Calendar No. 130 109TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 1st Session SENATE 109–84 ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2006 JUNE 16, 2005.—Ordered to be printed Mr. DOMENICI, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 2419] The Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred the bill (H.R. 2419) making appropriations for energy and water develop- ment for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, reports the same to the Senate with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. Amount in new budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2006 Total of bill as reported to the Senate .................... $31,245,000,000 Amount of 2005 appropriations ............................... 29,832,280,000 Amount of 2006 budget estimate ............................ 29,746,728,000 Amount of House allowance .................................... 29,746,000,000 Bill as recommended to Senate compared to— 2005 appropriations .......................................... ∂1,412,720,000 2006 budget estimate ........................................ ∂1,498,272,000 House allowance ................................................ ∂1,499,000,000 21–815 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 .............................................................................. 14 Construction, General ............................................................................... 33 Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries ................................... 52 Operation and Maintenance, General ..................................................... 57 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies ................................................. 91 Regulatory Program .................................................................................. 91 Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program ................................ 91 General Expenses ...................................................................................... 92 General Provisions—Corps of Engineers—Civil ..................................... 93 Title II—Department of the Interior: Central Utah Project Completion Account ..................................................... 95 Bureau of Reclamation: Water and Related Resources .................................................................. 95 Central Valley Project Restoration Fund ................................................ 109 California Bay-Delta Restoration ............................................................. 109 Policy and Administration ........................................................................ 110 General Provisions—Department of the Interior ........................................... 110 Title III—Department of Energy: Energy Supply and Conservation .................................................................... 116 Office of Electricity Delivery Energy Reliability ..................................... 125 Nuclear Energy Programs ........................................................................ 127 Environment, Safety, and Health ............................................................ 132 Fossil Energy Research and Development .............................................. 132 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves ............................................... 134 Elk Hills School Lands Fund ................................................................... 135 Strategic Petroleum Reserve .................................................................... 135 Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve ..................................................... 135 Energy Information Administration ........................................................ 136 Non-defense Environmental Cleanup ............................................................. 137 Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund ......... 138 Science ............................................................................................................... 139 High Energy Physics ................................................................................. 141 Nuclear Physics ......................................................................................... 141 Biological and Environmental Research .................................................. 142 Basic Energy Sciences ............................................................................... 145 Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund ......................................................................... 148 Departmental Administration ......................................................................... 150 Inspector General ............................................................................................. 150 Atomic Energy Defense Activities: National Nuclear Security Administration: Weapons Activities ............................................................................. 152 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation .................................................... 166 Naval Reactors ................................................................................... 170 Office of the Administrator ............................................................... 171 Environmental and Other Defense Activities: Defense Environmental Cleanup ...................................................... 172 Other Defense Activities .................................................................... 175 Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal ...................................................... 177 Power Marketing Administrations: Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Adminis- tration ....................................................................................... 179 (2) 3 Page Title III—Department of Energy—Continued Atomic Energy Defense Activities—Continued Environmental and Other Defense Activities—Continued Power Marketing Administrations—Continued Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Adminis- tration ....................................................................................... 179 Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area Power Administration ..................................... 179 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Salaries and Expenses .. 180 General Provisions—Department of Energy .................................................. 208 Title IV—Independent Agencies: Appalachian Regional Commission ................................................................. 210 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board ........................................................ 210 Delta Regional Authority ................................................................................. 211 Denali Commission ........................................................................................... 211 Nuclear Regulatory Commission ..................................................................... 211 Office of Inspector General ....................................................................... 212 Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board ......................................................... 213 Tennessee Valley Authority Office of the Inspector General ........................ 213 Title V—General Provisions ................................................................................... 214 Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 215 Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 216 Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 216 Budgetary Impact Statement ................................................................................. 226 PURPOSE The purpose of this bill is to provide appropriations for the fiscal year 2006 beginning October 1, 2005, and ending September 30, 2006, 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 2006 budget estimates for the bill total $31,245,000,000 in new budget (obligational) authority. The rec- ommendation of the Committee totals $31,245,000,000. This is $1,498,272,000 above the budget estimates and $1,412,720,000 over the enacted appropriation for the current