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Union Calendar No. 356 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 460 
[Report No. 112–503, Part I] 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of 
hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2011 
Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself, Mr. MATHESON, and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
MAY 30, 2012 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MAY 30, 2012 
The Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 26, 2011] 
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A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the 
development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork 
System of the Central Utah Project. 
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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 ‘‘Bonneville Unit Clean 
Hydropower Facilitation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DIAMOND FORK SYSTEM DEFINED. 
For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘Diamond Fork 
System’’ means the facilities described in chapter 4 of the 
October 2004 Supplement to the 1988 Definite Plan Report 
for the Bonneville Unit. 
SEC. 3. COST ALLOCATIONS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order 
to facilitate hydropower development on the Diamond Fork 
System, the amount of reimbursable costs allocated to 
project power in Chapter 6 of the Power Appendix in the 
October 2004 Supplement to the 1988 Bonneville Unit Defi-
nite Plan Report, with regard to power development up-
stream of the Diamond Fork System, shall be considered 
final costs as well as costs in excess of the total maximum 
repayment obligation as defined in section 211 of the Cen-
tral Utah Project Completion Act of 1992 (Public Law 102– 
575), and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions. 
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SEC. 4. NO PURCHASE OR MARKET OBLIGATION; NO COSTS 
ASSIGNED TO POWER. 
Nothing in this Act shall obligate the Western Area 
Power Administration to purchase or market any of the 
power produced by the Diamond Fork power plant and 
none of the costs associated with development of trans-
mission facilities to transmit power from the Diamond 
Fork power plant shall be assigned to power for the purpose 
of Colorado River Storage Project ratemaking. 
SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING. 
No facility for the generation or transmission of hydro-
electric power on the Diamond Fork System may be fi-
nanced or refinanced, in whole or in part, with proceeds 
of any obligation— 
(1) the interest on which is exempt from the tax 
imposed under chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986, or 
(2) with respect to which credit is allowable 
under subpart I or J of part IV of subchapter A of 
chapter 1 of such Code. 
SEC. 6. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
If, 24 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, hydropower production on the Diamond Fork System 
has not commenced, the Secretary of the Interior shall sub-
mit a report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
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