HR 174 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act

Latest action · Jan 25, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 3, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act

This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, when deciding whether to issue licenses for hydropower projects, to give equal consideration to minimizing infringement on the useful exercise and enjoyment of property rights held by nonlicensees.

In developing recreational resources within project boundaries, licensees must consider private landownership as a means to encourage and facilitate private investment and increased tourism and recreational use.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Aug 7, 2020.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MOVicky HartzlerAug 7, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jan 3, 2019
Energy Subcommittee
Referred Jan 25, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
  2. Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Jan 3, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 1, January 3, 2019, page H216.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
—VOTING RIGHTS AND ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IN ALABAMA166 pagesCommittee on House AdministrationMay 13, 2019

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1538Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement ActReintroduction ofMar 17, 2017

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to minimize infringement on the exercise and enjoyment of property rights in issuing hydropower licenses, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House

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