[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2046 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2046

To authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order 
   continuing a stay of a hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake 
 hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 17, 2015

 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order 
   continuing a stay of a hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake 
 hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. STAY AND REINSTATEMENT OF FERC LICENSE NO. 11393 FOR THE 
              MAHONEY LAKE HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Energy Regulatory Commission.
            (2) License.--The term ``license'' means the license for 
        Commission project number 11393.
            (3) Licensee.--The term ``licensee'' means the holder of 
        the license.
    (b) Stay of License.--On the request of the licensee, the 
Commission shall issue an order continuing the stay of the license.
    (c) Lifting of Stay.--On the request of the licensee, but not later 
than 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission 
shall--
            (1) issue an order lifting the stay of the license under 
        subsection (b); and
            (2) make the effective date of the license the date on 
        which the stay is lifted under paragraph (1).
    (d) Extension of License.--On the request of the licensee and 
notwithstanding the time period specified in section 13 of the Federal 
Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) for commencement of construction of the 
project subject to the license, the Commission shall, after reasonable 
notice and in accordance with the good faith, due diligence, and public 
interest requirements of that section, extend the time period during 
which the licensee is required to commence the construction of the 
project for not more than 3 consecutive 2-year periods, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law.
    (e) Effect.--Nothing in this Act prioritizes, or creates any 
advantage or disadvantage to, Commission project number 11393 under 
Federal law, including the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.) 
or the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 
et seq.), as compared to--
            (1) any electric generating facility in existence on the 
        date of enactment of this Act; or
            (2) any electric generating facility that may be examined, 
        proposed, or developed during the period of any stay or 
        extension of the license under this Act.
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