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S. 1751 — what changed

Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act

From Introduced in Senate to Reported in Senate. 1 section amended between Introduced in Senate and Reported in Senate.

Sec. 2 Authority for pumped storage hydropower development using multiple Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs

Section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)) is amended—

(1)
in paragraph (1), in the fourth sentence, by striking “, including small conduit hydropower development” and inserting “and reserve to the Secretary the exclusive authority to develop small conduit hydropower using Bureau of Reclamation facilities and pumped storage hydropower exclusively using Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs”; and
(2)
changed in paragraph (8), by striking “has been filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as of August 9, 2013” 2013 as of the date of the enactment of the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act” and inserting “was filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission before August 9, 2013, and is still pending”.