[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1988 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1988

To amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission to consider private landownership and private use of land in 
          issuing hydropower licenses, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 14, 2011

Mr. Blunt (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. 
Enzi) 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 amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission to consider private landownership and private use of land in 
          issuing hydropower licenses, 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 ``Supporting Home Owner Rights 
Enforcement Act''.

SEC. 2. HYDROPOWER LICENSES.

    (a) Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)) is 
amended--
            (1) by designated the first, second, and third sentences as 
        paragraphs (1) through (3) respectively; and
            (2) in paragraph (3) (as so designated), by inserting 
        ``private landownership by any nonlicensee and private use of 
        land,'' before ``recreational opportunities''.
    (b) Section 10 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 803) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``private 
        landownership by any nonlicensee and private use of land,'' 
        after ``water supply''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Private Landownership.--
            ``(1) In general.--In developing any recreational resource 
        within the project boundary, the licensee shall consider 
        private landownership by any nonlicensee as a means to 
        encourage and facilitate--
                    ``(A) private investment; and
                    ``(B) increased tourism and recreational use.
            ``(2) Licenses.--
                    ``(A) Future licenses.--The Commission shall 
                include the text contained in paragraph (1) in any 
                license issued after the date of enactment of this 
                subsection.
                    ``(B) Existing licenses.--Any licensee may include 
                the text contained in paragraph (1) in any license in 
                effect as of the date of enactment of this 
                subsection.''
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