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Calendar No. 134
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2609
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED
STATES
July 16 (legislative
day, July 15), 2013
Received; read twice and placed on the
calendar
AN ACT
Making appropriations for energy and water
development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014,
and for other purposes.
That the following sums are
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2014, and for other purposes, namely:
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 supervision
of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of
the Army pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction,
shore protection, 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 related 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 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,
$90,000,000, to remain available until expended.
Construction
For expenses necessary for the construction
of river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection,
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 specifications, shall not constitute a
commitment of the Government to construction), $1,343,000,000, to remain
available until expended; of which such sums as are necessary to cover the
Federal share of construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Material
Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust
Fund as authorized by Public Law 104–303; and of which such sums as are
necessary to cover one-half of the costs of construction, replacement,
rehabilitation, and expansion of inland waterways projects shall be derived
from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund.
Mississippi river and
tributaries
For expenses
necessary for flood damage reduction projects and related efforts in the
Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized
by law, $249,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which such sums as
are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance
costs for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust
Fund.
Operation and
maintenance
For expenses
necessary for the operation, maintenance, 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, including 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
connecting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removing
obstructions to navigation, $2,682,000,000, to remain available until expended,
of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible
operation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and for
inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; of
which such sums as become available from the special account for the Corps of
Engineers established by the Land and Water Conservation 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 beginning 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 Engineers shall allocate during the
fourth quarter any remaining funds which have not been used for emergency
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, $193,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2015.
Formerly utilized sites remedial
action program
For expenses
necessary to clean up contamination from sites in the United States resulting
from work performed as part of the Nation's early atomic energy program,
$104,000,000, to remain available until expended.
Flood control and coastal
emergencies
For expenses
necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane, 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 remain available until
expended.
Expenses
For expenses necessary for the supervision
and general administration of the civil works program in the headquarters of
the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the Division Engineers; and for costs
of management and operation of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity,
the Institute for Water Resources, the United States Army Engineer Research and
Development Center, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance
Center allocable to the civil works program, $182,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2015, 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 activities of the division offices: Provided
further, That any Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation
may be used to fund the supervision and general administration of emergency
operations, repairs, and other activities 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), $5,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2015.
Administrative
provision
The Revolving Fund,
Corps of Engineers, shall be available during the current fiscal year for
purchase (not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor
vehicles for the civil works program.
General provisions, corps of
engineers—civil
(including transfer of
funds)
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 activity;
(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 activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent,
whichever is less; or
(6) reduces funds for
any program, project, or activity 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 Control Act of 1948, section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 1946, section
208 of the Flood Control Act of 1954, section 107 of the River and Harbor Act
of 1960, section 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
section 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, activities, or categories of
funding. The first quarterly report shall be submitted not later than 60 days
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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, except that such amounts may include any
funds that have been made available through reprogramming pursuant to section
101.
103. None of the
funds in this Act, or previous Acts, making funds available for Energy and
Water Development, shall be used to award any continuing contract that commits
additional funding from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund unless or until such
time that a long-term mechanism to enhance revenues in this Fund sufficient to
meet the cost-sharing authorized in the Water Resources Development Act of 1986
(Public Law 99–662) is enacted.
104. Not later than 120 days after the date of
the Chief of Engineers Report on a water resource matter, the Assistant
Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) shall submit the report to the appropriate
authorizing and appropriating committees of the Congress.
105. During the fiscal
year period covered by this Act, the Secretary of the Army is authorized to
implement measures recommended in the efficacy study authorized under section
3061 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–114; 121
Stat. 1121) or in interim reports, with such modifications or emergency
measures as the Secretary of the Army determines to be appropriate, to prevent
aquatic nuisance species from dispersing into the Great Lakes by way of any
hydrologic connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River
Basin.
106. As of the date of
enactment of this Act and each fiscal year hereafter, the Secretary of the Army
may transfer to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife
Service may accept and expend, such funds as the Secretary and the Director of
the Fish and Wildlife Service determine to be necessary to mitigate for
fisheries lost due to Corps of Engineers projects, except that in no event may
the amount of funds transferred pursuant to this section during any fiscal year
exceed the amount identified for such purpose in the report accompanying the
appropriations for that fiscal year.
107. None of the funds made available in this
Act or any other Act making appropriations for Energy and Water Development may
be used by the Corps of Engineers to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or
enforce any change to the regulations and guidance in effect on October 1,
2012, pertaining to the definition of waters under the jurisdiction of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), including 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.
108. Section 3(a)(6)
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–676; 102 Stat.
4013) is amended by striking $775,000,000 each place it appears
and inserting $2,918,000,000.
109.
(a) Section 1001(17)(A) of the Water Resources
Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–114; 121 Stat. 1052) is amended—
(1) by striking
$125,270,000 and inserting $152,510,000;
(2) by striking
$75,140,000 and inserting $92,007,000; and
(3) by striking
$50,130,000 and inserting $60,503,000.
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect as of November 8, 2007.
110. The authorization under the heading
Little Calumet River Basin (Cady Marsh Ditch), Indiana, in
section 401(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law
99–662; 100 Stat. 4115), as modified by section 127 of Public Law 109–103 (119
Stat. 2259), is further modified to authorize completion of the project at a
total cost of $269,988,000 with an estimated Federal cost of $202,800,000 and
an estimated non-Federal cost of $67,188,000.
111. During fiscal year 2014, the limitation
relating to total project costs in section 902 of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2280) shall not apply with respect to any
project that receives funds made available by this title.
112. 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,
administer, 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.).
113. As of the date of enactment of this Act and
thereafter, the Secretary of the Army shall not promulgate or enforce any
regulation that prohibits 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 compliance with the law of the State in which the water
resources development project is located.
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, $7,425,000,
to remain available until expended, of which $1,000,000 shall be deposited into
the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account for use by the Utah
Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission. In addition, for necessary
expenses incurred in carrying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of
the Interior, $1,300,000, to remain available until September 30,
2015. For fiscal year 2014, the
Commission may use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for administrative
expenses.
Bureau of
reclamation
The following
appropriations shall be expended to execute authorized functions of the Bureau
of Reclamation:
Water and related
resources
(including transfers of
funds)
For management,
development, and restoration of water and related natural resources and for
related activities, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of
reclamation and other facilities, participation in fulfilling related Federal
responsibilities to Native Americans, and related grants to, and cooperative
and other agreements with, State and local governments, federally recognized
Indian tribes, and others, $812,744,000 (increased by $25,000,000), to remain
available until expended, of which $28,000 shall be available for transfer to
the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and $8,401,000 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 transfers may be increased or decreased
within the overall appropriation under this heading: Provided
further, That of the total appropriated, the amount for program
activities that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau 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 heading: Provided further, That of the amounts provided
herein, 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, habitat restoration, improvement, and
acquisition provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act,
$53,288,000, to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the Central
Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and
3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the 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, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, 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 appropriated herein
may be used for the Federal share of the costs of CALFED Program management:
Provided further, 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, 2015, $60,000,000, 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.
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.
General provisions, department
of the interior
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 activity;
(2) eliminates a
program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds
for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted by this Act;
(4) restarts or
resumes any program, project or activity for which funds are not provided in
this Act, unless prior approval is received from the Committees on
Appropriations 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 activity 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 activity 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 Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and
Rehabilitation category or the Resources Management and Development category to
any program, project, or activity in the other category; or
(7) transfers, when
necessary to discharge legal obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more
than $5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled contractor claims,
increased contractor earnings due to accelerated rates of operations, and real
estate deficiency judgments.
(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 report shall be submitted not later than 60 days
after the date of enactment of this Act.
202.
(a) None of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to determine
the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit
until development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California
of a plan, which shall conform to the water quality standards of the State of
California as approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage
waters.
(b) The costs of the
Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley
Drainage 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-Alternative Repayment Plan described in the report
entitled Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San
Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 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.
203. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
until the pipeline reliability study required in the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2012, is completed, and any necessary changes are made to
Technical Memorandum No. 8140–CC–2004–1, the Bureau of Reclamation shall not
deny approval, funding, or assistance to any project, nor disqualify any
material from use, based, in whole or in part, on the corrosion control used,
if the corrosion control meets the requirements of a published national or
international standard promulgated by the American Water Works Association
(AWWA), ASTM International, the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI), NACE International (NACE) or the
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). The Bureau
shall allow any project initiated during the study to use any corrosion control
meeting the above standards.
III
Department of
energy
Energy
programs
Renewable energy, energy
reliability, and efficiency
For Department of Energy expenses including
the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and
other expenses necessary for energy efficiency and renewable energy activities,
and electricity delivery and energy reliability 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, $982,637,000
(reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced by $9,518,000), to remain available until
expended: Provided, That of the amount provided under this
heading, $76,926,000 shall be available until September 30, 2015, for program
direction.
Nuclear
energy
(including
transfer of funds)
For
Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and
acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for
nuclear 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, and the purchase of not more than 10
buses and 2 ambulances, all for replacement only, $656,389,000, to remain
available until expended, of which such sums as may be necessary shall be
derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, to be made available only to support the
high-level waste geological repository at Yucca Mountain:
Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading,
$87,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2015, for program direction:
Provided further, That of the amount provided under this
heading, $5,000,000 shall be made available to affected units of local
government, as defined in section 2(31) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
(42 U.S.C. 10101(31)), to support the Yucca Mountain high-level waste
geological repository, as authorized by such Act: Provided
further, That funds derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund may be
transferred to Independent Agencies—Nuclear Regulatory
Commission—Salaries and Expenses to support the Yucca Mountain
high-level waste geological repository license
application.
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 (Public Law
95–91), including the acquisition of interest, including defeasible and
equitable interests in any real property or any facility or for plant or
facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting inquiries, technological
investigations and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and
disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social and environmental
costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), $450,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That $115,753,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2015, for program direction: Provided further,
That for all programs funded under Fossil Energy appropriations in this Act or
any other Act, the Secretary may vest fee title or other property interests
acquired under projects in any entity, including the United
States.
Naval petroleum and oil shale
reserves
For expenses
necessary to carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities,
$14,909,000, 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.
Strategic petroleum
reserve
For necessary expenses
for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and operations and program
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42
U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $189,400,000, to remain available until
expended.
Northeast home heating oil
reserve
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.), $8,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
Energy information
administration
For necessary
expenses in carrying out the activities of the Energy Information
Administration, $100,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
Non-Defense environmental
cleanup
For Department of
Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant
and capital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-defense
environmental cleanup 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, $194,000,000 (increased by
$18,956,000), to remain available until
expended.
Uranium enrichment
decontamination and decommissioning fund
For necessary expenses in carrying out
uranium enrichment 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, $545,000,000, to be
derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund,
to remain available until expended.
Science
For Department of Energy expenses including
the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 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.), including
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or facility or for plant
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and purchase of not more
than 25 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one law
enforcement vehicle, one ambulance, and one bus, $4,653,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That $174,862,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2015, for program
direction.
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), $50,000,000 (increased by $20,000,000),
to remain available until expended.
Title 17 innovative technology
loan guarantee program
Such
sums as are derived from amounts received from borrowers pursuant to section
1702(b)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior
Acts, shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That, for necessary
administrative expenses to carry out this Loan Guarantee program, $22,000,000
is appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided
further, That $22,000,000 of the fees collected pursuant to section
1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512(h)) shall be credited
as offsetting collections to this account to cover administrative expenses and
shall remain available until expended, so as to result in a final fiscal year
2014 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0:
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 obligation to other
financing in violation of section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16512) or subordinate any Guaranteed 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 Advanced Technology Vehicles
Manufacturing Loan Program, $6,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2015.
Departmental
administration
For salaries
and expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for departmental
administration in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire of passenger
motor vehicles and official reception and representation expenses not to exceed
$30,000, $187,863,000 (reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced by $20,000,000)
(reduced by $9,478,000) (reduced by $20,000,000), to remain available until
September 30, 2015, 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: Provided
further, That moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous
revenues estimated to total $108,188,000 in fiscal year 2014 may be retained
and used for operating expenses within this account, as authorized by section
201 of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302:
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be
reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a
final fiscal year 2014 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not
more than $79,675,000.
Office of the inspector
general
For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the
Inspector General Act of 1978, $42,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2015.
Atomic energy defense
activities
National nuclear security
administration
Weapons activities
For Department of Energy expenses, including
the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and
other incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy defense weapons
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility
acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not to exceed one
ambulance, $7,675,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
Defense nuclear
nonproliferation
For
Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and
acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other incidental expenses
necessary for defense nuclear nonproliferation 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,
$2,100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the Secretary of Energy may make available from funds provided under this
heading in this Act not more than $48,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out
domestic uranium enrichment research, development, and demonstration
activities.
Naval reactors
For Department of Energy expenses necessary
for naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition (by
purchase, condemnation, construction, or otherwise) of real property, plant,
and capital equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, $1,109,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That $43,212,000
shall be available until September 30, 2015, for program
direction.
Office of the
administrator
For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Administrator in the National Nuclear Security Administration, including
official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $12,000,
$382,000,000 (reduced by $9,478,000), to remain available until September 30,
2015.
Environmental and other defense
activities
Defense environmental
cleanup
For Department of
Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant
and capital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic energy defense
environmental cleanup 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, and the purchase of not to exceed one
sport utility vehicle, three lube trucks, and one fire truck for replacement
only, $4,750,000,000 (increased by $22,586,500), to remain available until
expended: Provided, That $280,784,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2015, for program direction.
Other defense
activities
For Department of
Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant
and capital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic energy defense,
other defense activities, and classified 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, $830,000,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of such
amount, $122,734,000 shall be available until September 30, 2015 for program
direction.
Power marketing
administration
Bonneville power administration
fund
Expenditures from the
Bonneville Power Administration Fund, established pursuant to Public Law
93–454, are approved for construction of, or participating in the construction
of, a high voltage line from Bonneville's high voltage system to the service
areas of requirements customers located within Bonneville's service area in
southern Idaho, southern Montana, and western Wyoming; and such line may extend
to, and interconnect in, the Pacific Northwest with lines between the Pacific
Northwest and the Pacific Southwest, and for John Day Reprogramming and
Construction, the Columbia River Basin White Sturgeon Hatchery, and Kelt
Reconditioning and Reproductive Success Evaluation Research, and, in addition,
for official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed
$5,000: Provided, That during fiscal year 2014, no new direct
loan obligations may be made.
Operation and maintenance,
southeastern power administration
For necessary expenses of operation and
maintenance of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric power
and energy, 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, and including official reception and representation
expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, $7,750,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302
and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $7,750,000 collected by
the Southeastern Power Administration from the sale of power and related
services shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting
collections, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of funding
the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Administration: Provided
further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be
reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a
final fiscal year 2014 appropriation estimated at not more than $0:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to
$78,081,000 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 recovered
in the same year that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and wheeling
expenses).
Operation and maintenance,
southwestern power administration
For necessary expenses of operation and
maintenance of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric power
and energy, for construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations
and appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses, including official
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500 in
carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as
applied to the Southwestern Power Administration, $45,456,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up
to $33,564,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Administration from the sale
of power and related services shall be credited to this account as
discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended, for
the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power
Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are received
during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2014
appropriation estimated at not more than $11,892,000: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $42,000,000
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 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).
Construction, rehabilitation,
operation and maintenance, western area power administration
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 conservation and renewable resources
programs as authorized, including official reception and representation
expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500; $299,919,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $292,019,000 shall be derived from the Department of
the Interior Reclamation 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 $203,989,000 collected by the Western Area Power Administration
from the sale of power and related services shall be credited to this account
as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended,
for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western Area Power
Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are received
during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2014
appropriation estimated at not more than $95,930,000, of which $88,030,000 is
derived from the Reclamation Fund: Provided further, That
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $230,738,000 collected by the Western
Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 and the
Reclamation Project Act of 1939 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
recovered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and
wheeling expenses).
Falcon and amistad operating and
maintenance fund
For
operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the hydroelectric facilities at
the Falcon and Amistad Dams, $5,330,671, to remain available until expended,
and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund of
the Western Area Power Administration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of
June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding
the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $4,910,671 collected by
the Western Area Power Administration 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 appropriated for annual
expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so
as to result in a final fiscal year 2014 appropriation estimated at not more
than $420,000: Provided further, That for purposes of this
appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered
in the same year that they are incurred: Provided further,
That for fiscal year 2014, the Administrator of the Western Area Power
Administration may accept up to $865,000 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 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, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading
the hydroelectric facilities at these Dams in accordance with agreements
reached between the Administrator, Commissioner, and the power
customers.
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 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, the hire of passenger
motor vehicles, and official reception and representation expenses not to
exceed $3,000, $304,600,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not
to exceed $304,600,000 of revenues from fees and annual charges, and other
services and collections in fiscal year 2014 shall be retained and used for
necessary expenses 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 during fiscal year 2014
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2014 appropriation from the general fund
estimated at not more than $0.
General provisions, department
of energy
(including transfer of
funds)
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 Opportunity Announcements) for a program,
project, or activity 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 the House of
Representatives and the Senate 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 in excess of $1,000,000, including a
contract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation;
(C) issue a letter of intent to make an
allocation, 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 limits in subparagraph
(A) or (B).
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate on the first business day 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
recipient 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 authority made available in this title under the heading
Department of Energy—Energy Programs, enter into a multiyear
contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into a multiyear cooperative
agreement unless—
(1) the contract,
grant, or cooperative agreement is funded for the full period of performance as
anticipated at the time of award; or
(2) the contract,
grant, or cooperative agreement includes a clause conditioning the Federal
Government’s obligation on the availability of future year budget authority and
the Secretary notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate 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
activities specified in the Bill column in the Department
of Energy table or the text 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 Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 days prior to the use
of any proposed reprogramming which would cause any program, project, or
activity funding level to increase or decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10
percent, 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 reprogramming of funds that—
(1) creates,
initiates, or eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(2) increases funds or
personnel for any program, 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 requirement 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 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
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. Such notice shall include an explanation of the
substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver.
302. 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.
303. 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. 414) during fiscal year 2014 until the enactment of the
Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.
304. None of the funds made available in this
title shall be used for the construction of facilities classified as
high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 830 unless independent
oversight is conducted by the Office of Health, Safety, and Security to ensure
the project is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements.
305. 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 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 decision.
306. Section 20320 of the Continuing
Appropriations Resolution, 2007, Public Law 109–289, division B, as amended by
the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, Public Law 110–5, is
amended by striking in subsection (c) an annual review after
conduct and inserting in lieu thereof a review every
three years.
307. None of the funds made available by this or
any subsequent Act for fiscal year 2014 or any fiscal year hereafter may be
used to pay the salaries of Department of Energy employees to carry out the
amendments made by section 407 of division A of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009.
308. Notwithstanding section 307 of Public Law
111–85, of the funds made available by the Department of Energy for activities
at Government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories funded in this or any
subsequent Energy and Water Development appropriation Act for any fiscal year,
the Secretary may authorize a specific amount, not to exceed 4.5 percent of
such funds, to be used by such laboratories for laboratory directed research
and development.
309. Notwithstanding section 301(c) of this Act,
none of the funds made available under the heading Department of
Energy—Energy Programs—Science may be used for a multiyear contract,
grant, cooperative agreement, or Other Transaction Agreement of $1,500,000 or
less unless the contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or Other Transaction
Agreement is funded for the full period of performance as anticipated at the
time of award.
310. Not later than June 30, 2014, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate a tritium and enriched uranium management plan
that provides—
(1) an assessment of the national security
demand for tritium and low and highly enriched uranium through 2060;
(2) a description of the Department of Energy’s
plan to provide adequate amounts of tritium and enriched uranium for national
security purposes through 2060; and
(3) an analysis of
planned and alternative technologies which are available to meet the supply
needs for tritium and enriched uranium for national security purposes,
including weapons dismantlement and down-blending.
311. The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the
congressional defense committees (as defined in 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(16)) not later
than December 1, 2013, a report that provides an analysis of alternatives for
each major warhead refurbishment program that reaches Phase 6.3,
including—
(1) a
summary of the overall cost, scope, and schedule planning assumptions for the
major refurbishment activity;
(2) a
full description of alternatives considered prior to the award of Phase
6.3;
(3) a
comparison of the costs and benefits of each of those alternatives, to include
an analysis of trade-offs among cost, schedule, and performance objectives
against each alternative considered;
(4) an assessment of
the risks, costs, and scheduling needs for each military requirement
established by the Department of Defense or any requirement established to
enhance safety, security, or maintainability;
(5) identification of
the cost and risk of critical technology elements associated with each
refurbishment alternative, including technology maturity, integration risk,
manufacturing feasibility, and demonstration needs; and
(6) identification of
the cost and risk of capital asset and infrastructure capabilities required to
support production and certification of each refurbishment alternative.
IV
Independent
agencies
Appalachian regional
commission
For expenses
necessary to carry out the programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional
Development Act of 1965, notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 14704, and for necessary
expenses for the Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the Appalachian
Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the administrative
expenses of the Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $70,317,000, to remain available until
expended.
Defense nuclear facilities
safety board
Salaries and
expenses
For necessary
expenses of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board in carrying out
activities authorized by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public
Law 100–456, section 1441, $29,915,000, to remain available until September 30,
2015: Provided, That of the amount provided under this
heading, $850,000 shall be made available to procure Inspector General services
from the Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
Delta regional
authority
Salaries and
expenses
For necessary
expenses of the Delta Regional Authority and to carry out its activities, as
authorized by the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding
sections 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, $11,319,000, to
remain available until expended.
Denali commission
For expenses of the Denali Commission
including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment as necessary and other expenses, $7,396,000, to remain available
until expended, notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 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 appendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat.
1501A–280), and an amount not to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed
communities.
Northern border regional
commission
For necessary
expenses of the Northern Border Regional Commission in carrying out activities
authorized by subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $1,355,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts shall be
available for administrative expenses, notwithstanding section 15751(b) of
title 40, United States Code.
Southeast crescent regional
commission
For necessary
expenses of 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 necessary
expenses of the Commission in carrying out the purposes of the Energy
Reorganization Act of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, including
official representation expenses (not to exceed $25,000), $1,043,937,000, 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 Commission, to
remain available until September 30, 2015, 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 majority
vote of the Commission: Provided further, That revenues from
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and collections
estimated at $920,721,000 in fiscal year 2014 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: Provided
further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the
amount of revenues received during fiscal year 2014 so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2014 appropriation estimated at not more than $123,216,000:
Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this
heading, $10,000,000 shall be for university research and development in areas
relevant to their respective organization's mission, and $5,000,000 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 necessary expenses
of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the
Inspector General Act of 1978, $11,105,000, to remain available until September
30, 2015: Provided, That revenues from licensing fees,
inspection services, and other services and collections estimated at $9,994,000
in fiscal year 2014 shall be retained and be available until September 30,
2015, 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 during fiscal year 2014 so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2014 appropriation estimated at not more than
$1,111,000.
Nuclear waste technical review
board
Salaries and
expenses
For necessary
expenses of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, as authorized by Public
Law 100–203, section 5051, $3,400,000, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste
Fund, to remain available until September 30,
2015.
Office of the federal
coordinator for alaska natural gas transportation projects
For necessary expenses for the Office of the
Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects pursuant to
the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act, $1,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2015: Provided, That any fees, charges, or
commissions received pursuant to section 106(h) of the Alaska Natural Gas
Pipeline Act (15 U.S.C. 720d(h)) in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $2,402,000
shall not be available for obligation until appropriated in a subsequent Act of
Congress.
General
provisions—independent agencies
401. The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission may not terminate any program, project, or activity without a
majority vote of the Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
approving such action.
402. The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate not later than 1 day after the Chairman begins
performing functions under the authority of section 3 of Reorganization Plan
No. 1 of 1980, or after a member of the Commission who was delegated emergency
functions under subsection (b) of that section begins performing those
functions. Such notification shall include an explanation of the circumstances
warranting the exercise of such authority. The Chairman shall report to the
Committees, not less frequently than once each week, on the actions taken by
the Chairman, or a delegated member of the Commission, under such authority,
until the authority is relinquished. The Chairman shall notify the Committees
not later than 1 day after such authority is relinquished. The Chairman shall
submit the report required by section 3(d) of the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of
1980 to the Committees not later than 1 day after it was submitted to the
Commission.
V
General
provisions
(including transfers and
rescissions of funds)
501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional
action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress,
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C.
1913.
502. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to eliminate or reduce funding for a program, project, or
activity as proposed in a President’s budget request for a fiscal year until
such proposed change is subsequently enacted in an appropriations Act, or
unless such change is made pursuant to the reprogramming and transfer
provisions of this Act.
503. None of the
funds made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract,
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or
provide a loan or loan guarantee to any corporation that was convicted of a
felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months,
where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has
considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a
determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the
interests of the Government.
504. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or
cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan
guarantee to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that
has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been
exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner
pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax
liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability,
unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and
has made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect
the interests of the Government.
505.
(a) None of the funds made available in title
III of this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer
made by or transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appropriation
Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the report of the
Committee on Appropriations accompanying this Act, or any authority whereby a
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may
provide goods or services to another department, agency, or
instrumentality.
(b) None of the funds made available for any
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may be
transferred to accounts funded in title III of this Act, except pursuant to a
transfer made by or transfer authority provided in this Act or any other
appropriation Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the
report of the Committees on Appropriations accompanying this Act, or any
authority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States
Government may provide goods or services to another department, agency, or
instrumentality.
(c) The head of any
relevant department or agency funded in this Act utilizing any transfer
authority shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate a semiannual report detailing the transfer
authorities, except for any authority whereby a department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States Government may provide goods or services
to another department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the previous 6
months and in the year-to-date. This report shall include the amounts
transferred and the purposes for which they were transferred, and shall not
replace or modify existing notification requirements for each authority.
506. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 12898 of February 11,
1994 (Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority
Populations and Low-Income Populations).
507. None of the funds made available under this
Act may be expended for any new hire by any Federal agency funded in this Act
that is not verified through the E-Verify Program as described in section
403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note).
508.
(a) Of the unobligated balances available from
prior year appropriations for the following accounts, the following amounts are
hereby permanently rescinded:
(1) Under the heading
Corps of Engineers-Civil—Department of the Army, $200,000,000,
to be derived by the Secretary of the Army from funds made available for
Construction, General, Flood Control, Mississippi River
and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Missouri, and Tennessee, General Investigations,
Construction, Investigations, and
Mississippi River and Tributaries.
(2) Department
of Energy—Energy Programs—Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
$157,000,000.
(3) Department
of Energy—Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security
Administration—Weapons Activities, $142,000,000.
(4) Department
of Energy—Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security
Administration—Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, $20,000,000.
(b) No amounts may be
rescinded under this section from amounts that were designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
509. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to conduct closure of adjudicatory functions, technical review,
or support activities associated with the Yucca Mountain geologic repository
license application, or for actions that irrevocably remove the possibility
that Yucca Mountain may be a repository option in the future.
510. The Commissioner
of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil
Works) shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, at the time that the President's budget
proposal for fiscal year 2015 is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title
31, United States Code, a comprehensive report compiled in conjunction with the
Government Accountability Office that details updated missions, goals,
strategies, and priorities, and performance metrics that are measurable,
repeatable, and directly linked to requests for funding.
511. It
is the sense of the Congress that the Congress should not pass any legislation
that authorizes spending cuts that would increase poverty in the United
States.
spending reduction
account
512. The amount by which the applicable
allocation of new budget authority made by the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0.
513. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used—
(1) to implement or
enforce section 430.32(x) of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations; or
(2) to implement or enforce the standards
established by the tables contained in section 325(i)(1)(B) of the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(1)(B)) with respect to BPAR
incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent reflector lamps, and ER
incandescent reflector lamps.
514. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to pay the salary of individuals appointed to their current
position through, or to otherwise carry out, paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of
section 5503(a) of title 5, United States Code.
515. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used within the borders of the State of Louisiana by the Mississippi
Valley Division or the Southwestern Division of the Army Corps of Engineers or
any district of the Corps within such divisions to implement or enforce the
mitigation methodology, referred to as the “Modified Charleston Method”.
516. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used by the Department of Energy to finalize, implement, or enforce
the proposed rule entitled Energy Conservation Standards Ceiling Fans
and Ceiling Fan Light Kits and identified by regulation identification
number 1904–AC87.
517. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to relocate or consolidate general and administrative
functions, personnel, or resources of the Buffalo and Chicago Districts of the
Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division.
518. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to carry out section 801 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17281).
519. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror or any of its
principals if the offeror certifies, as required by Federal Acquisition
Regulation, that the offeror or any of its principals—
(1) within a 3-year
period preceding this offer has been convicted of or had a civil judgment
rendered against it for: (A) commission of fraud or a criminal offense in
connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public
(Federal, State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or
State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or (B)
commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or
destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal
criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property;
(2) are presently
indicted for, or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental
entity with, commission of any of the offenses enumerated above in paragraph
(1); or
(3) within a 3-year
period preceding this offer, has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes
in an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains
unsatisfied.
520. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act
are revised by reducing the amount made available for Department of
Energy––Energy Programs––Department Administration, and increasing the
amount made available for Corps of Engineers-Civil––Department of the
Army––Corps of Engineers––Construction, by $2,000,000.
521. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act
are revised by reducing the amount made available for Department of
Energy—Energy Programs—Fossil Energy Research and Development, and
increasing the amount made available for Corps of
Engineers-Civil—Department of the Army—Corps of
Engineers-Civil—Construction, by $20,000,000.
522. None of the funds made available in this
Act or funds available in the Bonneville Power Administration Fund may be used
by the Department of Energy for any program, project, or activity required by
or otherwise proposed in the memorandum from Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy,
to the Power Marketing Administrators with the subject line Power
Marketing Administrations’ Role and dated March 16, 2012.
523. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to reduce the active and inactive nuclear weapons stockpiles of
the United States in contravention of section 303(b) of the Arms Control and
Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2573(b)).
524. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive
fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with
Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.
525. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act
are revised by reducing the amount made available for “Corps of
Engineers-Civil—Expenses”, and by increasing the amount made available for
“Corps of Engineers-Civil—Construction”, by $1,000,000.
526. None the funds made available by this Act
may be used for the study of the Missouri River Projects authorized in section
108 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2009 (division C of Public Law 111–8).
527. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to continue the study conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers
pursuant to section 5018(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of
2007.
528. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to issue rules or regulations to establish a fee for surplus
water from Missouri River reservoirs.
529. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to develop or submit a proposal to expand the authorized uses
of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund described in section 9505(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
530. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to regulate activities identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C)
of section 404(f)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1344(f)(1)(A), (C)).
531. None of the funds made available in this
Act to the United States Army Corps of Engineers may be used for sediment or
soil dumping into the Missouri River.
532. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the National Ocean Policy
developed under Executive Order No. 13547 of July 19, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 43023,
relating to the stewardship of oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes).
533. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce section 526 of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 42 U.S.C.
17142).
534. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee to carry out
section 301 of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 16421a; added by
section 402 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law
111–5)).
This Act may be cited as the
Energy and Water Development and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2014.
Passed the House of
Representatives July 10, 2013.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk.
July 16 (legislative
day, July 15), 2013
Received; read twice and placed on the
calendar