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, $40,300,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $1,500,000 shall be de-
posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-
servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-
gation and Conservation Commission. In addition, for nec-
essary expenses incurred in carrying out related respon-
sibilities of the Secretary of the Interior, $1,704,000, to 
remain available until expended. For fiscal year 2010, the 
Commission may use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 
for administrative expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to 
execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For management, development, and restoration of 
water and related natural resources and for related activi-
ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita-
tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 
fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-
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cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 
agreements with, State and local governments, federally 
recognized Indian tribes, and others, $910,247,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $53,240,000 shall 
be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 
Basin Fund and $17,936,000 shall be available for trans-
fer to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 
of which such amounts as may be necessary may be ad-
vanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund; of which not 
more than $500,000 is for high priority projects which 
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as 
authorized by section 106 of Public Law 91-378 (16 
U.S.C. 1706; popularly known as the Youth Conservation 
Corps Act of 1970): Provided, That such transfers may 
be increased or decreased within the overall appropriation 
under this heading: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, the amount for program activities 
that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bu-
reau of Reclamation special fee account established by sec-
tion 4(i) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act 
of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)) shall be derived from that 
Fund or account: Provided further, That funds contributed 
under the Act of March 4, 1921 (43 U.S.C. 395) are avail-
able until expended for the purposes for which contrib-
uted: Provided further, That funds advanced under the Act 
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of January 12, 1927 (43 U.S.C. 397a) shall be credited 
to this account and are available until expended for the 
same purposes as the sums appropriated under this head-
ing: Provided further, That funds available for expenditure 
for the Departmental Irrigation Drainage Program may 
be expended by the Bureau of Reclamation for site remedi-
ation on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That 
$4,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be deposited in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration 
Fund established by section 110 of title I of appendix D 
of Public Law 106–554: Provided further, That, except as 
provided in section 201 of this Act, the amounts made 
available under this paragraph shall be expended as au-
thorized by law for the projects and activities specified in 
the text and table under this heading in the report of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives to accompany this Act. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi-
tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 
the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $35,358,000, 
to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the 
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sec-
tions 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 
102–575, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
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That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and 
collect the full amount of the additional mitigation and 
restoration payments authorized by section 3407(d) of 
Public Law 102–575: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be used for 
the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream purposes 
if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes 
by a court adopted decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 
consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior, $31,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 
carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 
accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 
out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 
costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur-
ther, That the use of any funds provided to the California 
Bay-Delta Authority for program-wide management and 
oversight activities shall be subject to the approval of the 
Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That CALFED 
implementation shall be carried out in a balanced manner 
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with clear performance measures demonstrating concur-
rent progress in achieving the goals and objectives of the 
Program. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and 
related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the 
Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau 
of Reclamation, to remain available until expended, 
$61,200,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund 
and be nonreimbursable as provided in section 4(o) of the 
Act of December 5, 1924 (43 U.S.C. 377): Provided, That 
no part of any other appropriation in this Act shall be 
available for activities or functions budgeted as policy and 
administration expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be available for the purchase of not more than seven pas-
senger motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. REPROGRAMMING
RESTRICTION.—(a) 
None of the funds provided in title II for Water and Re-
lated Resources shall be available for obligation or expend-
iture through a reprogramming of funds that— 
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erated rates of operations, and real estate deficiency judg-
ments. 
(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 
of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 
Rehabilitation category. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 
means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 
project, or activity. 
(d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 
on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, 
activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly re-
port shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 202. SAN LUIS UNIT.—(a) None of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may 
be used to determine the final point of discharge for the 
interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until development 
by the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California 
of a plan, which shall conform to the water quality stand-
ards of the State of California as approved by the Admin-
istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to mini-
mize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage wa-
ters. 
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(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 
Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain-
age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 
Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 
until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program-Al-
ternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP-Alternative 
Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repay-
ment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and 
San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, 
prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the 
United States relating to, or providing for, drainage serv-
ice or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully 
reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such serv-
ice or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 
efficiency and renewable energy activities 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, 
$2,250,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That, of the amount appropriated in this para-
graph, $500,000 shall be for research and development of 
novel hydrogen energy carriers that are liquid at standard 
temperature and pressure and store hydrogen in bound 
chemical states rather than as free molecules, to be award-
ed under full and open competition: Provided further, 
That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, 
$500,000 shall be for development of a demonstration 
plant for the production of biodiesel fuels from crops that, 
to the greatest extent possible, are cultivated on existing 
cropland during off-season rotations and minimize land 
use per unit of fuel energy produced, to be awarded under 
full and open competition: Provided further, That, of the 
amount appropriated in this paragraph, $3,000,000 shall 
be for development of a parking canopy facility with solar 
photovoltaic roof panels for electricity generation to meas-
ure the viability of using photovoltaic technologies in loca-
tions where environmental and space limitations render 
conventional power generation costly, to be awarded under 
full and open competition: Provided further, That, of the 
amount appropriated in this paragraph, $153,560,000 
shall be used for the projects specified in the table that 
appears under the heading ‘‘Congressionally Directed En-
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ergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects’’ in the 
report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives to accompany this Act. 
ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec-
tricity delivery and energy reliability activities in carrying 
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisi-
tion or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-
sion, $208,008,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, of the amount appropriated in this para-
graph, $7,600,000 shall be used for the projects specified 
in the table that appears under the heading ‘‘Congression-
ally Directed Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 
Projects’’ in the report of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives to accompany this 
Act. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 
energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-
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partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-
tion, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not 
more than 36 passenger motor vehicles, including one am-
bulance, all for replacement only, $812,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That, of the amount 
appropriated in this paragraph, $500,000 shall be used 
for the projects specified in the table that appears under 
the heading ‘‘Congressionally Directed Nuclear Energy 
Projects’’ in the report of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives to accompany this 
Act. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 
research and development activities, under the authority 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), including the acquisition of interest, includ-
ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property 
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan-
sion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga-
tions, and research concerning the extraction, processing, 
use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection-
able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, 
and 1603), $617,565,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended: Provided, That funds appropriated for prior solici-
tations under the Clean Coal Technology Program, Power 
Plant Improvement Initiative, Clean Coal Power Initiative, 
and FutureGen, but not required by the Department to 
meet its obligations on projects selected under such solici-
tations, may be utilized for the Clean Coal Power Initia-
tive, pursuant to title IV of Public Law 109–58, in accord-
ance with the requirements of this Act rather than the 
Acts under which the funds were appropriated: Provided 
further, That no Clean Coal Power Initiative project may 
be selected for which full funding is not available to pro-
vide for the total project: Provided further, That if a Clean 
Coal Power Initiative project, selected after enactment of 
this Act for negotiation under this or any other Act in 
any fiscal year, is not awarded within 2 years from the 
date the application was selected, negotiations shall cease 
and the Federal funds committed to the application shall 
be retained by the Department for future coal-related re-
search, development, and demonstration projects, except 
that the time limit may be extended at the Secretary’s dis-
cretion for matters outside the control of the applicant, 
or if the Secretary determines that extension of the time 
limit is in the public interest: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may not delegate this responsibility for applica-
tions greater than $10,000,000: Provided further, That fi-
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nancial assistance for costs in excess of those estimated 
as of the date of award of original Clean Coal Power Ini-
tiative financial assistance may not be provided in excess 
of the proportion of costs borne by the Government in the 
original agreement and shall be limited to 25 percent of 
the original financial assistance: Provided further, That 
funds shall be expended in accordance with the provisions 
governing the use of funds contained under the heading 
‘‘Clean Coal Technology’’ in Public Law 99-190 (42 
U.S.C. 5903d): Provided further, That any technology se-
lected under these programs shall be considered a Clean 
Coal Technology, and any project selected under these 
programs shall be considered a Clean Coal Technology 
Project, for the purposes of 42 U.S.C. 7651n, and chap-
ters 51, 52, and 60 of title 40 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations: Provided further, That funds available for the 
Clean Coal Power Initiative may be used to support any 
technology relating to carbon capture and storage or bene-
ficial uses of carbon dioxide, without regard to the 70 and 
30 percent funding allocations specified in section 
402(b)(1)(A) and (2)(A) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 15962(b)(1)(A) and (2)(A)): Provided further, 
That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, 
$750,000 shall be for development of technologies for inte-
gration into gasification systems for the low-cost produc-
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tion of synthesis gas, to be awarded under full and open 
competition: Provided further, That, of the amount appro-
priated in this paragraph, $500,000 shall be for develop-
ment of fuel cell technologies for conversion of commer-
cially available fuels and biofuels into electricity, to be 
awarded under full and open competition: Provided fur-
ther, That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, 
$300,000 shall be for development of control technologies 
for increased performance in synthesis gas combustion ap-
plications, to be awarded under full and open competition: 
Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated in this 
paragraph, $8,000,000 shall be used for the projects speci-
fied in the table that appears under the heading ‘‘Congres-
sionally Directed Fossil Energy Research and Develop-
ment Projects’’ in the report of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives to accompany 
this Act. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities, including the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, $23,627,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior 
years shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil 
shale reserve activities. 
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STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve facility development and operations and program 
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $228,573,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
For necessary expenses for Northeast Home Heating 
Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management activities 
pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $11,300,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 
of the Energy Information Administration, $121,858,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de-
fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
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or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$237,517,000, 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 under title II of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, subtitle A, of 
the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $559,377,000, to be de-
rived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
SCIENCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for science 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 50 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one 
law enforcement vehicle, two ambulances, and three buses, 
$4,943,587,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That $15,000,000 appropriated under this heading 
under prior appropriation Acts for the Advanced Research 
Projects Agency—Energy is hereby transferred to the 
‘‘Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy’’ account: 
Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated in this 
paragraph, $37,740,000 shall be used for the projects 
specified in the table that appears under the heading 
‘‘Congressionally Directed Science Projects’’ in the report 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives to accompany this Act. 
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 
purposes of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (Public 
Law 97–425)(‘‘NWPA’’), including the acquisition of real 
property 
or 
facility 
construction 
or 
expansion, 
$98,400,000, to remain available until expended, and to 
be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided, That 
of the funds made available in this Act for Nuclear Waste 
Disposal, $5,000,000 shall be provided to the Office of the 
Attorney General of the State of Nevada solely for expend-
itures, other than salaries and expenses of State employ-
ees, to conduct scientific oversight responsibilities and par-
ticipate in licensing activities pursuant to the NWPA: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding the lack of a written 
agreement with the State of Nevada under section 117(c) 
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of the NWPA, $1,000,000 shall be provided to Nye Coun-
ty, Nevada, for on-site oversight activities under section 
117(d) of such Act: Provided further, That $9,000,000 
shall be provided to affected units of local government, as 
defined in the NWPA, to conduct appropriate activities 
and participate in licensing activities: Provided further, 
That, of the $9,000,000 provided, 7.5 percent of the funds 
shall be made available to affected units of local govern-
ment in California with the balance made available to af-
fected units of local government in Nevada for distribution 
as determined by the Nevada units of local government: 
Provided further, That this funding shall be provided to 
affected units of local government, as defined in the 
NWPA: Provided further, That $500,000 shall be provided 
to the Timbisha-Shoshone Tribe solely for expenditures, 
other than salaries and expenses of tribal employees, to 
conduct appropriate activities and participate in licensing 
activities under section 118(b) of the NWPA: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 
65 and 75 of title 31, United States Code, the Department 
shall have no monitoring, auditing, or other oversight 
rights or responsibilities over amounts provided to affected 
units of local government: Provided further, That the 
funds for the State of Nevada shall be made available sole-
ly to the Office of the Attorney General by direct payment 
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and to units of local government by direct payment: Pro-
vided further, That within 90 days of the completion of 
each Federal fiscal year, the Office of the Attorney Gen-
eral of the State of Nevada and each of the affected units 
of local government shall provide certification to the De-
partment of Energy that all funds expended from such 
payments have been expended for activities authorized by 
the NWPA and this Act: Provided further, That 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 in-
fluence legislative action, except for normal and recognized 
executive-legislative communications, on any matter pend-
ing before Congress or a State legislature or for lobbying 
activity as provided in 18 U.S.C. 1913; (2) used for litiga-
tion expenses; or (3) used to support multi-State efforts 
or other coalition building activities inconsistent with the 
restrictions contained in this Act: Provided further, That 
all proceeds and recoveries realized by the Secretary in 
carrying out activities authorized by the NWPA, including 
any proceeds from the sale of assets, shall be available 
without further appropriation and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That no funds provided 
in this Act or any previous Act may be used to pursue 
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repayment or collection of funds provided in any fiscal 
year to affected units of local government for oversight 
activities that had been previously approved by the De-
partment of Energy or to withhold payment of any such 
funds: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
in this Act for Nuclear Waste Disposal, $5,000,000 shall 
be provided to create a Blue Ribbon Commission to con-
sider all alternatives for nuclear waste disposal. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received 
from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts 
shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for 
necessary administrative expenses to carry out this Loan 
Guarantee program, $43,000,000 is appropriated, to re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That 
$43,000,000 of the fees collected pursuant to section 
1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited 
as offsetting collections to this account to cover adminis-
trative expenses and shall remain available until expended, 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2010 appropriations 
from the general fund estimated at not more than $0: Pro-
vided further, That fees collected under section 1702(h) 
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in excess of the amount appropriated for administrative 
expenses shall not be available until appropriated. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOANS PROGRAM 
For administrative expenses in carrying out the Ad-
vanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loans Pro-
gram, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of En-
ergy necessary for departmental administration in car-
rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and rep-
resentation 
expenses 
not 
to 
exceed 
$30,000, 
$289,684,000, to remain available until expended, plus 
such additional amounts as necessary to cover increases 
in the estimated amount of cost of work for others not-
withstanding 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 available until expended: 
Provided further, That moneys received by the Department 
for 
miscellaneous 
revenues 
estimated 
to 
total 
$119,740,000 in fiscal year 2010 may be retained and 
used for operating expenses within this account, and may 
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remain available until expended, as authorized by section 
201 of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions 
of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of miscella-
neous revenues received during 2010, and any related ap-
propriated receipt account balances remaining from prior 
years’ miscellaneous revenues, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2010 appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $169,944,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $51,927,000, to remain available 
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 cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
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plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
and the purchase of not more than one ambulance; 
$6,320,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That, of the amount appropriated in this para-
graph, $3,000,000 shall be used for the projects specified 
under the heading ‘‘Congressionally Directed Weapons Ac-
tivities Projects’’ in the report of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives to accompany 
this Act. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
and the purchase of not more than one passenger motor 
vehicle for replacement only, $1,471,175,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That, of the amount 
appropriated in this paragraph, $250,000 shall be used 
for the projects specified under the heading ‘‘Congression-
ally Directed Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Projects’’ 
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in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives to accompany this Act. 
NAVAL REACTORS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ-
ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc-
tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 
equipment, 
facilities, 
and 
facility 
expansion, 
$1,003,133,000, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Adminis-
trator in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
including official reception and representation expenses 
not to exceed $12,000, $420,754,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That $10,000,000 previously ap-
propriated for cleanup efforts at Argonne National Lab 
shall be transferred to ‘‘Non-Defense Environmental 
Cleanup’’: Provided further, That, of the amount appro-
priated in this paragraph, $13,000,000 shall be used for 
the projects specified in the table that appears under the 
heading ‘‘Congressionally Directed Office of the Adminis-
trator (NNSA) Projects’’ in the report of the Committee 
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on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to ac-
company this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 
ACTIVITIES 
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 
energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car-
rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui-
sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-
sion, and the purchase of not more than four ambulances 
and three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 
$5,381,842,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $463,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Uranium 
Enrichment 
Decontamination 
and 
Decommissioning 
Fund’’. 
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic 
energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac-
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tivities, 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 not more than 
12 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 
$1,518,002,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That, of the funds provided herein, $504,238,000 
is for project 99-D-143 Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Fa-
cility, Savannah River Site, South Carolina; $70,000,000 
is for project 99-D-141-02 Waste Solidification Building, 
Savannah River Site, South Carolina; $84,296,000 for 
MOX operations; and $7,000,000 for WSB operation: 
Provided further, That the Department of Energy shall ad-
here strictly to Department of Energy Order 413.3A for 
Project 99-D-143: Provided further, That, of the amount 
appropriated in this paragraph, $2,000,000 shall be used 
for the projects specified in the table that appears under 
the heading ‘‘Congressionally Directed Other Defense Ac-
tivities Projects’’ in the report of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives to accompany 
this Act. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 
purposes of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (Public 
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Law 97–425), including the acquisition of real property 
or facility construction or expansion, $98,400,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion Fund, established pursuant to the Federal Columbia 
River Transmission System Act (Public Law 93–454), are 
approved for the Leaburg Fish Sorter, the Okanogan 
Basin Locally Adapted Steelhead Supplementation Pro-
gram, and the Crystal Springs Hatchery Facilities, and, 
in addition, for official reception and representation ex-
penses in an amount not to exceed $1,500. During fiscal 
year 2010, no new direct loan obligations may be made 
from such Fund. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric 
power and energy, including transmission wheeling and 
ancillary services pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the south-
eastern power area, $7,638,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 
and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 
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825s), up to $7,638,000 collected by the Southeastern 
Power Administration from the sale of power and related 
services shall be credited to this account as discretionary 
offsetting collections, to remain available until expended 
for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the 
Southeastern Power Administration: Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses 
shall be reduced as collections are received during the fis-
cal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2010 appro-
priation estimated at not more than $0: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $70,806,000 
collected by the Southeastern Power Administration pur-
suant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover pur-
chase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 
this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 
until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 
power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302 and sec-
tion 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), 
all funds collected by the Southeastern Power Administra-
tion that are applicable to the repayment of the annual 
expenses of this account in this and subsequent fiscal 
years shall be credited to this account as discretionary off-
setting collections for the sole purpose of funding such ex-
penses, with such funds remaining available until ex-
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pended: Provided further, That for purposes of this appro-
priation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 
generally recovered in the same year that they are in-
curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN 
POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric 
power and energy, for construction and acquisition of 
transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, 
and for administrative expenses, including official recep-
tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex-
ceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the South-
western Power Administration, $44,944,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $31,868,000 collected 
by the Southwestern Power Administration from the sale 
of power and related services shall be credited to this ac-
count as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 
available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power Adminis-
tration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
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are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2010 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$13,076,000: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $38,000,000 collected by the South-
western Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling 
expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting col-
lections, to remain available until expended for the sole 
purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expendi-
tures: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 
U.S.C. 825s), all funds collected by the Southwestern 
Power Administration that are applicable to the repay-
ment of the annual expenses of this account in this and 
subsequent fiscal years shall be credited to this account 
as discretionary offsetting collections for the sole purpose 
of funding such expenses, with such funds remaining 
available until expended: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of this appropriation, annual expenses means ex-
penditures that are generally recovered in the same year 
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
wheeling expenses). 
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CONSTRUCTION, 
REHABILITATION, 
OPERATION
AND 
MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS-
TRATION 
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 
section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 
U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con-
servation and renewable resources programs as author-
ized, including official reception and representation ex-
penses in an amount not to exceed $1,500; $256,711,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $245,216,000 
shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec-
lamation Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 
U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 
Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to 
$147,530,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration from the sale of power and related services 
shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 
collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 
purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western 
Area Power Administration: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be re-
duced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2010 appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $109,181,000, of which 
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$97,686,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount herein appropriated, 
$7,584,000 is for deposit into the Utah Reclamation Miti-
gation and Conservation Account pursuant to title IV of 
the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment 
Act of 1992: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $349,807,000 collected by the Western 
Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 
U.S.C. 485 et seq.) to recover purchase power and wheel-
ing expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting 
collections, to remain available until expended for the sole 
purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expendi-
tures: Provided further, That of the amount herein appro-
priated, up to $18,612,000 is provided on a nonreimburs-
able basis for environmental remediation at the Basic Sub-
station site in Henderson, Nevada: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of 
the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 
U.S.C. 392a), funds collected by the Western Area Power 
Administration from the sale of power and related services 
that are applicable to the repayment of the annual ex-
penses of this account in this and subsequent fiscal years 
shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 
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collections for the sole purpose of funding such expenses, 
with such funds remaining available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, an-
nual expenses means expenditures that are generally re-
covered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding 
purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE 
FUND 
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 
the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 
Dams, $2,568,000, to remain available until expended, 
and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 
and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 
18, 1954 (43 U.S.C. 485g): Provided, That notwith-
standing the provisions of such Act and of 31 U.S.C. 
3302, up to $2,348,000 collected by the Western Area 
Power Administration from the sale of power and related 
services from the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be cred-
ited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, 
to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 
of funding the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facili-
ties of these Dams and associated Western Area Power 
Administration activities: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced 
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as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2010 appropriation estimated 
at not more than $220,000: Provided further, That not-
withstanding the provisions of section 2 of the Act of June 
18, 1954 (43 U.S.C. 485g) and 31 U.S.C. 3302, all funds 
collected by the Western Area Power Administration from 
the sale of power and related services from the Falcon and 
Amistad Dams that are applicable to the repayment of the 
annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities of these 
Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration 
activities in this and subsequent fiscal years shall be cred-
ited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections 
for the sole purpose of funding such expenses, with such 
funds remaining available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual ex-
penses means expenditures that are generally recovered in 
the same year that they are incurred. 
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, 
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$298,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $298,000,000 of revenues from fees and an-
nual charges and other services and collections in fiscal 
year 2010 shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this account and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues 
are received during fiscal year 2010 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2010 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $0. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY 
SEC. 
301. 
UNFUNDED
REQUESTS
FOR
PRO-
POSALS.—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. 
SEC. 302. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEFENSE NU-
CLEAR FACILITIES WORKFORCE RESTRUCTURING.—None 
of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used— 
(1) to augment the funds made available for ob-
ligation by this Act for severance payments and 
other benefits and community assistance grants 
under section 4604 of the Atomic Energy Defense 
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Act (50 U.S.C. 2704) unless the Department of En-
ergy submits a reprogramming request to the appro-
priate congressional committees; 
(2) to provide enhanced severance payments or 
other benefits for employees of the Department of 
Energy under such section; or 
(3) to develop or implement a workforce re-
structuring plan that covers employees of the De-
partment of Energy. 
SEC. 303. UNEXPENDED BALANCES.—The unex-
pended balances of prior appropriations provided for ac-
tivities in this Act may be available to the same appropria-
tion accounts for such activities established pursuant to 
this title. Available balances 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. 304. BONNEVILLE POWER AUTHORITY SERV-
ICE TERRITORY.—None of the funds in this or any other 
Act for the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Admin-
istration may be used to enter into any agreement to per-
form energy efficiency services outside the legally defined 
Bonneville service territory, with the exception of services 
provided internationally, including services provided on a 
reimbursable basis, unless the Administrator certifies in 
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advance that such services are not available from private 
sector businesses. 
SEC. 305. USER FACILITIES.—(a) When the Depart-
ment of Energy makes a user facility available to univer-
sities or other potential users, or seeks input from univer-
sities or other potential users regarding significant charac-
teristics or equipment in a user facility or a proposed user 
facility, the Department shall ensure broad public notice 
of such availability or such need for input to universities 
and other potential users. 
(b) When the Department of Energy considers the 
participation of a university or other potential user as a 
formal partner in the establishment or operation of a user 
facility, the Department shall employ full and open com-
petition in selecting such a partner. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘user facil-
ity’’ includes— 
(1) a user facility as described in section 
2203(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 13503(a)(2)); 
(2) a National Nuclear Security Administration 
Defense Programs Technology Deployment Center/ 
User Facility; and 
(3) any other Departmental facility designated 
by the Department as a user facility. 
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SEC. 306. INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—Funds ap-
propriated by this or any other Act, or made available by 
the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities 
are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress 
for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2010 until the 
enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2010. 
SEC. 307. LABORATORY DIRECTED RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT.—Of the funds made available by the De-
partment of Energy for activities at government-owned, 
contractor-operated laboratories funded in this Act, the 
Secretary may authorize a specific amount, not to exceed 
6 percent of such funds, to be used by such laboratories 
for laboratory directed research and development: Pro-
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 
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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 
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. 
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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-
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: 
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‘‘(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 
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 acount, subaccount, or fund symbol 
other than the Bonneville Power Administration Fund 
Treasury account fund symbol. 
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(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 Ad-
ministration uses a fund symbol other than the Bonneville 
Power Administration Fund Treasury account fund sym-
bol solely to report accrued expenditures of projects attrib-
uted by the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Admin-
istration 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)— 
(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— 
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‘‘(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 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) ultra efficient vehicles; and’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, ultra 
efficient vehicles,’’ after ‘‘qualifying vehicles’’; 
(3) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘or are uti-
lized primarily for the manufacture of ultra efficient 
vehicles’’ after ‘‘20 years’’; and 
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(4) in subsection (h)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘auto-
mobiles’’ the first place it appears and inserting 
‘‘ultra efficient vehicles, automobiles,’’. 
(b) RECONSIDERATION OF PRIOR APPLICATIONS.— 
The Secretary of Energy shall reconsider applications for 
assistance under section 136 of the Energy Independence 
and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013) that were— 
(1) timely filed under that section before Janu-
ary 1, 2009; 
(2) rejected on the basis that the vehicles to 
which the proposal related were not advanced tech-
nology vehicles; and 
(3) related to ultra efficient vehicles. 
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, for necessary expenses for the Federal Co-Chairman 
and the Alternate on the Appalachian Regional Commis-
sion, for payment of the Federal share of the administra-
tive expenses of the Commission, including services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $76,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That any congressionally directed spending shall 
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be taken from within that State’s allocation in the fiscal 
year in which it is provided. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Fa-
cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 
by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by section 
1441 of Public Law 100–456, $26,086,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Delta Regional Author-
ity and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the 
Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding 
sections 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of such 
Act, $13,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses of the Denali Commission, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, as necessary, and other expenses, 
$11,965,000, to remain available until expended, notwith-
standing the limitations contained in section 306(g) of the 
Denali Commission Act of 1998. 
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sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount 
of revenues received during fiscal year 2010 so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2010 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $182,898,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $10,102,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2011: Provided, That revenues from 
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
collections estimated at $9,092,000 in fiscal year 2010 
shall be retained and be available until expended, for nec-
essary salaries and expenses in this account, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of rev-
enues received during fiscal year 2010 so as to result in 
a final fiscal year 2010 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $1,010,000. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by section 5051 of Pub-
lic Law 100–203, $3,891,000, to be derived from the Nu-
clear Waste Fund, and to remain available until expended. 
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OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR ALASKA 
NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS 
For necessary expenses for the Office of the Federal 
Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation 
Projects pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act 
of 2004, $4,466,000: Provided, That any fees, charges, or 
commissions received pursuant to section 802 of Public 
Law 110–140 in fiscal year 2010 in excess of $4,683,000 
shall not be available for obligation until appropriated in 
a subsequent Act of Congress. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, INDEPENDENT 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION RE-
PORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Nuclear Regulatory Com-
mission shall, not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, provide a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate identifying barriers to and its recommendations for 
streamlining the issuance of a Combined Construction and 
Operating License for qualified new nuclear reactors. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. LOBBYING RESTRICTION.—None of the 
funds appropriated by this Act may be used in any way, 
directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on 
any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 
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Congress, other than to communicate to Members of Con-
gress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
SEC. 502. DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY.—Section 
382B(c)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa-1) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A decision by the Authority 
shall require the affirmative vote of the Federal co- 
chairperson and a majority of the State members 
(not including any member representing a State that 
is delinquent under subsection (g)(2)(C)) to be effec-
tive.’’. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2010’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 110 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3183 
[Report No. 111–203] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for energy and water devel-
opment and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other pur-
poses. 
JULY 13, 2009 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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