Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3657 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3657

To amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory
  Commission to annually submit to Congress a report on the status of
              ongoing hydropower relicensing applications.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 29, 2025

  Ms. Schrier (for herself and Mr. Fulcher) 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 require the Federal Energy Regulatory
  Commission to annually submit to Congress a report on the status of
              ongoing hydropower relicensing applications.

    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 Relicensing Transparency
Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL RELICENSING STATUS REPORT.

    Section 15 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 808) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
    ``(g)(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Commission shall submit
to Congress a report on the status of the licensing process for each
new license for which an existing licensee has notified the Commission
under subsection (b)(1) at least 3 years prior to submission of the
report that such licensee intends to file an application for such new
license, but such new license has not yet been issued under this
section.
    ``(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include, with
respect to the licensing process for each new license described in such
paragraph--
            ``(A) the date notice was provided to the Commission under
        subsection (b)(1);
            ``(B) any docket number assigned with respect to such
        licensing process;
            ``(C) whether any application for a new license has been
        filed;
            ``(D) information regarding the status of any such
        application, including the date the Commission anticipates it
        will issue the new license;
            ``(E) any upcoming proceeding or other meeting related to
        such new license; and
            ``(F) any ongoing or completed actions required of the
        existing licensee, the Commission, the fish and wildlife
        agencies referred to in subsection (b) of this section, and any
        other agencies.''.
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