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until September 30, 2017, for expenses necessary in car-
rying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the In-
terior: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2016, of the 
amount made available to the Commission under this Act 
or any other Act, the Commission may use an amount not 
to exceed $1,500,000 for administrative expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to exe-
cute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation: 
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 rec-
ognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,118,972,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $22,000 shall be 
available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin 
Fund and $5,899,000 shall be available for transfer to the 
Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to the 
Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That such transfers
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may be increased or decreased within the overall appropria-
tion 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 Rec-
lamation special fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 6806 
shall be derived from that Fund or account: Provided fur-
ther, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 are avail-
able 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 expended 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 Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 
1706. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat 
restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the 
Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $49,528,000, to be 
derived from such sums as may be collected in the Central 
Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 
3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu-
reau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full
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amount of the additional mitigation and restoration pay-
ments authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102– 
575: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able under this heading may be used for the acquisition or 
leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water is al-
ready 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 
out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the costs 
of CALFED Program management: Provided further, That 
CALFED implementation shall be carried out in a bal-
anced manner with clear performance measures dem-
onstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals and 
objectives of the Program.
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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 September 30, 
2017, $59,500,000, 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 appropriation in 
this Act shall be available for activities or functions budg-
eted 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. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 
of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities 
funded in title II of this Act for Water and Related Re-
sources that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2016, shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, 
or activity;
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(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by this Act, unless prior approval is received from the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate; 
(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 
activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following lim-
its, unless prior approval is received from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: 
(A) 15 percent for any program, project or 
activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 
(B) $300,000 for any program, project or 
activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 
(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the 
Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilita-
tion category or the Resources Management and De-
velopment category to any program, project, or activ-
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ity in the other category, unless prior approval is re-
ceived from the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate; 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 con-
tractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to 
accelerated rates of operations, and real estate defi-
ciency judgments, unless prior approval is received 
from the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
(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 the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, ac-
tivities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report 
shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to determine 
the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 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 Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental 
effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-
gram and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage 
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—Alternative Repay-
ment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repayment 
Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San 
Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, pre-
pared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Rec-
lamation. 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 reim-
bursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or 
studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law.
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SEC. 203. The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 
1978 is amended by— 
(1) striking ‘‘Construction’’ and inserting ‘‘Ex-
cept as provided in section 5B, construction’’ in sec-
tion 3; and 
(2) inserting after section 5A (43 U.S.C. 509a) 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 5B. Notwithstanding section 3, if the Secretary, 
in her judgment, determines that additional project benefits, 
including but not limited to additional conservation storage 
capacity, are necessary and in the interests of the United 
States and the project and are feasible and not inconsistent 
with the purposes of this Act, the Secretary is authorized 
to develop additional project benefits through the construc-
tion of new or supplementary works on a project in con-
junction with the Secretary’s activities under section 2 of 
this Act and subject to the conditions described in the feasi-
bility study, provided a cost share agreement related to the 
additional project benefits is reached among non-Federal 
and Federal funding participants and the costs associated 
with developing the additional project benefits are allocated 
exclusively among beneficiaries of the additional project 
benefits and repaid consistent with all provisions of Federal 
Reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902, 43 U.S.C. 371
391 
et seq.) and acts supplemental to and amendatory of that 
Act.’’. 
SEC. 204. Section 5 of the Reclamation Safety of Dams 
Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 509) is amended in the first sen-
tence— 
(a) by inserting ‘‘and effective October 1, 2015, not to 
exceed an additional $1,100,000,000 (October 1, 2003, price 
levels),’’ after ‘‘(October 1, 2003, price levels),’’; 
(b) in the proviso— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$1,250,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$20,000,000’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For 
modification expenditures between $1,800,000 and 
$20,000,000 (October 1, 2015, price levels), the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall, at least 30 days before the 
date on which the funds are expended, submit written 
notice of the expenditures to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources of the House of Representatives and 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate that provides a summary of the project, the
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cost of the project, and any alternatives that were 
considered.’’. 
SEC. 205. The Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall— 
(1) complete the feasibility studies described in 
clauses (i)(I) and (ii)(II) of section 103(d)(1)(A) of 
Public Law 108–361 (118 Stat. 1684) and submit 
such studies to the appropriate committees of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate not later 
than December 31, 2015; 
(2) complete the feasibility studies described in 
clauses (i)(II) and (ii)(I) of section 103(d)(1)(A) of 
Public Law 108–361 and submit such studies to the 
appropriate committees of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate not later than November 30, 
2016; 
(3) complete the feasibility study described in 
section 103(f)(1)(A) of Public Law 108–361 (118 
Stat. 1694) and submit such study to the appropriate 
committees of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate not later than December 31, 2017; and 
(4) provide a progress report on the status of the 
feasibility studies referred to in paragraphs (1) 
through (3) to the appropriate committees of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate not later
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than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and each 180 days thereafter until December 31, 
2017, as applicable. The report shall include timelines 
for study completion, draft environmental impact 
statements, final environmental impact statements, 
and Records of Decision. 
SEC. 206. Section 9504(e) of the Secure Water Act of 
2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$300,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$350,000,000’’. 
SEC. 207. Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the Calfed 
Bay-Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as amended 
by section 210 of Public Law 111–85, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2016’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy effi-
ciency 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 con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant
394 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$2,073,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $155,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2017, for program direction: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
the Secretary may transfer up to $45,000,000 to the Defense 
Production Act Fund for activities of the Department of 
Energy pursuant to the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
U.S.C. App. 2061, et seq.). 
ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for electricity de-
livery and energy reliability 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, 
$206,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $28,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2017, for program direction. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear energy
395 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, $986,161,000, to remain available 
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
of 
such 
amount, 
$80,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, 
for program direction including official reception and rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $10,000. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out fossil energy research and development activities, 
under the authority of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition 
of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in 
any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
acquisition or expansion, and for conducting inquiries, 
technological investigations and research concerning the ex-
traction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances 
without objectionable social and environmental costs (30 
U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), $632,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount 
$114,202,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, 
for program direction.
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NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry 
out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 
$17,500,000, 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 oper-
ations and program management activities pursuant to the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et 
seq.), $212,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, 
and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $7,600,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities of the Energy Information Adminis-
tration, $122,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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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-defense 
environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the pur-
poses 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, 
$255,000,000, 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 activities 
of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, 
subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $673,749,000, 
to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamina-
tion and Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until 
expended, of which $32,959,000 shall be available in accord-
ance with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 
1992. 
SCIENCE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital
398 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for science activi-
ties in carrying out the purposes of the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion, and purchase of not more than 17 passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, including one ambu-
lance and one bus, $5,350,200,000, to remain available 
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
of 
such 
amount, 
$185,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, 
for program direction: Provided further, That of such 
amount, not more than $115,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for the in-kind contributions and related support ac-
tivities of ITER: Provided further, That not later than May 
2, 2016, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a re-
port recommending either that the United States remain 
a partner in the ITER project after October 2017 or termi-
nate participation, which shall include, as applicable, an 
estimate of either the full cost, by fiscal year, of all future 
Federal funding requirements for construction, operation, 
and maintenance of ITER or the cost of termination. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the
399 
America 
COMPETES 
Act 
(Public 
Law 
110–69), 
$291,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $29,250,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2017, for program direction. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received from 
borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall be col-
lected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for necessary ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out this Loan Guarantee 
program, $42,000,000 is appropriated, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That 
$25,000,000 of the fees collected pursuant to section 1702(h) 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited as offset-
ting collections to this account to cover administrative ex-
penses and shall remain available until expended, so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at not more than $17,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That fees collected under section 1702(h) in 
excess of the amount appropriated for administrative ex-
penses shall not be available until appropriated: Provided 
further, That the Department of Energy shall not subordi-
nate any loan obligation to other financing in violation of
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section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordi-
nate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or other debt 
obligations in violation of section 609.10 of title 10, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles 
Manufacturing Loan Program, $6,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy 
necessary for departmental administration in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $248,142,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017, including the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles and official reception and representation ex-
penses not to exceed $30,000, plus such additional amounts 
as necessary to cover increases in the estimated 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 $117,171,000 in fiscal year 2016
401 
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: Pro-
vided 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 2016 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$130,971,000: Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, $31,297,000 is for En-
ergy Policy and Systems Analysis. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $46,424,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017. 
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 con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant
402 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$8,846,948,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $97,118,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2017, for program direction: Provided 
further, That funding made available under this heading 
may be made available for project engineering and design 
for the Albuquerque Complex Project. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$1,940,302,000, to remain available until expended. 
NAVAL REACTORS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, 
or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital equip-
ment, facilities, and facility expansion, $1,375,496,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of such
403 
amount, $42,504,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2017, for program direction. 
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex-
penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
$383,666,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, including official reception and representation ex-
penses not to exceed $12,000: Provided, That of the unobli-
gated balances from prior year appropriations available 
under this heading, $19,900,000 is hereby rescinded: Pro-
vided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
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 en-
ergy defense 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
404 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
and the purchase of not to exceed one fire apparatus pump-
er truck and one armored vehicle for replacement only, 
$5,289,742,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount $281,951,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2017, for program direction. 
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 en-
ergy defense, other defense activities, and classified activi-
ties, in carrying out the purposes of the Department of En-
ergy 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, construc-
tion, or expansion, $776,425,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of such amount, $249,137,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2017, for program 
direction. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, are 
approved for the Shoshone Paiute Trout Hatchery, the Spo-
405 
kane Tribal Hatchery, the Snake River Sockeye Weirs and, 
in addition, for official reception and representation ex-
penses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That 
during fiscal year 2016, no new direct loan obligations may 
be made. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric 
power and energy, including transmission wheeling and 
ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the south-
eastern power area, $6,900,000, including official reception 
and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$1,500, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944, up to $6,900,000 collected by the 
Southeastern Power Administration from the sale of power 
and related services shall be credited to this account as dis-
cretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended for the sole purpose of funding the annual ex-
penses of the Southeastern Power Administration: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual ex-
penses shall be reduced as collections are received during 
the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016
406 
appropriation estimated at not more than $0: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 
$66,500,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Adminis-
tration 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 recovered 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 maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric 
power and energy, for construction and acquisition of 
transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, 
and for administrative expenses, including official recep-
tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex-
ceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the South-
western Power Administration, $47,361,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of
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(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act and 
every 4 months thereafter until September 30, 2016, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations a report on the new Mexico City 
Embassy and Beirut Embassy projects: Provided, 
That such report shall include, for each of the 
projects— 
(A) cost projections; 
(B) cost containment efforts; 
(C) project schedule and actual project sta-
tus; 
(D) the impact of currency exchange rate 
fluctuations on project costs; 
(E) revenues derived from, or estimated to 
be derived from, real property sales in Mexico 
City, Mexico for the embassy project in Mexico 
City and in Beirut, Lebanon for the embassy 
project in Beirut; and 
(F) options for modifying the scope of the 
project in the event that costs escalate above 
amounts justified to the Committees on Appro-
priations in Appendix 1 of the Congressional 
Budget Justification, Department of State Oper-
ations, Fiscal Year 2015 for the Mexico City 
Embassy project, and in Appendix 1 of the Con-