Senate funds FY-06 energy programs

Washington (Platts)--14Nov2005

The Senate set fiscal 2006 appropriations for energy projects today when
senators adopted the funding bill's House-passed conference report in an 84-4
vote. The $30.5-billion bill gives DOE at $24.2-billion in FY-06, which began
Oct. 1. The department's nuclear energy programs will receive $557.57-million,
while spending on the DOE repository project at Yucca Mountain, Nev. drops to
$450-million. The bill now moves to the White House for the president's
signature.

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