in advance in an annual budget submission and approved 
by the Congress in an appropriations Act. 
(b) The budget request or notification shall include— 
(1) the justification for the new reserve; 
(2) a cost estimate for the establishment, oper-
ation, and maintenance of the reserve, including 
funding sources; 
(3) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, 
including the conditions upon which the products 
may be released; 
(4) the location of the reserve; and 
(5) the estimate of the total inventory of the re-
serve. 
SEC. 308. (a) Any unobligated balances available 
from amounts appropriated in prior fiscal years for the 
following accounts that were apportioned in Category C 
(as defined in section 120 of Office of Management and 
Budget Circular No A–11), are hereby rescinded in the 
specified amounts: 
(1)‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National Nu-
clear 
Security 
Administration—Weapons 
Activities’’, 
$64,126,393. 
(2) ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National 
Nuclear Security Administration—Defense Nuclear Non-
proliferation’’, $19,127,803. 
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(3) ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National 
Nuclear 
Security 
Administration—Naval 
Reactors’’, 
$307,262. 
(b) No amounts may be rescinded under subsection 
(a) from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 309. Not to exceed $2,000,000, in aggregate, 
of the amounts made available by this title may be made 
available for project engineering and design of the Consoli-
dated Emergency Operations Center. 
TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au-
thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
1965, notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 14704, and for expenses 
necessary for the Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate 
on the Appalachian Regional Commission, for payment of 
the Federal share of the administrative expenses of the 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $146,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Fa-
cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 
by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 
Law 100–456, section 1441, $31,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018. 
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Au-
thority and to carry out its activities, as authorized by 
the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwith-
standing sections 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 382N 
of said Act, $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission 
including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of 
plant and capital equipment as necessary and other ex-
penses, $11,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 
306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 
That funds shall be available for construction projects in 
an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total project cost 
for distressed communities, as defined by section 307 of 
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the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (division C, title III, 
Public Law 105–277), as amended by section 701 of ap-
pendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 
1501A–280), and an amount not to exceed 50 percent for 
non-distressed communities. 
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, 
notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United 
States Code. 
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent 
Regional Commission in carrying out activities authorized 
by subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Commission in car-
rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 
of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
$936,121,000, including official representation expenses 
not to exceed $25,000, to remain available until expended, 
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of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the Nuclear 
Waste Fund: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
herein, not more than $7,500,000 may be made available 
for salaries, travel, and other support costs for the Office 
of the Commission, to remain available until September 
30, 2018, of which, notwithstanding section 201(a)(2)(c) 
of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5841(a)(2)(c)), the use and expenditure shall only be ap-
proved by a majority vote of the Commission: Provided 
further, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection serv-
ices, and other services and collections estimated at 
$786,853,000 in fiscal year 2017 shall be retained and 
used for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That of the amounts 
appropriated under this heading, not less than $5,000,000 
shall be for activities related to the development of regu-
latory infrastructure for advanced nuclear technologies, 
and $18,000,000 shall be for international activities, ex-
cept that the amounts provided under this proviso shall 
not be derived from fee revenues, notwithstanding 42 
U.S.C. 2214: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues re-
ceived during fiscal year 2017 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2017 appropriation estimated at not more than 
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$149,268,000: Provided further, That of the amounts ap-
propriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for 
university research and development in areas relevant to 
the Commission’s mission, and $5,000,000 shall be for a 
Nuclear Science and Engineering Grant Program that will 
support multiyear projects that do not align with pro-
grammatic missions but are critical to maintaining the 
discipline of nuclear science and engineering. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $12,129,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided, That revenues from 
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
collections estimated at $10,044,000 in fiscal year 2017 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
2018, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 
notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur-
ing fiscal year 2017 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2017 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$2,085,000: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading, $969,000 shall be for Inspec-
tor General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
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Safety Board, which shall not be available from fee reve-
nues. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 
203, section 5051, $3,600,000, to be derived from the Nu-
clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
2018. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 
comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of 
its Internal Commission Procedures when responding to 
Congressional requests for information. 
SEC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this 
title for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be re-
programmed for any program, project, or activity, and the 
Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 
to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 
cause any program funding level to increase or decrease 
by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
during the time period covered by this Act. 
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(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may 
waive the notification requirement in subsection (a) if 
compliance with such requirement would pose a substan-
tial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or na-
tional security. 
(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as prac-
ticable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the 
activity to which a requirement or restriction would other-
wise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation 
of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 
such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the 
Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 
to programs, projects, or activities. 
(c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and 
(d), the amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 
expended as directed in the report of the Committee on 
Appropriations accompanying this Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure through a reprogramming of funds that in-
creases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 
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activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 
Act. 
(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress, which includes the following for each program, 
project, or activity, including any prior year appropria-
tions— 
(1) total budget authority; 
(2) total unobligated balances; and 
(3) total unliquidated obligations. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in 
title III of this Act may be transferred to any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-
ment, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 
authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations 
Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in 
the report of the Committee on Appropriations accom-
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panying this Act, or any authority whereby a department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-
ment may provide goods or services to another depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality. 
(b) None of the funds made available for any depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government may be transferred to accounts funded in title 
III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 
transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appro-
priations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority ref-
erenced in the report of the Committee on Appropriations 
accompanying this Act, or any authority whereby a de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government may provide goods or services to another de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality. 
(c) The head of any relevant department or agency 
funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the 
transfer authorities, except for any authority whereby a 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government may provide goods or services to an-
other department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the 
previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report 
shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes 
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for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or 
modify existing notification requirements for each author-
ity. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 
12898 of February 11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address 
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low- 
Income Populations). 
SEC. 504. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to conduct closure of adjudicatory func-
tions, technical review, or support activities associated 
with Yucca Mountain geologic repository license applica-
tion, or for actions that irrevocably remove the possibility 
that Yucca Mountain may be a repository option in the 
future. 
SEC. 506. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to further implementation of the coastal 
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and marine spatial planning and ecosystem-based manage-
ment components of the National Ocean Policy developed 
under Executive Order No. 13547 of July 19, 2010. 
SEC. 507. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the removal of any federally owned 
or operated dam. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 508. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2017’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 411 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5055 
[Report No. 114–532] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for energy and water devel-
opment and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2017, and for other pur-
poses. 
APRIL 26, 2016 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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