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HR 1967 115th Congress House Water Resources Development Alternative and renewable resources Electric power generation and transmission Water storage Water use and supply

Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act

Introduced: April 6, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 22 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 22, 2018
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 22, 2018
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8034-8035; text: CR S8034-8035)
Dec 22, 2018
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8034-8035; text: CR S8034-8035)
Nov 26, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 663.
Nov 26, 2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-377.
Oct 2, 2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 13, 2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-519.
Jun 28, 2017
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jun 27, 2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5210)
Jun 27, 2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 27, 2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5210)
Jun 27, 2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1967.
Jun 27, 2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5210-5211)
Jun 27, 2017
Mr. Cook moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 2, 2017
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 105.
Jun 2, 2017
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-158.
Apr 27, 2017
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 27, 2017
Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
Apr 27, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 13, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Apr 6, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Apr 6, 2017
Introduced in House
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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 2, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to provide that provisions respecting the sales of electric power and leases of power privileges in connection with the operation of any municipal water supply project shall be an authorization in addition to and alternative to any authority in existing laws related to pumped storage hydropower development exclusively utilizing Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs.

What's happening now December 22, 2018

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 Cosponsors 1
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Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Apr 6, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1967: Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1967/
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"H.R. 1967: Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1967/.
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