,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #dib  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#cadd  ,report ,no4 #aae-fdc1 ,part ,i  
,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of                 
,,representatives  ,june #bi1 #bjag     
,mrs4 ,mc,morris ,rodgers 7for herself1 
,ms4 ,herrera ,beutler1 ,mr4 ,newhouse1 
,mr4 ,schrader1 and ,mr4 ,walden7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,april #ah1 #bjah;,additional sponsors3 
,mr4 ,amodei1 ,mr4 ,labrador1 ,mr4      
,gianforte1 and ,mr4 ,gosar  ,april #ah1
 #bjah ,reported from the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,april #ah1        
#bjah,the ,committee on ,transportation 
and ,infrastructure discharged2         
committed to the ,committee of the      

,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed  ,a    
,,bill  ,to provide for operations of   
the ,federal ,columbia ,river ,power    
,system pursuant to a certain operation 
plan for a specified period of time1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,definitions  
,for the purposes of this ,act3 7#a7    
,,fcrps ,the term ,,fcrps means the     
,federal ,columbia ,river ,power        
,system4  7#b7 ,secretaries ,the term   
,secretaries means-- 7,a7 the ,secretary
 of the ,interior1 acting through the   
,bureau of ,reclamation2  7,b7 the      
,secretary of ,energy1 acting through   
the ,bonneville ,power ,administration2 
and  7,c7 ,secretaries of the ,army1    
acting through the ,army ,corps of      
,engineers4  7#c7 ,supplemental ,opinion
 ,the term ,supplemental ,opinion means 
the document titled ,endangered ,species
 ,act ,section #g7;a77#b7 ,supplemental 
,biological ,opinion1 ,,noaa ,fisheries 
,log ,number ,,nwr-#bjac-iefb1 and dated
 ,january #ag1 #bjad1 which supplements1

 without replacing1 the #bjjh and #bjaj 
,,fcrps ,biological ,opinions and the   
,reasonable and ,prudent ,alternative   
contained therein4  #b4 ,operation of   
,,fcrps ,the ,secretaries shall operate 
the ,,fcrps in a manner consistent with 
the reasonable and prudent alternative  
set forth in the ,supplemental ,opinion 
until the later of the following dates3 
7#a7 ,september #cj1 #bjbb4  7#b7 ,the  
date upon which a subsequent final      
biological opinion for the ,,fcrps      
operations is--  7,a7 issued after      
completion of the final environmental   
impact statement on a record of decision
 for a new operations plan for the      
,,fcrps2 and  7,b7 in effect1 with no   
pending further judicial review4  #c4   
,amendments to ,supplemental ,opinion   
7a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding section
 #b1 the ,secretaries may amend portions
 of the ,supplemental ,opinion and      
operate the ,,fcrps in accordance with  
such amendments1 before the date        
established under section #b if all of  

the ,secretaries determine1 in the sole 
discretion of each ,secretary1 that--   
7#a7 the amendment is necessary for     
public safety or transmission and grid  
reliability2 or  7#b7 the actions1      
operations1 or other requirements that  
the amendment would remove are no longer
 warranted4  7b7 ,restriction on        
amendments ,the process described in    
subsection 7a7 shall be the only method 
by which the ,secretaries may operate   
the ,,fcrps during the time period      
established under section #b in any way 
that is not consistent with the         
reasonable and prudent alternatives set 
forth in the ,supplemental ,opinion4    
#d4 ,limitation on restricting ,,fcrps  
electrical generation or navigation on  
the ,snake ,river ,no structural        
modification1 action1 study1 or         
engineering plan that restricts         
electrical generation at any ,federal   
,columbia ,power ,system hydroelectric  
dam1 or that limits navigation on the   
,snake ,river in the ,state of          

,washington1 ,oregon1 or ,idaho1 shall  
proceed unless such proposal is         
specifically and expressly authorized by
 an ,act of ,congress enacted after the 
date of submission to ,congress of a    
proposal for such modification1 action1 
study1 or engineering plan1             
respectively4  ,april #ah1 #bjah        
,reported from the ,committee on        
,natural ,resources,april #ah1 #bjah,the
 ,committee on ,transportation and      
,infrastructure discharged2 committed to
 the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on 
the ,state of the ,union and ordered to 
be printed