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received from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress. 
(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) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the amounts 
made available in this title under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Reclama-
tion—Water and Related Resources’’ shall be expended for the pro-
grams, projects, and activities specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ columns 
in the ‘‘Water and Related Resources’’ table included under the 
heading ‘‘Title II—Department of the Interior’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act). 
(e) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports on a quar-
terly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress detailing all the funds reprogrammed between pro-
grams, projects, activities, or categories of funding. The first quar-
terly report shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
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 Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any 
detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program 
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 Repayment Plan’’ described in the report enti-
tled ‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program 
and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, pre-
pared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. 
Any future obligations of funds by the United States relating to, 
or providing for, drainage service or drainage studies for the San 
Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries 
of such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 
SEC. 203. Section 9504(e) of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-
ment Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$920,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000,000’’. 
SEC. 204. (a) Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the Calfed Bay-
Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as amended, shall be 
applied by substituting ‘‘2026’’ for ‘‘2022’’ each place it appears. 
(b) Section 103(f)(4)(A) of Public Law 108–361 (the Calfed Bay-
Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681) is amended by striking 
‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$32,600,000’’. 
SEC. 205. Section 9106(g)(2) of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘2026’’ for ‘‘2022’’. 
SEC. 206. Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘‘$130,000,000’’ for ‘‘$120,000,000’’.
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SEC. 207. Section 9503(f) of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-
ment Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10363(f)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘2026’’ for ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 208. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, 
notwithstanding the Act of May 9, 1938, (43 U.S.C. 392a), all 
monies received by the United States in connection with the repay-
ment or reimbursement of costs for all projects, including power, 
financed in whole or in part with money from the Aging Infrastruc-
ture Account created pursuant to section 9603(d) of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 510b(d)) shall 
be repaid and deposited to that account. 
SEC. 209. (a) Section 10609(a)(1) of the Northwestern New 
Mexico Rural Water Projects Act (subtitle B of title X of Public 
Law 111–11)—
(1) is amended by striking ‘‘$870,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,815,000,000’’; and 
(2) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2026’’ for ‘‘2024’’. 
(b) Section 10604(b)(3)(B) of the Northwestern New Mexico 
Rural Water Projects Act (subtitle B of title X of Public Law 
111–11) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘MAXIMUM SHARE.—
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the repayment obligation of 
the City shall not exceed $76,000,000’’. 
SEC. 210. Section 10 of Public Law 89–108, as amended (79 
Stat. 433; 100 Stat. 424; 106 Stat. 4669; 114 Stat. 2763A–291), 
is further amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by—
(A) redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph 
(D); and 
(B) inserting after subparagraph (B), the following: 
‘‘(C) OTHER
AMOUNTS.—In addition to the amounts 
made available under subparagraphs (A) and (B), there 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 7(a) 
$50,000,000.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by inserting prior to the last sentence, 
the following: ‘‘Such indexing shall also be applied for the 
$50,000,000 amount under subsection (b)(1)(C) for costs 
incurred after the date of enactment.’’. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 
other expenses necessary for energy efficiency and renewable energy 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition 
or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $3,100,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$224,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2027, for pro-
gram direction.
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CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY SECURITY, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 
other expenses necessary for energy sector cybersecurity, energy 
security, and emergency response activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $190,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of such amount, $24,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2027, for program direction. 
ELECTRICITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 
other expenses necessary for electricity activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation 
of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $235,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of such amount, $19,700,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2027, for program direction. 
GRID DEPLOYMENT 
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 
other expenses necessary for grid deployment in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $25,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of such amount, $6,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for program direction. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 
other expenses necessary for nuclear energy activities in carrying 
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation 
of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $1,785,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of such amount, $88,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2027, for program direction: Provided 
further, That for the purpose of section 954(a)(7) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005, as amended, the only amount available shall 
be from the amount specified as including that purpose in the 
‘‘Final Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department of Energy’’ table included 
under the heading ‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act).
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FOSSIL ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 
fossil energy research and development activities, under the 
authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), including the acquisition of interest, including defea-
sible 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 
extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances with-
out objectionable social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, 
and 1603), $720,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount $70,000,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2027, for program direction. 
ENERGY PROJECTS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 
community project funding activities, under the authority of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
$97,557,000, to remain available until expended, for projects, and 
in the amounts, specified for this account in the table entitled 
‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry out 
naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, $13,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, unobligated 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 operations and program 
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $206,325,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT 
For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of petroleum 
products, and for other necessary expenses pursuant to the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 
et seq.), sections 403 and 404 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 
2015 (42 U.S.C. 6241, 6239 note), section 32204 of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241 note), and 
section 30204 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 
6241 note), $100,000, 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
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activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $7,150,000, to remain available until expended. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 
the 
activities 
of 
the 
Energy 
Information 
Administration, 
$135,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 
other expenses necessary for non-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 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $322,371,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That in addition, fees 
collected pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of section 5 of the Mercury 
Export Ban Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 6939f(b)(1)), and deposited under 
this heading in fiscal year 2026 pursuant to section 309 of title 
III of division C of Public Law 116–94 are appropriated, to remain 
available until expended, for mercury storage costs. 
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING 
FUND 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying 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, $865,000,000, to be deposited into and subsequently derived 
from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommis-
sioning Fund, to remain available until expended, of which $0 
shall be available in accordance with title X, subtitle A, of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992. 
SCIENCE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 
other expenses necessary for science activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 35 pas-
senger motor vehicles, $8,400,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of such amount, $226,831,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2027, for program direction. 
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for nuclear waste 
disposal activities to carry out the purposes of the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982, Public Law 97–425, as amended, $12,040,000, 
to remain available until expended, which shall be derived from 
the Nuclear Waste Fund.
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ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 
the activities authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES 
Act (Public Law 110–69), $350,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of such amount, $40,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2027, for program direction. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received from bor-
rowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall be collected in accord-
ance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses of the Title 
17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, 
$35,000,000 is appropriated, to remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided further, That up to $35,000,000 of fees collected 
in fiscal year 2026 pursuant to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 shall be credited as offsetting collections under this 
heading and used for necessary administrative expenses in this 
appropriation and shall remain available until September 30, 2027: 
Provided further, That to the extent that fees collected in fiscal 
year 2026 exceed $35,000,000, those excess amounts shall be cred-
ited as offsetting collections under this heading and available in 
future fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance in appro-
priations Acts: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
from the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are received 
during fiscal year 2026 (estimated at $240,000,000) and (2) to 
the extent that any remaining general fund appropriations can 
be derived from fees collected in previous fiscal years that are 
not otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2026 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided 
further, That the Department of Energy shall not subordinate any 
loan obligation to other financing in violation of section 1702 of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordinate any Guaranteed 
Obligation to any loan or other debt obligations in violation of 
section 609.8 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations. 
In addition, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for the cost of loan guarantees for the construction of small modular 
reactors or advanced nuclear reactors eligible under section 
1703(b)(4) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513(b)(4)): 
Provided, That the amounts provided under this paragraph are 
in addition to those provided in any other Act: Provided further, 
That for amounts collected pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005, the source of such payment received 
from borrowers may not be a loan or other debt obligation that 
is guaranteed by the Federal Government: Provided further, That 
none of such loan guarantee authority made available under this 
paragraph shall be available for commitments to guarantee loans 
for any projects where funds, personnel, or property (tangible or 
intangible) of any Federal agency, instrumentality, personnel, or 
affiliated entity are expected be used (directly or indirectly) through 
acquisitions, contracts, demonstrations, exchanges, grants, incen-
tives, leases, procurements, sales, other transaction authority, or 
other arrangements, to support the project or to obtain goods or 
services from the project: Provided further, That the preceding 
proviso shall not be interpreted as precluding the use of the loan
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guarantee authority provided under this paragraph for commit-
ments to guarantee loans for: 
(1) projects as a result of such projects benefitting from 
otherwise allowable Federal income tax benefits; 
(2) projects as a result of such projects benefitting from 
being located on Federal land pursuant to a lease or right 
of-way agreement for which all consideration for all uses is: 
(A) paid exclusively in cash; 
(B) deposited in the Treasury as offsetting receipts; 
and 
(C) equal to the fair market value as determined by 
the head of the relevant agency; 
(3) projects as a result of such projects benefitting from 
Federal insurance programs, including under section 170 of 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210; commonly 
known as the ‘‘Price-Anderson Act’’); or 
(4) electric generation projects using transmission facilities 
owned or operated by a Federal Power Marketing Administra-
tion or the Tennessee Valley Authority that have been author-
ized, approved, and financed independent of the project 
receiving the guarantee: 
Provided further, That none of the loan guarantee authority made 
available under this heading shall be available for any project 
unless the Director of the Office of Management and Budget has 
certified in advance in writing that the loan guarantee and the 
project comply with the provisions under this heading. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING LOAN 
PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary 
in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing 
Loan Program, $9,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027. 
TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary 
in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program, 
$6,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027. 
INDIAN ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities in carrying 
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $75,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, $14,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2027, 
for program direction. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy nec-
essary for departmental administration in carrying out the purposes 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.), $300,578,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and official 
reception and representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus
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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.): Pro-
vided, 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 $100,578,000 in fiscal year 2026 may be retained 
and used for operating expenses within this account, as authorized 
by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions 
of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at not more than $200,000,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $90,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027. 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
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 condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$20,378,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of such amount, $149,244,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2027, for program direction. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 
other incidental expenses necessary for defense nuclear non-
proliferation activities, in carrying out the purposes of the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$2,367,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NAVAL REACTORS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval reac-
tors activities to carry out the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition (by purchase, 
condemnation, construction, or otherwise) of real property, plant, 
and 
capital 
equipment, 
facilities, 
and 
facility 
expansion, 
$2,134,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which,
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$96,740,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy 
Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the Advanced Test Reactor: Pro-
vided, That of such amount made available under this heading, 
$61,540,000 shall be available until September 30, 2027, for pro-
gram direction. 
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Expenses in 
the National Nuclear Security Administration, $525,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027, including official recep-
tion and representation expenses not to exceed $17,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
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 
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 condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$7,375,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of such amount, $312,818,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2027, for program direction. 
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, and classified activities, in carrying out the purposes 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, $1,170,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of such amount, $384,404,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2027, for program direction. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, 
established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, are approved for: the 
Rocky Reach Kelt Facility, the Colville Acclimation Building Enclo-
sures, the Colville Tribes Resident Fish Hatchery Expansion, the 
Chief Joseph Hatchery Water Quality Project, and the Umatilla 
Hatchery Facility and Acclimation Facilities: Provided, That 
expenditures are also approved for official reception and representa-
tion expenses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2026, no new direct loan obligations may 
be made.
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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 Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), 
as applied to the southeastern power area, $9,285,000, 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 $9,285,000 collected by the Southeastern 
Power Administration from the sale of power and related services 
shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collec-
tions, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of 
funding the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Administra-
tion: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual 
expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $0: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $81,819,000 collected by the South-
eastern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall 
be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able 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 reception and representation expenses in an 
amount not to exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the Southwestern 
Power Administration, $59,766,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and sec-
tion 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to 
$49,366,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Administration 
from the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 
this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able until expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual 
expenses of the Southwestern Power Administration: Provided fur-
ther, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall 
be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation estimated 
at not more than $10,400,000: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $80,000,000 collected by the South-
western Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall 
be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power 
and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes
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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). 
CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section 
302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7152), and 
other related activities including conservation and renewable 
resources programs as authorized, $311,035,000, including official 
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$1,500, to remain available until expended, of which $311,035,000 
shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Reclamation 
Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, section 5 
of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), and section 
1 of the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 
392a), up to $247,663,000 collected by the Western Area Power 
Administration from the sale of power and related services shall 
be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, 
to remain available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the Western Area Power Administration: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual 
expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $63,372,000, of which $63,372,000 is 
derived from the Reclamation Fund: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $475,000,000 collected by the 
Western Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 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 appropria-
tion, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recov-
ered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding purchase 
power and wheeling expenses). 
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE FUND 
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the hydro-
electric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, $6,510,000, 
to remain available until expended, and to be derived from the 
Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund of the 
Western Area Power Administration, as provided in section 2 of 
the Act of June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwith-
standing the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 
to $6,282,000 collected by the Western Area Power Administration 
from the sale of power and related services from the Falcon and 
Amistad Dams shall be credited to this account as discretionary 
offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the 
sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the hydroelectric 
facilities of these Dams and associated Western Area Power 
Administration activities: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2026 appropriation estimated at not more than $228,000: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual
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expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the 
same year that they are incurred: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2026, the Administrator of the Western Area Power Adminis-
tration may accept up to $1,072,000 in funds contributed by United 
States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams for deposit 
into the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund, 
and such funds shall be available for the purpose for which contrib-
uted in like manner as if said sums had been specifically appro-
priated for such purpose: Provided further, That any such funds 
shall be available without further appropriation and without fiscal 
year limitation for use by the Commissioner of the United States 
Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission for 
the sole purpose of operating, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, 
replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at these Dams 
in accordance with agreements reached between the Administrator, 
Commissioner, and the power customers. 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission to carry out the provisions of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $520,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $520,000,000 of revenues from fees and annual charges, 
and other services and collections in fiscal year 2026 shall be 
retained and used for expenses necessary in this account, and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
as revenues are received during fiscal year 2026 so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $0. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority made avail-
able by this title for the Department of Energy shall be used 
to initiate or resume any program, project, or activity or to prepare 
or initiate Requests For Proposals or similar arrangements 
(including Requests for Quotations, Requests for Information, and 
Funding Opportunity Announcements) for a program, project, or 
activity if the program, project, or activity has not been funded 
by Congress. 
(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 3 full business 
days in advance, none of the funds made available in this title 
may be used to—
(A) make a grant allocation or discretionary grant award 
totaling $1,000,000 or more; 
(B) make a discretionary contract award or Other Trans-
action Agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more, including a con-
tract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation;
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(C) provide nonoperational funding through a competition 
restricted only to Department of Energy National Laboratories 
totaling $1,000,000 or more; 
(D) provide nonoperational funding directly to a Depart-
ment of Energy National Laboratory totaling $25,000,000 or 
more; 
(E) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, award, 
or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A), 
(B), (C), or (D); 
(F) announce publicly the intention to make an allocation, 
award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph 
(A), (B), (C), or (D); or 
(G) issue a letter to terminate an allocation, award, or 
Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A), (B), 
(C), or (D). 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress within 15 days of 
the conclusion of each quarter a report detailing each grant alloca-
tion or discretionary grant award totaling less than $1,000,000 
provided during the previous quarter. 
(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and the report 
required by paragraph (2) shall include the recipient of the award, 
the amount of the award, the fiscal year for which the funds 
for the award were appropriated, the account and program, project, 
or activity from which the funds are being drawn, the title of 
the award, and a brief description of the activity for which the 
award is made. 
(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect to any 
program, project, or activity that uses budget authority made avail-
able in this title under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy 
Programs’’, enter into a multiyear contract, award a multiyear 
grant, or enter into a multiyear cooperative agreement unless—
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is funded 
for the full period of performance as anticipated at the time 
of award; or 
(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement includes 
a clause conditioning the Federal Government’s obligation on 
the availability of future year budget authority and the Sec-
retary notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress at least 3 days in advance. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), the 
amounts made available by this title shall be expended as author-
ized by law for the programs, projects, and activities, and in the 
amounts, specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department 
of Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title III—Department 
of Energy’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 
reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and the Depart-
ment shall notify, and obtain the prior approval of, the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 
prior to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would cause 
any program, project, or activity funding level to increase or 
decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, during the time period covered by this Act.
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(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that—
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, project, or 
activity; 
(2) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
or activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 
Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for a specific 
program, project, or activity by this Act. 
(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any requirement 
or restriction in this section that applies to the use of funds made 
available for the Department of Energy if compliance with such 
requirement or restriction would pose a substantial risk to human 
health, the environment, welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any waiver under 
paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later than 3 days 
after the date of the activity to which a requirement or restriction 
would otherwise have applied. Such notice shall include an expla-
nation of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 
such waiver. 
(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided 
for activities in this Act may be available to the same appropriation 
accounts for such activities established pursuant to this title. Avail-
able balances may be merged with funds in the applicable estab-
lished accounts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund 
for the same time period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 302. None of the funds made available in this title shall 
be used for the construction of facilities classified as high-hazard 
nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 830 unless independent over-
sight is conducted by the Office of Enterprise Assessments to ensure 
the project is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical decision-3 under 
Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or any successive depart-
mental guidance, for construction projects where the total project 
cost exceeds $100,000,000, until a separate independent cost esti-
mate has been developed for the project for that critical decision. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to support a grant allocation award, discretionary grant 
award, or cooperative agreement that exceeds $100,000,000 in Fed-
eral funding unless the project is carried out through internal 
independent project management procedures. 
SEC. 305. No funds shall be transferred directly from ‘‘Depart-
ment of Energy—Power Marketing Administration—Colorado River 
Basins Power Marketing Fund, Western Area Power Administra-
tion’’ to the general fund of the Treasury in the current fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 306. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to draw down and sell petroleum products from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve (1) to any entity that is under the owner-
ship, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party; or 
(2) except on condition that such petroleum products will not be 
exported to the People’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 307. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used by the Secretary of Energy to award any grant,