[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 971 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 971

To require that payment be guaranteed whenever any supplier of electric 
  energy is required to sell electric energy to a purchaser under the 
emergency authority of section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2001

    Mr. Walden of Oregon (for himself, Mr. Simpson, and Mr. Inslee) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require that payment be guaranteed whenever any supplier of electric 
  energy is required to sell electric energy to a purchaser under the 
emergency authority of section 202(c) of 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. GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY POWER 
              SALES.

    Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825(c)) is 
amended by adding the following at the end thereof: ``No order may be 
issued under this subsection unless the payment of compensation or 
reimbursement to the person subject to such order is fully guaranteed 
by the United States government or by a State government.''.
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