[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 3657 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3657

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six


                                 An Act


 
To amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory 
  Commission to annually submit to Congress a report on the status of 
              ongoing hydropower relicensing applications.

    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 ``Hydropower Licensing Transparency 
Act''.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL LICENSING STATUS REPORT.
    The Federal Power Act is amended by inserting after section 36 (16 
U.S.C. 823g) the following:
  ``SEC. 37. ANNUAL LICENSING STATUS REPORT.
    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Commission 
shall submit to Congress a report on the status of--
        ``(1) the licensing process for each new license, and for each 
    subsequent license for which sections 14 and 15 have been waived, 
    for which the existing licensee has notified the Commission under 
    section 15(b)(1) at least 3 years prior to submission of the report 
    that such existing licensee intends to file an application for such 
    new license or subsequent license, but such new license or 
    subsequent license has not yet been issued under section 15; and
        ``(2) the licensing process for each original license under 
    section 4(e) for which a citizen, association, corporation, State, 
    Indian Tribe, or municipality has notified the Commission, pursuant 
    to applicable regulations, at least 3 years prior to submission of 
    the report that such citizen, association, corporation, State, 
    Indian Tribe, or municipality intends to file an application for 
    such original license, but such original license has not yet been 
    issued under section 4(e).
    ``(b) Inclusions.--Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
include, with respect to the licensing process for each new license and 
subsequent license described in such subsection and the licensing 
process for each original license described in such subsection--
        ``(1) the date the notice of intent described in such 
    subsection was provided to the Commission;
        ``(2) any docket number assigned with respect to such licensing 
    process;
        ``(3) whether any application for such new license, such 
    subsequent license, or such original license has been filed;
        ``(4) information regarding the status of any such application, 
    including the date the Commission anticipates it will issue such 
    original license, such subsequent license, or such new license;
        ``(5) the date of any upcoming proceeding or other meeting 
    related to such original license, such subsequent license, or such 
    new license; and
        ``(6) a description of any ongoing or completed actions 
    required of the existing licensee, citizen, association, 
    corporation, State, Indian Tribe, municipality, the Commission, the 
    fish and wildlife agencies referred to in section 15(b), and any 
    other agencies.
    ``(c) Disaggregation of Information by License Type.--The 
information included in each report submitted under subsection (a) 
shall be disaggregated by whether the information relates to a new 
license, or a subsequent license, issued under section 15 or an 
original license issued under section 4(e).''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.