{"format":1,"id":"119-s-1020","congress":119,"number":"S. 1020","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects."}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 119-90","introduced":"2025-03-13","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-04-21","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h129","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects","result":"Passed","yea":394,"nay":14,"present":0,"not_voting":22,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll129.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2025-07-29","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4797-4798; text: CR S4797-4798)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2026-05-11"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 119-90.","date":"2026-05-11"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2026-05-11","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This act authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to extend construction deadlines for hydropower projects that were issued a license before March 13, 2020. FERC is authorized, upon the request of the licensees, to extend the deadline for beginning construction on such projects an additional six years beyond the eight-year extension FERC is authorized to provide under current law. The extension must consist of no more than three consecutive two-year periods."},{"k":"p","t":"The act also provides that FERC may reinstate certain expired licenses for projects with construction deadlines extended under this act, effective as of the date they expire."}],"words":99},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Allows the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the deadline for starting construction of hydropower projects licensed before March 13, 2020, and to reinstate certain expired licenses.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1020/text/enr#id9569a771519c4da3ae0e462ffb0277e6:~:text=1.%20Extension%20of%20time%20to%20commence%20construction"}]},"core_areas":["Federal Energy Regulatory Commission extension of hydropower construction-start deadlines","Reinstatement of expired hydropower licenses"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Defines a covered project as a hydropower project for which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a license before March 13, 2020.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1020/text/enr#id9569a771519c4da3ae0e462ffb0277e6:~:text=1.%20Extension%20of%20time%20to%20commence%20construction"}},{"text":"Allows the Commission, on a licensee's request, after reasonable notice and for good cause shown, to extend the time to commence construction of a covered project by not more than an additional 6 years beyond the 8 years authorized by the Federal Power Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1020/text/enr#id9569a771519c4da3ae0e462ffb0277e6:~:text=1.%20Extension%20of%20time%20to%20commence%20construction"}},{"text":"Requires the extension to consist of not more than 3 consecutive 2-year periods, beginning on the date the final extension already granted under the Federal Power Act expires.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1020/text/enr#id9569a771519c4da3ae0e462ffb0277e6:~:text=1.%20Extension%20of%20time%20to%20commence%20construction"}},{"text":"Allows the Commission to reinstate a license, effective as of its expiration date, if the construction-start period expired after December 31, 2023 and before the date of enactment, and makes the extension take effect on that date.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1020/text/enr#id9569a771519c4da3ae0e462ffb0277e6:~:text=1.%20Extension%20of%20time%20to%20commence%20construction"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"narrow_beneficiary","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1020/text/enr#id9569a771519c4da3ae0e462ffb0277e6:~:text=1.%20Extension%20of%20time%20to%20commence%20construction"},"heading":"Extension of time to commence construction of certain hydropower projects","effect":"Lets FERC extend the construction-start deadline by up to 6 more years for hydropower licenses issued before March 13, 2020, and reinstate licenses whose deadline expired between December 31, 2023 and enactment.","amount":null,"quote":"expires after December 31, 2023, and before the date of enactment of this Act"}]}],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1020/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1020","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1020/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-s-1020.png","v":"d86ebecb43dd","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 1020, 119th Congress: A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects. House: 394 Yea, 14 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 11 May 2026."}}