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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Promoting Closed-Loop Pumped Storage
Hydropower Act''.

SEC. 2. CLOSED-LOOP PUMPED STORAGE PROJECTS.

Part I of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 792 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:

''SEC. 34. CLOSED-LOOP PUMPED STORAGE PROJECTS.

''(a) Expedited Licensing Process for Closed-Loop Pumped Storage
Projects.--
''(1) In general.--As provided in this section, the
Commission may issue and amend licenses and preliminary
permits, as appropriate, for closed-loop pumped storage
projects.
''(2) Rule.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this section, the Commission shall issue a rule
establishing an expedited process for issuing and amending
licenses and preliminary permits for closed-loop pumped storage
projects under this section.
''(3) Interagency task force.--In establishing the
expedited process under this section, the Commission shall
convene an interagency task force, with appropriate Federal and
State agencies and Indian tribes represented, to coordinate the
regulatory processes associated with the authorizations
required to construct and operate closed-loop pumped storage
projects.
''(4) Length of process.--The Commission shall ensure that
the expedited process under this section will result in final
decision on an application for a license by not later than 2
years after receipt of a completed application for such
license.
''(b) Dam Safety.--Before issuing any license for a closed-loop
pumped storage project, the Commission shall assess the safety of
existing dams and other structures related to the project (including
possible consequences associated with failure of such structures).
''(c) Exemptions From Other Requirements.--
''(1) In general.--In issuing or amending a license or
preliminary permit pursuant to the expedited process
established under this section, the Commission may grant an
exemption from any other requirement of this part with respect
to any part of the closed-loop pumped storage project (not
including any dam or other impoundment).
''(2) Consultation.--In granting an exemption under
paragraph (1), the Commission shall consult with the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service and the State agency
exercising administration over the fish and wildlife resources
of the State in which the closed-loop pumped storage project is
or will be located, in the manner provided by the Fish and
Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
''(3) Terms and conditions.--In granting an exemption under
paragraph (1), the Commission shall include in any such
exemption--
''(A) such terms and conditions as the Fish and
Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service,
and the State agency described in paragraph (2) each
determine are appropriate to prevent loss of, or damage
to, fish and wildlife resources and to otherwise carry
out the purposes of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination
Act; and
''(B) such terms and conditions as the Commission
deems appropriate to ensure that such closed-loop
pumped storage project continues to comply with the
provisions of this section and terms and conditions
included in any such exemption.
''(4) Fees.--The Commission, in addition to the
requirements of section 10(e), shall establish fees which shall
be paid by an applicant for a license for a closed-loop pumped
storage project that is required to meet terms and conditions
set by fish and wildlife agencies under paragraph (3). Such
fees shall be adequate to reimburse the fish and wildlife
agencies referred to in paragraph (3) for any reasonable costs
incurred in connection with any studies or other reviews
carried out by such agencies for purposes of compliance with
this section. The fees shall, subject to annual appropriations
Acts, be transferred to such agencies by the Commission for use
solely for purposes of carrying out such studies and shall
remain available until expended.
''(d) Transfers.--Notwithstanding section 5, and regardless of
whether the holder of a preliminary permit for a closed-loop pumped
storage project claimed municipal preference under section 7(a) when
obtaining the permit, the Commission may, to facilitate development of
a closed-loop pumped storage project--
''(1) add entities as joint permittees following issuance
of a preliminary permit; and
''(2) transfer a license in part to one or more
nonmunicipal entities as co-licensees with a municipality, if
the municipality retains majority ownership of the project for
which the license was issued.
''(e) Interagency Communications.--Interagency cooperation in the
preparation of environmental documents under the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to an
application for a license for a closed-loop pumped storage project
submitted pursuant to this section, and interagency communications
relating to licensing process coordination pursuant to this section,
shall not--
''(1) be considered to be ex parte communications under
Commission rules; or
''(2) preclude an agency from participating in a licensing
proceeding under this part.
''(f) Developing Abandoned Mines for Pumped Storage.--
''(1) Workshop.--Not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of this section, the Commission shall hold a workshop
to explore potential opportunities for development of closed-
loop pumped storage projects at abandoned mine sites.
''(2) Guidance.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this section, the Commission shall issue guidance
to assist applicants for licenses or preliminary permits for
closed-loop pumped storage projects at abandoned mine sites.
''(g) Qualifying Criteria for Closed-Loop Pumped Storage
Projects.--
''(1) In general.--The Commission shall establish criteria
that a pumped storage project shall meet in order to qualify as
a closed-loop pumped storage project eligible for the expedited
process established under this section.
''(2) Inclusions.--In establishing the criteria under
paragraph (1), the Commission shall include criteria requiring
that the pumped storage project--
''(A) cause little to no change to existing surface
and groundwater flows and uses; and
''(B) is unlikely to adversely affect species
listed as a threatened species or endangered species
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.''.

SEC. 3. OBLIGATION FOR PAYMENT OF ANNUAL CHARGES.

Section 10(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 803(e)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
''(5) Any obligation of a licensee for payment of annual charges
under this subsection shall commence when the construction of the
applicable facility commences.''.

Passed the House of Representatives December 12, 2017.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.
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Promoting Closed-Loop Pumped Storage Hydropower Act (Sec.2)This bill amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish an expedited licensing process for issuing and amending licenses and preliminary permits for closed-loop pumped storage projects (in which the upper and lower reservoirs do not impound or directly withdraw water from navigable waters, or that are not continuously connected to a naturally flowing water feature). In establishing the expedited process, FERC shall convene an interagency task force with appropriate federal and state agencies and Indian tribes to coordinate the regulatory process associated with the authorizations required to construct and operate closed-loop pumped storage projects. FERC must assess the safety of existing dams and other structures related to the project before issuing any license for a closed-loop storage project. FERC must hold a workshop to explore potential opportunities for development of storage projects at abandoned mine sites. FERC must also establish criteria that a project shall meet to qualify as a closed-loop pumped storage under this bill, including requiring that the project cause little to no change to existing surface and groundwater flows and uses and that the project is unlikely to adversely affect species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. (Sec.3)Licensees are not required to pay an annual charge for administrative expenses until construction commences.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Medicare Identity Theft Prevention
Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF INCLUSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS ON
MEDICARE CARDS.

(a) In General.--Section 205(c)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)), as amended by section 1414(a)(2) of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), is
amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
''(xi) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation
with the Commissioner of Social Security, shall establish cost-
effective procedures to ensure that a social security account number
(or any derivative thereof) is not displayed, coded, or embedded on the
Medicare card issued to an individual who is entitled to benefits under
part A of title XVIII or enrolled under part B of title XVIII and that
any other identifier displayed on such card is easily identifiable as
not being the social security account number (or a derivative
thereof).''.
(b) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to Medicare cards issued on and after an
effective date specified by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, but in no case shall such effective date be later
than the date that is 24 months after the date adequate funding
is provided pursuant to subsection (d)(2).
(2) Reissuance.--Subject to subsection (d)(2), in the case
of individuals who have been issued such cards before such
date, the Secretary of Health and Human Services--
(A) shall provide for the reissuance for such
individuals of such a card that complies with such
amendment not later than 3 years after the effective
date specified under paragraph (1); and
(B) may permit such individuals to apply for the
reissuance of such a card that complies with such
amendment before the date of reissuance otherwise
provided under subparagraph (A) in such exceptional
circumstances as the Secretary may specify.
(c) Outreach Program.--Subject to subsection (d)(2), the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of
Social Security, shall conduct an outreach program to Medicare
beneficiaries and providers about the new Medicare card provided under
this section.
(d) Report to Congress and Limitations on Effective Date.--
(1) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services and in consultation with the
Commissioner of Social Security, shall submit to Congress a
report that includes detailed options regarding the
implementation of this section, including line-item estimates
of and justifications for the costs associated with such
options and estimates of timeframes for each stage of
implementation. In recommending such options, the Secretary
shall take into consideration, among other factors, cost-
effectiveness and beneficiary outreach and education.
(2) Limitation; modification of deadlines.--With respect to
the amendment made by subsection (a), and the requirements of
subsections (b) and (c)--
(A) such amendment and requirements shall not apply
until adequate funding is appropriated pursuant to
paragraph (3) to implement the provisions of this
section, as determined by Congress; and
(B) any deadlines otherwise established under this
section for such amendment and requirements are
contingent upon the receipt of adequate funding (as
determined in subparagraph (A)) for such
implementation.
The previous sentence shall not affect the timely submission of
the report required under paragraph (1).
(3) Authorization of appropriations.--
(A) In general.--In addition to any amounts made
available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
for the Program Management Account of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services for administrative
expenses and to the Commissioner of Social Security for
administrative expenses, and subject to subparagraph
(B), taking into consideration the report submitted
under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out
the previous subsections of this section, including
section 205(c)(2)(C)(xi) of the Social Security Act, as
added by subsection (a), for each of the five fiscal
years beginning after the date of submittal of the
report under paragraph (1).
(B) Limitation.--Such funds are not authorized to
be appropriated until after receipt of the report
provided under paragraph (1).
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Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2010 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish cost-effective procedures to ensure that: (1) a Social Security account number (or any derivative) is not displayed, coded, or embedded on the Medicare card issued to an individual entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); and (2) any other identifier displayed on such card is easily identifiable as not being the Social Security account number (or a derivative).

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Sequestration Relief Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Congress must enact a comprehensive, deficit reduction
plan to solve the country's fiscal challenges and to promote
national security, economic stability, and the continued growth
and prosperity of the United States.
(2) The keys to a comprehensive, deficit reduction solution
are increased revenues and changes in mandatory spending.
(3) The Budget Control Act of 2011 was enacted to avert a
default on Federal debt obligations, and it reduced
discretionary spending by approximately $1 trillion through
fiscal year 2021.
(4) Because the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction
failed to recommend legislation providing an additional $1.2
trillion in deficit reduction, Federal law mandates that the
additional savings be sequestered.
(5) Sequestration was designed as a forcing mechanism for
an agreement on a comprehensive, deficit reduction plan. It has
failed to produce the intended results.
(6) It no longer makes sense to rely on sequestration as a
forcing mechanism for a balanced solution. The costs to our
government and to the economy are too great.
(7) Under sequestration, automatic, indiscriminate cuts
would be applied, through fiscal year 2021, to a wide variety
of discretionary spending programs to achieve $1.2 trillion in
savings, forestalling the sound planning needed for prudent and
meaningful investments in national security, the workforce,
transportation infrastructure, education, health care, public
safety, housing, innovation, small business development, and
many other facets of enduring national strength.
(8) Even the prospect of sequestration is disruptive to
regular order and to the congressional appropriations process,
and it fosters damaging economic uncertainty, while short-term
solutions only suspend the prospect and continue to undermine
the certainty needed for economic recovery.
(9) Therefore, Congress must eliminate the threat of
sequestration.
(10) Given the magnitude of the Federal deficit, it is
likely that additional cuts to discretionary spending will be
necessary for a comprehensive deficit reduction solution.
(11) Congress must establish a manageable, long-term
discretionary spending plan. An additional $320 billion in
targetable cuts to discretionary appropriations from fiscal
year 2014 through fiscal year 2021 represents one-third of the
net amount that would have been indiscriminately cut by
sequestration over fiscal years 2013 through 2021.
(12) It is recognized that a reduction of $167 billion to
discretionary appropriations within budget function 050 from
fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2021 will affect the
National Military Strategy. The Department of Defense is highly
encouraged to revisit its current strategic guidance and to
work closely with Congress in building a new National Military
Strategy that accounts for available resource levels.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to--
(1) eliminate the threat of sequestration to the American
economy;
(2) offer the Federal Government, industry, and the
American people the predictability that economic recovery
demands;
(3) enable the Congress to pass appropriations legislation
in regular order with a clear discretionary spending budget and
grant the legislative and executive branches of government the
flexibility needed to identify and implement specific
discretionary spending reductions in a responsible and
deliberate manner; and
(4) provide a practicable, long-term discretionary spending
plan that will contribute to a comprehensive, balanced, long-
term, deficit reduction solution that includes affordable
revisions to mandatory spending and new revenues.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF SECTION 251A SEQUESTRATIONS.

Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 is repealed.

SEC. 4. $320 BILLION REDUCTION IN DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

The discretionary spending limits set forth in paragraphs (3)
through (10) of section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 are amended to read as follows:
''(3) for fiscal year 2014--
''(A) for the security category, $546,000,000,000
in budget authority; and
''(B) for the nonsecurity category,
$501,000,000,000 in budget authority;
''(4) with respect to fiscal year 2015--
''(A) for the security category, $550,000,000,000
in new budget authority; and
''(B) for the nonsecurity category,
$505,000,000,000 in new budget authority;
''(5) with respect to fiscal year 2016--
''(A) for the security category, $559,000,000,000
in new budget authority; and
''(B) for the nonsecurity category,
$513,000,000,000 in new budget authority;
''(6) with respect to fiscal year 2017--
''(A) for the security category, $569,000,000,000
in new budget authority; and
''(B) for the nonsecurity category,
$522,000,000,000 in new budget authority;
''(7) with respect to fiscal year 2018--
''(A) for the security category, $579,000,000,000
in new budget authority; and
''(B) for the nonsecurity category,
$531,000,000,000 in new budget authority;
''(8) with respect to fiscal year 2019--
''(A) for the security category, $589,500,000,000
in new budget authority; and
''(B) for the nonsecurity category,
$541,000,000,000 in new budget authority;
''(9) with respect to fiscal year 2020--
''(A) for the security category, $602,500,000,000
in new budget authority; and
''(B) for the nonsecurity category,
$553,000,000,000 in new budget authority;
''(10) with respect to fiscal year 2021--
''(A) for the security category, $616,000,000,000
in new budget authority; and
''(B) for the nonsecurity category,
$565,000,000,000 in new budget authority;''.

SEC. 5. DEFINITION OF SECURITY CATEGORY.

Section 250(c)(4)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:
''(B)(i) For fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the term 'security
category' means discretionary appropriations associated with
agency budgets for the Department of Defense, the Department of
Homeland Security, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the
National Nuclear Security Administration, the intelligence
community management account (95-0401-0-1-054), and all budget
accounts in budget function 150 (international affairs).
''(ii) For fiscal years 2014 through 2021, the term
'security category' means discretionary appropriations in
budget function 050 (national defense).''.

SEC. 6. SUSPENSION OF STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT UNTIL FEBRUARY
1, 2017.

Section 2 of the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ''May 18, 2013'' and
inserting ''January 31, 2017''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ''May 19, 2013'' each
place it appears and inserting ''February 1, 2017''.
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Sequestration Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Controlled Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to repeal automatic sequestration to enforce a specified budget goal. Reduces the discretionary spending limits for security and nonsecurity categories by $320 billion for FY2014-FY2021. Confines the current meaning of "security category" under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to FY2012-FY2013. Revises the definition of "security category" for FY2014-FY2021 to mean discretionary appropriations in all of budget function 050 (national defense). Amends the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 to suspend through January 31, 2017, the current $16.394 trillion public debt limit. Postpones until February 1, 2017, an automatic increase in the public debt limit to the extent that: (1) the face amount of obligations issued and the face amount of obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed by the federal government (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on February 1, 2017, exceeds (2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the date of enactment of the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (February 24, 2013). Prohibits an obligation from being taken into account unless its issuance was necessary to fund a commitment incurred by the federal government that required payment before February 1, 2017.