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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Safe and Secure Federal Websites Act
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING FUNCTIONALITY AND SECURITY OF NEW FEDERAL WEBSITES
THAT COLLECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.

(a) Certification Requirement.--
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided under this
subsection, an agency may not deploy or make available to the
public a new Federal PII website until the date on which the
chief information officer of the agency submits a certification
to Congress that the website is fully functional and secure.
(2) Transition.--In the case of a new Federal PII website
that is operational on the date of the enactment of this Act,
paragraph (1) shall not apply until the end of the 90-day
period beginning on such date of enactment. If the
certification required under paragraph (1) for such website has
not been submitted to Congress before the end of such period,
the head of the responsible agency shall render the website
inaccessible to the public until such certification is
submitted to Congress.
(3) Exception for beta website with explicit permission.--
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a website (or portion thereof)
that is in a development or testing phase, if the following
conditions are met:
(A) A member of the public may access PII-related
portions of the website only after executing an
agreement that acknowledges the risks involved.
(B) No agency compelled, enjoined, or otherwise
provided incentives for such a member to access the
website for such purposes.
(4) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed as applying to a website that is operated entirely by
an entity (such as a State or locality) that is independent of
the Federal Government, regardless of the receipt of funding in
support of such website from the Federal Government.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Agency.--The term ''agency'' has the meaning given that
term under section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
(2) Fully functional.--The term ''fully functional'' means,
with respect to a new Federal PII website, that the website can
fully support the activities for which it is designed or
intended with regard to the eliciting, collection, storage, or
maintenance of personally identifiable information, including
handling a volume of queries relating to such information
commensurate with the purpose for which the website is
designed.
(3) New federal personally identifiable information website
(new federal pii website).--The terms ''new Federal personally
identifiable information website'' and ''new Federal PII
website'' mean a website that--
(A) is operated by (or under a contract with) an
agency;
(B) elicits, collects, stores, or maintains
personally identifiable information of individuals and
is accessible to the public; and
(C) is first made accessible to the public and
collects or stores personally identifiable information
of individuals, on or after October 1, 2012.
(4) Operational.--The term ''operational'' means, with
respect to a website, that such website elicits, collects,
stores, or maintains personally identifiable information of
members of the public and is accessible to the public.
(5) Personally identifiable information (pii).--The terms
''personally identifiable information'' and ''PII'' mean any
information about an individual elicited, collected, stored, or
maintained by an agency, including--
(A) any information that can be used to distinguish
or trace the identity of an individual, such as a name,
a social security number, a date and place of birth, a
mother's maiden name, or biometric records; and
(B) any other information that is linked or
linkable to an individual, such as medical,
educational, financial, and employment information.
(6) Responsible agency.--The term ''responsible agency''
means, with respect to a new Federal PII website, the agency
that is responsible for the operation (whether directly or
through contracts with other entities) of the website.
(7) Secure.--The term ''secure'' means, with respect to a
new Federal PII website, that the following requirements are
met:
(A) The website is in compliance with subchapter II
of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code.
(B) The website ensures that personally
identifiable information elicited, collected, stored,
or maintained in connection with the website is
captured at the latest possible step in a user input
sequence.
(C) The responsible agency for the website has
encrypted, masked, or taken other similar actions to
protect personally identifiable information elicited,
collected, stored, or maintained in connection with the
website.
(D) The responsible agency for the website has
taken reasonable efforts to minimize domain name
confusion, including through additional domain
registrations.
(E) The responsible agency requires all personnel
who have access to personally identifiable information
in connection with the website to have completed a
Standard Form 85P and signed a non-disclosure agreement
with respect to personally identifiable information,
and the agency takes proper precautions to ensure that
only the fewest reasonable number of trustworthy
persons may access such information.
(F) The responsible agency maintains (either
directly or through contract) sufficient personnel to
respond in a timely manner to issues relating to the
proper functioning and security of the website, and to
monitor on an ongoing basis existing and emerging
security threats to the website.
(8) State.--The term ''State'' means each State of the
United States, the District of Columbia, each territory or
possession of the United States, and each federally recognized
Indian tribe.

SEC. 3. PRIVACY BREACH REQUIREMENTS.

(a) Information Security Amendment.--Subchapter II of chapter 35 of
title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
''Sec. 3559. Privacy breach requirements
''(a) Policies and Procedures.--The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall establish and oversee policies and
procedures for agencies to follow in the event of a breach of
information security involving the disclosure of personally
identifiable information, including requirements for--
''(1) not later than 72 hours after the agency discovers
such a breach, or discovers evidence that reasonably indicates
such a breach has occurred, notice to the individuals whose
personally identifiable information could be compromised as a
result of such breach;
''(2) timely reporting to a Federal cybersecurity center,
as designated by the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget; and
''(3) any additional actions that the Director finds
necessary and appropriate, including data breach analysis,
fraud resolution services, identity theft insurance, and credit
protection or monitoring services.
''(b) Required Agency Action.--The head of each agency shall ensure
that actions taken in response to a breach of information security
involving the disclosure of personally identifiable information under
the authority or control of the agency comply with policies and
procedures established by the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget under subsection (a).
''(c) Report.--Not later than March 1 of each year, the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall report to Congress on agency
compliance with the policies and procedures established under
subsection (a).
''(d) Federal Cybersecurity Center Defined.--The term 'Federal
cybersecurity center' means any of the following:
''(1) The Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center.
''(2) The Intelligence Community Incident Response Center.
''(3) The United States Cyber Command Joint Operations
Center.
''(4) The National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force.
''(5) Central Security Service Threat Operations Center of
the National Security Agency.
''(6) The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team.
''(7) Any successor to a center, team, or task force
described in paragraphs (1) through (6).
''(8) Any center that the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget determines is appropriate to carry out
the requirements of this section.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:

''3559. Privacy breach requirements.''.
[EX A]: Safe and Secure Federal Websites Act of 2015 This bill establishes security and privacy requirements for new federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (PII) (i.e., information that can be used to distinguish or trace the identity of an individual or that is linked or linkable to an individual). (Sec. 2) A federal agency may not deploy or make available to the public a new federal PII website until the agency's chief information officer (CIO) certifies to Congress that the website is fully functional and secure. The CIO must make such certification within 90 days after enactment of this Act. After such 90-day period, any new federal PII website that has not been certified must be rendered inaccessible until certification is submitted. The prohibition does not apply to a website that is: (1) operated entirely by an entity that is independent of the federal government, or (2) in a development or testing phase (beta website). The exemption for beta websites applies only if: (1) a member of the public may access PII-related portions of the website only after executing an agreement that acknowledges the risks involved; and (2) no agency compelled, enjoined, or otherwise provided incentives for a member of the public to access such website. The bill defines a "new federal PII website" as a website that: (1) is operated by (or under contract with) an agency; (2) elicits, collects, stores, or maintains PII and is accessible to the public; and (3) is first made accessible to the public and collects or stores PII on or after October 1, 2012. The bill also sets forth requirements that must be met to deem a new federal PII website as "secure." (Sec. 3) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must establish and oversee policies and procedures for federal agencies to follow in the event of a breach of information security involving the disclosure of PII, including: (1) notice, not later than 72 hours after discovery of a breach or possible breach, to individuals whose PII could be compromised; and (2) timely reporting to a federal cybersecurity center designated by the OMB and defined in this Act. Agency heads must ensure that agency actions taken in response to a breach of information security involving the disclosure of PII comply with OMB policies and procedures established by this Act. The OMB must report to Congress, not later than March 1 of each year, on agency compliance with such policies and procedures. A "federal cybersecurity center" is defined to include: (1) the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, (2) the Intelligence Community Incident Response Center, (3) the U.S. Cyber Command Joint Operations Center, (4) the National Cyber Investigative Task Force, (5) the Central Security Service Threat Operations Center of the National Security Agency, (6) the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, and (7) any center that the OMB determines is appropriate to carry out privacy breach notice and reporting requirements.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Invest in Energy Security Act''.

SEC. 2. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE.

(a) Petroleum Acquisition for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.--
Section 301(e)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 6240
note) is amended to read as follows:
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall, as expeditiously as
practical, without incurring excessive cost or appreciably
affecting the price of petroleum products to consumers, acquire
petroleum in quantities sufficient to fill the available
capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, subject to the
following limitations:
''(A) Suspension of royalty-in-kind transfers to
the strategic petroleum reserve.--No later than
September 30, 2008, the Secretary shall sell 13,000,000
barrels of petroleum received under the royalty-in-kind
program. Beginning October 1, 2008, the Secretary shall
suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve under the Royalty-In-Kind program,
subject to resumption as provided in subparagraph (B).
''(B) Resumption of petroleum acquisition for the
strategic petroleum reserve.--The Secretary may resume
acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve 30 days after notification to Congress that--
''(i)(I) the Secretary projects that the
United States will fall short of its
commitments under the International Energy
Program within a period of 24 months from the
date of the projection; or
''(II) the weighted average price of
petroleum for the most recent 90 day period is
at least 25 percent less than the 24-month
historical average price; and
''(ii) that resumption of Strategic
Petroleum Reserve fill will not have an
appreciable effect on the price of petroleum
products to consumers within the following 12-
month period after the resumption of
acquisition.
''(C) Future suspension of strategic petroleum
reserve petroleum acquisition.--During any period in
which the Secretary is acquiring petroleum for the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the Secretary shall
suspend acquisition activities if--
''(i) the monthly weighted average price of
petroleum increases by more than 20 percent
over any period of 6 months or less; or
''(ii) the Secretary determines that
continued Strategic Petroleum Reserve fill may
have an appreciable impact on prices of
petroleum products in future months.''.
(b) Revised Procedures.--No later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish revised
procedures under section 301(e)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
consistent with the provisions contained in the amendment made by
subsection (a).

SEC. 3. ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY FUND.

(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the Treasury of
the United States the ''Energy Independence and Security Fund''
(hereinafter in this section referred to as ''the Fund'').
(b) Administration.--The Secretary of Energy shall be responsible
for administering the Fund for the purpose of carrying out this
section.
(c) Deposits.--All proceeds from sales of petroleum from the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve, as authorized in section 301(e)(1) of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (as amended by section 2 of this Act), after
deduction of the direct administrative costs associated with such
sales, shall be deposited in the Fund.
(d) Distribution of Funds.--The Secretary shall make available for
obligation, without further appropriation and without fiscal year
limitation, the following amounts from the Fund:
(1) Advanced research projects agency--energy.--For fiscal
year 2008, the Secretary shall transfer $100,000,000 to the
''Energy Transformation Acceleration Fund'', as authorized in
section 5012(m) of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C.
16538(m)), to remain available until expended. Of the funds
transferred, the Secretary shall further allocate the amounts
made available for obligation as follows:
(A) $50,000,000 shall be available for university-
based research projects.
(B) $10,000,000 shall be available for program
direction expenses.
(2) Rural wind energy.--For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary
shall transfer $15,000,000 to the account ''Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy'', to remain available until expended, for
necessary expenses for a program to support the development of
infrastructure necessary for deployment of wind energy systems
in rural areas, as authorized in section 931(f)(1) of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231(f)(1)).
(3) Solar energy research and development.--For fiscal year
2008, the Secretary shall transfer $30,000,000 to the account
''Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy'', to remain available
until expended, for necessary expenses for a program to
accelerate the research, development, demonstration, and
deployment of solar energy technologies, as authorized by
section 931(a)(2)(A) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16231(a)(2)(A)).
(4) Low income weatherization.--For fiscal year 2008, the
Secretary shall transfer $100,000,000 to the account
''Weatherization Assistance Program'', to remain available
until expended, for necessary expenses for a program to
weatherize low income housing, as authorized by section 411 of
the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law
110-140).
(5) Marine and hydrokinetic renewable electric energy.--For
fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall transfer $30,000,000 to
the account ''Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy'', to
remain available until expended, for necessary expenses for a
program to accelerate the research, development, demonstration,
and deployment of ocean and wave energy, including hydrokinetic
renewable energy, as authorized by section 931 of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231) and section 636 of the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-
140).
(6) Industrial energy efficiency research and
development.--For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall
transfer $110,000,000 to the account ''Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy'', to remain available until expended, for
necessary expenses for a program to accelerate the research,
development, demonstration, and deployment of new technologies
to improve the energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas
emissions from industrial processes, as authorized in section
911(a)(2)(C) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
16191(a)(2)(C)) and in section 452 of the Energy Independence
and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140).
(7) Building energy efficiency research and development.--
For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall transfer $70,000,000
to the account ''Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy'', to
remain available until expended, for necessary expenses for a
program to accelerate the research, development, demonstration,
and deployment of new technologies to improve the energy
efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings,
as authorized in section 422 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140).
(8) Energy storage for transportation and electric power
applications.--For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall
transfer $30,000,000 to the account ''Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy'', to remain available until expended, for
necessary expenses for a program to accelerate the research,
development, demonstration, and deployment of new materials for
improving the energy efficiency of transportation, electric
power and other technologies, as authorized by section 641 of
the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law
110-140).
(9) Geothermal energy development.--(A) For fiscal year
2008, the Secretary shall transfer $30,000,000 to the account
''Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy'', to remain available
until expended, for necessary expenses for a program for
geothermal research and development activities to be managed by
the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, as authorized by
section 931(a)(2)(C) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16231(a)(2)(C)); and
(B) For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall transfer
$30,000,000 to the account ''Fossil Energy Research and
Development'', to remain available until expended, for
necessary expenses for a program of advanced geothermal
drilling and resource characterization to be managed by the
National Energy Technology Laboratory.
(10) Carbon capture and storage.--For fiscal year 2008, the
Secretary shall transfer $385,000,000 to the account ''Fossil
Energy Research and Development'', to remain available until
expended, for necessary expenses for a program of demonstration
projects of carbon capture and storage, as authorized by
sections 702 and 703 of the Energy Independence and Security
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140). Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, one of the demonstration projects shall be a
component of the FutureGen project.
(11) Nonconventional domestic natural gas and petroleum
production and environmental research.--
(A) For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall
transfer $50,000,000 to the ''Ultra-Deepwater and
Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research
Fund'', to remain available until expended, as
authorized by section 999H(e) of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16378(e)).
(B) For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall
transfer $15,000,000 to the account ''Fossil Energy
Research and Development'', to remain available until
expended, for necessary expenses for a program of
environmental research in support of small producers of
domestic petroleum and natural gas, for regulatory
analysis and for support for the stripper well
consortium.
(12) Hydrogen research and development.--For fiscal year
2008, the Secretary shall transfer $5,000,000 to the account
''Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy'', to remain available
until expended, for necessary expenses for the Department's H-
Prize Program, as authorized by section 654 of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140).
(e) Amendments.--(1) Section 999F of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(42 U.S.C. 16376) is amended by striking ''2014'' and inserting
''2017''.
(2) Section 999B(e) of that Act (42 U.S.C.16372(e)) is amended by
striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
''(3) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish in the
Federal Register the annual plan, along with any written
comments received under paragraph (2)(A) and (B).''.
(3) Section 999H(b) of that Act (42 U.S.C.16378(b)) is amended by
inserting '', and shall be exempt from subchapter II of chapter 15 of
title 31, United States Code'' after ''available until expended''.
(f) Transfer Procedures.--The Secretary shall make an initial
transfer from the Fund no later than 30 days after the initial deposit
of monies into the Fund. The Secretary shall make additional transfers
no later than 30 days after subsequent deposits, until the full amounts
authorized for fiscal 2008 have been transferred. To the extent that
any transfer in fiscal 2008 is less than the authorized total, the
transfers shall be made on a pro rata basis.
(g) Management and Oversight.--
(1) Additionality of fiscal year 2008 transfers.--All
amounts transferred under subsection (d)(1) shall be in
addition to, and shall not be substituted for, any funds
appropriated for the same or similar purposes in the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008.
(2) Program plans and performance measures.--The Secretary
shall prepare and publish in the Federal Register a plan for
the proposed use of all funds authorized in subsection (d). The
plan also shall identify how the use of these funds will be
additive to, and not displace annual appropriations. The plans
also shall identify performance measures to assess the
additional benefits that may be realized from the application
of the additional funding provided under this section. The
initial plan shall be published in the Federal Register within
90 days from enactment of this section, and shall be updated
annually and submitted to Congress together with the
President's budget.
(3) Congressional oversight and review.--Nothing in this
section shall limit or restrict the review and oversight of
program plans by the appropriate committees of Congress.
Nothing in this section shall limit or restrict the authority
of Congress to set alternative spending limitations in annual
appropriations Acts.
(4) Apportionment.--All transactions of the Fund shall be
exempt from apportionment under the provisions of subchapter II
of chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code.
(5) Use of other transactions authority.--(A) Any
solicitation for research, development, or demonstration
project proposals to be funded under this section shall provide
for and encourage the use of Other Transactions Authority,
including Technology Investment Agreements as authorized by
section 646(g) of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42
U.S.C. 7256) and Part 603 of the Department of Energy
Acquisition Regulation.
(B) Any solicitation for a commercial demonstration project
under this section shall require the use of Other Transactions
Authority, including Technology Investment Agreements, as
authorized by section 646(g) of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7256) and Part 603 of the
Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation.
[EX A]: Invest in Energy Security Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 governing petroleum acquisition for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) sell specified quantities of petroleum received under the royalty-in-kind program; and (2) suspend petroleum acquisition for the SPR under such program.

Authorizes the Secretary to resume such acquisition upon notifying Congress that specified circumstances exist, and to suspend acquisition again if certain other circumstances arise.

Establishes the Energy Independence and Security Fund to receive all proceeds from sales of SPR petroleum.

Allocates amounts from such Fund for: (1) the Energy Transformation Acceleration Fund for university-based research projects and program direction expenses; (2) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy account for rural wind energy systems; (3) solar energy technologies; (4) weatherization assistance for low-income housing; (5) ocean and wave energy, including hydrokinetic renewable energy; (6) technologies to improve the energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrial processes and from buildings; (7) improvements to the energy efficiency of transportation and electric power; (8) geothermal research and development managed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; (9) advanced geothermal drilling and resource characterization managed by National Energy Technology Laboratory; (10) carbon capture and storage; (11) Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research Fund; (12) environmental research in support of small producers of domestic petroleum and natural gas, for regulatory analysis and for support for the stripper well consortium; and (13) the H-Prize Program of the Department of Energy.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-
Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(2) Eligible facility.--The term ''eligible facility''--
(A) means a reclamation project or facility, or a
portion of such a project or facility (which may
include dams and appurtenant works, infrastructure,
recreational facilities, buildings, distribution and
drainage works, and associated lands or interests in
lands or water) that meets the criteria for potential
transfer established pursuant to section 4; and
(B) does not include a reclamation facility or
separately functioning portion of such facility that
generates hydropower marketed by a power marketing
administration.
(3) Qualifying entity.--The term ''qualifying entity''
means an agency of a State political subdivision, joint action
or powers agency, water users association, Indian Tribe or
Tribal utility authority, that--
(A) held or holds a water service contract,
repayment contract, operation and maintenance contract,
water rights settlement contract or exchange contract
providing for water service from the eligible facility
to be transferred; and
(B) as determined by the Secretary, has the
capacity to continue to manage the conveyed property
for the same purposes by which the property has been
managed under reclamation law.
(4) Conveyed property.--The term ''conveyed property''
means an eligible facility that has been transferred out of
Federal ownership under this Act.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF TITLE TRANSFER.

(a) In General.--The Secretary may convey to a qualifying entity
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any
eligible facility, subject to subsections (b) and (c), if--
(1) the Secretary notifies Congress in writing of the
proposed conveyance, and the reasons for the conveyance, not
later than 90 days before the date on which the Secretary makes
the conveyance; and
(2) Congress does not pass a joint resolution disapproving
the conveyance before such date.
(b) Associated Water Rights and Uses.--Federal interests in
associated water rights and uses, if included, shall be conveyed in
accordance with applicable State law under this Act by a written
agreement between the Secretary and the qualifying entity.
(c) Consultation.--Interests in eligible facilities shall be
conveyed under this Act by a written agreement between the Secretary
and the qualifying entity, developed in consultation with any existing
water and power customers affected by the eligible facility.
(d) Right of First Refusal.--If the entity that operates and
maintains an eligible facility at the time that the Secretary attempts
to facilitate the conveyance under subsection (c) is a qualifying
entity, that entity shall have the right of first refusal to receive
the conveyance under this Act.

SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR TITLE TRANSFER UNDER THIS ACT.

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall establish criteria for determining whether
facilities are eligible for title transfer under this Act. The criteria
shall include the following minimum requirements:
(1) The qualifying entity agrees to accept title to the
property proposed for transfer.
(2) The proposed title transfer will not have an
unmitigated significant effect on the environment.
(3) The qualifying entity intends to use the property for
substantially the same purposes the property is being used for
at the time the Secretary evaluates the potential transfer.
(4) The transfer is consistent with the Secretary's
responsibility to protect land and water resources held in
trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.
(5) The transfer is consistent with the Secretary's
responsibility to ensure compliance with international treaties
and interstate compacts.
(6) The qualifying entity agrees to provide, as
consideration for the assets to be conveyed, compensation to
the United States worth the equivalent of the present value of
any repayment obligation to the United States or other income
stream the United States derives from the assets to be
transferred at the time of the transfer.

SEC. 5. OTHER CONDITIONS FOR CONVEYANCES.

(a) Power Rates.--No conveyance under this Act may adversely impact
power rates or repayment obligations.
(b) NEPA.--The Secretary shall apply a categorical exclusion
process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) on eligible facilities under this Act.

SEC. 6. LIABILITY.

Effective upon the date of conveyance of any eligible facility
pursuant to this Act, the United States shall not be liable for damages
of any kind arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence based on
its prior ownership or operation of the conveyed property, except for
damages caused by acts of negligence committed by the United States or
by its employees, agents, or contractors, prior to conveyance.

SEC. 7. BENEFITS.

After a conveyance under this Act--
(1) the conveyed property shall not be considered to be a
part of a Federal reclamation project; and
(2) in the event that a transfer of an entire project
occurs, the entity to which the property is conveyed shall not
be eligible to receive any benefits, including project power,
with respect to the conveyed property, except benefits that
would be available to a similarly situated entity with respect
to property that is not part of a Federal reclamation project.

SEC. 8. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.

After a conveyance under this Act, the entity to which the property
is conveyed shall comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local
laws and regulations in its operation of the conveyed property.

SEC. 9. NOTIFICATION.

The Secretary shall submit, as part of the Secretary's annual
budget submission to Congress--
(1) a description of the actions taken to implement this
Act; and
(2) a list of conveyances made or initiated by the
Secretary or a qualifying entity under this Act.

Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 2018.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.
[EX A]:
. Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act (Sec. 3) This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to convey U.S. interest in an eligible reclamation project or facility to an agency of a state political subdivision, a joint action or powers agency, a water users association, or an Indian tribe or tribal utility authority that holds a water service contract for such property and that has the capacity to continue to manage the property for the same purposes for which it has been managed under reclamation law, if: (1) Interior notifies Congress in writing of the proposed conveyance at least 90 days in advance, and (2) Congress does not pass a joint resolution disapproving the conveyance. A facility that generates hydropower marketed by a power marketing administration shall not be eligible for such conveyance. An entity that operates and maintains an eligible facility at the time Interior attempts to facilitate its conveyance shall have the right of first refusal to receive the conveyance. (Sec. 4) Criteria for determining whether facilities are eligible for title transfer shall include: (1) the transfer will not have an unmitigated significant effect on the environment, (2) the qualifying entity intends to use the property for substantially the same purposes the property is being used for at the time Interior evaluates the potential transfer, and (3) the qualifying entity agrees to provide the United States the equivalent of the present value of any repayment obligation or other income stream the United States derives from the assets to be transferred. (Sec. 5) No conveyance under this bill may adversely impact power rates or repayment obligations. (Sec. 9) Interior shall submit, as part of its annual budget submission to Congress: (1) a description of the actions taken to implement this bill, and (2) a list of conveyances made or initiated by Interior or a qualifying entity under this bill.