3.0.0 6247 2022-03-02T05:20:15Z 2022-03-02T05:20:15Z House H HR 2012-08-01 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington:H.R. 6247.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, clause 2; Article I, Section 8,clause 18; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.[Page H5629]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing Hearings by 2012-08-15T14:51:58Z Referred to 2012-08-01T14:02:15Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2012-08-03T14:56:21Z Referred to 2012-08-01T14:02:20Z Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2012 112 2842 HR 2012-09-19 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-624. Related bill CRS 2012-08-15 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Hearings Held. Committee 2012-08-03 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Committee 2012-08-01 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2012-08-01 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2012-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H000329 Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] DOC HASTINGS R WA 4 N M001177 Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] Tom McClintock R CA 4 2012-09-20 False N000184 Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] Kristi Noem R SD L. 0 2012-09-20 False Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Dams and canals Department of Energy Electric power generation and transmission Endangered and threatened species Energy revenues and royalties Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Fires Fishes Floods and storm protection General public lands matters Government information and archives Licensing and registrations Navigation, waterways, harbors Public utilities and utility rates Water storage Water use and supply Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Energy 00 2012-08-01 Introduced in House 2012-12-17T22:56:45Z Saving Our Dams and New Hydropower Development and Jobs Act of 2012 - Amends the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to authorize small conduit hydropower development. Designates the Power Resources Office of the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead office of small conduit hydropower policy and procedure-setting activities.

Requires the Administrators of the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration to include in monthly billings sent to customers estimates and reports of costs related to compliance with federal environmental laws impacting fish and wildlife.

Authorizes the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to partner or enter into an agreement with local joint power authorities to complete planning and feasibility studies authorized by Congress for water storage projects.

Prohibits the Bureau of Reclamation and other federal agencies from bypassing hydroelectric turbines if a state in which the affected facilities are located has declared a drought emergency or if such bypass could result in harming endangered fish, unless such bypasses are necessary for flood control purposes.

Exempts from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or impact statement an electricity right-of-way holder, including a Power Marketing Administration, that applies to remove insect-infected trees or other hazardous fuels within 500 feet of the right-of-way.

Prohibits: (1) federal funds from being used to implement a new program, project, activity, or action required by or proposed in a March 16, 2012, memorandum from Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy, to the Power Marketing Administrators, until a report justifying the implementation of such program, project, activity, or action is submitted to Congress; (2) federal funds from being used to remove, breach, or study the removal or breaching of any hydroelectric-producing dam unless explicitly authorized by Congress; (3) federal funds or funding from congressionally chartered organizations that provide grants impacting federal land and fish and wildlife from being used for mitigation activities related to hydroelectric-producing dam removal unless explicitly authorized by Congress; and (4) federal agencies or congressionally chartered organizations that provide grants impacting federal land and fish and wildlife from funding any nongovernmental organization that is or was involved in litigation that would negatively impact hydropower generation during the preceding 10 years.

]]> Saving Our Dams and New Hydropower Development and Jobs Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Saving Our Dams and New Hydropower Development and Jobs Act of 2012 Display Title Saving Our Dams and New Hydropower Development and Jobs Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced To protect the Federal Columbia River Power System, Power Marketing Administration customers, and Bureau of Reclamation dams and other facilities and to promote new Federal and other hydropower generation. Introduced in House 2012-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6247ih/xml/BILLS-112hr6247ih.xml 2012-08-15 Committee Hearings Held. 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.