H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

Bill · 119th Congress (2025–2026). Passed House, 4 Sep 2025. Introduced 21 Jul 2025.

Official title: Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 4 Sep 2025: Passed, 214 Yea, 213 Nay, 0 Present, 4 Not voting. The House’s roll call
Senate: not yet considered.
President: Not before the President yet: both chambers must pass it first.

How each member voted

Senate

Not yet considered.

House

Yea (214): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-1); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); John James (R-MI-10); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (I-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-7); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Tom Barrett (R-MI-7); Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5); Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK-AL); Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3); Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8); Jeff Crank (R-CO-5); Troy Downing (R-MT-2); Gabe Evans (R-CO-8); Julie Fedorchak (R-ND-AL); Brandon Gill (R-TX-26); Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12); Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8); Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8); Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10); Mark Harris (R-NC-8); Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3); Brian Jack (R-GA-3); Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3); Brad Knott (R-NC-13); Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7); Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6); John J. McGuire III (R-VA-5); Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8); Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2); Tim Moore (R-NC-14); Robert F. Onder, Jr. (R-MO-3); Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2); Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6); David J. Taylor (R-OH-2); Randy Fine (R-FL-6); Jimmy Patronis (R-FL-1); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14).

Nay (213): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Al Green (D-TX-9); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); André Carson (D-IN-7); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cleo Fields (D-LA-6); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3); Wesley Bell (D-MO-1); Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR-5); Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ-3); Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3); Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3); Shomari Figures (D-AL-2); Laura Friedman (D-CA-30); Laura Gillen (D-NY-4); Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2); Adam Gray (D-CA-13); Julie Johnson (D-TX-32); George Latimer (D-NY-16); Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA-16); John W. Mannion (D-NY-22); Sarah McBride (D-DE-AL); April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6); Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8); Dave Min (D-CA-47); Kelly Morrison (D-MN-3); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD-2); Nellie Pou (D-NJ-9); Emily Randall (D-WA-6); Josh Riley (D-NY-19); Luz M. Rivas (D-CA-29); Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12); Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10); Derek Tran (D-CA-45); Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7); George Whitesides (D-CA-27); David Scott (D-GA-13); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20).

Not voting (4): Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11).

Not in office (14): James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11); Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Matt Van Epps (R-TN-7); Christian D. Menefee (D-TX-18); Clay Fuller (R-GA-14); Analilia Mejia (D-NJ-11); James Gallagher (R-CA-1); Everton Blair Jr. (D-GA-13); Aisha Wahab (D-CA-14); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Sylvester Turner (D-TX-18).

Summary

Main subject: Provides fiscal year 2026 appropriations for the Army Corps of Engineers civil works program, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy, and several independent agencies, and sets conditions on how the funds may be used. Title I, Title II, Title III, Title IV

Its core areas: Army Corps of Engineers civil works funding; Bureau of Reclamation and Central Utah Project funding; Department of Energy energy programs funding; National Nuclear Security Administration and defense environmental cleanup funding; Power Marketing Administrations funding; Independent agencies including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and regional commissions; Conditions and restrictions on the use of funds.

Unexpected Items: 29 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (5)

Sec. 505: Bars use of funds in this Act for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, training, programs, offices, officers, and policies, and for programs that promote Critical Race Theory or associated concepts.
Sec. 506: Bars use of funds in this and previous appropriations Acts to take discriminatory action, as defined, against a person who acts on a sincerely held belief or moral conviction that marriage is a union of one man and one woman, including tax, grant, benefit and accreditation actions.
Sec. 507: Bars use of funds in this Act or any other Act to implement, administer, or enforce COVID–19 mask or vaccine mandates.
Sec. 508: Bars use of funds in this Act to fly or display, over or within a federal facility, any flag other than the U.S. flag, a flag bearing an official U.S. Government seal or insignia, or the POW/MIA flag.
Sec. 510: Bars use of funds in this Act or any other Act to classify communications by a United States person as mis-, dis-, or mal-information, or to partner with or fund organizations described as pressuring private companies to censor lawful speech.

Applies only to a specific place or group (1)

Sec. 313: Transfers unobligated Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act balances from five DOE accounts (amounts of $672,652,992, $981,479,556, $1,000,000,000, $1,500,000,000 and $950,000,000) to Nuclear Energy for not more than two small modular reactor awards and two Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program awards already made.

Funds a specific named project or event (7)

Title II, “WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES”: Directs $3,237,000 of the Water and Related Resources appropriation to be deposited in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund. ($3,237,000)
Title II, “CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND”: Appropriates sums collected in the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund for Central Valley Project Improvement Act programs, directs collection of the full additional mitigation and restoration payments, and bars use of funds to acquire or lease water already committed to in-stream purposes by court decree or order.
Title II, “CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION”: Appropriates $32,000,000 for activities under the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, and allows use of funds for the Federal share of CALFED Program management. ($32,000,000)
Sec. 205: Applies the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act with 2026 substituted for 2022, and raises a $30,000,000 figure in section 103(f)(4)(A) to $35,000,000.
Sec. 208: Applies section 10609(a) of the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act with $1,815,000,000 substituted for $870,000,000 and 2026 substituted for 2024.
Title III, “Naval Reactors”: Directs $96,740,000 of the Naval Reactors appropriation to be transferred to Nuclear Energy for the Advanced Test Reactor. ($96,740,000)
Title III, “Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund”: Appropriates $6,510,000 for operation, maintenance, and emergency costs of the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, and allows acceptance of up to $1,072,000 in contributions from power customers of those dams. ($6,510,000)

Different amount for specific places or groups (1)

Title IV, “Denali Commission”: Sets Denali Commission construction funding at up to 80 percent of project cost for distressed communities and Indian Tribes and up to 50 percent for non-distressed communities, and waives limits in section 306(g) of its Act.

Exception or delay for a subset (10)

Sec. 105: Bars use of funds in this Act for open lake placement of dredged material from Lake Erie or its tributaries unless approved under a State water quality certification, and requires continued upland placement until then.
Sec. 106: Bars use of funds in this Act for any water supply reallocation study at the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, project.
Sec. 202: Bars use of funds to determine the final point of discharge for the San Luis Unit interceptor drain until a plan is developed, and sets reimbursement rules for Kesterson Reservoir and San Joaquin Valley drainage costs and future San Luis Unit drainage service.
Title III, “Electricity”: Allows funds under this heading allocated for Small Business Innovation Research, Small Business Technology Transfer, and Technology Commercialization Fund activities to be reprogrammed without the restrictions in section 301.
Title IV, “Delta Regional Authority — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Appropriates $25,274,232 for the Delta Regional Authority notwithstanding sections 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of its authorizing Act. ($25,274,232)
Title IV, “Northern Border Regional Commission”: Appropriates $33,319,727 for the Northern Border Regional Commission and makes amounts available for administrative expenses notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40. ($33,319,727)
Sec. 504: Bars federal money for private-entity agreements on consolidated interim storage of spent nuclear fuel not authorized by federal law until host state, local governments and affected tribes consent, and exempts facilities already storing commercial spent fuel under an NRC license.
Sec. 513: Bars use of funds in this Act to close seven named campgrounds at Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia.
Sec. 101: Sets reprogramming limits for Corps of Engineers civil works funds, and exempts projects and activities funded under the continuing authorities program from the bar on using reprogrammed funds to start a new program, project, or activity.
Sec. 201: Sets reprogramming limits for Bureau of Reclamation Water and Related Resources funds, and exempts transfers within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category from the percentage and dollar transfer limits in subsection (a)(5).

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (4)

Sec. 108: Bars the Secretary of the Army from promulgating or enforcing, this year and each fiscal year after, any regulation that prohibits possessing a firearm at water resources development projects covered by 36 CFR 327.0, if possession is lawful under federal and State law.
Sec. 109: Bars use of funds in this Act to implement or enforce section 370 of Public Law 116–283 with respect to civil works projects.
Sec. 312: Bars use of funds in this Act to finalize, administer, implement, or enforce the Department of Energy final rule on clean energy for new federal buildings and major renovations published May 1, 2024.
Sec. 509: Bars use of funds in this Act to finalize any rule or regulation that meets the definition of a major rule in section 804(2)(A) of title 5.

Changes a government process (1)

Sec. 309: Bars Department of Energy awards of $10,000,000 or more to an entity of concern, and provides that the Paperwork Reduction Act does not apply to implementing these requirements.

What it does

Title I, “CONSTRUCTION”: Provides $2,555,000,000 for Army Corps of Engineers construction of river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration projects, to remain available until expended.
Title II, “WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES”: Provides $1,710,630,000 for the Bureau of Reclamation's Water and Related Resources account, to remain available until expended.
Title III, “Science”: Provides $8,400,000,000 for Department of Energy science activities, to remain available until expended.
Title III, “Weapons Activities”: Provides $20,661,993,000 for Department of Energy atomic energy defense weapons activities, to remain available until expended.
Title IV, “Nuclear Regulatory Commission — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Provides $952,700,000 for Nuclear Regulatory Commission salaries and expenses, and reduces that sum by the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 2026.
Sec. 301: Requires the Secretary of Energy to notify the House and Senate Appropriations Committees at least 3 full business days in advance of grant or contract awards totaling $1,000,000 or more.

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 29 Sep 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.