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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of
the United States member of the Delaware River Basin
Commission, as authorized by law (75 Stat. 716), $343,000.
CONTRIBUTION TO DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
For payment of the United States share of the current
expenses of the Delaware River Basin Commission, as au-
thorized by law (75 Stat. 706, 707), $478,000.
INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC
RIVER BASIN
CONTRIBUTION TO INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE
POTOMAC RIVER BASIN
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in ad-
vance to the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River
Basin the Federal contribution toward the expenses of the
Commission during the current fiscal year in the adminis-
tration of its business in the conservancy district established
pursuant to the Act of July 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 748), as
amended by the Act of September 25, 1970 (Public Law
91–407), $511,000.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Commission in carry-
ing out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act
of 1974, as amended, and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended, including the employment of aliens; services
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code;
publication and dissemination of atomic information; pur-
chase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms, official represen-
tation expenses (not to exceed $20,000); reimbursements
to the General Services Administration for security guard
services; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft,
$468,300,000 $474,300,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $11,000,000 $17,000,000 shall be derived
from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided, That from this
appropriation, transfer of sums may be made to other
agencies of the Government for the performance of the
work for which this appropriation is made, and in such
cases the sums so transferred may be merged with the
appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That
moneys received by the Commission for the cooperative
nuclear safety research program, services rendered to for-
eign governments and international organizations, and the
material and information access authorization programs,
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including criminal history checks under section 149 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, may be retained
and used for salaries and expenses associated with those
activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That reve-
nues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other
services and collections estimated at $457,300,000 in fis-
cal year 1996 shall be retained and used for necessary
salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall
be reduced by the amount of revenues received during fis-
cal year 1996 from licensing fees, inspection services and
other services and collections, excluding those moneys re-
ceived for the cooperative nuclear safety research program,
services rendered to foreign governments and international
organizations, and the material and information access au-
thorization programs, so as to result in a final fiscal year
1996 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than
$11,000,000 $17,000,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, including services au-
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thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended; and in ad-
dition, an amount not to exceed 5 percent of this sum may
be transferred from Salaries and Expenses, Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission: Provided, That notice of such trans-
fers shall be given to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House and Senate: Provided further, That from this
appropriation, transfers of sums may be made to other
agencies of the Government for the performance of the
work for which this appropriation is made, and in such
cases the sums so transferred may be merged with the
appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That
revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other
services and collections shall be retained and used for nec-
essary salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstand-
ing 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues re-
ceived during fiscal year 1996 from licensing fees, inspec-
tion services, and other services and collections, so as to
result in a final fiscal year 1996 appropriation estimated
at not more than $0.
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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–
203, section 5051, $2,531,000 $2,664,000, to be trans-
ferred from the Nuclear Waste Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended.
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of
the United States member of the Susquehanna River Basin
Commission as authorized by law (84 Stat. 1541),
$318,000.
CONTRIBUTION TO SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN
COMMISSION
For payment of the United States share of the current
expenses of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, as
authorized by law (84 Stat. 1530, 1531), $288,000.
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY FUND
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the
Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended (16
U.S.C. ch. 12A), including purchase, hire, maintenance,
and operation of aircraft, and purchase and hire of pas-
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senger motor vehicles, $103,339,000 $110,339,000, to re-
main available until expended.
TITLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. Sec. 505 of Public Law 102–377, the Fis-
cal Year 1993 Energy and Water Development Appropria-
tions Act, and section 208 of Public Law 99–349, the Ur-
gent Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1986, are re-
pealed.
SEC. 502. Sec. 510 of Public Law 101–514, the Fis-
cal Year 1991 Energy and Water Development Appropria-
tions Act, is repealed.
SEC. 503. Without fiscal year limitation and notwith-
standing section 502(b)(5) of the Nuclear Waste Policy
Act, as amended, or any other provision of law, a member
of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board whose term
has expired may continue to serve as a member of the
Board until such member’s successor has taken office.
SEC. 504. 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 applicable
Federal law relating to risk assessment, the protection of
private property rights, or unfunded mandates.
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SEC. 505. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en-
tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of
each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state-
ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 506. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to revise the Missouri River Master
Water Control Manual when it is made known to the Fed-
eral entity or official to which the funds are made available
that such revision provides for an increase in the spring-
time water release program during the spring heavy rain-
fall and snow melt period in States that have rivers drain-
ing into the Missouri River below the Gavins Point Dam.
SEC. 507. The amount otherwise provided in this Act
for the following account is hereby reduced by the follow-
ing amount:
(1) ‘‘Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund’’, aggregate
amount, $1,000.
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SEC. 508. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the Army Corps of Engineers Upper Mississippi
River-Illinois Waterway System Navigation Study may be
used to study any portion of the Upper Mississippi River
located above Lock and Dam 14 at Moline, Illinois, and
Bettendorf, Iowa, except that the limitation in this section
shall not apply to the conducting of any system-wide envi-
ronmental baseline study pursuant to the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act.
SEC. 509. Without fiscal year limitation, the amount
of fish and wildlife costs that the Bonneville Power Admin-
istration may incur during a fiscal year shall not exceed
its ability to pay as a percent of the preceding years gross
annual power revenues exclusive of gross residential ex-
change revenues that the Bonneville Administrator accrues
in that fiscal year. No branch or agency of the Federal Gov-
ernment shall take any action pursuant to any law which
shall cause the Bonneville Power Administration to exceed
this expenditure limitation.
‘‘Fish and wildlife costs’’ includes—
(1) purchase power costs and lost revenues, as
determined by the Bonneville Administrator (subject
to independent audit), based on the forecast value of
such costs or revenues under average flow conditions,
related to operations of the Federal Columbia River
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Power System for the benefit of fish and wildlife af-
fected by the development, operation, or management
of such system using operations prior to passage of
the Northwest Power Act as a baseline for calculating
such costs;
(2) expenditures; and
(3) reimbursable costs.
This provision shall be implemented on October 1, 1995 un-
less there is a valid agreement which limits Bonneville’s ex-
posure to increases in fish and wildlife costs consistent with
its ability to pay and the needs for fish and wildlife re-
sources in the Columbia River Basin.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
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