Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act”.
Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act
A BILL
To amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to minimize infringement on the exercise and enjoyment of property rights in issuing hydropower licenses, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Hydropower licenses
Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)) is amended—
by designating the first, second, and third sentences as paragraphs (1) through (3) respectively; and
in paragraph (3) (as so designated)—
by striking “and” after “recreational opportunities,”; and
by inserting “, and minimizing infringement on the useful exercise and enjoyment of property rights held by nonlicensees” after “aspects of environmental quality”.
Section 10 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 803) is amended—
in subsection (a)(1), by inserting “, including minimizing infringement on the useful exercise and enjoyment of property rights held by nonlicensees” after “section 4(e)”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(k) Private landownership—In developing any recreational resource within the project boundary, the licensee shall consider private landownership as a means to encourage and facilitate—
“(1) private investment; and
“(2) increased tourism and recreational use.”