HR2072Reported by Committee
To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects.
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-03-11
Introduced
9
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Dan Newhouse
Republican · WA · Representative
Votes with party: 96.7% (538 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/N000189
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (9)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Cleo Fields (D-LA-6)Original· 2025-03-11
- Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5)Original· 2025-03-11
- Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1)Original· 2025-03-11
- Julia Letlow (R-LA-5)· 2025-03-14
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17)· 2025-03-24
- Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12)· 2025-04-28
- Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK)· 2025-09-23
- Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25)· 2025-10-17
- Kim Schrier (D-WA-8)· 2025-10-24
Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceReported By · 2026-02-02
Previously
- Energy and Commerce CommitteeReported By · 2026-02-02
- Energy and Commerce CommitteeMarkup By · 2026-01-21
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMarkup By · 2026-01-21
- Energy and Commerce CommitteeReferred To · 2025-03-11
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-03-11
Plain-English Summary
The bill would give hydropower companies more time to start building dams and water power projects after receiving a federal license from the energy regulator. Currently, companies must begin construction within a set deadline or lose their permit, but this bill would extend that deadline to give them a longer window to get their projects off the ground. This affects energy companies developing hydroelectric power facilities across the country.
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Subjects
Energy
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