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Union Calendar No. 174 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2008 

[Report No. 111–308] 

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 

APRIL 21, 2009 

Mr. MATHESON (for himself and Mr. CHAFFETZ) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

OCTOBER 21, 2009 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 21, 2009] 


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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 Fork 

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

9 October 2004 Supplement to the 1988 Definite Plan Report 

10 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 Fork 

14 System, the amount of reimbursable costs allocated to 

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

16 October 2004 Supplement to the 1988 Bonneville Unit Defi17 nite Plan Report, with regard to power development within 

18 the Diamond Fork System, shall be considered final costs 

19 as well as costs in excess of the total maximum repayment 

20 obligation as defined in section 211 of the Central Utah 

21 Project Completion Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–575), and 

22 shall be subject to the same terms 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 purpose 

9 of Colorado River Storage Project ratemaking. 

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

11 No facility for the generation or transmission of hydro12 electric power on the Diamond Fork System may be fi13 nanced or refinanced, in whole or in part, with proceeds 

14 of any obligation— 

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

16 imposed under chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue 

17 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 sub25 mit a report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

26 House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 


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1 Natural Resources of the Senate stating this fact, the rea2 sons such production has not yet commenced, and a detailed 

3 timeline for future hydropower production. 


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Union Calendar No. 174 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2008 

[Report No. 111–308] 

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 

OCTOBER 21, 2009 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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