115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
June 28, 2017
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
To amend the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to authorize pumped storage hydropower development utilizing multiple Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act”.
SEC. 2. Authority for pumped storage hydropower development utilizing multiple Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs.
Section 9(c)(1) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)(1)) is amended by inserting “and pumped storage hydropower development exclusively utilizing Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs” after “including small conduit hydropower development ”.
Passed the House of Representatives June 27, 2017.
Attest: | karen l. haas, |
Clerk |