Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027

Key Points

• The bill funds the Army Corps of Engineers for flood protection, harbor maintenance, and waterway infrastructure, including $6.255 billion for operations and maintenance and $2.382 billion for construction of water projects across the country.
• Over $22 billion goes to nuclear weapons activities under the National Nuclear Security Administration, plus $2.08 billion for nuclear nonproliferation and $2.39 billion for naval reactors, making up the largest chunk of spending in the bill.
• The bill redirects roughly $2.775 billion from clean energy and carbon management programs toward nuclear reactor projects, including small modular reactors and advanced reactor demonstrations, while also blocking a green building rule for federal facilities.
• Sales of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to entities connected to the Chinese Communist Party are banned, and visitors from Russia and China are restricted from entering nuclear weapons production facilities without 30 days' notice to Congress.
• The bill permanently prevents the Army Corps of Engineers from enforcing regulations that ban firearms at federal water projects like dams, lakes, and recreation areas, as long as a person follows state gun laws and is legally allowed to own a gun.
• Significant water infrastructure funding targets western states, including $1.675 billion for Bureau of Reclamation water projects, authorization extensions for California Bay-Delta and the Central Utah Project, and increased caps for New Mexico rural water and desalination programs.

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