Community and Hydropower Improvement Act
Latest action · Jul 19, 2023 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-287.
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.
- IntroducedMay 10, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Community and Hydropower Improvement Act
This bill modifies requirements for hydropower projects, including by
- accelerating and coordinating the environmental review of the licensing of hydropower projects;
- expediting the licensing process for closed-loop or off-stream pumped storage projects;
- expediting the licensing process for certain nonfederal hydropower projects at existing nonpowered dams;
- increasing the involvement of Indian tribes in the licensing process;
- directing federal agencies and Indian tribes to consider certain effects of dams, such as any adverse effects on fish species;
- requiring the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue regulations that establish procedures for license surrender proceedings initiated by licensees; and
- establishing a Licensing Administration Reimbursement Fund.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 10, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | May 10, 2023 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | May 15, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | May 15, 2023 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Sep 5, 2023 | |
| R-NE | Pete Ricketts | Mar 22, 2024 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2023Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-287.
- May 10, 2023Introduced in Senate
- May 10, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Congressional oversight
- Dams and canals
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Energy
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
- Government trust funds
- Industrial facilities
- Intergovernmental relations
- Licensing and registrations
- Water resources funding
- Water storage
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 10, 2023Introduced in Senate
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