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Union Calendar No. 742 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5556 

[Report No. 115–954] 

To provide for transparency and reporting related to direct and indirect 

costs incurred by the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western 

Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, 

and the Southeastern Power Administration related to compliance with 

any Federal environmental laws impacting the conservation of fish and 

wildlife, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 18, 2018 

Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. BRAT, 

Mr. BUCK, Mr. BUDD, Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. JONES, Mr. 

KING of Iowa, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. 

PEARCE, Mr. SCHRADER, and Mr. YOHO) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 

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 18, 2018] 


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A BILL 

To provide for transparency and reporting related to direct 

and indirect costs incurred by the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, 

the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration related to compliance with 

any Federal environmental laws impacting the conservation of fish and wildlife, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Environmental Compli5 ance Cost Transparency Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING. 

7 (a) INFORMATION INCLUDED IN MONTHLY BILLING TO

8 POWER CUSTOMERS.—The Administrators of each of the 

9 Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power 

10 Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, 

11 and the Southeastern Power Administration shall include 

12 in monthly billings sent to each of their power customers 

13 information estimating and reporting all costs and factors 

14 affecting total power costs, including the costs of the cus15 tomer’s share of the direct and indirect costs that are in16 curred by the administration related to compliance with 

17 any Federal environmental laws impacting the conserva18 tion of fish and wildlife considered by the Administrator 

19 concerned, at that Administrator’s sole discretion after con20 sultation with consumers, to be relevant. 

21 (b) DIRECT COSTS.—Direct costs reported under this 

22 section shall include Federal agency obligations related to 

23 costs of studies; capital, operation, maintenance, and re24 placement costs; and staffing costs. 


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1 (c) INDIRECT COSTS.—Indirect costs reported under 

2 this section shall include foregone generation (including as 

3 a result of water lost to comply with any Federal environ4 mental laws impacting the conservation of fish and wild5 life), and replacement power costs, including the net costs 

6 of any transmission. 

7 (d) COORDINATION.—The Commissioner of the Bureau 

8 of Reclamation and the head of any other affected Federal 

9 agency shall assist the Administrators with the identifica10 tion of the costs. 

11 (e) REPORT.—No later than January 30 of each year, 

12 each of the Administrators referred to in subsection (a), in 

13 coordination with the Bureau of Reclamation and other af14 fected Federal agencies, shall provide an annual report to 

15 the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives 

16 and the Senate that includes— 

17 (1) all estimated costs and factors affecting total 

18 power costs, including estimates of the total direct 

19 and indirect costs that are incurred by the adminis20 tration related to compliance with any Federal envi21 ronmental laws impacting the conservation of fish 

22 and wildlife considered by the Administrator con23 cerned, at that Administrator’s sole discretion after 

24 consultation with consumers, to be relevant; and 

25 (2) the sources of replacement power. 


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Union Calendar No. 742 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5556 

[Report No. 115–954] 

A BILL 

To provide for transparency and reporting related 

tion of fish and wildlife, and for other purposes. eral environmental laws impacting the conservaministration related to compliance with any FedAdministration, and the Southeastern Power AdPower Administration, the Southwestern Power neville Power Administration, the Western Area to direct and indirect costs incurred by the BonSEPTEMBER 20, 2018 

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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