Calendar No. 115 117TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 1st Session SENATE 117–36 ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2022 AUGUST 4, 2021.—Ordered to be printed Mrs. FEINSTEIN, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 2605] The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 2605) mak- ing appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes, reports favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass. New obligational authority Total of bill as reported to the Senate .................... $56,865,791,000 Amount of 2021 appropriations ............................... 49,524,875,000 Amount of 2021 budget estimate ............................ 55,472,849,000 Bill as recommended to Senate compared to— 2021 appropriations .......................................... ∂7,340,916,000 2022 budget estimate ........................................ ∂1,392,942,000 45–272 PDF CONTENTS Page Purpose ..................................................................................................................... 4 Summary of Estimates and Recommendations ..................................................... 4 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 4 Title I: Department of Defense—Civil: Department of the Army: Corps of Engineers—Civil: Investigations ..................................................................................... 11 Construction ....................................................................................... 20 Mississippi River and Tributaries .................................................... 30 Operation and Maintenance .............................................................. 32 Regulatory Program ........................................................................... 54 Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program ......................... 54 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies .......................................... 54 Expenses ............................................................................................. 54 Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) .......... 55 Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program ................. 55 General Provisions—Corps of Engineers—Civil ..................................... 56 Title II: Department of the Interior: Central Utah Project Completion Account .............................................. 57 Bureau of Reclamation: Water and Related Resources ........................................................... 58 Central Valley Project Restoration Fund ......................................... 68 Gross Appropriation ........................................................................... 68 California Bay-Delta Restoration ...................................................... 68 Policy and Administration ................................................................. 69 General Provisions—Department of the Interior .................................... 69 Title III: Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ............................................... 75 Sustainable Transportation ...................................................................... 77 Renewable Energy ..................................................................................... 81 Corporate Support ..................................................................................... 90 Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response .................. 91 Energy Delivery Grid Operations Technology ........................................ 94 Nuclear Energy .......................................................................................... 97 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves ............................................... 108 Strategic Petroleum Reserve .................................................................... 108 SPR Petroleum Account ............................................................................ 108 Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve ..................................................... 108 Energy Information Administration ........................................................ 108 Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup ..................................................... 108 Science ........................................................................................................ 109 Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy ........................................ 116 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program .................................. 117 Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program ............. 117 Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program ................................................ 118 Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs ......................................... 118 Departmental Administration .................................................................. 119 Office of the Inspector General ................................................................ 120 Weapons Activities .................................................................................... 120 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ........................................................... 122 Naval Reactors .......................................................................................... 123 Federal Salaries and Expenses ................................................................ 123 (2) 3 Page Title III—Continued Department of Energy—Continued Defense Environmental Cleanup ............................................................. 123 Defense Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommis- sioning .................................................................................................... 124 Other Defense Activities ........................................................................... 125 Power Marketing Administrations: Operations and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administra- tion ................................................................................................... 125 Operations and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administra- tion ................................................................................................... 125 Construction, Rehabilitation, Operations and Maintenance, West- ern Area Power Administration .................................................... 125 Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund ................. 125 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ................................................. 126 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 Northern Border Regional Commission ................................................... 156 Southeast Crescent Regional Commission .............................................. 156 Southwest Border Regional Commission ................................................. 157 Nuclear Regulatory Commission .............................................................. 157 Office of Inspector General ................................................................ 158 Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board .................................................. 159 General Provisions ........................................................................................... 159 Title V: General Provisions ..................................................................................... 160 Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 161 Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 162 Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 162 Budgetary Impact of Bill ......................................................................................... 165 Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Item ........................................ 166 Comparative Statement of Budget Authority ........................................................ 176 4 PURPOSE The purpose of this bill is to provide appropriations for fiscal year 2022, beginning October 1, 2021 and ending September 30, 2022, for energy and water development, and for other related pur- poses. It supplies funds for water resources development programs and related activities of the Corps of Engineers’ civil works pro- gram in title I; for the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Rec- lamation and Central Utah Project in title II; for the Department of Energy’s energy research and development activities, including environmental restoration and waste management, and the atomic energy defense activities of the National Nuclear Security Adminis- tration