Number: 97-207 Title: APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY1998: ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT Authors: Marc Humphries and Carl E. Behrens, Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Abstract: Key issues involving the Energy and Water appropriations programs include up-front funding for several construction projects proposed by the Bureau of Reclamation, Army Corps of Engineers, and the Department of Energy; DOE’s request to expand its privatization program for waste management and cleanup; spending for nuclear technology R&D, which involves electrometallurgical treatment of DOE spent nuclear fuel; and the Tennessee Valley Authority’s request to transfer authority over its nonpower appropriated programs and focus on its power programs in a deregulated market. Pages: 14 Date: Updated February 10, 1998