H.R. 8997 – Energy & Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025

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En blocs receive up to twenty minutes of debate. Standalone amendments receive up to 10 minutes of debate.

Green indicates amendments en bloc. Black indicates standalone amendments.

En Bloc #1, offered by Fleischmann (R-TN), ADOPTED BY VOICE

Beyer (D-VA) – Amendment No. 1 –  Increases and decreases funding for the DOE’s Office of Science fusion materials and fuel cycle research and development to reflect needs identified in the Bold Decadal Vision for Commercial Fusion Energy

Bilirakis (R-FL) – Amendment No. 2 –  Increases and decreases funding for the Eastern Mediterranean Energy Center, as established under section 204(c) of the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 2373 note) in International Affairs under the Departmental Administration account by $6,000,000

Blunt Rochester (D-DE) – Amendment No. 3 – Increases and decreases the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Accout by $1,000,000 to highlight the continuation of activities within the Federal Energy Management Program that support AFFECT grant funding, Energy Savings Performance Contracts, and Utilty Energy Service Contracts

Comer (R-KY) – Amendment No. 5 – Increases and decreases funding for salaries of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works by the same amount for the purpose of stipulating claims in Riverview Farms v. United States and Angelly v. United States are the taking of private property for a public purpose and settling such claims

Costa (D-CA) – Amendment No. 6 – Increases the Bureau of Reclamation’s Water and Related Resources account by $3 million offset by a $3 million reduction to the Departmental Administration account to support technical assistance and financial assistance related to groundwater recharge projects, aquifer storage and recovery projects, or water source substitution for aquifer protection projects

Dingell (D-MI) – Amendment No. 7 – Increases and decreases DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $25,000,000 for an industry-led consortium to accelerate the development of advanced, nonbattery, automotive materials

Duarte (R-CA) – Amendment No. 8 –  Increases and decreases funding for the Operation and Maintenance account of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Civil to conduct a study on the sediment build-up in rivers and streams in the San Joaquin River Watershed and to make recommendations to Congress on actions to improve channel flows, reduce flood risk to communities, and improve riverbanks 

Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) – Amendment No. 12 – Increases and decreases funding for the Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program to encourage prioritizing grants available for manufactured housing skirting, awning, and other traditional means of energy efficiency

Gonzales (R-TX) – Amendment No. 13 – Increases funding by $1 million to $6 million for the Southwest Border Regional Commission, offset by theDOE Departmental Administration account

Gonzalez (D-TX) – Amendment No. 14 – Increases the Water and Related Resources by $2,000,000 to highlight the importance of the WaterSMART Program for drought resilience and canal lining. Decreases funding from Policy and Administration account

Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 15 – Increases and decreases funding for Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies for the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct dredging of water reservoirs to prevent flooding

Jackson (R-TX) – Amendment No. 21 – Increases funding for the HESFP at Pantex by $5 million to ensure the project remains on schedule

Massie (R-KY) – Amendment No. 24 – Increases and decreases the Army Corps of Engineers operations and maintenance account by $1 million to direct the Secretary to actively maintain Kentucky boat ramps owned, operated, or constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers where the maintenance is not the responsibility of a non-federal entity

Miller (R-WV) – Amendment No. 26 – Increases and decreases funding for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to ensure parity for the National Energy Technology Lab and allow subcontracts of site support prime contractors to be counted towards the Department of Energy’s small business procurement goals

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 27 – Increases the flood control and costal emergencies account by $2.5 million. Takes from DOE administrative funds

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 28 –  Increases funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission by $5 million, takes from DOE administrative funds

Moylan (R-GU) – Amendment No. 29 –  Increases and decreases the Corps of Engineers- Civil Department of the Army, Construction account to urge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide necessary funding to WRDA projects and studies in Guam

Moylan (R-GU) – Amendment No. 30 – Increases and decreases the Department of Energy Energy Programs, Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response account to emphasize the need of Guam Power Authority for a Department of Energy assessment on the cybersecurity of Guam’s energy installations

Moylan (R-GU) – Amendment No. 31 – Increases and decreases the Department of Energy Energy Programs, Grid Development account to emphasize the need for Guam Power Authority to receive a Department of Energy assessment on the feasibility and cost of an interconnected, circular power grid system in Guam

Murphy (R-NC) – Amendment No. 32 – Increases and decreases funds to highlight the need for a report to examine whether the US government has sufficient dredging capacity. The report should include recommended numbers of dredges with additional operational costs (including personnel) the US government should own and operate to sustain existing federal channels throughout the U.S. 

Neguse (D-CO) – Amendment No. 33 – Increases the Water and Related Resources account by $2 million, to be directed to the Cooperative Watershed Management Program

Newhouse (R-WA) – Amendment No. 34 – Increases and decreases funds for the Department of Energy Office of the Inspector General to highlight the need to provide a report on the Bonneville Power Administration’s Fish and Wildlife program to ensure it has fulfilled the mandates established by Congress in the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 to protect, mitigate, and enhance fish and wildlife affected by the development and operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System

Ogles (R-TN)  – Amendment No. 39 – Increases and decreases funds for the Energy Information Administration to instruct the administration to revise its levelized cost of electricity calculations to include the costs of maintaining backup dispatchable generation capacity for intermittent sources of electricity

Ramirez (D-IL) – Amendment No. 52 – Increases and decreases funding to the Office of Science to emphasize the need for robust investment in programs like High Energy Physics in line with the President’s Budget Request

Schrier (D-WA) – Amendment No. 57 – Increases and decreases funding for the Grid Deployment Office by $100,000,000 to stress the critical need to increase domestic production of distribution and large power transformers, grid components, and electrical steel

Scott (D-VA) – Amendment No. 58 – Increases and decreases funding by $21 million to emphasize the need for infrastructure improvements at the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Scott (D-VA) – Amendment No. 59 – Increases and decreases by $10 million to emphasize the need for an optimal runtime at the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Waltz (R-FL) – Amendment No. 65 – Decreases General Expenses by $1,500,000; Increases Investigations by $1,500,000 to fund a new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Investigation

Brecheen (R-OK) – Amendment No. 4 – Prohibits funds to reinstate the general license for export of nuclear material to China

Flood (R-NE) – Amendment No. 9 – Prohibits funding for lab-grown meat at the Department of Energy 

Beyer (D-VA), on behalf of Garamendi (D-CA) – Amendment No. 10 – Prohibits funds made available for this Act to be used for the W87-1 modification program – REJECTED BY VOICE

Beyer (D-VA), on behalf of Garamendi (D-CA) – Amendment No. 11 – Prohibits funds made available by this Act to be used for the Savannah River Plutonium Modernization Program – REJECTED BY VOICE

NOT OFFERED Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 16 – Eliminates funding for the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations

Griffith (R-VA) – Amendment No. 17 –  Increases funding for the Department of Energy’s Fossil Energy and Carbon Management program by $8,750,000 while reducing funding for Departmental Administration by $8,750,000

Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No. 18 – Prohibits the Department of Energy from implementing the Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap

Houlahan (D-PA) – Amendment No. 19 – Increases and decreases funding for the Grid Deployment account by $150 million to emphasize the need to address domestic shortages of large power transformers and distribution transformers through authorities within the Defense Production Act

Jackson (R-TX) – Amendment No. 20 – Prohibits funds from being used by the NNSA to halt the construction of the HE Synthesis, Formulation, and Production facility at Pantex

NOT OFFERED LaMalfa (R-CA) – Amendment No. 22 – Prohibits any of the funds in this Act from being used by the Department of the Interior or its subagencies to take possession or pursue removal of the Keno Dam in Oregon

Luna (R-FL) – Amendment No. 23 – Prohibits funds from being made available to implement or enforce Corps of Engineers memorandum CERE-AP, issued by the South Atlantic division on July 9, 1996, relating to “Approval of Perpetual Beach Storm Damage Reduction Easement as a Standard Estate.” This memo requires easements to be perpetual and include public access

McCormick (R-GA) – Amendment No. 25 – Prohibits funds provided by this Act from closing campgrounds operated by the Army Corps of Engineers that are located at Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia 

Ogles (R-TN), offered on behalf of Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 35 – Prohibits funding for the consideration of the social cost of greenhouse gases

Ogles (R-TN), offered on behalf of Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 36 – Prohibits funding for the American Climate Corps

Ogles (R-TN), offered on behalf of Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 37 – Prohibits funding for the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases

Ogles (R-TN), offered on behalf of Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 38 – Prohibits funds for Department of Energy Office of Science’s Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 40 – Prohibits funds to be used to finalize the rule entitled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Automatic Commercial Ice Makers”

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 41 – Prohibits funds to be used to finalize the rule entitled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water Heaters ’’

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 42 – Prohibits the use of funds for the Delaware River Basin Commission to implement or enforce it’s ban on hydraulic fracturing

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 43 – Eliminates funding for the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program and moves this funding to the spending reduction account

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 44 – Eliminates funding for the Title 17 Loan Program and moves that funding to the spending reduction account

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 45 – Reduces funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission to FY19 levels and transfers the difference to the spending reduction account

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 46 – Reduces funding for the Delta Regional Commission to FY19 levels and transfers the difference to the spending reduction account

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 47 – Reduces funding for the Denali Regional Commission to FY19 levels and transfers the difference to the spending reduction account

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 48 – Reduces funding for the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission to FY19 levels and transfers the difference to the spending reduction account

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 49 – Reduces funding for the Northern Border Regional Commission to FY19 levels and transfers the difference to the spending reduction account

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 50 – Cuts funding for the Great Lakes Authority in half and transfers the difference to the spending reduction account

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 51 – Cuts funding for the Southwest Border Regional Commission in half and transfers the difference to the spending reduction account

Rosendale (R-MT) – Amendment No. 53 –  Prevents funds from being used to transfer or delegate control or maintenance responsibility of the Lower Yellowstone Fish Bypass Channel to any non-Federal entity

Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 54 – Prohibits funds for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order No. 1920

Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 55 – Prohibits funds in this act from being used to carry out Biden Executive Order 13990 (relating to Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis), Executive Order 14008 (relating to Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad), Section 6 of Executive Order 14013 (relating to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration), Executive Order 14030 (relating to Climate Related Financial Risk), and Executive Order 14057 (relating to Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability)

Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 56 -Eliminates funding for DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Tenney (R-NY) – Amendment No. 60- Reduces the salary of Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm to $1 – REJECTED BY VOICE

Tenney (R-NY) – Amendment No. 61 – Prohibits funding for Executive Order 14019, relating to Promoting Access to Voting

Van Drew (R-NJ) – Amendment No. 62 – Prohibits funds from being used for the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations of the Department of Energy

Van Drew (R-NJ) – Amendment No. 63 – Reduces the salary of Jigar Shah, Director of the Loan Programs Office, to $1

Van Drew (R-NJ) – Amendment No. 64 – Moves $10,000,000 from renewable energy programs to enhance the security of existing electrical transformers from cyber threats and from physical attacks from individuals