That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for en-
ergy and water development and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—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-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for 
the collection and study of basic information pertaining 
to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 
shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re-
lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 
and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 
ecosystem restoration, projects and related efforts prior to 
construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 
miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law,
surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 
of projects prior to construction, $115,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, 
and plans and specifications, of such projects (including 
those involving participation by States, local governments, 
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 
by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica-
tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern-
ment to construction); $1,704,499,000 (increased by 
$500,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000), to remain available until expended; of which 
such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of 
construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Mate-
rial Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as authorized by Public 
Law 104–303; and of which such sums as are necessary 
to cover one-half of the costs of construction, replacement, 
rehabilitation, and expansion of inland waterways projects 
shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, 
except as otherwise specifically provided for in law.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-
vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 
by law, $260,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 
share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for in-
land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
and related projects authorized by law; providing security 
for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ-
ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 
harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 
other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 
of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 
and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con-
necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 
removing obstructions to navigation, $2,905,000,000 (in-
creased by $1,000,000) (increased by $57,600,000), to re-
main available until expended, of which such sums as are 
necessary to carry out the study authorized in section
6002 of the Water Resources Reform and Development 
Act of 2014; of which such sums as are necessary to cover 
the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance 
costs for coastal harbors and channels, and for inland har-
bors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund; of which such sums as become available from the 
special account for the Corps of Engineers established by 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall 
be derived from that account for resource protection, re-
search, interpretation, and maintenance activities related 
to resource protection in the areas at which outdoor recre-
ation is available; and of which such sums as become avail-
able from fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 
104–303 shall be used to cover the cost of operation and 
maintenance of the dredged material disposal facilities for 
which such fees have been collected: Provided, That 1 per-
cent of the total amount of funds provided for each of the 
programs, projects, or activities funded under this heading 
shall not be allocated to a field operating activity prior 
to the beginning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 
and shall be available for use by the Chief of Engineers 
to fund such emergency activities as the Chief of Engi-
neers determines to be necessary and appropriate, and 
that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the 
fourth quarter any remaining funds which have not been
used for emergency activities proportionally in accordance 
with the amounts provided for the programs, projects, or 
activities. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri-
cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 
such disasters as authorized by law, $28,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen-
eral administration of the civil works program in the head-
quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 
Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op-
eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ-
ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 
Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 
the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen-
ter allocable to the civil works program, $178,000,000 (re-
duced by $1,000,000), to remain available until September 
30, 2016, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for 
official reception and representation purposes and only 
during the current fiscal year: Provided, That no part of 
any other appropriation provided in this title shall be 
available to fund the civil works activities of the Office 
of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works executive di-
rection and management activities of the division offices: 
Provided further, That any Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies appropriation may be used to fund the super-
vision and general administration of emergency oper-
ations, repairs, and other activities in response to any 
flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 
FOR CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 
$2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; 
(4) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act; 
(5) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; or 
(6) reduces funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less. 
(b) Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project 
or activity authorized under section 205 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1948, section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 
1946, section 208 of the Flood Control Act of 1954, sec-
tion 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, section 
103 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962, section 111 
of the River and Harbor Act of 1968, section 1135 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986, section 206 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, or sec-
tion 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1992. 
(c) The Corps of Engineers shall submit reports on 
a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing all 
the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, ac-
tivities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report 
shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to award or modify any contract that 
commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 
program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-
cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds in this Act, or previous 
Acts, making funds available for Energy and Water Devel-
opment, shall be used to award any continuing contract 
that commits additional funding from the Inland Water-
ways Trust Fund unless or until such time that a long- 
term mechanism to enhance revenues in this Fund suffi-
cient to meet the cost-sharing authorized in the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–662) 
is enacted. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 
to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service may accept and expend, up to $4,700,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 
of Engineers projects. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act making appropriations for Energy and 
Water Development for any fiscal year may be used by 
the Corps of Engineers to develop, adopt, implement, ad-
minister, or enforce any change to the regulations in effect 
on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definitions of the 
terms ‘‘fill material’’ or ‘‘discharge of fill material’’ for the 
purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act making appropriations for Energy and 
Water Development for any fiscal year may be used by 
the Corps of Engineers to develop, adopt, implement, ad-
minister, or enforce any change to the regulations and
guidance in effect on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the 
definition of waters under the jurisdiction of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), in-
cluding the provisions of the rules dated November 13, 
1986, and August 25, 1993, relating to such jurisdiction, 
and the guidance documents dated January 15, 2003, and 
December 2, 2008, relating to such jurisdiction. 
SEC. 107. As of the date of enactment of this Act 
and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Army 
shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation that pro-
hibits an individual from possessing a firearm, including 
an assembled or functional firearm, at a water resources 
development project covered under section 327.0 of title 
36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act), if— 
(1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by 
law from possessing the firearm; and 
(2) the possession of the firearm is in compli-
ance with the law of the State in which the water 
resources development project is located. 
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, $9,874,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $1,000,000 shall be de-
posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-
servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-
gation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $1,300,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2016, for necessary ex-
penses incurred in carrying out related responsibilities of 
the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2015, of the amount made available to the 
Commission under this Act or any other Act, the Commis-
sion may use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for ad-
ministrative expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to 
execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS 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, federally
recognized Indian tribes, and others, $856,351,000 (re-
duced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced 
by $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000), to remain available until expended, of which 
$25,000 shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colo-
rado River Basin Fund and $6,840,000 shall be available 
for transfer to the Lower Colorado River Basin Develop-
ment Fund; of which such amounts as may be necessary 
may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: Pro-
vided, That such transfers may be increased or decreased 
within the overall appropriation under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That of the total appropriated, the amount 
for program activities that can be financed by the Rec-
lamation Fund or the Bureau of Reclamation special fee 
account established by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived 
from that Fund or account: Provided further, That funds 
contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until ex-
pended for the purposes for which the funds were contrib-
uted: Provided further, That funds advanced under 43 
U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account and are 
available until expended for the same purposes as the 
sums appropriated under this heading: Provided further, 
That of the amounts provided herein, funds may be used 
for high-priority projects which shall be carried out by the
Youth Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 
1706. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi-
tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 
the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $56,995,000, 
to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the 
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sec-
tions 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) 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 additional mitigation and 
restoration payments authorized by section 3407(d) of 
Public Law 102–575: 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 purposes 
if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes 
by a court adopted decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 
consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior, $37,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, 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: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 
costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur-
ther, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out 
in a balanced manner with clear performance measures 
demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals 
and objectives of the Program. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
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 September 30, 
2016, $53,849,000, 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. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading, $500,000 is hereby permanently rescinded.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger 
motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by this Act; 
(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 
activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 
unless prior approval is received from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following 
limits— 
(A) 15 percent for any program, project or 
activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or
(B) $300,000 for any program, project or 
activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 
(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 
the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili-
tation category or the Resources Management and 
Development category to any program, project, or 
activity in the other category; or 
(7) transfers, when necessary to discharge legal 
obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 
$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 
contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 
to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de-
ficiency judgments. 
(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) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 
on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, 
activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly re-
port 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 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— 
Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alter-
native Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled 
‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-
gram and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Feb-
ruary 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 
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. 
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, 
$1,789,000,000 (reduced by $7,000,000) (increased by 
$9,000,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of such amount, $150,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2016, for program direction. 
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-
tion or condemnation of any real property or any facility
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-
sion, $160,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amount, $27,500,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2016, for program direction. 
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, $899,000,000 (reduced 
by $73,309,100.00), to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amount, $73,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2016, for program direction 
including official reception and representation expenses 
not to exceed $10,000. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses 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, includ-
ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property 
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan-