ECA Update: Department of Energy FY 2016 Omnibus Appropriations

Published: Wed, 12/16/15

 
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Spending Agreement Announced
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Spending Agreement Announced
ECA Staff

Congressional leaders announced they reached a year-end tax and spending agreement Tuesday, December 15.  The agreement lays out $1.1 trillion in spending for the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2016 and extends about $650 billion in tax credits for businesses and individuals.  This is the culmination of this year’s appropriations process, which stalled in mid-July.  Congress is likely to pass the agreement by December 18 before leaving for their holiday recess.

Another continuing resolution (CR) was passed to give Congress until December 22 to pass the full deal.  The original CR expired on December 11 but was extended to give Congress more time to conclude and pass an agreement.  Negotiations were extended because of disagreements over about 40 policy riders.  The final agreement gave both Democrats and Republicans some political wins and losses.

“This package reflects conservative priorities in both funding and policy – including support for critical areas such as our national defense, halting many harmful regulations, and trimming wasteful spending,” House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rodgers (R-KY) said in a statement following the release of the deal.  “But it also represents a compromise that Members on both sides of the aisle can and should get behind.”

The agreement adheres to the two year budget deal passed in early November and provides $548 billion in defense spending and $518.5 billion for non-defense spending.  All 12 appropriations bills are part of the 2000 page omnibus package. 

$37.2 billion is appropriated through the Energy and Water portion, and increase of $3 billion above the 2015 level and $1.1 billion above the President’s budget request.  It includes $12.5 billion for the NNSA and $29.7 billion for the entire DOE.  While this is some $200 million below FY 2015 levels and $800 million below the requested levels, nearly $5.3 billion is appropriated for defense environmental cleanup, more than $200 million above requested levels.  Total EM funding comes in at $6.2 billion.  According to a House Committee summary, the bill will also allow for the continuation of prior-year funding for Yucca Mountain to “maintain its viability for future use.” 

Text of the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016” can be found here.  Summaries are available here and here. 
 
 
Department of Energy FY 2016 Budget
Appropriation FY 2015 Enacted ($) FY 2016 Request ($) FY 2016 NDAA Enacted ($)* FY 2016 Omnibus Appropriations ($)
Department of Energy 27,916,797,000 30,527,136,000 18,528,526,000 29,717,278,000
National Nuclear Security Administration
Weapons Activities 8,186,657,000 8,846,948,000 8,802,797,000 8,846,948,000
Total NNSA Funding 11,407,295,000 12,565,400,000 12,492,293,000 12,526,512,000
Environmental Management Funding
Defense Environmental Cleanup 5,000,000,000 5,055,550,000 5,100,550,000 5,289,742,000
Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup 246,000,000 220,185,000 --- 255,000,000
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund 625,000,000 542,289,000 --- 673,749,000
Total EM Funding 5,861,017,000 5,818,024,000 --- 6,218,491,000
Cleanup Funding Highlights
Carlsbad/WIPP 320,000,000 243,318,000 243,318,000 269,260,000
Hanford/Richland 941,000,000 843,837,000 915,837,000 922,590,000
Idaho National Laboratory 380,203,000 360,783,000 360,783,000 396,000,000
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1,366,000 1,366,000 1,366,000 1,366,000
Los Alamos National Laboratory 185,000,000 188,625,000 188,625,000 185,000,000
Oak Ridge Reservation 223,050,000 177,353,000 177,353,000 239,050,000
Office of River Protection 1,212,000,000 1,414,000,000 1,414,000,000 1,414,000,000
Nevada NNSA Site 64,851,000 62,385,000 62,385,000 62,385,000
Paducah 207,215,000 168,652,000 --- 199,925,000
Portsmouth 214,024,000 165,417,000 --- 225,166,000
Sandia National Laboratory 2,801,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000
Savannah River Site 1,121,307,000 1,208,421,000 1,211,421,000 1,208,421,000
Nuclear Energy Funding
Nuclear Energy 833,500,000 907,574,000 --- 986,161,000
Nuclear Waste Disposal
Waste Disposal (Yucca) --- --- --- ---
Legacy Management Funding
Legacy Management 171,980,000 167,180,000 167,180,000 167,180,000
           
 
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Deadline for Congress to Pass an Omnibus Appropriations Bill or CR Funding the Government
December 11

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DOE National Cleanup Workshop
September 14-15, 2016
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center
Alexandria, VA