On the recordNovember 8, 2017
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Hydropower Policy Modernization Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. HYDROPOWER REGULATORY IMPROVEMENTS. (a) Sense of Congress on the Use of Hydropower Renewable Resources.--It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) hydropower is a renewable resource for purposes of all Federal programs and is an essential source of energy in the United States; and (2) the United States should increase substantially the capacity and generation of clean, renewable hydropower that would improve environmental quality in the United States. (b) Modifying the Definition of Renewable Energy to Include Hydropower.--Section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), by amending paragraphs (1) through (3) to read as follows: ``(1) Not less than 17 percent in fiscal years 2017 through 2019. ``(2) Not less than 20 percent in fiscal years 2020 through 2024.…
