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Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act

Introduced: February 13, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 42 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 9, 2013
Signed by President.
Aug 9, 2013
Became Public Law No: 113-24.
Aug 6, 2013
Presented to President.
Aug 2, 2013
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Aug 1, 2013
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6257)
Aug 1, 2013
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6257)
Jun 3, 2013
By Senator Wyden from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 113-39.
May 13, 2013
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 72.
May 13, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. Without written report.
May 8, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Apr 23, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-24.
Apr 15, 2013
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Apr 10, 2013
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 140, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Tipton No. 2 amendment under the five-minute rule.
Apr 10, 2013
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Napolitano No. 1 amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Napolitano demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
Apr 10, 2013
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 140, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Napolitano No. 1 amendment under the five-minute rule.
Apr 10, 2013
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 678.
Apr 10, 2013
The Speaker designated the Honorable Ted Poe to act as Chairman of the Committee.
Apr 10, 2013
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 140 and Rule XVIII.
Apr 10, 2013
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 678 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is open to amendments.
Apr 10, 2013
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 140. (consideration: CR H1878-1890; text of measure as reported in House: CR H1884)
Apr 10, 2013
Rule H. Res. 140 passed House.
Apr 10, 2013
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 140, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Tipton No. 3 amendment under the five-minute rule.
Apr 10, 2013
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Apr 10, 2013
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 416 - 7 (Roll no. 96).
Apr 10, 2013
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 194 - 226 (Roll no. 95).
Apr 10, 2013
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H1889)
Apr 10, 2013
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Garamendi motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add a section to the bill relating to Buy America provisions. The new section would require that, when practicable, all materials used for conduit hydropower generation be manufactured in the United States.
Apr 10, 2013
Mr. Garamendi moved to recommit with instructions to Natural Resources. (consideration: CR H1888; text: CR H1888)
Apr 10, 2013
The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Apr 10, 2013
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H1888)
Apr 10, 2013
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 678.
Apr 10, 2013
The Chair announced that proceedings would now resume on amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
Apr 9, 2013
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 140 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 678 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is open to amendments.
Mar 25, 2013
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 12.
Mar 25, 2013
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-24.
Mar 20, 2013
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 12.
Mar 20, 2013
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 20, 2013
Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
Mar 5, 2013
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 22, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Feb 13, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 13, 2013
Introduced in House
 Votes taken on this bill 2
DateChamberWhat was voted onResultYes–No
Apr 10, 2013 House · vote #96 On Passage Passed 416–7 See who voted →
Apr 10, 2013 House · vote #95 On Motion to Recommit with Instructions Failed 194–226 See who voted →
 Amendments to this bill 3

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

2 agreed to 1 failed

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 39 — Amendment makes technical changes relating to policy and procedure-setting with respect to irrigation distric… Agreed to Apr 10, 2013
HAMDT 38 — Amendment sought to strike the paragraph in the bill containing requirements regarding the application of the… Failed Apr 10, 2013
HAMDT 37 — Amendment removes the NEPA waiver in the bill and codifies the application of the Bureau of Reclamation's cat… Agreed to Apr 10, 2013
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on April 10, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act - Amends the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Bureau of Reclamation) to contract for the development of small conduit hydropower at Bureau facilities.

Defines: (1) "small conduit hydropower" as five megawatts or less; and (2) "conduit" as a tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or similar manmade water conveyance.

Requires that power privilege leases be offered first to an irrigation district or water users association operating or receiving water from the applicable transferred or reserved conduit.

Defines: (1) reserved conduit as any conduit included in project works whose care, operation, and maintenance has been reserved by the Secretary (through the Bureau); and (2) transferred conduit as any conduit included in project works whose care, operation, and maintenance has been transferred to a legally organized water users association or irrigation district.

Requires the Secretary to offer the lease of power privilege to other parties if the irrigation district or water users association elects not to accept a lease of power privilege offer.

Requires the Bureau to apply its categorical exclusion process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to small conduit hydropower, except with respect to siting of associated transmission on federal lands.

Makes the Bureau's Power Resources Office the lead office for such small conduit hydropower policy and procedure-setting activities. (Thus excludes such activities from the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FERC].)

Declares that nothing in this Act shall: (1) obligate specified power administrations to purchase or market the power produced by such facilities, (2) alter or impede the delivery and management of water for original project purposes, or (3) alter or affect any existing agreements for conduit hydropower development projects or disposition of revenues. Deems water used for conduit hydropower generation to be incidental to use of water for the original project purposes.

What's happening now August 9, 2013

Became Public Law No: 113-24.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 2 Related bill American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act
  • HR 1963 Related bill Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act
  • S 306 Identical bill Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act
  • HRES 140 Procedurally related Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 678) to authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydrop…
 Bill text 7 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 1 Republican 7
R
Daines, Steve
Montana · Mar 20, 2013
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Feb 13, 2013
Coffman, Mike
· Feb 13, 2013
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Feb 13, 2013
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Feb 13, 2013
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Feb 13, 2013
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Feb 13, 2013
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Feb 13, 2013
 R
Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Feb 13, 2013
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