,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dddd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bj1      
#bjai,mr4 ,gosar 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,biggs1 ,mr4 ,cox of ,california1 ,mr4  
,huffman1 ,mr4 ,king of ,iowa1 ,mr4     
,la,malfa1 ,mrs4 ,lesko1 ,mr4 ,mc,adams1
 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mr4 ,schweikert1   
,ms4 ,titus1 ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,mr4   
,o',halleran1 and ,mr4 ,buck7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the            
,administrator of the ,western ,area    
,power ,administration to establish a   
pilot project to provide increased      
transparency for customers1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,western ,area 
,power ,administration ,transparency    
,act4  #b4 ,western area power          
administration pilot project  7a7 ,in   
general ,not later than #abj days after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,administrator of the ,western ,area    

,power ,administration 7referred to in  
this section as the ,administrator7     
shall establish a pilot project1 as part
 of the continuous process improvement  
program and to provide increased        
transparency for customers1 to publish  
on a publicly available website of the  
,western ,area ,power ,administration1 a
 database of the following information1 
beginning with fiscal year #bjjh1       
relating to the ,western ,area ,power   
,administration3  7#a7 ,by power system 
and in a consistent format1 rates       
charged to customers for power and      
transmission service4  7#b7 ,by power   
system1 the amount of capacity or energy
 sold4  7#c7 ,by region1 a detailed     
accounting1 at the functional level and 
the budget activity level1 of all       
expenditures1 capital costs1 and        
staffing costs1 including--  7,a7       
indirect costs1 including overhead      
costs2  7,b7 direct charges and direct  
allocations2  7,c7 the number of        
contract staff2  7,d7 costs related to  

independent consultants2  7,e7 the      
number of full-time equivalents2 and    
7,f7 charges to the region from the     
headquarters office of the ,western     
,area ,power ,administration for all    
annual and capital costs4  7#d7 ,for the
 headquarters office of the ,western    
,area ,power ,administration1 a detailed
 accounting at the functional level and 
the budget activity level1 of all       
expenditures and capital costs1         
including--  7,a7 indirect costs1       
including overhead costs2  7,b7 direct  
charges and direct allocations2  7,c7   
the number of contract staff2  7,d7     
costs related to independent            
consultants2  7,e7 the number of        
full-time equivalents2  7,f7 a summary  
of any expenditures described in this   
paragraph1 with the total amount paid by
 each region and power system2 and  7,g7
 expenses incurred on behalf of other   
,federal agencies or programs or third  
parties for the administration of       
programs not related to the marketing1  

transmission1 or wheeling of ,federal   
hydropower resources1 including--  7i7  
indirect costs1 including overhead      
costs2  7ii7 direct charges and         
allocations2  7iii7 the number of       
contract staff2 and  7iv7 the number of 
full-time equivalents4  7#e7 ,capital   
expenditures1 including-- 7,a7 capital  
investments delineated by the year in   
which each investment is placed into    
service2 and  7,b7 the sources of       
capital for each investment4  7b7       
,annual summary  7#a7 ,in general ,not  
later than #abj days after the end of   
each fiscal year in which the pilot     
project is being carried out under this 
section1 the ,administrator shall make  
available on a publicly available       
website--  7,a7 updates to documents    
made available on the date of the       
initial publication of the information  
on the website under subsection 7a72    
7,b7 an identification of the magnitude 
of annual changes in the information    
published on the website under          

subsection 7a72  7,c7 a description of  
the reasons for the changes identified  
under subparagraph 7,b72  7,d7 subject  
to paragraph 7#b71 the total amount of  
the unobligated balances retained by the
 ,western ,area ,power ,administration  
at the end of the prior fiscal year     
within each marketing area and          
headquarters by--  7i7 purpose or       
function2  7ii7 source of funding2      
7iii7 anticipated program allotment2 and
  7iv7 underlying authority for each    
source of funding2 and  7,e7 the        
anticipated level of unobligated        
balances that the ,western ,area ,power 
,administration expects to retain at the
 end of the fiscal year in which the    
annual summary is published1 as         
delineated by each of the categories    
described in clauses 7i7 through 7iv7 of
 subparagraph 7,d74  7#b7 ,limitation   
,amounts in the ,upper ,colorado ,river 
,basin ,fund established by section     
#e7;a7 of the ,act of ,april #aa1 #aief 
7commonly known as the ,colorado ,river 

,storage ,project ,act7 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4  
#fbj;d7a771 shall not considered to be  
an unobligated balance retained by the  
,western ,area ,power ,administration   
for purposes of paragraph 7#a77;,d74    
7c7 ,termination ,the pilot project     
under this section shall terminate on   
the date that is #g years after the date
 of enactment of this ,act4