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H.R. 164: POWER Act of 2025
119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-03 · Emergency Management · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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POWER Act of 2025
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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.
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Sponsor: Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] · 1 cosponsors
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- House roll call 13 (2025): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, H R 164 (2025-01-15): Passed
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- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr164.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>
Record fed-us-cong119-hr164 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills