A bill to authorize appropriations to the Department of Energy in accordance with section 660 of the Department of Energy Organization Act, and for other purposes.

Title I: Energy - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1979. Authorizes the appropriation of funds for specified energy supply-research and technology development programs. Authorizes the appropriation of funds for energy supply-research and technology development capital investment. Supplements the previous authorizations for specified energy supply-research and technology development projects.

Authorizes funds for specified energy supply-production demonstration and distribution programs. Authorizes funds for specified capital investment programs concerning energy supply-production, demonstration and distribution. Supplements previous authorizations for energy supply-production, demonstration and distribution projects.

Authorizes the appropriation of funds for specified conservation programs, the regulation program, emergency preparedness, energy information, the environment program, and for policy and management programs.

Title II: General Science and Research - Authorizes a specified sum for the general science and research program. Authorizes specified sums for designated general science and research capital investment projects.

Title III: Atomic Energy Defense Activities - Authorizes the appropriation of funds for inertial confinement fusion, naval reactor development, weapons activities, defense intelligence and arms control, special materials production, and nuclear materials security and safeguards. Authorizes funds for capital investment in the areas of weapons activities, special materials production, general plant projects, plant engineering and design, and capital equipment not related to construction.

Supplements the previous authorizations for specified projects.

Title IV: Power Marketing Administrations - Authorizes specified amounts for the Alaska Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration.

Title V: Special Foreign Currency - Authorizes a specified amount for foreign currency to be used for international cooperation in nonnuclear technolgoy.

Title VI: Other Provisions - Allows the location of facilities or major items of equipment at installations not within the Department of Energy. Permits the Secretary of Energy to transfer the title or other interests in property of the United States when the Secretary determines such transfer is in the best interests of the government. Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act where the costs of the program exceed 120 percent of the program authorization or the costs exceed by more than $5,000,000 the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is the lesser. Prohibits the use of funds authorized by this Act for programs which have not been presented to, or requested of Congress unless 30 calendar days have elapsed since the Secretary of Energy has presented to all the appropriate Congresssional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed. Allows the written waiver of this requirement where such waiver is signed by each appropriate committee of Congress.

Prohibits the start of construction projects whose costs exceed by more than 25 percent the estimated cost of the project. Waives this requirement concerning construction projects having an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000.

Authorizes the start of general plant projects only under specified circumstances.

Allows the transfer of funds from specified projects to all other programs of the Department of Energy. Permits the Secretary to expend funds authorized for construction design services where such funds are included in a bill before Congress and the Secretary determines that the project is urgently needed for national defense, public safety, or other specified purposes.

Title VII: Basis for Government Charge for Uranium Enrichment Services - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to specify that the prices charged by the government for uranium enrichment services shall assure the recovery of the government's costs over a reasonable time. Requires further that prices shall result in revenues sufficient to cover normal business expenses, taxes, and return on equity which would otherwise be reflected in prices charged by a private operator providing similar services. Provides for Congressional review of pricing schedules before implementation.

Title VIII: Amendments to the National Energy Extension Service Act - Amends the National Energy Extension Service Act to delete the provision requiring no matching State or local funds for the development of guidelines for extending service. Deletes, from the formula used to compute the allocations for individual States, the requirement that the latest decennial census be used. Requires matching State or local funds for the implementation of energy extension services contemplated by this Act.

Title IX: Loan Guarantees for Energy Demonstration - Amends the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 to permit the use of Federal loan guarantees and commitments in support of joint university-industry nonnuclear energy research. Provides guidelines within which the Secretary of Energy must work concerning the issuance of loan guarantees and commitments.

Title X: Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1980 - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy of such sums as may be necessary in fiscal year 1980 for energy, general service and research, atomic energy defense activities, power marketing administrations, and special foreign currency.