Bill > HR8997

This bill makes appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. * **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 these categories, with unlimited authority for emergencies in operation and maintenance. The bill also includes a provision for transferring $8,733,000 from Operation and Maintenance funds to the Fish and Wildlife Service to mitigate fisheries lost due to Corps projects. * **Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation:** * Central Utah Project Completion Account: $23,000,000 is appropriated, with $4,000,000 designated for the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account. * Water and Related Resources: $1,773,000,000 is appropriated for management, development, and restoration of water resources, including operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of facilities. Specific amounts are allocated for transfers to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund. * Central Valley Project Restoration Fund: Such sums as are collected in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated for restoration programs. * California Bay-Delta Restoration: $33,000,000 is appropriated for activities related to water supply reliability and environmental improvement. * Policy and Administration: $66,794,000 is appropriated for administrative functions, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund. * **Department of Energy:** * Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: $1,960,000,000 is appropriated for related activities. * Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response: $200,000,000 is appropriated for these purposes. * Electricity: $250,000,000 is appropriated for electricity-related activities. * Grid Deployment: $60,000,000 is appropriated for grid deployment. * Nuclear Energy: $1,793,000,000 is appropriated for nuclear energy activities. * Fossil Energy and Carbon Management: $875,000,000 is appropriated for research and development in this area. * Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves: $13,010,000 is appropriated. * Strategic Petroleum Reserve: $295,148,000 is appropriated for facility development and operations. * Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve: $7,150,000 is appropriated. * Energy Information Administration: $141,653,000 is appropriated. * Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup: $324,000,000 is appropriated. * Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund: $864,182,000 is appropriated. * Science: $8,390,000,000 is appropriated for science activities. * Nuclear Waste Disposal: $12,040,000 is appropriated, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund. * Technology Transitions: $20,000,000 is appropriated. * Clean Energy Demonstrations: $27,500,000 is appropriated for program direction. * Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy: $450,000,000 is appropriated. * Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program: $55,000,000 is appropriated for administrative expenses, with additional amounts to be derived from fees. * Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program: $18,000,000 is appropriated for administrative expenses. * Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program: $6,300,000 is appropriated for administrative expenses. * Indian Energy Policy and Programs: $95,000,000 is appropriated. * Departmental Administration: $387,078,000 is appropriated for departmental administration. * Office of the Inspector General: $100,000,000 is appropriated. * National Nuclear Security Administration: * Weapons Activities: $20,338,752,000 is appropriated. * Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation: $2,445,000,000 is appropriated. * Naval Reactors: $2,118,773,000 is appropriated, including a transfer of $94,750,000 to Nuclear Energy for the Advanced Test Reactor. * Federal Salaries and Expenses: $564,475,000 is appropriated. * Defense Environmental Cleanup: $7,132,000,000 is appropriated. * Other Defense Activities: $1,179,000,000 is appropriated. * 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 related activities, with specific amounts derived from power sales and other collections. * Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: $532,000,000 is appropriated for salaries and expenses, to be derived from revenues. * **Independent Agencies:** * Appalachian Regional Commission: $200,000,000 is appropriated. * Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: $45,000,000 is appropriated. * Delta Regional Authority: $32,100,000 is appropriated. * Denali Commission: $17,000,000 is appropriated. * Northern Border Regional Commission: $41,000,000 is appropriated. * Southeast Crescent Regional Commission: $20,000,000 is appropriated. * Southwest Border Regional Commission: $5,000,000 is appropriated. * Great Lakes Authority: $5,000,000 is appropriated. * Nuclear Regulatory Commission: $955,368,200 is appropriated for salaries and expenses, with a significant portion to be offset by licensing fees and other collections. * Office of Inspector General (NRC): $19,578,000 is appropriated, with a portion offset by fees. * Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board: $4,100,000 is appropriated, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund. The bill also includes numerous provisions regarding the reprogramming of funds, restrictions on the use of funds, and specific directives for various agencies and programs. These include limitations on initiating new programs, eliminating existing ones, and requirements for congressional notification for certain financial actions. Several sections also address specific policy matters, such as restrictions on certain types of dredged material disposal, limitations on water supply reallocation studies, and regulations concerning firearms at water resources development projects. Additionally, there are provisions related to the operation of the Central Valley Project and California State Water Project, and amendments to existing laws concerning drought relief and water infrastructure. The Department of Energy's appropriations include specific restrictions on procurement from certain foreign entities and limitations on the use of funds for certain initiatives and proposed regulations.