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Union Calendar No. 362 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4923 
[Report No. 113–486] 
Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2014 
Mr. SIMPSON, 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 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2015, and for other purposes. 
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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 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 
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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, to remain avail-
able until expended; of which such sums as are necessary 
to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facili-
ties under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities pro-
gram 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 In-
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land Waterways Trust Fund, except as otherwise specifi-
cally 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, to 
remain available until expended, of which such sums as 
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are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible oper-
ation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and chan-
nels, and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Har-
bor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which such sums as be-
come available from the special account for the Corps of 
Engineers established by the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account 
for resource protection, research, interpretation, and 
maintenance activities related to resource protection in the 
areas at which outdoor recreation is available; and of 
which such sums as become available 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 percent 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 begin-
ning 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 Engineers determines 
to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of En-
gineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any re-
maining funds which have not been used for emergency 
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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 
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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, 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 direction and management ac-
tivities of the division offices: Provided further, That any 
Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation 
may be used to fund the supervision and general adminis-
tration of emergency operations, repairs, and other activi-
ties 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. 
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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 ac-
tivity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, 
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 activ-
ity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less; or 
(6) reduces funds for any program, project, or activ-
ity 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 
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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- 
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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 
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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-
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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, to re-
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main available until expended, of which $25,000 shall be 
available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin 
Fund and $6,840,000 shall be available for transfer to the 
Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 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. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund or account: 
Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 
395 are available until expended for the purposes for 
which the funds were contributed: 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 head-
ing: Provided further, That of the amounts provided here-
in, 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 
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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-
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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. 
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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 ac-
tivity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or activ-
ity for which funds have been denied or restricted by this 
Act; 
(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or activ-
ity for which funds are not provided in this Act, unless 
prior approval is received from the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following limits: 
(A) 15 percent for any program, project or ac-
tivity for which $2,000,000 or more is available at 
the beginning of the fiscal year; or 
(B) $300,000 for any program, project or activ-
ity for which less than $2,000,000 is available at the 
beginning of the fiscal year; 
(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the Fa-
cilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation cat-
egory or the Resources Management and Development 
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category to any program, project, or activity in the other 
category; or 
(7) transfers, when necessary to discharge legal obli-
gations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 
$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled con-
tractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to accel-
erated rates of operations, and real estate deficiency judg-
ments. 
(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 
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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. 
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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, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $150,000,000 shall be avail-
able 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: 
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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, 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 rep-
resentation 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-
sion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga-
tions and research concerning the extraction, processing, 
use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection-
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able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, 
and 1603), $593,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of such amount, $120,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2016, for program 
direction. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserve activities, $19,950,000, 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. 
ELK HILLS SCHOOL LANDS FUND 
For necessary expenses in fulfilling the final payment 
under the Settlement Agreement entered into by the 
United States and the State of California on October 11, 
1996, as authorized by section 3415 of Public Law 104– 
106 (10 U.S.C. 7420 Note), $15,579,815, for payment to 
the State of California for the Teachers’ Retirement Fund 
of the State, of which $15,579,815 shall be derived from 
the Elk Hills School Lands Fund. 
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 
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Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $205,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses 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.), $7,600,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the unobligated balances from 
prior year appropriations available under this heading, 
$6,000,000 is hereby permanently rescinded: Provided fur-
ther, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 
of the Energy Information Administration, $120,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de-
fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 
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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, 
$241,174,000, 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, $585,976,000, to be de-
rived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
SCIENCE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for science 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 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 more than 17 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only, including two 
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buses, $5,071,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of such amount, $180,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2016, for program 
direction: Provided further, That no funding may be made 
available for U.S. cash contributions to the International 
Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project until its 
governing Council implements the recommendations of the 
Third Biennial International Organization Management 
Assessment Report: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Energy may waive this requirement upon submission 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a determination that the 
Council is making satisfactory progress towards imple-
mentation of such recommendations. 
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), including the acquisition of real property 
or facility construction or expansion, $150,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, and to be derived from the 
Nuclear Waste Fund. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 
authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES 
Act (42 U.S.C. 16538), $280,000,000, to remain available 
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until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$28,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, 
for program direction. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received 
from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512(b)) under this head-
ing in prior Acts, shall be collected in accordance with sec-
tion 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided, That, for necessary administrative expenses to carry 
out this Loan Guarantee program, $42,000,000 is appro-
priated, to remain available until September 30, 2016: 
Provided further, That $25,000,000 of the fees collected 
pursuant to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 shall be credited as offsetting collections to this ac-
count to cover administrative expenses and shall remain 
available until expended, so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2015 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $17,000,000: Provided further, That fees 
collected under section 1702(h) in excess of the amount 
appropriated for administrative expenses shall not be 
available until appropriated: Provided further, That the 
Department of Energy shall not subordinate any loan obli-
gation to other financing in violation of section 1702 of 
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the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordinate any Guaran-
teed Obligation to any loan or other debt obligations in 
violation of section 609.10 of title 10, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For administrative expenses in carrying out the Ad-
vanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Pro-
gram, $4,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016. 
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
Of the unobligated balances from prior year appro-
priations under this heading, $6,600,000 is hereby perma-
nently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
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.), $255,171,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016, including the 
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