Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for FY2014.
Title I: Corps of Engineers-Civil - Appropriates funds to the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers-Civil, for: (1) civil functions pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration (including the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri); (2) the regulatory program pertaining to navigable waters and wetlands; (3) the formerly utilized sites remedial action program for clean-up of early atomic energy program contamination; (4) flood control and coastal emergencies, including hurricanes and other natural disasters; and (5) the Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).
(Sec. 101) Prohibits the availability of funds for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming that would: (1) create, initiate, or eliminate a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminate an existing program, project or activity; (3) increase funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which funds are either denied or restricted by this Act; (4) reduce funds directed for use for a specific program, project or activity; (5) increase or reduce funds by more than $2 million or 10%, whichever is less.
(Sec. 103) Prohibits the use of funds to award any continuing contract that commits additional funding from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund before enactment of 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.
(Sec. 104) Directs the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to submit to certain congressional committees the report of the Chief of Engineers Report on a water resource matter.
(Sec. 105) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army (Secretary in this title) to implement measures recommended in a specified efficacy study, with appropriate modifications or emergency measures, 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.
(Sec. 106) Authorizes such Secretary to transfer to the Fish and Wildlife Service any funds necessary to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps of Engineers projects, but no more than the amount identified for such purpose in the report accompanying the appropriations for the pertinent fiscal year.
(Sec. 107) Prohibits the use of funds by the Corps of Engineers to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or enforce any change to 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 (including specified rules pertaining to such jurisdiction).
(Sec. 108) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 to increase the authorization of appropriations for the Lower Ohio River, Locks and Dams 52 and 53, Illinois and Kentucky.
(Sec. 109) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to increase funding for the navigation project for Miami Harbor, Miami-Dade County, Florida.
(Sec. 110) Modifies the authorization in the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 for the Little Calumet River Basin (Cady Marsh Ditch), Indiana, project to authorize the project's completion at a specified total cost of $269.988 million, divided between specified estimated federal and non-federal costs.
(Sec. 111) Declares a specified limitation relating to total project costs in the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 inapplicable during FY2014 to any project that receives funds made available by this Act.
(Sec. 112) Prohibits the use by the Corps of Engineers of Energy and Water Development appropriations to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or enforce any change to regulations in effect on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definitions of "fill material" or "discharge of fill material" for the purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
(Sec. 113) Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any proscription against individual possession of a firearm at a water resources development project if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) such possession complies with the law of the state in which the project is located.
Title II: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY2014 to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project Completion Account; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation, including for water and related natural resources, the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund, California Bay-Delta Restoration, and administrative expenses in the Office of the Commissioner (the Denver office) as well as offices in the Bureau's five regions.
(Sec. 201) Prohibits the availability of funds for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming that would: (1) create or initiate a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminate an existing program, project, or activity; (3) increase funds for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act; or (4) restart or resume any program, project, or activity for which funds are not provided in this Act unless prior approval is received from certain congressional committees.
Prohibits funds for any reprogramming that transfers funds in excess of: (1) 15% for any program, project, or activity for which $2 million or more is available at the beginning of the fiscal year; or (2) $300,000 for any program, project, or activity for which less than $2 million is available at the beginning of the fiscal year.
Extends the same prohibition for any reprogramming that transfers more than $5 million: (1) 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 (2) to provide adequate funds for settled contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate deficiency judgments, when necessary to discharge legal obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation.
(Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds 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 conforms to California water quality standards as approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to classify as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid the costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program pursuant to specified alternative repayment plans.
Requires future federal obligations of funds regarding drainage service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit to be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or studies.
(Sec. 203) Prohibits the Bureau of Reclamation, until a specified pipeline reliability study is completed and any necessary changes are made to Technical Memorandum No. 8140-CC-2004-1, from denying approval, funding, or assistance to any project, or disqualifying any material from use based upon the corrosion control used, if the corrosion control meets specified requirements of published national or international standards.
Directs the Bureau to allow any project initiated during the study to use any corrosion control meeting the above standards.
Title III: Department of Energy - Makes appropriations for FY2014 to the Department of Energy (DOE) for energy and science programs, including: (1) renewable energy, energy reliability, and efficiency; (2) electricity delivery and energy reliability; (3) nuclear energy; (4) fossil energy research and development; (5) naval petroleum and oil shale reserves; (6) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve; (7) the Energy Information Administration; (8) non-defense environmental cleanup; (9) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; (10) science activities; (11) the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E); (12) the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Loan Program; (13) the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program; (14) departmental administration; (15) the Office of the Inspector General; (16) the National Nuclear Security Administration and atomic energy defense weapons activities; (17) defense nuclear nonproliferation activities; (18) naval reactors activities; (19) Office of the Administrator in the National Nuclear Security Administration; (20) defense environmental cleanup; and (21) other defense activities.
Approves expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund for specified construction activities.
Makes FY2014 appropriations for operation and maintenance of: (1) the Southeastern Power Administration, (2) the Southwestern Power Administration, (3) the Western Area Power Administration, including construction and rehabilitation, (4) the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund, (5) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and (6) specified DOE activities.
(Sec. 301) Prohibits the use of any funds or authority made available for DOE under this Act to initiate or resume any program, project, or activity, or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals or similar arrangements for a program, project, or activity which has not been funded by Congress.
Prohibits the use of funds made available under this Act to make grant allocations or discretionary grant or contract awards of $1 million or more, or perform certain related duties, unless DOE notifies the congressional appropriations committees at least three business days in advance. Requires DOE, in addition, to submit quarterly reports to such committees detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant award totaling less than $1 million provided during the previous quarter.
Prohibits DOE from entering into certain multi-year transactions under DOE-Energy Programs unless such transactions are funded for the full period of performance as anticipated at the time of award, or a transaction conditions the federal obligation upon the availability of future-year budget authority and DOE notifies certain congressional committees at least 14 days in advance.
Authorizes the reprogramming of funds for any program, project, or activity. Requires DOE to notify certain congressional committees at least 30 days before the use of any proposed reprogramming which would cause a program, project, or activity funding level to increase or decrease by more than $5 million or 10%, whichever is less.
Prohibits the availability of funds for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming that would: (1) create, initiate, or eliminate a new program, project, or activity; (2) increase funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this Act; or (3) reduce funds directed to be used for a specific program, project, or activity by this Act.
Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to waive a requirement or restriction that applies to the use of funds made available for DOE if compliance would pose substantial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or national security. Instructs the Secretary to notify the congressional appropriations committees of any such waiver within three days after the activity to which a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied.
(Sec. 302) Permits the availability to the same appropriation accounts of unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for activities in this Act.
(Sec. 303) Deems funds for intelligence activities to be specifically authorized by Congress during FY2014 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2014.
(Sec. 304) Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) construct specified high-hazard nuclear facilities unless independent oversight is conducted by the Office of Health, Safety, and Security to ensure compliance with nuclear safety requirements; or (2) approve a Critical Decision-2 or Critical Decision-3 under a specified DOE Order for construction projects where the total project cost exceeds $100 million, until a separate independent cost estimate has been developed.
(Sec. 307) ) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to pay the salaries of DOE employees to implement the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 with respect to the Weatherization Assistance Program.
(Sec. 308) Permits DOE to authorize up to 4.5% of the funds made available by DOE for activities at federally-owned, contractor-operated laboratories for use by such laboratories for directed research and development.
(Sec. 309) Prohibits the use of funds made available under this Act for DOE Energy Programs, Science, for any multiyear contract or other transaction agreement of $1.5 million or less unless the agreement is funded for the full period of performance anticipated at the time of award.
(Sec. 310) Directs DOE to submit to certain congressional appropriations committees: (1) a tritium and enriched uranium management plan that assesses the national security demand for tritium and low and highly enriched uranium through 2060, and (2) an analysis of alternatives for each major warhead refurbishment program that reaches Phase 6.3.Title IV: Independent Agencies - Makes FY2014 appropriations to: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Delta Regional Authority; (4) the Denali Commission; (5) the Northern Border Regional Commission; (6) the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission; (7) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), including the Office of Inspector General; (8) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; and (9) the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects.
(Sec. 401) Prohibits the NRC Chairman from terminating any program, project, or activity without a majority vote of the NRC Commissioners approving such action.
(Sec. 402) Requires the NRC Chairman to notify the congressional appropriations committees not later than one day after the Chairman begins performing specified functions under the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980, or after a member of the NRC who was delegated emergency functions under that Plan begins performing those functions, including an explanation of the circumstances warranting the exercise of such authority.
Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 502) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to: (1) eliminate or reduce funding for a program, project, or activity proposed in a President's budget request for a fiscal year until the proposed change is subsequently enacted in an appropriations Act, or unless it is made pursuant to the reprogramming and transfer provisions of this Act.
(Sec. 503) Prohibits the use of funds 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 federal felony criminal violation 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 determined that this further action is not necessary to protect government interests.
(Sec. 504) Extends the same prohibition 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, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless it has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and determined that this further action is not necessary.
(Sec. 505) Prohibits funds made available by this Act to DOE from being transferred to any federal department, agency, or instrumentality, except pursuant to certain statutory transfer authorities, or any authority whereby a federal department, agency, or instrumentality may provide goods or services to another such entity.
Requires the head of a department or agency funded in this Act that utilizes any transfer authority to report semiannually to certain congressional committees, detailing such transfer authority.
(Sec. 506) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) to contravene Executive Order No. 12898 of February 11, 1994 ("Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations"), and (2) for new hires by a federal agency funded in this Act that are not verified through a specified E-Verify Program.
(Sec. 508) Rescinds specified amounts from unobligated balances available from prior year appropriations affecting the following accounts: (1) Corps of Engineers Construction, General, flood control projects and general investigations, and (2) DOE programs for energy efficiency and renewable energy, and the atomic energy defense weapons activities and defense nuclear nonproliferation of the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Prohibits rescissions from amounts designated by Congress as emergency requirements.
(Sec. 509) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) to conduct closure of adjudicatory functions, technical review, or support activities associated with the Yucca Mountain (Nevada) geologic repository license application; or (2) for actions that irrevocably remove the possibility that Yucca Mountain may be a repository option in the future.
(Sec. 510) Requires the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) to submit to the congressional appropriations committees, at the same time that the President's FY2015 budget proposal is submitted, a comprehensive report compiled in conjunction with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that details updated missions, goals, strategies, and priorities, and performance metrics directly linked to requests for funding.
(Sec. 511) Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress should not pass legislation authorizing spending cuts that would increase poverty in the United States.
(Sec. 512) Sets $0.00 as the amount by which the applicable allocation of new budget authority made by the House Committee on Appropriations exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(Sec. 513) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to implement or enforce specified energy conservation standards for: (1) general service incandescent lamps; or (2) BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent reflector lamps, and ER incandescent reflector lamps.
(Sec. 514) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to pay the salary of individuals appointed during a recess of the Senate to fill vacancies in certain existing offices before the appointee has been confirmed by the Senate.
(Sec. 515) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act 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 Modified Charleston Mitigation Method.
(Sec. 516) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule proposed by DOE (Energy Conservation Standards Ceiling Fans and Ceiling Fan Light Kits) identified by regulation identification number 1904-AC87.
(Sec. 517) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act 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.
(Sec. 518) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to implement or enforce the national media campaign to increase energy efficiency and reduce oil consumption throughout the U.S. economy required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
(Sec. 519) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to enter into a contract whose offeror certifies that within the three-year period preceding its offer it has been charged with, convicted of, or had a civil judgment rendered against it for specified criminal or civil offenses, including an unsatisfied liability for delinquent federal taxes.
(Sec. 520) Reduces funds made available in this Act for DOE-Energy Programs-Department Administration by $2 million, and increases by the same amount the funds made available for construction by the Corps of Engineers-Civil.
(Sec. 521) Reduces funds made available in this Act for DOE-Energy Programs-Fossil Energy Research and Development by $20 million, and increases by the same amount the funds made available for construction by the Corps of Engineers-Civil.
(Sec. 522) Prohibits DOE from using funds made available either in this Act or in the Bonneville Power Administration Fund for any program, project, or activity required by or 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.
(Sec. 523) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to reduce U.S. active and inactive nuclear weapons stockpiles in contravention of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (which permits such a reduction only pursuant to the treaty-making power of the President, or by enactment of affirmative legislation by Congress).
(Sec. 524) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act 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.
(Sec. 525) Reduces by $1 million the funds made available in this Act for the expenses of the Corps of Engineers-Civil, but increases by that amount the funds made available for construction by the Corps.
(Sec. 526) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to: (1) study the Missouri River Projects as authorized by the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009; (2) continue a specified study by the Army Corps of Engineers of the Missouri River and its tributaries regarding actions to mitigate losses of aquatic and terrestrial habitat, recover certain federally listed endangered species, and restore the ecosystem to prevent further declines among other native species; or (3) issue regulations to establish a fee for surplus water from Missouri River reservoirs.
(Sec. 529) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to develop or submit a proposal to expand certain authorized expenditures from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.
(Sec. 530) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to regulate activities pertaining to the discharge of dredged or fill material: (1) from normal farming, silviculture, and ranching activities; or (2) for the purpose of construction or maintenance of farm or stock ponds or irrigation ditches, and the maintenance of drainage ditches.
(Sec. 531) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to: (1) dump sediment or soil into the Missouri River; (2) implement, administer, or enforce the National Ocean Policy relating to the stewardship of oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes; (3) implement, administer, or enforce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions restrictions on federal agency procurement of certain alternative or synthetic fuels; or (4) pay the salaries of any personnel seeking to implement the authority of the Western Area Power Administration to obtain loans from the Secretary of the Treasury for transmission line and related facility projects.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2609 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 97
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2609
[Report No. 113-135]
Making appropriations for energy and water development and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 2, 2013
Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
Making appropriations for energy and water development and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, 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 energy and water development and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes,
namely:
TITLE I--CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Corps of Engineers--civil
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction
of the Secretary of the Army and the 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)
Sec. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in this title shall be
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of
funds that--
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, or
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.
Sec. 102. None of the funds made available in this title may be
used to award or modify any contract that commits funds beyond the
amounts appropriated for that program, project, or activity that remain
unobligated, except that such amounts may include any funds that have
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to section 101.
Sec. 103. None of the funds in this Act, or previous Acts, making
funds available for Energy and Water 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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''.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.).
Sec. 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.
TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Central Utah Project
central utah project completion account
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah Project
Completion Act, $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, 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
Sec. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in this title shall be
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of
funds that--
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, or
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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
TITLE 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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)
Sec. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority made available
by this title for the Department of Energy shall be used to initiate or
resume any program, project, or activity or to prepare or initiate
Requests For Proposals or similar arrangements (including Requests for
Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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''.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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--
(a) an assessment of the national security demand for tritium and
low and highly enriched uranium through 2060;
(b) 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
(c) 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.
Sec. 311. (a) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate not later than December 1, 2013, a report which 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 and/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.
(b) The Secretary of Energy or the Secretary's designee shall
certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate that--
(1) No less than three feasible and distinct alternatives
are considered prior to the award of milestone Phase 6.3 for
any major warhead refurbishment program; and
(2) Appropriate trade-offs among cost, schedule, and
performance objectives have been made to ensure that the
program is affordable when considering the per unit cost and
the total acquisition cost in the context of the total
resources available during the period covered by the most
recent stockpile stewardship and management plan and the
future-years nuclear security plan submitted during the fiscal
year in which the certification is made.
(c) In this section, the term ``major warhead refurbishment
program'' includes all nuclear weapons life extension programs,
alterations, and modifications carried out for the life cycle
management of the nuclear weapons stockpile, and all non-routine
nuclear weapons stockpile activities that are estimated to cost over
$1,000,000,000.
TITLE 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
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
(including transfers and rescissions of funds)
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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'').
Sec. 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).
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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
Sec. 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.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy and Water Development and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014''.
Union Calendar No. 97
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2609
[Report No. 113-135]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for energy and water development and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other
purposes.
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July 2, 2013
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 288, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Kelly (PA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 288, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the LaMalfa amendment under the five-minute rule.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 288, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the King (IA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 288, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flores amendment under the five-minute rule.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 288, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flores amendment under the five-minute rule.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 288, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Bridenstine amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
Mr. Frelinghuysen moved for the Committee of the Whole to rise and report.
On motion to rise and report Agreed to by voice vote.
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The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2609.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H4365)
The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. Schneider moved to recommit with instructions to Appropriations. (consideration: CR H4365-4367; text: CR H4365)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Schneider motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with amendments which would increase the Corps of Engineers Investigations and Construction accounts by a total of $3.65 million (intended to combat invasive species in the Great Lakes and across the nation); increase the Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies account by $7 million (intended to deal with upcoming hurricanes); increase the Renewable Energy, Energy Reliability, and Efficiency account by $2 million (intended for the US-Israel Energy Cooperation Program); and decrease the Departmental Administration account by $12.65 million.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H4366)
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 195 - 230 (Roll no. 344). (consideration: CR H4367)
Roll Call #344 (House)Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 227 - 198 (Roll no. 345).
Roll Call #345 (House)On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 227 - 198 (Roll no. 345).
Roll Call #345 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134.