[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 48 (Thursday, March 25, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S3571]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   FERC LICENSING OF HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS ON FRESH WATERS IN HAWAII

  The bill (S. 334) to amend the Federal Power Act to remove the 
jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to license 
projects on fresh waters in the State of Hawaii, was considered, 
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and 
passed; as follows:

                                 S. 334

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

     SECTION 1. PROJECTS ON FRESH WATERS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII.

       Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)) is 
     amended in the first sentence by striking ``several States, 
     or upon'' and inserting ``several States (except fresh waters 
     in the State of Hawaii, unless a license would be required 
     under section 23), or upon''.

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