PUBLIC UTILITIES
Amendments
District of Columbia: permit council to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds relative to water and sewer facilities (H.R. 3663), H6983 [27JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3816), H7780 [17JY], H8248, H8249 [23JY], H8336, H8337, H8340, H8341, H8342, H8343, H8346, H8347, H8349, H8351, H8356, H8362, H8366, H8369, H8370, H8371, H8379 [24JY]
———making appropriations (S. 1959), S8980, S8981, S8994, S9000 [26JY], S9042, S9043, S9044, S9045, S9047, S9048, S9052, S9054, S9056, S9060, S9061, S9075, S9076, S9077 [29JY], S9088, S9100, S9161, S9162 [30JY]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), S8029, S8030, S8031, S8032, S8033, S8034, S8037, S8038, S8039, S8040, S8041, S8042, S8043, S8044, S8055, S8056, S8057, S8058 [17JY], S8556, S8566 [23JY], S8646, S8656 [24JY], S8871, S8875, S8895, S8905, S8919, S8920, S8921 [25JY], S9216, S9218, S9222, S9228, S9235, S9237 [31JY]
Analyses
Bonneville Power Administration Debt Refinancing Agreement at Prevailing Interest Rates and Payment of Refinancing Fee to U.S. Treasury, S2183-S2186 [15MR]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 3816, energy and water development appropriations, S9115 [30JY], H10048 [5SE]
Articles and editorials
Congress Should Switch Off Energy's Nuke-Pork Project, S8984 [26JY]
Dim Future—Time To Stop Federal Subsidies for Nuclear Generators, S8985 [26JY]
End Corporate Welfare for Nuclear Reactors, S8984 [26JY]
Needless Subsidy, S8982 [26JY]
Nuclear Nonsense, S8984 [26JY]
Nuclear Subsidy—Corporate Welfare?, S8983 [26JY]
Reactor Research Funding Deserves To Be Terminated, S8983 [26JY]
Spending Priority, S8985 [26JY]
Taste of Corporate Welfare, S8983 [26JY]
Waste Makes Haste, S7845 [16JY]
Zap It, S8983 [26JY]
Bills and resolutions
District of Columbia: permit council to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds relative to water and sewer facilities (see H.R. 3663), H6508 [18JN]
Electric power: deregulation of the industry (see H.R. 2929), H1223 [1FE]
———establish a commission to minimize the environmental impacts associated with electric utility restructuring (see H.R. 3172), H2950 [27MR]
———provide for competition in industry (see H.R. 3782, 3790), H7473, H7474 [11JY]
———provide for retail competition among suppliers (see H.R. 4297), H12174 [28SE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (see S. 1959; H.R. 3816), S7887 [16JY], H7657 [16JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3816), consideration (see H. Res. 483), H8029 [18JY]
FERC: disapproving of rules concerning open access transmission services of public utilities (see H.J. Res. 178), H4397 [1MY]
Government regulations: revision of the regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see H.R. 3601), H6005 [6JN]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see S. 1936), S7492 [9JY]
Motor vehicles: remove limitations on maximum driving and on-duty time of utility vehicle operators and drivers (see S. 1714; H.R. 3480, 3492), S4316 [29AP], H5287, H5288 [16MY]
Nuclear energy: Advanced Light Water Reactor Program funding (see S. 1958), S7887 [16JY]
Power resources: privatize the Federal Power Marketing Administration and certain TVA facilities (see H.R. 3878), H8247 [23JY]
———provide for retail competition among electric power suppliers (see S. 1526), S377 [25JA]
Public lands: right-of-way fees and liability standards affecting rural electric cooperatives and other lessees (see H.R. 3377), H4396 [1MY]
Texas: drought relief for Corpus Christi, TX, and the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, TX (see H.R. 3910), H8598 [26JY]
———transfer title for Bureau of Reclamation projects to local control (see S. 1719), S4517 [1MY]
Water: authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System (see S. 1989; H.R. 4188), S8866 [25JY], H11229 [25SE]
———biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity tests in connection with publicly owned treatment works (see H.R. 3948), H9705 [1AU]
———require persons contributing to drinking water contamination to reimburse public water systems for the costs of decontamination (see H.R. 3656), H6414 [13JN]
Wenatchee National Forest: land exchange with Chelan County, WA (see S. 2017; H.R. 3581), S9554 [2AU], H5934 [5JN]
Cloture motions
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), S7743 [11JY], S7848, S7916 [16JY]
Conference reports
Energy and Water Development Appropriations (H.R. 3816), H10237-H10329 [12SE]
Cost Estimates
Water reuse and recycling projects (S. 901): CBO (Intergovernmental Mandates), S8924 [25JY]
Factsheets
Advanced Light Water Reactor Program Investments, S9040 [29JY]
Letters
Advanced Light Water Reactor Program: Bill Magavern, Public Citizen (organization), S7896 [16JY], S8981 [26JY]
———Fred L. Smith, Jr., Competitive Enterprise Institute, S7896 [16JY], S8982 [26JY]
———James J. O'Connor, Advanced Reactor Corp., S9041 [29JY]
———Ray A. Hunter, Dept. of Energy, H8358 [24JY]
———Terry R. Lash, Dept. of Energy, S9055 [29JY]
———Thomas A. Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S7896 [16JY], S8981 [26JY]
Allow security guards in enrichment plants to carry firearms and execute arrests: Frank Augustus, S9060 [29JY]
Nuclear Waste Policy Act: Alan Caldwell, International Association of Fire Chiefs, S7843 [16JY], S9231 [31JY]
———Alice M. Rivlin, OMB, S7863 [16JY]
———Frank Caine, Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trade Council, S9231 [31JY]
———Jim Howard, Northern States Power Co., S7874 [16JY]
———Kris Sanda, Minnesota Dept. of Public Service, S7873 [16JY]
———Leon E. Panetta, Executive Office of the President, S7845, S7861 [16JY]
———Senator Murkowski, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S7841, S7842, S7862 [16JY]
Removal of limitations on maximum driving and on-duty time of utility vehicle operators and drivers: Jay T. Downen, Montana Electric Cooperatives' Association, S4322 [29AP]
Right-of-way fees and liability standards affecting rural electric cooperatives and other lessees: R. Patrick Reiten, Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative, E693 [1MY]
Susceptibility of nuclear materials to terrorism during transport: Louis Zeller, Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, S9239 [31JY]
Lists
Major population centers affected by proposed nuclear transportation routes, S7641 [10JY]
Motions
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3816), H10048 [5SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3816), conference report, H10343 [12SE]
———making appropriations (S. 1959), S9089, S9093, S9095 [30JY]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), S9222 [31JY]
Petitions and memorials
Georgia: sale of Southeastern Power Administration, E313 [7MR]
Remarks in House
Atlantic Electric (business): Edison Electric Institute Special Distinction Award recipient, E1316 [18JY]
Bonneville Power Administration: energy exchange with hydro projects of the Columbia River relative to Federal fish protection measures, H8338 [24JY]
Budget: discretionary spending levels, H8369, H8370 [24JY]
Buy American Act: compliance, H8337, H8338 [24JY]
Dayton Power and Light Co.: Edison Electric Institute Common Goals Award recipient, E1499 [2AU]
Dept. of Energy: environmental restoration and waste management funding, E1376 [25JY]
District of Columbia: permit council to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds relative to water and sewer facilities (H.R. 3663), H6982-H6985 [27JN], E1211 [27JN]
Electric power: deregulation of the industry (H.R. 2929), E162 [5FE]
———provide for competition in industry (H.R. 3782), E1255 [11JY]
———provide for retail competition among suppliers (H.R. 4297), E1849 [30SE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3816), H8302-H8319, H8328, H8330-H8372 [24JY], H8520 [25JY], E1376, E1377, E1382, E1383 [25JY], E1387 [26JY], E1402 [30JY], E1464 [2AU]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3816), conference report, H10329, H10336-H10344 [12SE], E1710 [26SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3816), consideration (H. Res. 483), H8293-H8302 [24JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3816), motion to instruct conferees, H10048 [5SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3816), permission to file conference report, H10198 [11SE]
EPA: State grants to finance the construction or improvement of water supply systems, H6760 [25JN]
FERC: disapproving of rules concerning open access transmission services of public utilities (H.J. Res. 178), E696 [1MY]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal, H8313, H8314, H8315 [24JY]
Motor vehicles: remove limitations on maximum driving and on-duty time of utility vehicle operators and drivers (H.R. 3480), E825 [16MY]
Nuclear energy: Advanced Light Water Reactor Program funding, H8356-H8362 [24JY], E1387 [26JY]
Orange and Rockland Utilities Co.: Edison Electric Institute Common Goals Award recipient, E1406 [30JY]
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.: Edison Electric Institute Common Goals Award recipient, E1761 [27SE], E1829 [30SE]
Power resources: research and development funding, H8310, H8311, H8312 [24JY]
Public lands: right-of-way fees and liability standards affecting rural electric cooperatives and other lessees (H.R. 3377), E692 [1MY]
Public works: allow for prepayment of Federal repayment contracts by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District (H.R. 1823), H4135-H4137, H4161 [30AP]
Texas: drought relief for Corpus Christi, TX, and the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, TX (H.R. 3910), H10156, H10157 [10SE]
TVA: funding, H8347-H8349 [24JY]
Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water Supply Compact: congressional consent (H.J. Res. 129), H2339-H2341 [19MR]
———congressional consent (S.J. Res. 38), H2341 [19MR]
Water: authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System (H.R. 4188), E1700 [26SE]
———authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System (S. 1467), H9957, H9958 [4SE], E1539 [5SE]
Wenatchee National Forest: land exchange (H.R. 2518), H9966, H9967 [4SE]
Remarks in Senate
Amtrak: purchase of electric power, S9145 [30JY]
Bonneville Power Administration: debt refinancing agreement at prevailing interest rates and payment of refinancing fee to U.S. Treasury, S2182 [15MR]
———energy exchange with hydro projects of the Columbia River relative to Federal fish protection measures, S8977, S8978, S8980 [26JY], S10623 [17SE]
———use of renewable energy resources and promotion of energy conservation, S9102 [30JY]
Dept. of Defense: extend demonstration project for purchase of certain services from local governments, S6502 [19JN]
Dept. of Energy: Fusion Energy Sciences Program funding, S10623 [17SE]
———liability for contract delays relative to nuclear waste disposal, S9235, S9236 [31JY]
District of Columbia: permit council to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds relative to water and sewer facilities (H.R. 3663), S9208 [30JY]
———water quality and sewer facilities funding, S9461 [2AU]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3816), conference report, S10618-S10624, S10650 [17SE], S11762 [28SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3816), insert language of S. 1959 in lieu, S9104 [30JY]
———making appropriations (S. 1959), S8965-S8972, S8974, S8977-S8978, S8980-S8988 [26JY], S9007, S9011-S9015, S9038-S9050-S9061 [29JY], S9085-S9115 [30JY]
———making appropriations (S. 1959), unanimous-consent agreement, S8831 [25JY], S8978 [26JY]
Forest Service: limit advertising of watershed restoration project contracts in certain communities, S10532 [13SE]
Green Mountain Power Corp.: Edison Electric Institute Common Goals Award recipient, S12339 [3OC]
Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, S9209-S9215, S9243 [31JY]
———nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), S7502 [9JY], S7507, S7631-S7646, S7667 [10JY], S7743, S7744, S7749, S7751, S7752, S7753, S7757-S7759 [11JY], S7839-S7877, S7914-S7918 [16JY], S8007-S8010 [17JY], S9209-S9265 [31JY]
———nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), unanimous-consent agreement, S7844, S7916 [16JY], S8593 [24JY]
———susceptibility of nuclear materials to terrorism during transport, S9229, S9232-S9234, S9239 [31JY]
Lawsuits: exclusion from product liability reform, S2359-S2363 [20MR]
Local government: encourage public/private partnerships for wastewater treatment facilities, S6025 [11JN]
Motor vehicles: remove limitations on maximum driving and on-duty time of utility vehicle operators and drivers (S. 1714), S4322 [29AP]
New York: West Valley Demonstration Project funding, S10622 [17SE]
Nuclear energy: Advanced Light Water Reactor Program funding, S8981-S8985 [26JY], S9038-S9042, S9055 [29JY], S9086, S9088, S9089 [30JY]
———Advanced Light Water Reactor Program funding (S. 1958), S7896 [16JY]
———allow security guards in enrichment plants to carry firearms and execute arrests, S9060, S9061 [29JY]
———funding for electrometallurgical treatment of spent nuclear fuel at Argonne National Laboratory, S9056 [29JY]
Nuclear Waste Policy Act: compliance with existing environmental laws in developing an integrated management system, S9237-S9241, S9247 [31JY]
———preemption of inconsistent or duplicative Federal, State, and local environmental laws, S9222-S9228, S9247 [31JY]
Power resources: provide for retail competition among electric power suppliers (S. 1526), S378-S380 [25JA]
Public works: allow for prepayment of Federal repayment contracts by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District (H.R. 1823), S11667 [28SE]
Taxation: treatment of contributions in aid of construction of a water or wastewater utility, S7447 [9JY], S9538 [2AU]
———treatment of tax-exempt bond financing for public utility companies, S7630, S7631 [10JY]
Texas: drought relief for Corpus Christi, TX, and the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, TX (H.R. 3910), S12403 [3OC]
———transfer title for Bureau of Reclamation projects to local control (S. 1719), S4517-S4519 [1MY]
Water: authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System (S. 1467), S3163 [28MR], S4810 [7MY], S11804 [28SE]
———authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System (S. 1989), S8866 [25JY]
———reuse and recycling projects (S. 901), S8924 [25JY]
Wenatchee National Forest: land exchange with Chelan County, WA (S. 2017), S9555 [2AU]
———land exchange with Plum Creek Timber Co., S10532 [13SE]
Reports
CBO Cost Estimate for S. 1467, Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System Act, S3163 [28MR]
Reports filed
Allow for Prepayment of Federal Repayment Contracts by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1823) (S. Rept. 104-300), S7178 [27JN]
Congressional Consent to the Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water Supply Compact: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.J. Res. 129) (H. Rept. 104-485), H2320 [18MR]
Consideration of H.R. 3816, Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 483) (H. Rept. 104-687), H8029 [18JY]
Drought Relief for Corpus Christi, TX, and the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, TX: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3910) (H. Rept. 104-770), H10040 [4SE]
Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3816) (H. Rept. 104-782), H10385 [12SE]
———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3816) (H. Rept. 104-679), H7657 [16JY]
———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1959) (S. Rept. 104-320), S7887 [16JY]
EPA State Grants To Finance the Construction or Improvement of Water Supply Systems: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2747) (H. Rept. 104-515), H3229 [29MR]
Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1467) (S. Rept. 104-242), S2192 [15MR]
———Committee on Resources (House) (S. 1467) (H. Rept. 104-769), H10040 [4SE]
Permit District of Columbia City Council To Authorize the Issuance of Revenue Bonds Relative to Water and Sewer Facilities: Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House) (H.R. 3663) (H. Rept. 104-635), H6764 [25JN]
Prepayment of Federal Repayment Contracts by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1823) (H. Rept. 104-531), H3729 [23AP]
Public Utility Holding Company Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1317) (S. Rept. 104-365), S10075 [9SE]
Snowbasin Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1371) (S. Rept. 104-201), S30 [3JA]
Transfer Title for Bureau of Reclamation Projects to Local Texas Control: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1719), S10554 [13SE]
Water Reuse and Recycling Projects: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 901) (S. Rept. 104-322), S7887 [16JY]
Wenatchee National Forest Land Exchange With Chelan County, WA: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2518) (H. Rept. 104-764), H10039 [4SE]
Resolutions by organizations
Nuclear Waste Policy Act: International Association of Fire Chiefs, S7843 [16JY]
Statements
Advanced Light Water Reactor Program Myths: Dept. of Energy, S9040 [29JY]
Nuclear Waste Disposal: Senator Johnston (1980), S7643 [10JY]
Tables
Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report on H.R. 3816, energy and water development appropriations, S10622 [17SE]
Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 1959, energy and water development appropriations, S9104 [30JY]
Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 3816), H8306 [24JY], H10337 [12SE]
State court cases of strict liability of public utility companies, S2362 [20MR]
State electrical generation by nuclear energy, S7866 [16JY]
Texts of
H. Res. 483, consideration of H.R. 3816, energy and water development appropriations, H8293 [24JY]
H.J. Res. 129, congressional consent to the Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water Supply Compact, H2339 [19MR]
H.R. 1823, allow for prepayment of Federal repayment contracts by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, H4135 [30AP]
H.R. 2518, Wenatchee National Forest land exchange with Chelan County, WA, H9966 [4SE]
H.R. 3663, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Act, H6982 [27JN]
H.R. 3816, energy and water development appropriations, S9104-S9115 [30JY], H8330-H8334 [24JY]
H.R. 3910, drought relief for Corpus Christi, TX, and the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, TX, H10156 [10SE]
H.R. 4297, Consumers Electric Power Act, E1849-E1851 [30SE]
S. 1467, Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System Act, S4810 [7MY], S11804 [28SE], H9957 [4SE]
S. 1526, Electricity Competition Act, S380-S382 [25JA]
S. 1935, Nuclear Waste Policy Act, S9254-S9265 [31JY]
S.J. Res. 38, congressional consent to the Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water Supply Compact, H2341 [19MR]