Appropriations for FY2002: Energy and Water Development (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Feb. 5, 2002 |
| Report Number |
RL31007 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Carl Behrens and Marc Humphries, Resources, Science, and Industry Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
The Energy and Water Development appropriations bill includes funding for civil works projects
of
the Army Corps of Engineers, 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 $22.5 billion for these programs for FY2002 compared with $23.6 billion
appropriated in FY2001. The House bill, ( H.R. 2311 ), passed on June 28, 2001,
allocated $23.7 billion for these programs. The Senate approved its version of the bill July 19, 2001,
with $25.0 billion. The final bill appropriating $25.086 billion was approved by both houses on
November 1, 2001 and enacted on November 12, 2001 as P.L. 107-66 .
Key issues involving Energy and Water Development appropriations programs included:
authorization of appropriations for major water/ecosystem restoration
initiatives for the Florida Everglades and California "Bay-Delta";
general provisions concerning operation of federal water projects on the
Missouri River;
proposed reductions in spending for solar and renewable
energy;
the electrometallurgical treatment of nuclear spent fuel for storage and disposal,
a process that opponents contend raises nuclear proliferation concerns;
cost and management of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in DOE's Nuclear
Weapons Stewardship program;
restricted funding of physical sciences research in DOE contrasted with major
increases in life sciences research in the National Institutes of Health; and
proposed higher funding for DOE's civilian nuclear waste management
program as the Department nears a decision on building a waste repository under Nevada's Yucca
Mountain.
