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H. Rept. 119-174 1 (2025-06-30)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahlm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-174 TO AMEND PUBLIC LAW 99-338 WITH RESPECT TO KAWEAH PROJECT PERMITS JUNE 30, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 1044] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1044) to amend Public Law 99-338 with respect to Kaweah Project permits, having considered the same, reports fa- vorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 1044 is to amend Public Law 99-338 with respect to Kaweah Project permits. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION Southern California Edison, a subsidiary of Edison International, is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, serving roughly 15 million people over a 50,000-square-mile area in Cen- tral, Coastal, and Southern California.' Since 1899, Southern Cali- fornia Edison has operated the Kaweah Hydroelectric Project (Project) on the Kaweah and East Fore Kaweah Rivers, located near the community of Three Rivers in Tulare County.2 The Kaweah Project has a generating capacity of 8.85 megawatts and is split into three developments.3 In 1943, Congress expanded the boundaries of Sequoia National Park and, in so doing, acquired lands that contained part of the 'Edison International, Our Companies, https://www.edison.com/. 2Southern California Edison Company, Kaweah FERC Project No. 298. January 2019, https://www.sce.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/CUL1_BuiltEnvironmentTSR.pdf. 3Id. 59-006