,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iefc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ad1       
#bjbb,mr4 ,stewart introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,administrator
 of the ,western ,area ,power           
,administration to provide its firm     
electric service customers with credits 
from shortfalls in generation from      
certain ,bureau of ,reclamation         
hydroelectric facilities1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,hydropower drought      
mitigation  7a7 ,notification of power  
available ,not later than #cj days after
 the date of the enactment of this      
section1 the ,administrator shall notify
 existing firm electric service         
customers of certain ,bureau of         
,reclamation ,projects of the amount of 
energy expected to be available for     
delivery during the #ab-month period    
after such notification1 based on the   
,bureau of ,reclamation's most recent   

#bd-month study that is issued each     
month1 from the following3 7#a7 ,salt   
,lake ,city ,area ,integrated ,projects4
  7#b7 ,the ,boulder ,canyon ,project4  
7#c7 ,the ,parker-,davis ,project4  7b7 
,pro rata reduction  7#a7 ,salt lake    
city area integrated projects ,if the   
annual amount of energy from the ,salt  
,lake ,city ,area ,integrated ,projects 
is expected to be less than #d1ijj1jjj  
,m,wh1 the ,administrator shall apply a 
pro rata credit from the general fund of
 the ,treasury for each firm electric   
service customer of the ,salt ,lake     
,city ,area ,integrated ,projects on    
each monthly invoice for firm electric  
service until such time as the energy   
production returns to levels equal to or
 greater than #d1ijj1jjj ,m,wh4  7#b7   
,boulder canyon project ,if the annual  
amount of energy from the ,boulder      
,canyon ,project is expected to be less 
than #c1fjj1jjj ,m,wh1 the              
,administrator shall apply a pro rata   
credit from the general fund of the     

,treasury for each firm electric service
 customer of the ,boulder ,canyon       
,project on each monthly invoice for    
firm electric service until such time as
 the energy production returns to levels
 equal to or greater than #c1fjj1jjj    
,m,wh4  7#c7 ,parker-davis project ,if  
the annual amount of energy from the    
,parker-,davis ,project is expected to  
be less than #a1djj1jjj ,m,wh1 the      
,administrator shall apply a pro rata   
credit from the general fund of the     
,treasury for each firm electric service
 customer of the ,parker-,davis ,project
 on each monthly invoice for firm       
electric service until such time as the 
energy production returns to levels     
equal to or greater than #a1djj1jjj     
,m,wh4  7c7 ,credit composition  7#a7   
,in general ,for purposes of calculating
 a pro rata credit required under       
subsection 7b71 the ,administrator      
shall--  7,a7 determine costs for each  
,project set forth in invoices for firm 
electric service2  7,b7 calculate a     

credit based on levels set forth under  
subsection 7b7 as compared to the       
available energy anticipated in the     
notice set forth under subsection 7a72  
and  7,c7 apply such credit to each firm
 electric service customer's monthly    
firm electric service invoice total to  
reflect decreased hydropower output4    
7#b7 ,other obligations ,nothing in this
 subsection shall preempt obligations of
 the ,administrator to set rates to     
recover such costs unrelated to         
hydropower production as may be required
 by law4  7d7 ,costs nonreimbursable    
,any costs incurred by the ,united      
,states in carrying out the requirements
 of this section shall be               
nonreimbursable and nonreturnable to the
 ,united ,states4  7e7 ,no retroactive  
rates ,notwithstanding any other        
provision of law1 the ,administrator    
shall not recover credits provided      
pursuant to this section in future      
rates4  7f7 ,effect ,nothing in this    
section shall-- 7#a7 alter or affect any

 water rights held by--  7,a7 the       
,united ,states2  7,b7 any ,indian      
,tribe1 band1 or community2  7,c7 any   
,state or political subdivision of a    
,state2 or  7,d7 any person2  7#b7 be   
construed or interpreted as authorizing 
the ,secretary of the ,interior to      
change or otherwise modify existing     
operations at ,bureau of ,reclamation   
facilities in the ,colorado ,river      
basin2 or  7#c7 be construed or         
interpreted to authorize a change in the
 existing terms of the ,second          
,memorandum of ,agreement ,concerning   
the ,upper ,colorado ,river ,basin      
,fund4  7g7 ,administrator defined ,in  
this section1 the term ,administrator   
means the ,administrator of the ,western
 ,area ,power ,administration4  7h7     
,termination ,all authorities provided  
under this section shall terminate on   
,december #ca1 #bjbf4