Southwestern Power Administration Fund Establishment Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Southwestern Power Administration Fund Establishment Act creates a new Southwestern Power Administration Fund in the Treasury. The Fund would hold receipts, collections, recoveries, trust funds, appropriations, transferred balances, and deposits associated with the Southwestern Power Administration. Existing unexpended balances from prior continuing, advanced payment, and offsetting collections funds would be transferred into the new Fund.
Amounts in the Fund would remain available until expended and could be used by the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Southwestern Power Administration Administrator, for operation and maintenance of transmission facilities, marketing electric power and energy, construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, and related facilities, and administrative expenses under the Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The Administrator may incur obligations before appropriations if they will be liquidated by the Fund, must transfer excess annual amounts to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, and must follow chapter 91 government-corporation-style provisions.
Who Benefits and How
The Southwestern Power Administration benefits from a dedicated fund that consolidates receipts, balances, and collections and keeps amounts available until expended for power marketing and transmission work. Wholesale power customers and transmission users in the Southwestern Power Administration service area benefit if the fund supports more reliable operation, maintenance, construction, and acquisition of transmission facilities. The Treasury benefits from the requirement that excess annual amounts be returned as miscellaneous receipts.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Secretary of Energy and Southwestern Power Administration Administrator must manage the new fund, transfer existing balances, track receipts and appropriations, decide when obligations can be incurred in advance of appropriations, and make annual excess transfers. Federal budget and accounting staff must apply chapter 91-style controls and update the prior 2005 and 2010 appropriations provisions. Prior fund managers must close or transition the repealed offsetting-collection structure.
Key Provisions
- Establishes the Southwestern Power Administration Fund in the Treasury.
- Transfers unexpended balances from continuing, advanced payment, and offsetting collections funds into the new Fund.
- Authorizes Fund use for transmission operation, power marketing, construction, acquisition, and administrative expenses.
- Allows obligations in advance of appropriations when liquidated by the Fund and requires annual excess transfers to Treasury.
- Applies chapter 91 government-corporation-style provisions and updates or repeals prior appropriations language.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Establishes a Treasury fund for the Southwestern Power Administration, transfers existing balances into it, makes amounts available until expended for power marketing and transmission activities, and updates prior appropriations provisions.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Federal Finance, Power Marketing, Infrastructure
Primary Purpose
Establishes a Treasury fund for the Southwestern Power Administration, transfers existing balances into it, makes amounts available until expended for power marketing and transmission activities, and updates prior appropriations provisions.
Policy Domains
Southwestern Power Administration Fund
Identified Gains
- Southwestern Power Administration
- Wholesale power customers
- Transmission users in the Southwest
- Federal Treasury miscellaneous receipts
Identified Costs
- Secretary of Energy accounting staff
- Southwestern Power Administration Administrator
- Federal budget officers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Graves (for himself and Mr. Mann) introduced the following …
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Federal Treasury miscellaneous receipts, Secretary of Energy accounting staff, Southwestern Power Administration
Positive-direction: Federal Treasury miscellaneous receipts, Southwestern Power Administration
Negative-direction: Secretary of Energy accounting staff, Southwestern Power Administration Administrator
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "fund"
- → Southwestern Power Administration Fund
- "secretary"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "administrator"
- → Administrator of the Southwestern Power Administration
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The Southwestern Power Administration Fund established by section 3(a).
The Secretary of Energy.
The Administrator of the Southwestern Power Administration.
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