1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act . 2. Authority for pumped storage hydropower development using multiple Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs Section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 ( 43 U.S.C. 485h(c) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), in the fourth sentence, by striking , including small conduit hydropower development and inserting and reserve to the Secretary the exclusive authority to develop small conduit hydropower using Bureau of Reclamation facilities and pumped storage hydropower exclusively using Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs ; and (2) in paragraph (8), by striking has been filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as of August 9, 2013 and inserting was filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission before August 9, 2013, and is still pending . 3. Limitations on issuance of certain leases of power privilege (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (2) Director The term Director means the Director of the Office of Hearings and Appeals. (3) Office of Hearings and Appeals The term Office of Hearings and Appeals means the Office of Hearings and Appeals of the Department of the Interior. (4) Party The term party , with respect to a study plan agreement, means each of the following parties to the study plan agreement: (A) The proposed lessee. (B) The Tribes. (5) Project The term project means a proposed pumped storage facility that— (A) would use multiple Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs