A bill making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, and for other purposes.
PL 99-141 (H.R.2959), enacted 11/01/1985

99 STAT. 564 
PUBLIC LAW 99-141—NOV. 1, 1985 
Public Law 99-141 
99th Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 1, 1985 
Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending 
[H.R. 2959] 
September 30, 1986, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1986, for energy and water development, and for other purposes, 
namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE 
ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of 
Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the 
Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, 
and related purposes. 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic 
information pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore 
protection, and related projects, restudy of authorized projects, mis-
cellaneous investigations, and when authorized by law, surveys and 
detailed studies and plans and specifications of projects prior to 
construction, $128,972,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL 
For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore 
protection, and related projects authorized Isy laws; and detailed 
studies, and plans and specifications, of projects (including those for 
development with participation or under consideration for participa-
tion by States, local governments, or private groups) authorized or 
made eligible for selection by law (but such studies shall not con-
stitute a commitment of the Government to construction), 
$795,865,000 to remain available until expended, and in addition, to 
remain available until expended, for that increment of the project 
for beach erosion control, Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet, New 
Jersey, $1,500,000 shall be made available for the Ocean Township 
to Sandy Hook reach at Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach extending 
to the vicinity of Long Branch; and in addition, $6,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the construction of the Yatesville Lake 
construction project; and in addition, $95,700,000, to remain avail-
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able until expended, for construction of the Red River Waterway, 
Mississippi River to Shreveport, Louisiana project, of which 
$5,700,000 is for construction of Lock and Dam No. 3; and in addition 
$18,000,000, to remain available until expended, for construction of 
the main dam of the Elk Creek Lake, Rogue River Basin, Oregon 
Project, as authorized by the River and Harbor and Flood Control 
Act of 1962, Public Law 87-874; and in addition, $1,880,000, to 76 Stat. 1180, 
remain available until expended for construction of the Lorain 
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small boat harbor, Lorain, Ohio, project authorized by section 107 of 
the Rivers and Harbor Act of 1960, as amended; and in addition, 
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$400,000 to remain available until expended for remedial, corrective 
design and construction of project deficiencies in the First Ward 
Area Front Street Levee in Binghamton, New York. 
The Corps of Engineers is directed to construct recreation and 
management facilities at the Ouachita and Black Rivers, Arkansas 
and Louisiana, in the vicinity of the Felsenthal National Wildlife 
Refuge at full Federal expense using funds heretofore provided, 
using the $3,500,000 provided for such purpose in this Act. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary for emergency flood control, hurricane, 
and shore protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of the 
Flood Control Act, approved August 18, 1941, as amended, 
33 USC 70in. 
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, ARKANSAS, 
ILUNOIS, 
KENTUCKY, 
LOUISIANA, 
MISSISSIPPI, 
MISSOURI, 
AND 
TENNESSEE 
For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control, and 
rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control 
projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 
U.S.C. 702a, 702g-l), $314,760,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not less than $250,000 shall be available 
for bank stabilization measures as determined by the Chief of 
Engineers to be advisable for the control of bank erosion of streams 
in the Yazoo Basin, including the foothill area, and where necessary 
such measures shall complement similar works planned and con-
structed by the Soil Conservation Service and be limited to the areas 
of responsibility mutually agreeable to the District Engineer and the 
State Conservationist. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood control, and 
related works, including such sums as may be necessary for the 
maintenance of harbor channels provided by a State, municipality 
or other public agency, outside of harbor lines, and serving essential 
needs of general commerce and navigation; administration of laws 
pertaining to preservation of navigable waters; surveys and charting 
of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing 
and straightening channels; and removal of obstructions to naviga-
tion, $1,319,973,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$12,000,000 shall be for construction, operation, and maintenance of 
outdoor recreation facilities, to be derived from the special account 
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established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as 
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amended (16 U.S.C, 4601). 
note. 
Within available funds under this account, advance maintenance 
of the Charleston Harbor navigation channel may be accomplished 
to allow for safe movement of vessels. 
Prohibition. 
Rivers and 
harbors. 
REVOLVING FUND 
For initiation of construction on a dustpan dredge and for the 
Corps of Engineers Automation Plan, $7,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended (33 U.S.C. 576). 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration and related 
functions in the office of the Chief of Engineers and offices of the 
Division Engineers; activities of the Board of Engineers for Rivers 
and Harbors and the Coastal Engineering Research Board, 
$107,^00,000, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenses of 
attendance by military personnel at meetings in the manner au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 4110, uniforms, and allowances therefor, as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), and for printing, either 
during a recess or session of Congress, of survey reports authorized 
by law, and such survey reports as may be printed during a recess of 
Congress shall be printed, with illustrations, as documents of the 
next succeeding session of Congress; not to exceed $2,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and during the current fisc£d 
year the revolving fund. Corps of Engineers, shall be available for 
purchase (not to exceed 175 for replacement only) and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, CORPS OF ENGINEERS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title, except as 
specifically contained herein, shall be used to alter, modify, disman-
tle, or otherwise change any project which is partially constructed 
but not funded for construction in this title. 
SEC. 102. Within available funds appropriated under "Operation 
and Maintenance, General", the Secretary of the Army may remove 
obstructions and ease bends at the Jacksonville Harbor navigation 
channel in the vicinity of Blount Island to allow for the free and safe 
movement of vessels. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation as 
provided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 
43 use 371 note. Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) 
and other Acts applicable to that Bureau as follows: 
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GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
For engineering and economic investigations of proposed Federal 
reclamation projects and studies of water conservation and develop-
ment plans and activities preliminary to the reconstruction, re-
habilitation and betterment, financial adjustment, or extension of 
existing projects, to remain available until expended, $34,035,000: 
Provided, That of the total appropriated, the amount for program 
activities which can be financed by the reclamation fund shall be 
derived from that fund: Provided further, That all costs of an 
advance planning study of a proposed project shall be considered to 
be construction costs and to be reimbursable in accordance with the 
allocation of construction costs if the project is authorized for 
construction. 
CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction and rehabilitation of projects and parts thereof 
(including power transmission facilities for Bureau of Reclamation 
use) and for other related activities as authorized by law, to remain 
available until expended, $521,700,000 of which $97,412,000 shall be 
available for transfers to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund 
authorized by section 5 of the Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620d), 
and $144,950,000 shall be available for transfers to the Lower Colo-
rado River Basin Development Fund authorized by section 403 of the 
Act of September 30, 1968 (43 U.S.C. 1543), and $1,430,000 shall be 
considered as though advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund for 
the Boulder Canyon Project as authorized by the Act of December 
21, 1928, as amended: Provided, That of the total appropriated, the 
43 USC 617. 
amount for program activities which can be financed by the rec-
lamation fund shall be derived from that fund: Provided further, 
That transfers to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and Lower 
Colorado River Basin Development Fund may be increased or de-
creased by transfers within the overall appropriation to this head-
ing: Provided further. That the final point of discharge for the 
interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit shall not be determined 
until development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State of 
California of a plan, which shall conform with the water quality 
standards of the State of California as approved by the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any 
detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters: Provided fur-
ther. That no part of the funds herein approved shall be available 
for construction or operation of facilities to prevent waters of Lake 
Powell from entering any national monument: Provided further. 
That of the amount herein appropriated, such amounts as may be 
necessary shall be available to enable the Secretary of the Interior 
to continue work on rehabilitating the Velarde Community Ditch 
Project, New Mexico, in accordance with the Federal Reclamation 
Laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory 43 USC 371 note. 
thereof or supplementary thereto) for the purposes of diverting and 
conveying water to irrigated project lands. The cost of the re-
habilitation will be non-reimbursable and constructed features will 
be turned over to the appropriate entity for operation and mainte-
nance: Provided further. That of the amount herein appropriated, 
such amounts as may be required shall be available to continue 
improvement activities for the Lower Colorado Regional Complex: 
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Provided further. That none of the funds made available by this Act 
for the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project may be obli-
gated or expended for the award of new construction contracts or for 
land acquisition related to new contracts until a supplemental 
repayment contract for municipal and industrial water supplies, 
sufficient to recover all allocable reimbursable costs, plus interest, 
has been executed between the Secretary and the Central Utah 
Water Conservancy District and such contract has been submitted 
to the Congress and 100 days have elapsed: Provided further, That 
$14,000,000 in unobligated balances of Teton Dam Failure of Pay-
ment of Claims funds provided under Public Laws 94-355, dated 
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July 12, 1976, and 94-438, dated September 30, 1976, shall be 
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available for use on projects under this appropriation: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available by this or any other 
appropriations Act shall be obligated or expended for construction 
(including land acquisition) of the Garrison Diversion Unit, North 
Dakota, unless the Congress has, prior to March 31, 1986, enacted 
legislation reformulating the Unit: Provided further. That this 
restriction shall not apply to the expenditure of funds pursuant to 
contracts that have been awarded prior to October 1, 1985: Provided 
further. That of the amount herein appropriated not to exceed 
$20,000 shall be available to continue a rehabilitation and better-
ment program with the Twin Falls Canal Company, Twin Falls 
County, Idaho, to rehabilitate facilities under the Act of October 7, 
1949 (63 Stat. 724), as amended, to be repaid in full by the lands 
served and under conditions satisfactory to the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For operation and maintenance of reclamation projects or parts 
thereof and other facilities, as authorized by law; and for a soil and 
moisture conservation program on lands under the jurisdiction of 
the Bureau of Reclamation, pursuant to law, to remain available 
until expended, $132,665,000: Provided, That of the total appro-
priated, the amount for program activities which can be financed by 
the reclamation fund shall be derived from that fund: Provided 
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further. That of the total appropriated, such amounts as may be 
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required for replacement work on the Boulder Canyon Project which 
would require readvances to the Colorado River Dam Fund shall be 
readvanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund pursuant to section 5 of 
the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act of July 19, 1940 (43 
U.S.C. 618d), and such readvances since October 1, 1984, and in the 
future shall bear interest at the rate determined pursuant to section 
98 Stat. 1335. 
104(a)(5) of Public Law 98-381: Provided further, That funds ad-
vanced by water users for operation and maintenance of reclama-
tion projects or parts thereof shall be deposited to the credit of this 
appropriation and may be expended for the same objects and in the 
same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended, and 
such advances shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther. That nonreimbursable funds will be available from revenues 
for performing examination of existing structures on participating 
projects of the Colorado River Storage Project. 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For loans to irrigation districts and other public agencies for 
construction of distribution systems on authorized Federal reclama-
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99 STAT. 569 
tion projects, and for loans and grants to non-Federal agencies for 
construction of projects, as authorized by the Acts of July 4,1955, as 
amended (43 U.S.C. 421a-421d), and August 6, 1956, as amended (43 
U.S.C. 422a-4221), including expenses necessary for carrying out the 
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program, $39,315,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
422a-422/. 
That of the total sums appropriated, the amount for program activi-
ties which can be financed by the reclamation fund shall be derived 
from that fund: Provided further. That during fiscal year 1986 and 
within the resources and authority available, gross obligations for 
the principal amount of direct loans shall not exceed $48,315,000: 
Provided further. That any contract under the Act of July 4,1955 (69 
Stat. 244), as amended, not yet executed by the Secretary, which 
43 USC 42la. 
calls for the making of loans beyond the fiscal year in which the 
contract is entered into shall be made only on the same conditions 
as those prescribed in section 12 of the Act of August 4, 1939 (53 
Stat. 1187, 1197). 
43 USC 388. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of general administration and related 
functions in the office of the C!ommissioner, the Denver Engineering 
and Research Center, and offices in the seven regions of the Bureau 
of Reclamation, $49,200,000, of which $4,900,000, shall remain avail-
able until expended, the total amount to be derived from the 
reclamation fund and to be nonreimbursable pursuant to the Act of 
April 19, 1945 (43 U.S.C. 377): Provided, That no part of any other 
appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities or func-
tions budgeted for the current fiscal year as general administrative 
expenses. 
EMERGENCY FUND 
For an additional amount for the "Emergency fund", as au-
thorized by the Act of June 26, 1948 (43 U.S.C. 502), as amended, to 
remain available until expended for the purposes specified in said 
Act, $1,000,000, to be derived from the reclamation fund. 
SPECIAL FUNDS 
Sums herein referred to as being derived from the reclamation 
fund, the Ojlorado River Dam fund, or the (Colorado River develop-
ment fund, are appropriated from the special funds in the Treasury 
created by the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391), and the Act of 
December 21, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 617a), and the Act of July 19, 1940 (43 
U.S.C. 618a), respectively. Such sums shall be transferred, upon 
request of the Secretary, to be merged with and expended under the 
heads herein specified; and the unexpended balances of sums trans-
ferred for expenditure under the head "General Administrative 
Expenses" shall revert and be credited to the special fund from 
which derived. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available 
for purchase of not to exceed 16 passenger motor vehicles of which 
15 shall be for replacement only; purchase of two aircraft, of which 
one shall be for replacement only; payment of such amounts not to 
exceed $6,000,000 as may be necessary for alterations to existing 
building No. 53 to accommodate the new center computer facilities 
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at the Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, Colorado; payment of 
claims for damages to or loss of property, personal injury, or death 
arising out of activities of the Bureau of Reclamation; payment, 
except as otherwise provided for, of compensation and expenses of 
persons on the rolls of the Bureau of Reclamation appointed £is 
authorized by law to represent the United States in the negotiations 
and administration of interstate compacts without reimbursement 
or return under the reclamation laws; for service as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, in total not to exceed 
$500,000; rewards for information or evidence concerning violations 
of law involving property under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
Reclamation; performance of the functions specified under the head 
"Operation and Maintenance Administration", Bureau of Reclama-
58 Stat. 487. 
tion, in the Interior Department Appropriations Act, 1945; prepara-
tion and dissemination of useful information including recordings, 
photographs, and photographic prints; and studies of recreational 
uses of reservoir areas, and investigation and recovery of archeologi-
cal and paleontological remains in such areas in the same manner 
as provided for in the Acts of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461-467) 
and June 27, 1960 (16 U.S.C. 469): Provided, That no part of any 
appropriation made herein shall be available pursuant to the Act of 
April 19,1945 (43 U.S.C. 377), for expenses other than those incurred 
on behalf of specific reclamation projects except "General Adminis-
trative Expenses" and amounts provided for plan formulation and 
advance planning investigations, and general engineering and 
research under the head "General Investigations". 
Sums appropriated herein which are expended in the performance 
of reimbursable functions of the Bureau of Reclamation shall be 
returnable to the extent and in the manner provided by law. 
No part of any appropriation for the Bureau of Reclamation, 
contained in this Act or in any prior Act, which represents amounts 
earned under the terms of a contract but remaining unpaid, shall be 
obligated for any other purpose, regardless of when such amounts 
are to be paid: Provided, That the incurring of any obligation 
prohibited by this paragraph shall be deemed a violation of section 
3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1341). 
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No funds appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation for operation 
and maintenance, except those derived from advances by water 
users, shall be used for the particular benefits of lands (a) within the 
boundaries of an irrigation district, (b) of any member of a water 
users' organization, or (c) of any individual when such district, 
organization, or individual is in arrears for more than twelve 
months in the payment of charges due under a contract entered into 
with the United States pursuant to laws administered by the 
Bureau of Reclamation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
Emergency 
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this title shall be available for 
funds. 
expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the 
approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, 
replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facili-
ties or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or 
other unavoidable causes: Provided, TTiat no funds shall be made 
available under this authority until funds specifically made avail-
able to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have 
been exhausted. 
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SEC. 202. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer 
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(within each bureau or office) of any appropriation in this title, in 
addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the 
several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of 
forest or range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of 
the Department of the Interior. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations in this title shall be available for oper-
ation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wherever 
consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency, or economy, 
and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to 
any other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of 
June 30, 1932 (31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536): Provided, That reimburse-
ments for costs of supplies, materials, equipment, and for services 
rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the time 
such reimbursements are received. 
SEC. 204. Appropriations in this title shall be available for hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; purchases of reprints; payment for telephone services in 
private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when au-
thorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or 
associations which issue publications to members only or at a price 
to members lower than to subscribers who are not members. 
SEC. 205. (a) Within 30 days after enactment of this Act, there 43 USC 1472. 
shall be established in the Treasury of the United States a working 
capital fund to assist in the mgmagement of certain support activi-
ties of the Bureau of Reclamation (hereafter referred to as the 
"Bureau"), Department of the Interior. The fund shall be available 
without fiscal year limitation for expenses necessary for furnishing 
materials, supplies, equipment, work, and services in support of 
Bureau programs, and, as authorized by law, to agencies of the 
Federal Grovernment and others. Such expenses may include the 
acquisition, replacement, and operation of a central computer and 
related automatic data processing equipment; engineering services; 
payroll and other management services; acquisition and replace-
ment of equipment and facilities, including the purchase, lease, or 
rent of motor vehicles and aircraft within any limitations set forth 
in appropriations made to carry out the functions of the Bureau and 
such other activities as may be approved by the Director, Office of 
Management and Budget. 
(b) The fund shall be credited with appropriations made for the 
purpose of providing or increasing capital. 'Hiere are authorized to 
be transferred to the fund (at fair and reasonable values at the time 
of transfer) the inventories, equipment, receivables, and other 
assets, less the liabilities, related to the functions to be financed by 
the fund £is determined by the Secretary of the Interior. 
(c) The fund shall be credited with appropriations and other funds 
of the Bureau, and other agencies of the Department of the Interior, 
other Federgd agencies, and other sources, for providing materials, 
supplies, equipment, work, and services as authorized by law. Such 
payments may be made in advsmce or upon performance. 
(d) Charges to users will be at rates approximately equal to the 
costs of furnishing the materials, supplies, equipment, facilities, and 
services (including such items as depreciation of equipment and 
accrued annual leave). 
(e) There eire hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. 
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(f) Funds that are not necessary to carry out the activities to be 
financed by the fund, as determined by the Secretary, shall be 
covered into miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY SUPPLY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the Department of Energy activities including the 
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital equip-
ment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary for energy 
supply, research and development activities, and other activities in 
carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organiza-
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tion Act (Public Law 95-91), including the acquisition or condemna-
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tion of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
acquisition, construction, or expansion; purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles (not to exceed 17 for replacement only), $1,989,671,000, to 
remain available until expended of which $200,000,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activi-
ties provided in prior years, and of which $17,400,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern 
Power Administration; and of which $25,000,000 shall be available 
only for construction of the Advanced Science Center, the Center for 
Science and Technology, the Center for Energy and Biomedical 
Technology, the Energy and Mineral Research Center, and the 
Demonstration Center for Information Technologies as described in 
the report accompanying this Act; together with not to exceed 
$6,000,000, to be derived from revenues from activities of the Tech-
nical Information Services, which shall be credited to this account 
and used for necessary expenses and shall remain available until 
expended. 
URANIUM SUPPLY AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES 
For expenses of the Department of Energy in connection with 
operating expenses; the purchase, construction, and acquisition of 
plant and capital equipment and other expenses incidental thereto 
necessary for uranium supply and enrichment activities in carrying 
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(Public Law 95-91), including the acquisition or condemnation of 
any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion; purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
(not to exceed 34 for replacement only); $1,612,700,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That revenues received by the 
Department for the enrichment of uranium and estimated to total 
$1,612,700,000 in fiscal year 1986, shall be retained and used for the 
specific purpose of offsetting costs incurred by the Department in 
providing uranium enrichment service activities as authorized by 
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section 201 of Public Law 95-238, notwithstanding the provisions of 
section 3302(b) of 31 U.S.C. 484: Provided further. That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced as uranium enrichment reve-
nues are received during fiscal year 1986 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 1986 appropriation estimated at not more than $0. 
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GENERAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH AcnvmES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the Department of Energy, activities including the 
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital equip-
ment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary for general 
science and research activities in carrying out the purposes of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), includ-
ing the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles (not to exceed 13 for replacement 
only); $691,400,000, to remain available until expended of which 
$6,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from Operation £md Mainte-
nance, Southeastern Power Administration. 
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL F\JND 
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes of 
Public Law 97-425, including the acquisition of real property or 
facility construction or expansion, $521,460,000, to remain available 
until expended, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund. To the 
extent that bsdances in the fund are not sufficient to cover amounts 
available for obligation in the account, the Secretary shall exercise 
his authority pursuant to section 302(eX5) to issue obligations to the 
Secretary of the Treasury. 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTTVITIES 
For expenses of the Department of Energy activities including the 
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital equip-
ment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary for atomic 
energy defense activities in carrying out the purposes of the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), including the 
acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or 
for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles (not to exceed 435 of which 274 are for 
replacement only) including 57 police-type vehicles; and purchase of 
three aircraft, one of which is for replacement only, $7,604,615,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $97,325,000 shall be 
available for verification and control technology. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For sal£u-ies and expenses of the Department of Energy necessary 
for Departmental Administration and other activities in carrying 
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(Public Law 95-91), including the hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 
$35,000); $410,366,000, all of which is available for fiscal year 1986 
and shall remain available until expended, plus such additional 
amounts as necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of 
cost of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-
Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases 
in cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the same or greater 
amount, to remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous revenues 
estimated to total $244,228,000 in fiscal year 1986 may be retained 
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and used for operating expenses within this account, and may 
remain available until expended, as authorized by section 201 of 
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Public Law 95-238, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3302 of 
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of miscellaneous reve-
nues received during fiscal year 1986 so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 1986 appropriation estimated at not more than $166,138,000. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ALASKA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For engineering and economic investigations to promote the devel-
opment and utilization of the water, power, and related resources of 
Alaska, and for necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of 
projects in Alaska and of marketing electric power and energy, 
$3,281,000, to remain available until expended. 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, 
16 use 838 note, established pursuant to Public Law 93-454, are approved for Nez 
Perce Fish Propagation Facility, Yakima Hatchery, Colville Hatch-
ery, Dryden Dam Fish Passage Facilities, and Tumwater Falls Dam 
Fish Passage Facilities. Expenditures are also approved for: (1) 
acquisition of one fixed wing aircraft for replacement only and (2) 
official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $2,500. 
During fiscal year 1986, and within the resources and authority 
available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 
shall not exceed $20,000,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy, 
and for construction and acquisition of transmission lines, sub-
stations and appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses 
connected therewith, in carrying out the provisions of section 5 of 
the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 
southwestern power area, $29,500,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
CONSTRUCTION, REHABIUTATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For canying out the functions authorized by title III, section 
42 use 7152. 
302(aXlXE) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (Public Law 95-91), and 
other related activities including conservation and renewable re-
sources programs as authorized, including official reception and 
representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, the 
purchase of passenger motor vehicles (not to exceed 18 for replace-
ment only), $196,610,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $189,619,0()0, shall be derived from the Department of the 
Interior Reclamation fund: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
PUBLIC LAW 99-141—NOV. 1, 1985 
99 STAT. 575 
Treasury is authorized to transfer from the Colorado River Dam 
Fund to the Western Area Power Administration $890,000, to carry 
out the power marketing and transmission activities of the Boulder 
Canyon project as provided in section 104(aX4) of the Hoover Power 
Plant Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-381, 98 Stat. 1333). 
Notwithstanding provisions of title 5, United States Code, except 
for section 5308, no funds approved for Western Area Power 
Administration shall be used to pay the rates of basic pay and 
premium pay for power system dispatchers unless such rates are 
based on those prevailing for similar occupations in the electric 
power industry. 
EMERGENCY FUND, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
The Treasury of the United States shall set up and maintain a 
43 use 502 note. 
continuing fund of $500,000 out of Western Area Power Administra-
tion deposits to the Reclamation Fund. Said continuing fund shall be 
available to the Western Area Power Administration to assure the 
continuous operation and maintenance of its power system during 
unusual or emergency conditions, within the meaning of the Act of 
June 26, 1948 (43 U.S.C. 502-03): Provided, That expenditures from 
said continuing fund shall be replenished from power revenues of 
the Project for which funds were expended on an unusual or emer-
gency basis. 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission to carry out the provisions of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), including services as 42 USC 7101 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, including the hire of passenger motor note. 
vehicles; official reception and representation expenses (not to 
exceed $1,500); $95,568,000, of which $3,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended and be available only for contractual activities: 
Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of section 3617 of the 
Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484), revenues from licensing fees, 31 USC 3302. 
inspection services, and other services and collections estimated at 
$66,077,000 in fiscal year 1986 may be retained and used for nec-
essary expenses in this account, and may remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall 
be reduced as revenues are received during fiscal year 1986, so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 1986 appropriation estimated at not more 
than $29,491,000. 
GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For carrying out the Loan Guarantee and Interest Assistance 
Program as authorized by the Geothermal Energy Research, Devel-
opment and Demonstration Act of 1974, as amended, $72,000, to 30USC1101 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the indebtedness "ote. 
guaranteed or committed to be guaranteed through funds provided 
by this or any other appropriation Act shall not exceed the aggre-
gate of $500,000,000. 
99 STAT. 576 
PUBLIC LAW 99-141—NOV. 1, 1985 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
SEC. 301. Appropriations for the Department of Energy under this 
title for the current fiscal year shall be available for hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance and operation of aircraft; 
purchase, repair and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to 
the General Services Administration for security guard services. 
From these appropriations, transfers of sums may be made to other 
agencies of the United States Government for the performance of 
work for which this appropriation is made. None of the funds made 
available to the Department of Energy under this Act shedl be used 
to implement or flngmce authorized price support or loan guarantee 
progrsmis unless specific provision is made for such programs in an 
appropriation Act. The Secretary is authorized to accept Isuids, 
buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and pri-
vate sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other 
agencies. Federal, State, private, or foreign. 
Contracts. 
Public 
information. 
Prohibition. 
(TRANSFERS OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES) 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriations made 
available for the current fiscal year for Department of Energy 
activities funded in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise pro-
vided, shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per centum by 
any such transfers, and any such proposed transfers shall be submit-
ted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate. 
(TRANSFERS OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES) 
SEC. 303. The unexpended balances of prior appropriations pro-
vided for activities covered in this Act may be trsmsferred to appro-
priation accounts for such activities established pursuant to this 
title. Balances so transferred 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. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 
under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursu-
ant to existing law. 
SEC. 305. None of the funds in the Department of Energy shall be 
used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, parties inter-
vening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in the 
Department of Energy. 
PUBLIC LAW 99-141—NOV. 1, 1985 
99 STAT. 577 
TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by 
40 use app. 401 
the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, 
note. 
notwithstanding section 405 of said Act, except expenses authorized '*^ ^^ 
^PP ^ 
by section 105 of said Act, including services as authorized by section 
^ *^^' 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, to remain available until expended, $130,000,000 of which 
$85,000,000 shall be available for the Appalachian Development 
Highway System of which $10,000,000 shall be derived from prior 
year unobligated balances; and for necessary expenses of the Fed-
er£il Cochairman and the alternate on the Applachian Regional 
Commission and for pajmient of the Federal share of the administra-
tive expenses of the Commission, including services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, an additional $2,200,000. 
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the United 
States member of the Delaware River Basin Commission, as 
authorized by law (75 Stat. 716), $168,000. 
CONTRIBUTION TO DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION 
For pajnnent of the United States share of the current expenses of 
the Delaware River Basin Commission, as authorized by law (75 
Stat. 706, 707), $275,000. 
INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN 
CONTRIBUTION TO INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER 
BASIN 
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in advance to the 
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin the Federal 
contribution toward the expenses of the Commission during the 
current fiscal year in the administration of its business in the 
conservancy district established pursuant to the Act of July 11,1940 
(54 Stat. 748), as amended by the Act of September 25, 1970 (Public 33 use 567b. 
Law 91-407), $79,000. 
33 use 567b-i. 
NUCLEAR REGULATORY (COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission in carrying out the 
purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, and 42 use 5801 
the Atomic Energy Act, as amended, including the employment of "ote. 
99 STAT. 578 
PUBLIC LAW 99-141—NOV. 1, 1985 
aliens; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; publication and dissemi-
nation of atomic information; purchase, repair, and cleaning of 
uniforms; official representation expenses (not to exceed $3,000); 
reimbursements to the General Services Administration for security 
guard services; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft, 
$418,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
from this appropriation, transfer of sums may be made to other 
agencies of the Government for the performance of the work for 
which this appropriation is made, and in such cases the sums so 
transferred may be merged with the appropriation to which trans-
ferred: Provided further. That moneys received by the Commission 
for the cooperative nuclear safety research program and the mate-
rial access authorization program may be retained and used for 
salaries and expenses associated with those programs, notwithstand-
ing the provisions of section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, and 
shall remain available until expended. 
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the United 
States member of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, as 
authorized by law (84 Stat. 1541), $163,000. 
CONTRIBUTION TO SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION 
For payment of the United States share of the current expense of 
the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, as authorized by law (84 
Stat. 1530,1531), $230,000. 
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Tennessee 
16 use 831 et 
Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended (16 U.S.C, ch. 12A), 
seq. 
including purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, 
and purchase and hire of pcissenger motor vehicles, and for entering 
into contracts and making pajnnents under section 11 of the Na-
16 use 1250. 
tional Trails System Act, as amended, $113,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $9,000,000 shall be derived from prior 
year unobligated balances in the Tennessee Valley Authority Fund: 
Provided, That this appropriation and other moneys available to the 
Tennessee Valley Authority may be used for pajnnent of the allow-
ances authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5948. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Prohibition. 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
Prohibition. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, parties intervening in regu-
latory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. 
PUBLIC LAW 99-141—NOV. 1, 1985 
99 STAT. 579 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public inspec-
tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 504. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
to implement a program of retention contracts for senior employees 
of the Tennessee Valley Authority. 
SEC. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any 
other provision of law, none of the funds made available under this 
Act or any other law shall be used for the purposes of conducting 
any studies relating or leading to the possibility of changing from 
the currently required "at cost" to a "market rate" or any other 
non-cost-based method for the pricing of hydroelectric power by the 
six Federal public power authorities, or other agencies or authorities 
of the Federal Grovemment, except as may be specifically authorized 
by Act of Congress hereafter enacted. 
SEC. 506. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to pay the 
salary of the Administrator of a Power Marketing Administration or 
the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority unless 
they award contracts for the procurement of extra high voltage 
power equipment manufactured in the United States when such 
agency determines that there are one or more domestic manufactur-
ers offering a product which meets the technical requirements of 
such agency at a price not exceeding 125 per centum of the bid or 
offering price of the most competitive foreign bidder. Such agency 
shall determine the incremental costs associated with implementing 
this section and defer or offset such incremental costs against 
otherwise existing repaynaent obligations. This section shall not 
apply to any procurement initiated before its effective date or to the 
acquisition of spare parts. 
Approved November 1, 1985. 
Contracts. 
Prohibition. 
Contracts. 
Tennessee 
Valley 
Authority. 
Prohibition. 
Energy. 
Prohibition. 
Power 
Marketing 
Administration. 
Tennessee 
Valley 
Authority. 
Contracts. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2959: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-195 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 99-307 (Comm. of 
Oonfcrcnc^)' 
SENATE REPORT No. 99-110 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 131 (1985): 
July 16, considered and passed House. 
Aug. 1, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 17, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in Senate 
amendments, in others with amendments. Senate agreed to conference 
report; concurred in House amendments.