[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9541 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9541

     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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 2024

    Ms. Hoyle of Oregon (for herself and Mr. Ezell) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Opportunities to Widen 
Electrical Resilience Act of 2024'' or the ``POWER Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. ESSENTIAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Section 403 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(e) Electric Utilities.--
            ``(1) Hazard mitigation activities.--An electric utility 
        may carry out cost-effective hazard mitigation activities 
        jointly or otherwise in combination with activities for the 
        restoration of power carried out with assistance provided under 
        this section.
            ``(2) Eligibility for additional assistance.-- In any case 
        in which an electric utility facility receives assistance under 
        this section for the emergency restoration of power, the 
        receipt of such assistance shall not render such facility 
        ineligible for any hazard mitigation assistance under section 
        406 for which such facility is otherwise eligible.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall only 
apply to amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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