In the Senate of the United States,
June 23, 1998.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4060) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
energy and water development for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1999, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the
following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, for energy and
water development, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—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-
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vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers
and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related pur-
poses.
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS
For expenses necessary for the collection and study of
basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood con-
trol, shore protection, and related projects, restudy of au-
thorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, and, when
authorized by laws, surveys and detailed studies and plans
and specifications of projects prior to construction,
$165,390,000, to remain available until expended, of which
funds are provided for the following projects in the amounts
specified:
Rehoboth 
and 
Dewey 
Beaches, 
Delaware,
$150,000;
Fort Pierce Shore Protection, Florida, $300,000;
Lido Key Beach, Florida, $300,000;
Paducah, Kentucky, $100,000; and
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Comprehensive Study,
Louisiana, $500,000:
Provided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through
the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $700,000 of the
funds appropriated in Public Law 102–377 for the Red
River Waterway, Shreveport, Louisiana, to Daingerfield,
Texas, project for the feasibility phase of the Red River
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Navigation, Southwest Arkansas, study: Provided further,
That the Secretary of the Army may make available
$500,000 for the Atlanta Watershed, Atlanta, Georgia
project.
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL
For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control,
shore protection, and related projects authorized by laws;
and detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of
projects (including those for development with participation
or under consideration for participation by States, local
governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible
for selection by law (but such studies shall not constitute
a commitment of the Government to construction),
$1,248,068,000, to remain available until expended, of
which such sums as are necessary for the Federal share of
construction costs for facilities under the Dredge Material
Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from the Har-
bor Maintenance Trust Fund, as authorized by Public Law
104–303; and of which such sums as are necessary pursuant
to Public Law 99–662 shall be derived from the Inland Wa-
terways Trust Fund, for one-half of the costs of construction
and rehabilitation of inland waterways projects, including
rehabilitation costs for the Lock and Dam 25, Mississippi
River, Illinois and Missouri; Lock and Dam 14, Mississippi
River, Iowa; Lock and Dam 24, Mississippi River, Illinois
and Missouri; and Lock and Dam 3, Mississippi River,
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Minnesota, projects, and of which funds are provided for
the following projects in the amounts specified:
Norco Bluffs, California, $4,000,000;
Panama City Beaches, Florida, $5,000,000;
Indianapolis 
Central 
Waterfront, 
Indiana,
$4,000,000;
Harlan, Williamsburg, Pike County Middlesboro,
Cumberland City/Harland County, and Martin
County, elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the
Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River
project in Kentucky, $28,500,000;
Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (Hurricane
Protection), Louisiana, $10,000,000;
Lake 
Pontchartrain 
(Jefferson 
Parish)
Stormwater Discharge, Louisiana, $6,000,000;
Jackson County, Mississippi, $4,500,000;
Pascagoula Harbor, Mississippi, $10,000,000;
Wallisville Lake, Texas, $8,000,000;
Virginia Beach, Virginia (Hurricane Protec-
tion), $20,000,000;
Upper Mingo County (including Mingo County
Tributaries), Lower Mingo County (Kermit), Wayne
County, Hatfield Bottom, and McDowell County, ele-
ments of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy
River and Upper Cumberland River project in West
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shall be reviewed and, to be effective, shall contain assur-
ances provided by the Secretary of State, after consultation
with the International Joint Commission, that the project
will not violate the requirements or intent of the Treaty
Between the United States and Great Britain Relating to
Boundary Waters Between the United States and Canada,
signed at Washington January 11, 1909 (36 Stat. 2448;
TS 548) (commonly known as the ‘‘Boundary Waters Trea-
ty of 1909’’): Provided further, That the Secretary of the
Army shall submit the final plans and other documents for
the emergency outlet to Congress: Provided further, That no
funds made available under this Act or any other Act for
any fiscal year may be used by the Secretary of the Army
to carry out the portion of the feasibility study of the Devils
Lake Basin, North Dakota, authorized under the Energy
and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public
Law 102–377), that addresses the needs of the area for sta-
bilized lake levels through inlet controls, or to otherwise
study any facility or carry out any activity that would per-
mit the transfer of water from the Missouri River Basin
into Devils Lake: Provided further, That the entire amount
of $8,000,000 shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request, that includes the designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
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trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary
of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers is di-
rected to use $500,000 of funds appropriated herein to con-
tinue construction of the Joseph G. Minish Passaic River
waterfront park and historic area, New Jersey project: Pro-
vided further, That of amounts made available by this Act
for project modifications for improvement of the environ-
ment under section 1135 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2309a), $500,000 may be made
available for demonstration of sediment remediation tech-
nology under section 401 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 1268 note; 104 Stat. 4644):
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army may make
available $100,000 for the Belle Isle Shoreline Erosion Pro-
tection, Michigan project; $100,000 for the Riverfront Tow-
ers to Renaissance Center Shoreline Protection, Michigan
project; and $200,000 for the Great Lakes Basin, Sea Lam-
prey Control, section 206, Michigan project.
FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES,
ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MIS-
SISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE
For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood
control, and rescue work, repair, restoration, or mainte-
nance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by
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flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 702a, 702g–1),
$313,234,000, to remain available until expended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation,
maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood
control, and related works, including such sums as may be
necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels provided
by a State, municipality or other public agency, outside
of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of general com-
merce and navigation; surveys and charting of northern
and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and
straightening channels; and removal of obstructions to navi-
gation, $1,667,572,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $460,000 may be made available for the Omaha
District to pay pending takings claims for flooding of prop-
erty adjacent to the Missouri River caused by actions taken
by the Army Corps of Engineers, of which $2,540,000 shall
be available for the project on the Missouri River between
Fort Peck Dam and Gavins Point in South Dakota and
Montana, under section 9(f) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act au-
thorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers
and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved December 22, 1944 (102 Stat. 4031), of which such
sums as become available from the special account estab-
lished by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l), may be derived from that
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Fund for construction, operation, and maintenance of out-
door recreation facilities, and of which funds are provided
for the following projects in the amounts specified:
Ponce DeLeon Inlet, Florida, $4,000,000;
Delaware River, Philadelphia to the Sea, Pea
Patch Island, Delaware and New Jersey, $1,500,000;
and
Yuquina Bay and Harbor, North Marina Break-
water, Oregon, $1,100,000:
Provided, That no funds, whether appropriated, contrib-
uted, or otherwise provided, shall be available to the United
States Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose of acquir-
ing land in Jasper County, South Carolina, in connection
with the Savannah Harbor navigation project: Provided
further, That notwithstanding section 103(c)(1) of Public
Law 99–662, the Secretary of the Army is directed to use
up to $100,000 of the funds appropriated herein for the
Bluestone Lake, West Virginia, project to reimburse the Tri-
Cities Power Authority the total amount provided by the
Authority to the Department of the Army after fiscal year
1997 for the reevaluation study for the project.
REGULATORY PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for administration of laws per-
taining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands,
$106,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$250,000 may be made available to support the National
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Contaminated Sediment Task Force established by section
502 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (33
U.S.C. 1271 note; Public Law 102–580).
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary to clean up contaminated sites
throughout the United States where work was performed as
part of the Nation’s early atomic energy program,
$140,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the remedial actions by the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers under this program shall consist of the follow-
ing functions and activities to be performed at eligible sites
where remediation has not been completed: sampling and
assessment of contaminated areas, characterization of site
conditions, determination of the nature and extent of con-
tamination, preparation of designation reports, cleanup
and closeout of sites, and any other functions determined
by the Chief of Engineers as necessary of remediation: Pro-
vided further, That remedial actions by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers under this program shall be subject to
the administrative, procedural, and regulatory provisions
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., and the Na-
tional Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contin-
gency Plan, 40 C.F.R., Chapter 1, Part 300: Provided fur-
ther, That, except as stated herein, these provisions do not
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alter, curtail or limit the authorities, function or respon-
sibilities of other agencies under the Atomic Energy Act,
42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.: Provided further, That the unex-
pended balances of prior appropriations provided for these
activities in this Act or any previous Energy and Water
Development Appropriations Act may be transferred to and
merged with this appropriation account, and thereafter,
may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period
as originally enacted.
GENERAL EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for general administration and
related functions in the Office of the Chief of Engineers and
offices of the Division Engineers; activities of the Coastal
Engineering Research Board, the Humphreys Engineer
Center Support Activity, the Water Resources Support Cen-
ter, and the USACE Finance Center; and for costs of imple-
menting the Secretary of the Army’s plan to reduce the
number of division offices as directed in title I, Public Law
104–206, $148,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no part of any other appropriation pro-
vided in title I of this Act shall be available to fund the
activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the execu-
tive direction and management activities of the division of-
fices.
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REVOLVING FUND
Amounts in the Revolving Fund may be used to con-
struct a 17,000 square foot addition to the United States
Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District main office build-
ing on Elemendorf Air Force Base. The Revolving Fund
shall be reimbursed for such funding from appropriations
of the benefitting programs by collection each year of user
fees sufficient to repay the capitalized cost of the asset and
to operate and maintain the asset. Using amounts available
in the Revolving Fund, the Secretary of the Army is author-
ized to renovate office space in the General Accounting Of-
fice headquarters building in Washington, DC, for use by
the Corps and GAO. The Secretary is authorized to enter
into a lease with GAO to occupy such renovated space as
appropriate, for the Corps’ headquarters. The Secretary
shall ensure that the Revolving Fund is appropriately reim-
bursed from appropriations of the Corps’ benefitting pro-
grams by collection each year of amounts sufficient to repay
the capitalized cost of such renovation and through rent re-
ductions or rebates from GAO.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
Appropriations in this title shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed
$5,000); and during the current fiscal year the Revolving
Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase
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(not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no fully allocated funding policy shall be applied to
projects for which funds are identified in the Committee re-
ports accompanying the Act or a subsequent Energy and
Water Development Appropriations Act under the Con-
struction, General; Operation and Maintenance, General;
and Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, ap-
propriation accounts: Provided, That the Secretary of the
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed
to undertake these projects using continuing contracts, as
authorized in section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of
September 22, 1922 (33 U.S.C. 621).
SEC. 102. In fiscal year 1999, the Secretary of the
Army is authorized and directed to provide planning, de-
sign and construction assistance to non-Federal interests in
carrying out water-related environmental infrastructure
and environmental resources development projects in Alas-
ka, including assistance for wastewater treatment and re-
lated facilities; water supply, storage, treatment and dis-
tribution facilities; development, restoration or improve-
ment of wetlands and other aquatic areas for the purpose
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of protection or development of surface water resources; and
bulk fuel storage, rural power, erosion control, and com-
prehensive utility planning: Provided, That the non-Fed-
eral interest shall enter into a binding agreement with the
Secretary wherein the non-Federal interest will provide all
lands, easements, rights-of-way, relocations, and dredge ma-
terial disposal areas required for the project, and pay 50
per centum of the costs of required feasibility studies, 25
per centum of the costs of designing and constructing the
project, and 100 per centum of the costs of operation, main-
tenance, repair, replacement or rehabilitation of the project:
Provided further, That the value of lands, easements, rights-
of-way, relocations and dredged material disposal areas
provided by the non-Federal interest shall be credited to-
ward the non-Federal share, not to exceed 25 per centum,
of the costs of designing and constructing the project: Pro-
vided further, That utilizing $5,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated herein, the Secretary is directed to carry out this
section.
SEC. 103. 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 Federal en-
tity or official to which the funds are made available that
such revision provides for an increase in the springtime
water release program during the spring heavy rainfall and
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snow melt period in States that have rivers draining into
the Missouri River below the Gavins Point Dam.
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, and for activities related to
the Uintah and Upalco Units authorized by 43 U.S.C. 620,
$43,665,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$15,476,000 shall be deposited into the Utah Reclamation
Mitigation and Conservation Account: Provided, That of
the amounts deposited into that account, $5,000,000 shall
be considered the Federal contribution authorized by para-
graph 402(b)(2) of the Central Utah Project Completion Act
and $10,476,000 shall be available to the Utah Reclamation
Mitigation and Conservation Commission to carry out ac-
tivities authorized under that Act.
In addition, for necessary expenses incurred in carry-
ing out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, $1,283,000, to remain available until expended.
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Rec-
lamation as provided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act
of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory there-
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of or supplementary thereto) and other Acts applicable to
that Bureau as follows:
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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, Indian
Tribes, and others, $697,669,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $1,873,000 shall be available for transfer
to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and $46,218,000
shall be available for transfer to the Lower Colorado River
Basin Development Fund, and of which such amounts as
may be necessary may be advanced 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 spe-
cial fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i) 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 contributed: Pro-
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vided 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 total ap-
propriated, $25,800,000 shall be derived by transfer of un-
expended balances from the Bureau of Reclamation Work-
ing Capital Fund: Provided further, That funds available
for expenditure for the Departmental Irrigation Drainage
Program may be expended by the Bureau of Reclamation
for site remediation on a non-reimbursable basis: Provided
further, That the amount authorized for Indian municipal,
rural, and industrial water features by section 10 of Public
Law 89–108, as amended by section 8 of Public Law 99–
294 and section 1701(b) of Public Law 102–575, is in-
creased by $2,000,000 (October 1997 prices): Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of the Interior is directed to use
not to exceed $3,600,000 of funds appropriated herein as
the Bureau of Reclamation share for completion of the
McCall Area Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse, Idaho,
project authorized in Public Law 105–62 and described in
PN–FONSI–96–05: Provided further, That the Secretary of
the Interior is directed to use not to exceed $200,000 of
funds appropriated herein to provide technical assistance
in a study of measures to increase the efficiency of existing
water systems developed to serve sugar cane plantations and
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surrounding communities in the State of Hawaii: Provided
further, That the Secretary of the Interior shall waive the
scheduled annual payments for fiscal years 1998 and 1999
under section 208 of Public Law 100–202 (101 Stat. 1329–
118).
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans and/or grants, $12,000,000,
to remain available until expended, as authorized by the
Small Reclamation Projects Act of August 6, 1956, as
amended (43 U.S.C. 422a–422l): Provided, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans not to exceed $38,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the program for direct loans and/or grants,
$425,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the total sums appropriated, the amount of program
activities that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund
shall be derived from that Fund.
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, and
habitat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provi-
sions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act,
$39,500,000 to be derived from such sums as may be col-
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lected in the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pur-
suant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), 3405(f), and
3406(c)(1) 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 addi-
tional mitigation and restoration payments authorized by
section 3407(d) of Public Law 102–575.
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Inte-
rior and other participating Federal agencies in carrying
out the California Bay-Delta Environmental Enhancement
and Water Security Act consistent with plans to be ap-
proved by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with
such Federal agencies, $65,000,000, to remain available
until expended, of which such amounts as may be necessary
to conform with such plans shall be transferred to appro-
priate accounts of such Federal agencies: Provided, That
such funds may be obligated only as non-Federal sources
provide their share in accordance with the cost-sharing
agreement required under section 102(d) of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That such funds may be obligated prior to
the completion of a final programmatic environmental im-
pact statement only if: (1) consistent with 40 CFR
1506.1(c); and (2) used for purposes that the Secretary finds
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are of sufficiently high priority to warrant such an expend-
iture.
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and
related functions in the office of the Commissioner, the Den-
ver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of
Reclamation, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended,
$48,000,000, 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 appropriation in this Act shall
be available for activities or functions budgeted as policy
and administration expenses.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall
be available for purchase of not to exceed six passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only.
TITLE III
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY PROGRAMS
ENERGY SUPPLY
For expenses of the Department of Energy activities
including the purchase, construction and acquisition of
plant and capital equipment and other expenses necessary
for energy supply, uranium supply and enrichment activi-
ties in carrying out the purposes of the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including
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the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or
any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion; and the purchase of 22 passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only, $786,854,000, to remain
available until October 1, 2000, of which not less than
$3,860,000 shall be available for solar building technology
research, not less than $72,966,000 shall be available for
photovoltaic energy systems, not less than $21,617,500 shall
be available for solar thermal energy systems (of which not
less than $3,000,000 shall be available for the dish/engine
field verification initiative), not less than $35,750,000 shall
be available for power systems in biomass/biofuels energy
systems, not less than $41,083,500 shall be available for
transportation in biomass/biofuels energy systems (of which
not less than $3,000,000 shall be available to fund the Con-
sortium for Plant Biotechnology Research), not less than
$38,265,000 shall be available for wind energy systems, not
less than $4,000,000 shall be available for the renewable en-
ergy production incentive program, not less than
$7,000,000 shall be available for solar program support, not
less than $5,087,500 shall be available for the international
solar energy program, not less than $680,000 shall be avail-
able for solar technology transfer, not less than $5,000,000
shall be available for the National Renewable Energy Lab-
oratory, not less than $31,250,000 shall be available for geo-
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thermal technology development, not less than $5,000,000
shall be available for the Federal building/Remote power
initiative, not less than $16,325,500 shall be available for
program direction, not to exceed $25,000 may be used for
official reception and representation expenses for trans-
parency activities and of which not to exceed $1,500,000
may be used to pay a portion of the expenses necessary to
meet the United States’ annual obligations of membership
in the Nuclear Energy Agency.
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment and other expenses necessary for non-defense en-
vironmental management 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,
$424,600,000, to remain available until expended.
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND
DECOMMISSIONING FUND
For necessary expenses in carrying out uranium en-
richment facility decontamination and decommissioning,
remedial actions and other activities of title II of the Atom-
ic Energy Act of 1954 and title X, subtitle A of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992, $200,000,000, to be derived from the
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Fund, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
$30,000,000 of amounts derived from the Fund for such ex-
penses shall be available in accordance with title X, subtitle
A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
SCIENCE
For expenses of the Department of Energy activities
including the purchase, construction and acquisition of
plant and capital equipment and other expenses necessary
for science 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 facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, and purchase of 15 passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only, $2,676,560,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That $7,600,000 of the
unobligated balances originally available for Super-
conducting Super Collider termination activities shall be
made available for other activities under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That $500,000 of the unobligated balances
may be applied to the identification of trace element iso-
topes in environmental samples at the University of Nevada
Las Vegas.
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL FUND
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the
purposes of Public Law 97–425, as amended, including the
acquisition of real property or facility construction or ex-
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pansion, $190,000,000, to remain available until expended,
to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund; of which not
to exceed $4,875,000 may be provided to the State of Nevada
solely to conduct scientific oversight responsibilities pursu-
ant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982; and of which
not to exceed $5,540,000 may be provided to affected local
governments, as defined in Public Law 97–425, to conduct
appropriate activities pursuant to the Act: Provided, That
the distribution of the funds to the units of local government
shall be determined by the Department of Energy: Provided
further, That the funds shall be made available to the units
of local government by direct payment: Provided further,
That within ninety days of the completion of each Federal
fiscal year, each local entity shall provide certification to
the Department of Energy, that all funds expended from
such payments have been expended for activities as defined
in Public Law 97–425. 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 directly or indirectly to influence legislative action on
any matter pending before Congress or a State legislature
or for lobbying activity as provided in 18 U.S.C. 1913; (2)
used for litigation expenses; or (3) used to support
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multistate efforts or other coalition building activities in-
consistent with the restrictions contained in this Act.
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.), including the hire of passenger
motor vehicles and official reception and representation ex-
penses (not to exceed $35,000), $238,539,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That moneys received
by the Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated to
total $136,530,000 in fiscal year 1999 may be retained and
used for operating expenses within this account, and may
remain available until expended, 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 by the amount of miscellane-
ous revenues received during fiscal year 1999 so as to result
in a final fiscal year 1999 appropriation from the General
Fund estimated at not more than $102,009,000.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $27,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
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
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; the pur-
chase of one fixed wing aircraft; and the purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles (not to exceed 32 for replacement only,
and one bus), $4,445,700,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funding for any ballistic missile de-
fense program undertaken by the Department of Energy for
the Department of Defense shall be provided by the Depart-
ment of Defense according to procedures established for
Work for Others by the Department of Energy.
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE
MANAGEMENT
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic energy
defense environmental restoration and waste management
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
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cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion; and the purchase of passenger
motor vehicles (not to exceed 3 new sedans and 6 for re-
placement only, of which 3 are sedans, 2 are buses, and
one is an ambulance), $4,293,403,000, to remain available
until expended.
DEFENSE FACILITIES CLOSURE PROJECTS
For expenses of the Department of Energy to accelerate
the closure of defense environmental management sites, in-
cluding the purchase, construction and acquisition of plant
and capital equipment and other necessary expenses,
$1,048,240,000, to remain available until expended.
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRIVATIZATION
For Department of Energy expenses for privatization
projects necessary for atomic energy defense environmental
restoration and waste management activities authorized by
the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C.
7101, et seq.), $241,857,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic energy
defense, other defense activities, in carrying out the pur-
poses of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42
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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,
$1,658,160,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount appropriated herein $5,000,000
shall be available for the joint U.S.-Russian development
of a passively safe advanced reactor technology to dispose
of Russian excess weapons derived plutonium: Provided fur-
ther, That $56,700,000 appropriated herein is to procure
plutonium disposition services and to begin Title I design
for a mixed-oxide fuel fabrication facility: Provided further,
That such funds shall not be available except as necessary
to implement a bilateral program with the Russian Federa-
tion to convert to non-weapons forms and dispose of excess
weapons plutonium in accordance with which the United
States will at no time convert to non-weapons forms quan-
tities of excess weapons plutonium greater than those con-
verted to non-weapons forms by the Russian Federation:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated herein
$30,000,000 is to be available for the Initiatives for Pro-
liferation Prevention program: Provided further, That of
the amount appropriated herein $30,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the purpose of implementing the ‘‘nuclear cities’’
initiative pursuant to the discussions of March 1998 be-
tween the Vice President of the United States and the Prime
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(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Energy Re-
search’’ and inserting ‘‘Science Research’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents
in the first section of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. prec. 7101) is amended by
striking the item relating to section 209 and inserting
the following:
‘‘Section 209. Office of Science Research.’’.
(2) REFERENCES IN OTHER LAW.—Each of the
following is amended by striking ‘‘Energy Research’’
and inserting ‘‘Science Research’’:
(A) The item relating to the Director, Office
of Energy Research, Department of Energy in
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
(B) Section 2902(b)(6) of title 10, United
States Code.
(C) Section 406(h)(2)(A)(v) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284a(h)(2)(A)(v)).
(D) Sections 3167(3) and 3168 of the De-
partment of Energy Science Education Enhance-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 7381d(3), 7381e).
(E) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section
224(b) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
(42 U.S.C. 10204(b)).