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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5556 
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 
A BILL 
To provide for transparency and reporting related to direct 
and indirect costs incurred by the Bonneville Power Ad-
ministration, the Western Area Power Administration, 
the Southwestern Power Administration, and the South-
eastern Power Administration related to compliance with 
any Federal environmental laws impacting the conserva-
tion of fish and wildlife, 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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Environmental Compli-
ance Cost Transparency Act of 2018’’. 
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 that 
are incurred by the administration related to compliance 
with any Federal environmental laws impacting the con-
servation of fish and wildlife considered by the Adminis-
trator 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 that includes— 
(1) estimates of the total direct and indirect 
costs that are incurred by the administration related 
to compliance with any Federal environmental laws 
impacting the conservation of fish and wildlife con-
sidered by the Administrator concerned, at that Ad-
ministrator’s sole discretion after consultation with 
consumers, to be relevant; and 
(2) the sources of replacement power. 
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