Appropriations for FY2005: Energy and Water Development (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Dec. 10, 2004 |
| Report Number |
RL32307 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Carl Behrens, Resources, Resources, Science, and Industry Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
The Energy and Water Development appropriations bill includes funding for civil works projects
of
the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation
(BOR), most of the Department of Energy (DOE), and a number of independent agencies. The Bush
Administration requested $27.94 billion for these programs for FY2005, compared with $27.26
billion appropriated for FY2004 ( P.L. 108-137 , and rescissions included in P.L. 108-199 ). On June
16 the House Appropriations Committee reported out its bill ( H.R. 4614 ) with $27.99
billion, and the bill passed the House on June 25. The Senate did not report out a separate Energy
and Water Appropriations bill, and funding for these programs of $28.49 billion was included as
Division C of the omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act ( H.R. 4818 , P.L. 108-447 ).
Key issues involving these programs included:
funding and progress of major water/ecosystem restoration initiatives such as
Florida Everglades and California "Bay-Delta" (CALFED);
funding for the proposed national nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain,
Nevada;
funding for developing a new nuclear warhead, the Robust Nuclear Earth
Penetrator and for a "Modern Pit Facility" to build nuclear weapons components;
and
plans to reduce the time necessary to prepare the Nevada Test Site to resume
nuclear weapons testing.
Funding for the Yucca Mountain project was a major issue that prevented passage of a
stand-alone bill, and the possibility of a year-long continuing resolution for Energy and Water
programs was widely discussed. However, appropriators agreed in the omnibus bill to fund the
project at the same level as in FY2004. Part of the funding for Yucca Mountain came from the
controversial Nuclear Earth Penetrator and pit facility and the upgrading of the Nevada Test Site,
which were cut from the budget.
This report will be updated as events warrant.
