Full Title: Energy and Water Development: FY2018 Appropriations
Author(s): Mark Holt & Corrie E. Clark
Publisher(s): Congressional Research Service
Publication Date: July 1, 2017
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Summary The Energy and Water Development appropriations bill provides funding for civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps); the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and Central Utah Project (CUP); the Department of Energy (DOE); the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); and several other independent agencies. DOE typically accounts for about 80% of the bill’s total funding.
President Trump submitted his FY2018 budget proposal to Congress on May 23, 2017. The budget requests for agencies included in the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill total $34.189 billion (including offsets)—$4.261 billion (11.1%) below the FY2017 level. The largest proposed increase would go toward DOE nuclear weapons activities, up by $994 million (10.7%). The House Appropriations Committee approved its version of the FY2018 Energy and Water Development appropriations bill with a manager’s amendment by voice vote on July 12, 2017, with total funding of $37.64 billion without scorekeeping adjustments—$809 million below FY2017 and $3.45 billion above the Administration request (H.R. 3266, H.Rept. 115-230). On July 18, 2017, the House Rules Committee released the amendment process for H.R. 3219, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018; amendments are to be drafted to a version of the bill that contains the language of four FY2018 appropriations bills including H.R. 3266. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development approved its version of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill by voice vote on July 18, 2017, with total funding of $38.4 billion.