[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 490 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 490

 To reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction 
          of a hydroelectric project involving the Gibson Dam.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2017

  Mr. Daines (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Risch) 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 reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction 
          of a hydroelectric project involving the Gibson Dam.

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

SECTION 1. REINSTATEMENT AND EXTENSION OF TIME FOR FEDERAL ENERGY 
              REGULATORY COMMISSION PROJECT INVOLVING GIBSON DAM.

    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 numbered 12478-003, the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to in this section as 
the ``Commission'') shall, at the request of the licensee for the 
project, after reasonable notice, and in accordance with the good 
faith, due diligence, and public interest requirements of, and the 
procedures of the Commission under, that section, reinstate the license 
and extend the time period during which the licensee is required to 
commence construction of the project for the 6-year period that begins 
on the date of enactment of this Act.
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