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[H.R. 3144 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 492
115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3144
[Report No. 115-643, Part I]
To provide for operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System
pursuant to a certain operation plan for a specified period of time,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 29, 2017
Mrs. McMorris Rodgers (for herself, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Newhouse,
Mr. Schrader, and Mr. Walden) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
April 18, 2018
Additional sponsors: Mr. Amodei, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Gianforte, and Mr.
Gosar
April 18, 2018
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources
April 18, 2018
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure discharged;
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
To provide for operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System
pursuant to a certain operation plan for a specified period of time,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act:
(1) FCRPS.--The term ``FCRPS'' means the Federal Columbia
River Power System.
(2) Secretaries.--The term ``Secretaries'' means--
(A) the Secretary of the Interior, acting through
the Bureau of Reclamation;
(B) the Secretary of Energy, acting through the
Bonneville Power Administration; and
(C) Secretaries of the Army, acting through the
Army Corps of Engineers.
(3) Supplemental opinion.--The term ``Supplemental
Opinion'' means the document titled ``Endangered Species Act
Section 7(a)(2) Supplemental Biological Opinion'', NOAA
Fisheries Log Number NWR-2013-9562, and dated January 17, 2014,
which supplements, without replacing, the 2008 and 2010 FCRPS
Biological Opinions and the Reasonable and Prudent Alternative
contained therein.
SEC. 2. OPERATION OF FCRPS.
The Secretaries shall operate the FCRPS in a manner consistent with
the reasonable and prudent alternative set forth in the Supplemental
Opinion until the later of the following dates:
(1) September 30, 2022.
(2) The date upon which a subsequent final biological
opinion for the FCRPS operations is--
(A) issued after completion of the final
environmental impact statement on a record of decision
for a new operations plan for the FCRPS; and
(B) in effect, with no pending further judicial
review.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 2, the Secretaries may
amend portions of the Supplemental Opinion and operate the FCRPS in
accordance with such amendments, before the date established under
section 2 if all of the Secretaries determine, in the sole discretion
of each Secretary, that--
(1) the amendment is necessary for public safety or
transmission and grid reliability; or
(2) the actions, operations, or other requirements that the
amendment would remove are no longer warranted.
(b) Restriction on Amendments.--The process described in subsection
(a) shall be the only method by which the Secretaries may operate the
FCRPS during the time period established under section 2 in any way
that is not consistent with the reasonable and prudent alternatives set
forth in the Supplemental Opinion.
SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON RESTRICTING FCRPS ELECTRICAL GENERATION OR
NAVIGATION ON THE SNAKE RIVER.
No structural modification, action, study, or engineering plan that
restricts electrical generation at any Federal Columbia Power System
hydroelectric dam, or that limits navigation on the Snake River in the
State of Washington, Oregon, or Idaho, shall proceed unless such
proposal is specifically and expressly authorized by an Act of Congress
enacted after the date of submission to Congress of a proposal for such
modification, action, study, or engineering plan, respectively.
Union Calendar No. 492
115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3144
[Report No. 115-643, Part I]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To provide for operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System
pursuant to a certain operation plan for a specified period of time,
and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
April 18, 2018
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources
April 18, 2018
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure discharged;
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed