Programs—Science’’ may 
be used for a multiyear contract, grant, cooperative agree-
ment, or Other Transaction Agreement of $5,000,000 or 
less unless the contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or 
Other Transaction Agreement is funded for the full period 
of performance as anticipated at the time of award. 
SEC. 309. (a) Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available to the Department of Energy under each 
heading in title III of division J of Public Law 117–58, 
an amount equal to the amount transferred from each 
such heading as of the date of enactment of this Act pur-
suant to section 303 of Public Law 117–58 shall be trans-
ferred on October 1, 2023, to the Office of the Inspector 
General of the Department of Energy to oversee the funds 
made available to the Department of Energy in Public 
Law 117–58: Provided, That any amounts so transferred 
that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concur-
rent resolution on the budget are designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(b) Beginning on October 1, 2023, of the amounts 
made available to the Department of Energy under each 
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of sections 50121, 50141, 50142, 50143, 50144, 50145, 
50151, 50152, 50153, and 50161 of Public Law 117–169, 
two-tenths of one percent of such amounts shall be trans-
ferred to the Office of the Inspector General of the De-
partment of Energy to oversee the funds made available 
to the Department of Energy in Public Law 117–169: 
Provided, That amounts so transferred shall be derived 
from the unobligated balances of amounts under each such 
section. 
(c) Section 303 of Public Law 117–58 is amended 
by— 
(1) striking ‘‘One-tenth’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) Ex-
cept as provided in subsection (b), one-tenth’’; and 
(2) adding at the end the following new provi-
sion: 
‘‘(b) Beginning on October 1, 2023, of the 
amounts made available to the Department of 
Energy under each heading in this title in this 
Act, two-tenths of one percent of such amounts 
in each of fiscal years 2024 through 2026 shall 
be transferred to the Office of the Inspector 
General of the Department of Energy to over-
see the funds made available to the Department 
of Energy in this title in this Act: Provided, 
That any amounts so transferred that were pre-
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viously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget 
are designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.’’ 
SEC. 310. (a) Notwithstanding sections 161 and 167 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6241, 6247), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and 
sell one million barrels of refined petroleum product from 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve during fiscal year 2024. 
(b) All proceeds from such sale shall be deposited into 
the general fund of the Treasury during fiscal year 2024. 
(c) Upon the completion of such sale, the Secretary 
shall carry out the closure of the Northeast Gasoline Sup-
ply Reserve. 
(d)(1) The Secretary of Energy may not establish any 
new regional petroleum product reserve unless funding for 
the proposed regional petroleum product reserve is explic-
itly requested in advance in an annual budget submission 
and approved by the Congress in an appropriations Act. 
(2) The budget request or notification shall in-
clude— 
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(A) the justification for the new reserve; 
(B) a cost estimate for the establishment, 
operation, and maintenance of the reserve, in-
cluding funding sources; 
(C) a detailed plan for operation of the re-
serve, including the conditions upon which the 
products may be released; 
(D) the location of the reserve; and 
(E) the estimate of the total inventory of 
the reserve. 
SEC. 311. Of the authority made available in Public 
Law 117–328 for the Title 17 Innovative Technology 
Loan Guarantee Program for commitments to guarantee 
loans for eligible projects under title XVII of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005, a total principal of $15,000,000,000 
is hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 312. (a) Of the unobligated balances from 
amounts made available in section 50131 of Public Law 
117–169, $1,000,000,000 are hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
available in section 50122 of Public Law 117–169, 
$4,500,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
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(c) Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
available in section 50123 of Public Law 117–169, 
$200,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 313. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be expended to sup-
port the Department of Energy Justice40 initiative as de-
fined by or required by Executive Order 14008. 
SEC. 314. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to draw down and sell petroleum prod-
ucts from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (1) to any enti-
ty that is under the ownership, control, or influence of 
the Chinese Communist Party; or (2) except on condition 
that such petroleum products will not be exported to the 
People’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 315. The funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Energy in this Act shall be applied in a manner 
consistent with subtitle D of title VI of the Research and 
Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (enacted 
as division B of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (Public Law 117– 
167; 42 U.S.C. 19231 et seq.)). 
SEC. 316. (a) Of the unobligated amounts available 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro-
grams—Nuclear Energy’’ in division J of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) for 
fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026, the following are avail-
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able, in addition to amounts otherwise made available for 
these purposes: 
(1) (A) $2,400,000,000 for Advanced Nuclear 
Fuel Availability, of which $800,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available in each of 
fiscal years 2024, 2025, 2026. 
(B) Funds available under subparagraph 
(A) shall only be available if a law is enacted 
after May 1, 2023, that specifically authorizes 
a program for the Secretary of Energy to sup-
port the availability of low-enriched uranium, 
including high-assay low-enriched uranium, for 
civilian domestic research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial use. 
(2) $1,197,000,000 to carry out the ongoing 
demonstration project under the Advanced Small 
Modular 
Reactor 
RD&D 
program, 
of 
which 
$399,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available in each of fiscal years 2024, 2025, 
and 2026. 
(b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this paragraph 
that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concur-
rent resolution on the budget are designated by the Con-
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gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 317. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or 
enforce the proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation 
Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer 
Conventional Cooking Products; Supplemental Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking and announcement of public meet-
ing’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 6818; published February 1, 2023) 
with respect to energy conservation standards for gas 
kitchen ranges and ovens, or any substantially similar 
rule, including any rule that would directly or indirectly 
limit consumer access to gas kitchen ranges or ovens. 
TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au-
thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
1965, as amended, and for expenses necessary for the 
Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the Appa-
lachian Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal 
share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 
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hire of passenger motor vehicles, $200,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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, $45,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, of which not to exceed 
$1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
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, notwith-
standing sections 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, 
$31,100,000, 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, $17,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 
306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 
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That funds shall be available for construction projects for 
which the Denali Commission is the sole or primary fund-
ing source in an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total 
project cost for distressed communities, as defined by sec-
tion 307 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (division 
C, title III, Public Law 105–277), as amended by section 
701 of appendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 
Stat. 1501A–280), and an amount not to exceed 50 per-
cent for non-distressed communities: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding 
payment of a non-Federal share in connection with a 
grant-in-aid program, amounts under this heading shall 
be available for the payment of such a non-Federal share 
for any project for which the Denali Commission is not 
the sole or primary funding source, provided that such 
project is consistent with the purposes of the Commission. 
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, $40,000,000, 
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. 
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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, $20,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
SOUTHWEST BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southwest Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
GREAT LAKES AUTHORITY 
For expenses necessary for the Great Lakes Author-
ity in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of 
title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
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, 
$960,560,450 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000), including official representation expenses not 
to exceed $30,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, not 
more than $10,350,720 may be made available for sala-
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ries, travel, and other support costs for the Office of the 
Commission, to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, 
inspection services, and other services and collections esti-
mated at $807,727,130 in fiscal year 2024 shall be re-
tained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this 
account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount 
of revenues received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $152,833,320. 
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, $18,648,340, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025: Provided, That revenues from 
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
collections estimated at $15,481,566 in fiscal year 2024 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
2025, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 
notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur-
ing fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
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2024 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$3,166,774: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading, $1,534,900 shall be for In-
spector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board. 
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, $4,064,000, to be derived from the Nu-
clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
2025. 
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 
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 
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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 
expended as directed in the report 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-
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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—WATER FOR CALIFORNIA 
SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS. 
In Subtitle A through Subtitle D, the following defini-
tions apply: 
(1) CVP.—The term ‘‘CVP’’ means the Central 
Valley Project. 
(2) CVP CONTRACTOR.—The term ‘‘CVP con-
tractor’’ means any public water agency, water user 
organization, or person that has entered into a con-
tract with the United States for water service from 
the CVP, whether in the form of a water service 
contract, repayment contract, water rights settle-
ment contract, exchange contract, or refuge con-
tract. 
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(3) FWS
BIOLOGICAL
OPINION.—The term 
‘‘FWS Biological Opinion’’ means the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service ‘‘Biological Opinion for the 
Reinitiation of Consultation on the Coordinated Op-
erations of the Central Valley Project and State 
Water Project’’ (Service File No. 08FBTD00–2019– 
F–0164) signed on October 21, 2019. 
(4) NOAA
BIOLOGICAL
OPINION.—The term 
‘‘NOAA Biological Opinion’’ means the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries 
‘‘Biological Opinion on the Long-term Operation of 
the Central Valley Project and the State Water 
Project’’ (Consultation Tracking Number: WCRO– 
2016–00069) signed on October 21, 2019. 
(5) PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE.—The term 
‘‘Preferred Alternative’’ means the Alternative 1 
(Preferred Alternative), as described in the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement on the Reinitiation 
of Consultation on the Coordinated Long-Term Op-
eration of the Central Valley Project and the State 
Water Project, issued by the Bureau of Reclamation, 
and dated December 2019. 
(6) SWP.—The term ‘‘SWP’’ means the Cali-
fornia State Water Project. 
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(7) SWP CONTRACTOR.—The term ‘‘SWP con-
tractor’’ means a public agency that has entered into 
a long-term water supply contract with the Cali-
fornia Department of Water Resources for water 
service from the SWP. 
SEC. 502. TREATMENT OF FUNDS. 
Amounts repurposed pursuant to this title that were 
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget are designated by the Congress as an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
Subtitle A—CVP and SWP Operations 
SEC. 511. OPERATION OF THE CVP AND SWP. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTION REGARDING CVP 
AND SWP OPERATIONS.—The CVP and the SWP shall be 
operated, and reporting shall be done, in accordance with 
the Preferred Alternative and FWS Biological Opinion 
and NOAA Biological Opinion. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Operation of the CVP and SWP 
shall proceed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, 
except: 
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(1) to the extent changes to operations are un-
dertaken pursuant to one or more agreements, which 
are voluntarily entered into, approved, and imple-
mented by CVP contractors, for operations of the 
CVP, and SWP contractors, for operations of the 
SWP, with all applicable Federal departments and 
the State of California, including any agency or 
board of the State of California; or 
(2) to the extent changes in operations of the 
CVP, SWP, or both can be made while improving 
the supply of water available to CVP contractors, 
SWP contractors, or both. 
(c) COSTS.—No cost, including water supply, finan-
cial, mintigation-related, or otherwise, associated with the 
implementation of any agreement under subsection (b)(1) 
or the implementation of any reoperation under subsection 
(b)(2) shall be imposed by any Federal department or 
agency or the State of California, including any agency 
or board of the State of California, directly or indirectly 
on any CVP contractor, SWP contractor, or any other per-
son or entity, unless such costs are incurred on a voluntary 
basis. 
(d) NO REDIRECTED ADVERSE IMPACTS.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce shall 
not carry out any specific action authorized under the ap-
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plicable provisions of this subtitle that would directly or 
through State agency action indirectly result in the invol-
untary reduction of water supply to an individual, district, 
or agency that has in effect a contract for water with the 
SWP or the CVP, including settlement, exchange, and ref-
uge contracts, and Friant Division contracts. 
(e) ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (b), implementation of subsection (a) shall not 
conflict with the FWS Biological Opinion and the NOAA 
Biological Opinion. 
(f) NATIVE SPECIES PROTECTION.—The State of 
California shall not impose any bag, catch, or size restric-
tion or limit on the take or harvest of striped bass or any 
species of black bass, including largemouth bass, 
smallmouth bass, and spotted bass, that occupy the Sac-
ramento-San Joaquin Rivers Delta or its tributaries. 
SEC. 512. OPERATIONS AND REVIEWS. 
In carrying out section 511(a), the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Commerce shall implement 
their statutory authorities in a manner that improves 
water supply reliability and enables the CVP and SWP 
to provide the maximum quantity of water supplies prac-
ticable to CVP agricultural, municipal, and industrial con-
tractors, water service or repayment contractors, water 
rights settlement contractors, exchange contractors, ref-
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uge contractors, and SWP contractors, in accordance with 
the Preferred Alternative, NOAA Biological Opinion, and 
FWS Biological Opinion. 
SEC. 513. APPLICATION OF STATE LAWS. 
(a) REDUCED WATER SUPPLY.—If, as a result of the 
application of applicable State law or regulation, the State 
of California (including any agency or board of the State 
of California) alters operation of the SWP in a manner 
that directly or indirectly results in reduced water supply 
to the SWP as compared with the water supply available 
under the Preferred Alternative, and as a result, CVP 
yield is greater than it otherwise would have been under 
the Preferred Alternative, then that additional yield shall 
be made available to the SWP for delivery to SWP Con-
tractors to offset that reduced water supply. If it is nec-
essary to reduce water supplies for any authorized uses 
of the CVP or CVP Contractors to make available to the 
SWP that additional yield, such reductions shall be ap-
plied proportionately to those authorized uses or CVP con-
tractors that benefit from that increased yield. 
(b) 
NO
RESTRICTION
OF
CERTAIN
WATER 
RIGHTS.—The State of California (including any agency 
or board of the State of California) shall not restrict the 
exercise of any water right obtained pursuant to State law, 
including but not limited to a pre-1914 appropriative right 
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or riparian right in order to offset any impact resulting 
from the implementation of this subtitle on any species 
affected by operations of the CVP or the SWP. 
(c) NO INVOLUNTARY WATER REDUCTION.—The 
State of California (including any agency or board of the 
State of California), the Secretary of the Interior and Sec-
retary of Commerce shall not take any action related to 
operation of the CVP or SWP that would directly or indi-
rectly result in the involuntary reduction of water supply 
to any CVP agricultural, municipal and industrial con-
tractor, water service or repayment contractor, water 
rights settlement contractor, exchange contractor, refuge 
contractor or any SWP contractor, as compared to the 
water supply available under the Preferred Alternative; 
and nothing in this section is intended to modify, amend, 
or affect any of the rights and obligations of the parties 
to such contracts. 
SEC. 514. RECONSULTATION OF NOAA BIOLOGICAL 
OPINION AND FWS BIOLOGICAL OPINION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR RECONSULTATION.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Unless action is taken 
pursuant to section 101(b), neither the Secretary of 
the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the 
Bureau of Reclamation, nor the Secretary of Com-
merce, or their designees shall commence, complete, 
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or request reinitiation of consultation on the coordi-
nated long-term operation of the Central Valley 
Project and the State Water Project that will result 
in changes to or the replacement of the documents 
listed in paragraph (2) unless— 
(A) more than 75 percent of California has 
experienced 4 consecutive years of D3 or D4 
level drought, as defined by the U.S. Drought 
Monitor; 
(B) the Commissioner of the Bureau of 
Reclamation identifies one specific factor or 
combination of factors under section 402.16 of 
title 50, Code of Federal Regulations; and 
(C) not fewer than 120 days before offi-
cially commencing or requesting reinitiation, the 
Secretary of the Interior notifies the Committee 
on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate, in writing, 
of— 
(i) the intent to commence or request 
reinitiation under this section; and 
(ii) the detailed justification for the 
identification of the specific factor or com-
bination of factors under section 402.16 of 
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title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, that 
was identified to satisfy the requirement in 
subparagraph (B). 
(2) DOCUMENTS.—The documents referred to 
in paragraph (1) are the following: 
(A) The FWS Biological Opinion. 
(B) The NOAA Biological Opinion. 
(C) The Record of Decision for the Reiniti-
ation of Consultation on the Coordinated Long- 
Term Modified Operations of the Central Valley 
Project and State Water Project, signed on 
February 18, 2020. 
(b) APPLICABLE PROCEDURES AND REVIEW.—For 
the purposes of this Act, before reinitiating consultation 
on the Long-Term Operation of the CVP and SWP, a re-
quest by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 
the Commerce, or any other Federal employee, to reini-
tiate consultation shall be made in writing and considered 
a rule under section 551 of title 5, United States Code, 
and subject to the requirements of sections 801 through 
808 of that title. 
(c) COOPERATION.—In implementing this section, the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce 
shall comply with requirements included in section 4004 
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of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 
Act (Public Law 114–322). 
(d) EXCLUSION.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), in 
implementing this section, section 801(b)(2) of title 5, 
United States Code, shall not apply. 
SEC. 515. SUNSET. 
Sections 511 through 514 shall have no force or ef-
fect on and after the date that is 7 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 516. CONSULTATION ON COORDINATED OPER-
ATIONS. 
The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Na-
tion Act (Public Law 114–322) is amended— 
(1) in section 4004(a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
strike ‘‘public water agency that contracts’’ and 
insert ‘‘contractor’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or pro-
posed action’’ after ‘‘biological assessment,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or pro-
posed action’’ after ‘‘biological assessment,’’; 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 
through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), re-
spectively; 
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(E) after paragraph (2), by inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) receive a copy of the draft proposed action 
and have the opportunity to review that document 
and provide comment to the action agency, which 
comments shall be afforded due consideration during 
development;’’; and 
(F) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (C) of this paragraph— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘action agency pro-
poses a proposed action or’’ before ‘‘the 
consulting agency’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘proposed action or’’ before ‘‘alternative 
will’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘alternative actions’’ and insert ‘‘actions 
or alternatives’’; and 
(2) in section 4013, by deleting ‘‘section 4004, 
which shall expire 10 years after the date of its en-
actment;’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4004, which shall 
expire on December 16, 2033;’’. 
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Subtitle B—Allocations for Sacramento Valley 
Contractors 
SEC. 521. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle, the following definitions apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘existing CVP agricultural water 
service or repayment contractor within the Sac-
ramento River Watershed’’ means any water service 
or repayment contractor within the Shasta, Trinity, 
or Sacramento River division of the CVP that has 
in effect a water service or repayment contract on 
the date of enactment of this title that provides 
water for irrigation. 
(2) The terms ‘‘Above Normal’’, ‘‘Below Nor-
mal’’, ‘‘Dry’’, and ‘‘Wet’’, with respect to a year, 
have the meanings given those terms in the Sac-
ramento Valley Water Year Type (40–30–30) Index. 
SEC. 522. ALLOCATIONS OF WATER. 
Subject to section 523, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall make every reasonable effort in the operation of the 
CVP to allocate water provided for irrigation purposes to 
each existing CVP agricultural water service contractor 
within the Sacramento River Watershed in accordance 
with the following: 
(1) Not less than 100 percent of the contract 
quantity of the existing CVP agricultural water serv-
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ice contractor within the Sacramento River Water-
shed in a Wet year. 
(2) Not less than 100 percent of the contract 
quantity of the existing CVP agricultural water serv-
ice contractor within the Sacramento River Water-
shed in an Above Normal year. 
(3) Not less than 100 percent of the contract 
quantity of the existing CVP agricultural water serv-
ice contractor within the Sacramento River Water-
shed in a Below Normal year that is preceded by an 
Above Normal or Wet year. 
(4) Not less than 50 percent of the contract 
quantity of the existing CVP agricultural water serv-
ice contractor within the Sacramento River Water-
shed in a Dry year that is preceded by a Below Nor-
mal, Above Normal, or Wet year. 
(5) In any other year not identified in para-
graphs (1) through (4), not less than twice the allo-
cation percentage to south-of-Delta CVP agricultural 
water service contractors, up to 100 percent. 
SEC. 523. PROTECTION OF REFUGE, MUNICIPAL AND 
INDUSTRIAL, AND OTHER CONTRACTORS. 
Nothing in section 522 shall— 
(1) adversely affect any protections for the envi-
ronment, including the obligation of the Secretary of 
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the Interior to make water available to managed 
wetlands pursuant to section 3406(d) of the Central 
Valley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of 
Public Law 102–575; 106 Stat. 4722); 
(2) adversely affect any obligation of the Sec-
retary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce 
under the FWS Biological Opinion or the NOAA Bi-
ological Opinion; 
(3) modify any provision of a water service con-
tract that addresses municipal or industrial water 
shortage policies of the Secretary of the Interior; 
(4) affect or limit the authority of the Secretary 
of the Interior to adopt or modify municipal and in-
dustrial water shortage policies; 
(5) constrain, govern, or affect, directly or indi-
rectly, the operations of the American River division 
of the CVP or any deliveries from that division or 
a unit or facility of that division; or 
(6) affect any allocation to a CVP municipal or 
industrial water service contractor by increasing or 
decreasing allocations to the contractor, as compared 
to the allocation the contractor would have received 
absent section 522. 
SEC. 524. OTHER CONTRACTORS. 
Nothing in section 522 shall— 
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(1) affect the priority of any individual or entity 
with a Sacramento River settlement contract over 
water service or repayment contractors; 
(2) affect the United States ability to deliver 
water to the San Joaquin River exchange contrac-
tors from the Sacramento River and the Delta via 
the Delta-Mendota Canal or modify or amend the 
rights and obligations under the Purchase Contract 
between Miller and Lux and the United States and 
the Second Amended Exchange Contract between 
the United States, Department of the Interior, Bu-
reau of Reclamation and Central California Irriga-
tion District, San Luis Canal Company, Firebaugh 
Canal Water District and Columbia Canal Company; 
(3) affect the allocation of water to Friant divi-
sion contractors of the CVP; 
(4) result in the involuntary reduction in con-
tract water allocations to individuals or entities with 
contracts to receive water from the Friant division; 
(5) result in the involuntary reduction in water 
allocations to refuge contractors; or 
(6) authorize any actions inconsistent with 
State water rights law. 
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Subtitle C—Infrastructure 
SEC. 531. SHASTA
RESERVOIR
ENLARGEMENT 
PROJECT. 
Section 40902(a)(2) of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘this Act, except for any project for 
which—’’ and inserting ‘‘this Act; or’’; and 
(B) by striking clauses (i) and (ii); and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘(except 
that projects described in clauses (i) and (ii) of sub-
paragraph (B) shall not be eligible)’’. 
SEC. 532. WATER SUPPLY PLAN; PROJECTS. 
(a) PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of the Bu-
reau of Reclamation shall develop a water deficit report, 
which shall identify— 
(1) projected water supply shortages in the 
State of California for irrigation water service, mu-
nicipal and industrial water service, water supply for 
wildlife refuges supplied by the CVP or the SWP; 
and 
(2) infrastructure projects or actions which, if 
taken, would— 
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(A) significantly reduce or eliminate the 
projected water supply shortage; or 
(B) fulfill water allocations consistent with 
agricultural, municipal and industrial contrac-
tors, water service or repayment contractors, 
water rights settlement contractors, exchange 
contractors, and SWP contractors with water 
delivery contractors on the CVP and SWP. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Commissioner of 
the Bureau of Reclamation shall provide a report de-
scribed in subsection (a) to the House Committee on Ap-
propriations, the Senate Committee on Appropriations, 
the House Committee on Natural Resources, the Senate 
Committee on Energy, and the Senate Committee on Nat-
ural Resources upon its completion. 
SEC. 533. CONSERVATION FISH HATCHERIES. 
Section 4010(b)(5) of the Water Infrastructure Im-
provements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114–322) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) SEMI-ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Commerce shall submit to the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate semi-annual re-
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ports that detail activities carried out under 
this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 534. STORAGE; DURATION. 
(a) STORAGE.—Section 4007 of the Water Infra-
structure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 
114–322) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘or any 
public agency organized pursuant to State law’’ and 
inserting ‘‘any public agency organized pursuant to 
State law, or any stakeholder’’; and 
(2) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘January 1, 
2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2028’’. 
(b) DURATION.—Section 4013 of the Water Infra-
structure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 
114–322) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) section 4007, which (except as provided in 
paragraph (3)), shall expire on December 31, 2028; 
and’’. 
SEC. 535. SHASTA DAM ENLARGEMENT 
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No provision of State law shall preclude or otherwise 
prevent any public water agency, including a public agency 
of the State, that contracts for the delivery of CVP water 
from assisting or cooperating with, whether by loan, grant, 
license, or otherwise, the planning and construction of any 
project undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation to en-
large Shasta Dam. 
Subtitle D—CVPIA Actions 
SEC. 541. CVPIA RESTORATION ACTIONS. 
(a) REFUGE WATER SUPPLY PROGRAM.—Not later 
than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall complete the refuge water 
supply program under section 3406(d) of the Central Val-
ley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 
102–575; 106 Stat. 4722) and shall, within that 2-year 
period, give priority to completing the refuge water supply 
program when making funding decisions from the Central 
Valley Project Restoration Fund established under section 
3407 of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 
Stat. 4726), the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117–25), the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act (Public Law 88–578), and other sources of 
funding. 
(b) RESTORATION ACTIONS DEEMED COMPLETE.— 
Upon completion of the refuge water supply program pur-
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suant to subsection (a), or September 30, 2025, whichever 
occurs first, the Secretary of the Interior shall deem com-
plete the fish, wildlife, and habitat mitigation and restora-
tion actions mandated under section 3406 of the Central 
Valley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of Public 
Law 102–575; 106 Stat. 4714). 
Subtitle E—Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act 
SEC. 551. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) BUREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 
Bureau of Reclamation. 
(2) COOPERATING AGENCIES.—The term ‘‘co-
operating agency’’ means a Federal agency with ju-
risdiction over a review, analysis, opinion, statement, 
permit, license, or other approval or decision re-
quired for a qualifying project under applicable Fed-
eral laws and regulations, or a State agency subject 
to section 503(c). 
(3) QUALIFYING PROJECTS.—The term ‘‘quali-
fying projects’’ means new surface water storage 
projects in the States covered under the Act of June 
17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and Acts 
supplemental to and amendatory of that Act (43 
U.S.C. 371 et seq.) constructed on lands adminis-
tered by the Department of the Interior or the De-
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partment of Agriculture, exclusive of any easement, 
right-of-way, lease, or any private holding, if the 
project applicant or sponsor elects to participate in 
the process authorized by this title. Such term shall 
also include State-led projects (as defined in section 
4007(a)(2) of the WIIN Act) for new surface water 
storage projects in the States covered under the Act 
of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and 
Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act 
(43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.) constructed on lands admin-
istered by the Department of the Interior or the De-
partment of Agriculture, exclusive of any easement, 
right-of-way, lease, or any private holding, unless the 
project applicant elects not to participate in the 
process authorized by this title. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 552. ESTABLISHMENT OF LEAD AGENCY AND 
COOPERATING AGENCIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF LEAD AGENCY.—The Bu-
reau is established as the lead agency for purposes of co-
ordinating all reviews, analyses, opinions, statements, per-
mits, licenses, or other approvals or decisions required 
under Federal law to construct qualifying projects. 
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(b) IDENTIFICATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CO-
OPERATING AGENCIES.—The Commissioner of the Bureau 
shall— 
(1) identify, as early as practicable upon receipt 
of an application for a qualifying project, any Fed-
eral agency that may have jurisdiction over a review, 
analysis, opinion, statement, permit, license, ap-
proval, or decision required for a qualifying project 
under applicable Federal laws and regulations; and 
(2) notify any such agency, within a reasonable 
timeframe, that the agency has been designated as 
a cooperating agency in regards to the qualifying 
project unless that agency responds to the Bureau in 
writing, within a timeframe set forth by the Bureau, 
notifying the Bureau that the agency— 
(A) has no jurisdiction or authority with 
respect to the qualifying project; 
(B) has no expertise or information rel-
evant to the qualifying project or any review, 
analysis, opinion, statement, permit, license, or 
other approval or decision associated therewith; 
or 
(C) does not intend to submit comments 
on the qualifying project or conduct any review 
of such a project or make any decision with re-
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spect to such project in a manner other than in 
cooperation with the Bureau. 
(c) STATE AUTHORITY.—A State in which a quali-
fying project is being considered may choose, consistent 
with State law— 
(1) to participate as a cooperating agency; and 
(2) to make subject to the processes of this sub-
title all State agencies that— 
(A) have jurisdiction over the qualifying 
project; 
(B) are required to conduct or issue a re-
view, analysis, or opinion for the qualifying 
project; or 
(C) are required to make a determination 
on issuing a permit, license, or approval for the 
qualifying project. 
SEC. 553. BUREAU RESPONSIBILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The principal responsibilities of 
the Bureau under this subtitle are— 
(1) to serve as the point of contact for appli-
cants, State agencies, Indian Tribes, and others re-
garding proposed qualifying projects; 
(2) to coordinate preparation of unified environ-
mental documentation that will serve as the basis for 
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all Federal decisions necessary to authorize the use 
of Federal lands for qualifying projects; and 
(3) to coordinate all Federal agency reviews 
necessary for project development and construction 
of qualifying projects. 
(b) COORDINATION PROCESS.—The Bureau shall 
have the following coordination responsibilities: 
(1) PREAPPLICATION
COORDINATION.—Notify 
cooperating agencies of proposed qualifying projects 
not later than 30 days after receipt of a proposal 
and facilitate a preapplication meeting for prospec-
tive applicants, relevant Federal and State agencies, 
and Indian Tribes— 
(A) to explain applicable processes, data 
requirements, and applicant submissions nec-
essary to complete the required Federal agency 
reviews within the timeframe established; and 
(B) to establish the schedule for the quali-
fying project. 
(2) CONSULTATION WITH COOPERATING AGEN-
CIES.—Consult 
with 
the 
cooperating 
agencies 
throughout the Federal agency review process, iden-
tify and obtain relevant data in a timely manner, 
and set necessary deadlines for cooperating agencies. 
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(3) SCHEDULE.—Work with the qualifying 
project applicant and cooperating agencies to estab-
lish a project schedule. In establishing the schedule, 
the Bureau shall consider, among other factors— 
(A) the responsibilities of cooperating 
agencies under applicable laws and regulations; 
(B) the resources available to the cooper-
ating agencies and the non-Federal qualifying 
project sponsor, as applicable; 
(C) the overall size and complexity of the 
qualifying project; 
(D) the overall schedule for and cost of the 
qualifying project; and 
(E) the sensitivity of the natural and his-
toric resources that may be affected by the 
qualifying project. 
(4) ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.—Prepare a 
unified environmental review document for each 
qualifying project application, incorporating a single 
environmental record on which all cooperating agen-
cies with authority to issue approvals for a given 
qualifying project shall base project approval deci-
sions. Help ensure that cooperating agencies make 
necessary decisions, within their respective authori-
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