(continued) Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board,
as authorized by section 5051 of Public Law 100-203, $2,600,000, to be
derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, and to remain available until
expended.
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
The Tennessee Valley Authority is directed to use up to $3,000,000
from previously appropriated funds to pay any necessary transition costs
for Land Between the Lakes.
TITLE V--RESCISSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Corps of Engineers--Civil
general investigations
(rescissions)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 105-245
and prior Energy and Water Development Acts, the following amounts are
hereby rescinded in the amounts specified:
Calleguas Creek, California, $271,100;
San Joaquin, Caliente Creek, California, $155,400;
Buffalo Small Boat Harbor, New York, $15,100;
City of Buffalo, New York, $4,000;
Geneva State Park, Ohio Shoreline Protection, $91,000;
Clinton River Spillway, Michigan, $50,000;
Lackawanna River Basin Greenway Corridor, Pennsylvania,
$217,900; and
Red River Waterway, Index, Arkansas, to Denison Dam, Texas,
$125,000.
construction, general
(rescissions)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 105-
245, and prior Energy and Water Development Acts, the following amounts
are hereby rescinded in the amounts specified:
Sacramento River Flood Control Project, California
(Deficiency Correction), $1,500,000;
Melaleuca Quarantine Facility, Florida, $295,000;
Lake George, Hobart, Indiana, $3,484,000;
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Anacostia River (Section 1135), Maryland, $1,534,000;
Sowashee Creek, Meridian, Mississippi, $2,537,000;
Platte River Flood and Streambank Erosion Control, Nebraska,
$1,409,000;
Rochester Harbor, New York, $1,842,000;
Columbia River, Seafarers Museum, Hammond, Oregon, $98,000;
and
Quonset Point, Davisville, Rhode Island, $120,000.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 105-245
and prior Energy and Water Development Acts, $3,000,000, are rescinded.
Nuclear Waste Disposal
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under the heading ``Department of
Energy--Energy Programs--Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund'' in the Energy and
Water Development Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-62),
$4,000,000 is rescinded, to be derived from the amount specified under
such heading for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to license a multi-
purpose canister design.
TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 601. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used in
any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on
any legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, other
than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in section 1913
of title 18, United States Code.
Sec. 602. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--It
is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable,
all equipment and products purchased with funds made available in this
Act should be American-made.
(b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance to, or
entering into any contract with, any entity using funds made available
in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent
practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice describing the
statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
(c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling Products
as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined by a court or
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive
any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act,
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures
described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal
Regulations.
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Sec. 603. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to determine the final point of
discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until
development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California
of a plan, which shall conform to the water quality standards of the
State of California as approved by the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental effect of
the San Luis drainage waters.
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and the
costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall be classified by
the Secretary of the Interior 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 the report entitled ``Repayment Report, Kesterson
Reservoir Cleanup Program and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program,
February 1995'', prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the United States
relating to, or providing for, drainage service or drainage studies for
the San Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit
beneficiaries of such service or studies pursuant to Federal Reclamation
law.
Sec. 604. Section 6101(a)(3) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1990, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2214(a)(3)) is amended by striking
``September 30, 1999'' and inserting ``September 30, 2000''.
Sec. 605. Title VI, division C, of Public Law 105-277, Making
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 1999, <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-660.>> is repealed.
Sec. 606. Section 211(e)(2)(A) of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-303, 110 Stat. 3682) <<NOTE: 33 USC 701b-
13.>> is amended by striking ``in advance in appropriations Acts''.
Sec. 607. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used
to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for the
purpose of implementation, or in preparation for implementation, of the
Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan
at the Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate
for advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II, section
2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and which has not
entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol.
Sec. 608. United States Enrichment Corporation Fund. (a)
Withdrawals.--Subsections (b) and (c) of section 1 of Public Law 105-204
(112 Stat. 681) are amended by striking ``fiscal year 2000'' and
inserting ``fiscal year 2002''.
(b) Investment of Amounts in the United States Enrichment
Corporation Fund.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest
such portion of the United States Enrichment Corporation Fund as
is not, in the judgment of the Secretary, required to meet
current withdrawals. Investments may be made only in interest-
bearing obligations of the United States.
(2) Acquisition of obligations.--For the purpose of
investments under paragraph (1), obligations may be acquired--
(A) on original issue at the issue price; or
(B) by purchase of outstanding obligations at the
market price.
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(3) Sale of obligations.--Any obligation acquired by the
Fund may be sold by the Secretary of the Treasury at the market
price.
(4) Credits to fund.--The interest on, and the proceeds from
the sale or redemption of, any obligations held in the Fund
shall be credited to and form a part of the Fund.
Sec. 609. Lake Cascade. (a) Designation.--The reservoir commonly
known as the ``Cascade Reservoir'', created as a result of the building
of the Cascade Dam authorized by the matter under the heading ``bureau
of reclamation'' of the fifth section of the Interior Department
Appropriation Act, 1942 (55 Stat. 334, chapter 259) for the Boise
Project, Idaho, Payette division, is redesignated as ``Lake Cascade''.
(b) References.--Any reference in any law, regulation, document,
record, map, or other paper of the United States to ``Cascade
Reservoir'' shall be considered to be a reference to ``Lake Cascade''.
Sec. 610. Section 4(h)(10)(D) of the Pacific Northwest Electric
Power Planning and Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 839b(h)(10)(D)) is
amended by striking clauses (vii) and (viii) and inserting the
following:
``(vii) Cost limitation.--The annual cost of this provision shall
not exceed $500,000 in 1997 dollars.''.
Sec. 611. <<NOTE: 10 USC 2701 note.>> (a) The Secretary of the
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, in carrying out the program
known as the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, shall
undertake the following functions and activities to be performed at
eligible sites where remediation has not been completed:
(1) Sampling and assessment of contaminated areas.
(2) Characterization of site conditions.
(3) Determination of the nature and extent of contami-
nation.
(4) Selection of the necessary and appropriate response
actions as the lead Federal agency.
(5) Cleanup and closeout of sites.
(6) Any other functions and activities determined by the
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, as
necessary for carrying out that program, including the
acquisition of real estate interests where necessary, which may
be transferred upon completion of remediation to the
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of Energy.
(b) Any response action under that program by the Secretary of the
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall be subject to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) (in this section referred to as
``CERCLA''), and the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (40 CFR 300).
(c) Any sums recovered under CERCLA or other authority from a liable
party, contractor, insurer, surety, or other person for any expenditures
by the Army Corps of Engineers or the Department of Energy for response
actions under that program shall be credited to the amounts made
available to carry out that program and shall be available until
expended for costs of response actions for any eligible site.
(d) The Secretary of Energy may exercise the authority under section
168 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2208) to make payments
in lieu of taxes for federally owned property at which activities under
that program are carried out, regardless
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of which Federal agency has administrative jurisdiction over the
property and notwithstanding any reference to ``the activities of the
Commission'' in that section.
(e) This section does not alter, curtail, or limit the authorities,
functions, or responsibilities of other agencies under CERCLA or, except
as stated in this section, under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
(f ) <<NOTE: Applicability.>> This section shall apply to fiscal
year 2000 and each
succeeding fiscal year.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Act, 2000''.
Approved September 29, 1999.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2605 (S. 1186):
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HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 106-253 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 106-336 (Comm.
of Conference).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-58 accompanying S. 1186 (Comm. on
Appropriations).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 145 (1999):
July 27, considered and passed House.
July 28, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of
S. 1186.
Sept. 27, House agreed to conference report.
Sept. 28, Senate agreed to conference report.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 35 (1999):
Presidential statement.
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