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Introduced:
Jan 3, 2025
Policy Area:
Emergency Management

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13
Actions
1
Cosponsors
1
Summaries
2
Subjects
3
Text Versions
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Latest Action

Jan 16, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in House - Jan 3, 2025 00
<p><strong>Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025 or the POWER Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill authorizes electric utilities receiving certain emergency assistance for the restoration of power&nbsp;to also carry out cost-effective hazard mitigation activities in combination with the power restoration activities. &nbsp;</p><p>Additionally, the bill specifies that electric utilities receiving such assistance for a facility may, if otherwise eligible, also receive hazard mitigation assistance for the same facility under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Public Assistance program.&nbsp;</p>

Actions (13)

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Senate
Jan 16, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H38310
Jan 15, 2025
4:29 PM
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 419 - 2 (Roll no. 13). (text: 1/13/2025 CR H103)
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H37300
Jan 15, 2025
4:29 PM
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 419 - 2 (Roll no. 13). (text: 1/13/2025 CR H103)
Type: Floor | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 8000
Jan 15, 2025
4:29 PM
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H168-169)
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H30000
Jan 15, 2025
4:01 PM
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H37220
Jan 13, 2025
4:56 PM
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 164.
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H8D000
Jan 13, 2025
4:50 PM
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H103-104)
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H30000
Jan 13, 2025
4:50 PM
Mr. Graves moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H30300
Jan 13, 2025
4:50 PM
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Type: Committee | Source: House committee actions | Code: H11000
Jan 4, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Jan 3, 2025

Subjects (2)

Electric power generation and transmission Emergency Management (Policy Area)

Cosponsors (1)

Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4]
(R-MS)
Jan 3, 2025

Text Versions (3)

Referred in Senate

Jan 16, 2025
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Engrossed in House

Jan 15, 2025
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Introduced in House

Jan 3, 2025
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Full Bill Text

Length: 2,110 characters Version: Referred in Senate Version Date: Jan 16, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 2:14 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 164 Referred in Senate

(RFS) ]

<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 164

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 16, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

AN ACT

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act to authorize Federal agencies to provide certain
essential assistance for hazard mitigation for electric utilities, 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.

This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Opportunities to Widen
Electrical Resilience Act of 2025'' or the ``POWER Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2.

(a) In General.--
Section 403 of the Robert T.
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``

(e) Electric Utilities.--
``

(1) Hazard mitigation activities.--An electric utility
may carry out cost-effective hazard mitigation activities
jointly or otherwise in combination with activities for the
restoration of power carried out with assistance provided under
this section.
``

(2) Eligibility for additional assistance.-- In any case
in which an electric utility facility receives assistance under
this section for the emergency restoration of power, the
receipt of such assistance shall not render such facility
ineligible for any hazard mitigation assistance under
section 406 for which such facility is otherwise eligible.

(b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection

(a) shall only
apply to amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment of this
Act.

Passed the House of Representatives January 15, 2025.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.
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