Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act
Latest action · Jul 18, 2013 Became Public Law No: 113-20.
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.
- IntroducedJan 15, 2013
- Passed HouseApr 9, 2013
- Passed SenateJul 10, 2013
- To the PresidentJul 12, 2013
- Became lawJul 18, 2013Public Law 113-20
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. 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.
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.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Jan 15, 2013Markup Mar 20, 2013Reported Apr 9, 2013 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jan 31, 2013Hearings Mar 5, 2013Discharged Mar 20, 2013 | |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Jan 15, 2013Discharged Apr 9, 2013 |
Actions 23
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 18, 2013Signed by President.
- Jul 18, 2013Became Public Law No: 113-20.
- Jul 12, 2013Presented to President.
- Jul 11, 2013Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jul 10, 2013Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5623)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5623 | Harry Reid D-NV | Jul 10, 2013 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1841, H1842Text printed H1841Recorded votes H1845enact | Jason Chaffetz R-UT, Robert J. Wittman R-VA, Rush Holt D-NJ | Apr 9, 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 report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H171.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL34619 | Use of the Capitol Rotunda, Capitol Grounds, and Emancipation Hall: Concurrent Resolutions, 101st to 119th Congresses | Report | Feb 6, 2026 |
| RS22644 | Coordinated Party Expenditures in Federal Elections: An Overview Archived | Report | Aug 15, 2016 |
| R42579 | Hydropower: Federal and Nonfederal Investment | Report | Jul 7, 2015 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 26 | Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act | Identical bill | Jun 20, 2013 |
Titles 6
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 Passed House
- Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- 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.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Apr 10, 2013Received in Senate
- Apr 9, 2013Reported in House
- Apr 9, 2013Engrossed in House
- Jan 15, 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.
