To require the Western Area Power Administration to prepare a report on the use of certain provisions in power contracts.

SA 3843. Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Flake) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr.
Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028,
making appropriations for energy and water development and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title III, add the following:
Sec. 3___. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Western Area
Power Administration shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report that--
(1) examines the use of a provision described in subsection
(b) in any power contracts of the Western Area Power
Administration that were executed before or on the date of
enactment of this Act; and
(2) explains the circumstances for not including a
provision described in subsection (b) in power contracts of
the Western Area Power Administration executed before or on
the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) A provision referred to in subsection (a) is a
termination clause described in section 11 of the general
power contract provisions of the Western Power
Administration, effective September 1, 2007.
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