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vided, That the Secretary may also authorize a specific 
amount, not to exceed 4 percent of such funds, to be used 
by the plant manager of a covered nuclear weapons pro-
duction plant or the manager of the Nevada Site Office 
for plant or site directed research and development. 
SEC. 308. LIMITED TRANSFER AUTHORITY TO AD-
DRESS PENSION REQUIREMENTS.—(a) If the Secretary of 
Energy determines that additional funds are needed to re-
imburse the costs of defined benefit pension plans for con-
tractor employees, the Secretary may transfer not more 
than one percent from each appropriation made available 
in this Act to any other appropriation available to the Sec-
retary in the same Act for such reimbursements. 
(b) In carrying out a transfer under this section, the 
Secretary shall use each appropriation made available to 
the Department in that fiscal year as a source for the 
transfer and shall reduce each appropriation by an equal 
percentage, except that appropriations for which the Sec-
retary determines there exists a need for additional funds 
for pension plan costs in that fiscal year, as well as appro-
priations made available for Naval Petroleum and Oil 
Shale Reserves, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Northeast 
Home Heating Oil Reserve, the Power Marketing Admin-
istrations, the Energy Information Administration, Ura-
nium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning 
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Fund, Nuclear Waste Disposal, Defense Nuclear Waste 
Disposal, and Office of the Inspector General, shall not 
be subject to this requirement. 
(c) This transfer authority is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided in this or any other Act. 
(d) The Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate in writing not less than 30 days in advance of each 
transfer authorized by this section. 
SEC. 309. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIRE-
MENT.—None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to make a grant allocation, discretionary grant 
award, discretionary contract award, or other transaction 
agreement or to issue a letter of intent totaling in excess 
of $1,000,000, or to announce publicly the intention to 
make such an allocation, award, or agreement or to issue 
such a letter, including a contract covered by the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation, unless the Secretary of Energy no-
tifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate at least 3 full business 
days in advance of making such an allocation, award, or 
agreement or issuing such a letter: Provided, That if the 
Secretary of Energy determines that compliance with this 
section would pose a substantial risk to human life, health, 
or safety, an award may be made without such notifica-
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tion, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate shall be notified not 
later than 5 full business days after such an allocation, 
award, or agreement is made or letter issued. 
SEC. 310. WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(k) WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS.—All laborers and 
mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors in 
the performance of construction work financed in whole 
or in part by a loan guaranteed under this title shall be 
paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on 
projects of a character similar in the locality as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with sub-
chapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code. 
With respect to the labor standards in this subsection, the 
Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and functions 
set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 
(64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 
40, United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 311. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION 
FUND.—(a) Subject to subsection (b), no funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this Act or any 
other Act may be used to record transactions relating to 
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the increase in borrowing authority or bonds outstanding 
at any time under the Federal Columbia River Trans-
mission System Act (16 U.S.C. 838 et seq.) referred to 
in section 401 of division A of the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 
140) under a funding account, subaccount, or fund symbol 
other than the Bonneville Power Administration Fund 
Treasury account fund symbol. 
(b) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this Act or any other Act may be used to ensure, for 
purposes of meeting applicable reporting provisions of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public 
Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 115), that the Bonneville Power 
Administration uses a fund symbol other than the Bonne-
ville Power Administration Fund Treasury account fund 
symbol solely to report accrued expenditures of projects 
attributed by the Administrator of the Bonneville Power 
Administration to the increased borrowing authority. 
(c) This section is effective for fiscal year 2010 and 
subsequent fiscal years. 
SEC. 312. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MAN-
UFACTURING LOANS PROGRAM.—(a) ULTRA EFFICIENT 
VEHICLES.—Section 136 of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘an 
ultra efficient vehicle or’’ after ‘‘means’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) ULTRA
EFFICIENT
VEHICLE.—The term 
‘ultra efficient vehicle’ means a fully closed compart-
ment vehicle designed to carry at least 2 adult pas-
sengers that achieves— 
‘‘(A) at least 75 miles per gallon while op-
erating on gasoline or diesel fuel; 
‘‘(B) at least 75 miles per gallon equiva-
lent while operating as a hybrid electric-gasoline 
or electric-diesel vehicle; or 
‘‘(C) at least 75 miles per gallon equivalent 
while operating as a fully electric vehicle.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, ultra efficient vehicle 
manufacturers,’’ after ‘‘automobile manufactur-
ers’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A); 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 
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