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Union Calendar No. 54 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 251 

[Report No. 113–78] 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal features 

of the electric distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric 

Service District, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 15, 2013 

Mr. CHAFFETZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

MAY 17, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

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A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 

Federal features of the electric distribution system to 

the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, and 

for other purposes. 

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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘South Utah Valley 

5 Electric Conveyance Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the 

9 South Utah Valley Electric Service District, orga10 nized under the laws of the State of Utah. 

11 (2) ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.—The 

12 term ‘‘Electric Distribution System’’ means fixtures, 

13 irrigation, or power facilities lands, distribution fix14 ture lands, and shared power poles. 

15 (3) FIXTURES.—The term ‘‘fixtures’’ means all 

16 power poles, cross-members, wires, insulators and 

17 associated fixtures, including substations, that— 

18 (A) comprise those portions of the Straw19 berry Valley Project power distribution system 

20 that are rated at a voltage of 12.5 kilovolts and 

21 were constructed with Strawberry Valley 

22 Project revenues; and 

23 (B) any such fixtures that are located on 

24 Federal lands and interests in lands. 

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1 (4) IRRIGATION OR POWER FACILITIES

2 LANDS.—The term ‘‘irrigation or power facilities 

3 lands’’ means all Federal lands and interests in 

4 lands where the fixtures are located on the date of 

5 the enactment of this Act and which are encumbered 

6 by other Strawberry Valley Project irrigation or 

7 power features, including lands underlying the 

8 Strawberry Substation. 

9 (5) DISTRIBUTION FIXTURE LANDS.—The term 

10 ‘‘distribution fixture lands’’ means all Federal lands 

11 and interests in lands where the fixtures are located 

12 on the date of the enactment of this Act and which 

13 are unencumbered by other Strawberry Valley 

14 Project features, to a maximum corridor width of 30 

15 feet on each side of the centerline of the fixtures’ 

16 power lines as those lines exist on the date of the 

17 enactment of this Act. 

18 (6) SHARED POWER POLES.—The term ‘‘shared 

19 power poles’’ means poles that comprise those por20 tions of the Strawberry Valley Project Power Trans21 mission System, that are rated at a voltage of 46.0 

22 kilovolts, are owned by the United States, and sup23 port fixtures of the Electric Distribution System. 

24 (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

25 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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1 SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYS2 TEM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Inasmuch as the Strawberry 

4 Water Users Association conveyed its interest, if any, in 

5 the Electric Distribution System to the District by a con6 tract dated April 7, 1986, and in consideration of the Dis7 trict assuming from the United States all liability for ad8 ministration, operation, maintenance, and replacement of 

9 the Electric Distribution System, the Secretary shall, as 

10 soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this 

11 Act and in accordance with all applicable law convey and 

12 assign to the District without charge or further consider13 ation— 

14 (1) all of the United States right, title, and in15 terest in and to— 

16 (A) all fixtures owned by the United States 

17 as part of the Electric Distribution System; and 

18 (B) the distribution fixture land; 

19 (2) license for use in perpetuity of the shared 

20 power poles to continue to own, operate, maintain, 

21 and replace Electric Distribution Fixtures attached 

22 to the shared power poles; and 

23 (3) licenses for use and for access in perpetuity 

24 for purposes of operation, maintenance, and replace25 ment across, over, and along— 

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1 (A) all project lands and interests in irri2 gation and power facilities lands where the 

3 Electric Distribution System is located on the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act that are nec5 essary for other Strawberry Valley Project fa6 cilities (the ownership of such underlying lands 

7 or interests in lands shall remain with the 

8 United States), including lands underlying the 

9 Strawberry Substation; and 

10 (B) such corridors where Federal lands 

11 and interests in lands— 

12 (i) are abutting public streets and 

13 roads; and 

14 (ii) can provide access that will facili15 tate operation, maintenance, and replace16 ment of facilities. 

17 (b) COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Before conveying lands, in19 terest in lands, and fixtures under subsection (a), 

20 the Secretary shall comply with all applicable re21 quirements under— 

22 (A) the National Environmental Policy Act 

23 of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 

24 (B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

25 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and 

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1 (C) any other law applicable to the land 

2 and facilities. 

3 (2) EFFECT.—Nothing in this Act modifies or 

4 alters any obligations under— 

5 (A) the National Environmental Policy Act 

6 of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or 

7 (B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

8 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

9 (c) POWER GENERATION AND 46KV TRANSMISSION

10 FACILITIES EXCLUDED.—Except for the uses as granted 

11 by license in Shared Power Poles under section 3(a)(2), 

12 nothing in this Act shall be construed to grant or convey 

13 to the District or any other party, any interest in any fa14 cilities shared or otherwise that comprise a portion of the 

15 Strawberry Valley Project power generation system or the 

16 federally owned portions of the 46 kilovolt transmission 

17 system which ownership shall remain in the United States. 

18 SEC. 4. EFFECT OF CONVEYANCE. 

19 On conveyance of any land or facility under section 

20 3(a)(1)— 

21 (1) the conveyed and assigned land and facili22 ties shall no longer be part of a Federal reclamation 

23 project; 

24 (2) the District shall not be entitled to receive 

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1 spect to the conveyed and assigned land and facili2 ties, except for benefits that would be available to 

3 other non-Bureau of Reclamation facilities; and 

4 (3) the United States shall not be liable for 

5 damages arising out of any act, omission, or occur6 rence relating to the land and facilities, including 

7 the transaction of April 7, 1986, between the Straw8 berry Water Users Association and Strawberry Elec9 tric Service District. 

10 SEC. 5. REPORT. 

11 If a conveyance required under section 3 is not com12 pleted by the date that is 1 year after the date of the 

13 enactment of this Act, not later than 30 days after that 

14 date, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 

15 that— 

16 (1) describes the status of the conveyance; 

17 (2) describes any obstacles to completing the 

18 conveyance; and 

19 (3) specifies an anticipated date for completion 

20 of the conveyance. 

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Union Calendar No. 54 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 251 

[Report No. 113–78] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 

Service District, and for other purposes. tion system to the South Utah Valley Electric certain Federal features of the electric distribuMAY 17, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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