Calendar No. 437 115TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 2d Session SENATE 115–258 ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2019 MAY 24, 2018.—Ordered to be printed Mr. ALEXANDER, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 2975] The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 2975) mak- ing appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 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 .................... $43,766,000,000 Amount of 2018 appropriations ............................... 60,582,716,000 Amount of 2019 budget estimate ............................ 31,610,121,000 Bill as recommended to Senate compared to— 2018 appropriations .......................................... ¥16,816,716,000 2019 budget estimate ........................................ ∂12,155,879,000 30–148 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 ....................................................................................... 17 Mississippi River and Tributaries .................................................... 25 Operation and Maintenance .............................................................. 27 Regulatory Program ........................................................................... 47 Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program ......................... 47 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies .......................................... 48 Expenses ............................................................................................. 48 Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) .......... 48 General Provisions—Corps of Engineers—Civil ..................................... 49 Title II: Department of the Interior: Central Utah Project Completion Account .............................................. 49 Bureau of Reclamation: Water and Related Resources ........................................................... 51 Central Valley Project Restoration Fund ......................................... 59 California Bay-Delta Restoration ...................................................... 60 Policy and Administration ................................................................. 60 General Provisions—Department of the Interior .................................... 61 Title III: Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ............................................... 65 Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response .................. 78 Nuclear Energy .......................................................................................... 81 Fossil Energy Research and Development .............................................. 84 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves ............................................... 91 Strategic Petroleum Reserve .................................................................... 91 Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve ..................................................... 91 Energy Information Administration ........................................................ 91 Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup ..................................................... 91 Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund .. 92 Science ........................................................................................................ 92 Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy ........................................ 98 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program .................................. 99 Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program ............. 99 Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program ................................................ 100 Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs ......................................... 100 Departmental Administration .................................................................. 100 Office of the Inspector General ................................................................ 101 Weapons Activities .................................................................................... 102 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ........................................................... 105 Naval Reactors .......................................................................................... 107 Federal Salaries and Expenses ................................................................ 108 Defense Environmental Cleanup ............................................................. 108 Other Defense Activities ........................................................................... 111 Power Marketing Administrations: Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administra- tion ................................................................................................... 112 (2) 3 Page Title III—Continued Department of Energy—Continued Power Marketing Administrations—Continued Construction, Rehabilitation, Operations and Maintenance, West- ern Area Power Administration .................................................... 113 Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund ................. 113 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ................................................. 113 General Provisions—Department of Energy ........................................... 138 Title IV: Independent Agencies: Appalachian Regional Commission .......................................................... 138 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board ................................................. 139 Delta Regional Authority .......................................................................... 139 Denali Commission ................................................................................... 140 Northern Border Regional Commission ................................................... 140 Nuclear Regulatory Commission .............................................................. 140 Office of Inspector General ................................................................ 141 Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board .................................................. 142 General Provisions ........................................................................................... 143 Title V: General Provisions ..................................................................................... 144 Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 144 Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 146 Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 147 Budgetary Impact of Bill ......................................................................................... 147 Comparative Statement of Budget Authority ........................................................ 148 PURPOSE The purpose of this bill is to provide appropriations for fiscal year 2019, beginning October 1, 2018 and ending September 30, 2019, 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 atomic en- ergy defense activities of the National Nuclear Security Adminis- tration in title III; and for independent agencies and commissions, including the Appalachian Regional Commission, Delta Regional Authority, Denali Commission, Northern Border Regional Commis- sion, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in title IV. SUMMARY OF ESTIMATES AND RECOMMENDATIONS The fiscal year 2019 budget estimates for the bill total $31,610,121,000 in new budget (obligational) authority. The rec- ommendation of the Committee totals $43,766,000,000. This is $12,155,879,000 above the budget estimates and $16,816,716,000 below the enacted appropriation for the current fiscal year. The Committee notes the enacted appropriation for the current fiscal year includes $17,419,716,000 in supplemental appropriation for disaster relief requirements. SUBCOMMITTEE HEARINGS To develop this recommendation, the Committee held three budg- et hearings in April 2018 in connection with the fiscal year 2019 budget requests for the Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administra- tion, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The hearings pro- vided officials