STATUS:

• March 14, 2013.--Introduced.

To amend the Federal Power Act to remove the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to collect land use fees for land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred... (Introduced in Senate - IS)

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To amend the Federal Power Act to remove the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to collect land use fees for land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred from Federal ownership but that is subject to a power site reservation.

Ms. MURKOWSKI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

To amend the Federal Power Act to remove the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to collect land use fees for land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred from Federal ownership but that is subject to a power site reservation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF AUTHORITY TO COLLECT LAND USE FEES FOR CERTAIN LAND.

Section 10(e)(1) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 803(e)(1)) is amended in the first sentence by inserting after `enjoyment of its lands or other property' the following: `(which, for purposes of this section, shall not include land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred from Federal ownership, but that is subject to a power site reservation under section 24)'.