2017 mark: $37.444 billion
2017 budget request: $37.185 billion
2016 enacted: $37.276 billion
The Chairman’s mark provides:
* $1.825 billion for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, which is $248 million less than the 2016 enacted level and $1.07 billion less than the President’s request.
* $5.4 billion for the Department of Energy Office of Science, which is $49.8 million more than the 2016 enacted level and $172 million less than the President’s request.
* $306 million for the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), which is $15 million more than the 2016 enacted level and $44 million less than the President’s request.
* $225 million for activities to modernize the electricity grid, $19 million more than the 2016 enacted level and $37.3 million below the request.
* $6.2 billion for environmental cleanup activities, which is $66.3 million less than the 2016 enacted level and $698 million more than the President’s request.
* $9.24 billion for Weapons Activities, which is $396 million more than the 2016 enacted level and $8.4 million more than the President’s request.
* $1.8 billion for Nuclear Nonproliferation, which is $132.4 million less than the 2016 enacted level and equal to the President’s request.
* $1.4 billion for Naval Reactors, which is $44.6 million more than the 2016 enacted level and equal to the President’s request.
* $6.09 billion for the Army Corps of Engineers, which is $100 million more than the 2016 enacted level and $1.47 billion more than the President’s request.
** Of those funds, $1.26 billion is for Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund projects, which is equal to the 2016 enacted level and $122 more than the target established by the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA.
* $1.1 billion for water resources projects within the Department of Interior, which is $130 million less than the 2016 enacted level and $33 million more than the President’s request.
The bill includes three controversial riders hindering the Corps of Engineers ability to prevent water pollution.
* Permanently prohibiting the Corps of Engineers from changing the definition of “fill material," an interest of mountaintop mining companies;
* Permanently prohibiting the Corps of Engineers from clarifying the definition of navigable waters as directed by the Supreme Court of the United States; and
* Prohibiting the Corps of Engineers from requiring permits for certain agricultural practices.
The bill includes a rider allowing guns to be carried on all Corps of Engineers lands.
The bill includes six controversial riders related to California Water, most of which were included in H.R. 2898 - Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015. The Administration has stated that senior advisors would recommend a veto of that bill. These new controversial riders that fail to address critical elements of California’s complex water challenges and will impede an effective and timely response to the continuing drought.
The bill includes a rider prohibiting funds to develop a National Ocean Policy, which would prevent federal agencies from coordinating with each other on fishing regulations, port and harbor issues, and many other maritime challenges.
Source: U.S. Department of HCA
