United States · Bill · S
S. 1959 (104th)
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1997
Introduced
16 July 1996
Last action
30 July 1996 · Floor
Status
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Sponsors
Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Subjects
Defence, Environment, Energy, Budget
Source updated
21 August 2025
Defence · Environment · Energy · Budget
Summary
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Defense-Civil Title II: Department of the Interior Title III: Department of Energy Title IV: Independent Agencies Title V: General Provisions Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1997 - Title I: Department of Defense-Civil - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Army and its Corps of Engineers for FY 1997 for: (1) authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related purposes; (2) expenses necessary for the collection and study of information related to such purposes; (3) the prosecution of authorized water development and related projects; (4) certain flood control projects on the Mississippi River and its tributaries; (5) water development projects operation and maintenance; (6) regulatory programs; (7) flood control and coastal emergencies; and (8) general expenses. (Sec. 101) Requires that certain projects for Arkansas City, Kansas, the Elk Creek Dam, Oregon, Moorefield, West Virginia, and Grays Landing Lock and Dam, Monongahela River, Pennsylvania, be modified in specified ways. (Sec. 105) Requires that certain flood control measures provide protection at specified levels. (Sec. 108) Directs the Corps of Engineers to complete the Charleston Riverfront (Haddad) Park Project, West Virginia, sharing costs equally with the City of Charleston. Title II: Department of the Interior - Makes FY 1997 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation; (3) general investigation of proposed Federal reclamation projects; (4) project construction and rehabilitation; (5) project operation and maintenance; (6) Bureau of Reclamation Loan Program Account; (7) the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund; and (8) general administrative expenses and special funds. Title III: Department of Energy - Makes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1997 for: (1) energy supply, research, and development activities; (2) uranium supply and enrichment activities; (3) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; (4) general DOE science and research activities; (5) the Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund; (6) atomic energy defense weapons activities; (7) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (8) other DOE defense activities; (9) defense nuclear waste disposal; (10) DOE administration expenses; (11) Office of the Inspector General; (12) the various geographical power marketing administrations of DOE (including specified costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams); and (13) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1997 for: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Delaware River Basin Commission; (4) the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin; (5) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); (6) the NRC Office of the Inspector General; (7) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; (8) the Susquehanna River Basin Commission; and (9) the Tennessee Valley Authority. Title V: General Provisions - Declares the sense of the 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. (Sec. 502) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to extend for one year beyond their current expiration dates the construction repayment and water service contracts for the following Missouri River Basin projects, which are components of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program: (1) the Bostwick District (Kansas portion), in Republic County, Jewell County, and Cloud County, Kansas; (2) the Bostwick District (Nebraska portion), in Harlan County, Franklin County, Webster County, and Nuckolls County, Nebraska; and (3) the Frenchman-Cambridge District, in Chase County, Frontier County, Hitchcock County, Furnas County, and Harlan County, Nebraska. (Sec. 504) Amends the Northwest Power Planning and Conservation Act to direct the Northwest Power Planning Council to appoint an Independent Scientific Review Panel to review projects proposed to be funded through that portion of the Bonneville Power Administration's annual fish and wildlife budget that implements the Council's annual fish and wildlife program.
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Timeline
16 July 1996
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 496.
Source: Calendars
16 July 1996
Reported
Committee on Appropriations ordered to be reported an original measure.
Source: Committee
16 July 1996
Reported
Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Domenici. With written report No. 104-320.
Source: Committee
16 July 1996
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
26 July 1996
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8965-8972, S8974, S8977-8978, S8980-8988)
Source: Floor
29 July 1996
Floor
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S9007, S9011-9015, S9038-9050, S9052-9061)
Source: Floor
30 July 1996
Floor
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S9085-9104)
Source: Floor
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Placed on Calendar Senate · 16 July 1996 · Download file
Documents
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Indefinitely postponed in Senate
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Introduced in Senate
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Sponsors
- Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] · R · Sponsor
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Sources
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- us · 104-s-1959 · source updated 21 August 2025