A Continuing Resolution that would boost funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s weapons program and USEC’s American Centrifuge Plant Project for the first six months of Fiscal Year 2013 awaits President Obama’s signature after it was passed by the Senate late Friday. The Senate cleared the measure by a vote of 62-30 on Friday, pushing most Congressional spending decisions off until a new Congress is in place next year. The stopgap funding measure expires March 27. The bill funds most of the Department of Energy and other government agencies at Fiscal Year 2012 levels, but the bill makes exceptions for NNSA’s weapons program and USEC’s ACP project. With modernization efforts continuing to accelerate, the NNSA’s weapons program is allowed to spend at the level of the Administration’s $7.6 billion FY 2013 request, $344 million more than was appropriated in FY 2012. USEC will receive $100 million of the Administration’s $150 million request to keep the ACP project afloat for the first half of FY 2013.
SENATE PASSES SIX-MONTH CONTINUING RESOLUTION WITH NNSA, USEC EXCEPTIONS
Senator seeks information on Utah participation in DOE’s nuclear program
WASHINGTON – As the Department of Energy plans to move forward with the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus program, Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) looks for clarity in the state’s role in the initiative. During the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Wednesday hearing, the Utah senator stood firm in believing that the country needs to pursue […]