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Union Calendar No. 119 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2122 
[Report No. 115–175] 
To reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of 
a hydroelectric project involving Jennings Randolph Dam. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2017 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself and Mr. DELANEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
JUNE 12, 2017 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project involving Jennings 
Randolph Dam. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REINSTATEMENT AND EXTENSION OF TIME 
FOR A FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COM-
MISSION 
PROJECT 
INVOLVING 
JENNINGS 
RANDOLPH DAM. 
(a) EXTENSION OF TIME.—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 12715 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘project’’), 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 re-
quirements of, and the procedures of the Commission 
under, that section, extend the time period during which 
the licensee is required to commence the construction of 
the project for not more than 3 consecutive 2-year periods 
that begin on the date of the expiration of the extension 
originally issued by the Commission. 
(b) OBLIGATION OF LICENSEE.—Any obligation of 
the licensee for the project for the payment of annual 
charges under section 10(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 803(e)) shall commence on the expiration of the 
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time period to commence construction of the project, as 
extended by the Commission under subsection (a). 
(c) REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED LICENSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the period required for 
the commencement of construction of the project has 
expired before the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Commission may reinstate the license effective as of 
the date of the expiration of the license. 
(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 the expiration of the license. 
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Union Calendar No. 119 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2122 
[Report No. 115–175] 
A BILL 
To reinstate and extend the deadline for commence-
ment of construction of a hydroelectric project 
involving Jennings Randolph Dam. 
JUNE 12, 2017 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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