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out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 
costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur-
ther, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out 
in a balanced manner with clear performance measures 
demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals 
and objectives of the Program. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for policy, administration, 
and related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, 
the Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the 
Bureau of Reclamation, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, $59,000,000, to be derived from the 
Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 
43 U.S.C. 377: Provided, That no part of any other appro-
priation in this Act shall be available for activities or func-
tions budgeted as policy and administration expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger 
motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by this Act; 
(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— 
(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; 
(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 
the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili-
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tation category or the Resources Management and 
Development category to any program, project, or 
activity in the other category; or 
(7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 
obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 
$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 
contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 
to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de-
ficiency judgments. 
(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 
of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 
Rehabilitation category. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 
means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 
project, or activity. 
(d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 
on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro-
grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat-
egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub-
mitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter-
mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 
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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— 
Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alter-
native Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled 
‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-
gram and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Feb-
ruary 1995’’, prepared by the Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds 
by the United States relating to, or providing for, drainage 
service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall 
be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of 
such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation 
law. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to implement the Stipulation of Settlement (Natural 
Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Kirk Rodgers, et al., 
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Eastern District of California, No. Civ. 9 S–88–1658 
LKK/GGH) or subtitle A of title X of Public Law 111– 
11. 
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, 
$1,103,908,000 (reduced by $48,000,000) (increased by 
$48,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $33,400,000) (increased by 
$15,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $125,849,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2019, for program direction. 
ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec-
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tricity delivery and energy reliability activities in carrying 
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisi-
tion or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-
sion, $218,500,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amount, $27,500,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2019, 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, $969,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$70,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, 
for program direction. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out fossil energy research and development activi-
ties, under the authority of the Department of Energy Or-
ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the ac-
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quisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable in-
terests in any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting in-
quiries, technological investigations and research con-
cerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of 
mineral substances without objectionable social and envi-
ronmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), 
$634,600,000 (increased by $33,400,000), to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount 
$60,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, 
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, 
$4,900,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobli-
gated funds remaining from prior years shall be available 
for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities. 
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.), $252,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That as authorized by section 404 of the Bipar-
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tisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–74; 42 U.S.C. 
6239 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and 
sell not to exceed $350,000,000 of crude oil from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal year 2018: Provided fur-
ther, That the proceeds from such drawdown and sale shall 
be deposited into the ‘‘Energy Security and Infrastructure 
Modernization Fund’’ during fiscal year 2018 and shall 
be made available and shall remain available until ex-
pended for necessary expenses in carrying out the Life Ex-
tension II project for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
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.), 
$6,500,000, 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, $118,000,000, 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-
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fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$222,400,000, to remain available until expended. 
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING FUND 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 
and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activi-
ties of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and title 
X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 
$768,000,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrich-
ment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to re-
main available until expended, of which $32,959,000 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 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
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erty or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 16 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one 
ambulance and one bus, $5,392,000,000 (increased by 
$1,200,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of such amount, $177,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2019, 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 (hereinafter referred to as the 
‘‘NWPA’’), including the acquisition of any real property 
or facility construction, or expansion, $90,000,000, to re-
main 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 disposal and defense 
nuclear waste disposal activities, 1.62 percent shall be pro-
vided to the Office of the Attorney General of the State 
of Nevada solely for expenditures, other than salaries and 
expenses of State employees, to conduct scientific over-
sight responsibilities and participate in licensing activities 
pursuant to the NWPA: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available in this Act for nuclear waste disposal 
and defense nuclear waste disposal activities, 2.91 percent 
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shall be provided to affected units of local government, as 
defined in the NWPA, to conduct appropriate activities 
and participate in licensing activities under Section 116(c) 
of the NWPA: Provided further, That of the amounts pro-
vided to affected units of local government, 7.5 percent 
of the funds provided for the affected units of local govern-
ment shall be made available to affected units of local gov-
ernment in California with the balance made available to 
affected units of local government in Nevada for distribu-
tion as determined by the Nevada affected units of local 
government: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available in this Act for nuclear waste disposal and defense 
nuclear waste disposal activities, 0.16 percent shall be pro-
vided to the affected Federally-recognized Indian tribes, 
as defined in the NWPA, solely for expenditures, other 
than salaries and expenses of tribal employees, to conduct 
appropriate activities and participate in licensing activities 
under section 118(b) of the NWPA: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available in this Act for nuclear waste 
disposal and defense nuclear waste disposal activities, 3.0 
percent shall be provided to Nye County, Nevada, 0.05 
percent shall be provided to Clark County, Nevada, and 
0.46 percent shall be provided to the State of Nevada as 
payment equal to taxes under section 116(c)(3) of the 
NWPA: Provided further, That within 90 days of the com-
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pletion of each Federal fiscal year, the Office of the Attor-
ney General of the State of Nevada, each affected Feder-
ally-recognized Indian tribe, and each of the affected units 
of local government shall provide certification to the De-
partment of Energy that all funds expended from such 
payments have been expended for activities authorized by 
the NWPA and this Act: Provided further, That failure 
to provide such certification shall cause such entity to be 
prohibited from any further funding provided for similar 
activities: Provided further, That none of the funds herein 
appropriated may be: (1) used for litigation expenses; or 
(2) used for interim storage activities; or (3) used to sup-
port multi-State efforts or other coalition building activi-
ties inconsistent with the restrictions contained in this 
Act: Provided further, That all proceeds and recoveries re-
alized by the Secretary in carrying out activities author-
ized by the NWPA, including but not limited to any pro-
ceeds from the sale of assets, shall be credited to this ac-
count, to remain available until expended, for carrying out 
the purposes of this account. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received 
from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy 
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Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512(b)) under this head-
ing in prior Acts, shall be collected in accordance with sec-
tion 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided, That for necessary administrative expenses to carry 
out this Loan Guarantee program, $2,000,000 is appro-
priated, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 
Provided further, That $2,000,000 of the fees collected 
pursuant to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 shall be credited as offsetting collections to this ac-
count to cover administrative expenses and shall remain 
available until expended, so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $0: Provided further, That fees collected 
under section 1702(h) in excess of the amount appro-
priated for administrative expenses shall not be available 
until appropriated: Provided further, That the Department 
of Energy shall not subordinate any loan obligation to 
other financing in violation of section 1702 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 or subordinate any Guaranteed Obliga-
tion to any loan or other debt obligations in violation of 
section 609.10 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations: 
Provided further, That of the subsidy amounts provided 
by section 1425 of the Department of Defense and Full- 
Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Public Law 
112–10; 125 Stat. 126), for the cost of loan guarantees 
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for renewable energy or efficient end-use energy tech-
nologies under section 1703 of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513), $160,660,000 is hereby re-
scinded: Provided further, That the authority provided in 
prior year appropriations Acts for commitments to guar-
antee loans under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005, excluding amounts for commitments made by Octo-
ber 1, 2017, is hereby rescinded. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehi-
cles Manufacturing Loan Program, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guar-
antee Program, $500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
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.), $281,693,000 (re-
duced by $1,200,000) (reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced 
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by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, including the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles and official reception and rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such ad-
ditional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the es-
timated 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 $96,000,000 
in fiscal year 2018 may be retained and used for operating 
expenses within this account, as authorized by section 201 
of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions of 
31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, 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 
2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
not more than $185,693,000. 
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, $49,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
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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, 
$10,239,344,000 (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $105,600,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2019, for program direction. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
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, 
$1,825,461,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds provided by this Act for Project 99– 
D–143, Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, and by 
prior Acts that remain unobligated for such Project, may 
be made available only for construction and project sup-
port activities for such Project: Provided further, That of 
the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 
available under this heading, $49,000,000 is hereby re-
scinded: Provided further, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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, 
$1,486,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which, $82,500,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department 
of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the 
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Advanced Test Reactor: Provided, That of such amount, 
$46,651,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, 
for program direction. 
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex-
penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
$412,595,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, including official reception and representation ex-
penses not to exceed $12,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 
ACTIVITIES 
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 
energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car-
rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui-
sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-
sion, $5,405,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amount, $300,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2019, for program direction. 
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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, $825,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$284,400,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, 
for program direction. 
DEFENSE 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, as amended, 
including the acquisition of real property or facility con-
struction or expansion, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
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-
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penses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That 
during fiscal year 2018, 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, $6,379,000, including official re-
ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 
5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $6,379,000 col-
lected by the Southeastern Power Administration from the 
sale of power and related services shall be credited to this 
account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 
available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Adminis-
tration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
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3302, up to $51,000,000 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 
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, $30,288,000, 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 $18,888,000 col-
lected by the Southwestern Power Administration from 
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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 2018 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $11,400,000: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $10,000,000 collected by 
the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 
Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and 
wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as off-
setting collections, to remain available until expended for 
the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 
expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 
are generally recovered in the same year that they are in-
curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
CONSTRUCTION, 
REHABILITATION, 
OPERATION
AND 
MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS-
TRATION 
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-
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servation and renewable resources programs as author-
ized, $232,276,000, including official reception and rep-
resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, 
to remain available until expended, of which $230,251,000 
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 
$138,904,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration from the sale of power and related services 
shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 
collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 
purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western 
Area Power Administration: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be re-
duced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $93,372,000, of which 
$91,347,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 
to $179,000,000 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 
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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, $4,176,000, 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 
$3,948,000 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-
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priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2018 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 2018, the 
Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 
may accept up to $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 limi-
tation for use by the Commissioner of the United States 
Section of the International Boundary and Water Com-
mission for the sole purpose of operating, maintaining, re-
pairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the hydro-
electric facilities at these Dams in accordance with agree-
ments reached between the Administrator, Commissioner, 
and the power customers. 
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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
ceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$367,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $367,600,000 of revenues from fees and an-
nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 
year 2018 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 2018 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $0. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 
made available by this title for the Department of Energy 
shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 
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or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 
or 
similar 
arrangements 
(including 
Requests 
for 
Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Op-
portunity Announcements) for a program, project, or ac-
tivity if the program, project, or activity has not been 
funded by Congress. 
(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
at least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds 
made available in this title may be used to— 
(A) make a grant allocation or discretionary 
grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 
(B) make a discretionary contract award or 
Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 
or more, including a contract covered by the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation; 
(C) issue a letter of intent to make an alloca-
tion, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in 
subparagraph (A) or (B); or 
(D) announce publicly the intention to make an 
allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the lim-
its in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report 
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detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant 
award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during the 
previous quarter. 
(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and 
the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the re-
cipient of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal 
year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, 
the account and program, project, or activity from which 
the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and 
a brief description of the activity for which the award is 
made. 
(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 
to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au-
thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 
multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 
a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment is funded for the full period of performance as 
anticipated at the time of award; or 
(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov-
ernment’s obligation on the availability of future 
year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 
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Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 3 days in advance. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 
the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 
as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and ac-
tivities specified in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department 
of Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title III— 
Department of Energy’’ in the report of the Committee 
on Appropriations accompanying this Act. 
(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 
reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 
the Department shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 
to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 
cause any program, project, or activity funding level to 
increase or decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10 per-
cent, whichever is less, during the time period covered by 
this Act. 
(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; 
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(2) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act. 
(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re-
quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 
use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 
if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 
pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 
welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 
waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 
not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 
a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 
Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 
risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 
(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 
same appropriation accounts for such activities established 
pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 
with funds in the applicable established accounts and 
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thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same 
time period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 
Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) 
during fiscal year 2018 until the enactment of the Intel-
ligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi-
fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 
830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of-
fice of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in 
compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 
decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 
any successive departmental guidance, for construction 
projects 
where 
the 
total 
project 
cost 
exceeds 
$100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 
has been developed for the project for that critical deci-
sion. 
SEC. 305. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any prior Act under the heading ‘‘Defense Nuclear 
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Nonproliferation’’ may be made available to enter into new 
contracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance 
to, the Russian Federation. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibi-
tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that 
such activity is in the national security interests of the 
United States. This waiver authority may not be dele-
gated. 
(c) A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effec-
tive until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress, in classified form if necessary, a re-
port on the justification for the waiver. 
SEC. 306. Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), upon a 
determination by the President in this fiscal year that a 
regional supply shortage of refined petroleum product of 
significant scope and duration exists, that a severe in-
crease in the price of refined petroleum product will likely 
result from such shortage, and that a draw down and sale 
of refined petroleum product would assist directly and sig-
nificantly in reducing the adverse impact of such shortage, 
the Secretary of Energy may draw down and sell refined 
petroleum product from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
Proceeds from a sale under this section shall be deposited 
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into the SPR Petroleum Account established in section 
167 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6247), and such amounts shall be available for obligation, 
without fiscal year limitation, consistent with that section. 
SEC. 307. (a) DRAWDOWN
AND SALE.—Notwith-
standing section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), and in addition to sales author-
ized in sections 403 and 404 of the Bipartisan Budget 
Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6241; 42 U.S.C. 6239 note) and 
section 5010 of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 
6241 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and 
sell up to $8,400,000 of crude oil from the Strategic Pe-
troleum Reserve during this fiscal year. 
(b) PROCEEDS.—Proceeds from a sale under this sec-
tion shall be deposited into the SPR Petroleum Account 
during this fiscal year and shall be available for the costs 
of crude oil sales authorized in sections 403 and 404 of 
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6241; 42 
U.S.C. 6239 note) and section 5010 of the 21st Century 
Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 6241 note), to remain available until 
expended. 
(c) EMERGENCY PROTECTION.—The Secretary shall 
not draw down and sell crude oil under this section in 
amounts that would limit the authority to sell petroleum 
products under section 161(h) of the Energy Policy and 
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Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241(h)) in the full amount 
authorized by that subsection. 
SEC. 308. (a) NEW REGIONAL RESERVES.—The Sec-
retary of Energy may not establish any new regional pe-
troleum product reserve unless funding for the proposed 
regional petroleum product reserve is explicitly requested 
in advance in an annual budget submission and approved 
by the Congress in an appropriations Act. 
(b) The budget request or notification shall include— 
(1) the justification for the new reserve; 
(2) a cost estimate for the establishment, oper-
ation, and maintenance of the reserve, including 
funding sources; 
(3) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, 
including the conditions upon which the products 
may be released; 
(4) the location of the reserve; and 
(5) the estimate of the total inventory of the re-
serve. 
SEC. 309. Of the amounts made available under this 
title, not more than $267,901,000 may be transferred to 
the working capital fund established under section 653 of 
the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7263). 
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TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au-
thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
1965, and for expenses necessary for the Federal Co- 
Chairman and the Alternate on the Appalachian Regional 
Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the ad-
ministrative expenses of the Commission, including serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $130,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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 chapter 21 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2286 et seq.), $30,600,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
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 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 382N 
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of said Act, $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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, $11,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 
306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 
That funds shall be available for construction projects in 
an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total project cost 
for distressed communities, as defined by section 307 of 
the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (division C, title III, 
Public Law 105–277), as amended by section 701 of ap-
pendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 
1501A–280), and an amount not to exceed 50 percent for 
non-distressed communities: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law regarding pay-
ment of a non-Federal share in connection with a grant- 
in-aid program, amounts under this heading shall be avail-
able for the payment of such a non-Federal share for pro-
grams undertaken to carry out the purposes of the Com-
mission. 
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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, $5,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, 
notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United 
States Code. 
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent 
Regional Commission in carrying out activities authorized 
by subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
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, 
$939,137,000, including official representation expenses 
not to exceed $25,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from the Nuclear 
Waste Fund: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
herein, not more than $9,500,000 may be made available 
for salaries, travel, and other support costs for the Office 
of the Commission, to remain available until September 
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30, 2019, of which, notwithstanding section 201(a)(2)(c) 
of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5841(a)(2)(c)), the use and expenditure shall only be ap-
proved by a majority vote of the Commission: Provided 
further, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection serv-
ices, and other services and collections estimated at 
$779,829,000 in fiscal year 2018 shall be retained and 
used for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That of the 
amounts appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be for activities related to the develop-
ment of regulatory infrastructure for advanced nuclear 
technologies, and $16,200,000 shall be for international 
activities, except that the amounts provided under this 
proviso shall not be derived from fee revenues, notwith-
standing 42 U.S.C. 2214: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of rev-
enues received during fiscal year 2018 so as to result in 
a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $159,308,000: Provided further, That of the 
amounts appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 
shall be for university research and development in areas 
relevant to the Commission’s mission, and $5,000,000 
shall be for a Nuclear Science and Engineering Grant Pro-
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gram that will support multiyear projects that do not align 
with programmatic missions but are critical to maintain-
ing the discipline of nuclear science and engineering. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $12,859,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That revenues from 
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
collections estimated at $10,555,000 in fiscal year 2018 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
2019, 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 2018 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2018 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$2,304,000: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading, $1,131,000 shall be for In-
spector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board, which shall not be available from fee reve-
nues. 
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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 
203, section 5051, $3,600,000, to be derived from the Nu-
clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
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. 
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 
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-
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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 of the Committee on 
Appropriations accompanying this Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure through a reprogramming of funds that in-
creases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 
Act. 
(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
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Congress, which includes the following for each program, 
project, or activity, including any prior year appropria-
tions— 
(1) total budget authority; 
(2) total unobligated balances; and 
(3) total unliquidated obligations. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in 
title III of this Act may be transferred to any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-
ment, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 
authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations 
Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in 
the report of the Committee on Appropriations accom-
panying this Act, or any authority whereby a department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-
ment may provide goods or services to another depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality. 
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(b) None of the funds made available for any depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government may be transferred to accounts funded in title 
III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 
transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appro-
priations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority ref-
erenced in the report of the Committee on Appropriations 
accompanying this Act, or any authority whereby a de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government may provide goods or services to another de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality. 
(c) The head of any relevant department or agency 
funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the 
transfer authorities, except for any authority whereby a 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government may provide goods or services to an-
other department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the 
previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report 
shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes 
for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or 
modify existing notification requirements for each author-
ity. 
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SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 
12898 of February 11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address 
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low- 
Income Populations). 
SEC. 504. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to further implementation of the coastal 
and marine spatial planning and ecosystem-based manage-
ment components of the National Ocean Policy developed 
under Executive Order No. 13547 of July 19, 2010. 
SEC. 506. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the removal of any federally owned 
or operated dam unless the removal was previously author-
ized by Congress. 
SEC. 507. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to conduct closure of adjudicatory func-
tions, technical review, or support activities associated 
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with the Yucca Mountain geologic repository license appli-
cation, or for actions that irrevocably remove the possi-
bility that Yucca Mountain may be a repository option in 
the future. 
REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 508. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
REFERENCE TO REPORT 
SEC. 509. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 
reference to House Report 115–230. The effect of such 
Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this division. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 510. $0. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this 
division may be used for the Cape Wind Energy Project 
on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, Nan-
tucket Sound. 
SEC. 512. For ‘‘Department of Energy—Electricity 
Delivery and Energy Reliability’’ for energy storage sys-
tems demonstrations as authorized by section 641 of the 
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Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17231), there is hereby appropriated, and the 
amount otherwise provided by this Act for ‘‘Department 
of Energy—Departmental Administration’’ is hereby re-
duced by, $10,000,000. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 2102 of the 
Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 
or section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available under 
title I of division D of this Act may be used to require 
an economic re-evaluation of any project authorized under 
title VIII of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2007. 
SEC. 515. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Investigations’’, and in-
creasing the amount made available for the same account, 
by $3,000,000. 
SEC. 516. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Construction’’, and in-
creasing the amount made available for the same account, 
by $100,000,000. 
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SEC. 517. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs— 
Science’’ may be used in contravention of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to prepare, propose, or promulgate any 
regulation or guidance that references or relies on the 
analysis contained in— 
(1) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Social Cost 
of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under 
Executive Order 12866’’, published by the Inter-
agency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, 
United States Government, in February 2010; 
(2) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 
Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866’’, 
published by the Interagency Working Group on So-
cial Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in 
May 2013 and revised in November 2013; 
(3) ‘‘Revised Draft Guidance for Federal De-
partments and Agencies on Consideration of Green-
house Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate 
Change in NEPA Reviews’’, published by the Coun-
cil on Environmental Quality on December 24, 2014 
(79 Fed. Reg. 77801); 
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(4) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 
Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866’’, 
published by the Interagency Working Group on So-
cial Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in 
July 2015; 
(5) ‘‘Addendum to the Technical Support Docu-
ment on Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Im-
pact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866: Appli-
cation of the Methodology to Estimate the Social 
Cost of Methane and the Social Cost of Nitrous 
Oxide’’, published by the Interagency Working 
Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United 
States Government, in August 2016; or 
(6) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 
Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866’’, 
published by the Interagency Working Group on So-
cial Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Gov-
ernment, in August 2016. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 
division may be used— 
(1) to implement or enforce section 430.32(x) 
of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations; or 
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(2) to implement or enforce the standards es-
tablished by the tables contained in section 
325(i)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(1)(B)) with respect to 
BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandes-
cent reflector lamps, and ER incandescent reflector 
lamps. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2018’’. 
DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY BOR-
DER INFRASTRUCTURE CON-
STRUCTION APPROPRIATION 
ACT, 2018 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2018, namely: 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses for U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, $1,571,239,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, which shall be available as follows: 
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(1) $784,000,000 for 32 miles of new border 
bollard fencing in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. 
(2) $498,000,000 for 28 miles of new bollard 
levee wall in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. 
(3) $251,000,000 for 14 miles of secondary 
fencing in San Diego, California. 
(4) $38,239,000 for planning for border wall 
construction. 
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 101. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Border Infrastructure Construction Appro-
priations Act, 2018’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 187 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3219 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of De-
fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2018, and for other purposes. 
AUGUST 1, 2017 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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