,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bd1       
#bjag,ms4 ,murkowski 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,sullivan7 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 the       
,commission project numbered #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  7#a7 ,in     
general ,notwithstanding the time period
 specified in section #ac of the        
,federal ,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4     
#hjf7 that would otherwise apply to the 
,commission project numbered #aacic1 the
 ,commission may1 at the request of the 
licensee1 and after reasonable notice1  
in accordance with the good faith1 due  
diligence1 and public interest          
requirements of1 and the procedures of  
the ,commission under1 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 periods    
from the date of the expiration of the  
extension originally issued by the      
,commission4  7#b7 ,reinstatement of    
expired license  7,a7 ,in general ,if   
the period required for the commencement
 of construction of the project         
described in paragraph 7#a7 has expired 
prior to the date of enactment of this  
,act1 the ,commission may reinstate the 
license effective as of the date of the 
expiration of the license4  7,b7        
,extension ,if the ,commission          
reinstates the license under            
subparagraph 7,a71 the first extension  
authorized under paragraph 7#a7 shall   
take effect on the date of that         
expiration4  7e7 ,effect ,nothing in    
this ,act prioritizes1 or creates any   
advantage or disadvantage to1           
,commission project numbered #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