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Union Calendar No. 356 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 460 

[Report No. 112–503, 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 26, 2011 

Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself, Mr. MATHESON, and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) 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 

MAY 30, 2012 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 

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

MAY 30, 2012 

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 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 26, 2011] 


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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 up18 stream of the Diamond Fork System, shall be considered 

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

20 repayment obligation as defined in section 211 of the Cen21 tral Utah Project Completion Act of 1992 (Public Law 102– 

22 575), and 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. 

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 titled 

8 ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, 

9 submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 

10 Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 

11 such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on pas12 sage. 

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 or 

17 construction of transmission facilities developed as a result 

18 of this Act. 


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Union Calendar No. 356 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 460 

[Report No. 112–503, 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 

MAY 30, 2012 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 

M

an amendment 

AY 30, 2012 

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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