Appropriations for FY1998: Energy and Water Development (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Feb. 10, 1998 |
| Report Number |
97-207 |
| Authors |
Marc Humphries and Carl E. Behrens, Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
The Energy and Water appropriations bill includes funding for civil projects of the Army Corps
of
Engineers, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, much of the Department of
Energy and a number of independent agencies, including the Appalachian Regional Commission, the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the appropriated programs of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The Administration requested $22.3 billion for these programs for FY1998 compared to $20 billion
appropriated for FY1997 and $19.3 billion for FY1996. A conference bill reported ( H.Rept. 105-271 ) on September 25, 1997, agreed to $21.2 billion.
Key issues involving the Energy and Water appropriations programs included:
Full up-front funding for several construction projects proposed by the Bureau
of Reclamation, Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Energy. The Congress did not fund
projects beyond the FY1998 period.
DOE request to expand its privatization program for waste management and
cleanup.
Spending for the nuclear technology R&D, which involves electrometallurgical
treatment of DOE spent nuclear fuel.
The Tennessee Valley Authority request to transfer authority over its nonpower
appropriated programs and focus on its power programs in a deregulated market, starting in FY1999.
The Congress funded nonpower programs at $70 million for FY1998 and agreed to terminate funding
after that.
The President signed the bill October 13, 1997. On October 17 he issued line-item vetoes on
eight projects funded by the bill: five in the Corps of Engineers, one in the Bureau of Reclamation,
and two in the Department of Energy.
Since this report was last updated, data related to FY1998 appropriations may have changed
through supplemental appropriations or rescissions, entitlement revisions, or scorekeeping
adjustments. These changes will be reflected in a subsequent report.
