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Union Calendar No. 120 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2457 
[Report No. 115–176] 
To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of certain 
hydroelectric projects. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2017 
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
JUNE 12, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 16, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To extend the deadline for commencement of construction 
of certain hydroelectric projects. 
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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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘J. Bennett Johnston Wa-
terway Hydropower Extension Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION. 
(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 Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission project numbers 12756, 12757, and 
12758, the Commission may, at the request of the licensee 
for the applicable project, and after reasonable notice, in 
accordance with the good faith, due diligence, and public 
interest requirements of that section and the Commission’s 
procedures under that section, extend the time period dur-
ing which such licensee is required to commence the con-
struction of its applicable project for up to 3 consecutive 
2-year periods from the date of the expiration of any exten-
sion issued by the Commission under that section for such 
project. 
(b) 
OBLIGATION
FOR
PAYMENT
OF
ANNUAL 
CHARGES.—Any obligation of a licensee for a project de-
scribed in subsection (a) for the payment of annual charges 
under section 10(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
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803(e)) shall commence when the construction of the project 
commences. 
(c) REINSTATEMENT OF LICENSE; EFFECTIVE DATE 
FOR EXTENSION.— 
(1) REINSTATEMENT.—If the time period re-
quired for commencement of construction of a project 
described in subsection (a) has expired prior to the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission 
may reinstate the license for such project, effective as 
of the date of the expiration of the license. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR EXTENSION.—If the 
Commission reinstates a license under paragraph (1) 
for a project, the first extension authorized under sub-
section (a) with respect to such project shall take effect 
on the effective date of such reinstatement under 
paragraph (1). 
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