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The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 refers to appropriations bills introduced during the 113th United States Congress. There are two different versions: in the House of Representatives and in the Senate. The bill was later incorporated as (Division D ) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, which was enacted in January 2014. The money would be appropriated to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and other U.S. Department of the Interior projects, and Department of Energy projects.〔 Many of these projects relate to electricity generation, transmission, and sale; nuclear power cleanup projects; hydropower; flood control; and so forth.〔 This funding would be used during fiscal year 2014, which starts on October 1, 2013 and ends September 30, 2014. The House version totals $30.4 billion in spending. The Senate version, as approved by the full Senate Appropriations Committee on June 27, appropriates $34.8 billion.〔Lewis-Burke Associates LLC, (Senate Committee Approves Energy-Water Development Appropriations Bill ) (July 2, 2013).〕 The Senate bill was $1.96 billion below, and the House bill was $2.9 billion lower, the enacted funding level for the previous fiscal year (FY 2013) before sequestration.〔〔 The Senate bill is $4.4 billion more than the House version of the bill, and funds Obama administration priorities for DOE Office of Science and clean energy basic research, which were significantly reduced in the House version of the bill.〔 Both bills are below the budget request of President Barack Obama. The decreases in funding were "made possible by agency consolidations and rolling back of government regulations." ==Background== Congress annually considers several appropriations measures, which provide funding for numerous activities, for example, national defense, education, and homeland security, as well as general government operations. There are three types of appropriations measures. Regular appropriations bills provide most of the funding that is provided in all appropriations measures for a fiscal year, and must be enacted by October 1, the beginning of the fiscal year. If regular bills are not enacted by the beginning of the new fiscal year, Congress adopts continuing resolutions to continue funding, generally until regular bills are enacted. Supplemental appropriations bills provide additional appropriations to become available during a fiscal year.〔 Reasons that supplemental appropriations bills might be necessary including funding for a war or to help recover from a natural disaster (such as the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013). The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (H.R. 2609; 113th Congress) is one of several regular appropriation bills that were passed by the House of Representatives in order to provide funding for Fiscal Year 2014. Congress has also established an authorization-appropriation process that provides for two separate types of measures—authorization bills and appropriation bills. These measures perform different functions. Authorization bills establish, continue, or modify agencies or programs. Appropriations measures subsequently provide funding for the agencies and programs authorized.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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