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HR 1235 113th Congress House

Leave our Lakes Alone Act

Official title: To amend the Federal Power Act to permit States to exempt projects from certain Federal Energy Regulatory Commission considerations in issuing licenses for such projects.

Introduced: March 18, 2013 See on congress.gov
Energy Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDams and canalsDepartment of EnergyElectric power generation and transmission
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Energy efficiency and conservationFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)FishesFloods and storm protectionIntergovernmental relationsLakes and riversLicensing and registrationsOutdoor recreationState and local government operationsWater use and supplyWildlife conservation and habitat protection
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 22, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Mar 18, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 18, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 22, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Leave our Lakes Alone Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from considering public use and environmental purposes in issuing a license for a project in a state whose law expressly authorizes such a prohibition.

Defines "public use and environmental purposes" to mean the purposes of energy conservation, the protection, mitigation of damage to, and enhancement of, fish and wildlife, the protection of recreational opportunities, the preservation of other aspects of environmental quality, and other beneficial public uses, including irrigation, flood control, and water supply, as such purposes apply to land within a project boundary above the highest target elevation for normal operations of the project.

Exempts projects on federal land from application of this Act.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Mar 18, 2013
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Graves, Sam
Missouri · Mar 18, 2013
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Mar 18, 2013
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Mar 18, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1235: Leave our Lakes Alone Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1235/
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"H.R. 1235: Leave our Lakes Alone Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1235/.
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H.R. 1235, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1235/.
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