Sec. 8. amendments to existing law
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## Sec. 8 amendments to existing law ###
(a)Section 11(b) of the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act is amended by striking out “or” before “(iii)” in paragraph (6), by striking out the semicolon at the end of such paragraph
(6)and inserting in lieu thereof “, or
(iv)on a short term basis to meet the Administrator's obligations under section 4(h) of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act;”. ###
(b)Section 11(b) of the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act is amended by striking out “ and ” at the end of paragraph (10), by striking out the period at the end of paragraph
(11)and inserting in lieu thereof “ ; and ”, and by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: > > #### “(12) > > making such payments, as shall be required to carry out the purposes and provisions of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act.” > . ###
(c)Subsection
(b)of section 13 of such Act is amended by striking out “and 11(b)(11)” and inserting in lieu thereof “, 11(b)(11), and 11(b)(12)”. ###
(d)####
(1)The first sentence of subsection
(a)of section 13 of such Act is amended by inserting after the word “system,” the following: “to implement the Administrator's authority pursuant to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (including his authority to provide financial assistance for conservation measures, renewable resources, and fish and wildlife, but not including the authority to acquire under section 6 of that Act electric power from a generating facility having a planned capability greater than 50 average megawatts),”. ####
(2)The fourth sentence of such subsection
(a)is amended by inserting the following before the period at the end thereof: “issued by Government corporations”. ####
(3)Such subsection
(a)is further amended by inserting the following before the period at the end thereof: “prior to October 1, 1981. Such aggregate principal limitation shall be increased by an additional $1,250,000,000 after October 1, 1981, as provided in advance in annual appropriation Acts, and such increased amount shall be reserved for the purpose of providing funds for conservation and renewable resource loans and grants in a special revolving account created therefor in the Fund. The funds from such revolving account shall not be deemed State or local funds”. ####
(4)Such subsection
(a)is further amended by inserting the following after the fourth sentence thereof: “Beginning in fiscal year 1982, if the Administrator fails to repay by the end of any fiscal year all of the amounts projected immediately prior to such year to be repaid to the Treasury by the end of such year under the repayment criteria of the Secretary of Energy and if such failure is due to reasons other than
(A)a decrease in power sale revenues due to fluctuating streamflows or
(B)other reasons beyond the control of the Administrator, the Secretary of the Treasury may increase the interest rate applicable to the outstanding bonds issued by the Administrator during such fiscal year. Such increase shall be effective commencing with the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year during which such failure occurred and shall not exceed 1 per centum for each such fiscal year during which such repayments are not in accord with such criteria. The Secretary of the Treasury shall take into account amounts that the Administrator has repaid in advance of any repayment criteria in determining whether to increase such rate. Before such rate is increased, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Administrator and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, must be satisfied that the Administrator will have the ability to pay such increased rate, taking into account the Administrator's obligations. Such increase shall terminate with the fiscal year in which repayments (including repayments of the increased rate) are in accordance with the repayment criteria of the Secretary of Energy.”. ###
(e)Clause
(2)of section 1(b) of the Act of August 31, 1964 (78 Stat. 756) is amended to read as follows: “(2) any contiguous areas, not in excess of seventy-five airline miles from said region, which are a part of the service area of a rural electric cooperative served by the Administrator on the effective date of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act which has a distribution system from which it serves both within and without said region.”.
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