POWER Act of 2024
Latest action · Dec 10, 2024 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedSep 11, 2024
- Passed HouseDec 9, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2024 or the POWER Act of 2024
This bill authorizes electrical utilities receiving certain financial assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for the restoration of power to also carry out cost-effective hazard mitigation activities.
Additionally, the bill specifies that electrical utilities receiving such assistance may, if otherwise eligible, also receive hazard mitigation assistance under a separate provision of the Stafford Act related to repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 11, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Mike Ezell | Original | Sep 11, 2024 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Sep 11, 2024Discharged Sep 18, 2024Markup Sep 18, 2024Reported Dec 5, 2024 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Sep 12, 2024 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 10, 2024 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Dec 9, 2024Mr. Graves (LA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 9, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6535-6536)
- Dec 9, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9541.
- Dec 9, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6535)
- Dec 9, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 5, 2024Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-808.
- Dec 5, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 660.
- Sep 18, 2024Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
- Sep 18, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 18, 2024Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 12, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Sep 11, 2024Introduced in House
- Sep 11, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6535, H6536Text printed H6535 | Garret Graves R-LA, Val T. Hoyle D-OR | Dec 9, 2024 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 21, 2024H.R. 9541, POWER Act of 2024As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 18, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 141, September 11, 2024, page H5202.
Titles 9
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- POWER Act of 2024
- Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2024
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- POWER Act of 2024
- Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2024
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2024
- POWER Act of 2024
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2024
- POWER Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2024Referred in Senate
- Dec 9, 2024Engrossed in House
- Dec 5, 2024Reported in House
- Sep 11, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
