S.Amdt. 2994

SA 2994. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895,
making appropriations for energy and water development and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Beginning on page 22, strike line 23 and all that follows
through page 24, line 15 and insert the following:
$2,330,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of such amount, $162,500,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2020, for program direction:
Provided further, That of such amount, $256,000,000 shall be
used for grants under the weatherization assistance program
for low-

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income persons established under part A of title IV of the
Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6861 et
seq.).

Cybersecurity, Energy Secruity, and Emergency Response

For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase,
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment,
and other expenses necessary for energy sector cybersecurity,
energy security, emergency response, and electricity delivery
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction,
or expansion, $260,000,000, to remain available until
expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $28,500,000 shall
be available until September 30, 2020, for program direction.

Nuclear Energy

For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase,
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment,
and other expenses necessary for nuclear energy activities in
carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the
acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction,
or expansion, $1,206,000,000, to remain available until
expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $80,000,000 shall
be available until September 30, 2020, for program direction.

Fossil Energy Research and Development

For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out
fossil energy research and development activities, under the
authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition of interest,
including defeasible and equitable interests in any real
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition
or expansion, and for conducting inquiries, technological
investigations and research concerning the extraction,
processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances without
objectionable social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3,
1602, and 1603), $716,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Pro-
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