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of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That 
CALFED implementation shall be carried out in a bal-
anced manner with clear performance measures dem-
onstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals and 
objectives of the Program. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and 
related functions in the office of the Commissioner, the Den-
ver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of 
Reclamation, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
$57,917,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund and 
be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377: Provided, 
That no part of any other appropriation in this Act shall 
be available for activities or functions budgeted as policy 
and administration expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be available for purchase of not to exceed 14 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 11 are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to determine 
the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for 
the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary of 
the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 
shall conform to the water quality standards of the State
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of California as approved by the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental 
effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-
gram and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage 
Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the Interior 
as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully 
repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program-Alternative Re-
payment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP-Alternative Repayment 
Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repayment Report, 
Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San Joaquin 
Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, prepared by 
the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. 
Any future obligations of funds by the United States relat-
ing to, or providing for, drainage service or drainage stud-
ies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by 
San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or studies pur-
suant to Federal reclamation law. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used to 
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to purchase or 
lease water in the Middle Rio Grande or the Carlsbad 
Projects in New Mexico unless said purchase or lease is in 
compliance with the purchase requirements of section 202 
of Public Law 106–60.
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SEC. 203. Funds under this title for Drought Emer-
gency Assistance shall be made available primarily for leas-
ing of water for specified drought related purposes from 
willing lessors, in compliance with existing State laws and 
administered under State water priority allocation. Such 
leases may be entered into with an option to purchase: Pro-
vided, That such purchase is approved by the State in 
which the purchase takes place and the purchase does not 
cause economic harm within the State in which the pur-
chase is made. 
SEC. 204. The Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, hereafter 
is authorized to enter into grants, cooperative agreements, 
and other agreements with irrigation or water districts and 
States to fund up to 50 percent of the cost of planning, 
designing, and constructing improvements that will con-
serve water, increase water use efficiency, or enhance water 
management through measurement or automation, at exist-
ing water supply projects within the States identified in 
the Act of June 17, 1902, as amended, and supplemented: 
Provided, That when such improvements are to federally 
owned facilities, such funds may be provided in advance 
on a non-reimbursable basis to an entity operating affected 
transferred works or may be deemed non-reimbursable for 
non-transferred works: Provided further, That the calcula-
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tion of the non-Federal contribution shall provide for con-
sideration of the value of any in-kind contributions, but 
shall not include funds received from other Federal agencies: 
Provided further, That the cost of operating and maintain-
ing such improvements shall be the responsibility of the 
non-Federal entity: Provided further, That this section shall 
not supercede any existing project-specific funding author-
ity: Provided further, That the Secretary is also hereafter 
authorized to enter into grants or cooperative agreements 
with universities or non-profit research institutions to fund 
water use efficiency research. 
SEC. 205. RIO GRANDE COLLABORATIVE WATER OP-
ERATIONS TEAM. The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, 
and the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Army 
Corps of Engineers, shall jointly lead and may enter into 
agreements with other Federal, State, and non-Federal enti-
ties with water rights in the Rio Grande Basin to form 
a Collaborative Water Operations Team in order to cooper-
ate on water management and riparian actions in order 
to optimize the supply of water throughout the basin and 
meet other Federal obligations. The Rio Grande Collabo-
rative Water Operations Team shall undertake to develop 
a master plan for the Rio Grande River and its tributaries 
within the State of New Mexico that integrates all Federal
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actions and where possible considers all non-Federal actions 
for water management including improvement of agri-
culture efficiency, environmental restoration and manage-
ment, ecological improvements and management, scientific 
investigations, flood control, recreation development and 
similar water and land management efforts. 
SEC. 206. WATER DESALINATION ACT. Section 8 of 
Public Law 104–298 (The Water Desalination Act of 1996) 
(110 Stat. 3624) as amended by section 210 of Public Law 
108–7 (117 Stat. 146) and by section 6015 of Public Law 
109–13 is amended by—
(1) in paragraph (a) by striking ‘‘2005’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘2010’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (b) by striking ‘‘2005’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘2010’’. 
SEC. 207. Section 17(b) of the Colorado Ute Indian 
Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988 as amended (Public 
Law 100–585, 102 Stat. 2973; Public Law 106–554, 114 
Stat. 2763A–266) is amended by striking ‘‘within 7 years’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘following the date of enact-
ment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 
2006 through 2012’’. 
SEC. 208. (a) Notwithstanding section 217(a)(3) of the 
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004 
(Public Law 108–137; 117 Stat. 1853), and in accordance
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with section 804(f) of title VIII of the Clark County Con-
servation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 
2002 (Public Law 107–282; 116 Stat. 2016), the State of 
Nevada shall not be responsible for any of the payments 
described in section 804(b)–(e) of title VIII of Public Law 
107–282 associated with the conveyance of the Humboldt 
Project. The State of Nevada shall be subject to the reconvey-
ance provisions contained in the last sentence of section 
804(f). 
(b)(1) Using amounts made available under section 
2507 of the Farm and Security Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (Public Law 107–171, Title II, Subtitle F; 116 Stat. 
275), the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Com-
missioner of Reclamation, may expend up to $1,000,000 to 
cover both the Secretary’s share and the State of Nevada’s 
share of the following costs provided by section 804(c)–(e) 
of Public Law 107–282 incurred by the conveyance of the 
State of Nevada’s share of the Humboldt Project: 
(A) administrative costs; 
(B) real estate transfer costs; and 
(C) the costs associated with complying with—
(i) the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 
(ii) the National Historic Preservation Act 
(16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.).
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(2) The amounts appropriated by this section shall be 
in addition to the $270,000 appropriated by section 
217(a)(3) of Public Law 108–137. 
SEC. 209. (a)(1) Using amounts made available under 
section 2507 of the Farm and Security Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (43 U.S.C. 2211 note; Public Law 107–171), 
the Secretary shall provide not more than $70,000,000 to 
the University of Nevada—
(A) to acquire from willing sellers land, water 
appurtenant to the land, and related interests in the 
Walker River Basin, Nevada; and 
(B) to establish and administer an agricultural 
and natural resources center, the mission of which 
shall be to undertake research, restoration, and edu-
cational activities in the Walker River Basin relating 
to—
(i) innovative agricultural water conserva-
tion; 
(ii) cooperative programs for environmental 
restoration; 
(iii) fish and wildlife habitat restoration; 
and 
(iv) wild horse and burro research and 
adoption marketing.
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(2) In acquiring interests under paragraph (1)(A), the 
University of Nevada shall make acquisitions that the Uni-
versity determines are the most beneficial to—
(A) the establishment and operation of the agri-
cultural and natural resources research center author-
ized under paragraph (1)(B); and 
(B) environmental restoration in the Walker 
River Basin. 
(b)(1) Using amounts made available under section 
2507 of the Farm and Security Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (43 U.S.C. 2211 note; Public Law 107–171), the Sec-
retary shall provide not more than $10,000,000 for a water 
lease and purchase program for the Walker River Paiute 
Tribe. 
(2) Water acquired under paragraph (1) shall be—
(A) acquired only from willing sellers; 
(B) designed to maximize water conveyances to 
Walker Lake; and 
(C) located only within the Walker River Paiute 
Indian Reservation. 
(c) Using amounts made available under section 2507 
of the Farm and Security Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(43 U.S.C. 2211 note; Public Law 107–171), the Secretary, 
acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall pro-
vide—
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(1) $10,000,000 for tamarisk eradication, ripar-
ian area restoration, and channel restoration efforts 
within the Walker River Basin that are designed to 
enhance water delivery to Walker Lake, with priority 
given to activities that are expected to result in the 
greatest increased water flows to Walker Lake; and 
(2) $5,000,000 to the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, the Walker River Paiute Tribe, and 
the Nevada Division of Wildlife to undertake activi-
ties, to be coordinated by the Director of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, to complete the de-
sign and implementation of the Western Inland Trout 
Initiative and Fishery Improvements in the State of 
Nevada with an emphasis on the Walker River Basin. 
SEC. 210. NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. (a) AUTHORIZATION 
TO CONDUCT FEASIBILITY STUDY.— 
(1) FEASIBILITY
STUDY.—In accordance with 
Federal reclamation law, the Secretary of the Interior 
(referred to as ‘‘Secretary’’), acting through the Bu-
reau of Reclamation and in consultation with the 
State of Oklahoma, Central Oklahoma Master Conser-
vancy District (referred to as ‘‘District’’), and other 
interested local entities, is authorized to conduct a 
study to determine the feasibility of:
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(A) implementing water augmentation al-
ternatives that would provide additional water 
to meet the future needs of the District’s member 
cities and surrounding area; 
(B) making use of existing Norman Project 
infrastructure to store, regulate and deliver 
water to meet current and future water demands; 
and 
(C) increasing the capacity of existing Nor-
man Project infrastructure in order to meet the 
projected demands. 
(2) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the 
cost of the study authorized in this Act shall not ex-
ceed 50 percent of the total cost of the study, and shall 
be non-reimbursable. 
(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 
is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements 
with the State of Oklahoma and other appropriate en-
tities to complete the feasibility study authorized in 
this Act. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums 
as are necessary to carry out the Federal share under sub-
section (a).
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SEC. 211. Section 207 of Division C of Public Law 
108–447 is amended by inserting ‘‘, and any effects of infla-
tion thereon,’’ after the word ‘‘increase’’.
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY SUPPLY AND CONSERVATION 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy supply 
and energy conservation activities in carrying out the pur-
poses of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$1,945,330,000, to remain available until expended. 
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY 
(DEFERRAL) 
Of the funds made available under this heading for 
obligation in prior years, $257,000,000 shall not be avail-
able until October 1, 2006: Provided, That funds made 
available in previous appropriations Acts shall be made 
available for any ongoing project regardless of the separate 
request for proposal under which the project was selected.
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FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 
research and development activities, under the authority of 
the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 
95–91), including the acquisition of interest, including de-
feasible and equitable interests in any real property or any 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles, the hire, maintenance, 
and operation of aircraft, the purchase, repair, and clean-
ing of uniforms, the reimbursement to the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, and for con-
ducting inquiries, technological investigations and research 
concerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of 
mineral substances without objectionable social and envi-
ronmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), 
$641,646,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$18,000,000 is to continue a multi-year project coordinated 
with the private sector for FutureGen, without regard to 
the terms and conditions applicable to clean coal techno-
logical projects: Provided, That the initial planning and 
research stages of the FutureGen project shall include a 
matching requirement from non-Federal sources of at least 
20 percent of the costs: Provided further, That any dem-
onstration component of such project shall require a match-
ing requirement from non-Federal sources of at least 50 per-
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cent of the costs of the component: Provided further, That 
of the amounts provided, $100,000,000 is available, after 
coordination with the private sector, for a request for pro-
posals for a Clean Coal Power Initiative providing for com-
petitively-awarded research, development, and demonstra-
tion projects to reduce the barriers to continued and ex-
panded coal use: Provided further, That no project may be 
selected for which sufficient funding is not available to pro-
vide for the total project: Provided further, That funds shall 
be expended in accordance with the provisions governing 
the use of funds contained under the heading ‘‘Clean Coal 
Technology’’ in 42 U.S.C. 5903d as well as those contained 
under the heading ‘‘Clean Coal Technology’’ in prior appro-
priations: Provided further, That the Department may in-
clude provisions for repayment of Government contributions 
to individual projects in an amount up to the Government 
contribution to the project on terms and conditions that are 
acceptable to the Department including repayments from 
sale and licensing of technologies from both domestic and 
foreign transactions: Provided further, That such repay-
ments shall be retained by the Department for future coal-
related research, development and demonstration projects: 
Provided further, That any technology selected under this 
program shall be considered a Clean Coal Technology, and 
any project selected under this program shall be considered
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a Clean Coal Technology Project, for the purposes of 42 
U.S.C. 7651n, and chapters 51, 52, and 60 of title 40 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations: Provided further, That no 
part of the sum herein made available shall be used for the 
field testing of nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil and 
gas: Provided further, That up to 4 percent of program di-
rection funds available to the National Energy Technology 
Laboratory may be used to support Department of Energy 
activities not included in this account: Provided further, 
That salaries for Federal employees performing research 
and development activities at the National Energy Tech-
nology Laboratory can continue to be funded from program 
accounts: Provided further, That the Secretary of Energy 
is authorized to accept fees and contributions from public 
and private sources, to be deposited in a contributed funds 
account, and prosecute projects using such fees and con-
tributions in cooperation with other Federal, State, or pri-
vate agencies or concerns: Provided further, That revenues 
and other moneys received by or for the account of the De-
partment of Energy or otherwise generated by sale of prod-
ucts in connection with projects of the Department appro-
priated under the Fossil Energy Research and Development 
account may be retained by the Secretary of Energy, to be 
available until expended, and used only for plant construc-
tion, operation, costs, and payments to cost-sharing entities
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as provided in appropriate cost-sharing contracts or agree-
ments. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities, including the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, $21,500,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior 
years shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil shale 
reserve activities. 
ELK HILLS SCHOOL LANDS FUND 
For necessary expenses in fulfilling installment pay-
ments under the Settlement Agreement entered into by the 
United States and the State of California on October 11, 
1996, as authorized by section 3415 of Public Law 104–
106, $48,000,000, for payment to the State of California 
for the State Teachers’ Retirement Fund, of which 
$36,000,000 will be derived from the Elk Hills School 
Lands Fund. 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
facility development and operations and program manage-
ment activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), 
including the hire of passenger motor vehicles, the hire,
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maintenance, and operation of aircraft, the purchase, re-
pair, and cleaning of uniforms, the reimbursement to the 
General Services Administration for security guard serv-
ices, $166,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 
of the Energy Information Administration, $85,926,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
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-defense 
environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the pur-
poses of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the 
purchase of not to exceed six passenger motor vehicles, of 
which five shall be for replacement only, $353,219,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING FUND 
For necessary expenses in carrying out uranium en-
richment facility decontamination and decommissioning, 
remedial actions, and other activities of title II of the Atom-
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ic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and title X, subtitle 
A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $561,498,000, to be 
derived from the Fund, to remain available until expended, 
of which $0 shall be available in accordance with title X, 
subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. 
SCIENCE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for science activi-
ties in carrying out the purposes of the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion, and purchase of not to exceed forty-seven pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only, including not 
to exceed one ambulance and two buses, $3,702,718,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 
purposes of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public 
Law 97–425, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’), including the acqui-
sition of real property or facility construction or expansion, 
$300,000,000, to remain available until expended and to 
be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided, That 
of the funds made available in this Act for Nuclear Waste
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Disposal, $3,500,000 shall be provided to the State of Ne-
vada solely for expenditures, other than salaries and ex-
penses of State employees, to conduct scientific oversight re-
sponsibilities and participate in licensing activities pursu-
ant to the Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
lack of a written agreement with the State of Nevada under 
section 117(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Pub-
lic Law 97–425, as amended, not less than $500,000 shall 
be provided to Nye County, Nevada, for on-site oversight 
activities under section 117(d) of that Act: Provided further, 
That $8,500,000 shall be provided to affected units of local 
governments, as defined in the Act, to conduct appropriate 
activities and participate in licensing activities: Provided 
further, That the distribution of the funds as determined 
by the units of local government shall be approved by the 
Department of Energy: Provided further, That the funds for 
the State of Nevada shall be made available solely to the 
Nevada Division of Emergency Management by direct pay-
ment and units of local government by direct payment: Pro-
vided further, That within 90 days of the completion of each 
Federal fiscal year, the Nevada Division of Emergency 
Management and the Governor of the State of Nevada and 
each local entity shall provide certification to the Depart-
ment of Energy that all funds expended from such payments 
have been expended for activities authorized by the Act and