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Calendar No. 327
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4060
[Report No. 105–581]
Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 16, 1998
Mr. MCDADE, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for energy and water development
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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:
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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-
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
control, shore protection, and related projects, restudy of
authorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, and,
when authorized by laws, surveys and detailed studies and
plans and specifications of projects prior to construction,
$162,823,000, to remain available until expended, of
which funds are provided for the following projects in the
amounts specified:
Delaware Bay Coastline, Delaware and New
Jersey, $570,000;
Tampa 
Harbor, 
Alafia 
Channel, 
Florida,
$200,000;
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Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg Harbor Inlet, New
Jersey, $322,000;
Brigantine Inlet to Great Egg Harbor Inlet,
New Jersey, $313,000;
Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Townsends Inlet,
New Jersey, $300,000;
Lower Cape May Meadows—Cape May Point,
New Jersey, $100,000;
Manasquan Inlet to Barnegat Inlet, New Jer-
sey, $400,000;
Raritan Bay to Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey,
$1,100,000;
Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet, New Jer-
sey, $500,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is di-
rected 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
Navigation, Southwest Arkansas, study: Provided
further, That the Secretary of the Army is directed
to use $500,000 of the funds appropriated herein to
implement section 211(f)(7) of Public Law 104–303
(110 Stat. 3684) and to reimburse the non-Federal
sponsor a portion of the Federal share of project
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costs for the Hunting Bayou element of the project
for flood control, Buffalo Bayou and tributaries,
Texas: Provided further, That the Secretary of the
Army is directed to use $300,000 of the funds ap-
propriated herein to implement section 211(f)(8) of
Public Law 104–303 (110 Stat. 3684) and to reim-
burse the non-Federal sponsor a portion of the Fed-
eral share of project costs for the project for flood
control, White Oak Bayou watershed, Texas.
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 participa-
tion 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 con-
stitute a commitment of the Government to construction),
$1,456,529,000, to remain available until expended, of
which such sums as are necessary for the Federal share
of construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Ma-
terial 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 nec-
essary pursuant to Public Law 99–662 shall be derived
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from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, for one-half of
the costs of construction and rehabilitation of inland wa-
terways projects, including rehabilitation costs for the
Lock and Dam 25, Mississippi River, Illinois and Mis-
souri; Lock and Dam 14, Mississippi River, Iowa; Lock
and Dam 24, Part 1, Mississippi River, Illinois and Mis-
souri; and Lock and Dam 3, Mississippi River, Minnesota,
projects, and of which funds are provided for the following
projects in the amounts specified:
Norco Bluffs, California, $4,400,000;
Tybee Island, Georgia, $1,200,000;
Indianapolis 
Central 
Waterfront, 
Indiana,
$4,000,000;
Indiana Shoreline Erosion, Indiana, $700,000;
Ohio 
River 
Flood 
Protection, 
Indiana,
$1,700,000;
Harlan/Clover 
Fork, 
Williamsburg,
Middlesboro, Martin County, Pike County, and
Town of Martin elements of the Levisa and Tug
Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cum-
berland River, Kentucky, $26,730,000;
Southern and Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky,
$4,000,000;
Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (Hurricane
Protection), Louisiana, $18,000,000;
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Lake 
Pontchartrain 
(Jefferson 
Parish)
Stormwater Discharge, Louisiana, $3,000,000;
Southeast Louisiana, Louisiana, $85,200,000;
Jackson County, Mississippi, $7,000,000;
Passaic River Streambank Restoration, New
Jersey, $5,000,000;
Lackawanna River, Olyphant, Pennsylvania,
$14,400,000;
Lackawanna River, Scranton, Pennsylvania,
$43,551,000;
South Central Pennsylvania Environment Im-
provement 
Program, 
$45,000,000, 
of 
which
$15,000,000 shall be available only for water-related
environmental infrastructure and resource protection
and development projects in Lackawanna, Lycoming,
Susquehanna, Wyoming, Pike, and Monroe counties
in Pennsylvania in accordance with the purposes of
subsection (a) and requirements of subsections (b)
through (e) of section 313 of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1992, as amended;
Wallisville Lake, Texas, $5,500,000;
Virginia Beach, Virginia (Hurricane Protec-
tion), $13,000,000;
West Virginia and Pennsylvania Flood Control,
West Virginia and Pennsylvania, $750,000: Pro-
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vided, That the Secretary of the Army is directed to
incorporate the economic analyses for the Green
Ridge and Plot sections of the Lackawanna River,
Scranton, Pennsylvania, project with the economic
analysis for the Albright Street section of the
project, and to cost-share and implement these com-
bined sections as a single project with no separable
elements, except that each section may be under-
taken individually when the non-Federal sponsor
provides the applicable local cooperation require-
ments; Provided further, That any funds heretofore
appropriated and made available in Public Law 103–
126 for projects associated with the restoration of
the Lackawanna River Basin Greenway Corridor,
Pennsylvania, may be utilized by the Secretary of
the Army in carrying out other projects and activi-
ties on the Lackawanna River in Pennsylvania; Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of the Army is di-
rected to use $6,000,000 of the funds appropriated
herein to implement section 211(f)(6) of Public Law
104–303 (110 Stat. 3683) and to reimburse the
non-Federal sponsor a portion of the Federal share
of project construction costs for the flood control
components comprising the Brays Bayou element of
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the project for flood control, Buffalo Bayou and trib-
utaries, Texas.
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
flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 702a, 702g–1),
$312,077,000, to remain available until expended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the preservation, oper-
ation, 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 gen-
eral commerce and navigation; surveys and charting of
northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters;
clearing and straightening channels; and removal of ob-
structions to navigation, $1,637,719,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which such sums as become avail-
able in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to
Public Law 99–662, may be derived from that Fund, and
of which such sums as become available from the special
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account established by the Land and Water Conservation
Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l), may be derived
from that Fund for construction, operation, and mainte-
nance of outdoor recreation facilities, and of which
$4,200,000 is provided for repair of Chickamauga Lock,
Tennessee, subject to authorization.
REGULATORY PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for administration of laws
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands,
$110,000,000, to remain available until expended.
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION
PROGRAM
For expenses necessary to clean up contaminated
sites throughout the United States where work was per-
formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $140,000,000, to remain available until expended.
GENERAL EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for general administration
and related functions in the Office of the Chief of Engi-
neers and offices of the Division Engineers; activities of
the Coastal Engineering Research Board, the Humphreys
Engineer Center Support Activity, the Water Resources
Support Center, and headquarters support functions at
the USACE Finance Center; $148,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That no part of any
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other appropriation provided in title I of this Act shall
be available to fund the activities of the Office of the Chief
of Engineers or the executive direction and management
activities of the division offices: Provided further, That
none of these funds shall be available to support an office
of congressional affairs within the executive office of the
Chief of Engineers.
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
(not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles.
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, $39,665,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $15,476,000 shall be deposited into the Utah Rec-
lamation Mitigation and Conservation Account: Provided,
That of the amounts deposited into that account,
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$5,000,000 shall be considered the Federal contribution
authorized by paragraph 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 activities 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
thereof or supplementary thereto) and other Acts applica-
ble 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, $622,054,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $1,873,000 shall be available for
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transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and
$49,908,000 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 trans-
fers may be increased or decreased within the overall ap-
propriation 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 Bu-
reau of Reclamation special fee account established by 16
U.S.C. 460l6a(i) shall be derived from that Fund or ac-
count: Provided further, That funds contributed under 43
U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the purposes
for which contributed: Provided further, That funds ad-
vanced under 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: Pro-
vided further, That of the total appropriated, $25,800,000
shall be derived by transfer of unexpended balances from
the Bureau of Reclamation Working Capital Fund.
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans and/or grants,
$12,000,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized 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
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loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the
principal amount of direct 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 pro-
gram 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,
$33,130,000, to be derived from such sums as may be col-
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
additional mitigation and restoration payments authorized
by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102–575.
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CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior 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, $75,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which such amounts as may be nec-
essary to conform with such plans shall be transferred to
appropriate 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: Provided further, That such funds may be obligated
prior to the completion of a final programmatic environ-
mental impact statement only if: (1) consistent with 40
CFR 1506.1(c); and (2) used for purposes that the Sec-
retary finds are of sufficiently high priority to warrant
such an expenditure.
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 expended,
$46,000,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund
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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, and uranium supply and enrichment 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 any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion; and the purchase of not to exceed
22 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only,
$882,834,000, of which not to exceed $3,000 may be used
for official reception and representation expenses for
transparency activities.
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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
environmental 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,
$466,700,000, 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
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and title X, subtitle A of the
Energy Policy Act of 1992, $225,000,000, to be derived
from the Fund, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $30,000,000 of amounts derived from the
Fund for such expenses 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
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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 facility or for plant or facility acquisition,
construction, or expansion, and purchase of not to exceed
5 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only,
$2,399,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That in addition, $7,600,000 of the unobligated bal-
ances originally available for Superconducting Super
Collider termination activities shall be made available for
other activities under this heading.
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
expansion, $160,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds provided herein shall be dis-
tributed to the State of Nevada or affected units of local
government (as defined by Public Law 97–425) by direct
payment, grant, or other means, for financial assistance
under section 116 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of
1982, as amended: Provided further, That the foregoing
proviso shall not apply to payments in lieu of taxes under
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section 116(c)(3)(A) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of
1982, as amended.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
For salaries and expenses of the Department of En-
ergy necessary for departmental administration in carry-
ing out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organi-
zation 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),
$175,365,000, to remain available until expended, plus
such additional amounts as necessary to cover increases
in the estimated amount of cost of work for others not-
withstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31
U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in cost
of work are offset by revenue increases of the same or
greater amount, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, 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 mis-
cellaneous revenues received during fiscal year 1999 so as
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to result in a final fiscal year 1999 appropriation from
the General Fund estimated at not more than
$38,835,000.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $14,500,000, to remain
available until expended.
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
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion;
the purchase of not to exceed one fixed wing aircraft; and
the purchase of passenger motor vehicles (not to exceed
32 for replacement only, and one bus), $4,142,100,000,
to remain available until expended.
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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-
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
1 is an ambulance), $4,358,554,000, to remain available
until expended.
DEFENSE FACILITIES CLOSURE PROJECTS
For expenses of the Department of Energy to acceler-
ate the closure of defense environmental management
sites, including the purchase, construction and acquisition
of plant and capital equipment and other necessary ex-
penses, $1,038,240,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PRIVATIZATION
For Department of Energy expenses for privatization
projects necessary for atomic energy defense environ-
mental management activities authorized by the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101, et
seq.), $286,857,000, to remain available until expended.
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
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,
$1,761,260,000, to remain available until expended.
DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL
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
expansion, $190,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454,
are approved for official reception and representation ex-
penses in an amount not to exceed $1,500.
During fiscal year 1999, no new direct loan obliga-
tions may be made.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance
of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric
power and energy pursuant to the provisions of section
5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as
applied to the southeastern power area, $8,500,000, to re-
main available until expended; in addition, notwithstand-
ing 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $28,000,000 in reim-
bursements, of which $20,000,000 is for transmission
wheeling and ancillary services and $8,000,000 is for
power purchases at the Richard B. Russell Project, to re-
main available until expended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN
POWER ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance
of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric
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power and energy, and for construction and acquisition of
transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities,
and for administrative expenses, including official recep-
tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex-
ceed $1,500 in carrying out the provisions of section 5
of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as
applied to the southwestern power area, $24,710,000, to
remain available until expended; in addition, notwith-
standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed
$4,200,000 in reimbursements, to remain available until
expended.
CONSTRUCTION, 
REHABILITATION, 
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS-
TRATION
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 con-
servation and renewable resources programs as author-
ized, including official reception and representation ex-
penses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, $205,000,000,
to remain available until expended, of which $195,787,000
shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec-
lamation Fund: Provided, That of the amount herein ap-
propriated, $5,036,000 is for deposit into the Utah Rec-
lamation Mitigation and Conservation Account pursuant
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regulators, and a timetable for resolving such issues
before March 31, 1999; and
(3) An estimate of the current annual cost of
administering and implementing self-regulation of
environment, safety, and health activities at all De-
partment of Energy facilities, and an estimate of the
number of Federal and contractor employees cur-
rently administering and implementing self-regula-
tion of environment, safety and health activities at
each of the facilities. For the Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory, there should also be an esti-
mate of the cost of the external regulators based on
the pilot project of simulated NRC regulation which
has already been conducted; an estimate of the cost
and number of Federal and contractor employees
currently administering and implementing self-regu-
lation of environment, safety and health activities at
the Laboratory; and an estimate of the extent and
schedule by which the Department and Laboratory
staffs will be reduced as a result of implementation
of section (a).
(c) NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—By January 30, 1999, the Chairman of
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall submit to Con-
gress a plan for regulating accelerator-produced radio-