Appropriations for FY2001: Energy and Water Development (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Nov. 20, 2000 |
| Report Number |
RL30507 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Carl Behrens, Resources, Science, and Industry Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
The Energy and Water Development appropriations bill includes funding for civil projects of the
Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (BuRec), most
of the Department of Energy (DOE), and a number of independent agencies. The Administration
requested $22.7 billion for these programs for FY2001 compared with $21.2 billion appropriated in
FY2000. The House bill, H.R. 4733 , passed on June 28, 2000, allocated $21.74 billion.
The Senate passed its version of H.R. 4733 September 7, appropriating $22.5 billion.
The conference bill, reported September 27, appropriated a total of $23.3 billion. That bill was
vetoed, largely for non-fiscal reasons, and the Senate October 12 added a new version of the
conference bill, with essentially the same funding but without the veto-drawing measure, to the
VA/HUD appropriations measure, H.R. 4635 . On October 18, H.R. 5483
was introduced in the House, containing the Energy and Water appropriations provisions included
in the Senate-passed version. On the same day the conference report to H.R. 4635 was
filed, including the provisions of H.R. 5483 . The House and the Senate agreed to the
conference report on October 19, and the President signed the bill October 27 ( P.L. 106-377 ).
Key issues involving Energy and Water Development appropriations programs include:
authorization of appropriations for major water/ecosystem restoration
initiatives for the Florida Everglades and California "Bay-Delta";
reform or review of Corps study procedures and agency management
practices;
spending for solar and renewable energy to address global climate change
issues;
a pending decision by DOE on the electrometallurgical treatment of nuclear
spent fuel for storage and disposal, a process that opponents contend raises nuclear proliferation
concerns;
implementation of the new National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA);
an expanded Threat Reduction Initiative aimed at ending Russia's production
of plutonium that can be used to make nuclear weapons; and
DOE management of its Spallation Neutron Source Project (SNS).
