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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Environmental Compli-
ance Cost Transparency Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING. 
(a) INFORMATION INCLUDED IN MONTHLY BILLING 
TO POWER CUSTOMERS.—The Administrators of each of 
the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area 
Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Adminis-
tration, and the Southeastern Power Administration shall 
include in monthly billings sent to each of their power cus-
tomers information estimating and reporting the costs of 
the customer’s share of the direct and indirect costs in-
curred by the administration related to compliance with 
any Federal environmental laws impacting the conserva-
tion of fish and wildlife considered by the Administrator 
concerned, at that Administrator’s sole discretion after 
consultation with consumers, to be relevant. 
(b) DIRECT COSTS.—Direct costs reported under this 
section shall include Federal agency obligations related to 
costs of studies; capital, operation, maintenance, and re-
placement costs; and staffing costs. 
(c) INDIRECT COSTS.—Indirect costs reported under 
this section shall include foregone generation and replace-
ment power costs, including the net costs of any trans-
mission. 
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(d) COORDINATION.—The Commissioner of the Bu-
reau of Reclamation and the head of any other affected 
Federal agency shall assist the Administrators with the 
identification of the costs. 
(e) REPORT.—No later than January 30 of each 
year, each of the Administrators referred to in subsection 
(a), in coordination with the Bureau of Reclamation and 
other affected Federal agencies, shall provide an annual 
report to the appropriate committees of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate estimating the total of the di-
rect and indirect costs incurred by the administration re-
lated to compliance with any Federal environmental laws 
impacting the conservation of fish and wildlife, the sources 
of replacement power, and costs related to integrating 
wind energy resources considered by the Administrator 
concerned, at that Administrator’s sole discretion after 
consultation with consumers, to be relevant. 
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IIA
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 101
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY 2 (legislative day, JANUARY 30), 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
AN ACT
To transfer a parcel of land to the Taos Pueblo Indians
of New Mexico.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LAND TRANSFER.
(a) TRANSFER.—The parcel of land described in sub-
section (b) is hereby transferred without consideration to
the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for the
Pueblo de Taos. Such parcel shall be a part of the Pueblo
de Taos Reservation and shall be managed in accordance
with section 4 of the Act of May 31, 1933 (48 Stat. 108)
(as amended, including as amended by Public Law 91–
550 (84 Stat. 1437)).
(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcel of land re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is the land that is generally
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Lands transferred to the
Pueblo of Taos—proposed’’ and dated September 1994,
comprises 764.33 acres, and is situated within sections 25,
26, 35, and 36, Township 27 North, Range 14 East, New
Mexico Principal Meridian, within the Wheeler Peak Wil-
derness, Carson National Forest, Taos County, New Mex-
ico.
(c) CONFORMING BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—The
boundaries of the Carson National Forest and the Wheeler
Peak Wilderness are hereby adjusted to reflect the trans-
fer made by subsection (a).
(d) RESOLUTION OF OUTSTANDING CLAIMS.—The
Congress finds and declares that, as a result of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Taos Pueblo has no unresolved equi-
table or legal claims against the United States on the
lands to be held in trust and to become part of the Pueblo
de Taos Reservation under this section.
Passed the House of Representatives February 1,
1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2163 
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to 
make grants to ports to enable ports to employ high school students 
during the summer. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2013 
Ms. HAHN (for herself and Mr. FATTAH) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to establish 
a program to make grants to ports to enable ports to 
employ high school students during the summer. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Port Opportunity Re-
investment and Training Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 
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establish a program to make grants to ports to enable 
ports to employ high school students during the summer. 
(b) APPLICATION.—In order to receive a grant under 
the program established under subsection (a), the author-
ity in charge of a port shall submit an application at such 
time, in such form, and with such information and assur-
ances as the Secretary may require, including an assur-
ance that no worker will be displaced or terminated be-
cause of the creation of temporary summer employment 
for students. 
(c) PRIORITY.—In considering applications for a 
grant under this section and in determining the grant 
amount for each port awarded a grant under this section, 
the Secretary shall give priority to a port located in a city 
with a high rate of unemployment, and shall also con-
sider— 
(1) the cargo volume of the port; and 
(2) the size of the surrounding city. 
(d) GRANT AMOUNT.—Amounts awarded under this 
section shall not exceed $1,000,000 per port per fiscal 
year. 
(e) GRANT DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 
section shall be for a 1-year period and may be renewed 
based on such criteria as the Secretary may require. The 
authority in charge of the port shall return any amounts 
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vidual in a group in the State that applies for such 
coverage. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
ASSOCIATIONS.—An 
association shall be treated as an employer for pur-
poses of this section if such association seeks to pro-
vide group health insurance coverage to not less 
than 200 qualified individuals. 
‘‘(b) ENROLLMENT.— 
‘‘(1) RESTRICTION.—A health insurance issuer 
described in subsection (a) may restrict enrollment 
in coverage described in such subsection to open or 
special enrollment periods. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—A health insurance 
issuer described in subsection (a) shall, in accord-
ance with the regulations promulgated under para-
graph (3), establish special enrollment periods for 
qualifying events (as such term is defined in section 
603 of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974). 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES FOR ASSOCIATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) QUALIFYING EVENTS.—For purposes 
of applying paragraph (2) to an association— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘covered employee’ in 
section 603 of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 shall include 
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awarded but not expended to the Secretary at the end of 
the grant period. 
(f) USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) REQUIRED USES.—A port receiving a grant 
under this section shall use such funds to— 
(A) provide summer jobs for students— 
(i) aged 14 through 19; 
(ii) who are enrolled in high school at 
the time they apply for a job with the port; 
and 
(iii) live within the Metropolitan Sta-
tistical Area, as defined by the Office of 
Management and Budget, in which the 
port is located; and 
(B) compensate the student employees in 
accordance with applicable State and Federal 
wage statutes. 
(2) PERMITTED
USES.—A port receiving a 
grant under this section may use such funds to pro-
vide job training for student employees described in 
paragraph (1), provided that no more than 15 per-
cent of the students’ time may be spent on such 
training, and the students are compensated at their 
normal rate of pay for participation in such training. 
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(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section such sums as may be necessary for each 
of fiscal years 2014 through 2016. 
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IB
Union Calendar No. 2
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 101
[Report No. 104–7]
To transfer a parcel of land to the Taos Pueblo Indians of New Mexico.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. RICHARDSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
JANUARY 27, 1995
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 January 4, 1995]
A BILL
To transfer a parcel of land to the Taos Pueblo Indians
of New Mexico.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LAND TRANSFER.
(a) TRANSFER.—The parcel of land described in sub-
section (b) is hereby transferred without consideration to
the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for the Pueb-
lo de Taos. Such parcel shall be a part of the Pueblo de
Taos Reservation and shall be managed in accordance with
section 4 of the Act of May 31, 1933 (48 Stat. 108) (as
amended, including as amended by Public Law 91–550 (84
Stat. 1437)).
(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcel of land referred
to in subsection (a) is the land that is generally depicted
on the map entitled ‘‘Lands transferred to the Pueblo of
Taos—proposed’’ and dated September 1994, comprises
764.33 acres, and is situated within sections 25, 26, 35,
and 36, Township 27 North, Range 14 East, New Mexico
Principal Meridian, within the Wheeler Peak Wilderness,
Carson National Forest, Taos County, New Mexico.
(c) CONFORMING
BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENTS.—The
boundaries of the Carson National Forest and the Wheeler
Peak Wilderness are hereby adjusted to reflect the transfer
made by subsection (a).
(d) RESOLUTION
OF OUTSTANDING CLAIMS.—The
Congress finds and declares that, as a result of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Taos Pueblo has no unresolved equi-
table or legal claims against the United States on the lands
to be held in trust and to become part of the Pueblo de Taos
Reservation under this section.
Union Calendar No. 2
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 101
[Report No. 104–7]
A BILL
To transfer a parcel of land to the Taos Pueblo
Indians of New Mexico.
JANUARY 27, 1995
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
II
Calendar No. 113
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 101
[Report No. 104–85]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY 2 (legislative day, JANUARY 30), 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
MAY 19 (legislative day, MAY 15), 1995
Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, without amendment
AN ACT
To transfer a parcel of land to the Taos Pueblo Indians
of New Mexico.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LAND TRANSFER.
(a) TRANSFER.—The parcel of land described in sub-
section (b) is hereby transferred without consideration to
the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for the
Pueblo de Taos. Such parcel shall be a part of the Pueblo
de Taos Reservation and shall be managed in accordance
HR 101 RS
with section 4 of the Act of May 31, 1933 (48 Stat. 108)
(as amended, including as amended by Public Law 91–
550 (84 Stat. 1437)).
(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcel of land re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is the land that is generally
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Lands transferred to the
Pueblo of Taos—proposed’’ and dated September 1994,
comprises 764.33 acres, and is situated within sections 25,
26, 35, and 36, Township 27 North, Range 14 East, New
Mexico Principal Meridian, within the Wheeler Peak Wil-
derness, Carson National Forest, Taos County, New Mex-
ico.
(c) CONFORMING BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—The
boundaries of the Carson National Forest and the Wheeler
Peak Wilderness are hereby adjusted to reflect the trans-
fer made by subsection (a).
(d) RESOLUTION OF OUTSTANDING CLAIMS.—The
Congress finds and declares that, as a result of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Taos Pueblo has no unresolved equi-
table or legal claims against the United States on the
lands to be held in trust and to become part of the Pueblo
de Taos Reservation under this section.
Passed the House of Representatives February 1,
1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 113
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 101
[Report No. 104–85]
AN ACT
To transfer a parcel of land to the Taos Pueblo
Indians of New Mexico.
MAY 19 (legislative day, MAY 15), 1995
Reported without amendment
‘‘(25) The term ‘repository’ means a system de-
signed and constructed under title II of this Act for
the permanent geologic disposal of high-level radio-
active waste and spent nuclear fuel, including both
surface and subsurface areas at which high-level ra-
dioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel receipt, han-
dling, possession, safeguarding, storage, and han-
dling activities are conducted.
‘‘(26) The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary
of Energy.
‘‘(27) The term ‘site characterization’ means
activities, whether in a laboratory or in the field, un-
dertaken to establish the geologic condition and the
ranges of the parameters of a candidate site relevant
to the location of a repository, including borings,
surface excavations, excavations of exploratory facili-
ties, limited subsurface lateral excavations and bor-
ings, and in situ testing needed to evaluate the
licenseability of a candidate site for the location of
a repository, but not including preliminary borings
and geophysical testing needed to assess whether
site characterization should be undertaken.
‘‘(28) The term ‘spent nuclear fuel’ means fuel
that has been withdrawn from a nuclear reactor fol-
(2) efforts being taken to expedite and accel-
erate good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission 
efforts for missing individuals on Federal lands 
under the administrative jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary pursuant to subsection (d)(2). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, 
the following definitions apply: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION AND ELIGIBLE IN-
DIVIDUAL.—The terms ‘‘eligible organization’’ and 
‘‘eligible individual’’ means an organization or indi-
vidual, respectively, that— 
(A) is acting in a not-for-profit capacity; 
and 
(B) is certificated in training that meets or 
exceeds standards established by the American 
Society for Testing and Materials. 
(2) GOOD SAMARITAN SEARCH-AND-RECOVERY 
MISSION.—The term ‘‘good Samaritan search-and- 
recovery mission’’ means a search for one or more 
missing individuals believed to be deceased at the 
time that the search is initiated.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2166 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of 
Agriculture to expedite access to certain Federal lands 
under the administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary 
for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Good Samaritan 
Search and Recovery Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED ACCESS TO CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop and 
implement a process to expedite access to Federal lands 
under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for 
eligible organizations and eligible individuals to request 
access to Federal lands to conduct good Samaritan search- 
and-recovery missions. The process developed and imple-
mented pursuant to this subsection shall include provi-
sions that clarify that— 
(1) an eligible organization or eligible individual 
granted access under this section shall be acting for 
private purposes and shall not be considered a Fed-
eral volunteer; 
(2) an eligible organization or eligible individual 
conducting a good Samaritan search-and-recovery 
mission under this section shall not be considered a 
volunteer under section 3 of the Volunteers in the 
Parks Act of 1969 (16 U.S.C. 18i); 
(3) the Federal Torts Claim Act shall not apply 
to an eligible organization or eligible individual car-
rying out a privately requested good Samaritan 
search-and-recovery mission under this section; and
(4) the Federal Employee Compensation Act 
shall not apply to an eligible organization or eligible 
individual conducting good Samaritan search-and-re-
covery mission under this section and such activities 
shall not constitute civilian employment. 
(b) RELEASE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM 
LIABILITY.—The Secretary shall not require an eligible 
organization or an eligible individual to have liability in-
surance as a condition of accessing Federal lands under 
this section if the eligible organization or eligible indi-
vidual— 
(1) acknowledges and consents, in writing, to 
the provisions listed in paragraphs (1) through (4) 
of subsection (a); and 
(2) signs a waiver releasing the Federal Gov-
ernment from all liability related to the access grant-
ed under this section. 
(c) APPROVAL AND DENIAL OF REQUESTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall notify 
an eligible organization and eligible individual of the 
approval or denial of a request by that eligible orga-
nization and eligible individual to carry out a good 
Samaritan search-and-recovery mission under this 
section not more than 48 hours after the request is 
made.
IIB 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2166 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 28, 2014 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of 
Agriculture to expedite access to certain Federal lands 
under the administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary 
for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 316 
AN ACT 
To reinstate and transfer certain hydroelectric licenses and 
extend the deadline for commencement of construction 
of certain hydroelectric projects. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
IB 
Union Calendar No. 247 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2166 
[Report No. 113–331, Part I] 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to 
expedite access to certain Federal lands under the administrative jurisdic-
tion of each Secretary for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2013 
Mr. HECK of Nevada (for himself and Mr. AMODEI) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
JANUARY 23 (legislative day, JANUARY 21), 2014 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MORAN and Mr. MCDERMOTT 
JANUARY 23 (legislative day, JANUARY 21), 2014 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 
JANUARY 23 (legislative day, JANUARY 21), 2014 
The Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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‘‘(b) ROUTE DESIGNATION.—
‘‘(1) The Secretary shall acquire such rights of
way and develop such facilities within the corridor
depicted on the map dated lll and on file with
the Secretary.
‘‘(2) Within 6 months of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) publish in the Federal Register a no-
tice containing a legal description of the cor-
ridor; and
‘‘(B) file copies of the map described in
paragraph (1) and the legal description of the
corridor with the Congress, the Secretary of the
Interior, the Governor of Nevada, and the Ar-
chivist of the United States.
‘‘(3) The map and legal description referred to
in paragraph (2) shall have the same force and ef-
fect as if they were included in this Act. The Sec-
retary may correct clerical and typographical errors
in the map and legal description.
‘‘(c) WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION.—
‘‘(1) Subject to valid existing rights, the public
lands depicted on such map are withdrawn from all
forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under
the public land laws, including without limitation the
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.
2014(e)(2)); and
‘‘(B) the Commission, consistent with ex-
isting law, classifies as low-level radioactive
waste.
‘‘(21) The term ‘metric tons uranium’ or
‘MTU’ means the amount of uranium in the original
unirradiated fuel element whether or not the spent
nuclear fuel has been reprocessed.
‘‘(22) The term ‘multi-purpose canister system’
means a metal canister, together with overpacks, as
required, capable of holding spent nuclear fuel as-
semblies and miscellaneous support equipment dur-
ing storage, transportation, and disposal.
‘‘(23) The term ‘Office’ means the Office of Ci-
vilian Radioactive Waste Management established
within the Department prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act under the provisions of the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act of 1982.
‘‘(24) The term ‘program approach’ means the
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program
Plan, dated December 19, 1994, as modified by this
Act, and as amended from time to time by the Sec-
retary in accordance with this Act.
Union Calendar No. 247 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2166 
[Report No. 113–331, Part I] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior and Sec-
retary of Agriculture to expedite access to certain 
Federal lands under the administrative jurisdic-
tion of each Secretary for good Samaritan 
search-and-recovery missions, and for other pur-
poses. 
JANUARY 23 (legislative day, JANUARY 21), 2014 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 
JANUARY 23 (legislative day, JANUARY 21), 2014 
The Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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