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[H.R. 5556 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 742
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5556

                          [Report No. 115-954]

    To provide for transparency and reporting related to direct and 
  indirect costs incurred by the Bonneville Power Administration, the 
       Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power 
 Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration related to 
     compliance with any Federal environmental laws impacting the 
       conservation of fish and wildlife, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 2018

 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Brat, 
Mr. Buck, Mr. Budd, Mr. Gianforte, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Jones, Mr. King of 
    Iowa, Mr. McClintock, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Norman, Mr. Pearce, Mr. 
   Schrader, and Mr. Yoho) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

                           September 20, 2018

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                               18, 2018]


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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for transparency and reporting related to direct and 
  indirect costs incurred by the Bonneville Power Administration, the 
       Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power 
 Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration related to 
     compliance with any Federal environmental laws impacting the 
       conservation of fish and wildlife, 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 ``Environmental Compliance Cost 
Transparency Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING.

    (a) Information Included in Monthly Billing to Power Customers.--
The Administrators of each of the Bonneville Power Administration, the 
Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power 
Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration shall include 
in monthly billings sent to each of their power customers information 
estimating and reporting all costs and factors affecting total power 
costs, including the costs of the customer's share of the direct and 
indirect costs that are incurred by the administration related to 
compliance with any Federal environmental laws impacting the 
conservation of fish and wildlife considered by the Administrator 
concerned, at that Administrator's sole discretion after consultation 
with consumers, to be relevant.
    (b) Direct Costs.--Direct costs reported under this section shall 
include Federal agency obligations related to costs of studies; 
capital, operation, maintenance, and replacement costs; and staffing 
costs.
    (c) Indirect Costs.--Indirect costs reported under this section 
shall include foregone generation (including as a result of water lost 
to comply with any Federal environmental laws impacting the 
conservation of fish and wildlife), and replacement power costs, 
including the net costs of any transmission.
    (d) Coordination.--The Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation 
and the head of any other affected Federal agency shall assist the 
Administrators with the identification of the costs.
    (e) Report.--No later than January 30 of each year, each of the 
Administrators referred to in subsection (a), in coordination with the 
Bureau of Reclamation and other affected Federal agencies, shall 
provide an annual report to the appropriate committees of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate that includes--
            (1) all estimated costs and factors affecting total power 
        costs, including estimates of the total direct and indirect 
        costs that are incurred by the administration related to 
        compliance with any Federal environmental laws impacting the 
        conservation of fish and wildlife considered by the 
        Administrator concerned, at that Administrator's sole 
        discretion after consultation with consumers, to be relevant; 
        and
            (2) the sources of replacement power.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 742

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5556

                          [Report No. 115-954]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To provide for transparency and reporting related to direct and 
  indirect costs incurred by the Bonneville Power Administration, the 
       Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power 
 Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration related to 
     compliance with any Federal environmental laws impacting the 
       conservation of fish and wildlife, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 20, 2018

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed