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Calendar No. 104 Calendar No. 104 111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 1st Session SENATE 111–45 ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2010 JULY 9, 2009.—Ordered to be printed Mr. DORGAN, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 1436] The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 1436) mak- ing appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass. The Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred the bill (H.R. 0000) making appropriations for energy and water develop- ment and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, reports the same to the Senate with an amendment, and an amendment to the title, and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. Amount in new budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2010 Total of bill as reported to the Senate .................... $34,271,000,000 Amount of 2009 appropriations ............................... 92,533,165,000 Amount of 2010 budget estimate ............................ 34,914,709,000 Bill as recommended to Senate compared to— 2009 appropriations .......................................... ¥58,262,165,000 2010 budget estimate ........................................ ¥643,709,000 50–870 PDF CONTENTS Page Purpose ..................................................................................................................... 4 Summary of Estimates and Recommendations ..................................................... 4 Title I: Department of Defense—Civil: Department of the Army: Corps of Engineers—Civil: General Investigations ....................................................................... 16 Construction, General ........................................................................ 32 Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries ........................... 50 Operation and Maintenance, General .............................................. 52 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies .......................................... 73 Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program ......................... 74 General Expenses ............................................................................... 74 General Provisions—Corps of Engineers—Civil .............................. 76 Title II: Department of the Interior: Central Utah Project Completion Account .............................................. 78 Bureau of Reclamation: Water and Related Resources ........................................................... 78 Central Valley Project Restoration Fund ......................................... 86 California Bay-Delta Restoration ...................................................... 86 Policy and Administration ................................................................. 86 General Provisions—Department of the Interior .................................... 87 Title III: Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ............................................... 89 Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability ..................................... 96 Nuclear Energy .................................................................................. 97 Fossil Energy Research and Development ....................................... 100 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves ........................................ 102 Strategic Petroleum Reserve ............................................................. 102 Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve .............................................. 102 Energy Information Administration ................................................. 103 Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup ..................................................... 103 Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund .. 104 Science ........................................................................................................ 104 High Energy Physics .......................................................................... 105 Nuclear Physics .................................................................................. 105 Biological and Environmental Research .......................................... 105 Basic Energy Sciences ....................................................................... 105 Nuclear Waste Disposal ............................................................................ 108 Departmental Administration .................................................................. 109 Office of Inspector General ....................................................................... 109 Atomic Energy Defense Activities: National Nuclear Security Administration: Weapons Activities ...................................................................... 110 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ............................................. 115 Naval Reactors ............................................................................ 117 Office of the Administrator ........................................................ 118 Environmental and Other Defense Activities: Defense Environmental Cleanup ...................................................... 118 Other Defense Activities .................................................................... 121 Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal ...................................................... 121 Power Marketing Administrations: Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Adminis- tration ....................................................................................... 122 (2) 3 Page Title III—Continued Department of Energy—Continued Environmental and Other Defense Activities—Continued Power Marketing Administrations—Continued Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Adminis- tration ....................................................................................... 122 Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area Power Administration ..................................... 122 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Salaries and Expenses .. 123 General Provisions—Department of Energy ........................................... 154 Title IV: Independent Agencies: Appalachian Regional Commission .......................................................... 155 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board ................................................. 155 Delta Regional Authority .......................................................................... 156 Denali Commission ................................................................................... 156 Nuclear Regulatory Commission .............................................................. 156 Office of Inspector General ................................................................ 157 Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board .................................................. 157 Tennessee Valley Authority Office of the Inspector General ................. 157 General Provision—Independent Agencies ............................................. 158 Title V: General Provisions ..................................................................................... 159 Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 160 Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 160 Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 161 Budgetary Impact Statement ................................................................................. 166 Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items ...................................... 166 Comparative Statement of Budget Authority ........................................................ 230 PURPOSE The purpose of this bill is to provide appropriations for the fiscal year 2010 beginning October 1, 2009, and ending September 30, 2010, for energy and water development, and for other related pur- poses. It supplies funds for water resources development programs and related activities of the Department of the Army, Civil Func- tions—U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Program in title I; for the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation in title II; for the Department of Energy’s energy research activities, including environmental restoration and waste management, and atomic energy defense activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration in title III; and for related independent agencies and commissions, including the Appalachian Regional Commission, Delta Regional Authority, Denali Commission, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in title IV. SUMMARY OF ESTIMATES AND RECOMMENDATIONS The fiscal year 2010 budget estimates for the bill total $34,914,709,000 in new budget (obligational) authority. The rec- ommendation of the Committee totals $34,271,000,000. This is $643,709,000 below the budget estimates and $58,262,165,000 below the enacted appropriation for the current fiscal year. SUBCOMMITTEE HEARINGS The Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water held three sessions in connection with the fiscal year 2010 appropriation bill. Witnesses included officials and
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