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HR 164 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

POWER Act of 2025

In plain language: This bill allows electric utilities to upgrade power grids against future disasters at the same time they make emergency storm repairs using federal disaster aid. It also ensures that accepting emergency federal funds to restore power quickly will not disqualify power companies from receiving long-term federal grants to strengthen their facilities. These changes apply to federal disaster relief funding approved after the bill becomes law.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; applies to electric utilities and disaster-affected facilities rather than a quantifiable population count.
Fiscal magnitude—Not determinable from the text provided; the bill authorizes coordination of existing disaster assistance categories and applies to future appropriations without specifying dollar amounts.
Reach25provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
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Issues

What this bill touches.

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Electric utilitiesElectric utilities may combine federally funded emergency power restoration work with hazard mitigation projects, and receiving emergency restoration aid will not disqualify their facilities from receiving separate hazard mitigation assistance under section 406 of the Stafford Act.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Permits electric utilities to combine emergency power restoration work funded by federal disaster assistance with cost-effective hazard mitigation projects, using disaster funds appropriated on or after the bill's enactment.

    Sec. 2(a)provisional

  2. Specifies that receiving emergency federal disaster aid to restore power does not disqualify an electric utility facility from receiving separate federal hazard mitigation assistance to rebuild more resiliently.

    Sec. 2(a)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Jan 16, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  2. Jan 15, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Jan 15, 2025On 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)
  4. Jan 15, 2025Passed/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)
  5. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
  6. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House

The original text

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Sources & provenance

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