[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 153 (Thursday, November 17, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S13162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. BYRD (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller):
  S. 2028. A bill to provide for the reinstatement of a license for a 
certain Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project; to the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of my 
bill to reinstate a hydroelectric license for a Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission project in Grafton, WV, be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2028

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

     SECTION 1. REINSTATEMENT OF LICENSE 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 project numbered 7307 of the Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission, the Commission shall, on the 
     request of the licensee for the project, in accordance with 
     that section (including the good faith, due diligence, and 
     public interest requirements of that section and procedures 
     established under that section), extend the time required for 
     commencement of construction of the project until December 
     31, 2007.
       (b) Applicability.--Subsection (a) shall apply to the 
     project on the expiration of any extension, issued by the 
     Commission under section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 
     U.S.C. 806), of the time required for commencement of 
     construction of the project.
       (c) Reinstatement of Expired License.--If a license of the 
     Commission for the project expires before the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Commission shall--
       (1) reinstate the license effective as of the date of the 
     expiration of the license; and
       (2) extend the time required for commencement of 
     construction of the project until December 31, 2007.
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