127 STAT. 488 PUBLIC LAW 113–20—JULY 18, 2013 

Public Law 113–20 

113th Congress 

An Act 

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act’’. 

SEC. 2. DIAMOND FORK SYSTEM DEFINED. 

For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘Diamond Fork System’’ 

means the facilities described in chapter 4 of the October 2004 

Supplement to the 1988 Definite Plan Report for the Bonneville 

Unit. 

SEC. 3. COST ALLOCATIONS. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to facilitate hydropower development on the Diamond Fork System, the 

amount of reimbursable costs allocated to project power in Chapter 

6 of the Power Appendix in the October 2004 Supplement to the 

1988 Bonneville Unit Definite Plan Report, with regard to power 

development upstream of the Diamond Fork System, shall be considered final costs as well as costs in excess of the total maximum 

repayment obligation as defined in section 211 of the Central Utah 

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

be subject to the same terms and conditions. 

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

TO POWER. 

Nothing in this Act shall obligate the Western Area Power 

Administration to purchase or market any of the power produced 

by the Diamond Fork power plant and none of the costs associated 

with development of transmission facilities to transmit power from 

the Diamond Fork power plant shall be assigned to power for 

the purpose of Colorado River Storage Project ratemaking. 

SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING. 

No facility for the generation or transmission of hydroelectric 

power on the Diamond Fork System may be financed or refinanced, 

in whole or in part, with proceeds of any obligation— 

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

under chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or 

(2) with respect to which credit is allowable under subpart 

I or J of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code. 

Bonneville Unit 

Clean 

Hydropower 

Facilitation Act. 

July 18, 2013 

[H.R. 254] 


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PUBLIC LAW 113–20—JULY 18, 2013 127 STAT. 489 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 254 (S. 26): 

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 113–25, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Natural Resources). 

SENATE REPORTS: No. 113–16 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources) accompanying S. 26. 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 159 (2013): 

Apr. 9, considered and passed House. 

July 10, considered and passed Senate. 

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SEC. 6. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 

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

hydropower production on the Diamond Fork System has not commenced, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to 

the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

the Senate stating this fact, the reasons such production has not 

yet commenced, and a detailed timeline for future hydropower 

production. 

SEC. 7. PAYGO. 

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

with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 

by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 

PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 

Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 

to the vote on passage. 

SEC. 8. LIMITATION ON THE USE OF FUNDS. 

The authority under the provisions of section 301 of the Hoover 

Power Plant Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–381; 42 U.S.C. 16421a) 

shall not be used to fund any study or construction of transmission 

facilities developed as a result of this Act. 

Approved July 18, 2013. 


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