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HR 2915 112th Congress House

American Taxpayer and Western Area Power Administration Customer Protection Act of 2011

Official title: To repeal the Western Area Power Administration borrowing authority, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 14, 2011 Introduced by: McClintock, Tom Republican · California See on congress.gov
Energy Alternative and renewable resourcesElectric power generation and transmissionGovernment lending and loan guarantees
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 16, 2012
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 298.
Apr 16, 2012
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-431.
Oct 5, 2011
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 17.
Oct 5, 2011
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 5, 2011
Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
Sep 22, 2011
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Sep 15, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Sep 14, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sep 14, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 16, 2012

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 298.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

American Taxpayer and Western Area Power Administration Customer Protection Act of 2011 [sic] - Repeals the borrowing authority of the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) under the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, that authorizes the WAPA to borrow funds from the Treasury to: (1) construct, finance, facilitate, plan, operate, maintain, or study construction of new or upgraded electric power transmission lines; and (2) deliver or facilitate the delivery of power generated by renewable energy resources.

Exempts from such repeal: (1) projects approved by the Department of Energy (DOE) through memorandum before September 15, 2011; and (2) Projects in Execution in the WAPA May 17, 2011, Quarterly Report on Borrowing Authority Projects.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2915: American Taxpayer and Western Area Power Administration Customer Protection Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2915/
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"H.R. 2915: American Taxpayer and Western Area Power Administration Customer Protection Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2915/.
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H.R. 2915, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2915/.
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