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come available from fees collected under section 217 of 
Public Law 104–303 shall be used to cover the cost of 
operation and maintenance of the dredged material dis-
posal facilities for which such fees have been collected; and 
of which $62,000,000, to be derived from the general fund 
of the Treasury, shall be to carry out subsection (c) of 
section 2106 of the Water Resources Reform and Develop-
ment Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2238c) and shall be des-
ignated as being for such purpose pursuant to paragraph 
(2) of section 14003 of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, 
Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136): 
Provided, That funding derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund for donor and energy ports shall be al-
located solely in accordance with section 2106 of the 
Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014: 
Provided further, That 1 percent of the total amount of 
funds provided for each of the programs, projects, or ac-
tivities funded under this heading shall not be allocated 
to a field operating activity prior to the beginning of the 
fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be available for 
use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such emergency ac-
tivities as the Chief of Engineers determines to be nec-
essary and appropriate, and that the Chief of Engineers 
shall allocate during the fourth quarter any remaining 
funds which have not been used for emergency activities 
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proportionally in accordance with the amounts provided 
for the programs, projects, or activities: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, 
once the plan has been submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$221,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027. 
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, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri-
cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 
such disasters as authorized by law, $40,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen-
eral administration of the civil works program in the head-
quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 
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Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op-
eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ-
ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 
Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 
the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen-
ter allocable to the civil works program, $220,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027, of which not 
to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and 
representation purposes and only during the current fiscal 
year: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation 
provided in this title shall be available to fund the civil 
works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers 
or the civil works executive direction and management ac-
tivities of the division offices: Provided further, That any 
Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation 
may be used to fund the supervision and general adminis-
tration of emergency operations, repairs, and other activi-
ties in response to any flood, hurricane, or other natural 
disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 
FOR CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 7016(b)(3), 
$7,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: 
Provided, That not more than 75 percent of such amount 
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may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Sec-
retary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress the report required under section 
101(d) of this Act and a work plan that allocates at least 
95 percent of the additional funding provided under each 
heading in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), to specific programs, projects, or activities. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar-
anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $2,200,000, to re-
main available until expended, for safety projects to main-
tain, upgrade, and repair dams identified in the National 
Inventory of Dams with a primary owner type of State, 
local government, public utility, or private: Provided, That 
any activity that results in a decrease in the hazard or 
a decrease in the potential consequences of poor perform-
ance of a dam structure listed on the National Inventory 
of Dams with a primary owner type of State, local govern-
ment, public utility, or private shall be considered a safety 
project eligible for funds provided under this heading for 
that purpose by this or any prior Act: Provided further, 
That any safety project for a dam identified in the Na-
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tional Inventory of Dams with a primary owner type of 
State, local government, public utility, or private shall be 
eligible under section 5026(1)(A) of the Water Resources 
Reform and Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
121) (33 U.S.C. 3905(1)(A)) for funds provided under 
this heading for that purpose by this or any prior Act: 
Provided further, That no project may be funded with 
amounts provided under this heading in this or any prior 
Act for a dam that is identified as jointly owned in the 
National Inventory of Dams and where one of those joint 
owners is the Federal Government: Provided further, That 
not later than 90 days following the end of any submittal 
period occurring before or after the date of enactment of 
this Act of a solicitation of preliminary applications from 
prospective borrowers seeking credit assistance of funds 
made available under this heading by this or any prior 
Act, the Secretary shall provide to each applicant a written 
notice to inform the applicant whether the applicant will 
be invited to apply for credit assistance: Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act shall also be available for projects to construct, main-
tain, upgrade, and repair levees and ancillary features 
with a primary owner type of State, municipal, county, 
private, or other non-Federal entity: Provided further, 
That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
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of this Act, the Secretary shall begin a rulemaking process 
to establish the process to provide financial assistance for 
projects to construct, maintain, upgrade, and repair levees 
and ancillary features with a primary owner type of State, 
municipal, county, private, or other non-Federal entity: 
Provided further, That no project may be funded with 
amounts provided under this heading for a levee unless 
the Secretary has certified in advance, in writing, that the 
levee is not owned, in whole or in part, by the Federal 
Government: Provided further, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, 
including capitalized interest, and total loan principal, in-
cluding capitalized interest, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $500,000,000: Provided further, 
That the use of direct loans or loan guarantee authority 
under this heading for direct loans or commitments to 
guarantee loans for any project, including any project that 
is made eligible for funds pursuant to the second proviso 
under this heading, shall be in accordance with the criteria 
published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2020 (85 
FR 39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso under the head-
ing ‘‘Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Pro-
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gram Account’’ in division D of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided 
further, That none of the direct loans or loan guarantee 
authority made available under this heading shall be avail-
able for any project unless the Secretary and the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget have certified 
in advance in writing that the direct loan or loan guar-
antee, as applicable, and the project comply with the cri-
teria referenced in the previous proviso: Provided further, 
That any references to the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) or the Administrator in the criteria ref-
erenced in the previous two provisos shall be deemed to 
be references to the Army Corps of Engineers or the Sec-
retary of the Army, respectively, for purposes of the direct 
loans or loan guarantee authority made available under 
this heading: Provided further, That for the purposes of 
carrying out the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office may request, 
and the Secretary shall promptly provide, documentation 
and information relating to a project identified in a Letter 
of Interest submitted to the Secretary pursuant to a No-
tice of Funding Availability for applications for credit as-
sistance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
novation Act Program, including with respect to a project 
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that was initiated or completed before the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 
to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 
in this account, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 
section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
novation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 
of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 
to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2026, 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 or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
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denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior ap-
proval is received from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 
is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress; 
(5) augments or reduces existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con-
tained in paragraphs (6) through (10), unless prior 
approval is received from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress; 
(6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 
$100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 
amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 
or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 
less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 
$25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 
be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activ-
ity that did not receive an appropriation for existing 
obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 
(7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 
$2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 
base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, 
study or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a 
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base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 
limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to 
$3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled con-
tractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate de-
ficiency judgments: Provided further, That up to 
$300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 
study or activity that did not receive an appropria-
tion for existing obligations and concomitant admin-
istrative expenses; 
(8) OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE.—Unlim-
ited reprogramming authority is granted for the 
Corps to be able to respond to emergencies: Pro-
vided, That the Chief of Engineers shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of these emergency actions as soon there-
after as practicable: Provided further, That for a 
base level over $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 
percent of the base amount up to a limit of 
$5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed: 
Provided further, That for a base level less than 
$1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $150,000: 
Provided further, That $150,000 may be repro-
grammed into any continuing study or activity that 
did not receive an appropriation; 
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(9) MISSISSIPPI
RIVER
AND
TRIBUTARIES.— 
The reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs (6), 
(7), and (8) shall apply to the Investigations, Con-
struction, and Operation and Maintenance portions 
of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, re-
spectively; and 
(10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC-
TION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 per-
cent of the base of the receiving project is permitted. 
(b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case 
should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
(c) CONTINUING
AUTHORITIES
PROGRAM.—Sub-
section (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity 
funded under the continuing authorities program. 
(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress to establish the baseline for application of re-
programming and transfer authorities for the current fis-
cal year which shall include: 
(1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
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due to enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fis-
cal year enacted level; 
(2) A delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project 
and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 
the respective appropriations; and 
(3) An identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall allocate funds made 
available in this Act solely in accordance with the provi-
sions of this Act and in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act), including the determination and 
designation of new starts. 
SEC. 103. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this title may be used to award or modify any contract 
that commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for 
that program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, 
except that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to projects with 
awarded integrated design and construction contracts 
(IDaC) as of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, 
That the Corps shall modify the existing IDaC contracts 
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for such projects to incorporate the authority provided in 
33 U.S.C. 621 and DFARS 252.232–7007 pursuant to 
DFARS 232.703–1(1)(ii)(B) within 60 days of the date 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Corps 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress upon execution of such modifications 
for each project and upon commencement of work ad-
dressed in such modification: Provided further, That the 
Corps shall fully obligate any funds previously designated 
in Public Law 117–58 or prior appropriations bill as part 
of the modification, and as required supervision and ad-
ministration associated with that modification: Provided 
further, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section 
shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 
103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 
to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service may accept and expend, up to $8,733,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 
of Engineers projects. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally ac-
ceptable manner for the disposal or management of 
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dredged material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries 
thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality 
certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That 
until an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial is approved under a State water quality certification, 
the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland placement 
of such dredged material consistent with the requirements 
of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 
SEC. 106. Additional funding provided in this Act 
shall be allocated only to projects determined to be eligible 
by the Chief of Engineers. 
SEC. 107. Subject to consultation with the non-Fed-
eral sponsor and retaining sufficient amounts for the 
Corps of Engineers to carry out any of its responsibilities 
relating to the project and using appropriations made 
available to the project prior to the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Army shall make advance payments 
to the non-Federal sponsors for their use in completing 
construction of any project for flood risk management 
identified in implementation guidance for the Civil Works 
Public-Private Partnership Pilot Program issued by the 
Director of Civil Works on January 8, 2019 and that is 
under construction on the date of enactment of this Act 
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and for which a prior executed Project Partnership Agree-
ment, as amended, specifically identifies Federal Work, 
Non-Federal Work, and a Federal Participation Amount 
in excess of $700,000,000: Provided, That amounts de-
scribed in the matter preceding this proviso shall be cred-
ited by the Secretary toward the Federal Participation 
Amount: Provided further, That prior to making any pay-
ments authorized in the matter preceding the first proviso, 
the Secretary and the non-Federal sponsors shall amend 
the Project Partnership Agreement executed for the 
project in order to implement any such payments and 
credits. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation 
study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Ken-
tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 
(60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 
SEC. 109. Section 225(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Water Re-
sources 
Development 
Act 
of 
1992 
(33 
U.S.C. 
2328(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘at recreation 
site at which the fee is collected’’ and inserting ‘‘at any 
recreation site or facility that is located at the civil works 
project at which the fee is collected’’. 
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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, $23,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $4,000,000 shall be de-
posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-
servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-
gation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $1,950,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2027, for expenses nec-
essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec-
retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2026, of the amount made available to the Commis-
sion under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may 
use an amount not to exceed $2,186,000 for administra-
tive expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to 
execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: 
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WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For management, development, and restoration of 
water and related natural resources and for related activi-
ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita-
tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 
fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-
cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 
agreements with, State and local governments, federally 
recognized Indian Tribes, and others, $1,465,630,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $23,899,000 
shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 
Basin Fund and $7,679,000 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: Provided, That 
such transfers may be increased or decreased within the 
overall appropriation under this heading: Provided further, 
That of the total appropriated, the amount for program 
activities that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund, 
the Water Storage Enhancement Receipts account estab-
lished by section 4011(e) of Public Law 114–322, or the 
Bureau of Reclamation special fee account established by 
16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund or ac-
count: Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 
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U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the purposes 
for which the funds were contributed: Provided further, 
That funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be cred-
ited to this account and are available until expended for 
the same purposes as the sums appropriated under this 
heading: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $3,237,000 shall be depos-
ited in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund estab-
lished by section 110 of title I of division B of appendix 
D of Public Law 106–554: Provided further, That in ac-
cordance with section 4007 of Public Law 114–322 and 
as recommended by the Secretary in a letter dated Janu-
ary 2, 2026, funding provided for such purpose in fiscal 
year 2025 shall be made available to the Sites Reservoir 
Project and the B.F. Sisk Dam Raise and Reservoir Ex-
pansion Project: Provided further, That in accordance with 
section 4009(a) of Public Law 114–322 and as rec-
ommended by the Secretary in a letter dated January 2, 
2026, funding provided for such purpose in fiscal year 
2025 and prior fiscal years shall be made available to the 
Kay Bailey Hutchison Expansion—Concentrate Pipeline 
Partial Replacement Project and the McAllen Brackish 
Groundwater Treatment Facility. 
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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, such sums 
as may be collected in fiscal year 2026 in the Central Val-
ley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 
3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu-
reau 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 acquisi-
tion or leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water 
is already committed to in-stream purposes by a court 
adopted decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 
consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior, $32,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 
carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 
accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 
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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 CALFED implementation shall be carried out 
in a balanced manner with clear performance measures 
demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals 
and objectives of the Program. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for policy, administration, 
and related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, 
the Denver office, and offices in the six regions of the Bu-
reau of Reclamation, to remain available until September 
30, 2027, $64,000,000, to be derived from the Reclama-
tion Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 
U.S.C. 377, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used 
for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided, 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 and replacement of not to exceed 
30 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 
of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 
by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water 
and Related Resources that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 
funds that— 
(1) initiates or creates 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, unless prior approval is received 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress; 
(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 
activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 
unless prior approval is received from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following 
limits, unless prior approval is received from the 
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Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress: 
(A) 15 percent for any program, project or 
activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 
(B) $400,000 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, unless prior approval 
is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress; or 
(7) transfers, where 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, unless prior approval is received 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
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(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 
of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 
Rehabilitation category. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 
means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 
project, or activity. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the 
amounts made available in this title under the heading 
‘‘Bureau of Reclamation—Water and Related Resources’’ 
shall be expended for the programs, projects, and activities 
specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ columns in the ‘‘Water and 
Related Resources’’ table included under the heading 
‘‘Title II—Department of the Interior’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
(e) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 
on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro-
grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat-
egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub-
mitted 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 
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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— 
Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alter-
native Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled 
‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-
gram and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Feb-
ruary 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 
service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall 
be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of 
such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation 
law. 
SEC. 203. Section 9504(e) of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is 
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amended by striking ‘‘$920,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,000,000,000’’. 
SEC. 204. (a) Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the 
Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as 
amended, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2026’’ for 
‘‘2022’’ each place it appears. 
(b) Section 103(f)(4)(A) of Public Law 108–361 (the 
Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681) is 
amended by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$32,600,000’’. 
SEC. 205. Section 9106(g)(2) of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11) shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘2026’’ for ‘‘2022’’. 
SEC. 206. Section 301 of the Reclamation States 
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$130,000,000’’ for 
‘‘$120,000,000’’. 
SEC. 207. Section 9503(f) of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10363(f)) shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘2026’’ for ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 208. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year 
thereafter, notwithstanding the Act of May 9, 1938, (43 
U.S.C. 392a), all monies received by the United States 
in connection with the repayment or reimbursement of 
costs for all projects, including power, financed in whole 
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or in part with money from the Aging Infrastructure Ac-
count created pursuant to section 9603(d) of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 
510b(d)) shall be repaid and deposited to that account. 
SEC. 209. (a) Section 10609(a)(1) of the North-
western New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act (subtitle 
B of title X of Public Law 111–11)— 
(1) is amended by striking ‘‘$870,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$1,815,000,000’’; and 
(2) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2026’’ for 
‘‘2024’’. 
(b) Section 10604(b)(3)(B) of the Northwestern New 
Mexico Rural Water Projects Act (subtitle B of title X 
of Public Law 111–11) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘MAXIMUM SHARE.—Notwithstanding subparagraph 
(A), the repayment obligation of the City shall not exceed 
$76,000,000’’. 
SEC. 210. Section 10 of Public Law 89–108, as 
amended (79 Stat. 433; 100 Stat. 424; 106 Stat. 4669; 
114 Stat. 2763A–291), is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by— 
(A) redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (D); and 
(B) inserting after subparagraph (B), the 
following: 
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‘‘(C) OTHER
AMOUNTS.—In addition to 
the amounts made available under subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), there is authorized to be 
appropriated 
to 
carry 
out 
section 
7(a) 
$50,000,000.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by inserting prior to the 
last sentence, the following: ‘‘Such indexing shall 
also be applied for the $50,000,000 amount under 
subsection (b)(1)(C) for costs incurred after the date 
of enactment.’’. 
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, 
$3,100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $224,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for program direction. 
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CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY SECURITY, AND EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 
sector cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency re-
sponse 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, $190,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$24,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2027, 
for program direction. 
ELECTRICITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec-
tricity 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, $235,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
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30, 2027, for program direction: Provided further, That 
for the purpose of section 954(a)(7) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005, as amended, the only amount available shall 
be from the amount specified as including that purpose 
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 sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act). 
FOSSIL ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out fossil energy research and development activi-
ties, under the authority of the Department of Energy Or-
ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the ac-
quisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable in-
terests in any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting in-
quiries, technological investigations and research con-
cerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of 
mineral substances without objectionable social and envi-
ronmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), 
$720,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount $70,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2027, for program direction. 
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ENERGY PROJECTS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out community project funding activities, under the 
authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $97,557,000, to remain available 
until expended, for projects, and in the amounts, specified 
for this account in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary to 
carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 
$13,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be 
available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve ac-
tivities. 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and op-
erations and program management activities pursuant to 
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 
et seq.), $206,325,000, to remain available until expended. 
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SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT 
For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of 
petroleum products, and for other necessary expenses pur-
suant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), sections 403 and 
404 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 
6241, 6239 note), section 32204 of the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241 note), and 
section 30204 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (42 
U.S.C. 6241 note), $100,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, 
and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), 
$7,150,000, to remain available until expended. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities of the Energy Information Admin-
istration, $135,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
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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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$5,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2026, 
no new direct loan obligations may be made. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and mainte-
nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 
electric power and energy, including transmission wheeling 
and ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 
southeastern power area, $9,285,000, including official re-
ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 
5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $9,285,000 col-
lected by the Southeastern Power Administration from the 
sale of power and related services shall be credited to this 
account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 
available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power 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 2026 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, up to $81,819,000 collected by the Southeastern 
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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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