That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, for energy and
water development, and for other purposes, namely:
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, shore protection, aquatic eco-
system restoration, and related purposes.
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS
For expenses necessary for the collection and study
of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood
control, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration,
and related projects, restudy of authorized projects, mis-
cellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law,
surveys and detailed studies and plans and specifications
of projects prior to construction, $117,788,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That for the Ohio
Riverfront, Cincinnati, Ohio, project, the cost of planning
and design undertaken by non-Federal interests shall be
credited toward the non-Federal share of project design
costs.
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL
For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control,
shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re-
lated projects authorized by law; and detailed studies, and
plans and specifications, of projects authorized or made
eligible for selection by law, $1,642,911,000, to remain
available until expended, of which such sums as are nec-
essary to cover the Federal share of construction costs for
facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities
program shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance
Trust Fund; and of which such sums as are necessary to
cover one-half of the costs of construction and rehabilita-
tion of inland waterways projects (including rehabilitation
costs for the Lock and Dam 11, Mississippi River, Iowa;
Lock and Dam 24, Mississippi River, Illinois and Mis-
souri; and Lock and Dam 3, Mississippi River, Minnesota,
projects) shall be derived from the Inland Waterways
Trust Fund: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army,
acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to pro-
ceed with the construction of the New York and New Jer-
sey Harbor project, 50-foot deepening element, upon exe-
cution of the Project Cooperation Agreement: Provided
further, That no funds made available under this Act or
any other Act for any fiscal year may be used by the Sec-
retary of the Army to carry out the construction of the
Port Jersey element of the New York and New Jersey
Harbor or reimbursement to the Local Sponsor for the
construction of the Port Jersey element until commit-
ments for construction of container handling facilities are
obtained from the non-Federal sponsor for a second user
along the Port Jersey element: Provided further, That
funds appropriated in this Act for the preservation and
restoration of the Florida Everglades shall be made avail-
able for expenditure unless (1) the Secretary of the Army,
not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, transmits to the State of Florida and the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate a report containing a finding and supporting mate-
rials indicating that the waters entering the A.R.M.
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and Everglades Na-
tional Park do not meet the water quality requirements
set forth in the Consent Decree entered in United States
v. South Florida Water Management District, (2) the
State fails to submit a satisfactory plan to bring the wa-
ters into compliance with the water quality requirements
within 45 days of the date of the report, (3) the Secretary
transmits to the State and the Committees a follow-up re-
port containing a finding that the State has not submitted
such a plan, and (4) either the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives or the Senate issues
a written notice disapproving of further expenditure of the
funds: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army
shall provide the State of Florida with notice and an op-
portunity to respond to any determination of the Secretary
under the preceding proviso before the determination be-
comes final.
FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES
ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA,
MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE
For expenses necessary for the flood damage reduc-
tion program for the Mississippi River alluvial valley below
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law,
$301,054,000, to remain available until expended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and
storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration,
and related projects; for providing security for infrastruc-
ture owned and operated by, or on behalf of, the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, including administrative build-
ings and facilities, laboratories, and the Washington Aque-
duct; for the maintenance of harbor channels provided by
a State, municipality, or other public agency that serve
essential navigation needs of general commerce, where au-
thorized by law; and for surveys and charting of northern
and northwestern lakes and connecting waters, clearing
and straightening channels, and removal of obstructions
to navigation, $1,932,575,000, 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, and of which such
sums as become available from the special account for the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established by the Land
and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)), may be derived from that account for
resource protection, research, interpretation, and mainte-
nance activities related to resource protection in the areas
at which outdoor recreation is available; and of which such
sums as become available under section 217 of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1996, Public Law 104–
303, shall be used to cover the cost of operation and main-
tenance of the dredged material disposal facilities for
which fees have been collected.
REGULATORY PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for administration of laws
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands,
$144,000,000, to remain available until expended.
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION
PROGRAM
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $140,000,000, to remain available until expended.
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES
For expenses necessary for emergency flood control,
response to hurricanes and other natural disasters, and
related activities, including the activities that the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers undertakes to ensure its readi-
ness to respond to such emergencies, $40,000,000 to re-
main available until expended.
GENERAL EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for general administration
and related civil works functions in the headquarters of
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the offices of the Divi-
sion Engineers, the Humphreys Engineer Center Support
Activity, the Institute for Water Resources, the U.S. Army
Engineer Research and Development Center, and the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center, $164,000,000,
to remain available until expended: 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 man-
agement activities of the division 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.
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. Agreements proposed for execution by the
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works or the
United States Army Corps of Engineers after the date of
the enactment of this Act pursuant to section 4 of the
Rivers and Harbor Act of 1915, Public Law 64–291; sec-
tion 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 amended, 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 amend-
ed, Public Law 102–580; section 211 of the Water Re-
sources 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 re-
imbursements for all applicable projects not to exceed
$50,000,000 in each fiscal year.
SEC. 102. None of the funds appropriated in this or
any other Act may be used by the United States Army
Corps of Engineers to support activities related to the pro-
posed Ridge Landfill in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated in this or
any other Act may be used by the United States Army
Corps of Engineers to support activities related to the pro-
posed Indian Run Sanitary Landfill in Sandy Township,
Stark County, Ohio.
NAMING OF LOCK AND DAM 3, ALLEGHENY RIVER,
PENNSYLVANIA
Sec. 104. (a) DESIGNATION.—Lock and dam num-
bered 3 on the Allegheny River, Pennsylvania, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘C.W. Bill Young Lock and
Dam’’.
(b) LEGAL REFERENCES.—A reference in any law,
regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of the
United States to the lock and dam referred to in sub-
section (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘C.W.
‘Bill’ Young Lock and Dam’’.
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, $36,463,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $9,423,000 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 necessary expenses incurred in car-
rying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the
Interior, $1,728,000, to remain available until expended.
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
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, $817,913,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $57,330,000 shall be available for
transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and
$33,570,000 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 Col-
orado River Dam Fund; and of which not more than
$500,000 is for high priority projects which shall be car-
ried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as authorized
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 contributed: Provided further, That funds advanced
under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account
and are available until expended for the same purposes
as the sums appropriated under this heading: Provided
further, That funds available for expenditure for the De-
partmental Irrigation Drainage Program may be expended
by the Bureau of Reclamation for site remediation on a
non-reimbursable 
basis: 
Provided 
further, 
That
$10,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be de-
posited in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund estab-
lished by section 110 of division B, title I of Public Law
106–554, as amended: Provided further, That section 301
of Public Law 102–250, Reclamation States Emergency
Drought Relief Act of 1991, as amended, is amended fur-
ther by inserting ‘‘2003, and 2004’’ in lieu of ‘‘and 2003’’.
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out
the program for direct loans and/or grants, $200,000, to
remain available until expended, of which the amount 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,
$39,600,000, 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
additional mitigation and restoration payments authorized
by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102–575: Provided fur-
ther, 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.
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,
$56,525,000, 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.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
(RESCISSION)
From unobligated balances under this heading,
$4,525,000 are rescinded.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall
be available for purchase of not to exceed 14 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 12 are for replacement only.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter-
mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain
for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary
of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which
shall conform to the water quality standards of the State
of California as approved by the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri-
mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters.
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup
Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain-
age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the
Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected
until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program-Al-
ternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP–Alternative
Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repay-
ment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and
San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’,
prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the
United States relating to, or providing for, drainage serv-
ice or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully
reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such serv-
ice or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law.
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to purchase
or lease water in the Middle Rio Grande or the Carlsbad
Projects in New Mexico unless said purchase or lease is
in compliance with the purchase requirements of section
202 of Public Law 106–60.
SEC. 203. Subsection 206(b) of Public Law 101–514
is amended as follows: In paragraph (1), strike ‘‘, with
annual quantities delivered under these contracts to be de-
termined by the Secretary based upon the quantity of
water actually needed within the Sacramento County
Water Agency service area and San Juan Suburban Water
District after considering reasonable efforts to: (i) pro-
mote full utilization of existing water entitlements within
Sacramento County, (ii) implement water conservation
and metering programs within the areas served by the con-
tract, and (iii) implement programs to maximize to the
extent feasible conjunctive use of surface water and
groundwater’’.
SEC. 204. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized
and directed to amend the Central Valley Project water
supply contracts of the Sacramento County Water Agency
and the San Juan Suburban Water District by deleting
a provision requiring a determination of annual water
needs included pursuant to section 206 of Public Law
101–514.
LOWER COLORADO RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 205. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 403(f) of the Colorado River Basin Project Act (43
U.S.C. 1543(f)), no amount from the Lower Colorado
River Basin Development Fund shall be paid to the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury until each provision of the re-
vised Stipulation Regarding a Stay and for Ultimate
Judgment Upon the Satisfaction of Conditions, filed in
United States district court, in Central Arizona Water
Conservation District v. United States (No. CIV 95–625–
TUC–WDB (EHC), No. CIV 95–1720–OHX–EHC (Con-
solidated Action)), and any amendment or revision there-
of, is met.
(b) PAYMENT TO GENERAL FUND.—If any of the
provisions of the stipulation referred to in subsection (a)
are not met by the date that is ten years after the date
of enactment of this Act, payments to the general fund
of the Treasury shall resume in accordance with section
403(f) of the Colorado River Basin Project Act (43 U.S.C.
1543(f)).
(c) AUTHORIZATION.—Amounts in the Lower Colo-
rado River Basin Development Fund that but for this sec-
tion would be returned to the general fund of the Treasury
shall not be expended until further Act of Congress.
SEC. 206. The second paragraph under the heading
‘‘Administrative Provisions’’ in Public Law 102–377 (43
U.S.C. 377b) is amended by inserting ‘‘, not to exceed
$5,000,000 for each causal event giving rise to a claim
or claims’’ after ‘‘activities of the Bureau of Reclamation’’.
TITLE III
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY PROGRAMS
ENERGY SUPPLY
For Department of Energy expenses including the
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy
supply activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-
tion, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not
to exceed 12 passenger motor vehicles for replacement
only, including two buses; $691,534,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
NON-DEFENSE SITE ACCELERATION COMPLETION
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 management site acceleration activi-
ties 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, $170,875,000, to remain available until
expended.
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for
non-defense environmental services activities conducted as
a result of nuclear energy research and development activi-
ties that indirectly support the accelerated cleanup and
closure mission at environmental management sites, as
well as new work scope transferred to the Environmental
Management program, including the purchase, construc-
tion, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and
other necessary expenses, $320,468,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND
DECOMMISSIONING FUND
For necessary expenses in carrying out uranium en-
richment facility decontamination and decommissioning,
remedial actions, and other activities of title II of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and title X, subtitle A, of the
Energy Policy Act of 1992, $392,002,000, to be derived
from the Fund, to remain available until expended, of
which $51,000,000 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
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment, and other expenses necessary for science ac-
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 facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, and purchase of not to exceed 15 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only, including not
to exceed one ambulance, $3,480,180,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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
expansion, $335,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended and to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund:
Provided, That of the funds made available in this Act,
$70,000,000 shall be used to initiate development of a rail
line in the State of Nevada, connecting the existing na-
tional rail network with the repository site on the Nevada
Test Site: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided in this or any other appropriations Act may be used
for the planning, design, or development of the rail cor-
ridors that pass near the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area,
specifically the Valley Modified Corridor and the Jean
Corridor, and variations thereof, as these corridors are de-
lineated in the Final Environmental Impact Statement for
a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear
Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Moun-
tain, Nye County, Nevada, dated February 2002: Provided
further, That $65,000,000 of the $70,000,000 made avail-
able in this Act for Nevada rail transportation shall be
available only if the Secretary designates rail as the pre-
ferred mode of transportation within Nevada and selects
a Nevada rail corridor within 60 days of enactment of this
Act and commences the necessary environmental and engi-
neering analysis to develop and issue a Record of Decision
for a specific rail alignment within the selected rail cor-
ridor by June 30, 2005: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $2,500,000 shall be provided to the State of Nevada
solely for expenditures, other than salaries and expenses
of State employees, to conduct scientific oversight respon-
sibilities and participate in licensing activities pursuant to
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (Public Law 97–
425), as amended: Provided further, That not to exceed
$6,500,000 shall be provided to affected units of local gov-
ernments, as defined in Public Law 97–425, to conduct
appropriate activities pursuant to the Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the distribution of funds to the State of Nevada
and affected units of local government shall be solely for
activities approved in advance by the Department of En-
ergy: Provided further, That the funds for the State of
Nevada shall be made available solely to the Nevada Divi-
sion of Emergency Management by direct payment and
to affected 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 Emer-
gency Management, the Governor of the State of Nevada,
and each affected unit of local government receiving pay-
ments under this section 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 and this Act. Failure to provide such
certification shall cause such entity to be prohibited from
receiving any further Federal 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 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 ex-
penses; or (3) used to support multi-State efforts or other
coalition building activities: Provided further, That all pro-
ceeds and recoveries realized by the Secretary in carrying
out activities authorized by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act
of 1982, as amended, including but not limited to, any
proceeds from the sale of assets shall be available without
further appropriation and shall remain available until ex-
pended.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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 
$35,000),
$224,329,000, 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: Pro-
vided further, That moneys received by the Department
for 
miscellaneous 
revenues 
estimated 
to 
total
$123,000,000 in fiscal year 2004 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
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 2004, and any
related unappropriated receipt account balances remaining
from prior years’ miscellaneous revenues, so as to result
in a final fiscal year 2004 appropriation from the General
Fund estimated at not more than $101,329,000.
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, as amended, $39,462,000, 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
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion;
one fixed wing aircraft for replacement only; and the pur-
chase of not to exceed six passenger motor vehicles, of
which four shall be for replacement only, including not to
exceed two buses; $6,117,609,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2006.
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
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, $1,280,195,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2006.
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, and the pur-
chase of not to exceed one bus; $768,400,000, to remain
available until expended.
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Adminis-
trator in the National Nuclear Security Administration,
including official reception and representation expenses
(not to exceed $12,000), $341,980,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2006.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE
ACTIVITIES
DEFENSE SITE ACCELERATION COMPLETION
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 site acceleration completion 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; $5,758,278,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for
defense-related environmental services activities that indi-
rectly support the accelerated cleanup and closure mission
at environmental management sites, including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital
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 official reception and representation ex-
penses in an amount not to exceed $1,500. During fiscal
year 2004, no new direct loan obligations may be made.
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
applied to the southeastern power area, $5,100,000, to re-
main available until expended; in addition, notwith-
standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to
$19,000,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Admin-
istration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 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.
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 the provisions of section 5
of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as
applied to the southwestern power area, $28,600,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwith-
standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to
$1,512,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Adminis-
tration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 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; in addition, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, beginning in fiscal year 2004
and thereafter, such funds as are received by the South-
western Power Administration from any State, munici-
pality, corporation, association, firm, district, or individual
as advance payment for work that is associated with
Southwestern’s transmission facilities, consistent with
that authorized in section 5 of the Flood Control Act, shall
be credited to this account and be available until ex-
pended.
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, $171,000,000,
to remain available until expended, of which $167,236,000
shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec-
lamation Fund: Provided, That up to $166,000,000 col-
lected by the Western Area Power Administration pursu-
ant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Reclamation
Project Act of 1939 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.
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE
FUND
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for
the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad
Dams, $2,640,000, 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 423 of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
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),
$192,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
not to exceed $192,000,000 of revenues from fees and an-
nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal
year 2004 shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this account, and shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated from the General Fund shall be reduced as reve-
nues are received during fiscal year 2004 so as to result
in a final fiscal year 2004 appropriation from the General
Fund estimated at not more than $0.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SEC. 301. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, including section 303(c)(1) of title III of the Fed-
eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41
U.S.C. 253(c)(3)), none of the funds in this or any other
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2004 or any previous
fiscal year may be used to make payments for any man-
agement and operating contract of the Department of En-
ergy unless that contract was awarded using competitive
procedures within the past fifty fiscal years or unless the
Secretary of Energy, not later than sixty days after the
date of enactment of this Act, publishes in the Federal
Register and submits to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a
notification of intent to use competitive procedures for the
procurement of each management and operating contract
when the current term of each such contract expires.
(b) The Secretary may not impose any conditions on
the competition of a management and operating contract
that is funded under this or any other appropriations Act
that may have the effect of biasing the competition in
favor of the incumbent contractor or otherwise providing
for anything less than full and open competition of such
contracts.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘manage-
ment and operating contract’’ means a contract for the
management and operation of a Department of Energy
laboratory, facility, site, or plant as used in subpart
17.601 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
(d) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘competi-
tive procedures’’ and ‘‘full and open competition’’ have the
meanings provided in section 4 of the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403).
(e) The provisions of subsection (a) in this section
apply to contracts awarded for a term of one year or more,
not to interim extensions of less than one year used to
extend contract performance until a long-term contract is
placed or to provide continuity of service between con-
tracts.
SEC. 302. 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
(2) provide enhanced severance payments or
other benefits for employees of the Department of
Energy, under section 3161 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law
102–484; 42 U.S.C. 7274h).
SEC. 303. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to augment the $15,000,000 made available
for obligation by this Act for severance payments and
other benefits and community assistance grants under sec-
tion 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 42 U.S.C.
7274h) unless the Department of Energy submits a re-
programming request subject to approval by the appro-
priate congressional committees.
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 ac-
counts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund
for the same time period as originally enacted.
SEC. 306. None of the funds in this or any other Act
for the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion may be used to enter into any agreement to perform
energy efficiency services outside the legally defined Bon-
neville service territory, with the exception of services pro-
vided internationally, including services provided on a re-
imbursable basis, unless the Administrator certifies in ad-
vance that such services are not available from private sec-
tor businesses.
SEC. 307. When the Department of Energy makes
a user facility available to universities and other potential
users, or seeks input from universities and other potential
users regarding significant characteristics 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. When the Department of Energy considers the par-
ticipation of a university or other potential user as a for-
mal partner in the establishment or operation of a user
facility, the Department shall employ full and open com-
petition in selecting such a partner. For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘user facility’’ includes, but is not lim-
ited to: (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 Adminis-
tration Defense Programs Technology Deployment Cen-
ter/User Facility; and (3) any other Departmental facility
designated by the Department as a user facility.
SEC. 308. The Administrator of the National Nuclear
Security Administration may authorize the manager of a
covered nuclear weapons research, development, testing or
production facility to engage in research, development,
and demonstration activities with respect to the engineer-
ing and manufacturing capabilities at such facility in
order to maintain and enhance such capabilities at such
facility: Provided, That of the amount allocated to a cov-
ered nuclear weapons facility 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 facility’’
means the following:
(1) the Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Mis-
souri;
(2) the Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee;
(3) the Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas;
(4) the Savannah River Plant, South Carolina;
and
(5) the Nevada Test Site.
SEC. 309. Funds appropriated by this or any other
Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this
Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) dur-
ing fiscal year 2004 until the enactment of the Intelligence
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2004.
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
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, $33,145,000, to remain available
until expended.
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Fa-
cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized
by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public
Law 100–456, section 1441, $19,559,000, 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, as amended, not-
withstanding sections 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), and 382M(b)
of said Act, $2,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission in car-
rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act
of 1974, as amended, and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended, including official representation expenses
(not to exceed $15,000), and purchase of promotional
items for use in the recruitment of individuals for employ-
ment, $618,800,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein,
$33,100,000 shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste
Fund: Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees,
inspection services, and other services and collections esti-
mated at $538,844,000 in fiscal year 2004 shall be re-
tained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this
account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the
sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount
of revenues received during fiscal year 2004 so as to result
in a final fiscal year 2004 appropriation estimated at not
more than $79,956,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $7,300,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2005: Provided, That revenues from licensing
fees, inspection services, and other services and collections
estimated at $6,716,000 in fiscal year 2004 shall be re-
tained and be available until expended, for necessary sala-
ries and expenses in this account notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues re-
ceived during fiscal year 2004 so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2004 appropriation estimated at not more than
$584,000.
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–