HYDROPOWER LICENSING TRANSPARENCY ACT

On 2026-09-16, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) delivered a floor speech titled "HYDROPOWER LICENSING TRANSPARENCY ACT" in the Senate.

HYDROPOWER LICENSING TRANSPARENCY ACT

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 146 (Wednesday, September 16, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 146 (Wednesday, September 16, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S4746-S4747] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] HYDROPOWER LICENSING TRANSPARENCY ACT Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, notwithstanding rule XXII, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3657 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant bill clerk read as follows: A bill (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. [[Page S4747]] There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 3657) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. ____________________

Referenced legislation: HR3657, HR3657