,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cicg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bd1 #bjai ,mr4
 ,newhouse introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to redesignate the facility of 
the ,bureau of ,reclamation located at  
,highway-#aee1 ,coulee ,dam1 ,,wa       
#iiaaf1 as the ,nathaniel ,nat          
,washington ,power ,plant4  #a4         
,findings ,congress finds as follows3   
7#a7 ,both ,nathaniel 8,nat0            
,washington1 ,sr41 and his son1 ,nat1   
,jr41 direct descendants of the family  
of ,president ,george ,washington1 were 
pioneers for the development of         
hydropower and strong proponents of     
hydropower's many benefits for          
,washington ,state and the ,pacific     
,northwest4  7#b7 ,in #aijh1 ,nat       
,washington1 ,sr41 left his home in     
,virginia and established a homestead   
along the ,columbia ,river in the area  
of ,grand ,coulee1 ,washington4 ,in     

#aiaf1 he was elected ,grant ,county    
prosecutor4  7#c7 ,as the first         
president of the ,columbia ,river ,dam1 
,irrigation1 and ,power ,district1 ,nat 
,washington1 ,sr41 played a key role in 
developing the concept of1 and securing 
the approval for1 the construction of   
the ,grand ,coulee ,dam4  7#d7 ,in      
#aibf1 ,nat ,washington1 ,sr41 fell     
victim to the power of the ,columbia    
,river when he was swept away in the    
current1 losing his life while          
attempting to save his brother ,james   
from drowning4  7#e7 ,nat ,washington1  
,jr41 followed in his father's footsteps
 by serving as ,grant ,county prosecutor
 after earning his law degree at the    
,university of ,washington1 where he was
 elected student body president at the  
,university of ,washington as an        
undergraduate4  7#f7 ,nat ,washington1  
,jr41 served in the ,washington ,state  
,legislature for #cj years and was      
instrumental in the development of      
several hydropower projects across the  

region1 as well as the ,columbia ,basin 
,project1 which utilizes the ,grand     
,coulee ,dam to supply water for        
irrigation to #aj1jjj farms on #fga1jjj 
acres of farmland in the ,columbia      
,basin4  7#g7 ,when the ,third ,power   
,plant was completed in #aihj1 ,grand   
,coulee ,dam became the largest         
hydropower generating facility in the   
world4 ,with a #f1hji megawatt          
generating capacity1 supplying an       
average of #ba billion kilowatt hours of
 electricity to #aa ,states and ,canada 
each year1 ,grand ,coulee is the largest
 power station in the nation4  7#h7 ,the
 vision1 advocacy1 and public service of
 ,nat ,washington1 ,sr41 and his son1   
,nat1 ,jr41 fundamentally transformed   
the ,columbia ,basin1 ,washington       
,state1 and the entire ,pacific         
,northwest by securing hydropower--a    
clean1 affordable1 and reliable source  
of energy--as the foundation of the     
region's power system4  #b4             
,redesignation of facility ,the facility

 of the ,bureau of ,reclamation located 
at ,highway-#aee1 ,coulee ,dam1 ,,wa    
#iiaaf1 known as the ,third ,powerplant1
 shall be known and designated as the   
,nathaniel ,nat ,washington ,power      
,plant4  #c4 ,references ,any reference 
in a law1 map1 regulation1 document1    
paper or other record of the ,united    
,states to the facility referred to in  
section #a shall be deemed to be a      
reference to the ,nathaniel ,nat        
,washington ,power ,plant4