Bill > HR4394

This bill makes appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. * **Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers-Civil:** Funds are allocated for various activities including investigations, construction, and operation and maintenance. Specific reprogramming limits are outlined for different categories, requiring Congressional approval for significant changes. * **Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation:** * Central Utah Project Completion Account: $23,000,000 is appropriated for authorized activities, with a portion designated for the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account. * Water and Related Resources: $1,693,366,000 is appropriated for water resource management, development, and restoration, including operations and maintenance of facilities. Funds are available until expended and can be transferred to various reclamation funds. * Central Valley Project Restoration Fund: Funds are collected and remain available until expended for restoration programs as authorized by law. * California Bay-Delta Restoration: $33,000,000 is appropriated for activities related to water supply reliability and environmental improvement. * Policy and Administration: $65,079,000 is appropriated for administrative functions, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund. * **Department of Energy:** * Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: $2,994,000,000 is appropriated for related activities. * Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response: $200,000,000 is appropriated for these purposes. * Electricity: $315,600,000 is appropriated for electricity-related activities. * Nuclear Energy: $1,783,000,000 is appropriated for nuclear energy activities. * Fossil Energy and Carbon Management: $857,904,000 is appropriated for research and development in this area. * Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves: $13,010,000 is appropriated for these activities. * Strategic Petroleum Reserve: $280,969,000 is appropriated for facility development and operations. * Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve: $7,150,000 is appropriated for storage, operation, and management. * Energy Information Administration: $135,000,000 is appropriated for its activities. * Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup: $341,700,000 is appropriated for cleanup activities. * Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund: $865,208,000 is appropriated from this fund for decontamination and decommissioning. * Science: $8,100,000,000 is appropriated for science activities. * Nuclear Waste Disposal: $12,040,000 is appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund for disposal activities. * Technology Transitions: $22,098,000 is appropriated for technology transition activities. * Clean Energy Demonstrations: $35,000,000 is appropriated for program direction. * Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy (ARPA-E): $470,000,000 is appropriated for its activities. * Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program: $70,000,000 is appropriated for administrative expenses, with a provision for offsetting collections from fees. * Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program: $13,000,000 is appropriated for administrative expenses. * Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program: $6,300,000 is appropriated for administrative expenses. * Indian Energy Policy and Programs: $75,000,000 is appropriated for Indian energy activities. * Departmental Administration: $383,578,000 is appropriated for departmental administration, with provisions for retaining and using miscellaneous revenues. * Office of the Inspector General: $92,000,000 is appropriated for its expenses. * National Nuclear Security Administration (Weapons Activities): $19,114,167,000 is appropriated for weapons activities. * National Nuclear Security Administration (Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation): $2,380,037,000 is appropriated for nonproliferation activities. * National Nuclear Security Administration (Naval Reactors): $1,946,049,000 is appropriated for naval reactors activities, with a transfer to Nuclear Energy for the Advanced Test Reactor. * National Nuclear Security Administration (Federal Salaries and Expenses): $518,994,000 is appropriated. * Defense Environmental Cleanup: $7,073,556,000 is appropriated for atomic energy defense environmental cleanup. * Other Defense Activities: $1,075,197,000 is appropriated for other defense activities. * Power Marketing Administrations: Funds are appropriated for Bonneville Power Administration, Southeastern Power Administration, Southwestern Power Administration, and Western Area Power Administration for operations, maintenance, and marketing of electric power. * Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: $520,000,000 is appropriated for salaries and expenses, with provisions for retaining revenues from fees. * **Independent Agencies:** * Appalachian Regional Commission: $200,000,000 is appropriated for programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act. * Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: $45,000,000 is appropriated for its activities. * Delta Regional Authority: $31,100,000 is appropriated for its activities. * Denali Commission: $17,000,000 is appropriated for its expenses, with provisions for construction project funding limits. * Northern Border Regional Commission: $40,000,000 is appropriated for its activities. * Southeast Crescent Regional Commission: $20,000,000 is appropriated for its activities. * Southwest Border Regional Commission: $5,000,000 is appropriated for its activities. * Great Lakes Authority: $5,000,000 is appropriated for its activities. * Nuclear Regulatory Commission: $960,560,450 is appropriated for salaries and expenses, with provisions for retaining licensing fees. * Office of Inspector General (NRC): $18,648,340 is appropriated, with provisions for retaining revenues from fees. * Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board: $4,064,000 is appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund. * **Water for California:** This title includes provisions related to the operation of the Central Valley Project (CVP) and State Water Project (SWP), including specific allocation requirements for Sacramento Valley agricultural contractors and provisions for infrastructure projects and conservation fish hatcheries. It also establishes a process for coordinating reviews of water supply permitting for qualifying projects. * **General Provisions:** This section includes various restrictions and requirements, such as prohibiting the use of funds to influence congressional action, regulating the transfer of funds, and prohibiting the use of funds for certain energy conservation standards and initiatives.