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1 EM s FY 2014 Appropriations Outlook Office of Environmental Management Terry Tyborowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Program Planning and Budget November

2 Click to edit FY 2014 Appropriations Outlook 2

3 EM s FY 2014 Appropriations Outlook Click to edit Congressional Hearing Room 3

4 EM s FY 2014 Budget Request - $5.622B: Funding by Site $152M Click Los Alamos to National edit Laboratory Carlsbad $220M $208M Master Program Direction title style $281M Paducah $322M Click to edit IdahoMaster subtitle style $370M Portsmouth Oak Ridge $413M West Valley Demonstration Project $66M Nevada $62M Other $56M Richland $993M Moab $36M SPRU $24M River Protection $1,210M Savannah River $1,209M 4

5 Timeline for Congressional Action on FY 2014 Budget Jan. Click to edit Mar. House and Senate Master pass their FY 2014 title budget style targets April 10 - DOE s FY 2014 budget request is publicly released May thru September House and Senate consider budget bills Oct. 17 Congress passes CR through Jan. 15, 2014 Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. FY 2014 March 19 EM-1 testifies before House Energy & Water Comm. on the EM program Sep. 30 th Deadline for Congress to pass an appropriation for FY

6 EM Budget Authority ($M) FY 2014 Appropriations: A $1 Billion Decrease from FY 2012? The FY 2014 Continuing Resolution will be one of the most Click to edit 6,000 Master title 5,000style challenging in recent EM history. Relative to FY 2012, EM s available funding has decreased by nearly $1 billion. 8,000 7,000 4,000 5,710 This decrease is roughly equivalent to the annual budget of a large site like River Protection or Savannah River. 3,000 2,000 1,000 - $411M Funding Reduction from Sequestration 5,299 4,980* 1, ** Carryover from Prior Year $221M Carryover Reduction *Annualized funding level from the temporary continuing resolution **Rough estimate of carryover $319M Reduction from CR Rules New Budget Authority 6

7 FY 2012 FY 2014 Levels Click to edit 7

8 Challenges to Passing Final FY 2014 Budgets Lapse in Appropriations oclick October edit 1-17, 2013 Continuing Resolution o October 1, 2013 January 15, 2014 at FY 2013 funding levels Debt Ceiling Negotiations Sequestration 8

9 Discretionary Spending Targets Overall discretionary cap of $1.058T: oclick House to edit budget provides $972B omaster Senate title budget style provides $1.12T EM Click FY to edit 2014 Master Request subtitle style of $5.622B: o House Mark provides $5.531B o Senate Mark provides $5.934B 9

10 Looking Into the Future Click to edit 10

11 Timeline for Congressional Action on FY 2015 Projected Timeline for EM s FY 2015 Budget Request 1 st Monday in February President submits budget request to Congress Click to edit Feb. March House and Senate consider budget bills Sep. 30 th Congress passes appropriation bills April May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. History of Energy and Water Appropriation Bills in Election Years Election Year Budget Year Appropriation Passed On Time? Date of First CR Number of CRs Passed Date of Appropriation Bill Appropriation Type 2012 FY 2013 No September March 2013 Full-Year CR 2008 FY 2009 No September March 2009 Omnibus 2004 FY 2005 No September December 2004 Omnibus 2000 FY 2001 No September October 2000 Energy and Water 11

12 Click to edit Strategic Planning Initiatives 12

13 Program Progress to Date Click to edit Key: CH-TRU = contact handled transuranic waste, HLW = high level waste, LLW = low level waste, M/LLW = mixed/low level waste, MTHM = metric tons of heavy metal, Pu = plutonium, RH-TRU = remote handled transuranic waste, SNF = spent nuclear fuel 13

14 Current Dollars (Millions) Impact of Funding Reductions on Purchasing Power $10,000 $9,000 $8,000 $7,000 $6,000 $5,000 $4,000 $3,000 Inflation continues to Click to edit Master support title costsstyle Progress Dollars increase maintenance/ Remaining dollars available for progress continues to decrease EM s funding is divided between two main categories: The costs of maintaining a safe, secure and operations ready posture ( Maintenance Dollars ) and the costs of performing active cleanup work ( Progress Dollars ). Funding reductions disproportionately impact Progress Dollars, since maintenance costs are largely fixed. $2,000 $1,000 $0 Maintenance Dollars High maintenance costs are driven in part by the 78 Hazard Category 2 and 3 Nuclear Facilities managed by EM (more than any other DOE program). 14

15 Path Forward Complete evaluation of infrastructure and maintenance activities in order to: Click o Identify to specific edit activities Master those activities title style o Understand requirements driving o Compare information/best practices across sites Hanford River Corridor cleanup Idaho facility demolition Evaluate effectiveness of improvements on an annual basis, propose improvements to the initiatives, and implement best practices complex-wide 15

16 EM Online Timeline EM is developing a timeline that will show historical accomplishments at each site and tell the story of the EM mission. The timeline will be viewable at the complex level and will also be viewable by site, by state, and by mission area. Click to edit Links to videos, photos, documents, presentations, and other materials for each event will provide a wide range of historical information in one centralized location. The timeline is not a static application and will be updated as accomplishments warrant. Planned, future events may be added at a later time. 16

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