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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999
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Public Law 105-245
105th Congress
An Act
Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Oct. 7,
1998 - [H.R. 4060]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Energy and Water
Development Appropriations Act, 1999.>> That the following sums are
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, for energy
and water development, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Corps of Engineers--Civil
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction
of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of
Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army
pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and
related purposes.
General Investigations
For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic
information pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore
protection, and related projects, restudy of authorized projects,
miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by laws, surveys and
detailed studies and plans and specifications of projects prior to
construction, $161,747,000, to remain available until expended, of which
funds are provided for the following projects in the amounts specified:
Delaware Bay Coastline, Delaware and New Jersey, $419,000;
Tampa Harbor, Alafia Channel, Florida, $200,000;
Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg Harbor Inlet, New Jersey,
$322,000;
Brigantine Inlet to Great Egg Harbor Inlet, New Jersey,
$113,000;
Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Townsend's Inlet, New Jersey,
$200,000;
Lower Cape May Meadows--Cape May Point, New Jersey,
$100,000;
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Manasquan Inlet to Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, $300,000;
Raritan Bay to Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey, $750,000; and
Townsend's Inlet to Cape May Inlet, New Jersey, $250,000:
Provided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of
Engineers, is directed to use $700,000 of the funds appropriated in
Public Law 102-377 for the Red River Waterway, Shreveport, Louisiana, to
Daingerfield, Texas, project for the feasibility phase of the Red River
Navigation, Southwest Arkansas, study: Provided further, That the
Secretary of the Army is directed to use $500,000 of the funds
appropriated herein to implement section 211(f )(7) of Public Law 104-
303 (110 Stat. 3684) and to reimburse the non-Federal sponsor a portion
of the Federal share of project costs for the Hunting Bayou element of
the project for flood control, Buffalo Bayou and tributaries, Texas:
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army is directed to use
$300,000 of the funds appropriated herein to implement section 211(f
)(8) of Public Law 104-303 (110 Stat. 3684) and to reimburse the non-
Federal sponsor a portion of the Federal share of project costs for the
project for flood control, White Oak Bayou watershed, Texas.
Construction, General
For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore
protection, and related projects authorized by laws; and detailed
studies, and plans and specifications, of projects (including those for
development with participation or under consideration for participation
by States, local governments, or private groups) authorized or made
eligible for selection by law (but such studies shall not constitute a
commitment of the Government to construction), $1,429,885,000, to remain
available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary for the
Federal share of construction costs for facilities under the Dredged
Material Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund, as authorized by Public Law 104-303; and of
which such sums as are necessary pursuant to Public Law 99-662 shall be
derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, for one-half of the costs
of construction and rehabilitation of inland waterways projects,
including rehabilitation costs for the Lock and Dam 25, Mississippi
River, Illinois and Missouri; Lock and Dam 14, Mississippi River, Iowa;
Lock and Dam 24, Part 1, Mississippi River, Illinois and Missouri; and
Lock and Dam 3, Mississippi River, Minnesota, projects, and of which
funds are provided for the following projects in the amounts specified:
Norco Bluffs, California, $4,400,000;
Panama City Beaches, Florida, $6,000,000;
Tybee Island, Georgia, $1,200,000;
Indiana Shoreline Erosion, Indiana, $700,000;
Indianapolis Central Waterfront, Indiana, $4,000,000;
Ohio River Flood Protection, Indiana, $750,000;
Harlan/Clover Fork, Williamsburg, Pike County, Middlesboro,
Martin County, and Town of Martin, elements of the Levisa and
Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River
project in Kentucky, $25,230,000;
Southern and Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky, $4,000,000;
Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (Hurricane Protection),
Louisiana, $16,000,000;
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Lake Pontchartrain (Jefferson Parish) Stormwater Discharge,
Louisiana, $4,500,000;
Southeast Louisiana, Louisiana, $75,000,000;
Jackson County, Mississippi, $6,200,000;
Pascagoula Harbor, Mississippi, $12,000,000;
Passaic River Streambank Restoration, New Jersey,
$3,000,000;
Lackawanna River, Olyphant, Pennsylvania, $6,800,000;
Lackawanna River, Scranton, Pennsylvania, $40,551,000;
South Central Pennsylvania Environment Improvement Program,
$39,000,000, of which $13,000,000 shall be available only for
water-related environmental infrastructure and resource
protection and development projects in Lackawanna, Lycoming,
Susquehanna, Wyoming, Pike, and Monroe counties in Pennsylvania
in accordance with the purposes of subsection (a) and
requirements of subsections (b) through (e) of section 313 of
the Water Resources Development Act of 1992, as
amended;
Wallisville Lake, Texas, $5,500,000;
Virginia Beach, Virginia (Hurricane Protection),
$18,000,000;
Upper Mingo County (including Mingo County Tributaries),
Lower Mingo County (Kermit), Wayne County, Hatfield Bottom, and
McDowell County, elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big
Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River project in West Virginia,
$11,350,000; and
West Virginia and Pennsylvania Flood Control, West
Virginia and Pennsylvania, $750,000:
Provided, That the Secretary of the Army is directed to incorporate the
economic analyses for the Green Ridge and Plot sections of the
Lackawanna River, Scranton, Pennsylvania, project with the economic
analysis for the Albright Street section of the project, and to cost-
share and implement these combined sections as a single project with no
separable elements, except that each section may be undertaken
individually when the non-Federal sponsor provides the applicable local
cooperation requirements: Provided further, That any funds heretofore
appropriated and made available in Public Law 103-126 for projects
associated with the restoration of the Lackawanna River Basin Greenway
Corridor, Pennsylvania, may be utilized by the Secretary of the Army in
carrying out other projects and activities on the Lackawanna River in
Pennsylvania: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army is
directed to use $4,500,000 of the funds appropriated herein to implement
section 211(f )(6) of Public Law 104-303 (110 Stat. 3683) and to
reimburse the non-Federal sponsor a portion of the Federal share of
project construction costs for the flood control components comprising
the Brays Bayou element of the project for flood control, Buffalo Bayou
and tributaries, Texas: Provided further, That the navigation project
for Cook Inlet Navigation, Alaska, authorized by Section 101(b)(2) of
Public Law 104-303 is modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army,
acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct the project at a
total cost of $12,600,000 with an estimated first Federal cost of
$9,450,000 and an estimated first non-Federal cost of $3,150,000:
Provided further, That the flood control project for West Sacramento,
California, authorized by Section 101(4) of Public Law 102-580 is
modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the
Chief of Engineers,
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to construct the project at a total cost of $32,900,000 with an
estimated first Federal cost of $24,700,000 and an estimated first non-
Federal cost of $8,200,000: Provided further, That the flood control
project for Sacramento River, Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District,
California, authorized by Section 2 of the Act entitled ``An Act to
provide for the control of floods of the Mississippi River and the
Sacramento River, and for other purposes'', approved March 1, 1917 (39
Stat. 949), is modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting
through the Chief of Engineers, to construct the project at a total cost
of $20,700,000 with an estimated first Federal cost of $15,570,000 and
an estimated first non-Federal cost of $5,130,000: Provided further,
That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers,
is directed to use $4,000,000 provided herein to construct bluff
stabilization measures at authorized locations for Natchez Bluff,
Mississippi, at a total estimated cost of $26,065,000 with an estimated
first Federal cost of $19,549,000 and an estimated first non-Federal
cost of $6,516,000 and to award continuing contracts, which are not to
be considered fully funded: Provided further, That the Secretary of the
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may use up to $5,000,000 of
the funding appropriated herein for construction of an emergency outlet
from Devils Lake, North Dakota, to the Sheyenne River, except that funds
shall not become available unless the Secretary of the Army determines
that an emergency (as defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)) exists
with respect to the emergency need for the outlet and reports to
Congress that the construction is technically sound, economically
justified, and environmentally acceptable and in compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.):
Provided further, That the economic justification for the emergency
outlet shall be prepared in accordance with the principles and
guidelines for economic evaluation as required by regulations and
procedures of the Army Corps of Engineers for all flood control
projects, and that the economic justification be fully described,
including the analysis of the benefits and costs, in the project plan
documents: Provided further, That the plans for the emergency outlet
shall be reviewed and, to be effective, shall contain assurances
provided by the Secretary of State, after consultation with the
International Joint Commission, that the project will not violate the
requirements or intent of the Treaty Between the United States and Great
Britain Relating to Boundary Waters Between the United States and
Canada, signed at Washington January 11, 1909 (36 Stat. 2448; TS 548)
(commonly known as the ``Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909''): Provided
further, That the Secretary of the Army shall submit the final plans and
other documents for the emergency outlet to Congress: Provided further,
That no funds made available under this Act or any other Act for any
fiscal year may be used by the Secretary of the Army to carry out the
portion of the feasibility study of the Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota,
authorized under the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act,
1993 (Public Law 102-377), that addresses the needs of the area for
stabilized lake levels through inlet controls, or to otherwise study any
facility or carry out any activity that would permit the transfer of
water from the Missouri River Basin into Devils Lake: Provided further,
That, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief
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of Engineers, is directed to transfer remaining General Investigations
funds previously appropriated for the Juniata River, Pennsylvania, study
and Mussers Dam, Pennsylvania, project to Construction, General for use
in equal amounts at Broad Top/Coaldale, Bedford County, Pennsylvania,
and Mont Alto Borough, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, which are part of
the South Central Pennsylvania Environment Improvement Program.
Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee
For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control, and
rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control
projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33
U.S.C. 702a, 702g-1), $321,149,000, to remain available until expended.
Operation and Maintenance, General
For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, maintenance,
and care of existing river and harbor, flood control, and related works,
including such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor
channels provided by a State, municipality or other public agency,
outside of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of general commerce
and navigation; surveys and charting of northern and northwestern lakes
and connecting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removal
of obstructions to navigation, $1,653,252,000, to remain available until
expended, of which such sums as become available from the special
account established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 460l), may be derived from that account for
construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation
facilities, and of which $4,200,000 is provided for repair of
Chickamauga Lock, Tennessee: Provided, That no funds, whether
appropriated, contributed, or otherwise provided, shall be available to
the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose of acquiring
land in Jasper County, South Carolina, in connection with the Savannah
Harbor navigation project: Provided further, That the Secretary of the
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to undertake
authorized maintenance and repairs on the Allegheny River, Pennsylvania,
project, using $6,000,000 of funds provided under this heading in Public
Law 105-62 for extending the navigation channel on the Allegheny River,
Pennsylvania, project to provide passenger boat access to the
Kittanning, Pennsylvania, Riverfront Park.
Regulatory Program
For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining to
regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $106,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
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Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses necessary to clean up contaminated sites throughout the
United States where work was performed as part of the Nation's early
atomic energy program, $140,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the response actions by the United States Army Corps of
Engineers under this program shall consist of the following functions
and activities to be performed at eligible sites where remediation has
not been completed: sampling and assessment of contaminated areas,
characterization of site conditions, determination of the nature and
extent of contamination, selection of the necessary and appropriate
response actions as the lead Federal agency, preparation of designation
reports, cleanup and closeout of sites, and any other functions
determined by the Chief of Engineers as necessary for remediation:
Provided further, That response actions by the United States Army Corps
of Engineers under this program shall be subject to the administrative,
procedural, and regulatory provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), and
the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, 40
CFR, Chapter 1, Part 300: Provided further, That, except as stated
herein, these provisions do not alter, curtail or limit the authorities,
functions or responsibilities of other agencies under the Atomic Energy
Act (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.): Provided further, That any sums recovered
under CERCLA for response actions, or recovered from a contractor,
insurer, surety, or other person to reimburse the United States Army
Corps of Engineers for any expenditures for response actions, shall be
credited to the account used to fund response actions on eligible sites,
and will be available for response action costs for any eligible site:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Energy may exercise the
authority of 42 U.S.C. 2208 to make payments in lieu of taxes for
federally-owned property where Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action
Program activities are conducted, regardless of which Federal agency has
acquired the property and notwithstanding references to ``the activities
of the Commission'' in 42 U.S.C. 2208: Provided further, That the
unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for these
activities in this Act or any previous Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Act may be transferred to and merged with this
appropriation account, and thereafter, may be accounted for as one fund
for the same time period as originally enacted.
General Expenses
For expenses necessary for general administration and related
functions in the Office of the Chief of Engineers and offices of the
Division Engineers; activities of the Coastal Engineering Research
Board, the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, the Water
Resources Support Center, and headquarters support functions at the
USACE Finance Center; $148,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no part of any other appropriation provided in title I of
this Act shall be available to fund the activities of the Office of the
Chief of Engineers or the executive direction and management activities
of the division offices.
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Revolving Fund
Using amounts available in the Revolving Fund, the Secretary of the
Army is authorized to renovate office space in the General Accounting
Office (GAO) headquarters building in Washington, D.C., for use by the
Corps and GAO. The Secretary is authorized to enter into a lease with
GAO to occupy such renovated space as appropriate, for the Corps'
headquarters. The Secretary shall ensure that the Revolving Fund is
appropriately reimbursed from appropriations of the Corps' benefitting
programs by collection each year of amounts sufficient to repay the
capitalized cost of such renovation and through rent reductions or
rebates from GAO.
Administrative Provision
Appropriations in this title shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $5,000); and during
the current fiscal year the Revolving Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be
available for purchase (not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire
of passenger motor vehicles.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Corps of Engineers--Civil
Sec. 101. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no fully
allocated funding policy shall be applied to projects for which funds
are identified in the Committee reports accompanying this Act under the
Construction, General; Operation and Maintenance, General; and Flood
Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, appropriation accounts:
Provided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of
Engineers, is directed to undertake these projects using continuing
contracts, as authorized in section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of
September 22, 1922 (33 U.S.C. 621).
Sec. 102. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to revise the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual when it is made
known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are made
available that such revision provides for an increase in the springtime
water release program during the spring heavy rainfall and snow melt
period in States that have rivers draining into the Missouri River below
the Gavins Point Dam.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Central Utah Project
central utah project completion account
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah Project
Completion Act, and for activities related to the Uintah and Upalco
Units authorized by 43 U.S.C. 620, $41,217,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $15,476,000 shall be deposited into the Utah
Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account: Provided, That of the
amounts deposited into that account, $5,000,000 shall be considered the
Federal contribution authorized
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by paragraph 402(b)(2) of the Central Utah Project Completion Act and
$10,476,000 shall be available to the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and
Conservation Commission to carry out activities authorized under that
Act.
In addition, for necessary expenses incurred in carrying out related
responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior, $1,283,000, to remain
available until expended.
Bureau of Reclamation
For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation as
provided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat.
388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) and other
Acts applicable to that Bureau as follows:
water and related resources
(including transfer of funds)
For management, development, and restoration of water and related
natural resources and for related activities, including the operation,
maintenance and rehabilitation of reclamation and other facilities,
participation in fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native
Americans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other agreements
with, State and local governments, Indian Tribes, and others,
$642,845,000, to remain available until expended, of which $2,800,000
shall be for construction of the Tooele Wastewater Treatment and Reuse,
Utah, project, and of which $1,873,000 shall be available for transfer
to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and $45,990,000 shall be
available for transfer to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development
Fund, and of which such amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to
the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That such transfers may be
increased or decreased within the overall appropriation under this
heading: Provided further, That of the total appropriated, the amount
for program activities that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or
the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account established by 16 U.S.C.
460l-6a(i) shall be derived from that Fund or account: Provided further,
That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended
for the purposes for which contributed: Provided further, That funds
advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account and are
available until expended for the same purposes as the sums appropriated
under this heading: Provided further, That of the total appropriated,
$25,800,000 shall be derived by transfer of unexpended balances from the
Bureau of Reclamation Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That funds
available for expenditure for the Departmental Irrigation Drainage
Program may be expended by the Bureau of Reclamation for site
remediation on a non-reimbursable basis: Provided further, That the
amount authorized for Indian municipal, rural, and industrial water
features by section 10 of Public Law 89-108, as amended by section 8 of
Public Law 99-294 and section 1701(b) of Public Law 102-575, is
increased by $2,000,000 (October 1997 prices): Provided further, That
the Secretary of the Interior is directed to use, not to exceed,
$3,600,000 of funds appropriated herein as the Bureau of Reclamation
share for completion of the McCall Area Wastewater Reclamation and
Reuse, Idaho, project authorized in Public Law 105-62 and described in
PN-FONSI-96-05.
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bureau of reclamation loan program account
For the cost of direct loans and/or grants, $7,996,000, to remain
available until expended, as authorized by the Small Reclamation
Projects Act of August 6, 1956, as amended (43 U.S.C. 422a-422l):
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not
to exceed $38,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
program for direct loans and/or grants, $425,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the total sums appropriated, the
amount of program activities that can be financed by the Reclamation
Fund shall be derived from that Fund.
central valley project restoration fund
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, and habitat
restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the Central
Valley Project Improvement Act, $33,130,000, to be derived from such
sums as may be collected in the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund
pursuant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), 3405(f ), and 3406(c)(1) of
Public Law 102-575, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full
amount of the additional mitigation and restoration payments authorized
by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102-575.
california bay-delta ecosystem restoration
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and other
participating Federal agencies in carrying out the California Bay-Delta
Environmental Enhancement and Water Security Act, consistent with plans
to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with
such Federal agencies, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended,
of which such amounts as may be necessary to conform with such plans
shall be transferred to appropriate accounts of such Federal agencies:
Provided, That such funds may be obligated only as non-Federal sources
provide their share in accordance with the cost-sharing agreement
required under section 102(d) of such Act: Provided further, That such
funds may be obligated prior to the completion of a final programmatic
environmental impact statement only if: (1) consistent with 40 CFR
1506.1(c); and (2) used for purposes that the Secretary finds are of
sufficiently high priority to warrant such an expenditure.
policy and administration
For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and related
functions in the office of the Commissioner, the Denver office, and
offices in the five regions of the Bureau of Reclamation, to remain
available until expended, $47,000,000, to be derived from the
Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377:
Provided, That no part of any other appropriation in this Act shall be
available for activities or functions budgeted as policy and
administration expenses.
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administrative provision
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for
purchase of not to exceed 6 passenger motor vehicles for replacement
only.
TITLE III
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY PROGRAMS
Energy Supply
For expenses of the Department of Energy activities including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment
and other expenses necessary for energy supply, and uranium supply and
enrichment activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the
acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; and the
purchase of not to exceed 22 passenger motor vehicles for replacement
only, $727,091,000, of which not to exceed $3,000 may be used for
official reception and representation expenses for transparency
activities.
Non-Defense Environmental Management
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase,
construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other
expenses necessary for non-defense environmental management activities
in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation
of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility
acquisition, construction or expansion, $431,200,000, to remain
available until expended.
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund
For necessary expenses in carrying out uranium enrichment facility
decontamination and decommissioning, remedial actions and other
activities of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and title X,
subtitle A of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $220,200,000, to be derived
from the Fund, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
$30,000,000 of amounts derived from the Fund for such expenses shall be
available in accordance with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy
Act of 1992.
Science
For expenses of the Department of Energy activities including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment
and other expenses necessary for science activities in carrying out the
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or
facility or for plant or facility acquisition,
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construction, or expansion, and purchase of not to exceed 5 passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only, $2,682,860,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That $7,600,000 of the unobligated balances
originally available for Superconducting Super Collider termination
activities shall be made available for other activities under this
heading.
Nuclear Waste Disposal
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes of
Public Law 97-425, as amended, including the acquisition of real
property or facility construction or expansion, $169,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $165,000,000 is to be derived from
the Nuclear Waste Fund; and of which not to exceed $250,000 may be
provided to the Department of Energy to reimburse the State of Nevada
solely for expenditures, other than salaries and expenses of State
employees, to conduct scientific oversight responsibilities pursuant to
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, and not to exceed $5,540,000 may
be provided to affected local governments, as defined in Public Law 97-
425, to conduct appropriate activities pursuant to the Act: Provided,
That the distribution of the funds to the units of local government
shall be determined by the Department of Energy: Provided further, That
the funds shall be made available to the units of local government by
direct payment: Provided further, <<NOTE: Certification.>> That within
90 days of the completion of each Federal fiscal year, each local entity
shall provide certification to the Department of Energy, that all funds
expended from such payments have been expended for activities as defined
in Public Law 97-425. Failure to provide such certification shall cause
such entity to be prohibited from any further funding provided for
similar activities: Provided further, That none of the funds herein
appropriated may be: (1) used directly or indirectly to influence
legislative action on any matter pending before Congress or a State
legislature or for lobbying activity as provided in 18 U.S.C. 1913; (2)
used for litigation expenses; or (3) used to support multi-state efforts
or other coalition building activities inconsistent with the
restrictions contained in this Act.
Departmental Administration
For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for
departmental administration in carrying out the purposes of the
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.),
including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception
and representation expenses (not to exceed $35,000), $200,475,000, to
remain available until expended, plus such additional amounts as
necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of cost of work for
others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31
U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in cost of work are
offset by revenue increases of the same or greater amount, to remain
available until expended: Provided further, That moneys received by the
Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated to total $136,530,000 in
fiscal year 1999 may be retained and used for operating expenses within
this account, and may remain available until expended, as authorized by
section 201 of Public Law 95-238, notwithstanding the provisions of 31
U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein
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appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of miscellaneous revenues
received during fiscal year 1999 so as to result in a final fiscal year
1999 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not more than
$63,945,000.
Office of the Inspector General
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $29,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
Weapons Activities
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase,
construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other
incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy defense weapons
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; the purchase of not to
exceed 1 fixed wing aircraft; and the purchase of passenger motor
vehicles (not to exceed 32 for replacement only, and 1 bus),
$4,400,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
funding for any ballistic missile defense program undertaken by the
Department of Energy for the Department of Defense shall be provided by
the Department of Defense according to procedures established for Work
for Others by the Department of Energy.
Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase,
construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other
expenses necessary for atomic energy defense environmental restoration
and waste management activities in carrying out the purposes of the
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.),
including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or
expansion; and the purchase of passenger motor vehicles (not to exceed 3
new sedans and 6 for replacement only, of which 3 are sedans, 2 are
buses, and 1 is an ambulance), $4,310,227,000, to remain available until
expended.
Defense Facilities Closure Projects
For expenses of the Department of Energy to accelerate the closure
of defense environmental management sites, including the purchase,
construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other
necessary expenses, $1,038,240,000, to remain available until expended.
Defense Environmental Management Privatization
For Department of Energy expenses for privatization projects
necessary for atomic energy defense environmental management activities
authorized by the Department of Energy Organization
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Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $228,357,000, to remain available until
expended.
Other Defense Activities
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase,
construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other
expenses necessary for atomic energy defense, other defense activities,
in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation
of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility
acquisition, construction, or expansion, $1,696,676,000, to remain
available until expended.
Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes of
Public Law 97-425, as amended, including the acquisition of real
property or facility construction or expansion, $189,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS
Bonneville Power Administration Fund
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund,
established pursuant to Public Law 93-454, are approved for official
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500.
During fiscal year 1999, no new direct loan obligations may be made.
Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy
pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944
(16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southeastern power area, $7,500,000,
to remain available until expended; in addition, notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $28,000,000 in reimbursements, of which
$20,000,000 is for transmission wheeling and ancillary services and
$8,000,000 is for power purchases at the Richard B. Russell Project, to
remain available until expended.
Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy, and
for construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations and
appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses, including
official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to
exceed $1,500 in carrying out the provisions of section 5 of the Flood
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern
power area, $26,000,000, to remain
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available until expended; in addition, notwithstanding the provisions of
31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $4,200,000 in reimbursements, to remain
available until expended.
Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area
Power Administration
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section
302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7152), and other
related activities including conservation and renewable resources
programs as authorized, including official reception and representation
expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, $203,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $193,787,000 shall be derived from
the Department of the Interior Reclamation Fund: Provided, That of the
amount herein appropriated, $5,036,000 is for deposit into the Utah
Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account pursuant to title IV of
the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992.
Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the
hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, $1,010,000, to
remain available until expended, and to be derived from the Falcon and
Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power
Administration, as provided in section 423 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
to carry out the provisions of the Department of Energy Organization Act
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and official reception and
representation expenses (not to exceed $3,000), $167,500,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That <<NOTE: 42 USC 7171 note.>>
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $167,500,000
of revenues from fees and annual charges, and other services and
collections in fiscal year 1999 shall be retained and used for necessary
expenses in this account, and shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the General Fund
shall be reduced as revenues are received during fiscal year 1999 so as
to result in a final fiscal year 1999 appropriation from the General
Fund estimated at not more than $0.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Department of Energy
Sec. 301. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any
prior appropriations Act may be used to award a management and operating
contract unless such contract is awarded using competitive procedures or
the Secretary of Energy grants, on a case-by-case basis, a waiver to
allow for such a deviation. The Secretary may not delegate the authority
to grant such a waiver.
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(b) <<NOTE: Reports.>> At least 60 days before a contract award,
amendment, or modification for which the Secretary intends to grant such
a waiver, the Secretary shall submit to the Subcommittees on Energy and
Water Development of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate a report notifying the subcommittees of
the waiver and setting forth the reasons for the waiver.
Sec. 302. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any
prior appropriations Act may be used to award, amend, or modify a
contract in a manner that deviates from the Federal Acquisition
Regulation, unless the Secretary of Energy grants, on a case-by-case
basis, a waiver to allow for such a deviation. The Secretary may not
delegate the authority to grant such a waiver.
(b) <<NOTE: Reports.>> At least 60 days before a contract award,
amendment, or modification for which the Secretary intends to grant such
a waiver, the Secretary shall submit to the Subcommittees on Energy and
Water Development of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate a report notifying the subcommittees of
the waiver and setting forth the reasons for the waiver.
Sec. 303. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any prior
appropriations Act may be used to--
(1) develop or implement a workforce restructuring plan that
covers employees of the Department of Energy; or
(2) provide enhanced severance payments or other benefits
for employees of the Department of Energy; under section 3161 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993
(Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat. 2644; 42 U.S.C. 7274h).
Sec. 304. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any prior
appropriations Act may be used to augment the $29,900,000 made available
for obligation by this Act for severance payments and other benefits and
community assistance grants under section 3161 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat.
2644; 42 U.S.C. 7274h).
Sec. 305. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any prior
appropriations Act may be used to prepare or initiate Requests For
Proposals (RFPs) for a program if the program has not been funded by
Congress.
(transfers of unexpended balances)
Sec. 306. The unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided
for activities in this Act may be transferred to appropriation accounts
for such activities established pursuant to this title. Balances so
transferred may be merged with funds in the applicable established
accounts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same
time period as originally enacted.
Sec. 307. Notwithstanding 41 U.S.C. 254c(a), the Secretary of Energy
may use funds appropriated by this Act to enter into multi-year
contracts for the acquisition of property or services without obligating
the estimated costs associated with any necessary cancellation or
termination of the contract. The Secretary of Energy may pay costs of
termination or cancellation from--
(1) appropriations originally available for the performance
of the contract concerned;
(2) appropriations currently available for procurement of
the type of property or services concerned, and not otherwise
obligated; or
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(3) funds appropriated for those payments.
Sec. 308. None of the funds in this Act may be used to dispose of
transuranic waste in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant which contains
concentrations of plutonium in excess of 20 percent by weight for the
aggregate of any material category on the date of enactment of this Act,
or is generated after such date.
Sec. 309. Change of Name of the Office of Energy Research. (a) In
General.--Section 209 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42
U.S.C. 7139) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``energy research''
and inserting ``science''; and
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ``Energy Research'' and
inserting ``Science''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Table of contents.--The table of contents in the first
section of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C.
prec. 7101) is amended by striking the item relating to section
209 and inserting the following:
``Section 209. Office of Science.''.
(2) References in other law.--Each of the following is
amended by striking ``Energy Research'' and inserting
``Science'':
(A) The item relating to the Director, Office of
Energy Research, Department of Energy in section 5315 of
title 5, United States Code.
(B) Section 2902(b)(6) of title 10, United States
Code.
(C) Section 406(h)(2)(A)(v) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284a(h)(2)(A)(v)).
(D) Sections 3167(3) and 3168 of the Department of
Energy Science Education Enhancement Act (42 U.S.C.
7381d(3), 7381e).
(E) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 224(b) of the
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10204(b)).
(F) Section 2203(b)(3)(A)(i) of the Energy Policy
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13503(b)(3)(A)(i)).
Sec. 310. Maintenance of Security at DOE Uranium Enrichment
Plants.--Section 3107(h) of the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h-
5(h)) is amended in paragraph (1), by striking ``an adequate number of
security guards'' and inserting ``all security police officers''; and by
inserting the following paragraph:
``(2) Funding.--
``(A) The costs of arming and providing arrest
authority to the security police officers required under
paragraph (1) shall be paid as follows:
``(i) the Department of Energy (the
``Department'') shall pay the percentage of the
costs equal to the percentage of the total number
of employees at the gaseous diffusion plant who
are: (I) employees of the Department or the
contractor or subcontractors of the Department; or
(II) employees of the private entity leasing the
gaseous diffusion plant who perform work on behalf
of the Department (including employees of a
contractor or subcontractor of the private
entity); and
``(ii) the private entity leasing the gaseous
diffusion plant shall pay the percentage of the
costs equal to the percentage of the total number
of employees at
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the gaseous diffusion plant who are employees of
the private entity (including employees of a
contractor or subcontractor) other than those
employees who perform work for the Department.
``(B) Neither the private entity leasing the gaseous
diffusion plant nor the Department shall reduce its
payments under any contract or lease or take other
action to offset its share of the costs referred to in
subparagraph (A), and the Department shall not reimburse
the private entity for the entity's share of these
costs.
``(C) Nothing in this subsection shall alter the
Department's responsibilities to pay the safety,
safeguards and security costs associated with the
Department's highly enriched uranium activities.''.
Sec. 311. None of the funds in this Act may be used by the
Department of Energy to conduct pilot projects simulating external
regulation unless the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, and the appropriate State and local
regulatory entities are included in the pilot projects.
Sec. 312. Of the amounts provided in this title under the heading,
``Atomic Energy Defense Activities, Weapons Activities'', $57,000,000
shall not be available for obligation until September 30, 1999.
TITLE IV
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Appalachian Regional Commission
For <<NOTE: 40 USC app. 401 note.>> expenses necessary to carry out
the programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of
1965, as amended, notwithstanding section 405 of said Act, for necessary
expenses for the Federal Co-Chairman and the alternate on the
Appalachian Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the
administrative expenses of the Commission, including services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$66,400,000, to remain available until expended.
Denali Commission
For expenses of the Denali Commission including the purchase,
construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment as necessary
and other expenses, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended,
subject to enactment of authorization by law.
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety
Board in carrying out activities authorized by the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended by Public Law 100-456, section 1441, $16,500,000, to
remain available until expended.
[[Page 112 STAT. 1855]]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Commission in carrying out the
purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, and the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, including official representation
expenses (not to exceed $15,000), $465,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein,
$17,000,000 shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided
further, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and
other services and collections estimated at $444,800,000 in fiscal year
1999 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in
this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That $3,200,000 of the funds herein
appropriated for regulatory reviews and other assistance provided to the
Department of Energy and other Federal agencies shall be excluded from
license fee revenues, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 2214: Provided further,
That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of
revenues received during fiscal year 1999 so as to result in a final
fiscal year 1999 appropriation estimated at not more than $20,200,000.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $4,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues
received during fiscal year 1999 so as to result in a final fiscal year
1999 appropriation estimated at not more than $0.
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board,
as authorized by Public Law 100-203, section 5051, $2,600,000, to be
derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, and to remain available until
expended.
TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used in
any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on
any legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, other
than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in section 1913
of title 18, United States Code.
Sec. 502. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--It
is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable,
all equipment and products purchased with funds made available in this
Act should be American-made.
(b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance to, or
entering into any contract with, any entity using funds made available
in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent
practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice describing the
statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
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(c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling Products
as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined by a court or
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive
any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act,
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures
described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal
Regulations.
Sec. 503. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to determine the final point of
discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until
development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California
of a plan, which shall conform to the water quality standards of the
State of California as approved by the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental effect of
the San Luis drainage waters.
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and the
costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall be classified by
the Secretary of the Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and
collected until fully repaid pursuant to the ``Cleanup Program--
Alternative Repayment Plan'' and the ``SJVDP--Alternative Repayment
Plan'' described in the report entitled ``Repayment Report, Kesterson
Reservoir Cleanup Program and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program,
February 1995'', prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the United States
relating to, or providing for, drainage service or drainage studies for
the San Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit
beneficiaries of such service or studies pursuant to Federal Reclamation
law.
Sec. 504. None of the funds made available in this or any other Act
may be used to restart the High Flux Beam Reactor.
Sec. 505. Section 6101(a)(3) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1990, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 2214(a)(3)) is amended by striking
``September 30, 1998'' and inserting ``September 30, 1999''.
Sec. 506. <<NOTE: 42 USC 5852.>> (a) Funds appropriated for
``Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Salaries and Expenses'' shall be
available to the Commission for the following additional purposes:
(1) Employment of aliens.
(2) Services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code.
(3) Publication and dissemination of atomic information.
(4) Purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms.
(5) Reimbursements to the General Services Administration
for security guard services.
(6) Hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft.
(7) Transfers of funds to other agencies of the Federal
Government for the performance of the work for which such funds
are appropriated, and such transferred funds may be merged with
the appropriations to which they are transferred.
(8) Transfers to the Office of Inspector General of the
Commission, not to exceed an additional amount equal to 5
percent of the amount otherwise appropriated to the Office for
the fiscal year. Notice of such transfers shall be submitted to
the Committees on Appropriations.
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(b) Funds appropriated for ``Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Office
of Inspector General'' shall be available to the Office for the
additional purposes described in paragraphs (2) and (7) of subsection
(a).
(c) Moneys received by the Commission for the cooperative nuclear
research program, services rendered to State governments, foreign
governments, and international organizations, and the material and
information access authorization programs, including criminal history
checks under section 149 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.
2169) may be retained and used for salaries and expenses associated with
those activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain
available until expended.
(d) Notwithstanding section 663(c)(2)(D) of Public Law 104-208, and
to facilitate targeted workforce downsizing and restructuring, the
Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may use funds appropriated
in this Act to exercise the authority provided by section 663 of that
Act with respect to employees who voluntarily separate from the date of
enactment of this Act through December 31, 2000. All of the requirements
in section 663 of Public Law 104-208, except for section 663(c)(2)(D),
apply to the exercise of authority under this section.
(e) <<NOTE: Applicability.>> Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this
section shall apply to fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal year.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 507. Federal Payment to the District of Columbia, Criminal
Justice System.--Of the amounts appropriated as a Federal payment under
the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, to the Pretrial
Services, Defense Services, Parole, Adult Probation and Offender
Supervision Trustee, $1,700,000 are hereby transferred to the District
of Columbia Courts for court operations.
designation of vic fazio yolo wildlife area
Sec. 508. The wetlands located in Yolo County, California, and known
as the Yolo Basin Wetlands, shall be known and designated as the ``Vic
Fazio Yolo Wildlife Area''. Any reference in a law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the wetlands
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Vic Fazio Yolo Wildlife
Area''.
dale bumpers wildlife resources protection act
Sec. 509. The Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-508; 98
Stat. 2349) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
section:
``SEC. 8. RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SENATOR DALE
BUMPERS.
``(a) Dedication.--The nine areas in the State of Arkansas
comprising approximately 91,100 acres designated as components of the
National Wilderness Preservation System pursuant to this Act are hereby
dedicated to United States Senator Dale Bumpers in recognition of his
leadership and outstanding contributions to the designation of
wilderness in the State of Arkansas and to the protection and
preservation of natural resources for the benefit of the people of the
United States.
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``(b) Short Title.--In further recognition of his efforts to protect
wilderness resources in the State of Arkansas, this Act shall, upon
enactment of this section, be known as the `Dale Bumpers Wilderness
Resources Protection Act'.
``(c) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> Public Notification.--Not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of
Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall take
such actions as may be necessary to recognize the contributions of
Senator Dale Bumpers to the preservation of wilderness in the State of
Arkansas. Such actions shall include, but not be limited to, appropriate
signs and other materials, commemorative markers, maps, interpretive
programs or other means as will adequately inform the public of the
efforts of Senator Bumpers to preserve and protect National Forest
wilderness areas in the State of Arkansas.''.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Act, 1999''.
Approved October 7, 1998.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4060 (S. 2138):
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HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 105-581 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 105-749 (Comm.
of Conference).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 105-206 accompanying S. 2138 (Comm. on
Appropriations).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998):
June 22, considered and passed House.
June 23, considered and passed Senate, amended.
Sept. 28, House agreed to conference report.
Sept. 29, Senate agreed to conference report.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 34 (1998):
Oct. 7, Presidential statement.
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