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    <item congress="118" measure-type="s" measure-number="4050" measure-id="id118s4050" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2024-03-21" update-date="2025-08-26">
        <title>A bill to extend the deadline to commence construction of certain hydroelectric projects on the Red River.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118s4050v55" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2025-08-26">
            <action-date>2024-03-21</action-date>
            <action-desc>Passed Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to extend the time period during which the licensees of specified hydroelectric projects on the Red River in Louisiana must commence construction of such projects. (Under existing law, licensees must commence construction of licensed projects within a time fixed in their license.) The bill also provides that FERC may reinstate such licenses, effective as of the date they expire.</p>]]></summary-text>
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