Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1981

(Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 96-1366)

Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1981 - =Title I: Department of Energy= - Appropriates funds for fiscal year 1981 within the Department of Energy for the following: (1) operating expenses; (2) plant and capital equipment; (3) power marketing operations; (4) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and (5) the Geothermal Resources Development Fund.

Prohibits any funds appropriated from being available for: (1) the issuing of a license to operate the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Delaware Basin, New Mexico; (2) the storage at such plant of radioactive waste not resulting from the national defense activities of the Department of Energy; and, generally, (3) the implementation of authorized price support or loan guarantee programs, unless specifically provided in an appropriation Act.

Allows up to five percent of any appropriations made available for the current fiscal year for specified activities of the Department to be transferred between such appropriations. Disallows an increase or decrease of such appropriations by more than five percent by any such transfer. Requires that proposed transfers be submitted to the appropriate authorizing committees of Congress for approval.

=Title II: Department of Defense-Civil= - Makes appropriations within the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for fiscal year 1981 for the following: (1) general investigations; (2) construction (general); (3) flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries; (4) operation and maintenance (general); (5) revolving fund; (6) general expenses; and (7) special recreation use fees. Authorizes the design and construction of flood control measures relating to the Levisa and Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River and Cumberland River, West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia project.

Stipulates that none of the funds available for the civil works program shall be available, except on a voluntary basis, for the acquisition of land or easements for the impoundment of floodwaters, or the enlarging of the four Yazoo Basin reservoirs in Mississippi.

=Title III: Department of the Interior= - Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 as follows for the Water and Power Resources Service: (1) general investigations; (2) construction program, including archaeological research and recovery operations; (3) operation and maintenance; (4) loan program; (5) general administrative expenses; and (6) special funds.

=Title IV: Independent Agencies= - Appropriates funds for fiscal year 1981 to the following: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission (including funds for the Appalachian Regional Development Programs); (2) the Delaware River Basin Commission; (3) the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin; (4) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (5) the Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee; (6) the Susquehanna River Basin Commission; (7) the Tennessee Valley Authority; (8) Columbia Dam and Reservoir; and (9) the Water Resources Council.

=Title V: General Provisions= - States that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 1981 unless expressly provided. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to compensate parties intervening in proceedings funded by this Act. Requires procurement contracts for consulting services to be available for public inspection, unless otherwise provided.

Limits spending by any agency during the last quarter of 1981 to no more than 30 percent of the total annual budget.

Appropriates a specified amount for payment to Dorothy Runnels, widow of Harold Runnels, late a Representative from the State of New Mexico.