,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acch  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ad1 #bjae
 ,mr4 ,king introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,federal ,power ,act to       
provide licensing procedures for certain
 types of projects4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,small   
,hydropower ,dependable ,regulatory     
,order ,act of #bjae or the ,small      
,hy,d,r,o ,act of #bjae4  #b4 ,licensing
 procedures for certain types of        
projects ,part ,i of the ,federal ,power
 ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #gib et seq47 is   
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #cd4 ,licensing procedures  
for certain types of projects  7a7      
,definition of covered project ,in this 
section1 the term covered project means 
a project-- 7#a7 that does not alter the
 existing flowrate of the body of water 
the project is on2 and  7#b7 7,a7 that  

has a power production capacity that is 
not more than #e megawatts2 or  7,b7 to 
power a nonpowered dam4  7b7 ,special   
category of license ,notwithstanding any
 other provision of this part1 a license
 with respect to a covered project shall
 only be issued in accordance with this 
section4  7c7 ,application ,an applicant
 for a license for a covered project    
under this section shall submit to the  
,commission an application for a license
 in such form and manner and requiring  
such information as the ,commission may 
require4  7d7 ,rebuttable presumption   
,in deciding whether to issue any       
license for a covered project under this
 section1 there shall be a rebuttable   
presumption that the license be issued4 
7e7 ,environmental compliance ,for      
purposes of issuing a license under this
 section1 if there is a conflict between
 any environmental analysis prepared by 
the ,commission under the ,national     
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq47 with      

respect to the covered project and any  
environmental analysis prepared by any  
other ,federal or ,state agency under   
that ,act1 the ,commission shall resolve
 the differences4  7f7 ,term of license 
,the term of a license for a covered    
project issued under this section shall 
be #aj years4  7g7 ,deadline for        
issuance ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date on which the ,commission      
receives an application for a license   
for a covered project under subsection  
7c71 the ,commission shall--  7#a7      
approve the license and issue the       
license2 or  7#b7 disapprove the        
license4  4