Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act
Latest action · Jul 31, 2014 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 518.
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.
- IntroducedMay 14, 2013
- Passed HouseDec 3, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 16, 2013 to May 23, 2013.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | May 16, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | May 20, 2013 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | May 20, 2013 | |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | May 23, 2013 |
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 May 14, 2013Markup Jul 31, 2013Reported Oct 22, 2013 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred May 15, 2013Hearings May 23, 2013Discharged Jul 31, 2013 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Dec 9, 2013Markup Jun 18, 2014Reported Jul 31, 2014 |
| Water and Power Subcommittee | Hearings Feb 27, 2014 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2014Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Landrieu with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-231.
- Jul 31, 2014Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 518.
- Jun 18, 2014Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Feb 27, 2014Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-284.
- Dec 9, 2013Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Dec 3, 2013Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 3, 2013Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7421-7423)
- Dec 3, 2013DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1963.
- Dec 3, 2013Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7421-7422)
- Oct 22, 2013Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-249.
- Oct 22, 2013Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 177.
- Jul 31, 2013Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
- Jul 31, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 31, 2013Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- May 23, 2013Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- May 15, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- May 14, 2013Introduced in House
- May 14, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 H7421–H7423Text printed H7421 | Paul Cook R-CA, Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ, Steve Daines R-MT, Tom McClintock R-CA | Dec 3, 2013 |
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 2
- Jul 8, 2014H.R. 1963, Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 18, 2014
- Sep 11, 2013H.R. 1963, Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 31, 2013
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2603.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 113-284 | CURRENT WATER AND POWER BILLS84 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Feb 27, 2014 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40477 | Desalination and Membrane Technologies: Federal Research and Adoption Issues Archived | Report | Jan 2, 2015 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2 | American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act | Related bill | Nov 17, 2014 |
| S 306 | Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act | Related bill | Jun 3, 2013 |
| HR 678 | Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act | Related bill | Aug 9, 2013 |
| S 2010 | Bureau of Reclamation Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act | Related bill | Jul 31, 2014 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Water Conservation and Utilization Act to authorize the development of non-Federal hydropower and issuance of leases of power privileges at projects constructed pursuant to the authority of the Water Conservation and Utilization Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2014Reported to Senate
- Dec 9, 2013Referred in Senate
- Dec 3, 2013Engrossed in House
- Oct 22, 2013Reported in House
- May 14, 2013Introduced 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.
