[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 109 (Thursday, June 28, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4809]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TO REINSTATE AND EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION 
          OF A HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT INVOLVING THE GIBSON DAM

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 490) to reinstate and 
extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric 
project involving the Gibson Dam, which had been reported from the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with an amendment to strike 
all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following:

                                 S. 490

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

       (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 numbered 12478-003, the Federal Energy 
     Regulatory Commission (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Commission'') may, at the request of the licensee for the 
     project, and after reasonable notice, in accordance with the 
     good faith, due diligence, and public interest requirements 
     of, and the procedures of the Commission under, that section, 
     extend the time period during which the licensee is required 
     to commence construction of the project for not more than 3 
     consecutive 2-year periods from the date of the expiration of 
     the extension originally issued by the Commission.
       (b) Reinstatement of Expired License.--
       (1) In general.--If the period required for the 
     commencement of construction of the project described in 
     subsection (a) has expired prior to the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Commission may reinstate the license effective 
     as of that date of expiration.
       (2) Extension.--If the Commission reinstates the license 
     under paragraph (1), the first extension authorized under 
     subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of that 
     expiration.

  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The bill (S. 490), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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