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Apr 10, 2025
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Emergency Management
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Apr 10, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Senate
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 10000
Apr 10, 2025
Subjects (1)
Emergency Management
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Apr 10, 2025
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Apr 10, 2025
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Version: Introduced in Senate
Version Date: Apr 10, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 21, 2025 6:02 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1429 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1429
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.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 10, 2025
Mr. Lankford (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Wicker, Mr.
Kim, and Mr. Mullin) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
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,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1429 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1429
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.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 10, 2025
Mr. Lankford (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Wicker, Mr.
Kim, and Mr. Mullin) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
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
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.
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