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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 859 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 184
116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 859

                          [Report No. 116-81]

  To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize hydroelectric 
    production incentives and hydroelectric efficiency improvement 
                  incentives, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 25, 2019

  Mr. Gardner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

                           September 10, 2019

              Reported by Ms. Murkowski, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
  To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize hydroelectric 
    production incentives and hydroelectric efficiency improvement 
                  incentives, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Reliable Investment in 
Vital Energy Reauthorization Act'' or the ``RIVER Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. HYDROELECTRIC PRODUCTION INCENTIVES AND EFFICIENCY 
              IMPROVEMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Hydroelectric Production Incentives.--Section 242 of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15881) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (c), by striking ``10'' and 
        inserting ``22'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ``section 
        29(d)(2)(B)'' and inserting ``section 45K(d)(2)(B)'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in subsection (f), by striking ``20'' and 
        inserting ``32''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) in subsection (g), by striking ``each of the 
        fiscal years 2006 through 2015'' and inserting ``each of fiscal 
        years 2019 through 2036''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvement.--Section 243(c) 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15882(c)) is amended by 
striking ``each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2015'' and inserting 
``each of fiscal years 2019 through 2036''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reliable Investment in Vital Energy 
Reauthorization Act'' or the ``RIVER Act''.

SEC. 2. HYDROELECTRIC PRODUCTION INCENTIVES AND EFFICIENCY 
              IMPROVEMENTS.

    (a) Hydroelectric Production Incentives.--Section 242 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15881) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) Qualified hydroelectric facility.--The term 
        `qualified hydroelectric facility' means a turbine or other 
        generating device owned or solely operated by a non-Federal 
        entity--
                    ``(A) that generates hydroelectric energy for sale; 
                and
                    ``(B)(i) that is added to an existing dam or 
                conduit; or
                    ``(ii)(I) that has a generating capacity of not 
                more than 10 megawatts;
                    ``(II) for which the non-Federal entity has 
                received a construction authorization from the Federal 
                Energy Regulatory Commission, if applicable; and
                    ``(III) that is constructed in a region in which 
                there is inadequate electric service, as determined by 
                the Secretary.'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``10'' and inserting 
        ``22'';
            (3) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ``section 
        29(d)(2)(B)'' and inserting ``section 45K(d)(2)(B)'';
            (4) in subsection (f), by striking ``20'' and inserting 
        ``32''; and
            (5) in subsection (g), by striking ``each of the fiscal 
        years 2006 through 2015'' and inserting ``each of fiscal years 
        2019 through 2036''.
    (b) Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvement.--Section 243(c) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15882(c)) is amended by striking 
``each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2015'' and inserting ``each of 
fiscal years 2019 through 2036''.
                                                       Calendar No. 184

116th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 859

                          [Report No. 116-81]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize hydroelectric 
    production incentives and hydroelectric efficiency improvement 
                  incentives, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 10, 2019

                       Reported with an amendment
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