[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[H.R. 5436 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5436

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
          the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two


                                 An Act


 
      To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a 
              hydroelectric project in the State of Oregon.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF TIME FOR FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
              PROJECT.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the time period specified in 
section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) that would 
otherwise apply to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project 
number 11509, the Commission shall, at the request of the licensee for 
the project, and after reasonable notice, extend the time period during 
which the licensee is required to commence the construction of the 
project for 3 consecutive 2-year periods.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) takes effect on the date of the 
expiration of the extension issued by the Commission under section 13 
of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) for Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission project number 11509.

SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED LICENSE.

    If the period required for commencement of construction of the 
project described in subsection (a) of section 1 has expired prior to 
the date of the enactment of this act, the commission shall reinstate 
the license effective as of the date of its expiration and the first 
extension authorized under subsection (a) of section 1 shall take 
effect on the date of such expiration.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.