US Congress House Bill 470 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on December 20 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 112-72.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011 - (Sec. 1) Amends the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 (HPPA) to modify, commencing October 1, 2017, certain statutory schedules governing contracts for delivery of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam to specified localities in Arizona, California, and Nevada. (Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) create, from certain apportioned allocations of contingent capacity and firm energy, a resource pool equal to 5% of the full rated capacity of 2.074 million kilowatts and associated firm energy; (2) offer Schedule D contingency capacity and firm energy to new allottees not receiving contingent capacity and firm energy for delivery commencing October 1, 2017; and (3) allocate through the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) for delivery, commencing October 1, 2017, 66.7% of Schedule D contingent capacity and firm energy to specified new allottees located within the marketing area for the Boulder City Area Projects. Requires each contract offered under HPPA to: (1) authorize and require WAPA to collect from new allottees a pro rata share of Hoover Dam repayable advances paid for by contractors before October 1, 2017, and to remit such amounts to the contractors that paid such advances in proportion to the amounts paid by them as specified in a certain Implementation Agreement; (2) permit transactions with an independent system operator; and (3) contain the same material terms included in those long-term contracts for purchases from the Hoover Power Plant that were made in accordance with HPPA and are in existence on the date of enactment of this Act. Subjects the contractual obligation of the Secretary to deliver contingent capacity and firm energy under HPPA to the availability of the water needed to produce such contingent capacity and firm energy. Continues through FY2067 the requirements of HPPA as the exclusive method for (in effect, congressional oversight of) the disposal of capacity and energy from Hoover Dam.

Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011

Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. David Dreier [R-CA]	Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Jerry Lewis [R-CA]	Rep. Howard McKeon [R-CA]
Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Benjamin Quayle [R-AZ]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-12-20	Senate	Became Public Law No: 112-72.
2011-12-20	Senate	Signed by President.
2011-12-13	Senate	Presented to President.
2011-12-08	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2011-10-18	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6692)
2011-10-04	Senate	Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 185.
2011-10-03	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2011-10-03	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6476-6479)
2011-10-03	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 470.
2011-10-03	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6476-6480)
2011-10-03	House	Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2011-07-20	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 104.
2011-07-20	House	Committee on The Budget discharged.
2011-07-20	House	Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-159, Part I.
2011-06-15	House	Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
2011-06-15	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2011-06-15	House	Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
2011-05-12	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2011-02-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
2011-01-26	House	Referred to House Budget
2011-01-26	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2011-01-26	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB519 (Same As) 2011-08-30 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 138.
SCR32 (Related) 2011-12-07 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/470/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr470/BILLS-112hr470ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr470/BILLS-112hr470eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr470/BILLS-112hr470rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr470/BILLS-112hr470pcs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr470/BILLS-112hr470enr.pdf