[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4839-4840]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                                H.R. 678

                      Offered By: Mrs. Napolitano

       Amendment No. 1: Page 4, strike lines 14 through 18 (and 
     redesignate subsequent provisions accordingly).
       Page 7, line 13, strike ``5'' and insert ``15''.

                                H.R. 678

                         Offered By: Mr. Tipton

       Amendment No. 2: Page 4, line 4, insert ``(A)'' after 
     ``(2)''.
       Page 4, lines 8 and 10, strike ``work'' and insert 
     ``conduit''.
       Page 4, line 13, after ``offer'' insert ``for a small 
     conduit hydropower project''.
       Page 4, after line 13, insert the following:
       ``(B) If the irrigation district or water users association 
     elects not accept a lease of power privilege offer under 
     subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall offer the lease of 
     power privilege to other parties in accordance with this 
     subsection.''.
       Page 4, line 21, after ``hydropower'' insert ``policy and 
     procedure-setting''.
       Page 5, line 18 strike ``involved, and'' and all that 
     follows though line 25 and insert the following ``involved. 
     The Secretary shall notify and consult with the irrigation 
     district or water users association operating the transferred 
     conduit before offering the lease of power privilege and 
     shall prescribe terms and conditions that will adequately 
     protect the planning, design, construction, operation, 
     maintenance, and other interests of the United States and the 
     project or division involved.''.
       Page 6, after line 4, insert the following:
       ``(8) Nothing in this subsection shall alter or affect any 
     existing preliminary permit, license, or exemption issued by 
     the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under Part I of the 
     Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 792, et seq.) or any project for 
     which an application has been filed with the Federal Energy 
     Regulatory Commission as of the date of the enactment of the 
     Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development 
     and Rural Jobs Act.''.
       Page 6, line 5, strike ``(8)'' and insert ``(9)''.
       Page 6, strike lines 14 through 20, and insert the 
     following:
       (B) Irrigation district.--The term ``irrigation district'' 
     means any irrigation, water conservation or conservancy, 
     multicounty water conservation or conservancy district, or 
     any separate public entity composed of two or more such 
     districts and jointly exercising powers of its member 
     districts.
       Page 6, line 21, strike ``work'' and insert ``conduit''.
       Page 6, line 22, strike ``work'' and insert ``conduit''.
       Page 7, line 3, strike ``work'' and insert ``conduit''.
       Page 7, line 4, strike ``work'' and insert ``conduit''.

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                                H.R. 678

                         Offered By: Mr. Tipton

       Amendment No. 3: Page 4, strike lines 14 through 18, and 
     insert the following:
       ``(3) The Bureau of Reclamation shall apply its categorical 
     exclusion process under the National Environmental Policy Act 
     of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to small conduit hydropower 
     development under this subsection, excluding siting of 
     associated transmission facilities on Federal lands.