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that was initiated or completed before the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 
to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 
in this account, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 
section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
novation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 
of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 
to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2026, 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 have been 
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denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior ap-
proval is received from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 
is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress; 
(5) augments or reduces existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con-
tained in paragraphs (6) through (10), unless prior 
approval is received from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress; 
(6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 
$100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 
amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 
or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 
less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 
$25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 
be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activ-
ity that did not receive an appropriation for existing 
obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 
(7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 
$2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 
base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, 
study or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a 
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base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 
limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to 
$3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled con-
tractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate de-
ficiency judgments: Provided further, That up to 
$300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 
study or activity that did not receive an appropria-
tion for existing obligations and concomitant admin-
istrative expenses; 
(8) OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE.—Unlim-
ited reprogramming authority is granted for the 
Corps to be able to respond to emergencies: Pro-
vided, That the Chief of Engineers shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of these emergency actions as soon there-
after as practicable: Provided further, That for a 
base level over $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 
percent of the base amount up to a limit of 
$5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed: 
Provided further, That for a base level less than 
$1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $150,000: 
Provided further, That $150,000 may be repro-
grammed into any continuing study or activity that 
did not receive an appropriation; 
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(9) MISSISSIPPI
RIVER
AND
TRIBUTARIES.— 
The reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs (6), 
(7), and (8) shall apply to the Investigations, Con-
struction, and Operation and Maintenance portions 
of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, re-
spectively; and 
(10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC-
TION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 per-
cent of the base of the receiving project is permitted. 
(b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case 
should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
(c) CONTINUING
AUTHORITIES
PROGRAM.—Sub-
section (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity 
funded under the continuing authorities program. 
(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress to establish the baseline for application of re-
programming and transfer authorities for the current fis-
cal year which shall include: 
(1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
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due to enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fis-
cal year enacted level; 
(2) A delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project 
and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 
the respective appropriations; and 
(3) An identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall allocate funds made 
available in this Act solely in accordance with the provi-
sions of this Act and in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act), including the determination and 
designation of new starts. 
SEC. 103. (a) 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, 
except that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to projects with 
awarded integrated design and construction contracts 
(IDaC) as of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, 
That the Corps shall modify the existing IDaC contracts 
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for such projects to incorporate the authority provided in 
33 U.S.C. 621 and DFARS 252.232–7007 pursuant to 
DFARS 232.703–1(1)(ii)(B) within 60 days of the date 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Corps 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress upon execution of such modifications 
for each project and upon commencement of work ad-
dressed in such modification: Provided further, That the 
Corps shall fully obligate any funds previously designated 
in Public Law 117–58 or prior appropriations bill as part 
of the modification, and as required supervision and ad-
ministration associated with that modification: Provided 
further, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section 
shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 
103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 
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 $8,733,000 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 in this Act shall be used 
for an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally ac-
ceptable manner for the disposal or management of 
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dredged material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries 
thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality 
certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That 
until an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial is approved under a State water quality certification, 
the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland placement 
of such dredged material consistent with the requirements 
of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 
SEC. 106. Additional funding provided in this Act 
shall be allocated only to projects determined to be eligible 
by the Chief of Engineers. 
SEC. 107. Subject to consultation with the non-Fed-
eral sponsor and retaining sufficient amounts for the 
Corps of Engineers to carry out any of its responsibilities 
relating to the project and using appropriations made 
available to the project prior to the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Army shall make advance payments 
to the non-Federal sponsors for their use in completing 
construction of any project for flood risk management 
identified in implementation guidance for the Civil Works 
Public-Private Partnership Pilot Program issued by the 
Director of Civil Works on January 8, 2019 and that is 
under construction on the date of enactment of this Act 
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and for which a prior executed Project Partnership Agree-
ment, as amended, specifically identifies Federal Work, 
Non-Federal Work, and a Federal Participation Amount 
in excess of $700,000,000: Provided, That amounts de-
scribed in the matter preceding this proviso shall be cred-
ited by the Secretary toward the Federal Participation 
Amount: Provided further, That prior to making any pay-
ments authorized in the matter preceding the first proviso, 
the Secretary and the non-Federal sponsors shall amend 
the Project Partnership Agreement executed for the 
project in order to implement any such payments and 
credits. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation 
study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Ken-
tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 
(60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 
SEC. 109. Section 225(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Water Re-
sources 
Development 
Act 
of 
1992 
(33 
U.S.C. 
2328(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘at recreation 
site at which the fee is collected’’ and inserting ‘‘at any 
recreation site or facility that is located at the civil works 
project at which the fee is collected’’. 
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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, $23,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $4,000,000 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, $1,950,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2027, for expenses nec-
essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec-
retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2026, of the amount made available to the Commis-
sion under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may 
use an amount not to exceed $2,186,000 for administra-
tive expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to 
execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: 
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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, $1,465,630,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $23,899,000 
shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 
Basin Fund and $7,679,000 shall be available for transfer 
to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 
of which such amounts as may be necessary may be ad-
vanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That 
such transfers may be increased or decreased within the 
overall appropriation under this heading: Provided further, 
That of the total appropriated, the amount for program 
activities that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund, 
the Water Storage Enhancement Receipts account estab-
lished by section 4011(e) of Public Law 114–322, or the 
Bureau of Reclamation special fee account established by 
16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund or ac-
count: Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 
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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, such sums 
as may be collected in fiscal year 2026 in the Central Val-
ley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 
3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu-
reau 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 acquisi-
tion 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, $32,000,000, 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 
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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 expenses necessary for policy, administration, 
and related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, 
the Denver office, and offices in the six regions of the Bu-
reau of Reclamation, to remain available until September 
30, 2027, $64,000,000, to be derived from the Reclama-
tion Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 
U.S.C. 377, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used 
for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided, 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 and replacement of not to exceed 
30 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 
of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 
by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water 
and Related Resources that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 
funds that— 
(1) initiates or creates 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, unless prior approval is received 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress; 
(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 both Houses of Congress; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following 
limits, unless prior approval is received from the 
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Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress: 
(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) $400,000 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, unless prior approval 
is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress; or 
(7) transfers, where 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, unless prior approval is received 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
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(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 Reclamation—Water and Related Resources’’ 
shall be expended for the programs, 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 quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro-
grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat-
egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub-
mitted 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 
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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. 
SEC. 203. Section 9504(e) of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is 
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‘‘(C) OTHER
AMOUNTS.—In addition to 
the amounts made available under subpara-
graphs (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 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, 
$3,100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $224,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for program 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 cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 
sector cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency re-
sponse 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, $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 cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec-
tricity 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, $235,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
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$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 cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for grid de-
ployment 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, $25,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, 
That of such amount, 
$6,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2027, 
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, $1,785,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of such 
amount, $88,000,000 shall be available until September 
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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 sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act). 
FOSSIL ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out fossil energy research and development activi-
ties, under the authority of the Department of Energy Or-
ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the ac-
quisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable in-
terests in any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting in-
quiries, technological investigations and research con-
cerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of 
mineral substances without objectionable social and envi-
ronmental 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. 
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ENERGY PROJECTS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying 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 ex-
planatory 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: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be 
available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve ac-
tivities. 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and op-
erations and program management activities pursuant to 
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 
et seq.), $206,325,000, to remain available until expended. 
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SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT 
For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of 
petroleum products, and for other necessary expenses pur-
suant 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 ex-
pended. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, 
and management 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 car-
rying out the activities of the Energy Information Admin-
istration, $135,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
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$5,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2026, 
no new direct loan obligations may be made. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and mainte-
nance 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 re-
ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 
5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $9,285,000 col-
lected by the Southeastern 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 Southeastern Power Adminis-
tration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated 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 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, up to $81,819,000 collected by the Southeastern 
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