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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Enhanced Rescissions Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED RESCISSIONS.

(a) In General.--Part B of title X of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) is amended by
redesignating sections 1013 through 1017 as sections 1014 through 1018,
respectively, and inserting after section 1012 the following new
section:

''expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions

''Sec. 1013. (a) Proposed Rescission of Budget Authority.--In
addition to the method of rescinding budget authority specified in
section 1012, the President may propose, at the time and in the manner
provided in subsection (b), the rescission of any budget authority
provided in an appropriations Act. Funds made available for obligation
under this procedure may not be proposed for rescission again under
this section or section 1012.
''(b) Transmittal of Special Message.--
''(1) Not later than 3 days after the date of enactment of
an appropriation Act, the President may transmit to Congress
one or more special messages proposing to rescind all or any
part of any item of budget authority provided in that Act and
include with each special message a draft bill or joint
resolution that, if enacted, would rescind each item of budget
authority (or part thereof) proposed to be rescinded.
''(2) Each special message shall specify, with respect to
the budget authority proposed to be rescinded, the matters
referred to in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 1012(a).
''(c) Procedures for Expedited Consideration.--
''(1)(A) Before the close of the second day of continuous
session of the applicable House after the date of receipt of a
special message transmitted to Congress under subsection (b),
the majority leader or minority leader of the House of Congress
in which the appropriation Act involved originated shall
introduce (by request) the draft bill or joint resolution
accompanying that special message. If the bill or joint
resolution is not introduced as provided in the preceding
sentence, then, on the third day of continuous session of that
House after the date of receipt of that special message, any
Member of that House may introduce the bill or joint
resolution.
''(B) The bill or joint resolution shall be referred to the
Committee on Appropriations of that House. The committee shall
report the bill or joint resolution without substantive
revision and with or without recommendation. The bill or joint
resolution shall be reported not later than the seventh day of
continuous session of that House after the date of receipt of
that special message. If the Committee on Appropriations fails
to report the bill or joint resolution within that period, that
committee shall be automatically discharged from consideration
of the bill or joint resolution, and the bill or joint
resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
''(C) A vote on final passage of the bill or joint
resolution shall be taken in that House on or before the close
of the 10th calendar day of continuous session of that House
after the date of the introduction of the bill or joint
resolution in that House. If the bill or joint resolution is
agreed to, the Clerk of the House of Representatives (in the
case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the House of
Representatives) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case of
a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the Senate) shall cause
the bill or joint resolution to be engrossed, certified, and
transmitted to the other House of Congress on the same calendar
day on which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to.
''(2)(A) A bill or joint resolution transmitted to the
House of Representatives or the Senate pursuant to paragraph
(1)(C) shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations of
that House. The committee shall report the bill or joint
resolution without substantive revision and with or without
recommendation. The bill or joint resolution shall be reported
not later than the seventh day of continuous session of that
House after it receives the bill or joint resolution. A
committee failing to report the bill or joint resolution within
such period shall be automatically discharged from
consideration of the bill or joint resolution, and the bill or
joint resolution shall be placed upon the appropriate calendar.
''(B) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint resolution
transmitted to that House shall be taken on or before the close
of the 10th calendar day of continuous session of that House
after the date on which the bill or joint resolution is
transmitted. If the bill or joint resolution is agreed to in
that House, the Clerk of the House of Representatives (in the
case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the House of
Representatives) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case of
a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the Senate) shall cause
the engrossed bill or joint resolution to be returned to the
House in which the bill or joint resolution originated.
''(3)(A) A motion in the House of Representatives to
proceed to the consideration of a bill or joint resolution
under this section shall be highly privileged and not
debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order,
nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
''(B) Debate in the House of Representatives on a bill or
joint resolution under this section shall not exceed 4 hours,
which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those
opposing the bill or joint resolution. A motion further to
limit debate shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order
to move to recommit a bill or joint resolution under this
section or to move to reconsider the vote by which the bill or
joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.
''(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relating to the
application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the
procedure relating to a bill or joint resolution under this
section shall be decided without debate.
''(D) Except to the extent specifically provided in the
preceding provisions of this subsection, consideration of a
bill or joint resolution under this section shall be governed
by the Rules of the House of Representatives.
''(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the
consideration of a bill or joint resolution under this section
shall be privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the
motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order to move
to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or
disagreed to.
''(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill or joint resolution
under this section, and all debatable motions and appeals in
connection therewith, shall not exceed 10 hours. The time shall
be equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority
leader and the minority leader or their designees.
''(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or
appeal in connection with a bill or joint resolution under this
section shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be equally
divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager
of the bill or joint resolution, except that in the event the
manager of the bill or joint resolution is in favor of any such
motion or appeal, the time in opposition thereto, shall be
controlled by the minority leader or his designee. Such
leaders, or either of them, may, from time under their control
on the passage of a bill or joint resolution, allot additional
time to any Senator during the consideration of any debatable
motion or appeal.
''(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a
bill or joint resolution under this section is not debatable. A
motion to recommit a bill or joint resolution under this
section is not in order.
''(d) Amendments Prohibited.--No amendment to a bill or joint
resolution considered under this section shall be in order in either
the House of Representatives or the Senate. No motion to suspend the
application of this subsection shall be in order in either House, nor
shall it be in order in either House to suspend the application of this
subsection by unanimous consent.
''(e) Requirement To Make Available for Obligation.--Any amount of
budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a special message
transmitted to Congress under subsection (b) shall be made available
for obligation on the day after the date on which either House defeats
the bill or joint resolution transmitted with that special message.
''(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
''(1) The term 'appropriation Act' means any general or
special appropriation Act, and any Act or joint resolution
making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations.
''(2) The continuity of a session of the Congress shall be
considered as broken only by an adjournment of the Congress
sine die, and the days on which either House is not in session
because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain
shall be excluded in the computation of the periods of
continuous session referred to in subsection (c) of this
section. If a special message is transmitted under this section
during any Congress and the last session of the Congress
adjourns sine die before the expiration of 10 calendar days of
continuous session (or a special message is transmitted after
the last session of the Congress adjourns sine die), the
message shall be deemed to have been transmitted on the first
day of the succeeding Congress and the periods of continuous
session referred to in subsection (c) of this section shall
commence on the day after such first day.''.
(b) Exercise of Rulemaking Powers.--Section 904 of such Act (2
U.S.C. 621 note) is amended--
(1) by striking ''and 1017'' in subsection (a) and
inserting ''1013, and 1018''; and
(2) by striking ''section 1017'' in subsection (d) and
inserting ''sections 1013 and 1018''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682(5)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ''1013'' and
inserting ''1014''; and
(B) in paragraph (5)--
(i) by striking ''1016'' and inserting
''1017''; and
(ii) by striking ''1017(b)(1)'' and
inserting ''1018(b)(1)''.
(2) Section 1015 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) (as
redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended--
(A) by striking ''1012 or 1013'' each place it
appears and inserting ''1012, 1013, or 1014'';
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ''1012'' and
inserting ''1012 or 1013'';
(C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ''1013'' and
inserting ''1014''; and
(D) in subsection (e)(2)--
(i) by striking ''and'' at the end of
subparagraph (A);
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as
subparagraph (C);
(iii) by striking ''1013'' in subparagraph
(C) (as so redesignated) and inserting
''1014''; and
(iv) by inserting after subparagraph (A)
the following new subparagraph:
''(B) he has transmitted a special message under
section 1013 with respect to a proposed rescission;
and''.
(3) Section 1016 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 686) (as
redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended by striking ''1012 or
1013'' each place it appears and inserting ''1012, 1013, or
1014''.
(d) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections for subpart B of
title X of such Act is amended--
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 1013
through 1017 as items relating to sections 1014 through 1018;
and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 1012
the following new item:

''Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed
rescissions.''.

A: Enhanced Rescissions Act of 1993 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to allow the President to transmit to both Houses of the Congress, for expedited consideration, one or more special messages proposing to rescind all or part of any item of budget authority provided in an appropriation bill.
Requires that such special message be transmitted not later than three days after the enactment of an appropriation bill and be accompanied by a draft bill or joint resolution that would, if enacted, rescind the budget authority proposed to be rescinded.
Sets forth House and Senate procedures for the expedited consideration of such a proposal.
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Q: 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.

A: 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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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''National Senior Citizens Pet
Ownership Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PET OWNERSHIP.

Section 227 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 (12
U.S.C. 1701r-1) is amended--
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the
following new section heading:

''pet ownership by elderly and disabled families in federally assisted
rental housing'';

(2) by striking subsection (d);
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d);
(4) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new
subsection:
''(c) Pet Ownership by Elderly Families in Other Federally Assisted
Housing.--
''(1) Rights of tenants.--No owner or manager of any other
federally assisted rental housing may--
''(A) as a condition of tenancy or otherwise,
prohibit or prevent any tenant in such housing who is
an elderly family from owning common household pets or
having common household pets living in the dwelling
accommodations of such tenant in such housing;
''(B) as a condition of tenancy or otherwise,
prohibit or prevent any tenant in such housing who,
during such tenancy, was an elderly family who owned or
had a common household pet living in the dwelling
accommodations of such tenant in such housing from
continuing to own or have the pet in the accommodations
after the tenant no longer qualifies as an elderly
family; or
''(C) restrict or discriminate against any elderly
family in connection with admission to, or continued
occupancy of, such housing by reason of the ownership
of such pets by, or the presence of such pets in the
dwelling accommodations of, such person.
''(2) Regulations.--
''(A) Requirement.--The Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture
shall each issue such regulations as may be necessary
to ensure--
''(i) compliance with the provisions of
paragraph (1) with respect to any program of
assistance referred to in subsection (e)(3)
that is administered by such Secretary; and
''(ii) attaining the goal of providing
decent, safe, and sanitary housing for elderly
families.
''(B) Management guidelines.--Such regulations
shall establish guidelines under which the owner or
manager of any other federally assisted rental housing
(i) may prescribe reasonable rules for the keeping of
pets in such housing by tenants pursuant to paragraph
(1), and (ii) shall consult with the tenants of such
housing in prescribing such rules. Such rules may
consider factors such as density of tenants, pet size,
types of pets, potential financial obligations of
tenants, and standards of pet care.'';
(5) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated by paragraph
(3))--
(A) by inserting ''Authority to Remove Pets.--''
after ''(d)''; and
(B) by inserting after ''handicapped'' the
following: ''or of other federally assisted rental
housing''; and
(6) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
''(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
''(1) Elderly and disabled families.--The terms 'elderly
families' and 'disabled families' shall have the meanings given
such terms in section 3(b)(3) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937.
''(2) Federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or
disabled.--The term 'federally assisted rental housing for the
elderly or disabled' means any rental housing project that is
assisted under--
''(A) section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959;
''(B) section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act; or
''(C) the United States Housing Act of 1937, the
National Housing Act, or title V of the Housing Act of
1949, and is designated for occupancy by elderly or
disabled families or by elderly or handicapped
families.
''(3) Other federally assisted rental housing.--The term
'other federally assisted rental housing' means any--
''(A) public housing project (as such term is
defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937);
''(B) housing for which project-based assistance is
provided under section 8 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937;
''(C) housing financed by a loan or mortgage
insured under section 221(d)(3) of the National Housing
Act that bears interest at a rate determined under the
proviso of section 221(d)(5) of such Act;
''(D) housing insured, assisted, or held by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or a State
or State agency under section 236 of the National
Housing Act;
''(E) housing constructed or substantially
rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under
section 8(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of
1937, as in effect before October 1, 1983, that is
assisted under a contract for assistance under such
section; and
''(F) rental housing project assisted under title V
of the Housing Act of 1949.''.

SEC. 3. REGULATIONS AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

(a) Regulations.--Not later than the expiration of the 12-month
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of
Agriculture shall each issue any regulations necessary to carry out
section 227 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983, as
amended by section 2 of this Act.
(b) Effective Date.--Section 227 of the Housing and Urban-Rural
Recovery Act of 1983, as amended by section 2 of this Act, shall take
effect upon the earlier of--
(1) the effective date of the regulations issued under
subsection (a); or
(2) the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
After the enactment of this Act and before the effective date under the
preceding sentence, the provisions of such section 227 shall continue
to apply as if the amendments made section 2 of this Act had not been
enacted.

A:
National Senior Citizens Pet Ownership Protection Act - Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to prohibit owners and managers of federally assisted rental housing from preventing elderly and disabled tenants from owning or having household pets.
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