SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013”. (b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Promoting small hydroelectric power projects. Sec. 4. Promoting conduit hydropower projects. Sec. 5. FERC authority to extend preliminary permit periods. Sec. 6. Promoting hydropower development at nonpowered dams and closed loop pumped storage projects. Sec. 7. DOE study of pumped storage and potential hydropower from conduits.