U.S. Congress - Text of S.3635 as Placed on Calendar Senate Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011
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An original bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes.
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S 3635 PCSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Calendar No. 478CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
111th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
2d SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
S. 3635CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
[Report No. 111-228]CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
July 22, 2010CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
July 22, 2010CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Mr. DORGAN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendarCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
A BILLCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes, namely:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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 rivers and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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, $166,000,000, to remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
construction
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses necessary for the construction of river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of such projects (including those involving participation by States, local governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to construction); $1,780,000,000, to remain available until expended; of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as authorized by
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, $335,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers is directed to use $16,000,000 appropriated herein for construction of water withdrawal features of the Grand Prairie, Arkansas, project.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
operation and maintenance
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by law; providing security for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, including administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or other public agency that serve essential navigation needs of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying and charting northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removing obstructions to navigation, $2,495,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which such sums as become available from the special account for the Corps established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965 (
regulatory program
For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $193,000,000, to remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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, $130,000,000, to remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
expenses
For expenses necessary for the supervision and general administration of the civil works program in the headquarters of the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the offices of the Division Engineers; and for the 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, $185,000,000, to remain available until expended, 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 title I of this Act 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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
administrative provision
The Revolving Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available during the current fiscal year for purchase (not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles for the civil works program.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
general provisions, corps of engineers--civil
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 2011, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(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 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(4) proposes to uses funds directed for a specific activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval is received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(5) augments or reduces existing programs, projects or activities in excess of the amounts contained in subsections 6 through 10, unless prior approval is received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(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 to continue ongoing work on any program, project, or activity that did not receive an appropriation for existing obligations and concomitant administrative expenses;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(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 continuing any study or activity that did not receive an appropriation for existing obligations and concomitant administrative expenses;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(8) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE- Unlimited reprogramming authority is granted in order for the Corps to be able to respond to emergencies: Provided, That the Chief of Engineers must notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 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 up to $150,000 may be reprogrammed into continuing any study or activity that did not receive an appropriation;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES- The same reprogramming guidelines as provided in subsections 6 through 8 above apply to the Investigations, Construction, and Operation and Maintenance portions of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM- Reprogramming of up to 15 percent of the base of the receiving project is permitted.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(b) De Minimis Reprogrammings- In no case should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(c) Continuing Authorities Program- Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity funded under the continuing authorities program.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Corps of Engineers shall submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided, That the report shall include:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(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 appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(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; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(3) An identification of items of special congressional interest.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 102. None of the funds in this Act, or previous Acts, making funds available to the Corps, shall be used to implement any pending or future competitive sourcing actions under OMB Circular A-76 or High Performing Organizations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 103. None of the funds in this Act, or previous Acts, making funds available to the Corps, shall be used to award any continuing contract that commits additional funding from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund unless or until such time that a long-term mechanism to enhance revenues in this Fund sufficient to meet the cost-sharing authorized in the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (
Sec. 104. Within 120 days of the date of the Chief of Engineers Report on a water resource matter, the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) shall submit the report to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees of the Congress.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 105. During the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall implement measures recommended in the efficacy study, or provided in interim reports, authorized under section 3061 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1121), with such modifications or emergency measures as the Secretary of the Army determines to be appropriate, to prevent aquatic nuisance species from bypassing the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barrier Project referred to in that section and to prevent aquatic nuisance species from dispersing into the Great Lakes and such emergency measures as the Secretary of the Army determines to be appropriate to prevent such species from dispersing into the Great Lakes by way of any other hydrologic connections between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 106. That portion of the project for navigation, Block Island Harbor of Refuge, Rhode Island adopted by the Rivers and Harbors Act of July 11, 1870, consisting of the cut-stone breakwater lining the west side of the Inner Basin: Beginning at a point with coordinates N32579.55, E312625.53, thence running northerly about 76.59 feet to a point with coordinates N32655.92, E312631.32, thence running northerly about 206.81 feet to a point with coordinates N32858.33, E312673.74, thence running easterly about 109.00 feet to a point with coordinates N32832.15, E312779.54, shall no longer be authorized after the date of enactment of this Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
rural utah
Sec. 107. Section 595(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 383; 117 Stat. 1836) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘; and’ and inserting a semicolon;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘; and’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(3) by adding at the end the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(C) the portions of Utah County and Weber Counties that are located outside of a political subdivision, the population of which is greater than 10,000 residents.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 108. Section 595 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 383; 117 Stat. 1836; 118 Stat. 440), as amended by section 5067 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1219), is amended in subsection (h) by striking ‘150,000,000 for rural Nevada’ and inserting ‘$200,000,000 for rural Nevada’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 109. (a) Acquisition- The Secretary is authorized to acquire any real property and associated real property interests in the vicinity of Hanover, New Hampshire as may be needed for the Engineer Research and Development Center laboratory facilities at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(b) Revolving Fund- The Secretary is authorized to use the Revolving Fund (
(c) Right of First Refusal- The Secretary may provide the seller of any real property and associated property interests identified in subsection (a)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) a right of first refusal to acquire such property, or any portion thereof, in the event the property, or any portion thereof, is no longer needed by the Department of the Army.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(2) a right of first refusal to acquire any real property or associated real property interests acquired by condemnation in Civil Action No. 81-360-L, in the event the property, or any portion thereof, is no longer needed by the Department of the Army.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(3) The purchase of any property by the seller exercising either right of first refusal authorized in this section shall be for consideration acceptable to the Secretary and shall be for not less than fair market value at the time the property becomes available for purchase. The right of first refusal authorized in this section shall not inure to the benefit of the Seller’s successors or assigns.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(d) Disposal- The Secretary of the Army is authorized to dispose of any property or associated real property interests that are subject to the exercise of the right of first refusal as set forth herein.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 110. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized, using amounts available in the Revolving Fund established by section 101 of the Act of July 27, 1953, chap. 245 (
Sec. 111. Section 3113 of the Water Resources Development Act, 2007 (121 Stat. 1041) is amended by striking all after the words ‘total cost of’ and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ‘$38,800,000, with an estimated Federal cost of $25,220,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $13,580,000.’CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 112. The boundaries of the project referred to as ‘Des Moines Recreational River and Greenbelt, Iowa’ in the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985 (99 Stat. 313) are hereby expanded to include the entirety of sections 19 and 29, situated in T89N, R28W.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 113. That portion of the project of navigation, Chicago Harbor, Illinois, authorized by the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1899 and March 2, 1919, and that begins at the southwest corner of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago sluice gate that abuts the north wall of the Chicago River Lock and that continues north for approximately 290 feet, thence east approximately 1,000 feet, then south approximately 290 feet, thence west approximately 1,000 feet to the point of beginning shall no longer be authorized as of the date of enactment of this Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
devils lake, north dakota, long-term maintenance and repair
Sec. 114. (a) The Secretary shall assume responsibility for the long-term maintenance and repair of the major flood damage reduction features constructed by the Corps of Engineers at Devils Lake, North Dakota. The City of Devils Lake, North Dakota, shall be responsible for all costs of operation and maintenance other than those defined as Long-Term Maintenance and Repair in subsection (b) below.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(b) Long-Term Maintenance and Repair consists of replacing, reconstructing, or rehabilitating major flood damage reduction features such as embankments, pump stations, pumps and gate wells that: (1) have become dilapidated or in need of repair as a result of the passage of time or ordinary wear and tear; or (2) have been damaged or destroyed by wind, wave, or water action of other than an ordinary nature when, in the discretion of the Secretary, such replacement, reconstruction, or rehabilitation is warranted for the continued functioning of the flood damage reduction project at Devils Lake.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 115. Section 111 of title I of division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (118 Stat. 2944) as amended by section 3001 of
‘(3) may grant to the City of Tuscaloosa a long term lease or license agreement for any portion of the Parcel not required for construction of the new administrative facility under subsection (a)(2)(c) until such time as the City of Tuscaloosa is prepared to take fee simple title per the provisions of subsection (b)(2).’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 116. Section 333 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3718) is further amended to read as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following in lieu thereof:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(b) Lands individually acquired by the Secretary under this section for flood protection and flood management in the Passaic River Basin are to held by the Secretary and the non-Federal sponsor as tenants in common with, thereafter, any interest held by the Secretary in such lands to be transferred by Quitclaim Deed to the Non-Federal Sponsor for consideration as is necessary to render the project cost-sharing percentages to be in compliance with section 903(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (
33 U.S.C. 2213 ) and such other law as may be applicable.’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(2) inserting the following as a new subsection (e):CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(e) Funds for Land Acquisition- Funds for acquiring such lands as are necessary in carrying out the requirements of this section and requirements as further recommended by the Secretary shall include funds as provided in subsection (c) and (d) of this section herein and also funds as previously appropriated with any and all such funds to be held by the Secretary for use in acquiring the requisite lands in proportion to the project cost-sharing percentages.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 117. (a) The Federal share of the cost of any environmental infrastructure assistance project or program for which an initial appropriation is provided in this Act or any other Act providing appropriations for Energy and Water Development for fiscal year 2011 shall be 55 percent of the total cost of the project or program.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(b) Any cost-sharing agreement executed on or before October 1, 2011 for an environmental infrastructure assistance project or program that is modified during fiscal year 2012 shall also include a modification specifying that the Federal share of the cost of the project or program is 55 percent of all future costs of the project or program.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(c) Any cost-sharing agreement in effect as of October 1, 2012 for which the Federal share of the cost is greater than 55 percent shall be modified to reduce the Federal cost share to 55 percent of all future costs.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(d) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, as of October 1, 2012, the Federal share of the cost of any environmental infrastructure assistance project or program shall be 55 percent of the total cost of the project or program.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 118. Section 3182 of
‘(k) St. Charles County, Missouri-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(1) DEFINITIONS- In this subsection, the following definitions apply:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(A) FEDERAL LAND- The term ‘Federal land’ means the 1 parcel of Corps of Engineers land totaling approximately 84 acres, located U.S. Survey No. 1838, Township 48 North, Range 6 East.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(B) NON-FEDERAL LAND- The term ‘non-Federal land’ means the approximately 70 acres of land, subject to any existing easements situated in Jersey County, Illinois, adjacent to existing Corps fee title land.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(2) LAND EXCHANGE- Subject to paragraph (3), on conveyance by Ameren U.E. to the United States of all right, title, and interest in and to the non-Federal land, the Secretary shall convey to Ameren U.E., all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(3) CONDITIONS-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(A) DEEDS-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(i) NON-FEDERAL LAND- The conveyance of the non-Federal land to the Secretary shall be by a warranty deed acceptable to the Secretary.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(ii) FEDERAL LAND- The conveyance of the Federal land to Ameren U.E., shall be--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(I) by quitclaim deed; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(II) subject to any reservations, terms, and conditions that the Secretary determines to be necessary to allow the United States to operate and maintain the Mississippi River 9-Foot Navigation Project.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(iii) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS- The Secretary shall provide a legal description of the Federal land, and Ameren U.E., shall provide a legal description of the non-Federal land, for inclusion in the deeds referred to in clauses (i) and (ii).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(B) REMOVAL OF IMPROVEMENTS-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(i) IN GENERAL- The Secretary may require the removal of, or Ameren U.E., may voluntarily remove, any improvements to the non-Federal land before the completion of the exchange or as a condition of the exchange.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(ii) NO LIABILITY- If Ameren U.E., removes any improvements to the non-Federal land under clause (i)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(I) Ameren U.E., shall have no claim against the United States relating to the removal; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(II) the United States shall not incur or be liable for any cost associated with the removal or relocation of the improvements.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(C) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS- The Secretary shall require Ameren U.E. to pay reasonable administrative costs associated with the exchange.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(D) CASH EQUALIZATION PAYMENT- If the appraised fair market value, as determined by the Secretary, of the Federal land exceeds the appraised fair market value, as determined by the Secretary, of the non-Federal land, Ameren U.E. shall make a cash equalization payment to the United States.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(E) DEADLINE- The land exchange under subparagraph (B) shall be completed not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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, $43,004,000, to remain available until expended, of which $2,500,000 shall be deposited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission, and of which $1,694,000 for necessary expenses incurred in carrying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior. For fiscal year 2011, the Commission may use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for administrative expenses.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Bureau of Reclamation
The following appropriations shall be expended to execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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, $938,600,000, to remain available until expended, of which $11,746,000 shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and $8,627,000 shall be available for transfer to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which such amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That such transfers may be increased or decreased within the overall appropriation under this heading: Provided further, That of the total appropriated, the amount for program activities that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account established by
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, $49,915,000, to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of
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, $40,000,000, 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 the use of any funds provided to the California Bay-Delta Authority for programwide management and oversight activities shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior: 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
policy and administration
For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of Reclamation, to remain available until expended, $61,200,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in
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 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 2011, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, or activity;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(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 the House of Representatives and the Senate;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following limits, unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(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; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(B) $300,000 for any program, project or activity for which less than $2,000,000 is available at the beginning of the fiscal year;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(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 the House of Representatives and the Senate; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(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 the House of Representatives and the Senate.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘transfer’ means any movement of funds into or out of a program, project, or activity.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 203. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to purchase or lease water in the Middle Rio Grande or the Carlsbad Projects in New Mexico unless said purchase or lease is in compliance with the purchase requirements of section 202 of
Sec. 204. Funds under this title for Drought Emergency Assistance shall be made available primarily for leasing of water for specified drought related purposes from willing lessors, in compliance with existing State laws and administered under State water priority allocation.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 205. Section 529(b)(3) of
Sec. 206. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of amounts made available under section 2507 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (
(1) $11,300,000 to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, of which--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(A) $7,400,000 shall be for the participation by the Walker River Paiute Tribe in the settlement of surface water rights in the Walker River Basin, including water associated with the Walker River Indian Reservation;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(B) $1,000,000 shall be for the Walker River Paiute Tribe for legal and professional services in support of settling tribal water claims in the Walker River Basin; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(C) $2,900,000 shall be for the acquisition of property upstream from and adjacent to the Reservation, title to which shall be taken in the name of the United States to be held in trust for the Tribe, and shall be added to the Reservation and appurtenant water rights which shall be used for the benefit of Walker Lake;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(2) $2,500,000 to the Federal Water Master of the Walker River, Nevada, for water monitoring and measurement improvement in the Walker River Basin;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(3) $3,080,000 to the Environmental Protection Agency, to provide funding relating to the Anaconda Mine site in Lyon County, Nevada, of which--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(A) $750,000 shall be for groundwater testing for Arimetco portions of the site; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(B) $2,330,000 shall be for a pilot closure of an Arimetco heap leach pad;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(4) $6,250,000 to provide grants of equal amounts to the State of Nevada, the State of California, the Truckee Meadows Water Authority, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and the Federal Water Master of the Truckee River to implement the Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act (title II of
(5) $5,000,000 to be divided equally by the City of Fernley, Nevada, and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe for joint planning and development activities for water, wastewater, and sewer facilities;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(6) $17,200,000 to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe for the benefit of the Truckee River and Pyramid Lake, of which--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(A) $10,000,000 shall be used for 1 or more of--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(i) implementing the 1996 Truckee River Water Quality Settlement Agreement; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(ii) implementing the Newland Project Water Rights Fund for retirement of Truckee River water rights;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(B) $4,200,000 shall be used for 1 or more of--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(i) payment to the City of Fernley, with the agreement of the City, to temporarily transfer water rights owned by the City to the Truckee River; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(ii) acquisition of ground-water rights to be traded with the City of Fernley, with the agreement of the City, for Truckee River water rights; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(C) $3,000,000 to acquire interests in fee-patented land, water rights, or surface rights to land within or contiguous to the exterior boundaries of the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(7) $15,000,000 to an entity selected by the Truckee Meadows Water Authority, Washoe County, and the cities of Reno and Sparks, Nevada, to acquire up to 6,700 acre-feet of water rights to help implement the Truckee River Operating Agreement;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(8) $500,000 to Washoe County, Nevada, for a Regional Strategic Initiative to develop wastewater effluent management and reclaimed water resources;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(9) $5,000,000 to the City of Sparks, Nevada, related to upgrading and realigning the North Truckee Drain for improved flood control;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(10) $715,000 to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe to enhance fish reproduction in the Truckee River watershed and to develop a water quality model for Pyramid Lake;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(11) $1,500,000 to the Specialty Crop Institute of Western Nevada College to support alternative crops and alternative agricultural cooperatives programs that promote water conservation;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(12) $1,000,000 to the Desert Research Institute to monitor reservoir evaporation and invasive species in the southwestern United States, including work in the Walker Basin; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(13) not more than $8,455,000 of available funds to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to acquire water and water rights, with or without the land to which the rights are appurtenant, pursuant to subsection 206(a) of the Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act (title II of
(b) Section 208 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (
(1) in subsection (a)(1)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(A) by striking ‘$66,200,000’ and inserting ‘$81,200,000’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(B) by inserting ‘, and including associated activities that enhance recovery of the federally threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout’ after ‘Rivers’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(B)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(A) in clause (i)(I), after ‘3-year’, by inserting ‘or longer’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(B) by adding at the end the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(vii) $15,000,000 to be used as described in subparagraph (A), as determined by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(c) Section 208(a) of division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (
(1) in paragraph (1)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(A) in subparagraph (C), by adding ‘and’ at the end;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(B) by striking subsections (D) and (E); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (D); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘restoration efforts at the Summit Lake in Northern Washoe County’ and inserting ‘restoration and environmental protection efforts at the Summit Lake in Humboldt County’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(d) Notwithstanding this section or any amendment made by this section, the Commissioner of Reclamation may retain sufficient amounts from funds allocated to the Commissioner to administer all financial assistance agreements under the Desert Terminal Lakes program under section 2507 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (
Sec. 207. The Secretary of the Interior may extend the contract for water services between the United States and the East Bench Irrigation District, numbered 14-06-600-3593, until the earlier of--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) the date that is 2 years after the date on which the contract would have expired if this Act had not been enacted; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(2) the date on which a new long-term contract is executed by the parties to the contract.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 208. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed, through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to amend or re-issue Seasonal Recreation Use Permits for the Northside Trailer Areas 1 and 2 and Southside Trailer Area around Heart Butte Reservoir (Lake Tschida) in North Dakota to extend the valid time period for those permits from the current 12 years to 20 years, to be measured from the date of original issuance, April 3, 2010. The amended or re-issued permits shall contain language ensuring the affected permits are fully transferrable for the full 20-year period.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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 (
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for electricity delivery and energy reliability activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (
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 (
Fossil Energy Research and Development
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy research and development activities, under the authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act (
Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves
For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, $23,614,000, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and operations and program management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, (
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve
For necessary expenses for Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, $11,300,000, to remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Energy Information Administration
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the Energy Information Administration, $119,000,000, to remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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 (
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund
For necessary expenses in carrying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activities of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $550,000,000 to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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 (
advanced research projects agency--energy
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act (
Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program
(including rescission of funds)
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, commitments to guarantee loans for nuclear power facilities under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall not exceed a total principal amount of $17,000,000,000, to remain available until committed: Provided, That these amounts are in addition to authorities provided in any other Act: Provided further, That for amounts collected pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the source of such payment received from borrowers is not a loan or other debt obligation that is guaranteed by the Federal Government: Provided further, That pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, no appropriations are available to pay the subsidy cost of such guarantees for nuclear power facilities: Provided further, That none of the loan guarantee authority made available in this Act shall be available for commitments to guarantee loans for any projects where funds, personnel, or property (tangible or intangible) of any Federal agency, instrumentality, personnel or affiliated entity are expected to be used (directly or indirectly) through acquisitions, contracts, demonstrations, exchanges, grants, incentives, leases, procurements, sales, other transaction authority, or other arrangements, to support the project or to obtain goods or services from the project: Provided further, That the previous provision shall not be interpreted as precluding the use of the loan guarantee authority in this Act for commitment to guarantee loans for projects as a result of such projects benefitting from (a) otherwise allowable Federal income tax benefits; (b) being located on Federal land pursuant to a lease or right-of-way agreement for which all consideration for all uses is (i) paid exclusively in cash, (ii) deposited in the Treasury as offsetting receipts, and (iii) equal to the fair market value as determined by the head of the relevant Federal agency; (c) Federal insurance programs, including Price-Anderson; or (d) for electric generation projects, use of transmission facilities owned or operated by a Federal Power Marketing Administration or the Tennessee Valley Authority that have been authorized, approved, and financed independent of the project receiving the guarantee: Provided further, That none of the loan guarantee authority made available in this Act shall be available for any project unless the Director of the Office of Management and Budget has certified in advance in writing that the loan guarantee and the project comply with the provisions under this title: Provided further, That for the cost of loan guarantees for renewable energy under section 1703 of the Energy Policy of 2005, $380,000,000 is appropriated, to remain available until expended: Provided further, That of the authority provided for commitments to guarantee loans under this heading in title III, division C,
Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program
For administrative expenses in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, $9,998,000, to remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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 (
Office of the Inspector General
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $42,850,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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 (
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 (
Naval Reactors
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of Energy Organization Act (
Office of the Administrator
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Administrator in the National Nuclear Security Administration, including official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $12,000,$438,267,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
Defense Environmental Cleanup
(including transfer of funds)
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic energy defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (
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 (
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATION
Bonneville Power Administration Fund
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, established pursuant to
Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy, including transmission wheeling and ancillary services pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (
Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy, for construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses, including official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (
Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area Power Administration
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (
Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, $3,715,000, 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
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to carry out the provisions of the Department of Energy Organization Act (
GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Sec. 301. (a) None of the funds provided in this title shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(4) reduces funds that are directed to be used for a specific program, project, or activity by this Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(5) increases funds for any program, project, or activity by more than $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(6) reduces funds for any program, project, or activity by more than $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(b) The Secretary of Energy may waive this restriction on reprogramming under subsection (a) for reasons of national security, safety and health, environmental risk, or to accomplish project completion. In instances involving the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Secretary and the Administrator must jointly waive the restriction.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 302. None of the funds made available in this title may be used to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals (RFPs) or similar arrangements (including but not limited to: Requests for Quotations (RFQs), Requests for Information (RFIs), Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs), etc.) for a program or activity if the program or activity has not been funded by Congress.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 303. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) to augment the funds made available for obligation by this Act for severance payments and other benefits and community assistance grants under section 4604 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (
(2) to provide enhanced severance payments or other benefits for employees of the Department of Energy under such section; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(3) develop or implement a workforce restructuring plan that covers employees of the Department of Energy.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 304. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 305. 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 (
Sec. 306. (a) In any fiscal year in which the Secretary of Energy determines that additional funds are needed to reimburse the costs of defined benefit pension plans for contractor employees, the Secretary may transfer not more than 1 percent from each appropriation made available in this and subsequent Energy and Water Development Appropriation Acts to any other appropriation available to the Secretary in the same Act for such reimbursements.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(b) Where the Secretary recovers the costs of defined benefit pension plans for contractor employees through charges for the indirect costs of research and activities at facilities of the Department of Energy, if the indirect costs attributable to defined benefit pension plan costs in a fiscal year are more than charges in fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall carry out a transfer of funds under this section.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(c) In carrying out a transfer under this section, the Secretary shall use each appropriation made available to the Department in that fiscal year as a source for the transfer, and shall reduce each appropriation by an equal percentage, except that appropriations for which the Secretary determines there exists a need for additional funds for pension plan costs in that fiscal year, as well as appropriations made available for the Power Marketing Administrations, the title XVII loan guarantee program, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, shall not be subject to this requirement.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(d) Each January, the Secretary shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the state of defined benefit pension plan liabilities in the Department for the preceding year.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(e) This transfer authority does not apply to supplemental appropriations, and is in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this or any other Act. The authority provided under this section shall expire on September 30, 2015.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(f) The Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate in writing not less than 30 days in advance of each transfer authorized by this section.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 307. Plant or construction projects for which amounts are made available under this and subsequent appropriation Acts with a current estimated cost of less than $10,000,000 are considered for purposes of section 4703 of
Sec. 308. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to make a grant allocation, discretionary grant award, discretionary contract award, Other Transaction Agreement, or to issue a letter of intent totaling in excess of $1,000,000, or to announce publicly the intention to make such an award, including a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least 3 full business days in advance of making such an award or issuing such a letter: Provided, That if the Secretary of the Department of Energy determines that compliance with this section would pose a substantial risk to human life, health, or safety, an award may be made without notification and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall be notified not later than 5 full business days after such an award is made or letter issued: Provided further, That purchases of power or transmission services made by the federal Power Marketing Administrations shall not be subject to the notification requirements of this section.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 309. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds appropriated in this Act, or any other act, may be used in fiscal year 2011 to transfer, sell, barter, distribute, or otherwise provide more than 3.3 million pounds of natural uranium equivalent of uranium in any form from the Department’s inventory.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(b) Any transfer, sale, barter, distribution, or other provision of uranium in any form under subsection (a) shall be carried out consistent with the Department’s Excess Uranium Inventory Management Plan, dated December 16, 2008.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(c) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to the transfer, sale, barter, distribution, or provision of uranium in any form for use in initial reactor cores.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(d) Not less than 30 days prior to the provision of uranium in any form in accordance with this section, the Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, including:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) the amount of uranium to be bartered;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(2) the estimated market value of the uranium;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(3) the expected date of provision of the uranium; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(4) the recipient of the uranium.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Sec. 310. None of the funds made a available in this title may be used to make a final or conditional loan guarantee award unless the Secretary of Energy provides notification of the award, including the proposed subsidy cost, to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least 3 full business days in advance of such award.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
TITLE IV
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Appalachian Regional Commission
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, for necessary expenses for the Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the Appalachian Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, including services as authorized by
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by
Delta Regional Authority
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Delta Regional Authority and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding sections 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, $13,000,000, to remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Denali Commission
For expenses of the Denali Commission including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment as necessary and other expenses, $11,965,000, to remain available until expended, notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, That funds shall be available for construction projects in an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total project cost for distressed communities, as defined by section 307 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (division C, title III,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Commission in carrying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, including official representation expenses (not to exceed $25,000), $1,053,483,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, $10,000,000 shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and collections estimated at $915,220,000 in fiscal year 2011 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding
office of the inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $10,860,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and collections estimated at $9,774,000 in fiscal year 2011 shall be retained and be available until expended, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, as authorized by
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects
For necessary expenses for the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act of 2004, $4,285,000 until expended: Provided, That any fees, charges, or commissions received pursuant to section 802 of
TITLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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
Sec. 502. None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appropriation Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
This Act may be cited as the ‘Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Calendar No. 478CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
111th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
2d SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
S. 3635CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
[Report No. 111-228]CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
A BILLCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
July 22, 2010CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
July 22, 2010CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Read twice and placed on the calendarCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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