Calendar No. 156
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1905
[Report No. 104–120]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for energy and water devel-
opment for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1996, and for other purposes.
JULY 19 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on
Appropriations
JULY 27 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995
Reported with amendments
Calendar No. 156
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1905
[Report No. 104–120]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 19 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995
Received, read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
JULY 27 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995
Reported by Mr. DOMENICI, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for energy and water development
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, for energy and
water development, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
The following appropriations shall be expended under
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers
and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related pur-
poses.
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS
For expenses necessary for the collection and study
of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood
control, shore protection, and related projects, restudy of
authorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, and,
when authorized by laws, surveys and detailed studies and
plans and specifications of projects prior to construction,
$129,906,000 $126,323,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which funds are provided for the following
projects in the amounts specified:
Norco Bluffs, California, $375,000;
Indianapolis
Central
Waterfront,
Indiana,
$2,000,000;
Ohio River Greenway, Indiana, $1,000,000; and
Mussers Dam, Middle Creek, Snyder County,
Pennsylvania, $300,000
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Norco Bluffs, California, $375,000;
Indianapolis 
Central 
Waterfront, 
Indiana,
$1,000,000;
Kentucky Lock and Dam, Kentucky, $2,500,000;
and
West Virginia Port Development, West Virginia,
$300,000.
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL
For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control,
shore protection, and related projects authorized by laws;
and detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of
projects (including those for development with participa-
tion or under consideration for participation by States,
local governments, or private groups) authorized or made
eligible for selection by law (but such studies shall not con-
stitute a commitment of the Government to construction),
$807,846,000 $778,456,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such sums as are necessary pursuant to
Public Law 99–662 shall be derived from the Inland Wa-
terways Trust Fund, for one-half of the costs of construc-
tion and rehabilitation of inland waterways projects, in-
cluding rehabilitation costs for the Lock and Dam 25,
Mississippi River, Illinois and Missouri, Lock and Dam
14, Mississippi River, Iowa, Lock and Dam 24, Mississippi
River, Illinois and Missouri, and GIWW-Brazos River
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Floodgates, Texas, projects, and of which funds are pro-
vided for the following projects in the amounts specified:
Red River Emergency Bank Protection, Arkan-
sas and Louisiana, $6,600,000;
Sacramento
River
Flood
Control
Project
(Glenn-Colusa
Irrigation
District),
California,
$300,000;
San
Timoteo
Creek
(Santa
Ana
River
Mainstem), California, $5,000,000;
Indiana
Shoreline
Erosion,
Indiana,
$1,500,000;
Harlan (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big
Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Ken-
tucky, $12,000,000;
Williamsburg (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big
Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Ken-
tucky, $4,100,000;
Middlesboro (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big
Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Ken-
tucky, $1,600,000;
Salyersville, Kentucky, $500,000;
Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (Hurricane
Protection), Louisiana, $11,848,000;
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Red River below Denison Dam Levee and Bank
Stabilization,
Louisiana,
Arkansas,
and
Texas,
$3,800,000;
Broad Top Region, Pennsylvania, $4,100,000;
Glen Foerd, Pennsylvania, $200,000; and
Wallisville Lake, Texas, $5,000,000
Homer Spit, Alaska, repair and extend project,
$3,800,000;
McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation Sys-
tem, Arkansas, $6,000,000: Provided, That $4,900,000
of such amount shall be used for activities relating to
Montgomery Point Lock and Dam, Arkansas;
Red River Emergency Bank Protection, Arkan-
sas and Louisiana, $6,600,000;
Sacramento River Flood Control Project (Glenn-
Colusa Irrigation District), California, $300,000;
Winfield, Kansas, $670,000;
Harlan (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy
River and Upper Cumberland River), Kentucky,
$12,000,000;
Williamsburg (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big
Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Ken-
tucky, $4,100,000;
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Middlesboro (Lesiva and Tug Forks of the Big
Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Ken-
tucky, $1,600,000;
Salyersville, Kentucky, $500,000;
Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (Hurricane
Protection), Louisiana, $11,838,000;
Ouachita River Levees, Louisiana, $2,300,000;
Red River below Denison Dam Levee and Bank
Stabilization, 
Louisiana, 
Arkansas, 
and 
Texas,
$2,000,000;
Roughans Point, Massachusetts, $710,000;
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, $1,000,000;
Broad Top Region, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;
Glen Foerd, Pennsylvania, $200,000;
Wallisville Lake, Texas, $5,000,000;
Hatfield Bottom (Levisa and Tug Forks of the
Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River),
West Virginia, $200,000; and
Upper Mingo (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big
Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River, West
Virginia, $2,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of
the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall
transfer $1,120,000 of the Construction, General funds
appropriated in this Act to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Secretary of the Interior shall accept and
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expend such funds for performing operation and
maintenance activities at the Columbia River Fishing
Access Sites to be constructed by the Department of
the Army at Cascade Locks, Oregon; Lone Pine, Or-
egon; Underwood, Washington; and the Bonneville
Treaty Fishing Access Site, Washington.
FLOOD
CONTROL,
MISSISSIPPI
RIVER
AND
TRIBU-
TARIES,
ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISI-
ANA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE
For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood
control, and rescue work, repair, restoration, or mainte-
nance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by
flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 702a, 702g–1),
$307,885,000, to remain available until expended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the preservation, oper-
ation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor,
flood control, and related works, including such sums as
may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels
provided by a State, municipality or other public agency,
outside of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of gen-
eral commerce and navigation; surveys and charting of
northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters;
clearing and straightening channels; and removal of ob-
structions to navigation, $1,712,123,000 $1,696,998,000,
to remain available until expended, of which such sums
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as become available in the Harbor Maintenance Trust
Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662, may be derived
from that fund, and of which such sums as become avail-
able from the special account established by the Land and
Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C.
460l), may be derived from that fund for construction, op-
eration, and maintenance of outdoor recreation facilities:
Provided, That not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available
for obligation for national emergency preparedness pro-
grams: Provided further, That $5,926,000 $3,426,000 of
the funds appropriated herein are provided for the
Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania, project: Provided further,
That the Secretary of the Army is directed during fiscal
year 1996 to maintain a minimum conservation pool level
of 475.5 at Wister Lake in Oklahoma.
REGULATORY PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for administration of laws
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands,
$101,000,000, to remain available until expended.
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES
For expenses necessary for emergency flood control,
hurricane, and shore protection activities, as authorized
by section 5 of the Flood Control Act approved August
18, 1941, as amended, $10,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
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OIL SPILL RESEARCH
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, pursuant to Title VII
of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $850,000, to be derived
from the Fund and to remain available until expended.
GENERAL EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for general administration
and related functions in the Office of the Chief of Engi-
neers and offices of the Division Engineers; activities of
the Coastal Engineering Research Board, the Humphreys
Engineer Center Support Activity, the Engineering Stra-
tegic Studies Center, and the Water Resources Support
Center, $150,000,000 $153,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $60,000,000
of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for
general administration and related functions in the Office
of the Chief of Engineers: Provided further, That no part
of any other appropriation provided in title I of this Act
shall be available to fund the activities of the Office of
the Chief of Engineers or the executive direction and man-
agement activities of the Division Offices: Provided fur-
ther, That with funds provided herein and notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Army shall
develop and submit to the Congress within 60 days of en-
actment of this Act, a plan which reduces the number of
division offices within the United States Army Corps of
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Engineers to no less than 6 and no more than 8, with
each division responsible for at least 4 district offices, but
does not close or change the function of any district office:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of the Army is directed to begin
implementing the division office plan on August 15, 1996,
and such plan shall be implemented prior to October 1,
1997.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations in this title shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed
$5,000); and during the current fiscal year the revolving
fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase
(not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles.
GENERAL PROVISION
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
SEC. 101. (a) In fiscal year 1996, the Secretary of
the Army shall advertise for competitive bid at least
7,500,000 cubic yards of the hopper dredge volume accom-
plished with government-owned dredges in fiscal year
1992.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the
Secretary is authorized to use the dredge fleet of the Corps
of Engineers to undertake projects when industry does not
perform as required by the contract specifications or when
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the bids are more than 25 percent in excess of what the
Secretary determines to be a fair and reasonable estimated
cost of a well equipped contractor doing the work or to
respond to emergency requirements.
(c) None of the funds appropriated herein or other-
wise made available to the Army Corps of Engineers, in-
cluding amounts contained in the Revolving Fund of the
Army Corps of Engineers, may be used to study, design
or undertake improvement or major repair of the Federal
vessel, MCFARLAND.
SEC. 101. (a) In fiscal year 1996, the Secretary of the
Army shall advertise for competitive bid at least 7,500,000
cubic yards of the hopper dredge volume accomplished with
government owned dredges in fiscal year 1992.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the
Secretary is authorized to use the dredge fleet of the Corps
of Engineers to undertake projects when industry does not
perform as required by the contract specifications or when
the bids are more than 25 percent in excess of what the
Secretary determines to be a fair and reasonable estimated
cost of a well equipped contractor doing the work or to re-
spond to emergency requirements.
(c) None of the funds appropriated herein or otherwise
made available to the Army Corps of Engineers, including
amounts contained in the Revolving Fund of the Army
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Corps of Engineers, may be used to study, design or under-
take improvements or major repair of the Federal vessel,
McFARLAND, except for normal maintenance and repair
necessary to maintain the vessel McFARLAND’s current
operational condition.
(d) If any of the four Corps of Engineers hopper
dredges is removed from normal service for repair or reha-
bilitation and such repair prevents the dredge from accom-
plishing its volume of work regularly carried out in each
of the past three years, the Corps of Engineers shall reduce
the 7,500,000 cubic yards of hopper dredge volume con-
tained in subsection (a) of this section by the proportional
amount of work which had been allocated to such dredge
over the past three fiscal years in calculating the reduction
in Corps dredging work required to implement subsection
(a).
SEC. 102. (a) SAND AND STONE CAP IN NAVIGATION
PROJECT
AT MANISTIQUE HARBOR, MICHIGAN.—The
project for navigation, Manistique Harbor, Schoolcraft
County, Michigan, authorized by the first section of the
Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the con-
struction, repair, and preservation of certain public works
on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes’’, approved
March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. 1136), is modified to permit in-
stallation of a sand and stone cap over sediments affected
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by polychlorinated biphenyls in accordance with an admin-
istrative order of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(b) PROJECT DEPTH.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the project described in subsection (a) is
modified to provide for an authorized depth of 18
feet.
(2) EXCEPTION.—The authorized depth shall be
12.5 feet in the areas where the sand and stone cap
described in subsection (a) will be placed within the
following
coordinates:
4220N–2800E
to
4220N–
3110E
to
3980N–3260E
to
3190N–3040E
to
2960N–2560E to 3150N–2300E to 3680N–2510E
to 3820N–2690E and back to 4220N–2800E.
(c) HARBOR OF REFUGE.—The project described in
subsection (a), including the breakwalls, pier, and author-
ized depth of the project (as modified by subsection (b)),
shall continue to be maintained as a harbor of refuge.
SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated herein or
otherwise available to the Army Corps of Engineers, may
be used to assist, guide, coordinate, administer; prepare for
occupancy of; or acquire furnishings for or in preparation
of a movement to the Southeast Federal Center.
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TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT
For the purpose of carrying out provisions of the
Central Utah Project Completion Act, Public Law 102–
575 (106 Stat. 4605), and for feasibility studies of alter-
natives to the Uintah and Upalco Units, $42,893,000, to
remain available until expended, of which $23,503,000
shall be deposited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation
and Conservation Account: Provided, That of the amounts
deposited into the Account, $5,000,000 shall be considered
the Federal Contribution authorized by paragraph
402(b)(2) of the Act and $18,503,000 shall be available
to the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation
Commission to carry out activities authorized under the
Act.
In addition, for necessary expenses incurred in carry-
ing out responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior
under the Act, $1,246,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Rec-
lamation as provided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act
of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory
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thereof or supplementary thereto) and other Acts applica-
ble to that Bureau as follows:
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS
For engineering and economic investigations of pro-
posed Federal reclamation projects and studies of water
conservation and development plans and activities prelimi-
nary to the reconstruction, rehabilitation and betterment,
financial adjustment, or extension of existing projects, to
remain available until expended, $13,114,000 $11,234,000:
Provided, That, of the total appropriated, the amount for
program activities which can be financed by the reclama-
tion fund shall be derived from that fund: Provided fur-
ther, That funds contributed by non-Federal entities for
purposes similar to this appropriation shall be available
for expenditure for the purposes for which contributed as
though specifically appropriated for said purposes, and
such amounts shall remain available until expended.
CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For construction and rehabilitation of projects and
parts thereof (including power transmission facilities for
Bureau of Reclamation use) and for other related activi-
ties as authorized by law, to remain available until ex-
pended, 
$417,301,000
$390,461,000, 
of 
which
$27,049,000 shall be available for transfer to the Upper
Colorado River Basin Fund authorized by section 5 of the
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Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620d), and $94,225,000
$92,725,000 shall be available for transfer to the Lower
Colorado River Basin Development Fund authorized by
section 403 of the Act of September 30, 1968 (43 U.S.C.
1543), and such amounts as may be necessary shall be
considered as though advanced to the Colorado River Dam
Fund for the Boulder Canyon Project as authorized by
the Act of December 21, 1928, as amended: Provided,
That of the total appropriated, the amount for program
activities which can be financed by the reclamation fund
shall be derived from that fund: Provided further, That
transfers to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and
Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund may be
increased or decreased by transfers within the overall ap-
propriation under this heading: Provided further, That
funds contributed by non-Federal entities for purposes
similar to this appropriation shall be available for expendi-
ture for the purposes for which contributed as though spe-
cifically appropriated for said purposes, and such funds
shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
That all costs of the safety of dams modification work at
Coolidge Dam, San Carlos Irrigation Project, Arizona,
performed under the authority of the Reclamation Safety
of Dams Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 506), as amended, are
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in addition to the amount authorized in section 5 of said
Act.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
For operation and maintenance of reclamation
projects or parts thereof and other facilities, as authorized
by law; and for a soil and moisture conservation program
on lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion, pursuant to law, to remain available until expended,
$278,759,000 $267,393,000: Provided, That of the total
appropriated, the amount for program activities which can
be financed by the reclamation fund shall be derived from
that fund, and the amount for program activities which
can be derived from the special fee account established
pursuant to the Act of December 22, 1987 (16 U.S.C.
460l–6a, as amended), may be derived from that fund:
Provided further, That funds advanced by water users for
operation and maintenance of reclamation projects or
parts thereof shall be deposited to the credit of this appro-
priation and may be expended for the same purpose and
in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be
expended, and such advances shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That revenues in the Upper
Colorado River Basin Fund shall be available for perform-
ing examination of existing structures on participating
projects of the Colorado River Storage Project.
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BUREAU OF RECLAMATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans and/or grants,
$11,243,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by the Small Reclamation Projects Act of August
6, 1956, as amended (43 U.S.C. 422a–422l): Provided,
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed
$37,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the program for direct loans and/or grants,
$425,000: Provided, That of the total sums appropriated,
the amount of program activities which can be financed
by the reclamation fund shall be derived from the fund.
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, and
habitat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provi-
sions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, to
remain available until expended, such sums as may be col-
lected in the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pur-
suant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), 3405(f) and
3406(c)(1) of Public Law 102–575: Provided, That the
Bureau of Reclamation is directed to levy additional miti-
gation and restoration payments totaling $30,000,000
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(October 1992 price levels) on a three-year rolling average
basis, as authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law
102–575.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of general administration and
related functions in the office of the Commissioner, the
Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau
of Reclamation, $48,150,000, of which $1,400,000 shall
remain available until expended, the total amount to be
derived 
from 
the 
reclamation 
fund 
and 
to 
be
nonreimbursable pursuant to the Act of April 19, 1945
(43 U.S.C. 377): Provided, That no part of any other ap-
propriation in this Act shall be available for activities or
functions budgeted for the current fiscal year as general
administrative expenses.
SPECIAL FUNDS
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Sums herein referred to as being derived from the
reclamation fund or special fee account are appropriated
from the special funds in the Treasury created by the Act
of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391) or the Act of December
22, 1987 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a, as amended), respectively.
Such sums shall be transferred, upon request of the Sec-
retary, to be merged with and expended under the heads
herein specified; and the unexpended balances of sums
transferred for expenditure under the head ‘‘General Ad-
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ministrative Expenses’’ shall revert and be credited to the
reclamation fund.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall
be available for purchase of not to exceed 9 passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only.
TITLE III
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY SUPPLY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES
For expenses of the Department of Energy activities
including the purchase, construction and acquisition of
plant and capital equipment and other expenses incidental
thereto necessary for energy supply, research and develop-
ment activities, and other 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; pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles (not to exceed 25, of
which 19 are for replacement only), $2,576,700,000 (less
$1,000,000) $2,798,324,000, to remain available until ex-
pended:–Provided, That, of such amount, $44,772,000
shall be available to implement the provisions of section
1211 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13316).
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URANIUM SUPPLY AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES
For expenses of the Department of Energy in connec-
tion with operating expenses; the purchase, construction,
and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other
expenses incidental thereto necessary for uranium supply
and enrichment activities in carrying out the purposes of
the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C.
7101, et seq.) and the Energy Policy Act (Public Law
102–486, section 901), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; pur-
chase of electricity as necessary; $64,197,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That revenues received
by the Department for uranium programs and estimated
to total $34,903,000 in fiscal year 1996 shall be retained
and used for the specific purpose of offsetting costs in-
curred by the Department for such activities notwith-
standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302(b) and 42
U.S.C. 2296(b)(2): Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated shall be reduced as revenues are received
during fiscal year 1996 so as to result in a final fiscal
year 1996 appropriation estimated at not more than
$29,294,000.
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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, $278,807,000, to be derived
from the fund, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That at least $42,000,000 of amounts derived from
the fund for such expenses shall be expended in accord-
ance with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act
of 1992.
GENERAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
For expenses of the Department of Energy activities
including the purchase, construction and acquisition of
plant and capital equipment and other expenses incidental
thereto necessary for general science and research activi-
ties 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 facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion; purchase of passenger motor vehicles
(not to exceed 12 for replacement only), $991,000,000
$971,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL FUND
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the
purposes of Public Law 97–425, as amended, including
the acquisition of real property or facility construction or
expansion, $226,600,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund.
For the nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out
the purposes of Public Law 97–425, as amended, including
the acquisition of real property or facility construction or
expansion, $151,600,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Pro-
vided, That of the amount herein appropriated together
with the amount provided in the Defense Nuclear Waste
Disposal Appropriation contained in this title, within
available funds, no more than $250,000,000 shall be avail-
able to continue, at a reduced level, the technical site char-
acterization effort and to retain deferred licensing capabil-
ity at the Yucca Mountain site: Provided further, That the
facility for the initial storage of no more than 40,000 metric
tons of uranium at a site to be determined by the President
shall be licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for
an unspecified period, in accordance with its regulations
governing the licensing of independent spent fuel storage in-
stallations, without regard to sections 148(a) and 148(d)
of Public Law 97–425: Provided further, That the facility
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shall be expandable for the subsequent transportation and
interim storage of up to 100,000 metric tons of uranium
and shall be operational in the 1998 timeframe, consistent
with sections 135(a)(1)(B), 135(a)(4), 137(a), 141(a),
148(a), 148(b), and 148(c) of Public Law 97–425, but with-
out regard to sections 131(a)(3), 131(b)(2), 135(a)(1),
135(a)(2), 135(d), 135(e), 141(g), 145, 146, 148(d)(1),
148(d)(3), and 148(d)(4) of Public Law 97–425: Provided
further, That the director shall review the program’s insti-
tutional activities, including all cooperative agreements,
international commitments, and university assistance, and
shall make available to these entities amounts commensu-
rate with the revised program for nuclear waste disposal
activities: Provided further, That any funds provided to the
State of Nevada are for the sole purpose of conduct of its
scientific oversight responsibilities pursuant to Public Law
97–425, as amended: Provided further, That none of the
funds herein appropriated may be used directly or indi-
rectly to influence legislative action on any matter pending
before Congress or a State legislature or for any lobbying
activity as provided in section 1913 of title 18, United
States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Congress within 90 days a revised program plan
and schedule, including a new five-year budget, that ad-
dresses the construction and operation of the interim storage
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capability, the revised site characterization program at the
Yucca Mountain site, and the results of the Director’s re-
view of the program’s institutional activities.
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
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;
and the purchase of passenger motor vehicles (not to ex-
ceed 79, of which 76 are for replacement only, including
one police-type vehicle), $3,273,014,000 $3,751,719,000,
to remain available until expended.
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE
MANAGEMENT
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for
atomic energy defense environmental restoration and
waste management 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
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of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility
acquisition, construction, or expansion; and the purchase
of passenger motor vehicles (not to exceed 7 for replace-
ment only), $5,265,478,000 $5,989,750,000, to remain
available until expended.
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for
atomic energy defense, other defense 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 $1,323,841,000 $1,439,112,000, to remain available
until expended.
DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the
purposes of Public Law 97–425, as amended, including
the acquisition of real property or facility construction or
expansion, $198,400,000 $248,400,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, all of which shall be used in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the Nuclear Waste Fund
appropriation of the Department of Energy contained in
this title.