In the Senate of the United States,
September 7, 2000.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4733) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
energy and water development for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2001, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the
following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, for energy and
water development, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—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 rivers
and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related pur-
poses.
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS
For expenses necessary for the collection and study of
basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood con-
trol, shore protection, and related projects, restudy of au-
thorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, and, when
authorized by laws, surveys and detailed studies and plans
and specifications of projects prior to construction,
$139,219,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$100,000 may be made available to carry out activities
under the John Glenn Great Lakes Basin Program estab-
lished under section 455 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1999 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–21), of which $100,000
may be made available to develop the Detroit River
Masterplan under section 568 of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 368), of which not less than
$1,000,000 shall be available for the conduct of activities
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related to the selection, by the Secretary of the Army in
cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency, of
a permanent disposal site for environmentally sound
dredged material from navigational dredging projects in the
State of Rhode Island, and of which $100,000 shall be made
available to carry out a reconnaissance study provided for
by section 447 of the Water Resources Development Act of
1999 (113 Stat. 329): Provided, That in conducting the
Southwest Valley Flood Damage Reduction Study, Albu-
querque, New Mexico, the Secretary of the Army, acting
through the Chief of Engineers, shall include an evaluation
of flood damage reduction measures that would otherwise
be excluded from the feasibility analysis based on policies
regarding the frequency of flooding, the drainage areas, and
the amount of runoff: Provided further, That the Secretary
of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is di-
rected to use $200,000, of funds appropriated herein for Re-
search and Development, for a topographic/bathymetric
mapping project for Coastal Louisiana in cooperation with
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at
the interagency Federal laboratory in Lafayette, Louisiana:
Provided further, That $50,000 provided herein shall be for
erosion control studies in the Harding Lake watershed in
Alaska.
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CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL
For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control,
shore protection, and related projects authorized by laws;
and detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of
projects (including those for development with participation
or under consideration for participation by States, local
governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible
for selection by law (but such studies shall not constitute
a commitment of the Government to construction),
$1,361,449,000, to remain available until expended, of
which such sums as are necessary for the Federal share of
construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Material
Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from the Har-
bor Maintenance Trust Fund, as authorized by Public Law
104–303; and of which such sums as are necessary pursuant
to Public Law 99–662 shall be derived from the Inland Wa-
terways Trust Fund, for one-half of the costs of construction
and rehabilitation of inland waterways projects, including
rehabilitation costs for the Lock and Dam 24, Mississippi
River, Illinois and Missouri; Lock and Dam 3, Mississippi
River, Minnesota; London Locks and Dam; Kanawha
River, West Virginia; and Lock and Dam 12, Mississippi
River, Iowa projects; and of which funds are provided for
the following projects in the amounts specified:
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Indianapolis 
Central 
Waterfront, 
Indiana,
$4,000,000;
Jackson County, Mississippi, $2,000,000; and
Upper Mingo County (including Mingo County
Tributaries), Lower Mingo County (Kermit), Wayne
County, and McDowell County, elements of the Levisa
and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper
Cumberland 
River 
project 
in 
West 
Virginia,
$4,100,000:
Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be expended or obligated to begin Phase II
on the John Day Drawdown study or to initiate a study
of the drawdown of McNary Dam unless authorized by law:
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting
through the Chief of Engineers, is directed hereafter to use
available Construction, General funds in addition to fund-
ing provided to Public Law 104–206 to complete design and
construction of the Red River Regional Visitors Center in
the vicinity of Shreveport, Louisiana at an estimated cost
of $6,000,000: Provided further, That section 101(b)(4) of
the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, is amended
by striking ‘‘total cost of $8,600,000’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof, ‘‘total cost of $15,000,000’’: Provided further, That
the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engi-
neers, is directed to use $3,000,000 of the funds appro-
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priated herein for additional emergency bank stabilization
measures at Galena, Alaska under the same terms and con-
ditions as previous emergency bank stabilization work un-
dertaken at Galena, Alaska pursuant to Section 116 of Pub-
lic Law 99–190: Provided further, That with $4,200,000 of
the funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army,
acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to con-
tinue construction of the Brunswick County Beaches, North
Carolina-Ocean Isle Beach portion in accordance with the
General Reevaluation Report approved by the Chief of En-
gineers on May 15, 1998: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers,
is directed to use not to exceed $300,000 of funds appro-
priated herein to reimburse the City of Renton, Washington,
at full Federal expense, for mitigation expenses incurred for
the flood control project constructed pursuant to 33 U.S.C.
701s at Cedar River, City of Renton, Washington, as a re-
sult of over-dredging by the Army Corps of Engineers: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting
through the Chief of Engineers, may use Construction, Gen-
eral funding as directed in Public Law 105–62 and Public
Law 105–245 to initiate construction of an emergency out-
let from Devils Lake, North Dakota, to the Sheyenne River,
except that the funds shall not become available unless the
Secretary of the Army determines that an emergency (as
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defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)) ex-
ists with respect to the emergency need for the outlet and
reports to Congress that the construction is technically
sound, economically justified, and environmentally accept-
able, and in compliance with the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.): Provided fur-
ther, That the economic justification for the emergency out-
let shall be prepared in accordance with the principles and
guidelines for economic evaluation as required by regula-
tions and procedures of the Army Corps of Engineers for
all flood control projects, and that the economic justification
be fully described, including the analysis of the benefits and
costs, in the project plan documents: Provided further, That
the plans for the emergency outlet shall be reviewed and,
to be effective, shall contain assurances provided by the Sec-
retary of State, after consultation with the International
Joint Commission, that the project will not violate the re-
quirements or intent of the Treaty Between the United
States and Great Britain Relating to Boundary Waters Be-
tween the United States and Canada, signed at Washington
January 11, 1909 (36 Stat. 2448; TS 548) (commonly
known as the ‘‘Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909’’): Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of the Army shall submit
the final plans and other documents for the emergency out-
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let to Congress: Provided further, That no funds made avail-
able under this Act or any other Act for any fiscal year
may be used by the Secretary of the Army to carry out
the portion of the feasibility study of the Devils Lake Basin,
North Dakota, authorized under the Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–
377), that addresses the needs of the area for stabilized lake
levels through inlet controls, or to otherwise study any facil-
ity or carry out any activity that would permit the transfer
of water from the Missouri River Basin into Devils Lake:
Provided further, That $500,000 of the funding appro-
priated herein shall be used to undertake the Hay Creek,
Roseau County, Minnesota Flood Control Project under sec-
tion 206 funding.
FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES,
ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MIS-
SISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE
For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood
control, and rescue work, repair, restoration, or mainte-
nance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by
flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 702a and 702g–1),
$334,450,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of the Army is directed to com-
plete his analysis and determination of Federal mainte-
nance of the Greenville Inner Harbor, Mississippi naviga-
tion project in accordance with Section 509 of the Water
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Resources Development Act of 1996: Provided further, That
of the amounts made available under this heading for con-
struction, there shall be provided $375,000 for Tributaries
in the Yazoo Basin of Mississippi, and $45,000,000 for the
Mississippi River levees: Provided further, That of the
amounts made available under this heading for operation
and maintenance, there shall be provided $6,747,000 for
Arkabutla Lake, $4,376,000 for Enid Lake, $5,280,000 for
Grenada Lake, and $7,680,000 for Sardis Lake.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation,
maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood
control, and related works, including such sums as may be
necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels provided
by a State, municipality or other public agency, outside
of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of general com-
merce and navigation; surveys and charting of northern
and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and
straightening channels; and removal of obstructions to navi-
gation, $1,862,471,000, to remain available until expended,
of which such sums as become available in the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662,
may be derived from that Fund, of which such sums as be-
come available from the special account established by the
Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l), may be derived from that account for con-
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struction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation
facilities, of which $500,000 shall be available for mainte-
nance and repair of the Sakonnet Harbor breakwater in
Little Compton, Rhode Island, of which $50,000 shall be
used to carry out the feasibility study described in section
109, and of which $150,000 of funds made available for
the Delaware River, Philadelphia to the Sea, shall be made
available for the Philadelphia District of the Corps of Engi-
neers to establish a program to allow the direct marketing
of dredged material from the Delaware River Deepening
Project to public agencies and private entities: Provided,
That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief
of Engineers, from the funds provided herein for the oper-
ation and maintenance of New York Harbor, New York, is
directed to prepare the necessary documentation and ini-
tiate removal of submerged obstructions and debris in the
area previously marked by the Ambrose Light Tower in the
interest of safe navigation: Provided further, That
$1,700,000 shall be used to implement environmental res-
toration requirements as specified under the certification
issued by the State of Florida under section 401 of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341), dated
October 1999 (permit number 0129424–001–DF), including
$1,200,000 for increased environmental dredging and
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$500,000 for related environmental studies required by the
water quality certification.
REGULATORY PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for administration of laws per-
taining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands,
$120,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the
Chief of Engineers, is directed to use funds appropriated
herein to: (1) by March 1, 2001, supplement the report, Cost
Analysis For the 1999 Proposal to Issue and Modify Na-
tionwide Permits, to reflect the Nationwide Permits actu-
ally issued on March 9, 2000, including changes in the acre-
age limits, preconstruction notification requirements and
general conditions between the rule proposed on July 21,
1999, and the rule promulgated and published in the Fed-
eral Register; (2) after consideration of the cost analysis
for the 1999 proposal to issue and modify nationwide per-
mits and the supplement prepared pursuant to this Act and
by September 30, 2001, prepare, submit to Congress and
publish in the Federal Register a Permit Processing Man-
agement Plan by which the Corps of Engineers will handle
the additional work associated with all projected increases
in the number of individual permit applications and
preconstruction notifications related to the new and replace-
ment permits and general conditions. The Permit Proc-
essing Management Plan shall include specific objective
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goals and criteria by which the Corps of Engineers’ progress
towards reducing any permit backlog can be measured; (3)
beginning on December 31, 2001, and on a biannual basis
thereafter, report to Congress and publish in the Federal
Register, an analysis of the performance of its program as
measured against the criteria set out in the Permit Proc-
essing Management Plan; (4) implement a 1-year pilot pro-
gram to publish quarterly on the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
neer’s Regulatory Program website all Regulatory Analysis
and Management Systems (RAMS) data for the South Pa-
cific Division and North Atlantic Division beginning with-
in 30 days of the enactment of this Act; and (5) publish
in Division Office websites all findings, rulings, and deci-
sions rendered under the administrative appeals process for
the Corps of Engineers Regulatory Program as established
in Public Law 106–60: Provided further, That, through the
period ending on September 30, 2003, the Corps of Engi-
neers shall allow any appellant to keep a verbatim record
of the proceedings of the appeals conference under the afore-
mentioned administrative appeals process: Provided fur-
ther, That within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engi-
neers, shall require all U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Divi-
sions and Districts to record the date on which a Section
404 individual permit application or nationwide permit
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notification is filed with the Corps of Engineers: Provided
further, That the Corps of Engineers, when reporting per-
mit processing times, shall track both the date a permit ap-
plication is first received and the date the application is
considered complete, as well as the reason that the applica-
tion is not considered complete upon first submission.
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination
from sites throughout the United States resulting from work
performed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $140,000,000, to remain available until expended.
GENERAL EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for general administration and
related functions in the Office of the Chief of Engineers and
offices of the Division Engineers; activities of the Coastal
Engineering Research Board, the Humphreys Engineer
Center Support Activity, the Water Resources Support Cen-
ter, and headquarters support functions at the USACE Fi-
nance Center, $152,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation
provided in title I of this Act shall be available to fund
the activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the
executive direction and management activities of the divi-
sion offices: Provided further, That none of these funds shall
be available to support an office of congressional affairs
within the executive office of the Chief of Engineers.
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REVOLVING FUND
Amounts in the Revolving fund are available for the
costs of relocating the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers head-
quarters to office space in the General Accounting Office
headquarters building in Washington, D.C.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations in this title shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed
$5,000); and during the current fiscal year the Revolving
Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase
(not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no fully allocated funding policy shall be applied to
projects for which funds are identified in the Committee re-
ports accompanying this Act under the Construction, Gen-
eral; Operation and Maintenance, General; and Flood Con-
trol, Mississippi River and Tributaries, appropriation ac-
counts: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting
through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to undertake
these projects using continuing contracts, as authorized in
section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of September 22,
1922 (33 U.S.C. 621).
SEC. 102. Agreements proposed for execution by the As-
sistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works or the United
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States Army Corps of Engineers after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act pursuant to section 4 of the Rivers and
Harbor Act of 1915, Public Law 64–291; section 11 of the
River and Harbor Act of 1925, Public Law 68–585; the
Civil Functions Appropriations Act, 1936, Public Law 75–
208; section 215 of the Flood Control Act of 1968, as amend-
ed, Public Law 90–483; sections 104, 203, and 204 of the
Water Resources Development Act of 1986, as amended
(Public Law 99–662); section 206 of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1992, as amended, Public Law 102–
580; section 211 of the Water Resources Development Act
of 1996, Public Law 104–303, and any other specific project
authority, shall be limited to credits and reimbursements
per project not to exceed $10,000,000 in each fiscal year,
and total credits and reimbursements for all applicable
projects not to exceed $50,000,000 in each fiscal year.
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to revise the Missouri River Master Water
Control Manual when it is made known to the Federal enti-
ty or official to which the funds are made available that
such revision provides for an increase in the springtime
water release program during the spring heavy rainfall and
snow melt period in States that have rivers draining into
the Missouri River below the Gavins Point Dam.
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SEC. 104. ST. GEORGES BRIDGE, DELAWARE. None of
the funds made available by this Act may be used to carry
out any activity relating to closure or removal of the St.
Georges Bridge across the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal,
Delaware, including a hearing or any other activity relat-
ing to preparation of an environmental impact statement
concerning the closure or removal.
SEC. 105. Of the funds appropriated in title I, Oper-
ation and Maintenance, General, $10,400,000 is available
for the operation and maintenance of the Pascagoula Har-
bor, Mississippi.
SEC. 106. Of the funds appropriated in title I, Con-
struction General, $200,000 is available for the Gulfport
Harbor, Mississippi project for the Corps of Engineers to
prepare a project study plan and to initiate a general re-
evaluation report for the remaining authorized channel
width dredging.
SEC. 107. Studies for Kihei Area Erosion, HI, shall
include an analysis of the extent and causes of the shoreline
erosion. Further, studies shall include an analysis of the
total recreation and any other economic benefits accruing
to the public to be derived from restoration of the shoreline.
The results of this analysis shall be displayed in study docu-
ments along with the traditional benefit-cost analysis.
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SEC. 108. Studies for Waikiki Erosion Control, HI,
shall include an analysis of environmental resources that
have been, or may be, threatened by erosion of the shoreline.
Further, studies shall include an analysis of the total recre-
ation and any other economic benefits accruing to the pub-
lic to be derived from restoration of the shoreline. The re-
sults of this analysis shall be displayed in study documents
along with the traditional benefit-cost analysis.
SEC. 109. DELAWARE RIVER TO CHESAPEAKE BAY,
DELAWARE AND MARYLAND. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Sec-
retary of the Army, in cooperation with the Department
of Transportation of the State of Delaware, shall conduct
a study to determine the need for providing additional
crossing capacity across the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal.
(b) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—In carrying out sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall—
(1) analyze the need for providing additional
crossing capacity;
(2) analyze the timing, and establish a time-
frame, for satisfying any need for additional crossing
capacity determined under paragraph (1);
(3) analyze the feasibility, taking into account
the rate of development around the canal, of devel-
oping 1 or more crossing corridors to satisfy, within
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the timeframe established under paragraph (2), the
need for additional crossing capacity with minimal
environmental impact.
SEC. 110. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE
DREDGING OF THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE DELAWARE
RIVER. It is the sense of the Senate that—
(1) the Corps of Engineers should continue to ne-
gotiate in good faith with the State of Delaware to
address outstanding environmental permitting con-
cerns relating to the project for navigation, Delaware
River Mainstem and Channel Deepening, Delaware,
New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, authorized by section
101(6) of the Water Resources Development Act of
1992 (106 Stat. 4802) and modified by section 308 of
the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113
Stat. 300); and
(2) the Corps of Engineers and the State of Dela-
ware should resolve their differences through the nor-
mal State water quality permitting process.
SEC. 
111. 
APPROPRIATION
FOR
ALTERNATIVE
NONOCEAN REMEDIATION SITES. The Secretary of the
Army may use up to $1,000,000 of available funds to carry
out a nonocean alternative remediation demonstration
project for dredged material at the Historic Area Remedi-
ation Site.
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SEC. 112. Within available funds under title I, the Sec-
retary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers,
shall provide up to $7,000,000 to replace and upgrade the
dam in Kake, Alaska which collapsed July 2000, to provide
drinking water and hydroelectricity.
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, $38,724,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $19,158,000 shall be deposited
into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation
Account: Provided, That of the amounts deposited into that
account, $5,000,000 shall be considered the Federal con-
tribution authorized by paragraph 402(b)(2) of the Central
Utah Project Completion Act and $14,158,000 shall be
available to the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-
servation Commission to carry out activities authorized
under that Act.
In addition, for necessary expenses incurred in car-
rying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the In-
terior, $1,216,000, to remain available until expended.
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BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Rec-
lamation as provided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act
of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory there-
of or supplementary thereto) and other Acts applicable to
that Bureau as follows:
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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
fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-
cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other
agreements with, State and local governments, Indian
tribes, and others, $655,192,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $1,916,000 shall be available for transfer
to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and $38,667,000
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; of which $16,000,000 shall be for on-reservation
water development, feasibility studies, and related adminis-
trative costs under Public Law 106–163; of which not more
than 25 percent of the amount provided for drought emer-
gency assistance may be used for financial assistance for
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the preparation of cooperative drought contingency plans
under Title II of Public Law 102–250; and of which not
more than $500,000 is for high priority projects which shall
be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as author-
ized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Provided, That such transfers may
be increased or decreased within the overall appropriation
under this heading: Provided further, That of the total ap-
propriated, the amount for program activities that can be
financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Rec-
lamation special fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 460l–
6a(i) 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 contrib-
uted: Provided further, That funds advanced under 43
U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account and are avail-
able until expended for the same purposes as the sums ap-
propriated under this heading: Provided further, That
funds available for expenditure for the Departmental Irri-
gation Drainage Program may be expended by the Bureau
of Reclamation for site remediation on a non-reimbursable
basis: Provided further, That section 301 of Public Law
102–250, Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief
Act of 1991, as amended, is amended further by inserting
‘‘2000, and 2001’’ in lieu of ‘‘and 2000’’: Provided further,
That the amount authorized for Indian municipal, rural,
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and industrial water features by section 10 of Public Law
89–108, as amended by section 8 of Public Law 99–294,
section 1701(b) of Public Law 102–575, Public Law 105–
245, and Public Law 106–60 is increased by $2,000,000
(October 1998 prices): Provided further, That the amount
authorized for Minidoka Project North Side Pumping Divi-
sion, Idaho, by section 5 of Public Law 81–864, is increased
by $2,805,000: Provided further, That the Reclamation
Safety of Dams Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 509) is amended
as follows: (1) by inserting in Section 4(c) after ‘‘1984,’’
and before ‘‘costs’’ the following: ‘‘and the additional
$95,000,000 further authorized to be appropriated by
amendments to that Act in 2000,’’; (2) by inserting in Sec-
tion 5 after ‘‘levels),’’ and before ‘‘plus’’ the following: ‘‘and,
effective October 1, 2000, not to exceed an additional
$95,000,000 (October 1, 2000, price levels),’’; and (3) by
striking ‘‘sixty days (which’’ and all that follows through
‘‘day certain)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘30 calendar
days’’: Provided further, That $2,300,000 of the funding
provided herein shall be for the Albuquerque Metropolitan
Area Water Reclamation and Reuse project authorized by
title XVI of Public Law 102–575 to undertake phase II of
the project.
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans and/or grants, $8,944,000,
to remain available until expended, as authorized by the
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Small Reclamation Projects Act of August 6, 1956, as
amended (43 U.S.C. 422a–422l): Provided, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans not to exceed $27,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the program for direct loans and/or grants,
$425,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the total sums appropriated, the amount of program
activities that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund
shall be derived from that Fund.
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, and
habitat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provi-
sions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act,
$38,382,000, to be derived from such sums as may be col-
lected in the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pur-
suant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), 3405(f), and
3406(c)(1) 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 addi-
tional mitigation and restoration payments authorized by
section 3407(d) of Public Law 102–575.
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POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and
related functions in the office of the Commissioner, the Den-
ver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of
Reclamation, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended,
$50,224,000, 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 PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclama-
tion shall be available for purchase of not to exceed four
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only.
SEC. 202. Funds under this title for Drought Emer-
gency Assistance shall be made available primarily for leas-
ing of water for specified drought related purposes from
willing lessors, in compliance with existing State laws and
administered under State water priority allocation. Such
leases may be entered into with an option to purchase: Pro-
vided, That such purchase is approved by the State in
which the purchase takes place and the purchase does not
cause economic harm within the State in which the pur-
chase is made.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 203. (a) For fiscal year 2001 and each fiscal year
thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior shall continue the
funding of monitoring and research, as authorized by sec-
tion 1807 of the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (106
Stat. 4672), at not more than $7,687,000, adjusted to reflect
changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Con-
sumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
Department of Labor.
(b) The activities to be funded as provided under sub-
section (a) include activities required to meet the require-
ments of subsections (a) and (b) of section 1805 of the
Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4672), in-
cluding the requirements of the Biological Opinion on the
Operation of Glen Canyon Dam and activities required by
the Programmatic Agreement on Cultural and Historic
Properties.
(c) To the extent that funding under subsection (a) is
insufficient to pay the costs of the monitoring and research,
the Secretary of the Interior may use funds appropriated
to carry out section 8 of the Act of April 11, 1956 (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Colorado River Storage Project Act’’)
(43 U.S.C. 620g), to pay those costs.
SEC. 204. Section 202 of Division B, Title I, Chapter
2 of Public Law 106–246 is amended by adding at the end
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the following: ‘‘This section shall be effective through Sep-
tember 30, 2001.’’.
SEC. 205. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized
and directed to use not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds
appropriated under title II to refund amounts received by
the United States as payments for charges assessed by the
Secretary prior to January 1, 1994 for failure to file cer-
tain certification or reporting forms prior to the receipt of
irrigation water, pursuant to sections 206 and 224(c) of
the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 1226, 1272;
43 U.S.C. 390ff, 390ww(c)), including the amount of associ-
ated interest assessed by the Secretary and paid to the
United States pursuant to section 224(i) of the Reclamation
Reform Act of 1982 (101 Stat. 1330–268; 43 U.S.C.
390ww(i)).
SEC. 206. RECREATION DEVELOPMENT, BUREAU OF
RECLAMATION, MONTANA PROJECTS. (a) IN GENERAL.—To
provide a greater level of recreation management activities
on reclamation project land and water areas within the
State of Montana east of the Continental Divide (including
the portion of the Yellowtail Unit of the Pick-Sloan Project
located in Wyoming) necessary to meet the changing needs
and expectations of the public, the Secretary of the Interior
may—
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(1) investigate, plan, construct, operate, and
maintain public recreational facilities on land with-
drawn or acquired for the projects;
(2) conserve the scenery, the natural, historic,
paleontologic, and archaeologic objects, and the wild-
life on the land;
(3) provide for public use and enjoyment of the
land and of the water areas created by a project by
such means as are consistent with but subordinate to
the purposes of the project; and
(4) investigate, plan, construct, operate, and
maintain facilities for the conservation of fish and
wildlife resources.
(b) COSTS.—The costs (including operation and main-
tenance costs) of carrying out subsection (a) shall be non-
reimbursable and nonreturnable under Federal reclamation
law.
SEC. 207. CANYON FERRY RESERVOIR, MONTANA. (a)
APPRAISALS.—Section 1004(c)(2)(B) of title X of division
C of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681–713; 113
Stat. 1501A–307) is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘be based on’’ and
inserting ‘‘use’’;
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(2) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding
any other provision of law,’’ and inserting ‘‘To the
extent consistent with the Uniform Appraisal Stand-
ards for Federal Land Acquisition,’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(vii) APPLICABILITY.—This subparagraph shall
apply to the extent that its application is practicable
and consistent with the Uniform Appraisal Stand-
ards for Federal Land Acquisition.’’.
(b) TIMING.—Section 1004(f)(2) of title X of division
C of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681–714; 113
Stat. 1501A–308) is amended by inserting after ‘‘Act,’’ the
following: ‘‘in accordance with all applicable law,’’.
(c) INTEREST.—Section 1008(b) of title X of division
C of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681–717; 113
Stat. 1501A–310) is amended by striking paragraph (4).
SEC. 208. Beginning in fiscal year 2000 and there-
after, any amounts provided for the Newlands Water Rights
Fund for purchasing and retiring water rights in the
Newlands Reclamation Project shall be non-reimbursable.
SEC. 209. USE
OF
COLORADO-BIG
THOMPSON
PROJECT FACILITIES FOR NONPROJECT WATER. The Sec-
retary of the Interior may enter into contracts with the city
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of Loveland, Colorado, or its Water and Power Department
or any other agency, public utility, or enterprise of the city,
providing for the use of facilities of the Colorado-Big
Thompson Project, Colorado, under the Act of February 21,
1911 (43 U.S.C. 523), for—
(1) the impounding, storage, and carriage of
nonproject water originating on the eastern slope of
the Rocky Mountains for domestic, municipal, indus-
trial, and other beneficial purposes; and
(2) the exchange of water originating on the east-
ern slope of the Rocky Mountains for the purposes
specified in paragraph (1), using facilities associated
with the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado.
SEC. 210. AMENDMENT TO IRRIGATION PROJECT CON-
TRACT EXTENSION ACT OF 1998. (a) Section 2(a) of the
Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998, Public
Law 105–293, is amended by striking the date ‘‘December
31, 2000’’, and inserting in lieu thereof the date ‘‘December
31, 2003’’; and
(b) Subsection 2(b) of the Irrigation Project Contract
Extension Act of 1998, Public Law 105–293, is amended
by—
(1) striking the phrase ‘‘not to go beyond Decem-
ber 31, 2001’’, and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase
‘‘not to go beyond December 31, 2003’’; and
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(2) striking the phrase ‘‘terminates prior to De-
cember 31, 2000’’, and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ter-
minates prior to December 31, 2003’’.
TITLE III
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY PROGRAMS
ENERGY SUPPLY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy supply,
and uranium supply and enrichment 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 17 passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, $691,520,000 to remain available
until September 30, 2002, of which $12,000,000 shall be de-
rived by transfer from the United States Enrichment Cor-
poration Fund, of which an appropriate amount shall be
available for innovative projects in small rural commu-
nities in the Mississippi Delta, such as Morgan City, Mis-
sissippi, to demonstrate advanced alternative energy tech-
nologies, concerning which projects the Secretary of Energy
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shall submit to Congress a report not later than March 31,
2001, and of which $100,000 shall be made available to
Western Biomass Energy LLC for an ethanol demonstra-
tion project: Provided, That $4,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for the demonstration of an underground mining loco-
motive and an earth loader powered by hydrogen at existing
mining facilities within the State of Nevada. The dem-
onstration is subject to a private sector industry cost-share
of not less than equal amount, and a portion of these funds
may also be used to acquire a prototype hydrogen fueling
appliance to provide on-site hydrogen in the demonstration:
Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be made available
to support a project to demonstrate a commercial facility
employing thermo-depolymerization technology at a site ad-
jacent to the Nevada Test Site. The project shall proceed
on a cost-share basis where Federal funding shall be
matched in at least an equal amount with non-Federal
funding: Provided further, That $1,000,000 shall be made
available for the Kotzebue wind project: Provided further,
That $2,000,000 shall be made available for the design and
construction of a demonstration facility for regional bio-
mass ethanol manufacturing in southeast Alaska: Provided
further, That $500,000 shall be made available for the bio-
reactor landfill project to be administered by the Environ-
mental Education and Research Foundation and Michigan
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State University: Provided further, That of the amount
available for wind energy systems, not less than $5,000,000
shall be made available for small wind, including not less
than $2,000,000 for the small wind turbine development
project: Provided further, That, in addition, royalties re-
ceived to compensate the Department of Energy for its par-
ticipation in the First-Of-A-Kind-Engineering program
shall be credited to this account to be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2002 for the purposes of Nuclear Energy, Science
and Technology activities: Provided further, That of the
amounts made available for energy supply $1,000,000 shall
be available for the Office of Arctic Energy: Provided fur-
ther, That $1,000,000 is provided to initiate planning of
a one MW dish engine field validation power project at
UNLV in Nevada: Provided further, That $3,000,000 shall
be made available for technology development and dem-
onstration program in Combined Cooling, Heating and
Power Technology Development for Thermal Load Manage-
ment, District Energy Systems, and Distributed Genera-
tion, based upon natural gas, hydrogen, and renewable en-
ergy technologies. Further, the program is to be carried out
by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory through its Building
Equipment Technology Program.
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
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equipment and other expenses necessary for non-defense en-
vironmental management 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,
$309,141,000, 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 Atom-
ic Energy Act of 1954 and title X, subtitle A of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992, $297,778,000, to be derived from the
Fund, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
$30,000,000 of amounts derived from the Fund for such ex-
penses shall be available in accordance with title X, subtitle
A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
SCIENCE
For Department of Energy expenses including the 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
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expansion, and purchase of not to exceed 58 passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only, $2,870,112,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $500,000 shall be
available for participation by the Idaho National Engineer-
ing and Environmental Laboratory in the Greater Yellow-
stone Energy and Transportation Systems Study: Provided,
That $3,000,000 shall be made available for high tempera-
ture superconductivity research at Boston College: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
not to exceed $51,163,000 of the funds appropriated herein
may be obligated for the Small Business Innovation Re-
search program and not to exceed $3,069,000 of the funds
appropriated herein may be obligated for the Small Busi-
ness Technology Transfer program: Provided further, That
$12,500,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able for Molecular Nuclear Medicine.
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the
purposes of Public Law 97–425, as amended, including the
acquisition of real property or facility construction or ex-
pansion, $59,175,000, to remain available until expended
and to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided,
That not to exceed $2,500,000 may be provided to the State
of Nevada solely for expenditures, other than salaries and
expenses of State employees, to conduct scientific oversight
responsibilities pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act
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of 1982, (Public Law 97–425) as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $5,887,000 may be provided to af-
fected units of local governments, as defined in Public Law
97–425, to conduct appropriate activities pursuant to the
Act: Provided further, That the distribution of the funds
as determined by the units of local government shall be ap-
proved by the Department of Energy: Provided further,
That the funds for the State of Nevada shall be made solely
to the Nevada Division of Emergency Management by direct
payment and units of local government by direct payment:
Provided further, That within 90 days of the completion
of each Federal fiscal year, the Nevada Division of Environ-
mental Management and the Governor of the State of Ne-
vada and each local entity shall provide certification to the
Department of Energy, that all funds expended from such
payments have been expended for activities authorized by
Public Law 97–425. Failure to provide such certification
shall cause such entity to be prohibited from any further
funding provided for similar activities: Provided further,
That none of the funds herein appropriated may be: (1)
used directly or indirectly to influence legislative action on
any matter pending before Congress or a State legislature
or for lobbying activity as provided in 18 U.S.C. 1913; (2)
used for litigation expenses; or (3) used to support multi-
state efforts or other coalition building activities incon-
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sistent with the restrictions contained in this Act: Provided
further, That all proceeds and recoveries by the Secretary
in carrying out activities authorized by the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982 in Public Law 97–425, as amended, in-
cluding but not limited to, any proceeds from the sale of
assets, shall be available without further appropriation and
shall remain available until expended.
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.), including the hire of passenger
motor vehicles and official reception and representation ex-
penses (not to exceed $35,000), $210,128,000, to remain
available until expended, 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, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That moneys received
by the Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated to
total $128,762,000 in fiscal year 2001 may be retained and
used for operating expenses within this account, and may
remain available until expended, as authorized by section
201 of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions
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of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of miscella-
neous revenues received during fiscal year 2001 so as to
result in a final fiscal year 2001 appropriation from the
General Fund estimated at not more than $81,366,000.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $28,988,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
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; and the
purchase of passenger motor vehicles (not to exceed 12 for
replacement only), $4,883,289,000, to remain available
until expended.
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DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for
atomic energy defense, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ac-
tivities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department of
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ-
ing the acquisition or condemnation of any real property
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, $908,967,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 may be used
for official reception and representation expenses for na-
tional security and nonproliferation (including trans-
parency) activities in fiscal year 2001: Provided further,
That $2,000,000 shall be provided for equipment acquisi-
tion for the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seis-
mology (IRIS) PASSCAL Instrument Center.
NAVAL REACTORS
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for
atomic energy defense, Naval Reactor activities, in carrying
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for
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plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion,
$694,600,000, to remain available until expended.
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Adminis-
trator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, in-
cluding official reception and representation expenses (not
to exceed $5,000), $10,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
OTHER DEFENSE RELATED ACTIVITIES
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE
MANAGEMENT
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic energy
defense environmental restoration and waste management
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 67 passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only, $4,635,763,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That $3,000,000
shall be made available from within the funds provided for
Science and Technology to support a program to be man-
aged by the Carlsbad office of the Department of Energy,
in coordination with the United States-Mexico Border
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Health Commission, to apply and demonstrate technologies
to reduce hazardous waste streams that threaten public
health and environmental security in order to advance the
potential for commercialization of technologies relevant to
the Department’s clean-up mission: Provided further, That
$2,000,000 shall be made available from within the funds
provided for Science and Technology to support a program
to be managed by the Carlsbad office of the Department of
Energy to implement a program to support the Materials
Corridor Partnership Initiative.
DEFENSE FACILITIES CLOSURE PROJECTS
For expenses of the Department of Energy to accelerate
the closure of defense environmental management sites, in-
cluding the purchase, construction and acquisition of plant
and capital equipment and other necessary expenses,
$1,082,297,000, to remain available until expended.
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRIVATIZATION
For Department of Energy expenses for privatization
projects necessary for atomic energy defense environmental
management activities authorized by the Department of
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.),
$324,000,000, to remain available until expended.
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
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equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic energy
defense, other defense 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,
$579,463,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$17,000,000 shall be for the Department of Energy Employ-
ees Compensation Initiative upon enactment of authoriza-
tion legislation into law.
DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the
purposes of Public Law 97–425, as amended, including the
acquisition of real property or facility construction or ex-
pansion, $292,000,000, to remain available until expended.
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, are
approved for the Nez Perce Tribe Resident Fish Substi-
tution Program, the Cour D’Alene Tribe Trout Production
facility, and for official reception and representation ex-
penses in an amount not to exceed $1,500.
During fiscal year 2001, no new direct loan obliga-
tions may be made. Section 511 of the Energy and Water
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Development Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–
206), is amended by striking the last sentence and inserting,
‘‘This authority shall expire September 30, 2005.’’.
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 the provisions of section 5
of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as ap-
plied to the southeastern power area, $3,900,000, to remain
available until expended; in addition, notwithstanding the
provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302, amounts collected by the
Southeastern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood
Control Act to recover purchase power and wheeling ex-
penses shall be credited to this account as offsetting collec-
tions, to remain available until expended for the sole pur-
pose of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures
as follows: for fiscal year 2001, up to $34,463,000; for fiscal
year 2002, up to $26,463,000; for fiscal year 2003, up to
$20,000,000; and for fiscal year 2004, up to $15,000,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER
ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance
of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric
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power and energy, and 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 the provisions of section 5 of
the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied
to the southwestern power area, $28,100,000, to remain
available until expended; in addition, notwithstanding the
provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $4,200,000 in
reimbursements, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts collected by the Southwestern Power
Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 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 as follows: for fiscal year
2001, up to $288,000; for fiscal year 2002, up to $288,000;
for fiscal year 2003, up to $288,000; and for fiscal year
2004, up to $288,000.
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, including
official reception and representation expenses in an amount
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not to exceed $1,500, $164,916,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $154,616,000 shall be derived from
the Department of the Interior Reclamation Fund: Pro-
vided, That of the amount herein appropriated, $5,950,000
is for deposit into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and
Conservation Account pursuant to title IV of the Reclama-
tion Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992:
Provided further, That amounts 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 as follows: for fiscal year
2001, up to $42,500,000; for fiscal year 2002, up to
$33,500,000; for fiscal year 2003, up to $30,000,000; and
for fiscal year 2004, up to $20,000,000.
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE
FUND
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for
the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad
Dams, $2,670,000, 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 423 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
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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
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),
$175,200,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not
to exceed $175,200,000 of revenues from fees and annual
charges, and other services and collections in fiscal year
2001 shall be retained and used for necessary 2001 expenses
in this account, and shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from
the General Fund shall be reduced as revenues are received
during fiscal year 2001 so as to result in a final fiscal year
2001 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at
not more than $0.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY
SEC. 301. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
Act for Department of Energy programs may be used to
award, amend, or modify a contract in a manner that devi-
ates from the Federal Acquisition Regulation unless, on a
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case-by-case basis, a waiver to allow for such a deviation
is granted.
(b) The Administrator of the National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration shall have the exclusive waiver author-
ity for activities under ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities,
National Nuclear Security Administration’’ and may not
delegate the authority to grant such a waiver. The Secretary
of Energy shall have the exclusive waiver authority for all
other activities which may not be delegated.
(c) At least 60 days before a contract award, amend-
ment, or modification for which the Secretary intends to
grant such a waiver as provided for in subsection (b), the
Secretary shall submit to the Subcommittees on Energy and
Water Development of the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report no-
tifying the subcommittees of the waiver and setting forth
the reasons for the waiver.
(d) At least 60 days before a contract award, amend-
ment, or modification for which the Administrator of the
National Nuclear Security Administration intends to grant
such a waiver as provided in subsection (b), the Adminis-
trator shall submit to the Subcommittees on Energy and
Water Development of the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report no-
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tifying the subcommittees of the waiver and setting forth
the reasons for the waiver.
SEC. 302. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
Act under ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities, National Nu-
clear Security Administration’’ may be used to award,
amend, or modify a contract in a manner that deviates
from the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless the Admin-
istrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration
grants, on a case-by-case basis, a waiver to allow for such
a deviation. The Administrator may not delegate the au-
thority to grant such a waiver.
(b) At least 60 days before a contract award, amend-
ment, or modification for which the Administrator intends
to grant such a waiver, the Administrator shall submit to
the Subcommittees on Energy and Water Development of
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report notifying the sub-
committees of the waiver and setting forth the reasons for
the waiver.
SEC. 303. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to—
(1) develop or implement a workforce restruc-
turing plan that covers employees of the Department
of Energy; or
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(2) provide enhanced severance payments or
other benefits for employees of the Department of En-
ergy, under section 3161 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law
102–484; 106 Stat. 2644; 42 U.S.C. 7274h).
SEC. 304. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals
(RFPs) for a program if the program has not been funded
by Congress.
(TRANSFERS OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES)
SEC. 305. The unexpended balances of prior appro-
priations provided for activities in this Act may be trans-
ferred to appropriation accounts for such activities estab-
lished pursuant to this title. Balances so transferred may
be merged with funds in the applicable established accounts
and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the
same time period as originally enacted.
SEC. 306. Notwithstanding 41 U.S.C. 254c(a), the Sec-
retary of Energy may use funds appropriated by this Act
to enter into or continue multi-year contracts for the acqui-
sition of property or services under the head, ‘‘Energy Sup-
ply’’ without obligating the estimated costs associated with
any necessary cancellation or termination of the contract.
The Secretary of Energy may pay costs of termination or
cancellation from—
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(1) appropriations originally available for the
performance of the contract concerned;
(2) appropriations currently available for pro-
curement of the type of property or services concerned,
and not otherwise obligated; or
(3) funds appropriated for those payments.
SEC. 307. Of the funds in this Act provided to govern-
ment-owned, contractor-operated laboratories, up to 8 per-
cent shall be available to be used for Laboratory Directed
Research and Development: Provided, That the funds in the
Environmental Management programs of the Department
of Energy are available for Laboratory Directed Research
and Development.
SEC. 308. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this title
to the Department of Energy, not more than $200,000,000
shall be available for reimbursement of management and
operating contractor travel expenses.
(b) Funds appropriated by this title to the Department
of Energy may be used to reimburse a Department of En-
ergy management and operating contractor for travel costs
of its employees under the contract only to the extent that
the contractor applies to its employees the same rates and
amounts as those that apply to Federal employees under
subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code,
or rates and amounts established by the Secretary of En-
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ergy. The Secretary of Energy may provide exceptions to
the reimbursement requirements of this section as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate.
(c) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply
to reimbursement of management and operating contractor
travel expenses within the Laboratory Directed Research
and Development program.
SEC. 309. (a) None of the funds for the National Nu-
clear Security Administration in this Act or any future En-
ergy and Water Development Appropriations Act may be
expended after December 31 of each year under a covered
contract unless the funds are expended in accordance with
a Laboratory Funding Plan for Nuclear Security that has
been approved by the Administrator of the National Nuclear
Security Administration as part of the overall Laboratory
Funding Plan required by section 310(a) of Public Law
106–60. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Adminis-
trator shall issue directions to laboratories under a covered
contract for the programs, projects, and activities of the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration to be conducted at
such laboratories in that fiscal year. The Administrator and
the laboratories under a covered contract shall devise a Lab-
oratory Funding Plan for Nuclear Security that identifies
the resources needed to carry out these programs, projects,
and activities. Funds shall be released to the Laboratories
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only after the Secretary has approved the overall Labora-
tory Funding Plan containing the Laboratory Funding
Plan for Nuclear Security. The Secretary shall consult with
the Administrator on the overall Laboratory Funding Plans
for Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories
prior to approving them. The Administrator may provide
exceptions to requirements pertaining to a Laboratory
Funding Plan for Nuclear Security as the Administrator
considers appropriate.
(b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘covered contract’’
means a contract for the management and operation of the
following laboratories: Argonne National Laboratory,
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Idaho National Engi-
neering and Environmental Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Lab-
oratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Na-
tional Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
and Sandia National Laboratories.
SEC. 310. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used to establish or maintain independent centers at a
Department of Energy laboratory or facility unless such
funds have been specifically identified in the budget submis-
sion.
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SEC. 311. None of the funds made available in this
or any other Act may be used to restart the High Flux
Beam Reactor.
SEC. 312. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to dispose of transuranic waste in the Waste Isolation Pilot
Plant which contains concentrations of plutonium in excess
of 20 percent by weight for the aggregate of any material
category on the date of the enactment of this Act, or is gen-
erated after such date.
SEC. 313. TERM OF OFFICE OF PERSON FIRST AP-
POINTED AS UNDER SECRETARY FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY
OF
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
ENERGY. (a) LENGTH
OF
TERM.—The term of office as Under Secretary for Nuclear
Security of the Department of Energy of the first person
appointed to that position shall be three years.
(b) EXCLUSIVE REASONS FOR REMOVAL.—The exclu-
sive reasons for removal from office as Under Secretary for
Nuclear Security of the person described in subsection (a)
shall be inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in of-
fice.
(c) POSITION DESCRIBED.—The position of Under
Secretary for Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy
referred to in this section is the position established by sub-
section (c) of section 202 of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7132), as added by section 3202
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‘‘(1) serves concurrently in a position in the Ad-
ministration and a position outside the Administra-
tion; or
‘‘(2) performs concurrently the duties of a posi-
tion in the Administration and the duties of a posi-
tion outside the Administration.’’
‘‘(b) The provision of this section shall take effect 60
days after the date of enactment of this section.’’.
SEC. 316. The Administrator of the National Nuclear
Security Administration may authorize the plant manager
of a covered nuclear weapons production plant to engage
in research, development, and demonstration activities with
respect to the engineering and manufacturing capabilities
at such plant in order to maintain and enhance such capa-
bilities at such plant: Provided, That of the amount allo-
cated to a covered nuclear weapons production plant each
fiscal year from amounts available to the Department of
Energy for such fiscal year for national security programs,
not more than an amount equal to 2 percent of such amount
may be used for these activities: Provided further, That for
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘covered nuclear weapons
production plant’’ means the following:
(1) The Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Mis-
souri.
(2) The Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
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(3) The Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas.
SEC. 317. LIMITING THE INCLUSION OF COSTS OF
PROTECTION OF, MITIGATION OF DAMAGE TO, AND EN-
HANCEMENT
OF FISH
AND WILDLIFE, WITHIN RATES
CHARGED BY THE BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION,
TO THE RATE PERIOD IN WHICH THE COSTS ARE IN-
CURRED. Section 7 of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power
Planning and Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 839e) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(n) LIMITING THE INCLUSION OF COSTS OF PROTEC-
TION OF, MITIGATION OF DAMAGE TO, AND ENHANCEMENT
OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, WITHIN RATES CHARGED BY THE
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, TO THE RATE PE-
RIOD IN WHICH THE COSTS ARE INCURRED.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this section, rates estab-
lished by the Administrator, under this section shall recover
costs for protection, mitigation and enhancement of fish and
wildlife, whether under the Pacific Northwest Electric
Power Planning and Conservation Act or any other Act,
not to exceed such amounts the Administrator forecasts will
be expended during the fiscal year 2002–2006 rate period,
while preserving the Administrator’s ability to establish ap-
propriate reserves and maintain a high Treasury payment
probability for the subsequent rate period.’’.
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SEC. 318. Notwithstanding any other law, and without
fiscal year limitation, each Federal Power Marketing Ad-
ministration is authorized to engage in activities and so-
licit, undertake and review studies and proposals relating
to the formation and operation of a regional transmission
organization.
SEC. 319. (a) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CON-
STRUCTION OF NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the total amount that
may be expended for purposes of construction of the Na-
tional Ignition Facility, including conceptual and con-
struction design associated with the Facility, may not ex-
ceed $74,100,000.
(b) INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF NATIONAL IGNITION FA-
CILITY.—(1) The Administrator of the National Nuclear Se-
curity Administration shall provide for an independent re-
view of the National Ignition Facility and the Inertial Con-
finement Fusion Program. The review shall be conducted
by the National Academy of Sciences.
(2) The review under paragraph (1) shall address the
following:
(A) Whether or not the National Ignition Facil-
ity is required in order to maintain the safety and
reliability of the current nuclear weapons stockpile.
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(B) Whether or not alternatives to the National
Ignition Facility could achieve the objective of main-
taining the safety and reliability of the current nu-
clear weapons stockpile.
(C) Any current technical problems with the Na-
tional Ignition Facility, including the effects of such
problems on the cost, schedule, or likely success of the
National Ignition Facility project.
(D) The likely cost of the construction of the Na-
tional Ignition facility, including any conceptual and
construction design and manufacture associated with
construction of the Facility.
(E) The potential effects of cost overruns in the
construction of the National Ignition Facility on the
stockpile stewardship program.
(F) The cost and advisability of scaling back the
number of proposed beamlines at the National Igni-
tion Facility.
(3) Not later than September 1, 2001, the Adminis-
trator shall submit to Congress a report on the review con-
ducted under this subsection. The report shall include the
results of the review and such comments and recommenda-
tions regarding the results of the review as the Adminis-
trator considers appropriate.
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SEC. 320. (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the De-
partment of Energy is seeking innovative technologies for
the demilitarization of weapons components and the treat-
ment of mixed waste resulting from the demilitarization of
such components.
(b) EVALUATION OF ADAMS PROCESS.—The Secretary
of Energy shall conduct an evaluation of the so-called
‘‘Adams process’’ currently being tested by the Department
of Energy at its Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis
Laboratory using funds of the Department of Defense.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2001, the
Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a report on
the evaluation conducted under subsection (b).
SEC. 321. REPORT ON NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY. (a)
FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) since July 1999—
(A) diesel prices have increased nearly 40
percent;
(B) liquid petroleum prices have increased
approximately 55 percent; and
(C) gasoline prices have increased approxi-
mately 50 percent;
(2)(A) natural gas is the heating fuel for most
homes and commercial buildings; and
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(B) the price of natural gas increased 7.8 percent
during June 2000 and has doubled since 1999;
(3) strong demand for gasoline and diesel fuel
has resulted in inventories of home heating oil that
are down 39 percent from a year ago;
(4) rising oil and natural gas prices are a sig-
nificant factor in the 0.6 percent increase in the Con-
sumer Price Index for June 2000 and the 3.7 percent
increase over the past 12 months;
(5) demand for diesel fuel, liquid petroleum, and
gasoline has continued to increase while supplies have
decreased;
(6) the current energy crisis facing the United
States has had and will continue to have a detri-
mental impact on the economy;
(7) the price of energy greatly affects the input
costs of farmers, truckers, and small businesses; and
(8) on July 21, 2000, in testimony before the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of
the Senate, the Secretary of Energy stated that the
Administration had developed and was in the process
of finalizing a plan to address potential home heating
oil and natural gas shortages.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2000, the
Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a report de-
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tailing the Department of Energy’s plan to address the high
cost of home heating oil and natural gas.
SEC. 322. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the fol-
lowing findings:
(1) The closure or downsizing of a Department
of Energy facility can have serious economic impacts
on communities that have been built around and in
support of the facility.
(2) To mitigate the devastating impacts of the
closure of Department of Energy facilities on sur-
rounding communities, section 3161 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (42
U.S.C. 7274h) provides a mechanism for the provi-
sion of financial assistance to such communities for
redevelopment and to assist employees of such facili-
ties in transferring to other employment.
(3) Limitations on the capacity of the Depart-
ment of Energy to seek reprogramming of funds for
worker and community assistance programs in re-
sponse to the closure or downsizing of Department fa-
cilities undermines the capability of the Department
to respond appropriately to unforeseen contingencies.
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate
that, in agreeing to the conference report to accompany the
bill H.R. 4733 of the 106th Congress, the conferees on the
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part of the Senate should not recede to provisions or lan-
guage proposed by the House of Representatives that would
limit the capacity of the Department of Energy to augment
funds available for worker and community assistance
grants under section 3161 of the National Defense Author-
ization for Fiscal Year 1993 or under the provisions of the
USEC Privatization Act (subchapter A of chapter 1 of title
III of Public Law 104–134; 42 U.S.C. 2297h et seq.).
SEC. 323. REPORT ON IMPACTS OF A STATE-IMPOSED
LIMIT ON THE QUANTITY OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL THAT
MAY BE STORED ONSITE. (a) SECRETARY OF ENERGY.—
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a re-
port containing a description of all alternatives that are
available to the Northern States Power Company and the
Federal Government to allow the Company to continue to
operate the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant until
the end of the term of the license issued to the Company
by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in view of a law
of the State of Minnesota that limits the quantity of spent
nuclear fuel that may be stored at the Plant, assuming that
existing Federal and State laws remain unchanged.
SEC. 324. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PRO-
MOTE OR ADVERTISE PUBLIC TOURS. (a) IN GENERAL.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds made
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available under this title shall be used to promote or adver-
tise any public tour of the Yucca Mountain facility of the
Department of Energy.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) does not apply to
a public notice that is required by statute or regulation.
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, as amended, for necessary expenses for the Federal
Co-Chairman and the alternate on the Appalachian Re-
gional Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the
administrative expenses of the Commission, including serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles, $66,400,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Facili-
ties Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law
100–456, section 1441, $18,500,000, to remain available
until expended.
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DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to establish the Delta Regional
Authority and to carry out its activities, $20,000,000, to
remain available until expended, subject to enactment of
authorization by law.
DENALI COMMISSION
For expenses of the Denali Commission including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment as necessary and other expenses, $30,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission in carrying
out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974,
as amended, and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amend-
ed, including official representation expenses (not to exceed
$15,000), $481,900,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein,
$21,600,000 shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund:
Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, inspec-
tion services, and other services and collections estimated
at $457,100,000 in fiscal year 2001 shall be retained and
used for necessary salaries and expenses in this account,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain avail-
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able until expended: Provided further, That $3,200,000 of
the funds herein appropriated for regulatory reviews and
assistance to other Federal agencies and States shall be ex-
cluded from license fee revenues, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C.
2214: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated
shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received during
fiscal year 2001 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2001
appropriation estimated at not more than $24,800,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, $5,500,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That revenues from licensing fees,
inspection services, and other services and collections esti-
mated at $5,500,000 in fiscal year 2001 shall be retained
and be available until expended, for necessary salaries and
expenses in this account: Provided further, That the sum
herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of reve-
nues received during fiscal year 2001 so as to result in a
final fiscal year 2001 appropriation estimated at not more
than $0.
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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Technical
Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–203, sec-
tion 5051, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste
Fund, and to remain available until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT
AGENCIES
SEC. 401. PRESIDENTIAL ENERGY COMMISSION. (a)
FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) crude oil and natural gas account for two-
thirds of America’s energy consumption;
(2) in May 2000, United States natural gas
stocks totaled 1,450 billion cubic feet, 36 percent below
the normal natural gas inventory of 2,281 billion
cubic feet;
(3) in July 2000, United States crude oil inven-
tories totaled 298,000,000 barrels, 11 percent below
the 24-year average of 334,000,000 barrels;
(4) in June 2000, distillate fuel (heating oil and
diesel fuel) inventories totaled 103,700,000 barrels, 26
percent below the 24-year average of 140,000,000 bar-
rels;
(5) combined shortages in inventories of natural
gas, crude oil, and distillate stocks, coupled with
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steady or increased demand, could cause supply and
price shocks that would likely have a severe impact on
consumers and the economy; and
(6) energy supply is a critical national security
issue.
(b) PRESIDENTIAL ENERGY COMMISSION.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall es-
tablish, from among a group of not fewer than
30 persons recommended jointly by the Speaker
and Minority Leader of the House of Representa-
tives and the Majority Leader and Minority
Leader of the Senate, a Presidential Energy
Commission (referred to in this section as the
‘‘Commission’’), which shall consist of between
15 and 21 representatives from among the fol-
lowing categories:
(i) Oil and natural gas producing
States.
(ii) States with no oil or natural gas
production.
(iii) Oil and natural gas industries.
(iv) Consumer groups focused on en-
ergy issues.
(v) Environmental groups.
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(vi) Experts and analysts familiar
with the supply and demand characteristics
of all energy sectors.
(vii) The Energy Information Admin-
istration.
(B) TIMING.—The appointments of the
members of the Commission shall be made not
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of
this Act.
(C) PERIOD
OF
APPOINTMENT.—Members
shall be appointed for the life of the Commission.
Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect
its powers, but shall be filled in the same man-
ner as the original appointment.
(D) CHAIRPERSON.—The members of the
Commission shall appoint 1 of the members to
serve as Chairperson of the Commission.
(E) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30
days after the date on which all members of the
Commission have been appointed, the Commis-
sion shall hold its first meeting.
(F) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall
meet at the call of the Chairperson.
(2) DUTIES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall—
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(i) conduct a study, focusing primarily
on the oil and natural gas industries, of—
(I) the status of inventories of
natural gas, crude oil, and distillate
fuel in the United States, including
trends and projections for those inven-
tories;
(II) the causes for and con-
sequences of energy supply disruptions
and energy product shortages nation-
wide and in particular regions;
(III) ways in which the United
States can become less dependent on
foreign oil supplies;
(IV) ways in which the United
States can better manage and utilize
its domestic energy resources;
(V) ways in which alternative en-
ergy supplies can be used to reduce de-
mand on traditional energy sectors;
(VI) ways in which the United
States can reduce energy consumption;
(VII) the status of, problems with,
and ways to improve—
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(aa) transportation and de-
livery systems of energy resources
to locations throughout the United
States;
(bb) refinery capacity and
utilization in the United States;
and
(cc) natural gas, crude oil,
distillate fuel, and other energy-
related petroleum product storage
in the United States; and
(VIII) any other energy-related
topic that the Commission considers
pertinent; and
(ii) not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, submit to the
President and Congress a report that
contains—
(I) a detailed statement of the
findings and conclusions of the Com-
mission; and
(II) the recommendations of the
Commission for such legislation and
administrative actions as the Commis-
sion considers appropriate.
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(B) TIME
PERIOD.—The findings made,
analyses conducted, conclusions reached, and rec-
ommendations developed by the Commission in
connection with the study under subparagraph
(A) shall cover a period extending 10 years be-
yond the date of the report.
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of Energy shall
use $500,000 of funds appropriated to the Department of
Energy to fund the Commission.
(d) TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.—The Commission
shall terminate on the date that is 90 days after the date
on which the Commission submits its report under sub-
section (b)(2)(A)(ii).
TITLE V
FISCAL YEAR 2000 SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
CERRO GRANDE FIRE ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses for fiscal year 2000 to reme-
diate damaged Department of Energy facilities and for
other expenses associated with the Cerro Grande fire,
$203,460,000, to remain available until expended and to
become available upon enactment, of which $2,000,000 shall
be made available to the United States Army Corps of Engi-
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neers to undertake immediate measures to provide erosion
control and sediment protection to sewage lines, trails, and
bridges in Pueblo and Los Alamos Canyons downstream of
Diamond Drive in New Mexico: Provided, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request for $204,000,000, that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency require-
ment as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
TITLE VI
RESCISSION
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds appropriated in Public Law 104–46 for
interim storage of nuclear waste, $85,000,000 are trans-
ferred to this heading and are hereby rescinded.