H.R. 9337
Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act
Sponsor: Cliff Bentz
30 cosponsors
- John J. McGuire III
- Troy Balderson
- Derrick Van Orden
- Harriet M. Hageman
- Mike Bost
- Nicholas A. Langworthy
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann
- Ken Calvert
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks
- Dan Newhouse
- Gabe Evans
- H. Morgan Griffith
- Jeff Crank
- Jeff Hurd
- Mark E. Amodei
- Michael Baumgartner
- Randy K. Weber, Sr.
- Russ Fulcher
- Ryan K. Zinke
- Troy Downing
- Diana Harshbarger
- James Gallagher
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
- Paul A. Gosar
- Celeste Maloy
- August Pfluger
- Pat Harrigan
- Claudia Tenney
- David P. Joyce
- Gary J. Palmer
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Text of the bill
Sec. 1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act.
Sec. 2.
Ensuring proper scope of Federal reservation license conditions
Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting to reasonably mitigate the direct adverse effect of the applicable project on such reservation, so as to provide after deem necessary in the first proviso.
Sec. 3.
Ensuring proper scope of prescribed fishways
Section 18 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 811) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting to reasonably mitigate the direct adverse effect of the applicable project on the population of a species of fish in the applicable river system before the period at the end.