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current and future year purchases or payments of emis-
sions expenses associated with Bonneville Power Adminis-
tration power and transmission operations in states with 
clean energy programs: Provided further, This expenditure 
authorization is limited solely to Bonneville Power Admin-
istration’s voluntary purchase or payments made in con-
junction with state clean energy programs and is not a 
broader waiver of Bonneville Power Administration’s sov-
ereign immunity. 
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, $6,597,000, 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 $6,597,000 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 
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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 2020 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, up to $56,000,000 collected by the Southeastern 
Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 
shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 
to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 
of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, 
annual expenses means expenditures that are generally re-
covered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding 
purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN 
POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and mainte-
nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 
electric power and energy, for construction and acquisition 
of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facili-
ties, and for administrative expenses, including official re-
ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Con-
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trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 
Southwestern Power Administration, $47,775,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $37,375,000 col-
lected by the Southwestern Power Administration from 
the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 
this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to re-
main available until expended, for the sole purpose of 
funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power 
Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collec-
tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $10,400,000: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $15,000,000 collected by 
the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 
Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and 
wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as off-
setting collections, to remain available until expended for 
the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 
expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 
are generally recovered in the same year that they are in-
curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
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CONSTRUCTION, 
REHABILITATION, 
OPERATION
AND 
MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS-
TRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
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, $262,959,000, including official reception and rep-
resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, 
to remain available until expended, of which $262,959,000 
shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec-
lamation Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 
U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 
Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to 
$173,587,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration 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 Western 
Area Power Administration: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be re-
duced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation esti-
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mated at not more than $89,372,000, of which 
$89,372,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 
to $168,000,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 
and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover pur-
chase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 
this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 
until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 
power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 
for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 
expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
wheeling expenses): Provided further, That of the unobli-
gated balances from prior year appropriations available 
under this heading, $176,000 is hereby permanently can-
celled. 
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE 
FUND 
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 
the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 
Dams, $3,160,000, to remain available until expended, 
and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 
and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 
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18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding 
the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 
$2,932,000 collected by the Western Area Power Adminis-
tration from the sale of power and related services from 
the Falcon and Amistad Dams 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 hydroelectric facilities of these 
Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration 
activities: 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 2020 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$228,000: Provided further, That for purposes of this ap-
propriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 
generally recovered in the same year that they are in-
curred: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2020, the 
Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 
may accept up to $1,187,000 in funds contributed by 
United States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad 
Dams for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad Operating 
and Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available 
for the purpose for which contributed in like manner as 
if said sums had been specifically appropriated for such 
purpose: Provided further, That any such funds shall be 
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available without further appropriation and without fiscal 
year limitation for use by the Commissioner of the United 
States Section of the International Boundary and Water 
Commission for the sole purpose of operating, maintain-
ing, repairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the 
hydroelectric facilities at these Dams in accordance with 
agreements reached between the Administrator, Commis-
sioner, and the power customers. 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
ceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$382,000,000 (reduced by $500,000) (increased by 
$500,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $382,000,000 of revenues from fees and annual 
charges, and other services and collections in fiscal year 
2020 shall be retained and used for expenses necessary 
in this account, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as revenues are received 
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during fiscal year 2020 so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2020 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $0. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 
made available by this title for the Department of Energy 
shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 
or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 
or 
similar 
arrangements 
(including 
Requests 
for 
Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Op-
portunity Announcements) for a program, project, or ac-
tivity if the program, project, or activity has not been 
funded by Congress. 
(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
at least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds 
made available in this title may be used to— 
(A) make a grant allocation or discretionary 
grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 
(B) make a discretionary contract award or 
Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 
or more, including a contract covered by the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation; 
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(C) issue a letter of intent to make an alloca-
tion, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in 
subparagraph (A) or (B); or 
(D) announce publicly the intention to make an 
allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the lim-
its in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report 
detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant 
award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during the 
previous quarter. 
(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and 
the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the re-
cipient of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal 
year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, 
the account and program, project, or activity from which 
the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and 
a brief description of the activity for which the award is 
made. 
(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 
to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au-
thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 
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multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 
a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment is funded for the full period of performance as 
anticipated at the time of award; or 
(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov-
ernment’s obligation on the availability of future 
year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 3 days in advance. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 
the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 
as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and ac-
tivities specified in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department 
of Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title III— 
Department of Energy’’ in the report of the Committee 
on Appropriations accompanying this Act. 
(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 
reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 
the Department shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 
to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 
cause any program, project, or activity funding level to 
increase or decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10 per-
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cent, whichever is less, during the time period covered by 
this Act. 
(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; 
(2) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act. 
(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re-
quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 
use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 
if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 
pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 
welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 
waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 
not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 
a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 
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Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 
risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 
(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 
same appropriation accounts for such activities established 
pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 
with funds in the applicable established accounts and 
thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same 
time period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 
Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) 
during fiscal year 2020 until the enactment of the Intel-
ligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi-
fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 
830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of-
fice of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in 
compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 
decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 
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any successive departmental guidance, for construction 
projects 
where 
the 
total 
project 
cost 
exceeds 
$100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 
has been developed for the project for that critical deci-
sion. 
SEC. 305. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any prior Act under the heading ‘‘Defense Nuclear 
Nonproliferation’’ may be made available to enter into new 
contracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance 
to, the Russian Federation. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibi-
tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that 
such activity is in the national security interests of the 
United States. This waiver authority may not be dele-
gated. 
(c) A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effec-
tive until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress, in classified form if necessary, a re-
port on the justification for the waiver. 
SEC. 306. Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), upon a 
determination by the President in this fiscal year that a 
regional supply shortage of refined petroleum product of 
significant scope and duration exists, that a severe in-
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crease in the price of refined petroleum product will likely 
result from such shortage, and that a draw down and sale 
of refined petroleum product would assist directly and sig-
nificantly in reducing the adverse impact of such shortage, 
the Secretary of Energy may draw down and sell refined 
petroleum product from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
Proceeds from a sale under this section shall be deposited 
into the SPR Petroleum Account established in section 
167 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6247), and such amounts shall be available for obligation, 
without fiscal year limitation, consistent with that section. 
SEC. 307. Of the offsetting collections, including un-
obligated balances of such collections, in the ‘‘Department 
of Energy—Power Marketing Administration—Colorado 
River Basins Power Marketing Fund, Western Area 
Power Administration’’, $21,400,000 shall be transferred 
to the ‘‘Department of Interior—Bureau of Reclama-
tion—Upper Colorado River Basin Fund’’ for the Bureau 
of Reclamation to carry out environmental stewardship 
and endangered species recovery efforts. 
SEC. 308. Section 5(b) of Public Law 110–414 is 
amended by adding after paragraph (2) the following new 
paragraph: ‘‘(3) MERCURY STORAGE REVOLVING 
FUND. There is hereby established the Mercury Storage 
Revolving Fund which shall be available without fiscal 
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year limitation. Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
United States Code, receipts received from fees described 
under this subsection shall be credited to this account as 
offsetting collections, to be available for carrying out the 
long-term management and storage of elemental mercury 
generated within the United States without further appro-
priation.’’. 
SEC. 309. During fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal 
year thereafter, notwithstanding any provision of title 5, 
United States Code, relating to classification or rates of 
pay, the Southeastern Power Administration shall pay any 
power system dispatcher employed by the Administration 
a rate of basic pay and premium pay based on those pre-
vailing for similar occupations in the electric power indus-
try. Basic pay and premium pay may not be paid under 
this section to any individual during a calendar year so 
as to result in a total rate in excess of the rate of basic 
pay for level V of the Executive Schedule (section 5316 
of such title). 
TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au-
thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
1965, and for expenses necessary for the Federal Co- 
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306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 
That funds shall be available for construction projects in 
an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total project cost 
for distressed communities, as defined by section 307 of 
the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (division C, title III, 
Public Law 105–277), as amended by section 701 of ap-
pendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 
1501A–280), and an amount not to exceed 50 percent for 
non-distressed communities: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law regarding pay-
ment of a non-Federal share in connection with a grant- 
in-aid program, amounts under this heading shall be avail-
able for the payment of such a non-Federal share for pro-
grams undertaken to carry out the purposes of the Com-
mission. 
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $22,000,000 
(increased by $3,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such amounts shall be available 
for administrative expenses, notwithstanding section 
15751(b) of title 40, United States Code. 
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SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent 
Regional Commission in carrying out activities authorized 
by subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Commission in car-
rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 
of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
$885,236,000, including official representation expenses 
not to exceed $25,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, not 
more than $9,500,000 may be made available for salaries, 
travel, and other support costs for the Office of the Com-
mission, to remain available until September 30, 2021, of 
which, notwithstanding section 201(a)(2)(c) of the Energy 
Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5841(a)(2)(c)), 
the use and expenditure shall only be approved by a major-
ity vote of the Commission: Provided further, That reve-
nues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other 
services and collections estimated at $757,589,000 in fis-
cal year 2020 shall be retained and used for necessary 
salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available until expended: 
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Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under 
this heading, not less than $15,478,000 shall be for activi-
ties related to the development of regulatory infrastruc-
ture for advanced nuclear technologies, and $12,492,000 
shall be for international activities, except that the 
amounts provided under this proviso shall not be derived 
from fee revenues, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 2214: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 
reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal 
year 2020 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2020 appro-
priation estimated at not more than $127,647,000: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts appropriated under 
this heading, $10,500,000 shall be for university research 
and development in areas relevant to the Commission’s 
mission, and $5,500,000 shall be for a Nuclear Science 
and Engineering Grant Program that will support 
multiyear projects that do not align with programmatic 
missions but are critical to maintaining the discipline of 
nuclear science and engineering. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $13,314,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That revenues from 
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
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collections estimated at $10,929,000 in fiscal year 2020 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
2021, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 
notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur-
ing fiscal year 2020 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2020 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$2,385,000: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading, $1,171,000 shall be for In-
spector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board, which shall not be available from fee reve-
nues. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 
203, section 5051, $3,600,000, to be derived from the Nu-
clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
2021. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 
comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of 
its Internal Commission Procedures when responding to 
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Congressional requests for information, consistent with 
Department of Justice guidance for all federal agencies. 
SEC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this 
title for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be re-
programmed for any program, project, or activity, and the 
Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 
to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 
cause any program funding level to increase or decrease 
by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
during the time period covered by this Act. 
(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may 
waive the notification requirement in subsection (a) if 
compliance with such requirement would pose a substan-
tial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or na-
tional security. 
(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as prac-
ticable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the 
activity to which a requirement or restriction would other-
wise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation 
of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 
such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the 
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Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 
to programs, projects, or activities. 
(c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and 
(d), the amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 
expended as directed in the report of the Committee on 
Appropriations accompanying this Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure through a reprogramming of funds that in-
creases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 
Act. 
(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress, which includes the following for each program, 
project, or activity, including any prior year appropria-
tions— 
(1) total budget authority; 
(2) total unobligated balances; and 
(3) total unliquidated obligations. 
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SEC. 504. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 505. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
SEC. 506. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 
reference to House Report 116–83. The effect of such Re-
port shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this division. 
SEC. 507. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to issue a permit under section 404 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for the discharge 
of dredged or fill material from a project located within 
Water Conservation Areas 3A and 3B in the State of Flor-
ida. 
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SEC. 508. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize the proposed rule entitled ‘‘En-
ergy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Stand-
ards for General Service Lamps’’ published by the Depart-
ment of Energy in the Federal Register on February 11, 
2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 3120). 
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to reject any application for a grant 
available under funds appropriated by this Act because of 
the use of the term ‘‘global warming’’ or the term ‘‘climate 
change’’ in the application. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Energy to make a 
guarantee under section 1703 of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513) for a project that does not 
avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic 
emissions of greenhouse gases. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize the environmental impact 
statement for the proposed Pebble Project (POA–2017– 
271). 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2020’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 19, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 140 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2740 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
cation, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2020, and for other pur-
poses. 
JULY 10, 2019 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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