H.R. 164 · 119th Congress
Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025
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- House Introduced Jan 3, 2025
- House Passed Jan 15, 2025 419–2
Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025 or the POWER Act of 2025
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 3, 2025
Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025 or the POWER Act of 2025
This bill authorizes electric utilities receiving certain emergency assistance for the restoration of power to also carry out cost-effective hazard mitigation activities in combination with the power restoration activities.
Additionally, the bill specifies that electric utilities receiving such assistance for a facility may, if otherwise eligible, also receive hazard mitigation assistance for the same facility under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Public Assistance program.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
Votes to become law
About this bill and sources
Official title: POWER Act of 2025
Latest action (Jan 16, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Policy area: Emergency Management · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 3, 2025
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- House Introduced Jan 3, 2025
- House Passed Jan 15, 2025 419–2
Final vote · House · Jan 15, 2025
Passage (two-thirds required) — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: Mike Johnson