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Bureau of Reclamation Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act

Introduced: February 10, 2014 Introduced by: Barrasso, John Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jul 31, 2014
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516.
Jul 31, 2014
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Landrieu with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-229.
Jun 18, 2014
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Feb 27, 2014
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-284.
Feb 10, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 10, 2014
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Bureau of Reclamation Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act - Amends the Water Conservation and Utilization Act (WCUA) to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Bureau of Reclamation) to enter into leases of power privileges for electric power generation in connection with any project constructed pursuant to such Act, using the processes, terms, and conditions applicable to the lease under the Reclamation Project Act of 1939; and (2) grant the Secretary authority over any project constructed pursuant to such Act in addition to and alternative to any existing authority relating to a particular project.

Specifies that no findings required as prerequisites for construction of a water conservation or utilization project under WCUA shall be required for such a lease.

Requires: (1) all right, title, and interest in and to installed power facilities constructed by non-federal entities pursuant to such a lease, and any direct revenues derived from such lease, to remain with the lessee; and (2) lease charges to be credited to the project from which the power is derived.

What's happening now July 31, 2014

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516.

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