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1 H.R. 648, an Act to Authorize the Secretary of the Interior to Amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project to Enable the Use of the Active Capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir [1] (March 15, 2018)

handle is hein.congrec/cbomayab0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE March 15, 2018 H.R. 648 An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project to enable the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 8, 2018 H.R. 648 would authorize the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to plan and construct a project to expand water storage at Fontenelle Dam and Reservoir in southwestern Wyoming. Under current law, the amount of water storage available to the State of Wyoming at the reservoir is the difference between full capacity and the lowest water level that allows all of the authorized purposes of the Fontenelle project to be performed. Under the act, BOR would coordinate with the State of Wyoming to design and construct modifications to the Fontenelle Dam and Reservoir to allow the project to operate at a lower water level, thus expanding the amount of storage available to the state. H.R. 648 also would require the state to contribute 100 percent of the costs to design and construct the project. Those contributions would be classified as offsetting receipts, which are treated as reductions in direct spending, and would subsequently be spent without further appropriation. Enacting H.R. 648 would increase receipts and the associated direct spending; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that the net effect on the budget would be negligible. Enacting H.R. 648 would not affect revenues. CBO estimates that enacting the legislation would not increase net direct spending or on- budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028. H.R. 648 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. The act would benefit the State of Wyoming by authorizing a cooperative agreement for upgrading the power plant at the Fontenelle Dam. Any costs incurred by the state to fund the project or participate in the cooperative agreement would result from complying with conditions of federal assistance.

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