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Union Calendar No. 97 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2609 
[Report No. 113–135] 
Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 2, 2013 
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for energy and water development 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2014, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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, 2014, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
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 re-
lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 
and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 
ecosystem restoration, projects and related efforts prior to 
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construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 
miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 
surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 
of projects prior to construction, $90,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, 
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 specifica-
tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern-
ment to construction), $1,343,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended; of which such sums as are necessary 
to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facili-
ties under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities pro-
gram 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 expansion 
of inland waterways projects shall be derived from the In-
land Waterways Trust Fund. 
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-
vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 
by law, $249,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 
share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for in-
land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
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 general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 
and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con-
necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 
removing obstructions to navigation, $2,682,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which such sums as 
are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible oper-
ation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and chan-
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nels, and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Har-
bor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which such sums as be-
come available from the special account for the Corps of 
Engineers established by the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account 
for resource protection, research, interpretation, and 
maintenance activities related to resource protection in the 
areas 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 allocated to a field operating activity prior to the begin-
ning 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 necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of En-
gineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any re-
maining funds which have not been used for emergency 
activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts 
provided for the programs, projects, or activities. 
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REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$193,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2015. 
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, $104,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri-
cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 
such disasters as authorized by law, $28,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen-
eral administration of the civil works program in the head-
quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 
Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op-
eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ-
ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 
Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 
the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen-
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ter allocable to the civil works program, $182,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2015, of which not 
to exceed $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 the civil 
works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers 
or the civil works executive direction and management ac-
tivities of the division offices: Provided further, That any 
Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation 
may be used to fund the supervision and general adminis-
tration of emergency operations, repairs, and other activi-
ties in response to any flood, hurricane, or other natural 
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, 2015. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
The Revolving Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be 
available during the current fiscal year for purchase (not 
to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles for the civil works program. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS, CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (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 or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; 
(4) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act; 
(5) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; or 
(6) reduces funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less. 
(b) Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project 
or activity authorized under section 205 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1948, section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 
1946, section 208 of the Flood Control Act of 1954, sec-
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tion 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, section 
103 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962, section 111 
of the River and Harbor Act of 1968, section 1135 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986, section 206 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, or sec-
tion 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1992. 
(c) The Corps of Engineers 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. 102. 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, ex-
cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds in this Act, or previous 
Acts, making funds available for Energy and Water Devel-
opment, shall be used to award any continuing contract 
that commits additional funding from the Inland Water-
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ways Trust Fund unless or until such time that a long- 
term mechanism to enhance revenues in this Fund suffi-
cient to meet the cost-sharing authorized in the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-662) 
is enacted. 
SEC. 104. Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the Chief of Engineers Report on a water resource matter, 
the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) shall 
submit the report to the appropriate authorizing and ap-
propriating committees of the Congress. 
SEC. 105. During the fiscal year period covered by 
this Act, the Secretary of the Army is authorized to imple-
ment measures recommended in the efficacy study author-
ized under section 3061 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–114; 121 Stat. 1121) 
or in interim reports, with such modifications or emer-
gency measures as the Secretary of the Army determines 
to be appropriate, to prevent aquatic nuisance species 
from dispersing into the Great Lakes by way of any hydro-
logic connection between the Great Lakes and the Mis-
sissippi River Basin. 
SEC. 106. As of the date of enactment of this Act 
and each fiscal year hereafter, the Secretary of the Army 
may transfer to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the 
Fish and Wildlife Service may accept and expend, such 
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funds as the Secretary and the Director of the Fish and 
Wildlife Service determine to be necessary to mitigate for 
fisheries lost due to Corps of Engineers projects, except 
that in no event may the amount of funds transferred pur-
suant to this section during any fiscal year exceed the 
amount identified for such purpose in the report accom-
panying the appropriations for that fiscal year. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act making appropriations for Energy 
and Water Development may be used by the Corps of En-
gineers to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or en-
force any change to the regulations and guidance in effect 
on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definition of waters 
under the jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), including the provisions 
of the rules dated November 13, 1986, and August 25, 
1993, relating to such jurisdiction, and the guidance docu-
ments dated January 15, 2003, and December 2, 2008, 
relating to such jurisdiction. 
SEC. 108. Section 3(a)(6) of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–676; 102 Stat. 
4013) is amended by striking ‘‘$775,000,000’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘$2,918,000,000’’. 
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SEC. 109. (a) Section 1001(17)(A) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–114; 
121 Stat. 1052) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$125,270,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$152,510,000’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘$75,140,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$92,007,000’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘$50,130,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$60,503,000’’. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as of November 8, 2007. 
SEC. 110. The authorization under the heading ‘‘Lit-
tle Calumet River Basin (Cady Marsh Ditch), Indiana’’, 
in section 401(a) of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (Public Law 99–662; 100 Stat. 4115), as modi-
fied by section 127 of Public Law 109–103 (119 Stat. 
2259), is further modified to authorize completion of the 
project at a total cost of $269,988,000 with an estimated 
Federal cost of $202,800,000 and an estimated non-Fed-
eral cost of $67,188,000. 
SEC. 111. During fiscal year 2014, the limitation re-
lating to total project costs in section 902 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2280) 
shall not apply with respect to any project that receives 
funds made available by this title. 
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SEC. 112. 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 to develop, adopt, implement, ad-
minister, or enforce any change to the regulations in effect 
on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definitions of the 
terms ‘‘fill material’’ or ‘‘discharge of fill material’’ for the 
purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). 
SEC. 113. As of the date of enactment of this Act 
and thereafter, the Secretary of the Army shall not pro-
mulgate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an indi-
vidual from possessing a firearm, including an assembled 
or functional firearm, at a water resources development 
project covered under section 327.0 of title 36, Code of 
Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment 
of this Act), if (1) the individual is not otherwise prohib-
ited by law from possessing the firearm; and (2) the pos-
session of the firearm is in compliance with the law of 
the State in which the water resources development 
project is located. 
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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, $7,425,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $1,000,000 shall be de-
posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-
servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-
gation and Conservation Commission. In addition, for nec-
essary expenses incurred in carrying out related respon-
sibilities of the Secretary of the Interior, $1,300,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2015. 
For fiscal year 2014, the Commission may use an 
amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for administrative ex-
penses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to 
execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: 
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-
tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 
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fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-
cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 
agreements with, State and local governments, federally 
recognized Indian tribes, and others, $812,744,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $28,000 shall be 
available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin 
Fund and $8,401,000 shall be available for transfer to the 
Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to 
the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That such trans-
fers may be increased or decreased within the overall ap-
propriation under this heading: Provided further, That of 
the total appropriated, the amount for program activities 
that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bu-
reau 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 for the 
same purposes as the sums appropriated under this head-
ing: Provided further, That of the amounts provided here-
in, funds may be used for high priority projects which 
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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, habi-
tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 
the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $53,288,000, 
to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the 
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sec-
tions 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 
102–575, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and 
collect the full amount of the additional mitigation and 
restoration payments authorized by section 3407(d) of 
Public Law 102–575: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be used for 
the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream purposes 
if the water is already 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, 
consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior, $30,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 
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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 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 necessary expenses of 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, 
2015, $60,000,000, 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 
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 the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate; 
(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) $300,000 for any program, project or 
activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 
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(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 
the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili-
tation category or the Resources Management and 
Development category to any program, project, or 
activity in the other category; or 
(7) transfers, when 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 the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, 
activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly re-
port shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
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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 
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-Al-
ternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP-Alternative 
Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repay-
ment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and 
San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 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 serv-
ice or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully 
reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such serv-
ice or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 
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SEC. 203. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, until the pipeline reliability study required in the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2012, is completed, and any 
necessary changes are made to Technical Memorandum 
No. 8140–CC–2004–1, the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
not deny approval, funding, or assistance to any project, 
nor disqualify any material from use, based, in whole or 
in part, on the corrosion control used, if the corrosion con-
trol meets the requirements of a published national or 
international standard promulgated by the American 
Water Works Association (‘‘AWWA’’), ASTM Inter-
national, the American National Standards Institute 
(‘‘ANSI’’), NACE International (‘‘NACE’’) or the Amer-
ican Society for Testing and Materials (‘‘ASTM’’). The 
Bureau shall allow any project initiated during the study 
to use any corrosion control meeting the above standards. 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENERGY RELIABILITY, AND 
EFFICIENCY 
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, and electricity 
delivery and energy reliability activities, in carrying out 
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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, 
$982,637,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$76,926,000 shall be available until September 30, 2015, 
for program direction. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, and the purchase of not 
more than 10 buses and 2 ambulances, all for replacement 
only, $656,389,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which such sums as may be necessary shall be derived 
from the Nuclear Waste Fund, to be made available only 
to support the high-level waste geological repository at 
Yucca Mountain: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $87,500,000 shall be available until 
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September 30, 2015, for program direction: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$5,000,000 shall be made available to affected units of 
local government, as defined in section 2(31) of the Nu-
clear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(31)), 
to support the Yucca Mountain high-level waste geological 
repository, as authorized by such Act: Provided further, 
That funds derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund may 
be transferred to ‘‘Independent Agencies—Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ to support 
the Yucca Mountain high-level waste geological repository 
license application. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 
research and development activities, under the authority 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public 
Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, includ-
ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property 
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan-
sion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga-
tions and research concerning the extraction, processing, 
use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection-
able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, 
and 1603), $450,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That $115,753,000 shall be available 
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until September 30, 2015, for program direction: Provided 
further, That for all programs funded under Fossil Energy 
appropriations in this Act or any other Act, the Secretary 
may vest fee title or other property interests acquired 
under projects in any entity, including the United States. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities, $14,909,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining 
from prior years shall be available for all naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities. 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve facility development and operations and program 
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $189,400,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
For necessary expenses 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.), $8,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
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ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 
of the Energy Information Administration, $100,000,000, 
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-de-
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, 
$194,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING FUND 
For necessary expenses in carrying out uranium en-
richment 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, $545,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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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-
erty or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 25 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one 
law enforcement vehicle, one ambulance, and one bus, 
$4,653,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $174,862,000 shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2015, for program direction. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 
authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES 
Act (42 U.S.C. 16538), $50,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received 
from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b)(1)(B) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior 
Acts, shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) 
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of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That, 
for necessary administrative expenses to carry out this 
Loan Guarantee program, $22,000,000 is appropriated, to 
remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided fur-
ther, That $22,000,000 of the fees collected pursuant to 
section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16512(h)) shall be credited as offsetting collections 
to this account to cover administrative expenses and shall 
remain available until expended, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2014 appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $0: Provided further, That fees 
collected under section 1702(h) in excess of the amount 
appropriated for administrative expenses shall not be 
available until appropriated: Provided further, That the 
Department of Energy shall not subordinate any loan obli-
gation to other financing in violation of section 1702 of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512) or sub-
ordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or other 
debt obligations in violation of section 609.10 of title 10, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For administrative expenses in carrying out the Ad-
vanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Pro-
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gram, $6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2015. 
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.), including the hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and rep-
resentation 
expenses 
not 
to 
exceed 
$30,000, 
$187,863,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2015, plus such additional amounts as necessary to cover 
increases in the estimated amount of cost of work for oth-
ers notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency 
Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such in-
creases in cost of work are offset by revenue increases of 
the same or greater amount: Provided further, That mon-
eys received by the Department for miscellaneous revenues 
estimated to total $108,188,000 in fiscal year 2014 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 2014 appropria-
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tion from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$79,675,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $42,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2015. 
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, 
and the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance, 
$7,675,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 
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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 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$2,100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Energy may make available 
from funds provided under this heading in this Act not 
more than $48,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out 
domestic uranium enrichment research, development, and 
demonstration activities. 
NAVAL REACTORS 
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, 
$1,109,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $43,212,000 shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2015, for program direction. 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Adminis-
trator in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
including official reception and representation expenses 
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not to exceed $12,000, $382,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2015. 
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, and the purchase of not to exceed one sport utility 
vehicle, three lube trucks, and one fire truck for replace-
ment only, $4,750,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That $280,784,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2015, for program direction. 
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-
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cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, $830,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$122,734,000 shall be available until September 30, 2015 
for program direction. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATION 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 
are approved for construction of, or participating in the 
construction of, a high voltage line from Bonneville’s high 
voltage system to the service areas of requirements cus-
tomers located within Bonneville’s service area in southern 
Idaho, southern Montana, and western Wyoming; and 
such line may extend to, and interconnect in, the Pacific 
Northwest with lines between the Pacific Northwest and 
the Pacific Southwest, and for John Day Reprogramming 
and Construction, the Columbia River Basin White Stur-
geon Hatchery, and Kelt Reconditioning and Reproductive 
Success Evaluation Research, and, in addition, for official 
reception and representation expenses in an amount not 
to exceed $5,000: Provided, That during fiscal year 2014, 
no new direct loan obligations may be made. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and of 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, and including official reception and 
representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$1,500, $7,750,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and sec-
tion 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $7,750,000 
collected by the Southeastern Power Administration from 
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 fund-
ing the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Ad-
ministration: 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 2014 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$0: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, up to $78,081,000 collected by the Southeastern 
Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 
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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 necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and of 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, $45,456,000, 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 $33,564,000 collected 
by the Southwestern 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 
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the annual expenses of the Southwestern 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 2014 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$11,892,000: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $42,000,000 collected by the South-
western Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling 
expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting col-
lections, to remain available until expended for the sole 
purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expendi-
tures: Provided further, That, for purposes of this appro-
priation, 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-
servation and renewable resources programs as author-
ized, including official reception and representation ex-
penses in an amount not to exceed $1,500; $299,919,000, 
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to remain available until expended, of which $292,019,000 
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 
$203,989,000 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 2014 appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $95,930,000, of which 
$88,030,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 
to $230,738,000 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 
this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 
until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 
power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 
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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, $5,330,671, 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 
$4,910,671 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-
priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2014 appropriation estimated at not more than 
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$420,000: 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 2014, the 
Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 
may accept up to $865,000 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. 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of 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 
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seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and official reception 
and representation expenses not to exceed $3,000, 
$304,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $304,600,000 of revenues from fees and an-
nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 
year 2014 shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this account, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues 
are received during fiscal year 2014 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2014 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, 
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-
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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 the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate at least 3 full business days in ad-
vance, 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 in excess of 
$1,000,000, 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 the House of Representatives 
and the Senate on the first business day of each quarter 
a report detailing each grant allocation or discretionary 
grant award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during 
the previous quarter. 
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(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 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate at least 3 days in ad-
vance. 
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(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 or the text 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 the House of Representatives and the Senate at 
least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed reprogram-
ming which would cause any program, project, or activity 
funding level to increase or decrease by more than 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, 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; 
(2) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; or 
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(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 the House of Representatives 
and the Senate 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 expla-
nation of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that 
permitted such waiver. 
SEC. 302. The unexpended balances of prior appro-
priations provided for activities in this Act may be avail-
able to the same appropriation accounts for such activities 
established pursuant to this title. Available balances may 
be merged with funds in the applicable established ac-
counts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund 
for the same time period as originally enacted. 
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SEC. 303. 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. 414) dur-
ing fiscal year 2014 until the enactment of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014. 
SEC. 304. 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 Health, Safety, and Security to ensure the project 
is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 305. 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. 306. Section 20320 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Resolution, 2007, Public Law 109–289, division 
B, as amended by the Revised Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution, 2007, Public Law 110-5, is amended by strik-
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ing in subsection (c) ‘‘an annual review’’ after ‘‘conduct’’ 
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘a review every three years’’. 
SEC. 307. None of the funds made available by this 
or any subsequent Act for fiscal year 2014 or any fiscal 
year hereafter may be used to pay the salaries of Depart-
ment of Energy employees to carry out the amendments 
made by section 407 of division A of the American Recov-
ery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 
SEC. 308. Notwithstanding section 307 of Public Law 
111–85, of the funds made available by the Department 
of Energy for activities at Government-owned, contractor- 
operated laboratories funded in this or any subsequent 
Energy and Water Development appropriation Act for any 
fiscal year, the Secretary may authorize a specific amount, 
not to exceed 4.5 percent of such funds, to be used by 
such laboratories for laboratory directed research and de-
velopment. 
SEC. 309. Notwithstanding section 301(c) of this Act, 
none of the funds made available under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Energy—Energy Programs—Science’’ may 
be used for a multiyear contract, grant, cooperative agree-
ment, or Other Transaction Agreement of $1,500,000 or 
less unless the contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or 
Other Transaction Agreement is funded for the full period 
of performance as anticipated at the time of award. 
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SEC. 310. Not later than June 30, 2014, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a tritium 
and enriched uranium management plan that provides— 
(a) an assessment of the national security demand 
for tritium and low and highly enriched uranium through 
2060; 
(b) a description of the Department of Energy’s plan 
to provide adequate amounts of tritium and enriched ura-
nium for national security purposes through 2060; and 
(c) an analysis of planned and alternative tech-
nologies which are available to meet the supply needs for 
tritium and enriched uranium for national security pur-
poses, including weapons dismantlement and down-blend-
ing. 
SEC. 311. (a) The Secretary of Energy shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate not later than December 1, 
2013, a report which provides an analysis of alternatives 
for each major warhead refurbishment program that 
reaches Phase 6.3, including— 
(1) A summary of the overall cost, scope, and 
schedule planning assumptions for the major refur-
bishment activity; 
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(2) A full description of alternatives considered 
prior to the award of Phase 6.3; 
(3) A comparison of the costs and benefits of 
each of those alternatives, to include an analysis of 
trade-offs among cost, schedule, and performance 
objectives against each alternative considered; 
(4) An assessment of the risks, costs, and 
scheduling needs for each military requirement es-
tablished by the Department of Defense and/or any 
requirement established to enhance safety, security, 
or maintainability; 
(5) Identification of the cost and risk of critical 
technology elements associated with each refurbish-
ment alternative, including technology maturity, in-
tegration risk, manufacturing feasibility, and dem-
onstration needs; and 
(6) Identification of the cost and risk of capital 
asset and infrastructure capabilities required to sup-
port production and certification of each refurbish-
ment alternative. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy or the Secretary’s des-
ignee shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that— 
(1) No less than three feasible and distinct al-
ternatives are considered prior to the award of mile-
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stone Phase 6.3 for any major warhead refurbish-
ment program; and 
(2) Appropriate trade-offs among cost, sched-
ule, and performance objectives have been made to 
ensure that the program is affordable when consid-
ering the per unit cost and the total acquisition cost 
in the context of the total resources available during 
the period covered by the most recent stockpile stew-
ardship and management plan and the future-years 
nuclear security plan submitted during the fiscal 
year in which the certification is made. 
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘major warhead refur-
bishment program’’ includes all nuclear weapons life ex-
tension programs, alterations, and modifications carried 
out for the life cycle management of the nuclear weapons 
stockpile, and all non-routine nuclear weapons stockpile 
activities that are estimated to cost over $1,000,000,000. 
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, notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 14704, and for nec-
essary expenses for the Federal Co-Chairman and the Al-
ternate on the Appalachian Regional Commission, for pay-
ment of the Federal share of the administrative expenses 
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of the Commission, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$70,317,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Fa-
cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 
by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 
Law 100–456, section 1441, $29,915,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, $850,000 shall be 
made available to procure Inspector General services from 
the Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion. 
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Delta Regional Author-
ity and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the 
Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding 
sections 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said 
Act, $11,319,000, to remain available until expended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses of the Denali Commission including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment as necessary and other expenses, 
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$7,396,000, to remain available until expended, notwith-
standing 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 Com-
mission Act of 1998 (division C, title III, Public Law 105– 
277), as amended by section 701 of appendix D, title VII, 
Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–280), and an 
amount not to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed com-
munities. 
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, $1,355,000, 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 necessary expenses of the Southeast Crescent Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission in car-
rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 
of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, including 
official representation expenses (not to exceed $25,000), 
$1,043,937,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount appropriated herein, not more 
than $9,500,000 may be made available for salaries, trav-
el, and other support costs for the Office of the Commis-
sion, to remain available until September 30, 2015, 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 approved by a major-
ity vote of the Commission: Provided further, That reve-
nues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other 
services and collections estimated at $920,721,000 in fis-
cal year 2014 shall be retained and used for necessary 
salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall 
be reduced by the amount of revenues received during fis-
cal year 2014 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2014 
appropriation estimated at not more than $123,216,000: 
Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under 
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this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for university research 
and development in areas relevant to their respective orga-
nization’s mission, and $5,000,000 shall be for a Nuclear 
Science and Engineering Grant Program that will support 
multiyear projects that do not align with programmatic 
missions but are critical to maintaining the discipline of 
nuclear science and engineering. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $11,105,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2015: Provided, That revenues from 
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
collections estimated at $9,994,000 in fiscal year 2014 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
2015, 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 2014 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2014 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$1,111,000. 
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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 
203, section 5051, $3,400,000, to be derived from the Nu-
clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
2015. 
OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR ALASKA 
NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS 
For necessary expenses for the Office of the Federal 
Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation 
Projects pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act, 
$1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: 
Provided, That any fees, charges, or commissions received 
pursuant to section 106(h) of the Alaska Natural Gas 
Pipeline Act (15 U.S.C. 720d(h)) in fiscal year 2014 in 
excess of $2,402,000 shall not be available for obligation 
until appropriated in a subsequent Act of Congress. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission may not terminate any program, project, or 
activity without a majority vote of the Commissioners of 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approving such ac-
tion. 
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SEC. 402. The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate not 
later than 1 day after the Chairman begins performing 
functions under the authority of section 3 of Reorganiza-
tion Plan No. 1 of 1980, or after a member of the Com-
mission who was delegated emergency functions under 
subsection (b) of that section begins performing those 
functions. Such notification shall include an explanation 
of the circumstances warranting the exercise of such au-
thority. The Chairman shall report to the Committees, not 
less frequently than once each week, on the actions taken 
by the Chairman, or a delegated member of the Commis-
sion, under such authority, until the authority is relin-
quished. The Chairman shall notify the Committees not 
later than 1 day after such authority is relinquished. The 
Chairman shall submit the report required by section 3(d) 
of the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980 to the Commit-
tees not later than 1 day after it was submitted to the 
Commission. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
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 
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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 by this 
Act may be used to eliminate or reduce funding for a pro-
gram, project, or activity as proposed in a President’s 
budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed change 
is subsequently enacted in an appropriations Act, or unless 
such change is made pursuant to the reprogramming and 
transfer provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any cor-
poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 
under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 
where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un-
less the agency has considered suspension or debarment 
of the corporation and has made a determination that this 
further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 
the Government. 
SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor-
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poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 
been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 
remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 
is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree-
ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 
liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 
tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-
tect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 505. (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 appropriation 
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. 
(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 
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transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appro-
priation Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority ref-
erenced in the report of the Committees 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 the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a semiannual report de-
tailing the transfer authorities, except for any authority 
whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States Government may provide goods or services 
to another 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 pur-
poses for which they were transferred, and shall not re-
place or modify existing notification requirements for each 
authority. 
SEC. 506. 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’’). 
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SEC. 507. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be expended for any new hire by any Federal 
agency funded in this Act that is not verified through the 
E-Verify Program as described in section 403(a) of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 
SEC. 508. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 
from prior year appropriations for the following accounts, 
the following amounts are hereby permanently rescinded: 
(1) Under the heading ‘‘Corps of Engineers- 
Civil—Department of the Army’’, $200,000,000, to 
be derived by the Secretary of the Army from funds 
made available for ‘‘Construction, General’’, ‘‘Flood 
Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Arkan-
sas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis-
souri, and Tennessee’’, ‘‘General Investigations’’, 
‘‘Construction’’, ‘‘Investigations’’, and ‘‘Mississippi 
River and Tributaries’’. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro-
grams—Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’’, 
$157,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Energy—Atomic Energy 
Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration—Weapons Activities’’, $142,000,000. 
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(4) ‘‘Department of Energy—Atomic Energy 
Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration—Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation’’, 
$20,000,000. 
(b) No amounts may be rescinded under this section 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso-
lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to conduct closure of adjudicatory func-
tions, technical review, or support activities associated 
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. 
SEC. 510. The Commissioner of the Bureau of Rec-
lamation and the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil 
Works) shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the 
time that the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 
2015 is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, a comprehensive report compiled in 
conjunction with the Government Accountability Office 
that details updated missions, goals, strategies, and prior-
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ities, and performance metrics that are measurable, re-
peatable, and directly linked to requests for funding. 
SEC. 511. It is the sense of the Congress that the 
Congress should not pass any legislation that authorizes 
spending cuts that would increase poverty in the United 
States. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 512. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2014’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 97 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2609 
[Report No. 113–135] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for energy and water devel-
opment and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2014, and for other pur-
poses. 
JULY 2, 2013 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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