A covered project is one licensed before March 13, 2020
What the document says“the term "covered project" means a hydropower project with respect to which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a license before March 13, 2020”
Subsection (a). It fixes the meaning of the term used throughout the section, and confines the section to hydropower projects the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensed before March 13, 2020. The definition applies in this section only.
What the document actually says“the term "covered project" means a hydropower project with respect to which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a license before March 13, 2020”
This part gives one term a meaning. A covered project makes power from moving water. FERC gave it a permit before March 13, 2020.
The rest of this law only helps these projects. Permits given later do not count.
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