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tion 5051, $3,400,000 to be derived from the Nuclear Waste 
Fund, and to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR ALASKA 
NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS 
For necessary expenses for the Office of the Federal Co-
ordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects 
pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act of 2004, 
$1,000,000. 
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses of the Northern Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $1,275,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, not-
withstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United States 
Code. 
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses of the Southeast Crescent Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $213,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CHAIRPERSON.—The term ‘‘Chairperson’’ 
means the Chairperson of the Commission.
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(2) 
COMMISSION.—The 
term 
‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 
(3) SPENT FUEL POOL.—The term ‘‘spent fuel 
pool’’ means an underwater storage and cooling facil-
ity for spent (or depleted) fuel assemblies that have 
been removed from a reactor. 
(b) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Chairperson shall order licencees to, in ac-
cordance with the recommendations of the 90-day task force 
of the Commission, enhance spent fuel pools by: 
(1) providing sufficient safety-related instrumen-
tation that is able to withstand design-basis natural 
phenomena to monitor key spent fuel pool parameters 
(such as water level, temperature, and area radiation 
levels) from a control room; 
(2) providing safety-related, alternating-current 
electrical power for the spent fuel pool makeup sys-
tem; 
(3) providing onsite emergency electrical power 
for spent fuel pools and instrumentation for cases in 
which there exists irradiated fuel in a spent fuel pool, 
regardless of the operational mode of the relevant re-
actor; and 
(4) installing a seismically qualified means to 
spray water into spent fuel pools, including an easily
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accessible connection to supply the water (such as 
using a portable pump or pumper truck) at grade 
outside a relevant structure. 
SEC. 402. Consistent with the findings of its 90 Day 
Task Force, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall order 
licensees to reevaluate the seismic, tsunami, flooding and 
other hazards at their sites as expeditiously as possible, and 
thereafter, at least once every 10 years, and the Commission 
shall require licensees to demonstrate to the Commission 
that the design basis of structures, systems, and components 
for each operating reactor meet current NRC requirements 
and guidance with regard to these threats. The Commission 
shall require licensees to update the design basis of struc-
tures, systems, and components for each operating reactor, 
if necessary. 
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. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
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strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
TITLE VI 
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR DISASTER RELIEF 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Mississippi River and 
Tributaries’’ for expenses resulting from a major disaster 
designation pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), 
$890,177,300, to remain available until expended for repair 
of damages to Federal projects: Provided, That the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide a 
monthly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allo-
cation and obligation of these funds, beginning not later 
than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the amount in this paragraph is designated by Con-
gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance’’ for expenses resulting from a major disaster des-
ignation pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) to 
dredge navigation channels and repair damage to Corps 
projects nationwide, $88,003,700, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Assistant Secretary of the 
Army for Civil Works shall provide a monthly report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate detailing the allocation and ob-
ligation of these funds, beginning not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 
amount in this paragraph is designated by Congress as 
being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and 
Coastal Emergencies’’, for expenses resulting from a major 
disaster designation pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5122(2)) as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 
18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary expenses to pre-
pare for flood, hurricane and other natural disasters and
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support emergency operations, repair and other activities 
in response to recent natural disasters as authorized by law, 
$66,387,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works 
shall provide a monthly report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, begin-
ning not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That the amount in this paragraph is des-
ignated by Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), 
as amended. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2012’’.