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$226,012,000 shall be available to develop an electronic 
health record: Provided, That not more than 25 percent 
of the amount made available for such purpose may be 
obligated or expended until the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
House of Congress a detailed explanation of the activities 
to develop the Military Health System Genesis electronic 
health record to be funded by the Veterans Health Admin-
istration rather than the Office of Information Tech-
nology, a timeline for completion, master schedule, per-
formance milestones, and annual and life-cycle Veterans 
Health Administration cost estimates. 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
provide written notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to or-
ganizational changes which result in the transfer of 25 or 
more full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 
SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
provide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress notification of any 
single national outreach and awareness marketing cam-
paign in which obligations exceed $2,000,000.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 230. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon 
determination that such action is necessary to address 
needs of the Veterans Health Administration, may trans-
fer to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary 
appropriations made available for fiscal year 2018 in this 
title (except appropriations made to the ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ ac-
count) or any discretionary unobligated balances within 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, including those ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2018, that were provided in ad-
vance by appropriations Acts: Provided, That transfers 
shall be made only with the approval of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority provided in this section is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, 
That no amounts may be transferred from amounts that 
were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985: Provided further, That such authority to transfer 
may not be used unless for higher priority items, based 
on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 
which originally appropriated and in no case where the 
item for which funds are requested has been denied by
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Congress: Provided further, That, upon determination that 
all or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation 
are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back 
to that appropriation and shall be available for the same 
purposes as originally appropriated: Provided further, 
That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 
to make the transfer and receive approval of that request. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 231. Amounts made available for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2018, under the 
‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts 
may be transferred between such accounts: Provided, That 
before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 
make the transfer and receive approval of that request. 
SEC. 232. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 
reprogram funds among major construction projects or 
programs if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 
$5,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress.
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(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 233. Of the discretionary funds made available 
in Public Law 114–223 for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2018, $313,730,000 are rescinded 
from ‘‘Medical Services’’, $63,282,000 are rescinded from 
‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and $22,960,000 are 
rescinded from ‘‘Medical Facilities’’. 
SEC. 234. The amounts otherwise made available by 
this Act for the following accounts of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs are hereby reduced by the following 
amounts: 
(1) ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical 
and Prosthetic Research’’, $6,823,000. 
(2) 
‘‘National 
Cemetery 
Administration’’, 
$3,003,000. 
(3) 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration—General 
Administration’’, $3,600,000. 
(4) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Board of 
Veterans Appeals’’, $1,579,000. 
(5) 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration—General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’, $35,470,000. 
(6) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Informa-
tion Technology Systems’’, $18,997,000.
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(7) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Office of 
Inspector General’’, $1,716,000. 
SEC. 235. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
ensure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 
1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code— 
(1) provides to individuals who contact the hot-
line immediate assistance from a trained profes-
sional; and 
(2) adheres to all requirements of the American 
Association of Suicidology. 
(b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Execu-
tive action that prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
from appointing an individual to occupy a vacant civil 
service position, or establishing a new civil service position, 
at the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to 
such a position relating to the hotline specified in sub-
section (a). 
(2) In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
(B) the term ‘‘Executive action’’ includes— 
(i) any Executive order, presidential memo-
randum, or other action by the President; and
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(ii) any agency policy, order, or other di-
rective. 
SEC. 236. None of the funds in this or any other Act 
may be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
hospitals, domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environ-
mental assessment, or to diminish healthcare services at 
existing Veterans Health Administration medical facilities 
located in Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 or 23 
as part of a planned realignment of VA services until the 
Secretary provides to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a report including the fol-
lowing elements: 
(1) a national realignment strategy that in-
cludes a detailed description of realignment plans 
within each Veterans Integrated Services Network 
(VISN), including an updated Long Range Capital 
Plan to implement realignment requirements; 
(2) an explanation of the process by which 
those plans were developed and coordinated within 
each VISN; 
(3) a cost versus benefit analysis of each 
planned realignment, including the cost of replacing 
Veterans Health Administration services with con-
tract care or other outsourced services;
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(4) an analysis of how any such planned re-
alignment of services will impact access to care for 
veterans living in rural or highly rural areas, includ-
ing travel distances and transportation costs to ac-
cess a VA medical facility and availability of local 
specialty and primary care; 
(5) an inventory of VA buildings with historic 
designation and the methodology used to determine 
the buildings’ condition and utilization; 
(6) a description of how any realignment will be 
consistent with requirements under the National 
Historic Preservation Act; and 
(7) consideration given for reuse of historic 
buildings within newly identified realignment re-
quirements: Provided, That, this provision shall not 
apply to capital projects in VISN 23, or any other 
VISN, which have been authorized or approved by 
Congress. 
SEC. 237. Section 8109(b) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) notwithstanding subsection (a) of section 1344 
of title 31, may use a passenger carrier (as such term is 
defined in subsection (h)(1) of such section) to transport 
such an employee between a parking facility and the med-
ical facility of the Department at which the employee 
works.’’. 
SEC. 238. None of the funds made available to the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs by this or any other Act may 
be obligated or expended in contravention of the ‘‘Veterans 
Health Administration Clinical Preventive Services Guid-
ance Statement on the Veterans Health Administration’s 
Screening for Breast Cancer Guidance’’ published on May 
10, 2017, as issued by the Veterans Health Administra-
tion National Center for Health Promotion and Disease 
Prevention. 
SEC. 239. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the amounts appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the ‘‘Med-
ical Services’’ account may be used to provide— 
(1) fertility counseling and treatment using as-
sisted reproductive technology to a covered veteran 
or the spouse of a covered veteran; or
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(2) adoption reimbursement to a covered vet-
eran. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘service-connected’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a vet-
eran, as such term is defined in section 101 of title 
38, United States Code, who has a service-connected 
disability that results in the inability of the veteran 
to procreate without the use of fertility treatment. 
(3) The term ‘‘assisted reproductive tech-
nology’’ means benefits relating to reproductive as-
sistance provided to a member of the Armed Forces 
who incurs a serious injury or illness on active duty 
pursuant to section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 10, United 
States Code, as described in the memorandum on 
the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted Reproductive 
Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/ 
Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service 
Members’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the 
guidance issued to implement such policy, including 
any limitations on the amount of such benefits avail-
able to such a member except that—
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(A) the time periods regarding embryo 
cryopreservation and storage set forth in part 
III(G) and in part IV(H) of such memorandum 
shall not apply; and 
(B) 
such 
term 
includes 
embryo 
cryopreservation and storage without limitation 
on the duration of such cryopreservation and 
storage. 
(4) The term ‘‘adoption reimbursement’’ means 
reimbursement for the adoption-related expenses for 
an adoption that is finalized after the date of the en-
actment of this Act under the same terms as apply 
under the adoption reimbursement program of the 
Department of Defense, as authorized in Depart-
ment of Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the 
reimbursement limits and requirements set forth in 
such instruction. 
(c) Amounts made available for the purposes speci-
fied in subsection (a) of this section are subject to the 
requirements for funds contained in section 508 of division 
H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public 
Law 115–31).
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including 
the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun-
tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 
national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 
States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 
and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for- 
one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such 
countries, $75,100,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the American Battle Monuments Commission, such 
sums as may be necessary, to remain available until ex-
pended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 
36, United States Code.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS 
CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the 
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as 
authorized by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, 
United States Code, $33,600,000: Provided, That of the 
amount, $800,000 shall be transferred to the General 
Services Administration for planning and design of a 
courthouse: Provided further, That $2,580,000 shall be 
available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 
as described and in accordance with the process and re-
porting procedures set forth under this heading in Public 
Law 102–229. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 
and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol-
diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 
the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed 
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$78,800,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re-
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main available until September 30, 2020. In addition, 
such sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, 
repairs and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease 
of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense 
Agencies’’ account. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, 
and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mis-
sissippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of 
which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for construction and renovation of the physical plants at 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading from funds 
available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 
Fund, $22,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund 
of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Ex-
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penses, Army’’, may be provided to Arlington County, Vir-
ginia, for the relocation of the federally owned water main 
at Arlington National Cemetery, making additional land 
available for ground burials. 
SEC. 302. Amounts deposited into the special account 
established under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended to support activities at 
the Army National Military Cemeteries. 
TITLE IV 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army’’, $147,158,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, for projects outside of the United States: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $31,890,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022, for projects outside of the 
United States: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/
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Global 
War 
on 
Terrorism 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force’’ $434,652,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, for projects outside of the United States: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, $24,300,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022, for projects outside of the United 
States: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 401. Each amount designated in this Act by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
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of 1985 shall be available only if the President subse-
quently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 
designations to the Congress. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, 
when it is made known to the Federal entity or official 
to which the funds are made available that the program, 
project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 
law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 
property rights, or unfunded mandates. 
SEC. 503. All departments and agencies funded under 
this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 
statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 
‘‘E–Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the con-
duct of their business practices and public service activi-
ties. 
SEC. 504. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and no-
tifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Af-
fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro-
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priations of the House of Representatives and the Sub-
committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 505. 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 or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 506. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for a project or program named for an 
individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner of the United States House of Representa-
tives. 
SEC. 507. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public Web site of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or propri-
etary information.
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(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
SEC. 508. (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. 509. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch 
to pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency 
in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or serv-
ices, including construction services, where the contractor 
has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new 
light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agen-
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cy’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 
24, 2011. 
SEC. 512. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 
of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, 
or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, 
or possessions to house any individual detained at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, for the 
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 
under the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba.
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REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 513. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
REFERENCE TO REPORT 
SEC. 514. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 
reference to House Report 115–188. The effect of such 
Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this division. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 515. $0. 
SEC. 516. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Ad-
ministration—Information Technology Services’’ (and the 
amount specified under such heading for operations and 
maintenance), and by increasing the amount made avail-
able in fiscal year 2018 for ‘‘Veterans Health Administra-
tion—Medical Services’’, by $2,500,000 and $2,000,000, 
respectively. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in
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contravention of subchapter III of chapter 20 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to charge a veteran a fee for a veterans 
identification card pursuant to section 5706(c) of title 38, 
United States Code, if the veteran uses form DD–214 to 
apply for the identification card and indicates on the form 
that the veteran is ‘‘homeless’’. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new 
or additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 
round. 
SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to purchase, breed, transport, 
house, feed, maintain, dispose of, or experiment on dogs 
as part of the conduct of any study assigned to pain cat-
egory D or E, as defined by the Department of Agri-
culture. 
(b) This section shall not apply to training programs 
or studies of service dogs described in section 1714 of title 
38 United States Code or section 17.148 of title 38 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations.
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc-
tion, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION L—ENERGY AND WATER DEVEL-
OPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES AP-
PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for en-
ergy and water development and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—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 river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for 
the collection and study of basic information pertaining 
to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction,
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shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re-
lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 
and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 
ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to 
construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 
miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 
surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 
of projects prior to construction, $105,000,000 (increased 
by $1,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall initiate six new study 
starts during fiscal year 2018: Provided further, That the 
new study starts shall consist of five studies where the 
majority of the benefits are derived from navigation trans-
portation savings or from flood and storm damage reduc-
tion and one study where the majority of benefits are de-
rived from environmental restoration: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall not deviate from the new starts 
proposed in the work plan, once the plan has been sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related
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projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, 
and plans and specifications, of such projects (including 
those involving participation by States, local governments, 
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 
by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica-
tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern-
ment to construction); $1,697,000,000 (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$45,000,000) (increased by $45,000,000) (increased by 
$500,000), to remain available until expended; of which 
such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of 
construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Mate-
rial Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as authorized by Public 
Law 104–303; and of which such sums as are necessary 
to cover one-half of the costs of construction, replacement, 
rehabilitation, and expansion of inland waterways projects 
shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, 
except as otherwise specifically provided for in law: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may initiate up to, but not more 
than, two new construction starts during fiscal year 2018: 
Provided further, That the new construction starts shall 
consist of two projects where the majority of the benefits 
are derived from navigation transportation savings, flood
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and storm damage reduction, or environmental restora-
tion: Provided further, That for new construction projects, 
project cost sharing agreements shall be executed as soon 
as practicable but no later than August 31, 2018: Pro-
vided further, That no allocation for a new start shall be 
considered final and no work allowance shall be made until 
the Secretary provides to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress an out-year funding sce-
nario demonstrating the affordability of the selected new 
starts and the impacts on other projects: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may not deviate from the new starts 
proposed in the work plan, once the plan has been sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-
vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 
by law, $301,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 
share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for in-
land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
and related projects authorized by law; providing security 
for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ-
ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 
harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 
other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 
of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 
and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con-
necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 
removing obstructions to navigation, $3,519,000,000 (in-
creased by $325,000) (reduced by $500,000) (increased 
by $500,000), to remain available until expended, of which 
such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of 
eligible operation and maintenance costs for coastal har-
bors and channels, and for inland harbors shall be derived 
from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which such 
sums as become available from the special account for the 
Corps of Engineers established by the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that 
account for resource protection, research, interpretation, 
and maintenance activities related to resource protection 
in the areas at which outdoor recreation is available; and
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of which such sums as become 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 disposal facilities for which such fees 
have been collected: Provided, That 1 percent of the total 
amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 
projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not 
be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the begin-
ning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be 
available for use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such 
emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines 
to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of En-
gineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any re-
maining funds which have not been used for emergency 
activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts 
provided for the programs, projects, or activities. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
1598 
formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $118,000,000, 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, $32,000,000, 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 
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, $181,000,000 (re-
duced by $1,000,000) (reduced by $325,000) (reduced by 
$500,000), to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
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
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of Engineers or the civil works executive direction and 
management activities of the division offices: Provided fur-
ther, That any Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies ap-
propriation may be used to fund the supervision and gen-
eral administration of emergency operations, repairs, and 
other activities 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. 3016(b)(3), 
$4,764,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That not more than 75 percent of such amount 
may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Sec-
retary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress a work plan that allocates at 
least 95 percent of the additional funding provided under 
each heading in this title (as designated under such head-
ing in the report of the Committee on Appropriations ac-
companying this Act) to specific programs, projects, or ac-
tivities.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by this Act; 
(4) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act; 
(5) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; or 
(6) reduces funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less. 
(b) Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project 
or activity authorized under section 205 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1948, section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 
1946, section 208 of the Flood Control Act of 1954, sec-
1601 
tion 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, section 
103 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962, section 111 
of the River and Harbor Act of 1968, section 1135 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986, section 206 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, or sec-
tion 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1992. 
(c) The Corps of Engineers 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. 102. 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, ex-
cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
SEC. 103. 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 $5,400,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and
1602 
Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 
of Engineers projects. 
SEC. 104. 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 
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 further, 
That until an open lake placement alternative for dredged 
material is approved under a State water quality certifi-
cation, the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland 
placement of such dredged material consistent with the re-
quirements of section 101 of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used for any acquisition that is not consistent 
with 48 CFR 225.7007. 
SEC. 106. 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).
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SEC. 107. Notwithstanding section 404(f)(2) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1344(f)(2)), none of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to require a permit for the discharge of 
dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for the activities 
identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 
404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)). 
SEC. 108. (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary 
of the Army may withdraw the Waters of the United 
States rule without regard to any provision of statute or 
regulation that establishes a requirement for such with-
drawal. 
(b) EFFECT OF WITHDRAWAL.—Except as otherwise 
provided by any Act or rule that takes effect after the date 
of enactment of this Act, if the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the 
Army withdraw the Waters of the United States rule 
under subsection (a), the Administrator and Secretary 
shall implement the provisions of law under which such 
rule was issued in accordance with the regulations and 
guidance in effect under such provisions immediately be-
fore the effective date of such rule.
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the term ‘‘Waters 
of the United States rule’’ means the final rule issued by 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy and the Secretary of the Army entitled ‘‘Clean Water 
Rule: Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’ ’’ on 
June 29, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 37053). 
SEC. 109. As of the date of enactment of this Act 
and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Army 
shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation that pro-
hibits an individual from possessing a firearm, including 
an assembled or functional firearm, at a water resources 
development project covered under section 327.0 of title 
36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act), if— 
(1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by 
law from possessing the firearm; and 
(2) the possession of the firearm is in compli-
ance with the law of the State in which the water 
resources development project is located. 
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, $8,983,000, to remain
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available until expended, of which $898,000 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, $1,450,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2019, for expenses nec-
essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec-
retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2018, 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 $1,500,000 for administra-
tive expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to 
execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: 
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
1606 
recognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,091,790,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $67,693,000 
shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 
Basin Fund and $5,551,000 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 
or the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account estab-
lished by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund 
or account: Provided further, That funds contributed 
under 43 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 credited to this account and are available until ex-
pended for the same purposes as the sums appropriated 
under this heading: Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided herein, funds may be used for high-priority 
projects which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706.
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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, $41,376,000, 
to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the 
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sec-
tions 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 
102–575, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and 
collect the full amount of the additional mitigation and 
restoration payments authorized by section 3407(d) of 
Public Law 102–575: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be used for 
the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream purposes 
if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes 
by a court adopted decree or order. 
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, $37,000,000, 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 five regions of the 
Bureau of Reclamation, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, $59,000,000, to be derived from the 
Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 
43 U.S.C. 377: Provided, That no part of any other appro-
priation in this Act shall be available for activities or func-
tions budgeted as policy and administration expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger 
motor vehicles, which are for replacement only.
1610 
tation category or the Resources Management and 
Development category to any program, project, or 
activity in the other category; 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. 
(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) 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. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to implement the Stipulation of Settlement (Natural 
Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Kirk Rodgers, et al.,
1612 
Eastern District of California, No. Civ. 9 S–88–1658 
LKK/GGH) or subtitle A of title X of Public Law 111– 
11. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 
efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$1,103,908,000 (reduced by $48,000,000) (increased by 
$48,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $33,400,000) (increased by 
$15,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $125,849,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2019, for program direction. 
ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec-
1613 
tricity delivery and energy reliability activities in carrying 
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisi-
tion or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-
sion, $218,500,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amount, $27,500,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2019, for program direction. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 
energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-
tion, construction, or expansion, $969,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$70,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, 
for program direction. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
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-
1614 
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), 
$634,600,000 (increased by $33,400,000), to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount 
$60,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, 
for program direction. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary to 
carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 
$4,900,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobli-
gated funds remaining from prior years shall be available 
for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities. 
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.), $252,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That as authorized by section 404 of the Bipar-
1615 
tisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–74; 42 U.S.C. 
6239 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and 
sell not to exceed $350,000,000 of crude oil from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal year 2018: Provided fur-
ther, That the proceeds from such drawdown and sale shall 
be deposited into the ‘‘Energy Security and Infrastructure 
Modernization Fund’’ during fiscal year 2018 and shall 
be made available and shall remain available until ex-
pended for necessary expenses in carrying out the Life Ex-
tension II project for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
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.), 
$6,500,000, 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, $118,000,000, 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-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de-
1616 
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, 
$222,400,000, to remain available until expended. 
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, 
$768,000,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrich-
ment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to re-
main available until expended, of which $32,959,000 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-
1617 
erty or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 16 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one 
ambulance and one bus, $5,392,000,000 (increased by 
$1,200,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of such amount, $177,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2019, 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 (hereinafter referred to as the 
‘‘NWPA’’), including the acquisition of any real property 
or facility construction, or expansion, $90,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, and to be derived from the 
Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided, That of the funds made 
available in this Act for nuclear waste disposal and defense 
nuclear waste disposal activities, 1.62 percent shall be pro-
vided to the Office of the Attorney General of the State 
of Nevada solely for expenditures, other than salaries and 
expenses of State employees, to conduct scientific over-
sight responsibilities and participate in licensing activities 
pursuant to the NWPA: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available in this Act for nuclear waste disposal 
and defense nuclear waste disposal activities, 2.91 percent
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shall be provided to affected units of local government, as 
defined in the NWPA, to conduct appropriate activities 
and participate in licensing activities under Section 116(c) 
of the NWPA: Provided further, That of the amounts pro-
vided to affected units of local government, 7.5 percent 
of the funds provided for the affected units of local govern-
ment shall be made available to affected units of local gov-
ernment in California with the balance made available to 
affected units of local government in Nevada for distribu-
tion as determined by the Nevada affected units of local 
government: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available in this Act for nuclear waste disposal and defense 
nuclear waste disposal activities, 0.16 percent shall be pro-
vided to the affected Federally-recognized Indian tribes, 
as defined in the NWPA, solely for expenditures, other 
than salaries and expenses of tribal employees, to conduct 
appropriate activities and participate in licensing activities 
under section 118(b) of the NWPA: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available in this Act for nuclear waste 
disposal and defense nuclear waste disposal activities, 3.0 
percent shall be provided to Nye County, Nevada, 0.05 
percent shall be provided to Clark County, Nevada, and 
0.46 percent shall be provided to the State of Nevada as 
payment equal to taxes under section 116(c)(3) of the 
NWPA: Provided further, That within 90 days of the com-
1619 
pletion of each Federal fiscal year, the Office of the Attor-
ney General of the State of Nevada, each affected Feder-
ally-recognized Indian tribe, and each of the affected units 
of local government shall provide certification to the De-
partment of Energy that all funds expended from such 
payments have been expended for activities authorized by 
the NWPA and this Act: Provided further, That failure 
to provide such certification shall cause such entity to be 
prohibited from any further funding provided for similar 
activities: Provided further, That none of the funds herein 
appropriated may be: (1) used for litigation expenses; or 
(2) used for interim storage activities; or (3) used to sup-
port multi-State efforts or other coalition building activi-
ties inconsistent with the restrictions contained in this 
Act: Provided further, That all proceeds and recoveries re-
alized by the Secretary in carrying out activities author-
ized by the NWPA, including but not limited to any pro-
ceeds from the sale of assets, shall be credited to this ac-
count, to remain available until expended, for carrying out 
the purposes of this account. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received 
from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy
1620 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512(b)) under this head-
ing in prior Acts, shall be collected in accordance with sec-
tion 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided, That for necessary administrative expenses to carry 
out this Loan Guarantee program, $2,000,000 is appro-
priated, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 
Provided further, That $2,000,000 of the fees collected 
pursuant to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 shall be credited as offsetting collections to this ac-
count to cover administrative expenses and shall remain 
available until expended, so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $0: Provided further, That fees collected 
under section 1702(h) in excess of the amount appro-
priated for administrative expenses shall not be available 
until appropriated: Provided further, That the Department 
of Energy shall not subordinate any loan obligation to 
other financing in violation of section 1702 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 or subordinate any Guaranteed Obliga-
tion to any loan or other debt obligations in violation of 
section 609.10 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations: 
Provided further, That of the subsidy amounts provided 
by section 1425 of the Department of Defense and Full- 
Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Public Law 
112–10; 125 Stat. 126), for the cost of loan guarantees
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for renewable energy or efficient end-use energy tech-
nologies under section 1703 of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513), $160,660,000 is hereby re-
scinded: Provided further, That the authority provided in 
prior year appropriations Acts for commitments to guar-
antee loans under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005, excluding amounts for commitments made by Octo-
ber 1, 2017, is hereby rescinded. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehi-
cles Manufacturing Loan Program, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guar-
antee Program, $500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
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.), $281,693,000 (re-
duced by $1,200,000) (reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced
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by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, including the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles and official reception and rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such ad-
ditional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the es-
timated amount of cost of work for others notwithstanding 
the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 
et seq.): Provided, That such increases in cost of work are 
offset by revenue increases of the same or greater amount: 
Provided further, That moneys received by the Department 
for miscellaneous revenues estimated to total $96,000,000 
in fiscal year 2018 may be retained and used for operating 
expenses within this account, as authorized by section 201 
of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions of 
31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced as collections are received 
during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
not more than $185,693,000. 
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, $49,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019.
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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 
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, 
$10,239,344,000 (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $105,600,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2019, for program direction. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for
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plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$1,825,461,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds provided by this Act for Project 99– 
D–143, Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, and by 
prior Acts that remain unobligated for such Project, may 
be made available only for construction and project sup-
port activities for such Project: Provided further, That of 
the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 
available under this heading, $49,000,000 is hereby re-
scinded: Provided further, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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, 
$1,486,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which, $82,500,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department 
of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the
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Advanced Test Reactor: Provided, That of such amount, 
$46,651,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, 
for program direction. 
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex-
penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
$412,595,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, including official reception and representation ex-
penses not to exceed $12,000. 
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, $5,405,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amount, $300,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2019, 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, $825,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$284,400,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, 
for program direction. 
DEFENSE 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, as amended, 
including the acquisition of real property or facility con-
struction or expansion, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 
are approved for official reception and representation ex-
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penses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That 
during fiscal year 2018, 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, $6,379,000, 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 $6,379,000 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 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
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3302, up to $51,000,000 collected by the Southeastern 
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, $30,288,000, 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 $18,888,000 col-
lected by the Southwestern Power Administration from
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the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 
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 2018 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $11,400,000: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $10,000,000 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-
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servation and renewable resources programs as author-
ized, $232,276,000, including official reception and rep-
resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, 
to remain available until expended, of which $230,251,000 
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 
$138,904,000 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 2018 appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $93,372,000, of which 
$91,347,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 
to $179,000,000 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
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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 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, $4,176,000, 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 
$3,948,000 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-
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priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2018 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 2018, the 
Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 
may accept up to $872,000 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 limi-
tation for use by the Commissioner of the United States 
Section of the International Boundary and Water Com-
mission for the sole purpose of operating, maintaining, re-
pairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the hydro-
electric facilities at these Dams in accordance with agree-
ments reached between the Administrator, Commissioner, 
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, 
$367,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $367,600,000 of revenues from fees and an-
nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 
year 2018 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 2018 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $0. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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) issue a letter of intent to make an alloca-
tion, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in 
subparagraph (A) or (B); or 
(D) announce publicly the intention to make an 
allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the lim-
its in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
(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
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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 
multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 
a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment is funded for the full period of performance as 
anticipated at the time of award; or 
(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov-
ernment’s obligation on the availability of future 
year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the
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Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 3 days in advance. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 
the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 
as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and ac-
tivities specified in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department 
of Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title III— 
Department of Energy’’ in the report of the Committee 
on Appropriations accompanying this Act. 
(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 
reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 
the Department 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, project, or activity funding level to 
increase or decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10 per-
cent, whichever is less, during the time period covered by 
this Act. 
(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 
project, or activity;
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(2) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act. 
(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re-
quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 
use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 
if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 
pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 
welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 
waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 
not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 
a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 
Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 
risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 
(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 
same appropriation accounts for such activities established 
pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 
with funds in the applicable established accounts and
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thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same 
time period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 
Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) 
during fiscal year 2018 until the enactment of the Intel-
ligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi-
fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 
830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of-
fice of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in 
compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 
decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 
any successive departmental guidance, for construction 
projects 
where 
the 
total 
project 
cost 
exceeds 
$100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 
has been developed for the project for that critical deci-
sion. 
SEC. 305. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any prior Act under the heading ‘‘Defense Nuclear
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Nonproliferation’’ may be made available to enter into new 
contracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance 
to, the Russian Federation. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibi-
tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that 
such activity is in the national security interests of the 
United States. This waiver authority may not be dele-
gated. 
(c) A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effec-
tive until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress, in classified form if necessary, a re-
port on the justification for the waiver. 
SEC. 306. Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), upon a 
determination by the President in this fiscal year that a 
regional supply shortage of refined petroleum product of 
significant scope and duration exists, that a severe in-
crease in the price of refined petroleum product will likely 
result from such shortage, and that a draw down and sale 
of refined petroleum product would assist directly and sig-
nificantly in reducing the adverse impact of such shortage, 
the Secretary of Energy may draw down and sell refined 
petroleum product from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
Proceeds from a sale under this section shall be deposited
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into the SPR Petroleum Account established in section 
167 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6247), and such amounts shall be available for obligation, 
without fiscal year limitation, consistent with that section. 
SEC. 307. (a) DRAWDOWN
AND SALE.—Notwith-
standing section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), and in addition to sales author-
ized in sections 403 and 404 of the Bipartisan Budget 
Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6241; 42 U.S.C. 6239 note) and 
section 5010 of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 
6241 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and 
sell up to $8,400,000 of crude oil from the Strategic Pe-
troleum Reserve during this fiscal year. 
(b) PROCEEDS.—Proceeds from a sale under this sec-
tion shall be deposited into the SPR Petroleum Account 
during this fiscal year and shall be available for the costs 
of crude oil sales authorized in sections 403 and 404 of 
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6241; 42 
U.S.C. 6239 note) and section 5010 of the 21st Century 
Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 6241 note), to remain available until 
expended. 
(c) EMERGENCY PROTECTION.—The Secretary shall 
not draw down and sell crude oil under this section in 
amounts that would limit the authority to sell petroleum 
products under section 161(h) of the Energy Policy and
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Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241(h)) in the full amount 
authorized by that subsection. 
SEC. 308. (a) NEW REGIONAL RESERVES.—The Sec-
retary of Energy may not establish any new regional pe-
troleum product reserve unless funding for the proposed 
regional petroleum product reserve is explicitly requested 
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. 309. Of the amounts made available under this 
title, not more than $267,901,000 may be transferred to 
the working capital fund established under section 653 of 
the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7263).
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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, 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 ad-
ministrative expenses of the Commission, including serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $130,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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 chapter 21 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2286 et seq.), $30,600,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
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
1643 
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 
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: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law regarding pay-
ment of a non-Federal share in connection with a grant- 
in-aid program, amounts under this heading shall be avail-
able for the payment of such a non-Federal share for pro-
grams undertaken to carry out the purposes of the Com-
mission.
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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, 
$939,137,000, including official representation expenses 
not to exceed $25,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from the Nuclear 
Waste Fund: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
herein, not more than $9,500,000 may be made available 
for salaries, travel, and other support costs for the Office 
of the Commission, to remain available until September
1645 
30, 2019, 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 
$779,829,000 in fiscal year 2018 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 
$10,000,000 shall be for activities related to the develop-
ment of regulatory infrastructure for advanced nuclear 
technologies, and $16,200,000 shall be for international 
activities, except that the amounts provided under this 
proviso shall not be derived from fee revenues, notwith-
standing 42 U.S.C. 2214: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of rev-
enues received during fiscal year 2018 so as to result in 
a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $159,308,000: Provided further, That of the 
amounts appropriated 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 Pro-
1646 
gram that will support multiyear projects that do not align 
with programmatic missions but are critical to maintain-
ing 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, $12,859,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That revenues from 
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
collections estimated at $10,555,000 in fiscal year 2018 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
2019, 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 2018 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2018 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$2,304,000: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading, $1,131,000 shall be for In-
spector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board, which shall not be available from fee reve-
nues.
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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, 
2019. 
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. 
(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may 
waive the notification requirement in subsection (a) if 
compliance with such requirement would pose a substan-
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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 
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
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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-
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.
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(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 
for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or 
modify existing notification requirements for each author-
ity.
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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 further implementation of the coastal 
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. 506. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the removal of any federally owned 
or operated dam unless the removal was previously author-
ized by Congress. 
SEC. 507. 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
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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. 
REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 508. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
REFERENCE TO REPORT 
SEC. 509. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 
reference to House Report 115–230. The effect of such 
Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this division. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 510. $0. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this 
division may be used for the Cape Wind Energy Project 
on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, Nan-
tucket Sound. 
SEC. 512. For ‘‘Department of Energy—Electricity 
Delivery and Energy Reliability’’ for energy storage sys-
tems demonstrations as authorized by section 641 of the
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Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17231), there is hereby appropriated, and the 
amount otherwise provided by this Act for ‘‘Department 
of Energy—Departmental Administration’’ is hereby re-
duced by, $10,000,000. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 2102 of the 
Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 
or section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available under 
title I of division D of this Act may be used to require 
an economic re-evaluation of any project authorized under 
title VIII of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2007. 
SEC. 515. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Investigations’’, and in-
creasing the amount made available for the same account, 
by $3,000,000. 
SEC. 516. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Construction’’, and in-
creasing the amount made available for the same account, 
by $100,000,000.
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SEC. 517. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs— 
Science’’ may be used in contravention of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to prepare, propose, or promulgate any 
regulation or guidance that references or relies on the 
analysis contained in— 
(1) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Social Cost 
of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under 
Executive Order 12866’’, published by the Inter-
agency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, 
United States Government, in February 2010; 
(2) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 
Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866’’, 
published by the Interagency Working Group on So-
cial Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in 
May 2013 and revised in November 2013; 
(3) ‘‘Revised Draft Guidance for Federal De-
partments and Agencies on Consideration of Green-
house Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate 
Change in NEPA Reviews’’, published by the Coun-
cil on Environmental Quality on December 24, 2014 
(79 Fed. Reg. 77801);
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(4) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 
Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866’’, 
published by the Interagency Working Group on So-
cial Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in 
July 2015; 
(5) ‘‘Addendum to the Technical Support Docu-
ment on Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Im-
pact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866: Appli-
cation of the Methodology to Estimate the Social 
Cost of Methane and the Social Cost of Nitrous 
Oxide’’, published by the Interagency Working 
Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United 
States Government, in August 2016; or 
(6) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 
Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866’’, 
published by the Interagency Working Group on So-
cial Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Gov-
ernment, in August 2016. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 
division may be used— 
(1) to implement or enforce section 430.32(x) 
of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations; or
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(2) to implement or enforce the standards es-
tablished by the tables contained in section 
325(i)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(1)(B)) with respect to 
BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandes-
cent reflector lamps, and ER incandescent reflector 
lamps. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2018’’. 
DIVISION M—DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY BOR-
DER INFRASTRUCTURE CON-
STRUCTION APPROPRIATION 
ACT, 2018 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2018, namely: 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses for U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, $1,571,239,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, which shall be available as follows: