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                                                 Union Calendar No. 480
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8997

                          [Report No. 118-580]

  Making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2024

  Mr. Fleischmann, 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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
  Making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other 
                               purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, 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, $159,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary shall 
not deviate from the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                              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); 
$3,010,000,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
$34,900,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, 
shall be to cover the Federal share of construction costs for 
facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program; and 
of which such sums as are necessary to cover 35 percent of the costs of 
construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland 
waterways projects shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust 
Fund, except as otherwise specifically provided for in law:  Provided, 
That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan 
has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress.

                   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, $370,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $5,465,000, to be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share of 
eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland harbors:  Provided, 
That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan 
has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress.

                       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, $5,714,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $3,106,635,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share of eligible 
operations and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and 
for inland harbors, of which $60,000,000 shall be to carry out 
subsection (c) of section 2106 of the Water Resources Reform and 
Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2238c(c)) and shall be designated as 
being for such purpose pursuant to paragraph (2) of section 14003 of 
division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 
(Public Law 116-136); 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; 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:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan has been 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.

                           regulatory program

    For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining to 
regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $218,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2026.

            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, $200,000,000, 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, 
$45,000,000, 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, $231,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 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. 7016(b)(3), $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2026:  Provided, That not more than 25 
percent of such amount may be obligated or expended until the Assistant 
Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress the report required under section 101(d) of this Act and a 
work plan that allocates at least 95 percent of the additional funding 
provided under each heading in the report accompanying this Act, to 
specific programs, projects, or activities.

      water infrastructure finance and innovation program account

    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed 
loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026.
    In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections 
5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 
2014 shall be deposited in this account, to remain available until 
expended.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS--CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I of this Act, or 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities 
funded in title I of this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2025, 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 have been denied or restricted by 
        this Act, unless prior approval is received from the Committees 
        on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress;
            (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
        for a different purpose, unless prior approval is received from 
        the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress;
            (5) augments or reduces existing programs, projects, or 
        activities in excess of the amounts contained in paragraphs (6) 
        through (10), unless prior approval is received from the 
        Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress;
            (6) Investigations.--For a base level over $100,000, 
        reprogramming of 25 percent of the base amount up to a limit of 
        $150,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed:  Provided, 
        That for a base level less than $100,000, the reprogramming 
        limit is $25,000:  Provided further, That up to $25,000 may be 
        reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that did not 
        receive an appropriation for existing obligations and 
        concomitant administrative expenses;
            (7) Construction.--For a base level over $2,000,000, 
        reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit of 
        $3,000,000 per project, study or activity is allowed:  
        Provided, That for a base level less than $2,000,000, the 
        reprogramming limit is $300,000:  Provided further, That up to 
        $3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled contractor claims, 
        changed conditions, or real estate deficiency judgments:  
        Provided further, That up to $300,000 may be reprogrammed into 
        any continuing study or activity that did not receive an 
        appropriation for existing obligations and concomitant 
        administrative expenses;
            (8) Operation and maintenance.--Unlimited reprogramming 
        authority is granted for the Corps to be able to respond to 
        emergencies:  Provided, That the Chief of Engineers shall 
        notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
        Congress of these emergency actions as soon thereafter as 
        practicable:  Provided further, That for a base level over 
        $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up 
        to a limit of $5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is 
        allowed:  Provided further, That for a base level less than 
        $1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $150,000:  Provided 
        further, That $150,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 
        study or activity that did not receive an appropriation;
            (9) Mississippi river and tributaries.--The reprogramming 
        guidelines in paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) shall apply to the 
        Investigations, Construction, and Operation and Maintenance 
        portions of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, 
        respectively; and
            (10) Formerly utilized sites remedial action program.--
        Reprogramming of up to 15 percent of the base of the receiving 
        project is permitted.
    (b) De Minimus Reprogrammings.--In no case should a reprogramming 
for less than $50,000 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress.
    (c) Continuing Authorities Program.--Subsection (a)(1) shall not 
apply to any project or activity funded under the continuing 
authorities program.
    (d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress to establish the baseline for application of 
reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year 
which shall include:
            (1) A table for each appropriation with a separate column 
        to display the President's budget request, adjustments made by 
        Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
        applicable, and the fiscal year enacted level;
            (2) A delineation in the table for each appropriation both 
        by object class and program, project and activity as detailed 
        in the budget appendix for the respective appropriations; and
            (3) An identification of items of special congressional 
        interest.
    Sec. 102.  The Secretary shall allocate funds made available in 
this Act solely in accordance with the provisions of this Act and in 
the report accompanying this Act.
    Sec. 103.  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. 104.  The Secretary of the Army may transfer to the Fish and 
Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service may accept and 
expend, up to $8,733,000 of funds provided in this title under the 
heading ``Operation and Maintenance'' to mitigate for fisheries lost 
due to Corps of Engineers projects.
    Sec. 105.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for an open 
lake placement alternative for dredged material, after evaluating the 
least costly, environmentally acceptable manner for the disposal or 
management of dredged material originating from Lake Erie or 
tributaries thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality 
certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341):  Provided, That until an open lake 
placement alternative for dredged material is approved under a State 
water quality certification, the Corps of Engineers shall continue 
upland placement of such dredged material consistent with the 
requirements of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211).
    Sec. 106.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to carry out any water supply reallocation study under the Wolf Creek 
Dam, Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, project authorized under the Act of 
July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 636, ch. 595).
    Sec. 107.  Additional funding provided in this Act shall be 
allocated only to projects determined to be eligible by the Chief of 
Engineers.
    Sec. 108.  Not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide to 
the appropriate congressional committees any guidance documents 
relating to the implementation of the rule entitled ``Revised 
Definition of `Waters of the United States'; Conforming'' published by 
the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency in 
the Federal Register on September 8, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 61964).
    Sec. 109.  None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
prior Act may be used to alter the eligibility requirements for 
assistance under section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 
701n) in effect on November 14, 2022, without express authorization by 
Congress.
    Sec. 110.  As of the date of enactment of this Act and each fiscal 
year 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 a 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.
    Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to modify or amend the final rules entitled, ``Reissuance and 
Modification of Nationwide Permits'' (86 Fed. Reg. 2744) and 
``Reissuance and Modification of Nationwide Permits'' (86 Fed. Reg. 
73522).
    Sec. 112.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement or enforce section 370 of Public Law 116-283 with respect 
to civil works projects.

                                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, $23,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $4,000,000 shall be deposited into the Utah Reclamation 
Mitigation and Conservation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation 
Mitigation and Conservation Commission:  Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $1,900,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2026, for expenses necessary in carrying out related 
responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior:  Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2025, of the amount made available to the 
Commission under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may use an 
amount not to exceed $2,164,000 for administrative expenses: Provided 
further, That of the amounts provided under this heading, not to exceed 
$1,000 may be for official reception and representation 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, $1,773,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $23,620,000 shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado 
River Basin Fund and $7,584,000 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 $100,000 shall be available for transfer into the Aging 
Infrastructure Account established by section 9603(d)(1) of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009, as amended (43 U.S.C. 510b(d)(1)):  
Provided further, That such transfers, except for the transfer 
authorized by the preceding proviso, 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, the Water Storage Enhancement 
Receipts account established by section 4011(e) of Public Law 114-322, 
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 made available under this heading, 
$7,000,000 shall be deposited in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund 
established by section 110 of title I of division B of appendix D of 
Public Law 106-554:  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:  Provided further, That within available funds, $250,000 shall be 
for grants and financial assistance for educational activities:  
Provided further, That in accordance with section 4007 of Public Law 
114-322 and as recommended by the Secretary in a letter dated May 22, 
2024, funding provided for such purpose in fiscal year 2024 shall be 
made available to the Sites Reservoir Project:  Provided further, That 
in accordance with section 4009(c) of Public Law 114-322, and as 
recommended by the Secretary in a letter dated May 22, 2024, funding 
provided for such purpose in fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024 
shall be made available to the El Paso Aquifer Storage and Recovery 
Enhanced Arroyo Project, the Replenish Big Bear, and the Purified Water 
Replenishment Project.

                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, such sums as may be collected in fiscal 
year 2025 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, $33,000,000, 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 expenses necessary for policy, administration, and related 
functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the Denver office, and 
offices in the six regions of the Bureau of Reclamation, to remain 
available until September 30, 2026, $66,794,000, to be derived from the 
Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377, 
of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and 
representation expenses:  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 and replacement of not to exceed 30 motor vehicles, which are 
for replacement only.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

    Sec. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II of this Act 
for Water and Related Resources, or provided by previous or subsequent 
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in title II of 
this Act for Water and Related Resources that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that--
            (1) initiates or creates 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, 
        unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
        Appropriations of both Houses of Congress;
            (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 
        both Houses of Congress;
            (5) transfers funds in excess of the following limits, 
        unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
        Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:
                    (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) $400,000 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, unless prior 
        approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of 
        both Houses of Congress; or
            (7) transfers, where 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, unless prior 
        approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of 
        both Houses of Congress.
    (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) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the amounts made 
available in this title under the heading ``Bureau of Reclamation--
Water and Related Resources'' shall be expended for the programs, 
projects, and activities specified in the ``House Recommended'' columns 
in the ``Water and Related Resources'' table included under the heading 
``Title II--Department of the Interior'' in the report accompanying 
this Act.
    (e) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports on a quarterly 
basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
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. (a) Title I of Public Law 108-361 (the Calfed Bay-Delta 
Authorization Act), shall be applied by substituting ``2025'' for 
``2022'' each place it appears.
    (b) Section 103(f)(4)(A) of Public Law 108-361 (the Calfed Bay-
Delta Authorization Act) is amended by striking ``$30,000,000'' and 
inserting ``$40,000,000''.
    Sec. 204. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation States Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 1991, as amended (43 U.S.C. 2214(c)), shall be 
applied by substituting ``2025'' for ``2022''.
    (b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief 
Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241)--
            (1) shall be applied by substituting ``2025'' for ``2022''; 
        and
            (2) is amended by striking ``$120,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``$130,000,000''.
    Sec. 205.  None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act may be used to continue the reinitiated consultation on the 
Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water 
Project under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1536), consistent with the letter from the Bureau of Reclamation 
dated September 30, 2021, requesting such reinitiated consultation, 
until the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation requests and 
receives in writing from the Director of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service a comprehensive report explaining the purpose, 
methodology, and anticipated outcomes of such reinitiated consultation: 
 Provided, That not later than 15 days after the date on which the 
Director provides to the Commissioner such report, the Commissioner 
shall submit to Congress such report.
    Sec. 206. (a) The Central Valley Project and California State Water 
Project shall be operated in accordance with the Preferred Alternative 
and FWS Biological Opinion and NOAA Biological Opinion.
    (b) For the purposes of this section--
            (1) the term ``Preferred Alternative'' means the 
        Alternative 1 (Preferred Alternative), as described in the 
        Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Reinitiation of 
        Consultation on the Coordinated Long-Term Operation of the 
        Central Valley Project and the State Water Project'' issued by 
        the Bureau of Reclamation, and dated December 2019;
            (2) the term ``FWS Biological Opinion'' means the United 
        States Fish and Wildlife Service ``Biological Opinion for the 
        Reinitiation of Consultation on the Coordinated Operations of 
        the Central Valley Project and State Water Project'' (Service 
        File No. 08FBTD00-2019-F-0164) signed on October 21, 2019; and
            (3) the term ``NOAA Biological Opinion'' means the National 
        Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries ``Biological 
        Opinion on the Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley 
        Project and the State Water Project'' (Consultation Tracking 
        Number: WRCO-2016-00069) signed on October 21, 2019.
    Sec. 207.  Section 40902(a)(2) of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (43 U.S.C. 3202(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``this Act, except for any project for which--'' and 
                inserting ``this Act; or''; and
                    (B) by striking clauses (i) and (ii); and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``(except that 
        projects described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B) 
        shall not be eligible)''.
    Sec. 208.  The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act 
(Public Law 114-322) is amended in section 4004(a)--
            
                    (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), strike 
                ``public water agency that contracts'' and insert 
                ``contractor'';
                    (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or proposed 
                action'' after ``biological assessment'';
                    (3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or proposed 
                action'' after ``biological assessment'';
                    (4) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as 
                paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively;
                    (5) after paragraph (2), by inserting the following 
                new paragraph:
                    ``(3) receive a copy of the draft proposed action 
                and have the opportunity to review that document and 
                provide comment to the action agency, which comments 
                shall be afforded due consideration during 
                development;''; and
                    (6) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by paragraph 
                (4) of this section--
                            (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by inserting ``action agency proposes a 
                        proposed action or'' before ``the consulting 
                        agency'';
                            (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
                        ``proposed action or'' before ``alternative 
                        will''; and
                            (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``alternative actions'' and inserting ``actions 
                        or alternatives''.
    Sec. 209. (a) Title III of subtitle J of the Water Infrastructure 
Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114-322) is amended--
    (1) in section 4007(i), by striking ``2021'' and inserting 
``2026''; and
    (2) in section 4013--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by deleting ``section 4004, which 
        shall expire 10 years after the date of its enactment'' and 
        inserting ``section 4004, which shall expire on December 16, 
        2034''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``on or before December 
        16, 2026'' after ``4009(c)''.
    (b) Section 1602(g)(1) of the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h) is amended by 
striking ``$50,000,000'' and inserting ``$167,500,000''.
    (c) Section 4(a)(2)(F)(i) of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 (42 
U.S.C. 10301 note; Public Law 104-298) is amended by striking 
``$30,000,000'' and inserting ``$100,500,000''.

                               TITLE III

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                            ENERGY PROGRAMS

                 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

    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 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, $1,960,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, 
$223,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, for program 
direction.

         Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other 
expenses necessary for energy sector cybersecurity, energy security, 
and emergency response 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, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That of such amount, $28,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2026, for program direction.

                              Electricity

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other 
expenses necessary for electricity 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, $250,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $19,700,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2026, for program direction:  Provided 
further, That funds under this heading allocated for the purposes of 
section 9 of the Small Business Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 638), 
including for Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business 
Technology Transfer activities, or for the purposes of section 1001 of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended (42 U.S.C. 16391(a)), for 
Technology Commercialization Fund activities, may be reprogrammed 
without being subject to the restrictions in section 301 of this Act.

                            Grid Deployment

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other 
expenses necessary for grid deployment 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, $60,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That of such amount, $6,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2026, for program direction.

                             Nuclear Energy

    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, $1,793,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $97,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2026, for program direction:  Provided 
further, That for the purpose of section 954(a)(6) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005, as amended, the only amount available shall be from the 
amount specified as including that purpose in the ``Bill'' column in 
the ``Department of Energy'' table included under the heading ``Title 
III--Department of Energy'' in the report accompanying this Act.

                  Fossil Energy and Carbon Management

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out fossil 
energy and carbon management research and development activities, under 
the authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), 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), $875,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That of such amount $70,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2026, for program direction.

                 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry out naval 
petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, $13,010,000, 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 Department of Energy expenses necessary 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.), $295,148,000, to remain available until expended.

                   Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary 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.), $7,150,000, to remain available until expended.

                   Energy Information Administration

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out the 
activities of the Energy Information Administration, $141,653,000, 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, $324,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That in addition, fees collected pursuant to 
subsection (b)(1) of section 5 of the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 
(42 U.S.C. 6939f(b)(1)) and deposited under this heading in fiscal year 
2025 pursuant to section 309 of title III of division C of Public Law 
116-94 are appropriated, to remain available until expended, for 
mercury storage costs.

      Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary 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, 
$864,182,000, to be deposited into and subsequently derived from the 
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to remain 
available until expended, of which $5,000,000 shall be available in 
accordance with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.

                                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 any 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion, and purchase of not more than 35 passenger motor vehicles, 
$8,390,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of 
such amount, $238,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 
for program direction.

                         Nuclear Waste Disposal

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for nuclear waste 
disposal activities to carry out the purposes of the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982, Public Law 97-425, as amended, $12,040,000, to 
remain available until expended, which shall be derived from the 
Nuclear Waste Fund.

                         Technology Transitions

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for carrying out the 
activities of technology transitions, $20,000,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $12,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2026, for program direction.

                      Clean Energy Demonstrations

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry out program 
direction of the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations,  $27,500,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2026.

               Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out the 
activities authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act 
(Public Law 110-69), $450,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That of such amount, $40,000,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2026, for program direction.

         Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program

    Such sums as are derived from amounts received from borrowers 
pursuant to section 1702(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 of the Title 17 Innovative Technology 
Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, $55,000,000 is appropriated, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026:  Provided further, That up 
to $55,000,000 of fees collected in fiscal year 2025 pursuant to 
section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited as 
offsetting collections under this heading and used for necessary 
administrative expenses in this appropriation and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2026:  Provided further, That to the 
extent that fees collected in fiscal year 2025 exceed $55,000,000, 
those excess amounts shall be credited as offsetting collections under 
this heading and available in future fiscal years only to the extent 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced (1) as 
such fees are received during fiscal year 2025 (estimated at 
$170,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining general fund 
appropriations can be derived from fees collected in previous fiscal 
years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2025 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0:  
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 or subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation 
to any loan or other debt obligations in violation of section 609.8 of 
title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.

        Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program

    For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary in 
carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan 
Program, $18,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026.

                  Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program

    For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary in 
carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program, $6,300,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026.

                   Indian Energy Policy and Programs

    For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), $95,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
$14,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, for program 
direction.

                      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.), 
$387,078,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, including 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and 
representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, 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 $100,578,000 in fiscal year 
2025 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 
2025 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$286,500,000.

                    Office of the Inspector General

    For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026.

                    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, $20,338,752,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, 
$135,264,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, for program 
direction.

                    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, $2,445,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                             Naval Reactors

                     (including transfer of funds)

    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, $2,118,773,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which, $94,750,000 shall be 
transferred to ``Department of Energy--Energy Programs--Nuclear 
Energy'', for the Advanced Test Reactor:  Provided, That of such amount 
made available under this heading, $62,848,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2026, for program direction.

                     Federal Salaries and Expenses

    For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Expenses in the 
National Nuclear Security Administration, $564,475,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2026, including official reception and 
representation expenses not to exceed $17,000.

               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, $7,132,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, 
$326,893,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 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, $1,179,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That of such amount, $387,781,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2026, for program direction.

                    POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS

                  Bonneville Power Administration Fund

    Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, 
established pursuant to Public Law 93-454, are approved for official 
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$5,000:  Provided, That during fiscal year 2025, no new direct loan 
obligations may be made.

      Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration

    For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and for 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, $9,127,000, including official 
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$1,500, 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 $9,127,000 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 2025 appropriation estimated at not more 
than $0:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 
$75,778,000 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 expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and for 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, $55,070,000, 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 $43,630,000 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 2025 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $11,440,000:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $80,000,000 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

                    (including rescission of funds)

    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, $340,983,000, including official reception and 
representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain 
available until expended, of which $340,983,000 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 $241,111,000 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 2025 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $99,872,000, of which $99,872,000 is derived 
from the Reclamation Fund:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $525,000,000 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):  Provided further,  
That the remaining unobligated balances from amounts described in the 
fifth proviso under this heading in Public Law 111-85 are hereby 
permanently rescinded.

           Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund

    For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the 
hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, $6,525,000, 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 $6,297,000 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 
2025 appropriation estimated at not more than $228,000:  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 2025, the 
Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration may accept up to 
$1,685,000 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 expenses necessary for 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, official reception and representation expenses not to 
exceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $532,000,000, 
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $532,000,000 of revenues from 
fees and annual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 
year 2025 shall be retained and used for expenses necessary 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 2025 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2025 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
not more than $0.

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                     (including transfers 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 both Houses of Congress 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 $1,000,000 or more, including a 
        contract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation;
            (C) provide nonoperational funding through a competition 
        restricted only to Department of Energy National Laboratories 
        totaling $1,000,000 or more;
            (D) provide nonoperational funding directly to a Department 
        of Energy National Laboratory totaling $25,000,000 or more;
            (E) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, award, 
        or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A), (B), 
        (C), or (D); or
            (F) announce publicly the intention to make an allocation, 
        award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph 
        (A), (B), (C), or (D).
    (2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress within 15 days of the 
conclusion 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 both 
        Houses of Congress 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 included under 
the heading ``Title III--Department of Energy'' in the report 
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, 
and obtain the prior approval of, the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any 
proposed reprogramming that 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 both Houses of Congress 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.
    (h) 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. 302.  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. 
3094) during fiscal year 2025 until the enactment of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025.
    Sec. 303.  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 Enterprise Assessments to ensure the 
project is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements.
    Sec. 304.  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. 305.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used to support a grant allocation award, discretionary grant award, or 
cooperative agreement that exceeds $100,000,000 in Federal funding 
unless the project is carried out through internal independent project 
management procedures.
    Sec. 306.  No funds shall be transferred directly from ``Department 
of Energy--Power Marketing Administration--Colorado River Basins Power 
Marketing Fund, Western Area Power Administration'' to the general fund 
of the Treasury in the current fiscal year.
    Sec. 307. (a) The Secretary of Energy may not establish any new 
regional petroleum product reserve unless funding for the proposed 
regional petroleum product reserve is explicitly requested in advance 
in an annual budget submitted by the President pursuant to section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code, and approved by the Congress in an 
appropriations Act.
    (b) The budget request or notification shall include--
            (1) the justification for the new reserve;
            (2) a cost estimate for the establishment, operation, and 
        maintenance of the reserve, including funding sources;
            (3) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, including 
        the conditions upon which the products may be released;
            (4) the location of the reserve; and
            (5) the estimate of the total inventory of the reserve.
    Sec. 308.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to draw down and sell petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve (1) to any entity that is under the ownership, control, or 
influence of the Chinese Communist Party; or (2) except on condition 
that such petroleum products will not be exported to the People's 
Republic of China.
    Sec. 309. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used by the Secretary of Energy to award any grant, contract, 
cooperative agreement, or loan of $10,000,000 or greater to an entity 
of concern as defined in section 10114 of division B of Public Law 117-
167.
    (b) The Secretary shall implement the requirements under subsection 
(a) using a risk-based approach and analytical tools to aggregate, 
link, analyze, and maintain information reported by an entity seeking 
or receiving such funds made available by this Act.
    (c) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with the 
obligations of the United States under applicable international 
agreements.
    (d) The Secretary shall have the authority to require the 
submission to the agency, by an entity seeking or receiving such funds 
made available by this Act, documentation necessary to implement the 
requirements under subsection (a).
    (e) Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as 
the ``Paperwork Reduction Act''), shall not apply to the implementation 
of the requirements under this section.
    (f) The Secretary and other Federal agencies shall coordinate to 
share relevant information necessary to implement the requirements 
under subsection (a).
    Sec. 310.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to admit any non-United States 
citizen from Russia or China to any nuclear weapons production 
facility, as such term is defined in section 4002 of the Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501), other than areas accessible to the 
general public, unless 30 days prior to facility admittance, the 
Department of Energy provides notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations and Armed Services of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 311. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act or 
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 for the Department of 
Energy may be obligated or expended to procure or purchase computers, 
printers, or interoperable videoconferencing services needed for an 
office environment in which the manufacturer, bidder, or offeror, or 
any subsidiary or parent entity of the manufacturer, bidder, or 
offeror, of the equipment is an entity, or parent company of an entity 
in which the People's Republic of China has any ownership stake.
    (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) also applies in cases in 
which the Secretary has contracted with a third party for the 
procurement, purchase, or expenditure of funds on any of the equipment 
and software described in such subsection.
    Sec. 312.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to further develop, finalize, administer, implement, or enforce the 
proposed regulation by the Department of Energy titled ``Clean Energy 
for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings'' 
87 Fed. Reg. 78382 (December 21, 2022).
    Sec. 313.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to provide a categorical exclusion from the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) for energy storage systems, 
as described in the Department of Energy's final rule, part 1021 of 
title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 314.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
expended to support the Department of Energy Justice40 initiative as 
defined by or required by Executive Order 14008 of January 27, 2021 (86 
Fed. Reg. 7619; relating to tackling the climate crisis at home and 
abroad).
    Sec. 315.  Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (a) through (c);
            (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
        (a) and (b), respectively;
            (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c), and 
        moving such subsection after subsection (b), as so 
        redesignated;
            (4) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by amending 
        paragraph (1) to read as follows: ``(1) The Federal Energy 
        Regulatory Commission (in this subsection referred to as the 
        `Commission') shall have the exclusive authority to approve or 
        deny an application for authorization for the siting, 
        construction, expansion, or operation of a facility to export 
        natural gas from the United States to a foreign country or 
        import natural gas from a foreign country, including an LNG 
        terminal. In determining whether to approve or deny an 
        application under this paragraph, the Commission shall deem the 
        exportation or importation of natural gas to be consistent with 
        the public interest. Except as specifically provided in this 
        Act, nothing in this Act is intended to affect otherwise 
        applicable law related to any Federal agency's authorities or 
        responsibilities related to facilities to import or export 
        natural gas, including LNG terminals.''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
            ``(d)(1) Nothing in this Act limits the authority of the 
        President under the Constitution, the International Emergency 
        Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National 
        Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), part B of title II of 
        the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6271 et 
        seq.), the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), 
        or any other provision of law that imposes sanctions on a 
        foreign person or foreign government (including any provision 
        of law that prohibits or restricts United States persons from 
        engaging in a transaction with a sanctioned person or 
        government), including a country that is designated as a state 
        sponsor of terrorism, to prohibit imports or exports.
            ``(2) In this subsection, the term `state sponsor of 
        terrorism' means a country the government of which the 
        Secretary of State determines has repeatedly provided support 
        for international terrorism pursuant to--
            ``(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control Reform 
        Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A));
            ``(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
        (22 U.S.C. 2371);
            ``(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
        2780); or
            ``(D) any other provision of law.''.
    Sec. 316.  From the unobligated balances of amounts made available 
under the heading ``Department of Energy--Energy Programs--
Electricity'' in title IV of division N of Public Law 117-328 to carry 
out activities to improve the resilience of the Puerto Rican electric 
grid, thirty-five hundredths of one percent of the amounts made 
available under such heading shall be transferred not later than 
January 1, 2025, to the Office of the Inspector General of the 
Department of Energy to carry out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purpose, to remain available until expended: Provided, That any 
amounts so transferred that were previously designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concurrent resolution on the 
budget are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be available only if 
the President designates such amount as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i).
    Sec. 317. (a) Of the unobligated balances from amounts previously 
made available to the Department of Energy, the following funds shall 
be transferred from the following programs in the specified amounts to 
``Department of Energy--Energy Programs--Nuclear Energy'', and, in 
addition to amounts otherwise made available, shall be available for 
the not more than two competitive awards for Generation 3+ small 
modular reactor deployment projects described in section 311(a)(1)(A) 
of division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 
118-42) and the two awards for demonstration projects made prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act under the Advanced Reactor Demonstration 
Program, as authorized under section 959A of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16279a)--
                    (1) $980,000,000, to remain available until 
                expended, from the unobligated balances under the 
                heading ``Department of Energy--Energy Programs--
                Nuclear Energy'' in division J of the Infrastructure 
                Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), of which 
                $120,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2025 and 
                $860,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2026;
                    (2) $1,500,000,000, to remain available until 
                expended, from the unobligated balances under the 
                heading ``Department of Energy--Energy Programs--Carbon 
                Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and 
                Innovation Program Account'' in division J of the 
                Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-
                58);
                    (3) $1,500,000,000, to remain available until 
                September 30, 2026, from the unobligated balances under 
                section 50141 of Public Law 117-169; and
                    (4) $5,000,000,000, to remain available until 
                September 30, 2026, from the unobligated balances under 
                section 50144 of Public Law 117-169:
    Provided, That amounts transferred pursuant to paragraphs (1) and 
(2) shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) 
of division A of Public Law 118-5.
    (b) Public Law 117-169 is amended--
                    (1) in section 50141(a) by amending the dollar 
                amount to read as ``$25,000,000,000''; and
                    (2) in section 50144(b) by amending the dollar 
                amount to read as ``$5,000,000,000''.

                                TITLE IV

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    Appalachian Regional Commission

    For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by the 
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, and for 
expenses necessary 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, 
$200,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for 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, $45,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026, of which not to exceed 
$1,000 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses.

                        Delta Regional Authority

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Authority and to 
carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta Regional Authority 
Act of 2000, notwithstanding sections 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said 
Act, $32,100,000, to remain available until expended.

                           Denali Commission

    For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
as necessary and other expenses, $17,000,000, 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 for which the Denali Commission is 
the sole or primary funding source 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 for Indian 
Tribes, as defined by section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, 
and in an amount not to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed 
communities:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law regarding payment of a non-Federal share in connection 
with a grant-in-aid program, amounts under this heading shall be 
available for the payment of such a non-Federal share for any project 
for which the Denali Commission is not the sole or primary funding 
source, provided that such project is consistent with the purposes of 
the Commission.

                  Northern Border Regional Commission

    For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Regional Commission 
in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of title 40, United 
States Code, $41,000,000, 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 expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent Regional 
Commission in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of title 
40, United States Code, $20,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                  Southwest Border Regional Commission

    For expenses necessary for the Southwest Border Regional Commission 
in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of title 40, United 
States Code, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                         Great Lakes Authority

    For expenses necessary for the Great Lakes Authority in carrying 
out activities authorized by subtitle V of title 40, United States 
Code, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Nuclear Regulatory Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Commission in carrying out the 
purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, $955,368,200, including official representation expenses 
not to exceed $30,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That of the amount appropriated herein, not more than $11,435,000 may 
be made available for salaries, travel, and other support costs for the 
Office of the Commission, to remain available until September 30, 2026: 
 Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection 
services, and other services and collections estimated at $807,672,200 
in fiscal year 2025 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 2025 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2025 
appropriation estimated at not more than $147,696,000.

                      office of inspector general

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$19,578,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026:  Provided, 
That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other 
services and collections estimated at $16,274,000 in fiscal year 2025 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 2026, 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 2025 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2025 appropriation estimated at not more than $3,304,000:  Provided 
further, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 
$1,505,000 shall be for Inspector General services for the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

                  Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Technical Review 
Board, as authorized by Public Law 100-203, section 5051, $4,100,000, 
to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026.

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

    Sec. 401.  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall comply with the 
July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of its Internal Commission 
Procedures when responding to Congressional requests for information, 
consistent with Department of Justice guidance for all Federal 
agencies.
    Sec. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this title for the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be reprogrammed for any program, 
project, or activity, and the Commission shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to the 
use of any proposed reprogramming that would cause any program funding 
level to increase or decrease by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less, during the time period covered by this Act.
    (b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may waive the notification 
requirement in subsection (a) if compliance with such requirement would 
pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or 
national security.
    (2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 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 and 
shall provide a detailed report to the Committees of such waiver and 
changes to funding levels to programs, projects, or activities.
    (c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and (d), the 
amounts made available by this title for ``Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission--Salaries and Expenses'' shall be expended as directed in 
the report accompanying this Act.
    (d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that increases funds or personnel for any 
program, project, or activity for which funds are denied or restricted 
by this Act.
    (e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, which includes the 
following for each program, project, or activity, including any prior 
year appropriations--
            (1) total budget authority;
            (2) total unobligated balances; and
            (3) total unliquidated obligations.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                     (including transfer 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. (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 appropriations Act 
for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the report 
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 
appropriations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced 
in the report 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 both Houses of Congress 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. 503. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    Sec. 504. (a) No federal monies shall be expended in furtherance of 
any agreement among private entities for consolidated interim storage 
of spent nuclear fuel that is not specifically authorized under federal 
law until such time that host state and local governments and any 
affected Indian tribes have formalized their consent.
    (b) Provided that the prohibition provided for in this section 
shall not apply to facilities presently storing commercial spent 
nuclear fuel, pursuant to a license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, as of the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) For purposes of this section, ``spent nuclear fuel'' shall have 
the same meaning as provided in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy 
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).
    Sec. 505.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to carry out any program, project, or activity that promotes or 
advances Critical Race Theory or any concept associated with Critical 
Race Theory.
    Sec. 506.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be made available to implement, administer, 
apply, enforce, or carry out the Equity Action Plan of the Department 
of Energy, or Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 
7009, relating to advancing racial equity and support for underserved 
communities through the Federal Government), Executive Order 14035 of 
June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593, relating to diversity, equity, 
inclusion, and accessibility in the Federal workforce), or Executive 
Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relating to 
further advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities 
through the Federal Government).
    Sec. 507. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 7 of title 1, 
United States Code, section 1738C of title 28, United States Code, or 
any other provision of law, none of the funds provided by this Act, or 
previous appropriations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially, on the 
basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely 
held religious belief, or moral conviction, that marriage is, or should 
be recognized as, a union of one man and one woman.
    (b) Discriminatory Action Defined.-- As used in subsection (a), a 
discriminatory action means any action taken by the Federal Government 
to--
                    (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment of, 
                or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be assessed 
                against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemption from 
                taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue 
                Code of 1986 of, any person referred to in subsection 
                (a);
                    (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax purposes 
                of any charitable contribution made to or by such 
                person;
                    (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 
                exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 
                deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, 
                cooperative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, 
                license, certification, accreditation, employment, or 
                other similar position or status from or to such 
                person;
                    (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or 
                otherwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 
                benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 
                admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 
                degree from an educational program, from or to such 
                person; or
                    (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or 
                otherwise make unavailable or deny access or an 
                entitlement to Federal property, facilities, 
                educational institutions, speech fora (including 
                traditional, limited, and nonpublic fora), or 
                charitable fundraising campaigns from or to such 
                person.
    (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.--The Federal 
Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or certified for 
purposes of Federal law any person that would be accredited, licensed, 
or certified, respectively, for such purposes but for a determination 
against such person wholly or partially on the basis that the person 
speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 
or moral conviction described in subsection (a).
    Sec. 508.  None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any COVID-19 
mask or vaccine mandates.
    Sec. 509.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to obligate or award funds, including subgrants and other subawards, to 
the Wuhan Institute of Virology, including affiliated researchers.
    Sec. 510.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to fly or display a flag over or 
within a facility of the federal government other than the flag of the 
United States, flag bearing an official U.S. Government seal or 
insignia, or POW/MIA flag.
    Sec. 511.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be made available to finalize any rule or 
regulation that meets the definition of section 804(2)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code.
    Sec. 512.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to develop or implement guidance related to the valuation of ecosystem 
and environmental services and natural assets in Federal regulatory 
decision-making, as directed by Executive Order 14072 of April 22, 2022 
(87 Fed. Reg. 24851, relating to strengthening the Nation's forests, 
communities, and local economies).
    Sec. 513.  The funds made available in this act or any other 
appropriations act for the purposes of implementing the United States 
Government Commitments in support of the Columbia Basin Restoration 
Initiative set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding of December 14, 
2023, between the United States, the States of Oregon and Washington, 
the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, the 
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the 
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Nez 
Perce Tribe, and environmental non-profit organizations, that require 
reimbursement by the Bonneville Power Administration and do not arise 
from Bonneville's current reimbursement obligations, shall be limited 
to the $300,000,000 Bonneville committed to in such Commitments of 
December 14, 2023, should Bonneville be required to implement the U.S. 
Government Commitments in support of the Columbia Basin Restoration 
Initiative set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding of December 14, 
2023, between the United States; the States of Oregon and Washington; 
the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation; the 
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation; the 
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation; the Nez Perce 
Tribe; and environmental non-profit organizations.
    Sec. 514.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce any of the following 
rules:
            (1) The final rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: 
        Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers'' 
        published by the Department of Energy in the Federal Register 
        on April 22, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 29834), or any substantially 
        similar rule.
            (2) The final rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: 
        Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing'' 
        published by the Department of Energy in the Federal Register 
        on May 31, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 32728), or any substantially 
        similar rule.
            (3) The final rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: 
        Energy Conservation Standards for Room Air Conditioners'' 
        published by the Department of Energy in the Federal Register 
        on May 26, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 34298), or any substantially 
        similar rule.
            (4) The final rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: 
        Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking 
        Products'' published by the Department of Energy in the Federal 
        Register on February 14, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 11434), or any 
        substantially similar rule, including any rule that would 
        directly or indirectly limit consumer access to consumer 
        conventional cooking products, including gas kitchen ranges or 
        ovens.

                       spending reduction account

    Sec. 515. $0.
     This Act may be cited as the ``Energy and Water Development and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 480

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 8997

                          [Report No. 118-580]

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                                 A BILL

  Making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                             July 11, 2024

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed