#aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4   
#gbd  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the ,federal
 ,power ,act to modernize authorizations
 for necessary hydropower approvals4    
#a4 ,modernizing authorizations for     
necessary hydropower approvals  7a7     
,preliminary permits ,section #e of the 
,federal ,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4     
#gih7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection   
7a71 by striking three and inserting #d2
 and  7#b7 in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 by  
striking ,commission may extend the     
period of a preliminary permit once for 
not more than #b additional years beyond
 the #c years and inserting the         
following3  ,commission may-- 7#a7      
extend the period of a preliminary      
permit once for not more than #d        
additional years beyond the #d years  2 
7,b7 by striking the period at the end  
and inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by adding
 at the end the following3  7#b7 after  
the end of an extension period granted  
under paragraph 7#a71 issue an          
additional permit to the permittee if   

the ,commission determines that there   
are extraordinary circumstances that    
warrant the issuance of the additional  
permit4  4  7b7 ,time limit for         
construction of project works ,section  
#ac of the ,federal ,power ,act 7#af    
,u4,s4,c4 #hjf7 is amended in the second
 sentence by striking once but not      
longer than two additional years and    
inserting for not more than #h          
additional years14  7c7 ,obligation for 
,payment of ,annual ,charges ,any       
obligation of a licensee or exemptee for
 the payment of annual charges under    
section #aj7;e7 of the ,federal ,power  
,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #hjc7;e77 for a     
project that has not commenced          
construction as of the date of enactment
 of this ,act shall commence not earlier
 than the latest of--  7#a7 the date by 
which the licensee or exemptee is       
required to commence construction2 or   
7#b7 the date of any extension of the   
deadline under paragraph 7#a74  ,passed 
the ,senate ,june #bh1 #bjah4,secretary