119 HR 9337 IH: Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act U.S. House of Representatives 2026-06-18 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 9337IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJune 18, 2026Mr. Bentz (for himself, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Amodei of Nevada, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Crank, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. Downing, and Mr. Griffith) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo amend the Federal Power Act to modernize the hydropower licensing process, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act.

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Ensuring proper scope of Federal reservation license conditions

Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting to reasonably mitigate the direct adverse effect of the applicable project on such reservation, so as to provide after deem necessary in the first proviso.

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Ensuring proper scope of prescribed fishways

Section 18 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 811) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting to reasonably mitigate the direct adverse effect of the applicable project on the population of a species of fish in the applicable river system before the period at the end.