Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9337 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9337

 To amend the Federal Power Act to modernize the hydropower licensing
                    process, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2026

Mr. Bentz (for himself, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Amodei of Nevada, Mr. Hurd of
 Colorado, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Crank, Mr. Newhouse, Mr.
  Evans of Colorado, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. Downing, and Mr. Griffith)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 To amend the Federal Power Act to modernize the hydropower licensing
                    process, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hydropower Licensing Affordability
Act''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING PROPER SCOPE OF FEDERAL RESERVATION LICENSE
              CONDITIONS.

    Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)) is
amended, in the first sentence, by inserting ``to reasonably mitigate
the direct adverse effect of the applicable project on such
reservation, so as to provide'' after ``deem necessary'' in the first
proviso.

SEC. 3. ENSURING PROPER SCOPE OF PRESCRIBED FISHWAYS.

    Section 18 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 811) is amended, in
the first sentence, by inserting ``to reasonably mitigate the direct
adverse effect of the applicable project on the population of a species
of fish in the applicable river system'' before the period at the end.
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