The House Appropriations Energy and Water subcommittee passed by voice vote the fiscal 2027 funding bill that would give the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management $7.7 billion, according to a summary of the Energy & Water legislation.
That figure would represent less than the almost $8.2 billion proposed by the administration of President Donald Trump and the $8.5 billion appropriated by Congress for fiscal 2026.
The bill includes “$7.7 billion for the Department’s environmental management and cleanup activities, including the continued remediation of sites contaminated by the Manhattan Project and Cold War-era nuclear weapons production,” according to the summary.
Defense Environmental Cleanup, which is the largest tranche of funding, would receive $6.5 billion, according to the text of the bill. By comparison, the White House has requested $7.2 billion for this large remediation line time.
The Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund would receive $821 million under the House Appropriations proposal. Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup would receive $322 million.