Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 - Detailed breakdown
Crime and Safety
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $40,000,000 | Preparing for and responding to flood, hurricane, and other natural disasters. |
Economy and Commerce
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $200,000,000 | Carrying out programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965. |
Education and Research
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $8,525,000,000 | Funding science activities for the Department of Energy. |
Energy and Environment
Fund transfer for fisheries mitigation
Authorizes the transfer of up to $8,733,000 from the Corps of Engineers to the Fish and Wildlife Service to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps projects.
Restrictions on Lake Erie dredged material disposal
Prohibits using funds for open lake placement of dredged material from Lake Erie unless approved under a State water quality certification.
San Luis Unit drainage plan requirements
Prohibits funds from being used to determine the final discharge point for the San Luis Unit interceptor drain until a state-compliant plan is developed to minimize detrimental effects.
Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act extension
Extends the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act to 2027 and increases the authorization for certain program management costs.
Independent oversight for high-hazard nuclear facilities
Prohibits funds from being used for high-hazard nuclear facility construction unless independent oversight ensures compliance with nuclear safety requirements.
Prohibition on Strategic Petroleum Reserve sales to China
Prohibits the sale of petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to entities controlled by the Chinese Communist Party or for export to the People’s Republic of China.
Prohibition on clean energy for federal buildings rule
Prohibits the use of funds to finalize, implement, or enforce the Department of Energy's rule on clean energy standards for new and renovated federal buildings.
Repurposing of funds for nuclear energy projects
Transfers $2.775 billion from unobligated balances of various clean energy programs to support small modular reactor deployment and advanced reactor demonstration projects.
Restrictions on spent nuclear fuel storage agreements
Prohibits federal funds for private agreements on consolidated interim storage of spent nuclear fuel without consent from host state, local, and tribal governments, unless specifically authorized by law.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $1,675,000,000 | Managing, developing, and restoring water and related natural resources. | |
| $32,000,000 | Carrying out activities for California Bay-Delta restoration. | |
| $1,850,000,000 | Advancing critical minerals supply chains and next-generation energy innovation technologies. | |
| $190,000,000 | Supporting energy sector cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency response activities. | |
| $1,800,000,000 | Funding nuclear energy activities. | |
| $225,000,000 | Funding Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and operations. | |
| $100,000,000 | Providing for the cost of loan guarantees for constructing small modular or advanced nuclear reactors. | |
| $2,675,000,000 | Transferring funds for small modular reactor deployment and advanced reactor demonstration projects. |
Government Operations
Reprogramming limitations for Corps of Engineers funds
Establishes specific rules and limits for reallocating funds between programs, projects, or activities without prior congressional approval.
Reprogramming limitations for Bureau of Reclamation funds
Establishes rules and monetary limits for reallocating funds for Water and Related Resources without prior congressional approval.
Congressional notification for Department of Energy funding
Requires the Department of Energy to notify Congress before awarding grants or contracts over $1,000,000 or providing large funding amounts to National Laboratories.
Prohibition on funding for entities of concern
Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from awarding grants, contracts, or loans of $10,000,000 or more to an entity of concern.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $223,000,000 | Administering laws for regulating navigable waters and wetlands. | |
| $218,000,000 | Funding supervision and general administration of the Corps of Engineers civil works program. | |
| $7,000,000 | Funding the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. | |
| $64,000,000 | Funding policy, administration, and related functions for the Bureau of Reclamation. | |
| $878,104,000 | Funding salaries and expenses for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. | |
| $0 | Providing funding for the Spending Reduction Account. |
Infrastructure
Extension and funding increase for water projects
Extends authorizations for water storage projects and increases funding caps for wastewater/groundwater study and water desalination projects.
Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects funding increase
Increases the total funding authorization for the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to $1,970,000,000 and extends the authorization to 2027.
Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act extension
Extends the authorization for the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act from 2026 to 2028.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $175,000,000 | Providing for studies and plans for river, harbor, flood reduction, and ecosystem restoration projects. | |
| $2,382,000,000 | Constructing river, harbor, flood reduction, and ecosystem restoration projects. | |
| $470,000,000 | Funding flood damage reduction projects in the Mississippi River alluvial valley. | |
| $6,255,000,000 | Operating, maintaining, and caring for existing river, harbor, and flood reduction projects. | |
| $5,000,000 | Covering administrative expenses for water infrastructure direct and guaranteed loan programs. | |
| $23,000,000 | Carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah Project Completion Act. |
National defense
Restricted access to nuclear facilities for Russian and Chinese citizens
Prohibits non-U.S. citizens from Russia or China from accessing nuclear weapons production facilities without 30-day prior notification to Congress.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $22,068,542,000 | Funding atomic energy defense weapons activities. | |
| $2,084,844,000 | Funding defense nuclear nonproliferation activities. | |
| $2,393,692,000 | Funding naval reactors activities. | |
| $6,555,922,000 | Funding atomic energy defense environmental cleanup activities. |
Other
Firearms at water resources development projects
Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from enforcing regulations that ban individuals from possessing firearms at water resources development projects, if legally allowed by state law.