A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to remove the authority of the Federal Energy Commission to collect land use fees for land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred from Federal ownership but that is subject to a power site reservation.

Bill: 113-s-564
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2013-03-14
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission

Land transfers

Land use and conservation

Licensing and registrations

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the Federal Power Act regarding annual charges payable by licensees to the United States for use of federal lands to exclude land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred from federal ownership, yet remains subject to a power site reservation under the Act. </p> <BR> <BR>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 564 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 14, 2013 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Federal Power Act to remove the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to collect land use fees for land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred from Federal ownership but that is subject to a power site reservation.

1. Removal of authority to collect land use fees for certain land Section 10(e)(1) of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 803(e)(1) ) is amended in the first sentence by inserting after enjoyment of its lands or other property the following: (which, for purposes of this section, shall not include land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred from Federal ownership, but that is subject to a power site reservation under section 24) .