[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 587 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 587


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 24, 2017

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend the Federal Power Act to provide that any inaction by the 
 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that allows a rate change to go 
into effect shall be treated as an order by the Commission for purposes 
                     of rehearing and court review.

    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 ``Fair Ratepayer Accountability, 
Transparency, and Efficiency Standards Act'' or the ``Fair RATES Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL POWER ACT.

    Subsection (d) of section 205 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
824d(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Any absence 
of action by the Commission that allows a change to take effect under 
this section, including the Commission allowing the 60 days' notice 
herein provided to expire without Commission action, shall be treated 
as an order issued by the Commission accepting such change for purposes 
of section 313.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives January 23, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.