Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2002

Fact Sheet API

Bill Number

HR 2311

Introduced

Jun 26, 2001

Latest Action

Became Public Law No: 107-66.

Sponsor

Cosponsors

Topics

Agriculture and Food Alaska Alternative energy sources Animals Appalachia Appalachian Regional Commission Appropriations Arkansas Armed Forces and National Security Authorization Beach erosion Boats and boating Buy American California Central Valley Reclamation Project (California) Civil engineering Collection of accounts Colleges Colorado River development Commerce Competitive bidding Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Congressional-executive relations Construction costs Dams Debarment of government contractors Deceptive advertising Defense budgets Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Delegation of powers Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Labor Department of the Interior Drainage Dredging Dredging spoil Easements Economics and Public Finance Education Electric power Electric power conservation Electric power distribution Electric power production Electric power transmission Electronic government information Emergency Management Energy Energy efficiency Energy facilities Energy research Energy supplies Environmental assessment Environmental Protection Executive reorganization Families Federal aid to water resources development Federal employees Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Fees Fire departments Flood control Flood damage prevention Foreign Trade and International Finance Fraud Gas in submerged lands Geothermal resources Government buyouts Government downsizing Government lending Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Governmental investigations Great Lakes Habitat conservation Harbors Hazardous waste site remediation Health Higher education Housing and Community Development Hydroelectric power Idaho Illinois Independent regulatory commissions Indian lands Indiana Information technology Infrastructure Inland water transportation Inspectors general Iowa Irrigation Judicial opinions Kansas Kentucky Labeling Labor and Employment Laboratories Lakes Land transfers Law Layoffs Legal fees Licenses Lobbying Maine Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Minnesota Minorities Mississippi Mississippi River Missouri Missouri River development National forests Native Americans Natural gas Navigation Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York State Nuclear energy research Nuclear facilities Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear reactors Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear security measures Nuclear weapons Occupational health and safety Ohio Oil well drilling Outdoor recreation Petroleum engineering Petroleum in submerged lands Plutonium Power marketing administrations Privatization Public Lands and Natural Resources Puerto Rico Radioactive wastes Rain and rainfall Recreation areas Recruiting of employees Recycling of waste products Regional economic development Renewable natural resources Reprogramming of appropriated funds Rescue work Research and development Reservoirs Restoration ecology Right-of-way River regulation Rural economic development Salaries Science, Technology, Communications Severance pay Ships Shore protection Sports and Recreation Standards Storm drains Submarine oil well drilling Surveying Tennessee Texas Transportation and Public Works Uranium Uranium enrichment Utah Waste disposal sites Water pollution control Water quality Water Resources Development Water storage Water supply Waterfronts Watershed management West Virginia Wetland conservation Wetlands Youth employment

Full Text

View Full Bill Text

Votes

Summary

Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2002 - Title I: Department of Defense - Civil - Makes FY 2002 appropriations to the Department of the Army and its Corps of Engineers for: (1) civil functions relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion; (2) river and harbor, flood control, shore protection; (3) certain flood control projects on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee; (4) the navigable waters and wetlands regulatory program; and (5) formerly utilized sites remedial action program.

Rescinds $25 million of the funds previously made available for flood control and coastal emergencies.

(Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Blue Township Fire District, Blue Township, Kansas, all Federal interest to a parcel of land located in Pottawatomie County, Tuttle Creek Lake, Kansas.

(Sec. 104) Bars the use of funds to: (1) implement any activity relating to closure or removal of the St. Georges Bridge, Delaware, across designated routes; or (2) accelerate the schedule to finalize the Record of Decision for the revision of the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual and associated changes to the Missouri River Annual Operating Plan.

(Sec. 105) Provides that the non-Federal interest shall receive credit towards certain lands, easements, relocations, rights-of-way, and disposal areas required for the Lava Hot Springs restoration project in Idaho, but only if the Secretary of the Army ( Secretary) determines such work is integral to the project.

(Sec. 106) Authorizes the Secretary to construct the flood control project for Guadalupe River, California, at specified Federal and non-Federal estimated costs in accordance with a certain report.

(Sec. 107) Requires the Secretary to designate as nonnavigable certain parcels of property in West Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.

(Sec. 108) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to increase authorizations for improvements to Nome Harbor (Alaska).

(Sec. 109) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to exempt the Engineering Research and Development Center from requirements governing the performance of either specialized or technical services by the Corps of Engineers to a Federal, State, or a local governmental entity.

(Sec. 110) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to extend through FY 2002 the authorization of the Missouri and Middle Mississippi Rivers Enhancement Project.

(Sec. 111) Instructs the Secretary to: (1) implement certain corrective actions to preclude ice from interfering with pump operations at the Fort Fairfield, Maine, flood control project; and (2) reassess the allocation of Federal and non-Federal construction costs of the Cerrillos Dam (Puerto Rico).

(Sec. 113) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to modify the non-Federal cost share to include in-kind services and provision of shell stock material.

(Sec. 114) Modifies the flood control project for the Ramapo River at Oakland, New Jersey, to authorize the Secretary to construct it at a certain total cost, with specified estimated Federal and non-Federal costs.

(Sec. 115) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated in this Act to operate the dredge MCFARLAND for other than designated urgencies.

Title II: Department of the Interior - Makes FY 2002 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation for water and related resources; (3) the Bureau of Reclamation Loan Program Account; and (4) the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund.

(Sec. 201) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with Indian entities in order to increase opportunities for Indian tribes to develop, manage and protect their water resources.

(Sec. 202) Amends the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 to transfer administration of the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior. Changes the purpose of the Fund from the design and construction of certain water quality projects to provision of grants to the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority and the Central Basin Municipal Water District to reimburse them for the design, construction, and operation of such projects.

(Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to use up to $1 million to refund specified payments (including the amount of associated interest) to the United States for pre-1994 charges assessed for failure to file certification or reporting forms before receipt of irrigation water under the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982.

(Sec. 204) Prohibits any payments from the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund into the general fund of the Treasury until each provision of a specified Stipulation for Ultimate Judgment filed in Federal district court has been met.

(Sec. 205) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to determine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California develop a plan, conforming to California water quality standards, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to classify the costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup and the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Programs as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid pursuant to the "Cleanup Program--Alternative Repayment Plan" and the "SJVDP--Alternative Repayment Plan" described in a specified report. Makes San Luis Unit beneficiaries of drainage service or drainage studies responsible for reimbursing the United States for any future obligations of Federal funds relating to such service or studies.

(Sec. 206) Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to recover over a 15-year period up to a certain maximum amount of specified reimbursable expenses incurred for replacement, repair, and extraordinary maintenance regarding the Valve Rehabilitation Project at Arrowrock Dam on the Arrowrock Division of the Boise Project in Idaho.

(Sec. 207) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to purchase or lease water in the Middle Rio Grande or the Carlsbad Projects in New Mexico unless such purchase or lease is in compliance with specified statutory purchase requirements.

(Sec. 208) Bars the Bureau of Reclamation from using funds made available under this Act for the issuance of permits or any activity related to the management of commercial rafting activities within the Auburn State Recreation Area, California, until certain statutory environmental requirements have been met.

(Sec. 209) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999, with respect to the makeup of water shortages caused by flood control operation at Folsom Dam and reservoir (California), to require payment: (1) on a non-reimbursable basis by the Secretary of the Interior of 75 percent of the costs of replacement water; and (2) of 25 percent by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency.

Title III: Department of Energy - Makes FY 2002 appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for: (1) energy supply programs; (2) non-defense environmental management; (3) uranium facilities maintenance and remediation; (4) general DOE science activities; (5) nuclear waste disposal; (6) DOE administration and its Office of the Inspector General; (7) atomic energy defense weapons activities; (8) defense nuclear nonproliferation activities; (9) naval reactors activities; (10) Office of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator; (11) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (12) defense facilities closure projects; (13) defense environmental management privatization projects; (14) defense nuclear waste disposal; (15) geographical power marketing administrations of DOE (including hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams); and (16) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

(Sec. 301) Prohibits the use of appropriations under this Act to award a management and operating contract except using competitive procedures, unless the Secretary of Energy grants a waiver on a case-by-case basis.

Prohibits delegation of such waiver authority.

(Sec. 302) Prohibits the use of appropriations under this Act to: (1) develop or implement a workforce restructuring plan for DOE employees, or to provide them with enhanced severance payments or other benefits; or (2) prepare or initiate Requests for Proposals for a program that has not been funded by Congress.

(Sec. 306) Prohibits the use of funds designated under any Act for the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to enter into any agreement to perform energy efficiency services outside the legally defined Bonneville service territory, unless the Administrator certifies in advance that such services are not available from private sector business.

(Sec. 308) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to dispose of transuranic waste containing concentrations of plutonium exceeding 20 percent by weight in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

(Sec. 309) Permits the NNSA Administrator to authorize: (1) the plant manager of a covered nuclear weapons production plant to engage in research, development, and demonstration activities in order to maintain and enhance plant engineering and manufacturing capabilities; and (2) the manager of the Nevada Operations Office to engage in research, development, and demonstration activities regarding capabilities necessary for operations and readiness of the Nevada Test Site.

(Sec. 311) Amends Federal law to extend until one year after submission of the President's budget request for FY 2005 the moratorium upon the withdrawal from the United States Enrichment Corporation Fund of certain funds earmarked for construction and operation of an onsite facility at gaseous diffusion plants in Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio, for the treatment and recycling of depleted uranium hexaflouride.

(Sec. 312 Prohibits issuance of any Federal permit or lease for oil or gas drilling in the Finger Lakes National Forest, New York.

Title IV: Independent Agencies - Makes FY 2002 appropriations to the: (1) Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) Delta Regional Authority; (4) Denali Commission; (5) Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its Office of Inspector General; and (6) Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.

Title V: General Provisions - Expresses the sense of Congress that all equipment and products bought with funds under this Act should be American-made. Requires each Federal agency to give notice of this policy to any entity to which it provides financial assistance or contracts. Bars contracts funded under this Act from being awarded to any person determined by a court or Federal agency to have falsely labeled products as made in America.

(Sec. 502) Instructs the Secretary of the Army to study and report to Congress on the known and potential environmental effects of oil and gas drilling activity in the Great Lakes, including effects of drilling upon the shorelines and water.

States that during FY 2002 and 2003 no Federal or State permit or lease shall be issued for new oil and gas slant, directional, or offshore drilling in or under any of the Great Lakes.

Actions

Nov 12, 2001

Became Public Law No: 107-66.
Nov 12, 2001

Signed by President.
Nov 2, 2001

Presented to President.
Nov 2, 2001

Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 1, 2001

Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 2. Record Vote Number: 320.
Nov 1, 2001

Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 2. Record Vote Number: 320.
Nov 1, 2001

Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S11333-11337, S11338-11340, S11344)
Nov 1, 2001

Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
Nov 1, 2001

On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 399 - 29 (Roll no. 416).
Nov 1, 2001

Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 1, 2001

Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 399 - 29 (Roll no. 416).
Nov 1, 2001

The House proceeded to consider the conference report H.Rept. 107-258 as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7615-7616)
Nov 1, 2001

Rule H. Res. 272 passed House.
Nov 1, 2001

POSTPONED VOTE - At the conclusion of debate on the conference report and pursuant to the rule, the Yeas and Nays were ordered on the question of adoption of the conference report. The Chair subsequently postponed further proceedings on the question until later in the legislative day.
Nov 1, 2001

The previous question was ordered without objection.
Nov 1, 2001

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report.
Nov 1, 2001

Mr. Callahan brought up conference report H. Rept. 107-258 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 272. (consideration: CR H7599-7609)
Oct 31, 2001

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 272 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 2311.
Oct 30, 2001

Conference report H. Rept. 107-258 filed. (text of conference report: CR H7418-7512)
Oct 30, 2001

Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 107-258 filed.(text of conference report: CR H7418-7512)
Oct 30, 2001

Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Oct 30, 2001

Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Sep 20, 2001

The Speaker appointed conferees: Callahan, Rogers (KY), Frelinghuysen, Latham, Wicker, Wamp, Emerson, Doolittle, Young (FL), Visclosky, Edwards, Pastor, Clyburn, Roybal-Allard, and Obey.
Sep 20, 2001

On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H5857)
Sep 20, 2001

Mr. Walsh asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference.
Jul 23, 2001

Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 19, 2001

Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Reid, Byrd, Hollings, Murray, Dorgan, Feinstein, Harkin, Inouye, Domenici, Cochran, McConnell, Bennett, Burns, Craig and Stevens.
Jul 19, 2001

Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 2. Record Vote Number: 240. (text: CR 7/20/2001 S8024-8031)
Jul 19, 2001

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 2. Record Vote Number: 240.(text: CR 7/20/2001 S8024-8031)
Jul 19, 2001

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7895-7905)
Jul 18, 2001

Second cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate.
Jul 18, 2001

Cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate.
Jul 18, 2001

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7839-7845, S7851-7871)
Jul 17, 2001

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7739-7741, S7789-7796)
Jul 16, 2001

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7657, S7671-7678)
Jul 12, 2001

Ordered placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 87.
Jul 12, 2001

Senate Committee on Appropriations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 28, 2001

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Jun 28, 2001

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 28, 2001

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 405 - 15 (Roll no. 206).
Jun 28, 2001

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 405 - 15 (Roll no. 206).
Jun 28, 2001

VOTE POSTPONED - At the conclusion of debate on the Berkley amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Davis of Florida demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
Jun 28, 2001

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 60 minutes of debate on the Davis (FL) amendment.
Jun 28, 2001

DEBATE - Pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kelly amendment.
Jun 28, 2001

VOTE POSTPONED - At the conclusion of debate on the Berkley amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Berkley demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
Jun 28, 2001

DEBATE - Pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Berkely amendment.
Jun 28, 2001

DEBATE - Pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Traficant amendment.
Jun 28, 2001

Mr. Largent raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Mr. Largent stated that section 308 constituted legislation on an appropriations bill because it sought to change existing law. The Chair sustained the point of order.
Jun 28, 2001

UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated on June 27 and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
Jun 28, 2001

The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
Jun 28, 2001

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3717-3738; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR H3723; text of Title V as reported in House: CR H3723)
Jun 27, 2001

ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Callahan asked unanimous consent that, during further consideration of H.R. 2311 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to H. Res. 180, no further amendments to the bill shall be in order except: (1) An amendment offered by Mr. Traficant regarding drilling and an amendment offered by Ms. Berkeley regarding nuclear waste, each debatable for 20 minutes; (2) An amendment offered by Mr. Traficant regarding Buy American, an amendment offered by Mrs. Johnson of Texas regarding bio/environmental research and an amendment offfered by Mrs. Kelly regarding the NRC Inspector salaries and expenses, each debatable for 10 minutes; and (3) An amendment offered by Mr. Davis of Florida regarding Gulfstream natural gas pipeline debatable for 60 minutes. Agreed to without objection.
Jun 27, 2001

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2311 as unfinished business.
Jun 27, 2001

VOTE POSTPONED - At the conclusion of debate on the Bonior amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Bonior demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
Jun 27, 2001

DEBATE - By unanimous consent, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Bonior amendment for not to exceed 60 minutes equally divided and controlled.
Jun 27, 2001

VOTE POSTPONED - At the conclusion of debate on the Kucinich amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Kucinich demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
Jun 27, 2001

DEBATE LIMITATION - By unanimous consent, further debate on the Kucinich amendment was limited to 10 minutes, equally divided and controlled.
Jun 27, 2001

DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Kucinich amendment under the five-minute rule.
Jun 27, 2001

VOTE POSTPONED - At the conclusion of debate on the Hinchey amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hinchey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
Jun 27, 2001

DEBATE - By unanimous consent, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Hinchey amendment, equally divided and controlled.
Jun 27, 2001

VOTE POSTPONED - At the conclusion of debate on the Tancredo amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Tancredo demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
Jun 27, 2001

DEBATE LIMITATION - Mr. Callahan asked unanimous consent that all further debate on the Tancredo amendment and all amendments thereto, be limited to not to exceed 20 minutes, equally divided and controlled. Agreed to without objection.
Jun 27, 2001

DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Tancredo amendment under the five-minute rule.
Jun 27, 2001

PROCEEDINGS POSTPONED - At the conclusion of debate, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment by voice vote and announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Tancredo objected to the voice vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment.
Jun 27, 2001

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 2311.
Jun 27, 2001

The Speaker designated the Honorable Michael K. Simpson to act as Chairman of the Committee.
Jun 27, 2001

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 180 and Rule XXIII.
Jun 27, 2001

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2311 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. The amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments.
Jun 27, 2001

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 180. (consideration: CR H3646-3684; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H3657, H3658-3659, H3668; Text of Title II as reported in House: CR H3668-3669; Text of Title III as reported in House: CR H3669, H3671-3672)
Jun 27, 2001

Rule H. Res. 180 passed House.
Jun 26, 2001

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 180 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2311 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. The amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments.
Jun 26, 2001

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 61.
Jun 26, 2001

The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 107-112, by Mr. Callahan.
Jun 26, 2001

Introduced in House

Amendments

Related Bills