S. 2028: A bill to provide for the reinstatement of a license for a certain Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project.
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S. 2028: A bill to provide for the reinstatement of a license for a certain Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project.
109th Congress · introduced 2005-11-17 · Energy · Latest: Held at the desk.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2005-11-17 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Held at the desk. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
A bill to provide for the reinstatement of a license for a certain Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project.
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 31, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon the request of the licensee for project numbered 7307, to extend until December 31, 2007, the time required for commencement of project construction. Instructs FERC to reinstate, effective as of the date of its termination, any license terminated before the enactment of this Act.
Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
A bill to provide for the reinstatement of a license for a certain Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] · 1 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2028, A bill to provide for the reinstatement of a license for a certain Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project (2006-06-05); CBO cost estimate: S. 2028, A bill to provide for the reinstatement of a license for a certain Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project (2006-06-05)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109s2028.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/s>
Record fed-us-cong109-s2028 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109