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‘‘SEC. 20317. Notwithstanding section 101, the level 
for necessary expenses of the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion in carrying out the purposes of the Energy Reorga-
nization Act of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
including official representation expenses (not to exceed 
$15,000), and including purchase of promotional items for 
use in the recruitment of individuals for employment, shall 
be $813,300,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 
That 
of 
the 
amount 
appropriated 
herein, 
$45,700,000 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 $659,055,000 in fiscal year 2007 shall be re-
tained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this 
account, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 
States Code, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall 
be reduced by the amount of revenues received during fis-
cal year 2007 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2007 
appropriation estimated at not more than $154,245,000. 
‘‘SEC. 20318. The Secretary of Energy may not make 
available any of the funds provided by this division or pre-
vious appropriations Acts for construction activities for 
Project 99–D–143, mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility, 
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Savannah River Site, South Carolina, until August 1, 
2007. 
‘‘SEC. 20319. Section 302 of Public Law 102–377 
is repealed. 
‘‘SEC. 20320. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, sub-
ject to the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amend-
ed, commitments to guarantee loans under title XVII of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall not exceed a total 
principal amount, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
of $4,000,000,000: Provided, That there are appropriated 
for the cost of the guaranteed loans such sums as are here-
after derived from amounts received from borrowers pur-
suant to section 1702(b)(2) of that Act, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That the source of 
payments received from borrowers for the subsidy cost 
shall not be a loan or other debt obligation that is made 
or guaranteed by the Federal government. In addition, 
fees collected pursuant to section 1702(h) in fiscal year 
2007 shall be credited as offsetting collections to the De-
partmental Administration account for administrative ex-
penses of the Loan Guarantee Program: Provided further, 
That the sum appropriated for administrative expenses for 
the Loan Guarantee Program shall be reduced by the 
amount of fees received during fiscal year 2007: Provided 
further, That any fees collected under section 1702(h) in 
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excess of the amount appropriated for administrative ex-
penses shall not be available until appropriated. 
‘‘(b) No loan guarantees may be awarded under title 
XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 until final regula-
tions are issued that include— 
‘‘(1) programmatic, technical, and financial fac-
tors the Secretary will use to select projects for loan 
guarantees; 
‘‘(2) policies and procedures for selecting and 
monitoring lenders and loan performance; and 
‘‘(3) any other policies, procedures, or informa-
tion necessary to implement title XVII of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005. 
‘‘(c) The Secretary of Energy shall enter into an ar-
rangement with an independent auditor for annual evalua-
tions of the program under title XVII of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005. In addition to the independent audit, the 
Comptroller General shall conduct an annual review of the 
Department’s execution of the program under title XVII 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The results of the inde-
pendent audit and the Comptroller General’s review shall 
be provided directly to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
‘‘(d) The Secretary of Energy shall promulgate final 
regulations for loan guarantees under title XVII of the 
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Energy Policy Act of 2005 within 6 months of enactment 
of this division. 
‘‘(e) Not later than 120 days after the date of enact-
ment of this division, and annually thereafter, the Sec-
retary of Energy shall transmit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate a report containing a summary of all activities under 
title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, beginning 
in fiscal year 2007, with a listing of responses to loan 
guarantee solicitations under such title, describing the 
technologies, amount of loan guarantee sought, and the 
applicants’ assessment of risk. 
‘‘SEC. 20321. For fiscal year 2007, except as other-
wise provided by law in effect as of the date of enactment 
of this division or unless a rate is specifically set by an 
Act of Congress thereafter, the Administrators of the 
Southeastern Power Administration, the Southwestern 
Power Administration, the Western Power Administra-
tion, shall use the ‘yield’ rate in computing interest during 
Construction and interest on the unpaid balance of the 
cost of Federal power facilities. The yield rate shall be 
defined as the average yield during the preceding fiscal 
year on interest-bearing marketable securities of the 
United States which, at the time the computation is made, 
have terms of 15 years or more remaining to maturity. 
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‘‘SEC. 20322. The second proviso under the heading 
‘Department of Energy, Energy Programs, Nuclear Waste 
Disposal’ in title III of the Energy and Water Develop-
ment Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–103) 
shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 
‘‘SEC. 20323. The provisos under the heading ‘Atom-
ic Energy Defense Activities, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Weapons Activities’ in title III of the En-
ergy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 
(Public Law 109–103) shall not apply to funds appro-
priated by this division. 
‘‘SEC. 20324. The second proviso under the heading 
‘Power Marketing Administrations, Construction, Reha-
bilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area 
Power Administration’ in title III of the Energy and 
Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public 
Law 109–103) shall not apply to funds appropriated by 
this division. 
‘‘SEC. 20325. Title III of the Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 
103) is amended by striking sections 310 and 312. 
‘‘SEC. 20326. Section 14704 of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘October 1, 2006’ and 
inserting ‘October 1, 2007’. 
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‘‘CHAPTER 4—FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EX-
PORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PRO-
GRAMS 
‘‘SEC. 20401. Notwithstanding section 101, the level 
for each of the following accounts shall be as follows: ‘Ex-
port and Investment Assistance, Export-Import Bank of 
the United States, Subsidy Appropriation’, $26,382,000; 
‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated to 
the President, Other Bilateral Economic Assistance, As-
sistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’, 
$273,900,000; ‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds Ap-
propriated to the President, Other Bilateral Economic As-
sistance, Assistance for the Independent States of the 
Former Soviet Union’, $452,000,000; ‘Bilateral Economic 
Assistance, Department of State, Andean Counterdrug 
Initiative’, $721,500,000; ‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, 
Department of State, Migration and Refugee Assistance’, 
$832,900,000; ‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Depart-
ment of State, United States Emergency Refugee and Mi-
gration Assistance Fund’, $55,000,000; ‘Military Assist-
ance, Funds Appropriated to the President, Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’, $4,550,800,000, of which not 
less than $2,340,000,000 shall be available for grants only 
for Israel and $1,300,000,000 shall be available for grants 
only for Egypt; and ‘Military Assistance, Funds Appro-
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priated to the President, Peacekeeping Operations’, 
$223,250,000, of which not less than $50,000,000 should 
be provided for peacekeeping operations in Sudan: Pro-
vided, That the number in the third proviso under the 
heading ‘Military Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the 
President, Foreign Military Financing Program’ in the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–102) 
shall be deemed to be $610,000,000 for the purpose of 
applying funds appropriated under such heading by this 
division. 
‘‘SEC. 20402. Notwithstanding section 101, the level 
for ‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated 
to the President, Other Bilateral Economic Assistance, 
Economic Support Fund’ shall be $2,455,010,000: Pro-
vided, That the number in the first proviso under the 
heading ‘Other Bilateral Economic Assistance, Economic 
Support Fund’ in the Foreign Operations, Export Financ-
ing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 
(Public 
Law 
109–102) 
shall 
be 
deemed 
to 
be 
$120,000,000 for the purpose of applying funds appro-
priated under such heading by this division: Provided fur-
ther, That the number in the second proviso under the 
heading ‘Other Bilateral Economic Assistance, Economic 
Support Fund’ in the Foreign Operations, Export Financ-
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