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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, federally 
recognized Indian tribes, and others, $822,300,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $10,698,000 shall 
be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 
Basin Fund and $6,136,000 shall be available for transfer 
to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 
of which such amounts as may be necessary may be ad-
vanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund; of which not 
more than $500,000 is for high priority projects which 
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as 
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Provided, That such trans-
fers may be increased or decreased within the overall ap-
propriation under this heading: Provided further, That of 
the total appropriated, the amount for program activities 
that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bu-
reau of Reclamation special fee account established by 16 
U.S.C. 460l–6a(i) shall be derived from that Fund or ac-
count: 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 ad-
vanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this ac-
count and are available until expended for the same pur-
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poses as the sums appropriated under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That except as provided in section 201, the 
amounts made available under this paragraph shall be ex-
pended as authorized by law for the programs, projects, 
and activities specified in the text and table under this 
heading in the report of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives to accompany this Act. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi-
tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 
the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $53,068,000, 
to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the 
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sec-
tions 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 
102–575, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and 
collect the full amount of the additional mitigation and 
restoration payments authorized by section 3407(d) of 
Public Law 102–575: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be used for 
the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream purposes 
if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes 
by a court adopted decree or order. 
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CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 
consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior, $35,928,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 
carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 
accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 
out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 
costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur-
ther, That the use of any funds provided to the California 
Bay-Delta Authority for program-wide management and 
oversight activities shall be subject to the approval of the 
Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That CALFED 
implementation shall be carried out in a balanced manner 
with clear performance measures demonstrating concur-
rent progress in achieving the goals and objectives of the 
Program. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and 
related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the 
Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau 
of Reclamation, to remain available until expended, 
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$60,000,000, 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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger 
motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by this Act; 
(4) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act; 
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(5) transfers funds in excess of the following 
limits— 
(A) 15 percent for any program, project, 
or activity for which $2,000,000 or more is 
available at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 
(B) $300,000 for any program, project, or 
activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 
(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 
the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili-
tation category or the Resources Management and 
Development category to any program, project, or 
activity in the other category; or 
(7) transfers, when necessary to discharge legal 
obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 
$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 
contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 
to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de-
ficiency judgments. 
(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 
of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 
Rehabilitation category. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 
means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 
project, or activity. 
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(d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 
on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, 
activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly re-
port shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 202. (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’’, 
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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. 203. Of the funds deposited in the San Joaquin 
River Restoration Fund in accordance with subparagraphs 
(A), (B), and (C) of section 10009(c)(1) of Public Law 
111–11, all unobligated balances remaining from prior fis-
cal years are hereby permanently rescinded. 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 
efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$1,304,636,000 (reduced by $6,000,000) (reduced by 
$200,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That for the purposes of allocating weatherization assist-
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ance funds appropriated by this Act to States and tribes, 
the Secretary of Energy may waive the allocation formula 
established pursuant to section 414(a) of the Energy Con-
servation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6864(a)). 
ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec-
tricity delivery and energy reliability activities in carrying 
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisi-
tion or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-
sion, $139,496,000, to remain available until expended. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 
energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-
tion, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not 
more 
than 
buses, 
all 
for 
replacement 
only, 
$733,633,000, to remain available until expended. 
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FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 
research and development activities, under the authority 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public 
Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, includ-
ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property 
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan-
sion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga-
tions and research concerning the extraction, processing, 
use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection-
able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, 
and 1603), $476,993,000 (reduced by $2,200,000) (in-
creased by $2,200,000), to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That for all programs funded under 
Fossil Energy appropriations in this Act or any other Act, 
the Secretary may vest fee title or other property interests 
acquired under projects in any entity, including the United 
States. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities, $14,909,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining 
from prior years shall be available for all naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities. 
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STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve facility development and operations and program 
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 
et seq.), $192,704,000, to remain available until expended. 
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT 
Notwithstanding sections 161 and 167 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241 and 6247), 
the Secretary of Energy shall sell $500,000,000 in petro-
leum products from the Reserve not later than March 1, 
2012, and shall deposit any proceeds from such sales in 
the General Fund of the Treasury: Provided, That during 
fiscal year 2012 and hereafter, the quantity of petroleum 
products sold from the Reserve under the authority of this 
Act may only be replaced using the authority provided in 
paragraph (a)(1) or (3) of section 160 of the Energy Pol-
icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6240(a)(1) or (3)): 
Provided further, That unobligated balances in this ac-
count shall be available to cover the costs of any sale under 
this Act. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Northeast Home Heating 
Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management activities 
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pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, 
$10,119,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts net of the purchase of 1 million bar-
rels of petroleum distillates in fiscal year 2011; costs re-
lated to transportation, delivery, and storage; and sales 
of petroleum distillate from the Reserve under section 182 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6250a) are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 181 of the Energy Pol-
icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6250), for fiscal year 
2012 and hereafter, the Reserve shall contain no more 
than 1 million barrels of petroleum distillate. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 
of the Energy Information Administration, $105,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de-
fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
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$213,121,000 (increased by $41,000,000), to remain 
available until expended. 
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING FUND 
For necessary expenses in carrying out uranium en-
richment facility decontamination and decommissioning, 
remedial actions, and other activities of title II of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, subtitle A, of 
the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $449,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
Decommissioning Fund, and not more than $150,000,000, 
to be derived from the barter, transfer, or sale of uranium 
authorized under section 3112 of the USEC Privatization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10) or section 314 of the Energy 
and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public 
Law 109–103), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That proceeds from such barter, transfer, or sale 
of uranium in excess of such amount shall not be available 
until appropriated. 
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-
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cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 49 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one 
ambulance and one bus, $4,800,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 
purposes of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (Public 
Law 97–425), $25,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, and to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 
authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES 
Act (42 U.S.C. 16538), $100,000,000 (increased by 
$79,640,000), to remain available until expended. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, for the cost of loan guarantees for renewable 
energy or efficient end-use energy technologies under sec-
tion 1703 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 
$160,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the amounts provided in this section are in 
addition to those provided in any other Act: Provided fur-
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ther, That, notwithstanding section 1703(a)(2) of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005, funds appropriated for the cost 
of loan guarantees are also available for projects for which 
an application has been submitted to the Department of 
Energy prior to February 24, 2011, in whole or in part, 
for a loan guarantee under 1705 of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005: Provided further, That an additional amount for 
necessary administrative expenses to carry out this Loan 
Guarantee program, $38,000,000 is appropriated, to re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That 
$38,000,000 of the fees collected pursuant to section 
1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited 
as offsetting collections to this account to cover adminis-
trative expenses and shall remain available until expended, 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2012 appropriations 
from the general fund estimated at not more than $0: Pro-
vided further, That fees collected under section 1702(h) 
in excess of the amount appropriated for administrative 
expenses shall not be available until appropriated: Pro-
vided further, That for amounts collected pursuant to sec-
tion 1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the 
source of such payment received from borrowers is not a 
loan or other debt obligation that is guaranteed by the 
Federal Government: Provided further, That none of the 
loan guarantee authority made available in this paragraph 
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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 to 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 previous proviso 
shall not be interpreted as precluding the use of the loan 
guarantee authority in this paragraph for commitments 
to guarantee loans for projects as a result of such projects 
benefitting from: (1) otherwise allowable Federal income 
tax benefits; (2) being located on Federal land pursuant 
to a lease or right-of-way agreement for which all consider-
ation for all uses is: (A) paid exclusively in cash; (B) de-
posited in the Treasury as offsetting receipts; and (C) 
equal to the fair market value as determined by the head 
of the relevant Federal agency; (3) Federal insurance pro-
grams, 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) for electric generation 
projects, use of transmission facilities owned or operated 
by a Federal Power Marketing Administration or the Ten-
nessee Valley Authority that have been authorized, ap-
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proved, and financed independent of the project receiving 
the guarantee: Provided further, That none of the loan 
guarantee authority made available in this paragraph shall 
be available for any project unless the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget has certified in advance 
in writing that the loan guarantee and the project comply 
with the provisions under this paragraph. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For administrative expenses in carrying out the Ad-
vanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Pro-
gram, $6,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of En-
ergy necessary for departmental administration in car-
rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $30,000, $221,514,000 
(reduced by $2,500,000) (reduced by $35,000,000) (re-
duced by $21,000,000) (reduced by $79,640,000) (re-
duced by $10,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended, plus such additional amounts as necessary to 
cover increases in the estimated amount of cost of work 
for others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Defi-
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ciency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such 
increases in cost of work are offset by revenue increases 
of the same or greater amount, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That moneys received by the 
Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated to total 
$111,883,000 in fiscal year 2012 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 2012, and any related ap-
propriated receipt account balances remaining from prior 
years’ miscellaneous revenues, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2012 appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $109,631,000. 
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, $41,774,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION 
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
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, 
the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance and one air-
craft; $7,131,993,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amount not more than 
$139,281,000 may be made available for the B–61 Life 
Extension Program until the Administrator for Nuclear 
Security submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate the outcome 
of its Phase 6.2a design definition and cost study: Pro-
vided further, That of the unobligated balances available 
under this heading, $40,332,000 are hereby rescinded: 
Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
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emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Reso-
lution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
and the purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor 
vehicle for replacement only, $2,086,770,000 (increased 
by $35,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the unobligated balances available under 
this heading, $30,000,000 are hereby rescinded; Provided 
further, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 
Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
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NAVAL REACTORS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ-
ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc-
tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 
equipment, 
facilities, 
and 
facility 
expansion, 
$1,030,600,000, 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, $420,000,000 (reduced by 
$20,000,000), to remain available until expended. 
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-
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sion, and the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance 
and one fire truck for replacement only, $4,937,619,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
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, and the purchase of not to exceed 
10 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 
$814,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 Kootenai River Native Fish Con-
servation Aquaculture Program, Lolo Creek Permanent 
Weir Facility, and Improving Anadromous Fish produc-
tion on the Warm Springs Reservation, and, in addition, 
for official reception and representation expenses in an 
amount not to exceed $3,000. During fiscal year 2012, 
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no new direct loan obligations may be made from such 
Fund. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric 
power and energy, including transmission wheeling and 
ancillary services pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the south-
eastern power area, $8,428,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 
and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to 
$8,428,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Adminis-
tration from the sale of power and related services shall 
be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting col-
lections, to remain available until expended for the sole 
purpose of funding the annual expenses of the South-
eastern 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 2012 appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $0: Provided further, That not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $100,162,000 col-
lected by the Southeastern Power Administration pursu-
ant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase 
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power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this ac-
count as offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power 
and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of this appropriation, annual expenses means ex-
penditures that are generally recovered in the same year 
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
wheeling expenses). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN 
POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric 
power and energy, for construction and acquisition of 
transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, 
and for administrative expenses, including official recep-
tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex-
ceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the South-
western Power Administration, $45,010,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $33,118,000 collected 
by the Southwestern Power Administration from the sale 
of power and related services shall be credited to this ac-
count as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 
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available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power Adminis-
tration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2012 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$11,892,000: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $40,000,000 collected by the South-
western Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling 
expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting col-
lections, to remain available until expended for the sole 
purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expendi-
tures: Provided further, That for purposes of this appro-
priation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 
generally recovered in the same year that they are in-
curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
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-
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penses in an amount not to exceed $1,500; $285,900,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $278,856,000 
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 
$189,932,000 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 2012 appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $95,968,000, of which 
$88,924,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount herein appropriated, not 
more than $3,375,000 is for deposit into the Utah Rec-
lamation Mitigation and Conservation Account pursuant 
to title IV of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $306,541,000 collected 
by the Western Area Power Administration pursuant to 
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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: Provided further, That for purposes of this appro-
priation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 
generally recovered in the same year that they are in-
curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE 
FUND 
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 
the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 
Dams, $4,169,000, 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) as amended: Provided, That not-
withstanding the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 
3302, up to $3,949,000 collected by the Western Area 
Power Administration from the sale of power and related 
services from the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be cred-
ited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, 
to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 
of funding the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facili-
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ties of these Dams and associated Western Area Power 
Administration activities: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced 
as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2012 appropriation estimated 
at not more than $220,000: Provided further, That for 
purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means ex-
penditures that are generally recovered in the same year 
that they are incurred. 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and official reception 
and representation expenses not to exceed $3,000, 
$304,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $304,600,000 of revenues from fees and an-
nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 
year 2012 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 revenues 
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are received during fiscal year 2012 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2012 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 in this title for the Department of Energy 
shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 
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) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the De-
partment of Energy may not, with respect to any program, 
project, or activity that uses budget authority made avail-
able in this title under the heading ‘‘Department of En-
ergy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a contract, award a 
grant, or enter into a cooperative agreement that obligates 
the Government in excess of the budget authority available 
under such heading for such purpose, or that is properly 
chargeable to budget authority of a future fiscal year be-
fore such budget authority is available, regardless of 
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whether the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement in-
cludes a clause conditioning the Government’s obligation 
on the availability of such budget authority. 
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to 
major capital projects. 
(c) Except as provided in this section, the amounts 
made available by this Act for the Department of Energy 
shall be expended as authorized by law for the projects 
and activities specified in the text and the ‘‘Bill’’ column 
in 
the 
‘‘Comparative 
Statement 
of 
New 
Budget 
(Obligational) Authority for 2011 and Budget Requests 
and Amounts Recommended in the Bill for 2012’’ included 
under the heading ‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in 
the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives to accompany this Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; 
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(4) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act; 
(5) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; or 
(6) reduces funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less. 
(e) The Secretary of Energy and the Administrator 
for Nuclear Security may jointly waive the restrictions 
under subsection (a) and subsection (d) on a case-by-case 
basis by certifying to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that it 
is in the national security interest to do so. 
SEC. 302. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used— 
(1) to augment the funds made available for ob-
ligation by this Act for severance payments and 
other benefits and community assistance grants 
under section 4604 of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act (50 U.S.C. 2704) unless the Department of En-
ergy submits a reprogramming request to the appro-
priate congressional committees; 
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(2) to provide enhanced severance payments or 
other benefits for employees of the Department of 
Energy under section 4604; or 
(3) develop or implement a workforce restruc-
turing plan that covers employees of the Department 
of Energy. 
SEC. 303. The unexpended balances of prior appro-
priations provided for activities in this Act may be avail-
able to the same appropriation accounts for such activities 
established pursuant to this title. Available balances 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. 304. 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. 305. When the Department of Energy makes 
a user facility available to universities or other potential 
users, or seeks input from universities or other potential 
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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. 306. 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 2012 until the enactment of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 
SEC. 307. (a) In any fiscal year in which the Sec-
retary of Energy determines that additional funds are 
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