[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3657 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3657

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 29, 2025

  Ms. Schrier (for herself and Mr. Fulcher) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
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 Relicensing Transparency 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL RELICENSING STATUS REPORT.

    Section 15 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 808) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(g)(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Commission shall submit 
to Congress a report on the status of the licensing process for each 
new license for which an existing licensee has notified the Commission 
under subsection (b)(1) at least 3 years prior to submission of the 
report that such licensee intends to file an application for such new 
license, but such new license has not yet been issued under this 
section.
    ``(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include, with 
respect to the licensing process for each new license described in such 
paragraph--
            ``(A) the date notice was provided to the Commission under 
        subsection (b)(1);
            ``(B) any docket number assigned with respect to such 
        licensing process;
            ``(C) whether any application for a new license has been 
        filed;
            ``(D) information regarding the status of any such 
        application, including the date the Commission anticipates it 
        will issue the new license;
            ``(E) any upcoming proceeding or other meeting related to 
        such new license; and
            ``(F) any ongoing or completed actions required of the 
        existing licensee, the Commission, the fish and wildlife 
        agencies referred to in subsection (b) of this section, and any 
        other agencies.''.
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