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S 1429 119th Congress Senate Emergency Management Electric power generation and transmission

POWER Act of 2025

Introduced: April 10, 2025 Introduced by: Lankford, James Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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Apr 10, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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 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. 

What's happening now April 10, 2025

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

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4669 Related bill FEMA Act of 2025
  • HR 164 Identical bill POWER Act of 2025
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 Lobbying activity 14

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 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3 Republican 2
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · May 5, 2025
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Apr 10, 2025
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Apr 10, 2025
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Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Apr 10, 2025
Mullin, Markwayne
· Apr 10, 2025
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Apr 10, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1429: POWER Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1429/
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"S. 1429: POWER Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1429/.
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S. 1429, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1429/.
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[S. 1429: POWER Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1429/)
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