3.0.0 3366 2019-11-15T21:17:48Z 2019-11-15T21:17:48Z House H HR 2005-07-20 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2005-07-29T19:58:50Z Referred to 2005-07-20T14:00:30Z 2005-07-29 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Committee 2005-07-20 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-07-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-07-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001038 Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27] Brian Higgins D NY 27 N Energy Auditing Boundaries Bridges Brownfields Capital investments Commerce Crime and Law Enforcement Economics and Public Finance Electric power distribution Electric power production Electric utilities Electric utility rates Emergency Management Environmental Protection Equipment and supplies Finance and Financial Sector Fire departments Fire fighters Government Operations and Politics Greenways Harbors Health Housing and Community Development Hydroelectric power Infrastructure Job creation Labor and Employment Land transfers Law Law enforcement officers Licenses New York State Paramedical personnel Police Power marketing administrations Public Lands and Natural Resources Regional economic development Restoration ecology Revenue sharing Security measures Sports and Recreation Subsidies Terrorism Trails Transportation and Public Works Transportation engineering Water Resources Development Waterfronts Energy 00 2005-07-20 Introduced in House 2005-10-03T20:20:29Z Western New York Redevelopment Act of 2005 - Modifies the statutory licensing conditions governing operation of a power project by the New York Power Authority regarding utilization of the federal share of the water of the Niagara River whose use is permitted by international agreement.

Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to include among additional conditions imposed on any license issued subsequent to the original license: (1) specified mandatory annual payments from the gross proceeds of the Authority to the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation; (2) the payment of one percent of gross proceeds, to be split evenly by the Industrial Development Agencies for the counties of Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, and Cattaraugus, New York; and (3) a requirement that the licensee acquire property or interests sufficient to provide an effective zone of separation between all project control, switching or generating facilities, and any privately owned real property not used for the generation, transmission, or control of electric energy.

Requires the Secretary of Energy to conduct: (1) an audit of Niagara Power Project finances and operations since project inception; and (2) subsequent annual audits to verify payments to host communities.

Requires the New York Power Authority to provide to First Responders serving the local jurisdictions in which the Niagara Power Project facilities are located adequate resources and assistance to acquire, operate, maintain, and replace the assets needed to protect human life and property from harm should any feature or facility of the Niagara Power Project be subject to damage of any type because of an act of terror or other criminal behavior.

]]> Western New York Redevelopment Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Western New York Redevelopment Act of 2005 Display Title Western New York Redevelopment Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Niagara Redevelopment Act to encourage economic development and recovery in western New York, to promote fiscal transparency, to enhance the safety and security of the Niagara Power Project, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2005-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr3366ih/xml/BILLS-109hr3366ih.xml 2005-07-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.