In the Senate of the United States, 
May 12, 2016. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2028) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for 
energy and water development and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other pur-
poses.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for en-
ergy and water development and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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TITLE I 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the 
collection and study of basic information pertaining to 
river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore 
protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related needs; 
for surveys and detailed studies, design work, and plans 
and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic eco-
system restoration projects, and related efforts prior to con-
struction; for restudy of authorized projects, and related ef-
forts; and for miscellaneous investigations, and, when au-
thorized by law, surveys and detailed studies, and plans 
and specifications of projects prior to construction, 
$126,522,000, to remain available until expended.
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CONSTRUCTION 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration projects, and re-
lated projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed 
studies, design work, and plans and specifications, of such 
projects (including those involving participation by States, 
local governments, or private groups) authorized or made 
eligible for selection by law (but such detailed studies, and 
plans and specifications, shall not constitute a commitment 
of the Government to construction); $1,813,649,000, to re-
main available until expended; of which such sums as are 
necessary to cover the Federal share of construction costs 
for facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities 
program shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 
Trust Fund as authorized by Public Law 104–303; and of 
which such sums as are necessary to cover one-half of the 
costs of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and ex-
pansion of inland waterways projects shall be derived from 
the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, except as otherwise spe-
cifically provided for in law: Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading for shore protection may be 
prioritized for projects in areas that have suffered severe 
beach erosion requiring additional sand placement outside
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of the normal beach renourishment cycle or in which the 
normal beach renourishment cycle has been delayed. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial 
valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by 
law, $368,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share 
of eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland har-
bors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, 
and care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm dam-
age reduction, and aquatic ecosystem restoration projects, 
and related projects authorized by law; providing security 
for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ-
ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 
harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or other 
public agency that serve essential navigation needs of gen-
eral commerce, where authorized by law; surveying and 
charting northern and northwestern lakes and connecting 
waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removing 
obstructions to navigation, $3,173,829,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which such sums as are necessary
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to cover the Federal share of eligible operation and mainte-
nance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and for inland 
harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 
Trust Fund; of which such sums as become available from 
the special account for the Army Corps of Engineers estab-
lished by the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965 shall be derived from that account for resource protec-
tion, research, interpretation, and maintenance activities 
related to resource protection in the areas managed by the 
Army Corps of Engineers at which outdoor recreation is 
available; and of which such sums as become available from 
fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 104–303 shall 
be used to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of 
the dredged material disposal facilities for which such fees 
have been collected: Provided, That 1 percent of the total 
amount of funds provided for each of the programs, projects, 
or activities funded under this heading shall not be allo-
cated to a field operating activity prior to the beginning 
of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be available 
for use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such emergency 
activities as the Chief of Engineers determines to be nec-
essary and appropriate, and that the Chief of Engineers 
shall allocate during the fourth quarter any remaining 
funds which have not been used for emergency activities 
proportionally in accordance with the amounts provided for
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the programs, projects, or activities: Provided further, That 
of the funds provided herein, for any Corps of Engineers 
project located in a State in which a Bureau of Reclama-
tion project is also located, any non-Federal project regu-
lated for flood control by the Secretary of the Army located 
in a State in which a Bureau of Reclamation project is 
also located, or any Bureau of Reclamation facilities regu-
lated for flood control by the Secretary of the Army, the 
Secretary of the Army shall fund all or a portion of the 
costs to review or revise operational documents, including 
water control plans, water control manuals, water control 
diagrams, release schedules, rule curves, operational agree-
ments with non-Federal entities, and any associated envi-
ronmental documentation. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws per-
taining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $103,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane, 
and other natural disasters and support emergency oper-
ations, repairs, and other activities in response to such dis-
asters as authorized by law, $30,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and general 
administration of the civil works program in the Army 
Corps of Engineers headquarters and the division offices; 
and for costs allocable to the civil works program of man-
agement and operation of the Humphreys Engineer Center 
Support Activity, the Institute for Water Resources, the 
United States Army Engineer Research and Development 
Center, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers Fi-
nance Center, $180,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018, of which not more than $5,000 may be 
used for official reception and representation purposes and 
only during the current fiscal year: Provided, That no part 
of any other appropriation provided in this title shall be 
available to fund such activities in the Army Corps of Engi-
neers headquarters and division offices: Provided further, 
That any Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appro-
priation may be used to fund the supervision and general 
administration of emergency operations, repairs, and other
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activities in response to any flood, hurricane, or other nat-
ural disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR 
CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF ENGINEERS— 
CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 
of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 
to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 
2017, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior approval 
is received from the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations;
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(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 
is received from the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations; 
(5) augments or reduces existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con-
tained in paragraphs (6) through (10), unless prior 
approval is received from the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations; 
(6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 
$100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 
amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 
or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 
less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 
$25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may be 
reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity 
that did not receive an appropriation for existing ob-
ligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 
(7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 
$2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the base 
amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, study 
or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 
less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming limit is 
$300,000: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 
may be reprogrammed for settled contractor claims,
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changed conditions, or real estate deficiency judg-
ments: Provided further, That up to $300,000 may be 
reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity 
that did not receive an appropriation for existing ob-
ligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 
(8) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—Unlimited 
reprogramming authority is granted for the Corps to 
be able to respond to emergencies: Provided, That the 
Chief of Engineers shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations of these emergency ac-
tions as soon thereafter as practicable: Provided fur-
ther, That for a base level over $1,000,000, re-
programming of 15 percent of the base amount up to 
a limit of $5,000,000 per project, study, or activity 
is allowed: Provided further, That for a base level less 
than 
$1,000,000, 
the 
reprogramming 
limit 
is 
$150,000: Provided further, That $150,000 may be re-
programmed into any continuing study or activity 
that did not receive an appropriation; 
(9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.—The 
reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs (6), (7), 
and (8) shall apply to the Investigations, Construc-
tion, and Operation and Maintenance portions of the 
Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, respec-
tively; and
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(10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC-
TION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 percent 
of the base of the receiving project is permitted. 
(b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case 
should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be submitted 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM.—Subsection 
(a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity funded 
under the continuing authorities program. 
(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations to establish the 
baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer au-
thorities for the current fiscal year which shall include: 
(1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget request, 
adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 
enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fiscal year 
enacted level; and 
(2) A delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project 
and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 
the respective appropriations; and 
(3) An identification of items of special congres-
sional interest.
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(e) The Secretary shall allocate funds made available 
in this Act solely in accordance with the provisions of this 
Act and the report of the Committee on Appropriations ac-
companying this Act, including the determination and des-
ignation of new starts. 
(f) None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to award or modify any contract that commits 
funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that program, 
project, or activity that remain unobligated, except that 
such amounts may include any funds that have been made 
available through reprogramming pursuant to section 101. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Army may transfer to 
the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service may accept and expend, up to $5,400,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps of 
Engineers civil works projects. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act making appropriations for Energy and 
Water Development for any fiscal year may be used by the 
Corps of Engineers during the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2017, to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or en-
force any change to the regulations in effect on October 1, 
2012, pertaining to the definitions of the terms ‘‘fill mate-
rial’’ or ‘‘discharge of fill material’’ for the purposes of the
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Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 
seq.). 
SEC. 104. None of the funds provided in this act may 
be used for open lake disposal of dredged sediment in Lake 
Erie unless such disposal meets water and environmental 
standards agreed to by the administrator of a State’s water 
permitting agency and is consistent with a State’s Coastal 
Zone Management Plan. If this standard is not met, the 
Corps of Engineers will maintain its long-standing funding 
obligations for upland placement of dredged material with 
cost sharing as specified in section 101 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986, Public Law 99–662, as 
amended by section 201 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1196, Public Law 104–303 (33 U.S.C. 2211) 
and section 217(d) of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1996, Public Law 104–303, as amended by section 2005 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, Public 
Law 110–300 (33 U.S.C. 2326a(d)). 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
title may be used for any acquisition that is not consistent 
with section 225.7007 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
SEC. 106. Of the amounts made available under this 
title for operation and maintenance, $2,000,000 shall be 
available for Upper Missouri River Basin flood and drought
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monitoring under section 4003(a) of the Water Resources 
Reform and Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
121; 128 Stat. 1310). 
SEC. 107. Section 2006 of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2242) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting ‘‘in which 
the project is located or of a community that is lo-
cated in the region that is served by the project and 
that will rely on the project’’ after ‘‘community’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or of a 
community that is located in the region to be 
served by the project and that will rely on the 
project’’ after ‘‘community’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘local 
population’’ and inserting ‘‘regional population 
to be served by the project’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘commu-
nity’’ and inserting ‘‘local community or to a 
community that is located in the region to be 
served by the project and that will rely on the 
project’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 
Utah Project Completion Act, $10,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $1,300,000 shall be deposited 
into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and 
Conservation Commission: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $1,350,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2018, for expenses necessary in car-
rying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the In-
terior: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2017, of the 
amount made available to the Commission under this Act 
or any other Act, the Commission may use an amount not 
to exceed $1,500,000 for administrative expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to exe-
cute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation: 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For management, development, and restoration of 
water and related natural resources and for related activi-
ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita-
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tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 
fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-
cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 
agreements with, State and local governments, federally rec-
ognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,114,394,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $158,841,000 shall 
be available for additional funding for work and are au-
thorized to be used consistent with activities described in 
the Commissioner’s transmittal to Congress dated February 
8, 2016; $22,000 shall be available for transfer to the Upper 
Colorado River Basin Fund and $5,551,000 shall be avail-
able for transfer to the Lower Colorado River Basin Devel-
opment Fund; of which such amounts as may be necessary 
may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: Pro-
vided, That such transfers may be increased or decreased 
within the overall appropriation under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That of the total appropriated, the amount 
for program activities that can be financed by the Reclama-
tion Fund or the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account 
established by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that 
Fund or account: Provided further, That funds contributed 
under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the 
purposes for which the funds were contributed: Provided 
further, That funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall 
be credited to this account and are available until expended
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for the same purposes as the sums appropriated under this 
heading: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 
herein, funds may be used for high-priority projects which 
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as 
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat 
restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the 
Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $55,606,000, to be 
derived from such sums as may be collected in the Central 
Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 
3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu-
reau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full 
amount of the additional mitigation and restoration pay-
ments authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102– 
575: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able under this heading may be used for the acquisition or 
leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water is al-
ready committed to in-stream purposes by a court adopted 
decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act,
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consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior, $36,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 
carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 
accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 
out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the costs 
of CALFED Program management: Provided further, That 
CALFED implementation shall be carried out in a bal-
anced manner with clear performance measures dem-
onstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals and 
objectives of the Program. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for policy, administration, and 
related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the 
Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau 
of Reclamation, to remain available until September 30, 
2018, $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 appropriation in 
this Act shall be available for activities or functions budg-
eted as policy and administration expenses.
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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. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 
of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 
by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water and 
Related Resources that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2017, shall be available for obli-
gation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that— 
(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity 
unless the program, project or activity has received no 
appropriated funding for at least five fiscal years; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by this Act, unless prior approval is received from the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate;
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(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 Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following lim-
its, unless prior approval is received from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: 
(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 Rehabilita-
tion category or the Resources Management and De-
velopment category to any program, project, or activ-
ity in the other category, unless prior approval is re-
ceived from the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate; 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 con-
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tractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to 
accelerated rates of operations, and real estate defi-
ciency judgments, unless prior approval is received 
from the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
(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 the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, ac-
tivities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report 
shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 202. (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 
of California as approved by the Administrator of the Envi-
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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 
Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alternative Repay-
ment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repayment 
Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San 
Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, pre-
pared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Rec-
lamation. 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 reim-
bursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or 
studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 
SEC. 203. Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the Calfed 
Bay-Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as amended 
by section 210 of Public Law 111–85, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2017’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 204. Section 9504(e) of the Secure Water Act of 
2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$350,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$450,000,000, on the condi-
tion that of that amount, $50,000,000 is used to carry out
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section 206 of the Energy and Water Development and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (43 U.S.C. 620 
note; Public Law 113–235)’’. 
SEC. 205. Section 205 of the Energy and Water Devel-
opment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 
(Public Law 114–113; 129 Stat. 2242), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘feasibility studies described 
in clauses (i)(II) and (ii)(I)’’ and inserting ‘‘fea-
sibility study described in clause (i)(II)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘such studies’’ and inserting 
‘‘such study’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) not later than November 30, 2017, complete 
and submit to the appropriate committees of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate the feasi-
bility study described in section 103(d)(1)(A)(ii)(I) of 
the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act (Public Law 
108–361; 118 Stat. 1684);’’. 
SEC. 206. (a) The Secretary of the Interior, in coordi-
nation with the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary 
of Agriculture, may enter into an agreement with the Na-
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tional Academy of Sciences under which the National Acad-
emy of Sciences shall conduct a comprehensive study, to be 
completed not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, on the effectiveness and environmental impact 
of salt cedar control efforts (including biological control) in 
increasing water supplies, restoring riparian habitat, and 
improving flood management. 
(b) Not later than 1 year after the date of completion 
of the study under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, may 
prepare a plan for the removal of salt cedar from all Fed-
eral land in the Lower Colorado River basin based on the 
findings and recommendations of the study conducted by 
the National Academy of Sciences that includes— 
(1) provisions for revegetating Federal land with 
native vegetation; 
(2) provisions for adapting to the increasing 
presence of biological control in the Lower Colorado 
River basin; 
(3) provisions for removing salt cedar from Fed-
eral land during post-wildfire recovery activities; 
(4) strategies for developing partnerships with 
State, tribal, and local governmental entities in the 
eradication of salt cedar; and
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(5) budget estimates and completion timelines for 
the implementation of plan elements. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy effi-
ciency 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 con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$2,073,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $153,500,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2018, for program direction: Provided 
further, That of such amount $220,600,000 shall be avail-
able for the Weatherization Assistance Program, of which 
$6,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the amount 
otherwise available for Building Technologies: Provided fur-
ther, That of such amount, $95,400,000 shall be available 
for wind energy.
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ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for electricity de-
livery and energy reliability 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, 
$206,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $28,500,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2018, for program direction. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear energy 
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-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, and the purchase of no more than 
three emergency service vehicles for replacement only, 
$1,057,903,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, the Secretary of Energy may 
obligate up to $10,000,000 under existing authorities, for
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contracting for the management of used nuclear fuel to 
which the Secretary holds the title or has a contract to ac-
cept title: Provided further, That of such amount, 
$80,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2018, 
for program direction. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out fossil energy research and development activities, 
under the authority of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition 
of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in 
any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
acquisition or expansion, and for conducting inquiries, 
technological investigations and research concerning the ex-
traction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances 
without objectionable social and environmental costs (30 
U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), $632,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the amount made 
available under this heading in this Act, $60,000,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2018, for program direc-
tion. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry 
out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 
$14,950,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
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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 oper-
ations and program management activities pursuant to the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et 
seq.), $200,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
Provided, That as authorized by section 404 of the Bipar-
tisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–74), the Sec-
retary of the Department of Energy shall drawdown and 
sell not to exceed $375,400,000 of crude oil from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal year 2017: 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 2017 and shall re-
main available until expended for necessary expenses in 
carrying out construction, operations, maintenance, repair, 
and replacement activities of the Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve. 
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
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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 Adminis-
tration, $122,000,000, 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, 
$255,000,000, 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 activities 
of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, 
subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $717,741,000, 
to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamina-
tion and Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until
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expended, of which $30,000,000 shall be available in accord-
ance 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 more than 17 passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, including one ambu-
lance and one bus, $5,400,000,000, to remain available 
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
of 
such 
amount, 
$191,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2018, 
for program direction. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 
America 
COMPETES 
Act 
(Public 
Law 
110–69), 
$325,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $29,250,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2018, for program direction.
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OFFICE OF INDIAN ENERGY 
For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities in 
carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Or-
ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $20,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That, of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, $4,800,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2018, for program direc-
tion. 
TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
For the cost of loan guarantees provided under section 
2602(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 
3502(c)), $8,500,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the cost of those loan guarantees (including 
the costs of modifying loans, as applicable) shall be deter-
mined in accordance with section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): Provided further, That, 
for necessary administrative expenses to carry out that pro-
gram, $500,000 is appropriated, to remain available until 
expended: 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 
for renewable energy or efficient end-use energy technologies 
under section 1703 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16513), $9,000,000 is permanently canceled.
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TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received from 
borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall be col-
lected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for necessary ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out this Loan Guarantee 
program, $37,000,000 is appropriated from fees collected in 
prior years pursuant to section 1702(h) of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 which are not otherwise appropriated, to 
remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided fur-
ther, That if the amount in the previous proviso is not 
available from such fees, an amount for such purposes is 
also appropriated from the general fund so as to result in 
a total amount appropriated for such purpose of no more 
than $37,000,000: Provided further, That fees collected pur-
suant to such section 1702(h) for fiscal year 2017 shall be 
credited as offsetting collections under this heading and 
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 Obligation to any loan or other debt obligations
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in violation of section 609.10 of title 10, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles 
Manufacturing Loan Program, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy 
necessary for departmental administration in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $232,142,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018, including the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles and official reception and representation ex-
penses not to exceed $30,000, plus such additional amounts 
as necessary to cover increases in the estimated 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 $103,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 
may be retained and used for operating expenses within this 
account, as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95–
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238, notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Pro-
vided 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 2017 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$129,142,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $44,424,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018. 
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 con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$9,285,147,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $106,600,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2018, for program direction.
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DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$1,821,916,000, to remain available until expended. 
NAVAL REACTORS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, 
or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital equip-
ment, facilities, and facility expansion, $1,351,520,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of such 
amount, $47,100,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2018, for program direction. 
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex-
penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
$408,603,000, to remain available until September 30,
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2018, 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 en-
ergy defense 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 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
and the purchase of not to exceed one fire apparatus pump-
er truck, one aerial lift truck, one refuse truck, and one 
semi-truck for replacement only, $5,379,018,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount 
$290,050,000 shall be available until September 30, 2018, 
for program direction. 
DEFENSE URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for atomic energy defense 
environmental cleanup activities for Department of Energy 
contributions for uranium enrichment decontamination
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and decommissioning activities, $717,741,000, to be depos-
ited into the Defense Environmental Cleanup account 
which shall be transferred to the ‘‘Uranium Enrichment De-
contamination and Decommissioning Fund’’. 
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 en-
ergy defense, other defense activities, and classified 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 
any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, $791,552,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of such amount, $258,061,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2018, for program 
direction. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, are 
approved for official reception and representation expenses 
in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That during 
fiscal year 2017, no new direct loan obligations may be 
made.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric 
power and energy, including transmission wheeling and 
ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the south-
eastern power area, $1,000,000, including official reception 
and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$1,500, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944, up to $1,000,000 collected by the 
Southeastern Power Administration from the sale of power 
and related services shall be credited to this account as dis-
cretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended for the sole purpose of funding the annual ex-
penses of the Southeastern Power Administration: 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 2017 
appropriation estimated at not more than $0: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 
$60,760,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Adminis-
tration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover 
purchase 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). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric 
power and energy, for construction and acquisition of 
transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, 
and for administrative expenses, including official recep-
tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex-
ceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the South-
western Power Administration, $45,643,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 
1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $34,586,000 collected by the 
Southwestern Power Administration from the sale of power 
and related services shall be credited to this account as dis-
cretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual ex-
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penses of the Southwestern Power Administration: 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 2017 
appropriation estimated at not more than $11,057,000: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 
to $73,000,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Admin-
istration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to re-
cover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be cred-
ited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able 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). 
CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
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 conservation 
and 
renewable 
resources 
programs 
as 
authorized, 
$307,144,000, including official reception and representa-
tion expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain 
available until expended, of which $299,742,000 shall be de-
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rived from the Department of the Interior Reclamation 
Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, sec-
tion 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 $211,563,000 collected 
by the Western Area Power Administration from the sale 
of power and related services shall be credited to this ac-
count as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 
available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the Western Area Power Administra-
tion: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are re-
ceived during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2017 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$95,581,000, of which $88,179,000 is derived from the Rec-
lamation Fund: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $367,009,000 collected by the Western 
Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to 
recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be cred-
ited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able 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
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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, $4,070,000, to remain available until expended, and 
to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and 
Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Administra-
tion, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954 
(68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding the provi-
sions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $3,838,000 
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 2017 
appropriation estimated at not more than $232,000: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, an-
nual expenses means expenditures that are generally recov-
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ered in the same year that they are incurred: Provided fur-
ther, That for fiscal year 2017, the Administrator of the 
Western Area Power Administration may accept up to 
$323,000 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 
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,