S 491 · 115th Congress 2017โ€“2019, ended

A bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving Clark Canyon Dam.

Latest action · Jun 8, 2017 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 131.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 2, 2017
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(Sec. 1) This bill authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon request, to extend for up to six years the time period during which construction must commence on the Clark Canyon Dam Hydroelectric Project located on the Beaverhead River in Beaverhead County, Montana.

Additionally, FERC may reinstate the construction license if it is expired.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 2, 2017.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalMar 2, 2017
D-MTJon TesterOriginalMar 2, 2017
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalMar 2, 2017

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateEnergy and Natural Resources Committee
Referred Mar 2, 2017Markup Mar 30, 2017Reported Jun 8, 2017

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 8, 2017Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-101.
  2. Jun 8, 2017Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 131.
  3. Mar 30, 2017Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Mar 2, 2017Introduced in Senate
  5. Mar 2, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1579; text of measure as introduced: CR S1580)

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S1579Text printed S1580Steve Daines R-MT (text)Mar 2, 2017

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Apr 7, 2017S. 491, a bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving Clark Canyon DamAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 30, 2017

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving Clark Canyon Dam.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 8, 2017Reported to Senate
  2. Mar 2, 2017Introduced in Senate

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