111 HR 4027 IH: American Taxpayer and Western Area Power Administration Firm Power Customer Protection Act U.S. House of Representatives 2009-11-05 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.

I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4027 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 5, 2009 Mr. Hastings of Washington (for himself and Mr. McClintock) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 to ensure that project beneficiaries are solely responsible for repaying the costs of Western Area Power Administration power transmission and delivery projects, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the American Taxpayer and Western Area Power Administration Firm Power Customer Protection Act.

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Responsibility of beneficiaries to repay costs of WAPA power transmission and delivery projects

Section 301(d) of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–381) is amended— (1)in paragraph (1)(B), by striking and after the semicolon; (2)by striking the period at the end of paragraph (1)(C) and all that follows through paragraph (2) and inserting ; and; (3)in paragraph (1), by adding at the following new subparagraph: (D)appropriate agreements have been executed to ensure that project beneficiaries will be solely responsible for repaying the entire capital and operational costs of the project. ; (4)by striking so much as precedes the first sentence and inserting (a) In general.—; (5)by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D) (as added by paragraph (3) of this section) as paragraphs (1) through (4); and (6)by moving paragraphs (1) through (4) (as redesignated by paragraph (5) of this section) 2 ems to the left.