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Calendar No. 85 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 251 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 12, 2013 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

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. 

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. 

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1 (2) ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.—The 

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

3 irrigation, or power facilities lands, distribution fix4 ture lands, and shared power poles. 

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

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

7 associated fixtures, including substations, that— 

8 (A) comprise those portions of the Straw9 berry Valley Project power distribution system 

10 that are rated at a voltage of 12.5 kilovolts and 

11 were constructed with Strawberry Valley 

12 Project revenues; and 

13 (B) any such fixtures that are located on 

14 Federal lands and interests in lands. 

15 (4) IRRIGATION OR POWER FACILITIES

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

17 lands’’ means all Federal lands and interests in 

18 lands where the fixtures are located on the date of 

19 the enactment of this Act and which are encumbered 

20 by other Strawberry Valley Project irrigation or 

21 power features, including lands underlying the 

22 Strawberry Substation. 

23 (5) DISTRIBUTION FIXTURE LANDS.—The term 

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

25 and interests in lands where the fixtures are located 

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

2 are unencumbered by other Strawberry Valley 

3 Project features, to a maximum corridor width of 30 

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

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

6 enactment of this Act. 

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

8 power poles’’ means poles that comprise those por9 tions of the Strawberry Valley Project Power Trans10 mission System, that are rated at a voltage of 46.0 

11 kilovolts, are owned by the United States, and sup12 port fixtures of the Electric Distribution System. 

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

14 the Secretary of the Interior. 

15 SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYS16 TEM. 

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

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

19 the Electric Distribution System to the District by a con20 tract dated April 7, 1986, and in consideration of the Dis21 trict assuming from the United States all liability for ad22 ministration, operation, maintenance, and replacement of 

23 the Electric Distribution System, the Secretary shall, as 

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

25 Act and in accordance with all applicable law convey and 

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1 assign to the District without charge or further consider2 ation— 

3 (1) all of the United States right, title, and in4 terest in and to— 

5 (A) all fixtures owned by the United States 

6 as part of the Electric Distribution System; and 

7 (B) the distribution fixture land; 

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

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

10 and replace Electric Distribution Fixtures attached 

11 to the shared power poles; and 

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

13 for purposes of operation, maintenance, and replace14 ment across, over, and along— 

15 (A) all project lands and interests in irri16 gation and power facilities lands where the 

17 Electric Distribution System is located on the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act that are nec19 essary for other Strawberry Valley Project fa20 cilities (the ownership of such underlying lands 

21 or interests in lands shall remain with the 

22 United States), including lands underlying the 

23 Strawberry Substation; and 

24 (B) such corridors where Federal lands 

25 and interests in lands— 

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1 (i) are abutting public streets and 

2 roads; and 

3 (ii) can provide access that will facili4 tate operation, maintenance, and replace5 ment of facilities. 

6 (b) COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Before conveying lands, in8 terest in lands, and fixtures under subsection (a), 

9 the Secretary shall comply with all applicable re10 quirements under— 

11 (A) the National Environmental Policy Act 

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

13 (B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

14 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and 

15 (C) any other law applicable to the land 

16 and facilities. 

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

18 alters any obligations under— 

19 (A) the National Environmental Policy Act 

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

21 (B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

22 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

23 (c) POWER GENERATION AND 46KV TRANSMISSION

24 FACILITIES EXCLUDED.—Except for the uses as granted 

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

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

2 to the District or any other party, any interest in any fa3 cilities shared or otherwise that comprise a portion of the 

4 Strawberry Valley Project power generation system or the 

5 federally owned portions of the 46 kilovolt transmission 

6 system which ownership shall remain in the United States. 

7 SEC. 4. EFFECT OF CONVEYANCE. 

8 On conveyance of any land or facility under section 

9 3(a)(1)— 

10 (1) the conveyed and assigned land and facili11 ties shall no longer be part of a Federal reclamation 

12 project; 

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

14 any future Bureau or Reclamation benefits with re15 spect to the conveyed and assigned land and facili16 ties, except for benefits that would be available to 

17 other non-Bureau of Reclamation facilities; and 

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

19 damages arising out of any act, omission, or occur20 rence relating to the land and facilities, including 

21 the transaction of April 7, 1986, between the Straw22 berry Water Users Association and Strawberry Elec23 tric Service District. 

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1 SEC. 5. REPORT. 

2 If a conveyance required under section 3 is not com3 pleted by the date that is 1 year after the date of the 

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

5 date, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 

6 that— 

7 (1) describes the status of the conveyance; 

8 (2) describes any obstacles to completing the 

9 conveyance; and 

10 (3) specifies an anticipated date for completion 

11 of the conveyance. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 11, 2013. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 

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Calendar No. 85 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 251 

AN ACT 

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 distribuJUNE 12, 2013 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

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