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sions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $4,262,000 
collected by the Western Area Power Administration from 
the sale of power and related services from the Falcon and 
Amistad Dams shall be credited to this account as discre-
tionary offsetting collections, to remain available until ex-
pended 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 appropriated for annual ex-
penses shall be reduced as collections are received during 
the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 
appropriation estimated at not more than $228,000: Pro-
vided further, That, for purposes of this appropriation, an-
nual expenses means expenditures that are generally recov-
ered in the same year that they are incurred: Provided fur-
ther, That, for fiscal year 2016, the Administrator of the 
Western Area Power Administration may accept up to 
$460,000 in funds contributed by United States power cus-
tomers 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 specifi-
cally appropriated for such purpose: Provided further, That 
any such funds shall be available without further appro-
priation and without fiscal year limitation for use by the 
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Commissioner of the United States Section of the Inter-
national Boundary and Water Commission for the sole pur-
pose of operating, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, 
replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at these 
Dams in accordance with agreements reached between the 
Administrator, Commissioner, and the power customers. 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
official reception and representation expenses not to exceed 
$3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$319,800,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $319,800,000 of revenues from fees and annual 
charges, and other services and collections in fiscal year 
2016 shall be retained and used for expenses necessary in 
this account, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as revenues are received 
during fiscal year 2016 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2016 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 
more than $0. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 
made available by this title for the Department of Energy 
shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 
or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 
or 
similar 
arrangements 
(including 
Requests 
for 
Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Oppor-
tunity Announcements) for a program, project, or activity 
if the program, project, or activity has not been funded by 
Congress. 
(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Com-
mittees 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 Ac-
quisition Regulation; 
(C) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, 
award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in sub-
paragraph (A) or (B); or 
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(D) announce publicly the intention to make an 
allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits 
in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress with-
in 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report detail-
ing each grant allocation or discretionary grant award to-
taling 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 recipient 
of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal year for 
which the funds for the award were appropriated, the ac-
count 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 agreement 
is funded for the full period of performance as antici-
pated at the time of award; or 
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(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
includes a clause conditioning the Federal Govern-
ment’s obligation on the availability of future year 
budget authority and the Secretary notifies the Com-
mittees 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 activi-
ties specified in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department of 
Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title III—De-
partment of Energy’’ in the report of the Committee on Ap-
propriations 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 percent, which-
ever 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— 
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