Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1988

Summary

Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1988 - Title I: Department of Defense - Civil - Makes appropriations for FY 1988 for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, and beach erosion (including projects which involve State and local governmental participation). Title II: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1988 to the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation for: (1) engineering and economic investigations of Federal reclamation and water conservation projects; (2) construction and rehabilitation projects; (3) soil and moisture conservation projects; (4) operation and maintenance of reclamation projects; (5) loans to irrigation districts for construction of distribution systems on authorized Federal reclamation projects; (6) general administrative expenses in certain Bureau of Reclamation offices; (7) the "Emergency Fund" as authorized by an Act of June 26, 1948; (8) replacement passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; and (9) recovery of archaeological and paleontological remains in specified areas. Makes appropriations available to the Department of the Interior for: (1) damaged facilities or equipment belonging to the Department of the Interior; (2) emergency prevention of forest or range fires; and (3) general administrative expenses. Amends the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 to prescribe the administrative conditions under which certain land interests may receive irrigation water at less than full cost. Title III: Department of Energy - Makes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1988 for: (1) specified energy supply, research, and development activities; (2) uranium supply and enrichment activities; (3) general science and research activities; (4) nuclear waste disposal activities; (5) atomic energy defense activities; (6) departmental administrative expenses; (7) water and electrical power projects of the Alaska Power Administration; (8) specified fish passage facilities of the Bonneville Power Administration; (9) operational and maintenance expenses related to electric power transmission for the Southeastern Power Administration and the Southwestern Power Administration; (10) operational and maintenance expenses of the Western Area Power Administration; (11) salaries and expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; (12) geothermal energy research and development; and (13) Department of Energy general passenger vehicles and security guard expenses. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for: (1) programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; (2) salaries and expenses of the Delaware River Basin Commission; (3) expenses of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin; (4) salaries and expenses of the National Council on Public Works Improvement; (5) Nuclear Regulatory Commission expenses; (6) expenses of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission; and (7) expenses of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth guidelines for the expenditure of appropriations under this Act. Prohibits the use of appropriations, with specified exceptions, to pay the salaries of the Administrator of the Power Marketing Administration, the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, or the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration unless they award contracts for the procurement of extra high voltage (EHV) power equipment manufactured in the United States when such agencies determine that there are one or more manufacturers of domestic end products offering a product that meets the technical requirements at a price not exceeding 130 percent of the bid or offering price of the most competitive foreign bidder.

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 18 November 1987

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 16 September 1987

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 24 June 1987

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 17 June 1987

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