S. 1429 119th Congress Senate

POWER Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize Federal agencies to provide certain essential assistance for h… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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.

Introduced: April 10, 2025 Introduced by: James Lankford Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov

Emergency Management Electric power generation and transmission

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Apr 10, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Apr 10, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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What's happening now April 10, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025 or the POWER Act of 2025

This bill authorizes electric utilities receiving certain emergency assistance for the restoration of power to also carry out cost-effective hazard mitigation activities in combination with the power restoration activities.

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.

Related & companion bills 2

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 20

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA
for AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)
for NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA) · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA
for AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)
for NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA) · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
20 filings
SENATE
20 filings
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
13 filings
Treasury, Dept of
13 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
7 filings
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)
7 filings
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
7 filings
White House Office
7 filings

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Cosponsors 6