,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdhg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #aa1       
#bjbf,ms4 ,boebert 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,gray7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,reclamation ,project ,act of 
#aici to encourage non-,federal         
hydropower development with respect to  
,bureau of ,reclamation projects4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,rural ,jobs and ,hydropower        
,expansion ,act4  #b4 ,amendments to    
,reclamation ,project ,act ,section     
#i7;c7 of the ,reclamation ,project ,act
 of #aici 7#ec ,stat4 #aaid7 is         
amended--  7#a7 by striking 7#a7 ,the   
,secretary is authorized and inserting  
,the ,secretary is authorized2  7#b7 by 
striking small conduit hydropower using 
,bureau of ,reclamation facilities and  
pumped storage hydropower exclusively   
using ,bureau of ,reclamation reservoirs
 and inserting hydropower using all     

,bureau of ,reclamation facilities2     
7#c7 by striking ,no contract relating  
to municipal water supply and inserting 
the following3  7#a7 ,no contract       
relating to municipal water supply  2   
7#d7 in paragraph 7#b77;,a7-- 7,a7 by   
striking applicable transferred conduit 
and inserting applicable transferred    
works facility2  7,b7 by striking       
applicable reserved conduit and         
inserting applicable reserved works     
facility2 and  7,c7 by striking power   
privilege offer for a small conduit and 
inserting power privilege offer for the2
  7#e7 in paragraph 7#c71 by striking   
small conduit and inserting applicable2 
7#f7 in paragraph 7#d71 by striking     
small conduit hydropower2  7#g7 in      
paragraph 7#f7-- 7,a7 by striking       
conduit before hydropower generation2   
and  7,b7 by striking transferred       
conduit and inserting transferred works 
facility2  7#h7 in paragraph 7#g71 by   
striking conduit2  7#i7 in paragraph    
7#h7-- 7,a7 by inserting 7referred to in

 this section as an authorization7      
before issued by the ,federal ,energy   
,regulatory ,commission2  7,b7 by       
striking ,august #i1 #bjac1 and         
inserting the date of the enactment of  
the ,rural ,jobs and ,hydropower        
,expansion ,act2 and  7,c7 by adding at 
the end ,any authorization issued by the
 ,federal ,energy ,regulatory           
,commission with respect to a project   
shall remain in place until such        
authorization becomes inactive4 ,as     
allowed by the ,federal ,energy         
,regulatory ,commission1 an             
authorization may be renewed and remain 
active4 ,once the authorization becomes 
inactive1 project site jurisdiction     
shall shift to the ,bureau of           
,reclamation exclusively42  7#aj7 by    
redesignating paragraph 7#i7 as         
paragraph 7#aj72  7#aa7 by inserting    
after paragraph 7#h7 the following3     
7#i7 ,nothing in this section shall     
expand or otherwise amend the ,bureau of
 ,reclamation lease of power privilege  

authorities outside the project         
boundary4  2 and  7#ab7 in paragraph    
7#aj71 as so redesignated--  7,a7 by    
striking subparagraphs 7,a71 7,c71 7,d71
 and 7,e72  7,b7 by redesignating       
subparagraph 7,b7 as subparagraph 7,a72 
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,b7 ,reserved works        
facility ,the term reserved works       
facility means those facilities owned by
 the ,bureau of ,reclamation where the  
,bureau of ,reclamation has retained    
responsibility for carrying out         
operation and maintenance activities4   
7,c7 ,transferred works facility ,the   
term transferred works facility means a 
project facility where the operations   
and maintenance of that facility is     
carried out by a non-,federal entity    
under the provisions of a formal        
operations and maintenance transfer     
contract4  4