Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1980
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(House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments with an amendment) Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act 1980 - =Title I: Department of Energy= - Appropriates funds for fiscal year 1980 within the Department of Energy for the following: operating expenses; plant and capital equipment; special foreign currency programs; power marketing operations; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and Geothermal Resources Development Fund. Specifies that anticipated revenues from Uranium Enrichment Activities earned during the fiscal year and authorized to be retained by this Act shall be deemed to have been appropriated to the Department of Energy. Prohibits any funds appropriated to be available for: (1) the issuing of a license to operate the waste isolation pilot plant, Delaware Basin, New Mexico; and (2) the storage at such plant of radioactive waste not resulting from the national defense activities of the Department of Energy. Allows up to five percent of any appropriations made available for the current fiscal year year for specified activities of the Department to be transferred between such appropriations. Disallows an increase or decrease of such appropriations by more than five percent by any such transfer. Requires that proposed transfers be submitted to the appropriate authorizing committees of Congress for approval. =Title II: Department of Defense-Civil= - Makes appropriations within the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for the following for fiscal year 1980: construction (general), flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries, general expenses, general investigations, operation and maintenance (general), revolving fund, and special recreation use fees. Stipulates that appreciated funds shall not be expended: (1) for the study of Diversion of Lake Michigan Water at Chicago if such study would result in adverse diminution of generation at hydroelectric facilities on the Niagara or St. Lawrence Rivers; and (2) to discharge sewage overflow from the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago into the Illinois Waterway. =Title III: Department of the Interior= - Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 as follows for the Bureau of Reclamation: general investigations; construction and rehabilitation; Upper Colorado River Storage Project; Colorado River Basin project; Colorado River Basin Sanitary Control Projects; operation and maintenance; loan program; general administrative expenses; and special funds. Stipulates that unobligated funds from appropriations for construction and rehabilitation for payment of Teton Dam disaster claims shall be available to pay costs to irrigation spaceholder contracting entities for American Falls Dam, and shall be nonreimbursable. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take action to assure that the per acre repayment obligation for the Columbia Basin project, Washington, shall be the same as that set forth in a specified contract between the United States and the South Columbia Basin Irrigation District, but shall not exceed $131.60. =Title IV: Independent Agencies= - Appropriates funds for fiscal year 1980 to the following: Appalachian programs, Delaware River Basin Commission, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Susquehanna River Basin Commission, Tennessee Valley Authority and Water Resources Council. Specifies that 731 personnel positions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall be allocated exclusively to the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation to carry out those responsibilities authorized by law. Prohibits the Water Resources Council from expending any appropriated funds for review of any preauthorized report or proposal or any preconstruction plan for federally-assisted water resources projects or programs unless specifically authorized by Congress. =Title V: General Provisions= - States that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 1980 unless expressly so provided. Appropriates funds for Construction of an Extension to the New Senate Office Building. Stipulates that the ceiling on the total cost of such construction shall be $137,730,400. Requires that, upon completion, such building shall meet all needs for personnel presently supplied by the Carroll Arms, the Senate Courts, the Plaza Hotel, the Capitol Hill Apartments, and such buildings shall be vacated.
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Public Law 96-69.
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Who is behind it?
TOM BEVILL (D-AL) introduced it on June 7, 1979. No cosponsors are recorded.
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How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on June 7, 1979, 17262 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17152 days ago, on September 25, 1979.
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Vote history
- HousePublic Law 96-69.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action