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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 8, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. FOXX:H.R. 3447.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, Congress may enact lawsnecessary and proper to the execution of its enumeratedpowers. As this legislation solely amends the amount of timeavailable for execution of previously granted authority, itis merely technical in nature and an appropriate exercise ofCongress' authority to amend its previous actions throughnecessary and proper statutes.[Page H5848]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon the request of the licensee for FERC project numbered 12642 (W. Kerr Scott Hydropower Project in Wilkes County, North Carolina), to extend the time period during which the licensee is required to commence the construction of the project for up to three consecutive two-year periods from the date of the expiration of the extension originally issued by FERC.</p> <p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>(Sec. 1) This bill authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to extend by six years the time period during which Wilkesboro Hydroelectric Company is required to commence construction on the W. Kerr Scott Hydropower Project located on the Yadkin River in Wilkes County, North Carolina.</p> <p>In addition, FERC must reinstate the construction license if it is expired.</p>]]></text>
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