OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR ALASKA 
NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS 
For necessary expenses for the Office of the Federal 
Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation 
Projects pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act 
of 2004, $1,000,000: Provided, That any fees, charges, or 
commissions received pursuant to section 802 of Public 
Law 110–140 in fiscal year 2013 in excess of $2,000,000 
shall not be available for obligation until appropriated in 
a subsequent Act of Congress. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, INDEPENDENT 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. (a) None of the funds provided for ‘‘Nu-
clear Regulatory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ in 
this Act or prior Acts shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; or 
(2) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act. 
(b) The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Com-
mission may not terminate any program, project, or activ-
ity without the approval of a majority vote of the Commis-
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sioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approving 
such action. 
(c) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may waive 
the restriction on reprogramming under subsection (a) on 
a case-by-case basis by certifying to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate that such action is required to address national 
security or imminent risks to public safety. Each such 
waiver certification shall include a letter from the Chair-
man of the Commission that a majority of Commissioners 
of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have voted and ap-
proved the reprogramming waiver certification. 
SEC. 402. The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate not 
later than 1 day after the Chairman begins performing 
functions under the authority of section 3 of Reorganiza-
tion Plan No. 1 of 1980, or after a member of the Com-
mission who was delegated emergency functions under 
subsection (b) of that section begins performing those 
functions. Such notification shall include an explanation 
of the circumstances warranting the exercise of such au-
thority. The Chairman shall report to the Committees, not 
less frequently than once each week, on the actions taken 
by the Chairman, or a delegated member of the Commis-
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sion, under such authority, until the authority is relin-
quished. The Chairman shall notify the Committees not 
later than 1 day after such authority is relinquished. The 
Chairman shall submit the report required by section 3(d) 
of the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980 to the Commit-
tees not later than 1 day after it was submitted to the 
Commission. 
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. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be expended for any new hire by any Federal 
agency funded in this Act that is not verified through the 
E-Verify Program as described in section 403(a) of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 
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SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any cor-
poration that was convicted (or had an officer or agent 
of such corporation acting on behalf of the corporation 
convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 
law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding 
agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has 
considered suspension or debarment of the corporation, or 
such officer or agent, and made a determination that this 
further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 
the Government. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor-
poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 
been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 
remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 
is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree-
ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 
liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 
tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and made a determination 
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that this further action is not necessary to protect the in-
terests of the Government. 
SEC. 506. 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. 507. No funds made available by this Act may 
be used to pay for mitigation associated with the removal 
of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project num-
ber 2342. 
SEC. 508. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to conduct closure of adjudicatory func-
tions, technical review, or support activities associated 
with the Yucca Mountain geologic repository license appli-
cation, or for actions that irrevocably remove the possi-
bility that Yucca Mountain may be a repository option in 
the future. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 509. 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. 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2013’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 323 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5325 
[Report No. 112–462] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for energy and water devel-
opment and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2013, and for other pur-
poses. 
MAY 2, 2012 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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