Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act - Amends the Water Conservation and Utilization Act (WCUA) to: (1) repeal a provision reserving all right, title, and interest in the facilities provided for municipal or miscellaneous water supplies or surplus power and the revenues derived therefrom to the United States; (2) authorize the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Bureau of Reclamation) to enter into leases of power privileges for electric power generation in connection with any project constructed under such Act; (3) grant the Secretary authority in addition to and alternative to any authority in existing laws related to particular projects, including small conduit hydropower development; and (4) direct the Secretary to first offer the lease of power privilege to an irrigation district or water users association operating the applicable transferred conduit or to the irrigation district or water users association receiving water from the applicable reserved conduit.
Requires the Bureau to apply its categorical exclusion process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to small conduit hydropower under WCUA, excluding siting of associated transmission facilities on federal lands.
Declares that nothing in WCUA shall: (1) obligate specified power administrations to purchase or market the power produced by such facilities, (2) alter or impede the delivery and management of water for original project purposes, or (3) alter or affect any agreements in effect on the date of this Act's enactment for conduit hydropower development projects or disposition of revenues. Deems water used for conduit hydropower generation to be incidental to use of water for the original project purposes.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-31 | Calendars | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 518. | Senate |
| 2014-07-31 | Committee | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Landrieu with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-231. | Senate |
| 2014-06-18 | Committee | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. | Senate |
| 2014-02-27 | Committee | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. | Senate |
| 2013-12-09 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate |
| 2013-12-03 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7421-7422) | House floor actions |
| 2013-12-03 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1963. | House floor actions |
| 2013-12-03 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7421-7423) | House floor actions |
| 2013-12-03 | Floor | Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2013-10-22 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 177. | House floor actions |
| 2013-10-22 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-249. | House floor actions |
| 2013-07-31 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. | House committee actions |
| 2013-07-31 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2013-07-31 | Committee | Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged. | House committee actions |
| 2013-05-23 | Committee | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House committee actions |
| 2013-05-15 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House committee actions |
| 2013-05-14 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House floor actions |
| 2013-05-14 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |