(5) the value the Secretary expects to receive in 
exchange for the uranium, including any adjust-
ments to the gross fair market value of the uranium. 
(c) If on the expected date of provision, the estimated 
gross fair market value of the uranium hexafluoride 
(UF6), comprising of uranium and conversion, is more 
than 10 percent lower than the gross fair market value 
on the date the most recent determination was signed by 
the Secretary, the Secretary shall issue a new determina-
tion pursuant to section 3112(d)(2)(B) of the USEC Pri-
vatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10(d)(2)(B)) before the 
provision can be processed. 
SEC. 307. Notwithstanding section 301(c) of this Act, 
none of the funds made available under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Energy—Energy Programs—Science’’ may 
be used for a multiyear contract, grant, cooperative agree-
ment, or Other Transaction Agreement of $1,000,000 or 
less unless the contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or 
Other Transaction Agreement is funded for the full period 
of performance as anticipated at the time of award. 
SEC. 308. In fiscal year 2015 and subsequent fiscal 
years, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees (as defined in U.S.C. 
101(a)(16)) a report, on each major warhead refurbish-
ment program that reaches the Phase 6.3 milestone, that
provides an analysis of alternatives. Such report shall in-
clude— 
(1) a full description of alternatives considered 
prior to the award of Phase 6.3; 
(2) a comparison of the costs and benefits of 
each of those alternatives, to include an analysis of 
trade-offs among cost, schedule, and performance 
objectives against each alternative considered; 
(3) identification of the cost and risk of critical 
technology elements associated with each alternative, 
including technology maturity, integration risk, man-
ufacturing feasibility, and demonstration needs; 
(4) identification of the cost and risk of addi-
tional capital asset and infrastructure capabilities 
required to support production and certification of 
each alternative; 
(5) a comparative analysis of the risks, costs, 
and scheduling needs for any military requirement 
intended to enhance warhead safety, security, or 
maintainability, including any requirement to con-
solidate and/or integrate warhead systems or mods 
as compared to at least one other feasible refurbish-
ment alternative the Nuclear Weapons Council con-
siders appropriate; and
(6) a life-cycle cost estimate for the alternative 
selected that details the overall cost, scope, and 
schedule planning assumptions. 
SEC. 309. (a) Unobligated balances available from 
prior year appropriations are hereby permanently re-
scinded from the following accounts of the Department of 
Energy in the specified amounts: 
(1) ‘‘Energy Programs—Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy’’, $18,111,000. 
(2) ‘‘Energy Programs—Electricity Delivery 
and Energy Reliability’’, $4,809,000. 
(3) 
‘‘Energy 
Programs—Nuclear 
Energy’’, 
$1,046,000. 
(4) ‘‘Energy Programs—Fossil Energy Re-
search and Development’’, $8,243,000. 
(5) ‘‘Energy Programs—Science’’, $5,257,000. 
(6) ‘‘Energy Programs—Advanced Research 
Projects Agency—Energy’’, $619,000. 
(7) ‘‘Power Marketing Administrations—Con-
struction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Mainte-
nance, 
Western 
Area 
Power 
Administration’’, 
$1,720,000. 
(b) No amounts may be rescinded by this section 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso-
lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 310. From funds made available by this Act for 
pension plan payments in excess of legal requirements, up 
to $90,000,000 under ‘‘Weapons Activities’’ and up to 
$30,000,000 under ‘‘Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation’’ 
may be transferred to ‘‘Defense Environmental Cleanup’’ 
to support decontamination and other requirements at the 
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. 
SEC. 311. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any prior Act under the heading ‘‘Defense Nuclear 
Nonproliferation’’ may be made available for contracts 
with, or 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 30 days after the date on which the Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, in classified 
form if necessary, a report on the justification for the 
waiver.
SEC. 312. All balances under ‘‘United States Enrich-
ment Corporation Fund’’ are hereby permanently re-
scinded. No amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
SEC. 313. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this or any other Act making appropriations for Energy 
and Water Development for any fiscal year or funds avail-
able in the SPR Petroleum Account in this and subsequent 
fiscal years may be used to carry out a test drawdown 
and sale or exchange of petroleum products from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve as authorized by section 161(g) 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6241(g)) unless the Secretary of Energy submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate not less than 30 full calendar days 
in advance of such test— 
(1) notification of intent to conduct a test; 
(2) an explanation of why such a test is nec-
essary or what is expected to be learned; 
(3) the amount of crude oil or refined petro-
leum product to be offered for sale or exchange;
( 4) an estimate of revenues expected from such 
test; and 
(5) a plan for refilling the Reserve, including 
whether the acquisition will be of the same or of a 
different petroleum product. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this or any 
prior Act or funds available in the SPR Petroleum Ac-
count may be used to acquire any petroleum product other 
than crude oil. 
SEC. 314. Of the funds authorized by the Secretary 
of Energy for laboratory directed research and develop-
ment, no individual program, project, or activity funded 
by this or any subsequent Energy and Water Development 
appropriations Act for any fiscal year may be charged 
more than the statutory maximum authorized for such ac-
tivities. 
SEC. 315. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Energy to finalize, 
implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Stand-
ards Ceiling Fans and Ceiling Fan Light Kits’’ and identi-
fied by regulation identification number 1904–AC87. 
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, notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 14704, and for nec-
essary expenses for the Federal Co-Chairman and the Al-
ternate on the Appalachian Regional Commission, for pay-
ment of the Federal share of the administrative expenses 
of the Commission, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$80,317,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Fa-
cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 
by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 
Law 100–456, section 1441, $29,150,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016. 
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Delta Regional Author-
ity and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the 
Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding 
sections 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said 
Act, $12,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses of the Denali Commission including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment as necessary and other expenses,
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended, notwith-
standing 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 Com-
mission Act of 1998 (division C, title III, Public Law 105– 
277), as amended by section 701 of appendix D, title VII, 
Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–280), and an 
amount not to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed com-
munities. 
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses of the Northern Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $3,000,000, 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 necessary expenses of the Southeast Crescent Re-
gional 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 necessary expenses of the Commission in car-
rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 
of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, including 
official representation expenses not to exceed $25,000, 
$1,052,433,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $55,000,000 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 
30, 2016, 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 
$880,155,000 in fiscal year 2015 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 the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues 
received during fiscal year 2015 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2015 appropriation estimated at not more than
$172,278,000: Provided further, That of the amounts ap-
propriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for 
university research and development in areas relevant to 
their respective organization’s mission, and $5,000,000 
shall be for a Nuclear Science and Engineering Grant Pro-
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 necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $12,071,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016: Provided, That revenues from 
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
collections estimated at $10,099,000 in fiscal year 2015 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
2016, 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 2015 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2015 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$1,972,000: Provided further, That, of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading, $850,000 shall be for Inspec-
tor General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board, which shall not be available from fee reve-
nues. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 
203, section 5051, $3,400,000, to be derived from the Nu-
clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
2016. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission shall notify the other members of the Com-
mission, the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
Senate, not later than 1 day after the Chairman begins 
performing functions under the authority of section 3 of 
Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980, or after a member 
of the Commission who is delegated emergency functions 
under subsection (b) of that section begins performing 
those functions. Such notification shall include an expla-
nation of the circumstances warranting the exercise of 
such authority. The Chairman shall report to the Commit-
tees, not less frequently than once each week, on the ac-
tions taken by the Chairman, or a delegated member of 
the Commission, under such authority, until the authority 
is relinquished. The Chairman shall notify the Committees 
not later than 1 day after such authority is relinquished. 
The Chairman shall submit the report required by section 
3(d) of the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980 to the 
Committees not later than 1 day after it was submitted 
to the Commission. This section shall be in effect in fiscal 
year 2015 and each subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 402. 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 until those Proce-
dures are changed or waived by a majority of the Commis-
sion, in accordance with Commission practice. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913.
SEC. 502. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any cor-
poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 
under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 
where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un-
less the agency has considered suspension or debarment 
of the corporation and has made a determination that this 
further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 
the Government. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor-
poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 
been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 
remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 
is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree-
ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 
liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 
tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-
tect the interests of the Government.
SEC. 504. (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. 
(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 the House
of Representatives and the Senate a semiannual report de-
tailing the transfer authorities, except for any authority 
whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States Government may provide goods or services 
to another 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 pur-
poses for which they were transferred, and shall not re-
place or modify existing notification requirements for each 
authority. 
SEC. 505. 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. 506. 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 
with the Yucca Mountain geologic repository license appli-
cation, or for actions that irrevocably remove the possi-
bility that Yucca Mountain may be a repository option in 
the future. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 507. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
SEC. 508. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 3112(d)(2)(B) 
of the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h– 
10(d)(2)(B)) and all public notice and comment require-
ments under chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, that 
are applicable to carrying out such section. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 4712 of title 
41, United States Code. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into any contract with an incor-
porated entity if such entity’s sealed bid or competitive 
proposal shows that such entity is incorporated or char-
tered in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands, and such enti-
ty’s sealed bid or competitive proposal shows that such 
entity was previously incorporated in the United States. 
SEC. 511. 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 ‘‘Technical Support Document: - So-
cial Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis - 
Under Executive Order 12866’’ issued by the Interagency
Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States 
Government (February 2010), ‘‘Technical Support Docu-
ment: - Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon 
for Regulatory Impact Analysis - Under Executive Order 
12866’’ issued by the Interagency Working Group on So-
cial Cost of Carbon, United States Government (May 
2013), ‘‘Technical Support Document - Technical Update 
of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Anal-
ysis - Under Executive Order 12866’’ issued by the Inter-
agency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United 
States Government (revised November 2013), or ‘‘Tech-
nical Support Document - Technical Update of the Social 
Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis - Under 
Executive Order No. 12866’’, published at 78 Fed. Reg. 
228 (November 26, 2013). 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Energy to apply 
the report entitled ‘‘Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspec-
tive on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas from the United 
States’’, published in the Federal Register on June 4, 
2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 32260), in any public interest deter-
mination under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 
U.S.C. 717b). 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to lease or purchase new light duty vehi-
cles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inven-
tory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo-
randum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 
2011. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract with any person 
whose disclosures of a proceeding with a disposition listed 
in section 2313(c)(1) of title 41, United States Code, in 
the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Informa-
tion System include the term ‘‘Fair Labor Standards 
Act.’’. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 
or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 
by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 
of its principals— 
(1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 
has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren-
dered against it for: commission of fraud or a crimi-
nal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting 
to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or 
local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or 
State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of 
offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, for-
gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records,