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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5803 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 12, 2014 

Received 

AN ACT 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team 

of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the 

energy needs of the insular areas of the United States 

and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy action plans aimed at promoting access 

to affordable, reliable energy, including increasing use 

of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes. 


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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. STUDY OF ELECTRIC RATES IN THE INSULAR 

4 AREAS. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY PLAN.—The term 

7 ‘‘comprehensive energy plan’’ means a comprehen8 sive energy plan prepared and updated under sub9 sections (c) and (e) of section 604 of the Act entitled 

10 ‘‘An Act to authorize appropriations for certain in11 sular areas of the United States, and for other pur12 poses’’, approved December 24, 1980 (48 U.S.C. 

13 1492). 

14 (2) ENERGY ACTION PLAN.—The term ‘‘energy 

15 action plan’’ means the plan required by subsection 

16 (d). 

17 (3) FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.—The term 

18 ‘‘Freely Associated States’’ means the Federated 

19 States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall 

20 Islands, and the Republic of Palau. 

21 (4) INSULAR AREAS.—The term ‘‘insular areas’’ 

22 means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 

23 Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and 

24 the Virgin Islands. 


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1 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Interior. 

3 (6) TEAM.—The term ‘‘team’’ means the team 

4 established by the Secretary under subsection (b). 

5 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, 

7 within the Empowering Insular Communities activity, es8 tablish a team of technical, policy, and financial experts— 

9 (1) to develop an energy action plan addressing 

10 the energy needs of each of the insular areas and 

11 Freely Associated States; and 

12 (2) to assist each of the insular areas and Free13 ly Associated States in implementing such plan. 

14 (c) PARTICIPATION OF REGIONAL UTILITY ORGANI15 ZATIONS.—In establishing the team, the Secretary shall 

16 consider including regional utility organizations. 

17 (d) ENERGY ACTION PLAN.—In accordance with sub18 section (b), the energy action plan shall include— 

19 (1) recommendations, based on the comprehen20 sive energy plan where applicable, to— 

21 (A) reduce reliance and expenditures on 

22 fuel shipped to the insular areas and Freely As23 sociated States from ports outside the United 

24 States; 


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1 (B) develop and utilize domestic fuel en2 ergy sources; and 

3 (C) improve performance of energy infra4 structure and overall energy efficiency; 

5 (2) a schedule for implementation of such rec6 ommendations and identification and prioritization 

7 of specific projects; 

8 (3) a financial and engineering plan for imple9 menting and sustaining projects; and 

10 (4) benchmarks for measuring progress toward 

11 implementation. 

12 (e) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—Not later than 1 year 

13 after the date on which the Secretary establishes the team 

14 and annually thereafter, the team shall submit to the Sec15 retary a report detailing progress made in fulfilling its 

16 charge and in implementing the energy action plan. 

17 (f) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

18 than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary re19 ceives a report submitted by the team under subsection 

20 (e), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate commit21 tees of Congress a summary of the report of the team. 

22 (g) APPROVAL OF SECRETARY REQUIRED.—The en23 ergy action plan shall not be implemented until the Sec24 retary approves the energy action plan. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSOLIDATED NATURAL 

2 RESOURCES ACT. 

3 Section 6 of Public Law 94–241 (90 Stat. 263; 122 

4 Stat. 854) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘December 

6 31, 2014, except as provided in subsections (b) and 

7 (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2019’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (d)— 

9 (A) in the third sentence of paragraph (2), 

10 by striking ‘‘not to extend beyond December 31, 

11 2014, unless extended pursuant to paragraph 5 

12 of this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘ending on 

13 December 31, 2019’’; 

14 (B) by striking paragraph (5); and 

15 (C) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 

16 paragraph (5). 

Passed the House of Representatives December 11, 

2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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