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ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de-
fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$322,371,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That in addition, fees collected pursuant to sub-
section (b)(1) of section 5 of the Mercury Export Ban Act 
of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 6939f(b)(1)), and deposited under this 
heading in fiscal year 2026 pursuant to section 309 of 
title III of division C of Public Law 116–94 are appro-
priated, to remain available until expended, for mercury 
storage costs. 
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING FUND 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 
and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activi-
ties of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and 
title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 
$865,000,000, to be deposited into and subsequently de-
rived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until ex-
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pended, of which $0 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 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 any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 
35 passenger motor vehicles, $8,400,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$226,831,000 shall be available until September 30, 2027, 
for program direction. 
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes 
of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public Law 97– 
425, as amended, $12,040,000, to remain available until 
expended, which shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste 
Fund. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 
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America 
COMPETES 
Act 
(Public 
Law 
110–69), 
$350,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $40,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for program direction. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received 
from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall 
be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for nec-
essary administrative expenses of the Title 17 Innovative 
Technology Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, 
$35,000,000 is appropriated, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided further, That up to 
$35,000,000 of fees collected in fiscal year 2026 pursuant 
to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall 
be credited as offsetting collections under this heading and 
used for necessary administrative expenses in this appro-
priation and shall remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided further, That to the extent that fees col-
lected in fiscal year 2026 exceed $35,000,000, those ex-
cess amounts shall be credited as offsetting collections 
under this heading and available in future fiscal years only 
to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: 
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Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are re-
ceived 
during 
fiscal 
year 
2026 
(estimated 
at 
$240,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining 
general fund appropriations can be derived from fees col-
lected in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise ap-
propriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2026 ap-
propriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Pro-
vided further, That the Department of Energy shall not 
subordinate any loan obligation to other financing in viola-
tion of section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or 
subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or 
other debt obligations in violation of section 609.8 of title 
10, Code of Federal Regulations. 
In addition, $150,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for the cost of loan guarantees for the construc-
tion of small modular reactors or advanced nuclear reac-
tors eligible under section 1703(b)(4) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513(b)(4)): Provided, That the 
amounts provided under this paragraph are in addition to 
those provided in any other Act: Provided further, That 
for amounts collected pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the source of such pay-
ment received from borrowers may not be a loan or other 
debt obligation that is guaranteed by the Federal Govern-
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ment: Provided further, That none of such loan guarantee 
authority made available under this paragraph shall be 
available for commitments to guarantee loans for any 
projects where funds, personnel, or property (tangible or 
intangible) of any Federal agency, instrumentality, per-
sonnel, or affiliated entity are expected be used (directly 
or indirectly) through acquisitions, contracts, demonstra-
tions, exchanges, grants, incentives, leases, procurements, 
sales, other transaction authority, or other arrangements, 
to support the project or to obtain goods or services from 
the project: Provided further, That the preceding proviso 
shall not be interpreted as precluding the use of the loan 
guarantee authority provided under this paragraph for 
commitments to guarantee loans for: 
(1) projects as a result of such projects benefit-
ting from otherwise allowable Federal income tax 
benefits; 
(2) projects as a result of such projects benefit-
ting from being located on Federal land pursuant to 
a lease or right of-way agreement for which all con-
sideration for all uses is: 
(A) paid exclusively in cash; 
(B) deposited in the Treasury as offsetting 
receipts; and 
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(C) equal to the fair market value as deter-
mined by the head of the relevant agency; 
(3) projects as a result of such projects benefit-
ting from Federal insurance programs, including 
under section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
(42 U.S.C. 2210; commonly known as the ‘‘Price- 
Anderson Act’’); or 
(4) electric generation projects using trans-
mission facilities owned or operated by a Federal 
Power Marketing Administration or the Tennessee 
Valley Authority that have been authorized, ap-
proved, and financed independent of the project re-
ceiving the guarantee: 
Provided further, That none of the loan guarantee author-
ity made available under this heading shall be available 
for any project unless the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget has certified in advance in writing 
that the loan guarantee and the project comply with the 
provisions under this heading. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehi-
cles Manufacturing Loan Program, $9,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027. 
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TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guar-
antee Program, $6,300,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027. 
INDIAN ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities 
in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $75,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, $14,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2027, for program 
direction. 
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.), $300,578,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027, including the 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and 
representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such 
additional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the 
estimated amount of cost of work for others notwith-
standing the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 
U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in cost 
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of work are offset by revenue increases of the same or 
greater amount: Provided further, That moneys received 
by the Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated 
to total $100,578,000 in fiscal year 2026 may be retained 
and used for operating expenses within this account, as 
authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwith-
standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided fur-
ther, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 
as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at not more than $200,000,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $90,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027. 
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 
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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, 
$20,378,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $149,244,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for program direction. 
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, 
$2,367,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NAVAL REACTORS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, 
$2,134,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
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which, $96,740,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department 
of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the 
Advanced Test Reactor: Provided, That of such amount 
made available under this heading, $61,540,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2027, for program direction. 
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex-
penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
$525,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, including official reception and representation ex-
penses not to exceed $17,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 
ACTIVITIES 
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 
energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car-
rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui-
sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-
sion, $7,375,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amount, $312,818,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2027, for program direction. 
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OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic 
energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac-
tivities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, $1,170,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$384,404,000 shall be available until September 30, 2027, 
for program direction. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 
are approved for: the Rocky Reach Kelt Facility, the 
Colville Acclimation Building Enclosures, the Colville 
Tribes Resident Fish Hatchery Expansion, the Chief Jo-
seph Hatchery Water Quality Project, and the Umatilla 
Hatchery Facility and Acclimation Facilities: Provided, 
That expenditures are also approved for official reception 
and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
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Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 to recover purchase 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 for purposes of this appropriation, 
annual expenses means expenditures that are generally re-
covered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding 
purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN 
POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and mainte-
nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 
electric power and energy, for construction and acquisition 
of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facili-
ties, and for administrative expenses, including official re-
ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 
Southwestern Power Administration, $59,766,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $49,366,000 col-
lected by the Southwestern Power Administration from 
the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 
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this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to re-
main available until expended, for the sole purpose of 
funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power 
Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collec-
tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $10,400,000: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $80,000,000 collected by 
the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 
Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and 
wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as off-
setting collections, to remain available until expended for 
the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 
expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 
are generally recovered in the same year that they are in-
curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
CONSTRUCTION, 
REHABILITATION, 
OPERATION
AND 
MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS-
TRATION 
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 
section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 
U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con-
servation and renewable resources programs as author-
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ized, $311,035,000, including official reception and rep-
resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, 
to remain available until expended, of which $311,035,000 
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 
$247,663,000 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 2026 appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $63,372,000, of which 
$63,372,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 
to $475,000,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 
and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover pur-
chase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 
this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 
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until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 
power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 
for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 
expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
wheeling expenses). 
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE 
FUND 
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 
the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 
Dams, $6,510,000, 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 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding 
the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 
$6,282,000 collected by the Western Area Power Adminis-
tration from the sale of power and related services from 
the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited to this 
account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 
available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities of these 
Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration 
activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
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are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2026 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$228,000: Provided further, That for purposes of this ap-
propriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 
generally recovered in the same year that they are in-
curred: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2026, the 
Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 
may accept up to $1,072,000 in funds contributed by 
United States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad 
Dams for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad Operating 
and Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available 
for the purpose for which contributed in like manner as 
if said sums had been specifically appropriated for such 
purpose: Provided further, That any such funds shall be 
available without further appropriation and without fiscal 
year limitation for use by the Commissioner of the United 
States Section of the International Boundary and Water 
Commission for the sole purpose of operating, maintain-
ing, repairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the 
hydroelectric facilities at these Dams in accordance with 
agreements reached between the Administrator, Commis-
sioner, and the power customers. 
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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for 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, 
official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
ceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$520,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $520,000,000 of revenues from fees and an-
nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 
year 2026 shall be retained and used for expenses nec-
essary 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 2026 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2026 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $0. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 
made available by this title for the Department of Energy 
shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 
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or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 
or 
similar 
arrangements 
(including 
Requests 
for 
Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Op-
portunity Announcements) for a program, project, or ac-
tivity if the program, project, or activity has not been 
funded by Congress. 
(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
at least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds 
made available in this title may be used to— 
(A) make a grant allocation or discretionary 
grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 
(B) make a discretionary contract award or 
Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 
or more, including a contract covered by the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation; 
(C) provide nonoperational funding through a 
competition restricted only to Department of Energy 
National Laboratories totaling $1,000,000 or more; 
(D) provide nonoperational funding directly to a 
Department of Energy National Laboratory totaling 
$25,000,000 or more; 
(E) issue a letter of intent to make an alloca-
tion, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in 
subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); 
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(F) announce publicly the intention to make an 
allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the lim-
its in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or 
(G) issue a letter to terminate an allocation, 
award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D). 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report 
detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant 
award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during the 
previous quarter. 
(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and 
the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the re-
cipient of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal 
year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, 
the account and program, project, or activity from which 
the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and 
a brief description of the activity for which the award is 
made. 
(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 
to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au-
thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 
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multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 
a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment is funded for the full period of performance as 
anticipated at the time of award; or 
(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov-
ernment’s obligation on the availability of future 
year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 3 days in advance. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 
the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 
as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and ac-
tivities, and in the amounts, specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ 
column in the ‘‘Department of Energy’’ table included 
under the heading ‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 
reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 
the Department shall notify, and obtain the prior approval 
of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed 
reprogramming that would cause any program, project, or 
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activity funding level to increase or decrease by more than 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the 
time period covered by this Act. 
(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; 
(2) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act. 
(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re-
quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 
use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 
if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 
pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 
welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 
waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 
not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 
a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 
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Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 
risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 
(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 
same appropriation 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. 302. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi-
fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 
830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of-
fice of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in 
compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 
decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 
any successive departmental guidance, for construction 
projects 
where 
the 
total 
project 
cost 
exceeds 
$100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 
has been developed for the project for that critical deci-
sion. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to support a grant allocation award, dis-
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cretionary grant award, or cooperative agreement that ex-
ceeds $100,000,000 in Federal funding unless the project 
is carried out through internal independent project man-
agement procedures. 
SEC. 305. No funds shall be transferred directly from 
‘‘Department of Energy—Power Marketing Administra-
tion—Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, 
Western Area Power Administration’’ to the general fund 
of the Treasury in the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 306. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to draw down and sell petroleum prod-
ucts from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (1) to any enti-
ty that is under the ownership, control, or influence of 
the Chinese Communist Party; or (2) except on condition 
that such petroleum products will not be exported to the 
People’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 307. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used by the Secretary of Energy to award 
any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or loan of 
$10,000,000 or greater to an entity of concern as defined 
in section 10114 of division B of Public Law 117–167. 
(b) The Secretary shall implement the requirements 
under subsection (a) using a risk-based approach and ana-
lytical tools to aggregate, link, analyze, and maintain in-
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formation reported by an entity seeking or receiving such 
funds made available by this Act. 
(c) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with the obligations of the United States under ap-
plicable international agreements. 
(d) The Secretary shall have the authority to require 
the submission to the agency, by an entity seeking or re-
ceiving such funds made available by this Act, documenta-
tion necessary to implement the requirements under sub-
section (a). 
(e) Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’), shall 
not apply to the implementation of the requirements under 
this section. 
(f) The Secretary and other Federal agencies shall 
coordinate to share relevant information necessary to im-
plement the requirements under subsection (a). 
SEC. 308. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to admit any 
non-U.S. citizen from Russia or China to any nuclear 
weapons production facility, as such term is defined in sec-
tion 4002 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2501), other than areas accessible to the general public, 
unless 30 days prior to facility admittance, the Depart-
ment of Energy provides notification to the Committees 
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on Appropriations and Armed Services of both Houses of 
Congress. 
SEC. 309. Funds made available in this title under 
the headings ‘‘Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’’, 
‘‘Electricity’’, ‘‘Fossil Energy’’, ‘‘Cybersecurity, Energy 
Security, and Emergency Response’’, and ‘‘Science’’ that 
are allocated for the purposes of section 9 of the Small 
Business Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 638), including for 
Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business 
Technology Transfer activities, or for the purposes of sec-
tion 1001 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 16391), for Technology Commercialization 
Fund activities, may be reprogrammed within each ac-
count without being subject to the restrictions in section 
301 of this title: Provided, That the administration and 
selection of awards pursuant to such sections will be in 
coordination with the offices that oversee the appropria-
tions accounts to which the relevant funding was originally 
appropriated. 
SEC. 310. Section 15(g)(3) of Public Law 85–536 
(15 U.S.C. 644(g)(3)) is further amended by inserting 
‘‘and by site support prime contractors at the National 
Energy Technology Laboratory’’ following ‘‘Department 
of Energy’’. 
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SEC. 311. (a) Of the amounts specified in subsection 
(d), $3,100,000,000 shall be transferred to, and merged 
with, amounts provided in this Act under the heading 
‘‘Nuclear Energy’’ that remain available until expended, 
and in addition to amounts otherwise available, shall only 
be available for the not more than two competitive awards 
for Generation 3+ small modular reactor deployment 
projects described in section 311(a)(1)(A) of division D 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 
118–42), the two awards for demonstration projects made 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act under the Ad-
vanced Reactor Demonstration Program, as authorized 
under section 959A of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16279a), and Risk Reduction for Future Dem-
onstrations, as described under the heading Advanced Re-
actor Demonstration Program in the explanatory state-
ment accompanying division C of the Further Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94). 
(b) Of the amounts specified in subsection (d), 
$375,000,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, 
amounts provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Grid De-
ployment Office’’ that remain available until expended, 
and in addition to amounts otherwise available, shall be 
available for necessary expenses to carry out a program 
to enhance the domestic supply chain for the manufacture 
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of distribution and power transformers, components, and 
materials, and electric grid components, including finan-
cial assistance, technical assistance, and competitive 
awards for procurement and acquisition. 
(c) Of the amounts provided in this title that remain 
available until expended, the following amounts shall be 
derived by transfer from the funds specified in subsection 
(d): 
(1) $1,150,000,000 of the amounts provided 
under the heading ‘‘Energy Efficiency and Renew-
able Energy’’; 
(2) $100,000,000 of the amounts provided 
under the heading ‘‘Nuclear Energy’’; 
(3) $140,000,000 of the amounts provided 
under the heading ‘‘Fossil Energy’’; 
(4) $150,000,000 of the amounts provided 
under the heading ‘‘Science’’; and 
(5) $150,000,000 of the amounts provided in 
the second paragraph under the heading ‘‘Title 17 
Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program’’. 
(d) The funds specified in this subsection are the un-
obligated balances, as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
from amounts provided in title III of division J of Public 
Law 117–58, as follows: 
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III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 
transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appro-
priations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority ref-
erenced in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), or any authority whereby a department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government may 
provide goods or services to another department, agency, 
or instrumentality. 
(c) The head of any relevant department or agency 
funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the 
transfer authorities, except for any authority whereby a 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government may provide goods or services to an-
other department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the 
previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report 
shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes 
for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or 
modify existing notification requirements for each author-
ity. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
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servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 
Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 
et seq.), $21,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 
States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions 
of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 
Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and imple-
mentation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 
habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 
$73,812,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided herein, $6,200,000 is 
for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not sub-
ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That $7,612,000 is for a competitive grant 
program to implement approved plans for States, terri-
tories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of af-
fected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 
agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
after deducting $13,812,000 and administrative expenses, 
apportion the amount provided herein in the following 
manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Com-
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