by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public
Law 100–456, section 1441, $16,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Commission in carry-
ing out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act
of 1974, as amended, and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended, including the employment of aliens; services
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; publication and dissemina-
tion of atomic information; purchase, repair, and cleaning
of uniforms; official representation expenses (not to exceed
$20,000); reimbursements to the General Services Admin-
istration for security guard services; hire of passenger
motor vehicles and aircraft, $462,700,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the amount ap-
propriated herein, $13,000,000 shall be derived from the
Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided further, That from this ap-
propriation, transfers of sums may be made to other agen-
cies of the Government for the performance of the work
for which this appropriation is made, and in such cases
the sums so transferred may be merged with the appro-
priation to which transferred: Provided further, That mon-
eys received by the Commission for the cooperative nuclear
safety research program, services rendered to State gov-
ernments, foreign governments and international organi-
zations, and the material and information access author-
ization programs, including criminal history checks under
section 149 of the Atomic Energy Act may be retained
and used for salaries and expenses associated with those
activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That rev-
enues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other
services and collections estimated at $446,700,000 in fis-
cal year 1998 shall be retained and used for necessary
salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That $3,000,000 of the funds herein ap-
propriated for regulatory reviews and other assistance pro-
vided to the Department of Energy and other Federal
agencies shall be excluded from license fee revenues, not-
withstanding 42 U.S.C. 2214: Provided further, That the
sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount
of revenues received during fiscal year 1998 from licensing
fees, inspection services and other services and collections,
excluding those moneys received for the cooperative nu-
clear safety research program, services rendered to State
governments, foreign governments and international orga-
nizations, and the material and information access author-
ization programs, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1998
appropriation estimated at not more than $16,000,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, including services au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $4,800,000, to remain avail-
able until expended; and in addition, an amount not to
exceed 5 percent of this sum may be transferred from Sal-
aries and Expenses, Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Pro-
vided, That notice of such transfers shall be given to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate: Provided further, That from this appro-
priation, transfers of sums may be made to other agencies
of the Government for the performance of the work for
which this appropriation is made, and in such cases the
sums so transferred may be merged with the appropriation
to which transferred: Provided further, That revenues from
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and
collections shall be retained and used for necessary sala-
ries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall
be reduced by the amount of revenues received during fis-
cal year 1998 from licensing fees, inspection services, and
other services and collections, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 1998 appropriation estimated at not more than
$0.
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–
203, section 5051, $2,400,000, to be derived from the Nu-
clear Waste Fund, and to remain available until expended.
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
For essential stewardship activities for which appro-
priations were provided to the Tennessee Valley Authority
in Public Law 104–206, such sums as are necessary in
fiscal year 1998 and thereafter, to be derived only from
one or more of the following sources: nonpower fund bal-
ances and collections; investment returns of the nonpower
program; applied programmatic savings in the power and
nonpower programs; savings from the suspension of bo-
nuses and awards; savings from reductions in member-
ships and contributions; increases in collections resulting
from nonpower activities, including user fees; or increases
in charges to private and public utilities both investor and
cooperatively owned, as well as to direct load customers:
Provided, That such funds are available to fund the stew-
ardship activities under this paragraph, notwithstanding
sections 11, 14, 15, 29, or other provisions of the Ten-
nessee Valley Authority Act, as amended: Provided further,
That the savings from, and revenue adjustments to, the
TVA budget in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter shall be
sufficient to fund the aforementioned stewardship activi-
ties such that the net spending authority and resulting
outlays for these activities shall not exceed $0 in fiscal
year 1998 and thereafter: Provided further, That within
thirty days of enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the
TVA shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and Senate an itemized
listing of the amounts of the proposed reductions and in-
creased receipts to be made pursuant to this paragraph
in fiscal year 1998: Provided further, That by November
1, 1999, the Chairman of the TVA shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate
an itemized listing of the amounts of the reductions or
increased receipts made pursuant to this paragraph for
fiscal year 1998.
TITLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en-
tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of
each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state-
ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be provided by contract or by grant (including
a grant of funds to be available for student aid) to any
institution of higher education, or subelement thereof, that
is currently ineligible for contracts and grants pursuant
to section 514 of the Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in section 101(e)
of division A of Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–
270).
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew
a contract with a contractor that is subject to the report-
ing requirement set forth in subsection (d) of section 4212
of title 38, United States Code, but has not submitted the
most recent report required by such subsection.
SEC. 504. None of the funds made available in this
Act to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the
Department of the Interior may be used for the Animas-
La Plata Project, in Colorado and New Mexico, except for:
(1) activities required to comply with the applicable provi-
sions of current law; and (2) continuation of activities pur-
suant to the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settle-
ment Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–585).
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 1997.
Attest:
Clerk.