[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6107 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6107

   To amend section 301(d) of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 to 
provide for notice regarding certification of certain projects, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2010

  Mr. Hastings of Washington introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 301(d) of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 to 
provide for notice regarding certification of certain projects, 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. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION.

    Section 301(d) of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 
16421a(d)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Certification.--
            ``(1) In general.--For each project in which the Western 
        Area Power Administration participates pursuant to this 
        section, the Administrator shall certify, prior to committing 
        funds for any such project, that--
                    ``(A) the project is in the public interest;
                    ``(B) the project will not adversely impact system 
                reliability or operations, or other statutory 
                obligations;
                    ``(C) it is reasonable to expect that the proceeds 
                from the project shall be adequate to make repayment of 
                the loan;
                    ``(D) appropriate agreements have been executed to 
                ensure that project beneficiaries shall be solely 
                responsible for repaying all capital and operation, 
                maintenance, and replacement costs of the project; and
                    ``(E) no Federal costs associated with 
                constructing, financing, facilitating, planning, 
                operating, maintaining, or studying any project 
                hereunder shall be allocated, assigned, or recovered 
                from customers or rates of any other Western Area Power 
                Administration power and transmission facility.
            ``(2) Notice.--Upon making a certification under paragraph 
        (1), the Administrator shall--
                    ``(A) publish a notice in the Federal Register 
                stipulating the Administrator's justification for 
                certification, including supporting financial and 
                engineering documentation; and
                    ``(B) notify, and provide documentation to, the 
                Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                Resources of the Senate regarding the certification.
            ``(3) Publication.--The Administrator shall not execute any 
        contract related to a certified project sooner than 90 days 
        after publication in the Federal Register of the project 
        certification.''.
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