[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22254]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  TO PROVIDE FOR THE REINSTATEMENT OF A LICENSE FOR A CERTAIN FEDERAL 
                  ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION PROJECT

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 2028) to provide for 
the reinstatement of a license for a certain Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission project, which had been reported from the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, with an amendment, as follows:
  (The part of the bill intended to be stricken is shown in boldface 
brackets and the part of the bill intended to be inserted is shown in 
italics.)

                                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]
       (c) Reinstatement of Terminated License.--If a license of 
     the Commission for the project has been terminated before the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall--
       (1) reinstate the license effective as of the date of the 
     termination of the license; and
       (2) extend the time required for commencement of 
     construction of the project until December 31, 2007.
  The committee amendment was agreed to.
  The bill, (S. 2028), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time; and passed, as follows:
  (The bill will be printed in a future edition of the Record.)

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