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Union Calendar No. 13 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 254 

[Report No. 113–25, Part I] 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of 

hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 15, 2013 

Mr. CHAFFETZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the 

Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

APRIL 9, 2013 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 

APRIL 9, 2013 

The Committee on the Budget discharged; 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 authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the 

development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork 

System of the Central Utah Project. 

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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 ‘‘Bonneville Unit Clean 

5 Hydropower Facilitation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DIAMOND FORK SYSTEM DEFINED. 

7 For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘Diamond 

8 Fork System’’ means the facilities described in chapter 4 

9 of the October 2004 Supplement to the 1988 Definite 

10 Plan Report for the Bonneville Unit. 

11 SEC. 3. COST ALLOCATIONS. 

12 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order 

13 to facilitate hydropower development on the Diamond 

14 Fork System, the amount of reimbursable costs allocated 

15 to project power in Chapter 6 of the Power Appendix in 

16 the October 2004 Supplement to the 1988 Bonneville Unit 

17 Definite Plan Report, with regard to power development 

18 upstream of the Diamond Fork System, shall be consid19 ered final costs as well as costs in excess of the total max20 imum repayment obligation as defined in section 211 of 

21 the Central Utah Project Completion Act of 1992 (Public 

22 Law 102–575), and shall be subject to the same terms 

23 and conditions. 

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1 SEC. 4. NO PURCHASE OR MARKET OBLIGATION; NO COSTS 

2 ASSIGNED TO POWER. 

3 Nothing in this Act shall obligate the Western Area 

4 Power Administration to purchase or market any of the 

5 power produced by the Diamond Fork power plant and 

6 none of the costs associated with development of trans7 mission facilities to transmit power from the Diamond 

8 Fork power plant shall be assigned to power for the pur9 pose of Colorado River Storage Project ratemaking. 

10 SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING. 

11 No facility for the generation or transmission of hy12 droelectric power on the Diamond Fork System may be 

13 financed or refinanced, in whole or in part, with proceeds 

14 of any obligation— 

15 (1) the interest on which is exempt from the 

16 tax imposed under chapter 1 of the Internal Rev17 enue Code of 1986, or 

18 (2) with respect to which credit is allowable 

19 under subpart I or J of part IV of subchapter A of 

20 chapter 1 of such Code. 

21 SEC. 6. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 

22 If, 24 months after the date of the enactment of this 

23 Act, hydropower production on the Diamond Fork System 

24 has not commenced, the Secretary of the Interior shall 

25 submit a report to the Committee on Natural Resources 

26 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

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1 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate stating this 

2 fact, the reasons such production has not yet commenced, 

3 and a detailed timeline for future hydropower production. 

4 SEC. 7. PAYGO. 

5 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

6 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

7 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

8 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

9 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

10 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro11 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

12 vote on passage. 

13 SEC. 8. LIMITATION ON THE USE OF FUNDS. 

14 The authority under the provisions of section 301 of 

15 the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–381; 

16 42 U.S.C. 16421a) shall not be used to fund any study 

17 or construction of transmission facilities developed as a 

18 result of this Act. 

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Union Calendar No. 13 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 254 

[Report No. 113–25, Part I] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to faciliProject. the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah tate the development of hydroelectric power on 

APRIL 9, 2013 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 

APRIL 9, 2013 

The Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to 

Union and ordered to be printed the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 

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