[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 552 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 552

     To allow the refurbishment and continued operation of a small 
 hydroelectric facility in central Montana by adjusting the amount of 
 charges to be paid to the United States under the Federal Power Act, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 14 (legislative day, March 6), 1995

 Mr. Burns (for himself and Mr. Baucus) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To allow the refurbishment and continued operation of a small 
 hydroelectric facility in central Montana by adjusting the amount of 
 charges to be paid to the United States under the Federal Power Act, 
                        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. REFURBISHMENT AND CONTINUED OPERATION OF HYDROELECTRIC 
              FACILITY IN MONTANA.

    Notwithstanding section 10(e)(1) of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 803(e)(1)) or any other law requiring payment to the United 
States of an annual or other charge for the use, occupancy, and 
enjoyment of land by the holder of a license issued by the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission under part I of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 791 et seq.), a political subdivision of the State of Montana 
that accepts the terms and conditions of a license for Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission project number 1473 in Granite County and Deer 
Lodge County, Montana--
            (1) shall not be required to pay any such charge with 
        respect to the 5-year period following the date of acceptance; 
        and
            (2) after that 5-year period and for so long as the 
        political subdivision holds the license, shall be required to 
        pay such charges under section 10(e)(1) of the Federal Power 
        Act (16 U.S.C. 803(e)(1)) or any other law for the use, 
        occupancy, and enjoyment of the land covered by the license as 
        the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or any other Federal 
        agency may assess, not to exceed a total of $20,000 for any 
        year.
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