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vanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund; of which not 
more than $500,000 is for high priority projects which 
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as 
authorized by section 106 of Public Law 91–378 (16 
U.S.C. 1706): Provided, That such transfers may be in-
creased or decreased within the overall appropriation 
under this heading: Provided further, That of the total ap-
propriated, the amount for program activities that can be 
financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Rec-
lamation special fee account established by section 4(i) of 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 
U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)) shall be derived from that Fund or ac-
count: Provided further, That funds contributed under the 
Act of March 4, 1921 (43 U.S.C. 395) are available until 
expended for the purposes for which contributed: Provided 
further, That funds advanced under the Act of January 
12, 1927 (43 U.S.C. 397a) shall be credited to this ac-
count and are available until expended for the same pur-
poses as the sums appropriated under this heading. 
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 (title 
XXXIV of Public Law 102–575), $59,122,000, to be de-
rived from such sums as may be collected in the Central 
Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 
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3404(c)(3), 3405(f), and 3407(d) of the Central Valley 
Project Improvement Act (Public Law 102–575), to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Bureau 
of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full 
amount of the additional mitigation and restoration pay-
ments authorized by section 3407(d) of the Central Valley 
Project Improvement Act: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available under this heading may be used 
for the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream pur-
poses if the water is already committed to in-stream pur-
poses by a court adopted decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act 
(Public Law 108–361), consistent with plans to be ap-
proved by the Secretary of the Interior, $40,750,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which such amounts 
as may be necessary to carry out such activities may be 
transferred to appropriate accounts of other participating 
Federal agencies to carry out authorized purposes: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated herein may be used for 
the Federal share of the costs of CALFED Program man-
agement: Provided further, That the use of any funds pro-
vided to the California Bay-Delta Authority for program- 
wide management and oversight activities shall be subject 
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to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided 
further, That CALFED implementation shall be carried 
out in a balanced manner with clear performance meas-
ures demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the 
goals and objectives of the Program: Provided further, 
That $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Army Corps 
of Engineers to carry out further study and implementa-
tion of projects that contribute to the stability of the levee 
projects authorized under section 103(f)(3) of the Water 
Supply, Reliability, Environmental Improvement Act 
(Public Law 108–361). 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and 
related functions in the office of the Commissioner, the 
Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau 
of Reclamation, to remain available until expended, 
$58,811,000, 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: Provided further, 
That, of the funds provided under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Water and Related 
Resources’’ upon the expiration of the 60-day period fol-
lowing the date of enactment of this Act if, during such 
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period, the Secretary of the Interior has not submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate the Bureau of Reclamation’s 
five-year budget plan. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be available for purchase of not to exceed 14 passenger 
motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter-
mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 
for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 
of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 
shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 
of California as approved by the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri-
mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 
Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain-
age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 
Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 
until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program-Al-
ternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP-Alternative 
Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repay-
ment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and 
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San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, 
prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the 
United States relating to, or providing for, drainage serv-
ice or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully 
reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such serv-
ice or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 
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 cap-
ital 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, 
$1,873,844,000, to remain available until expended. 
ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec-
tricity delivery and energy reliability activities in carrying 
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisi-
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tion or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-
sion, $134,161,000, to remain available until expended. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 
energy 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 any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-
tion, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not 
to exceed 20 passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
only, including one ambulance, $759,227,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
Of the funds made available under this heading for 
obligation in prior years, $149,000,000 are rescinded. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 
research and development activities, under the authority 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public 
Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, includ-
ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property 
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or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan-
sion, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, the hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft, the purchase, re-
pair, and cleaning of uniforms, the reimbursement to the 
General Services Administration for security guard serv-
ices, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga-
tions and research concerning the extraction, processing, 
use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection-
able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, 
and 1603), $708,801,000 to remain available until ex-
pended of which $166,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from ‘‘Clean Coal Technology’’, and of which transferred 
amounts $108,000,000 is available to continue a multi- 
year project coordinated with the private sector for 
FutureGen, without regard to the terms and conditions 
applicable to clean coal technological projects, and of 
which the remaining $58,000,000 is available for carbon 
sequestration research and development: Provided further, 
That no part of the sums herein made available shall be 
used for the field testing of nuclear explosives in the recov-
ery of oil and gas: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Energy is authorized to accept fees and contributions 
from public and private sources, to be deposited in a con-
tributed funds account, and prosecute projects using such 
fees and contributions in cooperation with other Federal, 
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State, or private agencies or concerns: Provided further, 
That revenues and other moneys received by or for the 
account of the Department of Energy or otherwise gen-
erated by sale of products in connection with projects of 
the Department appropriated under the Fossil Energy Re-
search and Development account may be retained by the 
the Secretary of Energy, to be available until expended, 
and used only for plant construction, operation, costs, and 
payments to cost-sharing entities as provided in appro-
priate cost-sharing contracts or agreements. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities, including the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, $17,301,000, 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 necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve facility development and operations and program 
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), including the 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, the hire, maintenance, 
and operation of aircraft, the purchase, repair, and clean-
ing of uniforms, the reimbursement to the General Serv-
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ices 
Administration 
for 
security 
guard 
services, 
$163,472,000, to remain available until expended. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
For necessary expenses for Northeast Home Heating 
Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management activities 
pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, 
$5,325,000, to remain available until expended. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 
of the Energy Information Administration, $105,095,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de-
fense 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 con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the 
purchase of not to exceed three passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, $286,041,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $250,937,000 is for non-defense 
environmental cleanup and $35,104,000 is for non-defense 
legacy management. 
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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 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and title X, subtitle A, of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992, $618,759,000, to be derived 
from the Fund, to remain available until expended, of 
which $20,000,000 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 ac-
tivities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, and purchase of not to exceed 30 pas-
senger 
motor 
vehicles 
for 
replacement 
only, 
$4,514,082,000, to remain available until expended. 
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 
purposes of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public 
Law 97–425, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’), including the ac-
quisition of real property or facility construction or expan-
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sion, $202,454,000, to remain available until expended, 
and to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided, 
That of the funds made available in this Act for Nuclear 
Waste Disposal, $2,500,000 shall be provided to the State 
of Nevada solely for expenditures, other than salaries and 
expenses of State employees, to conduct scientific over-
sight responsibilities and participate in licensing activities 
pursuant to the Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the lack of a written agreement with the State 
of Nevada under section 117(c) of the Nuclear Waste Pol-
icy Act of 1982, Public Law 97–425, as amended, not less 
than $1,200,000 shall be provided to Nye County, Nevada, 
for on-site oversight activities under section 117(d) of that 
Act: Provided further, That $4,000,000 shall be provided 
to affected units of local government, as defined in the 
Act, to conduct appropriate activities and participate in 
licensing activities: Provided further, That 7.5 percent of 
the funds provided shall be made available to affected 
units of local government in California with the balance 
made available to affected units of local government in Ne-
vada for distribution as determined by the Nevada units 
of local government: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the provisions of chapters 65 and 75 of title 31, 
United States Code, the Department of Energy shall have 
no monitoring, auditing or other oversight rights or re-
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sponsibilities over amounts provided to affected units of 
local government under this heading: Provided further, 
That the funds for the State of Nevada shall be made 
available solely to the Nevada Division of Emergency Man-
agement by direct payment and units of local government 
by direct payment: Provided further, That within 90 days 
of the completion of each Federal fiscal year, the Nevada 
Division of Emergency Management and the Governor of 
the State of Nevada shall provide certification to the De-
partment of Energy that all funds expended from such 
payments have been expended for activities authorized by 
the Act and this Act: Provided further, That failure to pro-
vide such certification shall cause such entity to be prohib-
ited from any further funding provided for similar activi-
ties: Provided further, That none of the funds herein ap-
propriated may be: (1) used directly or indirectly to influ-
ence legislative action, except for normal and recognized 
executive-legislative communications, on any matter pend-
ing before Congress or a State legislature or for lobbying 
activity as provided in 18 U.S.C. 1913; (2) used for litiga-
tion expenses; or (3) used to support multi-State efforts 
or other coalition building activities inconsistent with the 
restrictions contained in this Act: Provided further, That 
all proceeds and recoveries realized by the Secretary of 
Energy in carrying out activities authorized by the Act, 
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including but not limited to, any proceeds from the sale 
of assets, shall be available without further appropriation 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds provided in this Act may be used to 
pursue repayment or collection of funds provided in any 
fiscal year to affected units of local government for over-
sight activities that had been previously approved by the 
Department of Energy, or to withhold payment of any 
such funds. 
ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND HEALTH 
For Department of Energy expenses for Environ-
ment, Safety, and Health activities, $31,625,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
LOAN PROGRAM 
Subject to the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, 
as amended, during fiscal year 2008 commitments to 
guarantee loans under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 shall not exceed a total principal amount, any part 
of which is to be guaranteed, of $7,000,000,000: Provided, 
That of that amount, $2,000,000,000 shall be available 
for carbon sequestration optimized coal power plants, 
$4,000,000,000 shall be available for projects that pro-
mote biofuels and clean transportation fuels, and 
$1,000,000,000 shall be available for electric transmission 
facilities or renewable power generation systems: Provided 
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further, That pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of the Act, 
no appropriations are available to pay the subsidy cost of 
such guarantees: Provided further, That the source of pay-
ments received from borrowers for the subsidy cost shall 
not be a loan or other debt obligation that is made or 
guaranteed by the Federal Government. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of En-
ergy necessary for departmental administration in car-
rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000, $304,782,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $2,390,000 
shall be available for necessary administrative expenses to 
carry out the loan guarantee program under title XVII 
of Public Law 109–58, plus such additional amounts as 
necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of 
cost of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of 
the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Pro-
vided, That such increases in cost of work are offset by 
revenue increases of the same or greater amount, to re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That 
moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous rev-
enues estimated to total $161,818,000 in fiscal year 2008 
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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, notwith-
standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided fur-
ther, That fees collected pursuant to section 1702(h) of 
Public Law 109–58 shall be credited as offsetting collec-
tions to this account: Provided further, That the sum here-
in appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of mis-
cellaneous revenues received during 2008, and any related 
appropriated receipt account balances remaining from 
prior years’ miscellaneous revenues, so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2008 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $142,964,000. 
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, 
$47,732,000 
(reduced 
by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to remain avail-
able until expended. 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 
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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, 
$5,879,137,000 to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $173,250,000 of the amounts provided are 
available for nuclear weapons dismantlement activities at 
Department of Energy facilities authorized for such activi-
ties, of which $91,000,000 is for the Pit Disassembly and 
Conversion Facility Project at the Savannah River Site, 
South Carolina. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
atomic energy defense, defense nuclear nonproliferation 
activities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, $1,683,646,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
NAVAL REACTORS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ-
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