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Pub. L. 119-112 · H.R. 3657 · 119th Congress

Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act

Signed into law Sep 25, 2026 · Energy

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What this law does

  • Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to report to Congress every year on where each hydropower dam license renewal stands.
1 subject in this law: Hydropower dam licenses

Plain-language list by Voting On, based only on the official summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service and the bill's titles. Read the official summary.

How it became law

  1. IntroducedMay 29, 2025 · House
  2. 46 daysPassed HouseJul 14, 2025
  3. 429 daysPassed SenateSep 16, 2026
  4. 1 dayPresented to the PresidentSep 17, 2026
  5. 8 daysSigned into lawSep 25, 2026
484days, introduction to signature
46days to pass the House
429more days to pass the Senate
Nowent back to a chamber after changes
Novetoed

Official summary

Hydropower Relicensing Transparency Act

This bill directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to report annually to Congress on the status of the relicensing process for each application for a renewed hydropower dam license.

Summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, May 29, 2025).

Who wrote it

Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]

3 cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrats. 1 signed on the day it was introduced, 2 joined later.

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CosponsorSigned on
Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1]May 29, 2025Original cosponsor
Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13]Jun 9, 2025
Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]Jun 24, 2025

Recorded votes

No recorded roll-call votes. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, where individual votes are not recorded.

What was added

Amendments adopted (0)

No floor amendments were adopted. Any changes were made in committee or in a later version of the bill.

Sections in the final law that were not in the first version (Introduced in House) (1)

  • 2. Annual licensing status report

What was removed

Sections in the first version (Introduced in House) that did not make it into the law (1)

  • 2. Annual relicensing status report

Compared by section heading between the Introduced in House text (May 29, 2025) and the Enrolled Bill text, both from GovInfo. Wording changes inside a section that kept its heading are not shown here; see the amendments and the text versions.

Proposed but not adopted

No amendments were voted down or withdrawn.

Full action history

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Sep 25, 2026Signed by President.
Sep 25, 2026Signed by President.
Sep 25, 2026Became Public Law No: 119-112.
Sep 25, 2026Became Public Law No: 119-112.
Sep 17, 2026Presented to President.
Sep 17, 2026Presented to President.
Sep 16, 2026Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 16, 2026Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 16, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 16, 2026Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4746-4747)
Sep 16, 2026Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jun 10, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jul 15, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 14, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 14, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3221-3222)
Jul 14, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3221-3222)
Jul 14, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3657.
Jul 14, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3221-3223)
Jul 14, 2025Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 10, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-193.
Jul 10, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-193.
Jul 10, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 157.
Jun 25, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jun 25, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 0.
Jun 5, 2025Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jun 5, 2025Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Jun 3, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
May 29, 2025Introduced in House
May 29, 2025Introduced in House
May 29, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Sources: Congress.gov (bill record, sponsors, actions, amendments, CRS summary) and GovInfo (official text). Days are calendar days.