Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act
Latest action · Aug 5, 2010 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 544.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 21, 2009
- Passed HouseJun 8, 2010
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on June 8, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act - Declares that, in order to facilitate hydropower development on the Diamond Fork System (Utah), a certain amount of reimbursable costs allocated to project power in the Power Appendix of the October 2004 Supplement to the 1988 Bonneville Unit Definite Plan Report shall be considered final costs, as well as specified costs in excess of the total maximum repayment obligation, subject to the same terms and conditions.
States that: (1) this Act does not obligate the Western Area Power Administration to purchase or market any of the power produced by the Diamond Fork power plant; and (2) none of the costs associated with development of transmission facilities to transmit power from the Diamond Fork power plant shall be assigned to power for the purpose of Colorado River Storage Project ratemaking.
Prohibits any hydroelectric power generation or transmission facility on the Diamond Fork System from being financed or refinanced with any obligation: (1) whose interest enjoys federal tax-exempt status; or (2) which enjoys certain federal tax credits.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to report to certain congressional committees if hydropower production on the Diamond Fork System has not commenced 24 months after enactment of this Act, stating the reasons such production has not commenced, and presenting a detailed timeline for future hydropower production.
Provides that the budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled "Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation" for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to vote on passage.
Prohibits the use of Western Area Power Administration borrowing authority under the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 to fund any study or construction of transmission facilities developed as a result of this Act.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 21, 2009.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Jason Chaffetz | Original | Apr 21, 2009 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 21, 2009Markup Sep 10, 2009Reported Oct 21, 2009 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Apr 27, 2009Hearings May 14, 2009Discharged Sep 10, 2009 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 9, 2010Markup Jun 21, 2010Reported Aug 5, 2010 |
Actions 19
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 5, 2010Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 111-274.
- Aug 5, 2010Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 544.
- Jun 21, 2010Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jun 9, 2010Mr. Inslee asked unanimous consent that, in the engrossment of the bill, H.R. 2008, the Clerk be directed to carry out the modification submittted at the desk which adds a section 8 to the text of the bill. Agreed to without objection. (text as modified: CR H4252)
- Jun 9, 2010Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Jun 8, 2010Mrs. Napolitano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 8, 2010Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4222-4223)
- Jun 8, 2010DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2008.
- Jun 8, 2010Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4222)
- Jun 8, 2010Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 21, 2009Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-308.
- Oct 21, 2009Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 174.
- Sep 10, 2009Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
- Sep 10, 2009Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 10, 2009Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- May 14, 2009Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Apr 27, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- Apr 21, 2009Introduced in House
- Apr 21, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4252Amendments H4252 | Jay Inslee D-WA | Jun 9, 2010 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4222Text printed H4222Tables H4243Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2008, Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act | Grace F. Napolitano D-CA, Jason Chaffetz R-UT, Jim Matheson D-UT, John M. Spratt, Jr. D-SC | Jun 8, 2010 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 8
- Jul 2, 2010H.R. 2008, Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 21, 2010</p>
- Jul 2, 2010H.R. 2008, Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 21, 2010
- Jun 7, 2010H.R. 2008, Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as transmitted to CBO on June 7, 2010.</p>
- Jun 7, 2010H.R. 2008, Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation ActPay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as transmitted to CBO on June 7, 2010.
- Sep 23, 2009H.R. 2008, Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 10, 2009</p>
- Sep 23, 2009H.R. 2008, Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 10, 2009
- Jun 22, 2009H.R. 2008, Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced in the House of Representatives on April 21, 2009</p>
- Jun 22, 2009H.R. 2008, Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation ActCost estimate for the bill as introduced in the House of Representatives on April 21, 2009
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1758 | Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act | Related bill | Nov 5, 2009 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 5, 2010Reported to Senate
- Jun 9, 2010Referred in Senate
- Jun 8, 2010Engrossed in House
- Oct 21, 2009Reported in House
- Apr 21, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
