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U.S. OVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 260
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session J SENATE 116-140
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION PUMPED STORAGE
HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT ACT
OCTOBER 23, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1751]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 1751) to amend the Reclamation Project Act of
1939 to authorize pumped storage hydropower development uti-
lizing multiple Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs, having consid-
ered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and
recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
AMENDMENT
The amendment is as follows:
On page 2, line 10, strike as of August 9, 2013 and insert as
of the date of the enactment of the Bureau of Reclamation Small
Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 1751 is to amend the Reclamation Project Act
of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485) to authorize pumped storage hydropower
development utilizing multiple Bureau of Reclamation (BOR or
Reclamation) reservoirs.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Pumped storage hydropower projects generate electricity by mov-
ing water between an upper and lower reservoir based on elec-
tricity prices and demand, and other operational considerations.
Under current law, and pursuant to two Memorandum of Under-
standing agreements between the BOR and the Federal Energy
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