Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates federal funding for fiscal year 2024 for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies.

Highlights:

• Appropriates federal funding for the U.S Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, including (Title I):

• Investigations;

• Construction;

• Mississippi River and Tributaries;

• Operation and Maintenance;

• The Regulatory Program;

• The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program;

• Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies;

• Expenses;

• The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; and

• The Water Infrastructure and Innovation Program;

• Appropriates federal funding to the Department of the Interior for the Central Utah Project and the Bureau of the Reclamation, and Department of Energy programs, including (Title II):

• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy;

• Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response;

• Electricity;

• Nuclear Energy;

• Fossil Energy and Carbon Management;

• Energy Projects;

• Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves;

• The Strategic Petroleum Reserve;

• The Northeast Hom Heating Oil Reserve;

• The Energy Information Adminstration;

• Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup;

• The Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund;

• Science;

• Nuclear Waste Disposal

• Technology Transitions;

• Clean Energy Demostrations;

• The Advanced Research Energy Projects Agency;

• The Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program;

• The Advanced Techonology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program;

• The Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program;

• Indian Energy Policy and Programs;

• Departmental Adminstratin; and

• The Office of the Inspector General.

• Appropriates federal funding to the Department of Energy for the following, including (Title III):

• Atomic Energy Defense Activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration;

• Environmental and Other Defense Activities; and

• The Power Marketing Adminstrations.

• Appropriates federal funding for several independent agencies including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Title III).

• Appropriates funding to address the operation of the Central Valley Project (CVP) which is the federal water project in California owned and operated by the Burearu of Reclamation, adn the California State Water Project (SWP) which is operate jointly with the CVP (Title III).

• Authorizes the Bureau of Reclamation to be the lead agency for the purpose of coordinating all permitting and related activities required to construct certain new surface water storage projects (Title III).

• Specifies requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropation bills (Title III).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text