,,ii #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #aica ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,june #bj1 #bjai,ms4 ,mc,sally 7for herself and ,ms4 ,sinema7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,energy and ,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-- 7#a7 establish a pilot project1 as part of the continuous process improvement program and to provide increased transparency for customers-- 7,a7 to make available a database of information relating to the ,western ,area ,power ,administration in accordance with paragraph 7#b72 and 7,b7 to provide annual updates to the database in accordance with subsection 7b72 and 7#b7 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 an accounting1 at the task level1 budget activity level1 organizational code level1 and object class level1 of all expenditures1 including-- 7i7 indirect costs1 including overhead costs2 7ii7 direct charges and direct allocations2 7iii7 costs related to contract staff2 7iv7 costs related to independent consultants2 7v7 the number of full-time equivalents2 7vi7 charges to the region from the headquarters office of the ,western ,area ,power ,administration for all annual and capital costs2 and 7vii7 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 resources within the ,western ,area ,power ,administration marketing area1 including-- 7,i7 indirect costs1 including overhead costs2 7,,ii7 direct charges and allocations2 7,,iii7 costs related to contract staff2 and 7,,iv7 the number of full-time equivalents4 7,d7 ,for the headquarters office of the ,western ,area ,power ,administration1 an accounting1 at the task level1 budget activity level1 organizational code level1 and object class level1 of all expenditures1 including-- 7i7 indirect costs1 including overhead costs2 7ii7 direct charges and direct allocations2 7iii7 costs related to contract staff2 7iv7 costs related to independent consultants2 7v7 the number of full-time equivalents2 7vi7 a summary of any expenditures described in this paragraph1 with the total amount paid by each region and power system2 and 7vii7 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 resources within the ,western ,area ,power ,administration marketing area1 including-- 7,i7 indirect costs1 including overhead costs2 7,,ii7 direct charges and allocations2 7,,iii7 costs related to contract staff2 and 7,,iv7 the number of full-time equivalents4 7,e7 ,capital expenditures for each project1 including-- 7i7 capital investments delineated by the year in which each investment is placed into service2 and 7ii7 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 7a77#b72 7,b7 an identification of the annual changes in the information published on the website under subsection 7a77#b72 7,c7 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 project 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 be 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