ning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, 
and other interests of the United States and the 
project or division involved. 
‘‘(7) Nothing in this subsection shall alter or 
affect any existing agreements for the development 
of conduit hydropower projects or disposition of rev-
enues. 
‘‘(8) Revenues derived from the lease of power 
privilege under this subsection shall be applied as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) First against reimbursable construc-
tion costs allocated to power. 
‘‘(B) Then for use to repair or rehabilitate 
the facility from which such power is derived. 
‘‘(C) The remainder, after application 
under subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be used 
to construct any new storage at the project 
from which such power is derived. No funding 
under this subparagraph shall be used for 
studying new storage. 
‘‘(9) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) CONDUIT.—The term ‘conduit’ means 
any Bureau of Reclamation tunnel, canal, pipe-
line, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or similar man-
made water conveyance that is operated for the 
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distribution of water for agricultural, municipal, 
or industrial consumption and not primarily for 
the generation of electricity. 
‘‘(B) IRRIGATION DISTRICT.—The term ‘ir-
rigation district’ means any irrigation, water 
conservation or conservancy district, multi-
county water conservation or conservancy dis-
trict, or any separate public entity composed of 
two or more such districts and jointly exercising 
powers of its member districts. 
‘‘(C) RESERVED
WORK.—The term ‘re-
served work’ means any conduit that is included 
in project works the care, operation, and main-
tenance of which has been reserved by the Sec-
retary, through the Commissioner of the Bu-
reau of Reclamation. 
‘‘(D) TRANSFERRED
WORK.—The term 
‘transferred work’ means any conduit that is in-
cluded in project works the care, operation, and 
maintenance of which has been transferred to a 
legally organized water users association or irri-
gation district. 
‘‘(E) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 
means the Secretary of the Interior. 
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‘‘(F) SMALL
CONDUIT
HYDROPOWER.— 
The term ‘small conduit hydropower’ means a 
facility capable of producing 5 megawatts or 
less of electric capacity.’’. 
SEC. 5. 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 
subsection shall include Federal agency obligations related 
to costs of studies; capital, operation, maintenance, and 
replacement costs; and staffing costs. 
(c) INDIRECT COSTS.—Indirect costs reported under 
this subsection shall include foregone generation and re-
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placement power costs, including the net costs of any 
transmission. 
(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. 
SEC. 6. NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO BUREAU OF 
RECLAMATION AND POWER MARKETING AD-
MINISTRATION INFRASTRUCTURE. 
The Act of May 9, 1938 (43 U.S.C. 392a), is amend-
ed as follows: 
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(1) By striking ‘‘has been made by law or con-
tract’’ and all that follows through ‘‘such project:’’ 
and inserting ‘‘is made by law or contract for the 
use of such revenues to repay funds contributed by 
users of water or power to benefit such project:’’. 
(2) By striking ‘‘General Treasury as ‘miscella-
neous receipts’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘reclamation fund, 
except as otherwise specifically provided by law’’. 
SEC. 7. ADVANCING HYDROPOWER THROUGH NEW WATER 
STORAGE. 
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, may here-
after partner or enter into an agreement with local joint 
power authorities formed pursuant to State law by irriga-
tion districts and other local water districts and local gov-
ernments, to complete planning and feasibility studies au-
thorized by Congress for water storage projects. A project 
under this section is authorized for construction only if 
no Federal funds are used for financing, constructing, or 
operating the project and if the project, when constructed, 
will produce hydropower. 
SEC. 8. PROHIBITING HARMFUL SPILLS AT BUREAU OF 
RECLAMATION AND OTHER FEDERAL DAMS. 
The Bureau of Reclamation and other Federal agen-
cies shall not bypass hydroelectric turbines if a State in 
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