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S. 3500: Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-12-16 · Energy · Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

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Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act

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Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s3500.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>

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Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · 1 cosponsors

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Record fed-us-cong119-s3500 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills