Committee Report - House Rpt. 105-749 - MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR ENERGY
AND WATER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
1999, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Associated Bill --H.R.4060

SCIENCE

Basic energy sciences  -  The conference agreement includes $809,100,000 instead of $779,100,000 as recommended by the House or $836,100,000 as recommended by the Senate.  The conferees have included $7,000,000 for the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, the same as the House-approved level and $3,000,000 less than the amount provided by the Senate. The conference agreement also includes $500,000 for research related to identification of trace element isotopes in environmental samples to be done at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Spallation Neutron Source -  The recommendation includes $130,000,000 to begin construction of a new spallation neutron source. The conferees have provided $101,400,000 for line-item construction costs and $28,600,000, the amount of the budget request, for related research and development. The total amount provided is a reduction of $27,000,000 from the budget request and an increase of $107,000,000 over the current fiscal year.

The Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1999 was signed into law on October 7, 1998 (Public Law 105-245).

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