Energy and Water Development Appropriation Bill, 2003: Report (To accompany S. 2784)

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Page 121 - River system provided for by the first paragraph (including the numbered subparagraphs) of article 16 of the treaty. "(b) Insofar as they affect persons and property in the territorial limits of the United States, the powers and functions of the Secretary of State of the United States...
Page 140 - Whenever a committee reports a bill or a joint resolution repealing or amending any statute or part thereof it shall include in its report or in an accompanying document — (1) The text of the statute or part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (2) A comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and...
Page 118 - To address this problem, the budget proposes that the Southeastern Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Western Area Power Administration finance hydropower operation and maintenance costs directly, in a manner similar to the mechanism used by Bonneville.
Page 133 - None of the funds in this Act may be used to dispose of transuranic waste in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant which contains concentrations of plutonium in excess of 20 percent by weight for the aggregate of any material category on the date of enactment of this Act, or is generated after such date.
Page 120 - Federal transmission facilities that may be authorized in the future. Electric power marketed by Western is generated by the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, and the International Boundary and Water Commission in Texas, which operate 46 hydropower generating plants in our service area with a current installed generating capacity of 7,700,000 kilowatts. Additionally, it markets the United States' entitlement from the large Navajo coal-fired plant near Page, Arizona.
Page 138 - [n]one of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to initiate, carry out or enforce any program of affirmative action or any other system of quotas or goals in regard to admission policies or employment practices which encourage or require any discrimination on the basis of race, creed, religion, sex or age.
Page 118 - ... those reserved to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) under Title IV (see below). Transferred to the Secretary from the Department of the Interior authority over the Southeastern Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, the Alaska Power Administration, the Bonneville Power Administration, and the power marketing functions of the Bureau of Reclamation and of the Falcon Dam and Amistad Dam on the Rio Grande.
Page 135 - The Board shall review and evaluate the content and implementation of the standards relating to the design, construction, operation, and decommissioning of defense nuclear facilities of the Department of Energy (DOE) including all applicable DOE Orders, regulations, and requirements at each department of Energy defense nuclear facility.
Page 93 - Directed Stockpile Work encompasses all activities that directly support specific weapons in the nuclear stockpile as directed by the Nuclear Weapon Stockpile Plan. These activities include current maintenance and day-to-day care of the stockpile as well as planned refurbishments as outlined by the Stockpile Life Extension Program.
Page 140 - Mr. Leahy Mr. Harkin Ms. Mikulski Mr. Reid Mr. Kohl Mrs. Murray Mr. Dorgan Mrs. Feinstein Mr. Durbin Mr. Johnson Ms. Landrieu COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE Paragraph 12 of...

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