[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 19, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4055-S4056]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2994. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, 
making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 22, strike line 23 and all that follows 
     through page 24, line 15 and insert the following:
       $2,330,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That of such amount, $162,500,000 shall be 
     available until September 30, 2020, for program direction: 
     Provided further, That of such amount, $256,000,000 shall be 
     used for grants under the weatherization assistance program 
     for low-

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     income persons established under part A of title IV of the 
     Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6861 et 
     seq.).

         Cybersecurity, Energy Secruity, 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, emergency response, and electricity delivery 
     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, $260,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $28,500,000 shall 
     be available until September 30, 2020, 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, $1,206,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $80,000,000 shall 
     be available until September 30, 2020, for program direction.

                 Fossil Energy Research and Development

       For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 
     fossil energy 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), $716,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Pro-
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