Washington Office Bulletin: House Appropriations Committee reports out 2004 Energy and Water Spending Bill
Highlights of the spending bill include:
Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI) - $10 million, a decrease of $2 million from the DOE budget request;
Nuclear Energy Plant Optimization (NEPO) - $4 million, an increase of $4 million over the DOE budget request;
University Reactor Fuel Assistance and Support - $19.5 million, an increase of $1 million over the DOE budget request;
Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative - $58.5 million, a decrease of $4.5 million from the DOE budget request;
Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative - $2.5 million, a decrease of $1.5 million from the DOE budget request;
Nuclear Energy Technologies - $42.7 million, a decrease of $5.2 million from the DOE budget request;
High-level Waste Fund - $765 million, an increase of $174 million over the DOE budget request;
The overall bill is $27.1 billion, including $22 billion for the Department of Energy programs supported in the bill.
