,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjdf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ag1
 #bjae,ms4 ,murkowski introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
authorize the ,federal ,energy          
,regulatory ,commission to issue an     
order continuing a stay of a            
hydroelectric license for the ,mahoney  
,lake hydroelectric project in the      
,state of ,alaska1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,stay and ,reinstatement 
of ,,ferc ,license ,no4 #aacic for the  
,mahoney ,lake ,hydroelectric ,project  
7a7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,commission ,the term ,commission means 
the ,federal ,energy ,regulatory        
,commission4  7#b7 ,license ,the term   
license means the license for           
,commission project number #aacic4  7#c7
 ,licensee ,the term licensee means the 
holder of the license4  7b7 ,stay of    
license ,on the request of the licensee1

 the ,commission shall issue an order   
continuing the stay of the license4  7c7
 ,lifting of stay ,on the request of the
 licensee1 but not later than #aj years 
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,commission shall--  7#a7     
issue an order lifting the stay of the  
license under subsection 7b72 and  7#b7 
make the effective date of the license  
the date on which the stay is lifted    
under paragraph 7#a74  7d7 ,extension of
 license ,on the request of the licensee
 and notwithstanding the time period    
specified in section #ac of the ,federal
 ,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #hjf7 for   
commencement of construction of the     
project subject to the license1 the     
,commission shall1 after reasonable     
notice and in accordance with the good  
faith1 due diligence1 and public        
interest requirements of that section1  
extend the time period during which the 
licensee is required to commence the    
construction of the project for not more
 than #c consecutive #b-year periods1   

notwithstanding any other provision of  
law4  7e7 ,effect ,nothing in this ,act 
prioritizes1 or creates any advantage or
 disadvantage to1 ,commission project   
number #aacic under ,federal law1       
including the ,federal ,power ,act 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #gia;a et seq47 or the ,public
 ,utility ,regulatory ,policies ,act of 
#aigh 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #bfja et seq471 as 
compared to--  7#a7 any electric        
generating facility in existence on the 
date of enactment of this ,act2 or  7#b7
 any electric generating facility that  
may be examined1 proposed1 or developed 
during the period of any stay or        
extension of the license under this     
,act4