S.Amdt. 6389

SA 6389. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Daines) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 10__. ANNUAL HYDROPOWER LICENSING STATUS REPORT.

Part I of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 792 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 37. ANNUAL LICENSING STATUS REPORT.

``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the
Commission shall submit to Congress a report on the status
of--
``(1) the licensing process for each new license, and for
each subsequent license for which sections 14 and 15 have
been waived, for which the existing licensee has notified the
Commission under section 15(b)(1) at least 3 years prior to
submission of the report that the existing licensee intends
to file an application for the new license or subsequent
license, but the new license or subsequent license has not
yet been issued under section 15; and
``(2) the licensing process for each original license under
section 4(e) for which a citizen, association, corporation,
State, Indian Tribe, or municipality has notified the
Commission, pursuant to applicable regulations, at least 3
years prior to submission of the report that the citizen,
association, corporation, State, Indian Tribe, or
municipality intends to file an application for the original
license, but the original license has not yet been issued
under section 4(e).
``(b) Inclusions.--Each report submitted under subsection
(a) shall include, with respect to the licensing process for
each new license and subsequent license described in that
subsection and the licensing process for each original
license described in that subsection--
``(1) the date the notice of intent described in that
subsection was provided to the Commission;
``(2) any docket number assigned with respect to the
licensing process;
``(3) whether any application for the new license,
subsequent license, or original license, as applicable, has
been filed;
``(4) information regarding the status of the application,
including the date the Commission anticipates the Commission
will issue the original license, subsequent license, or new
license, as applicable;
``(5) the date of any upcoming proceeding or other meeting
relating to the original license, subsequent license, or new
license, as applicable; and
``(6) a description of any ongoing or completed actions
required of the existing licensee, citizen, association,
corporation, State, Indian Tribe, municipality, Commission,
any fish and wildlife agency referred to in section 15(b)(3),
and any other applicable agency.
``(c) Disaggregation of Information by License Type.--The
information included in each report submitted under
subsection (a) shall be disaggregated by whether the
information relates to a new license, or a subsequent
license, issued under section 15 or an original license
issued under section 4(e).''.
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