H.R. 164 · 119th Congress

POWER Act of 2025

Introduced on Jan 3, 2025 by Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4). One cosponsor. Latest action (Jan 16, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Jan 3, 2025
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Emergency Management
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize Federal agencies to provide certain essential assistance for hazard mitigation for electric utilities, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Electric power generation and transmission

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jan 3, 2025). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Val T. HoyleD-OR-4Sponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
    Jan 15, 2025· House· Passage· Passed 419–2

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jan 3, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  4. Jan 4, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  5. Jan 13, 2025 · HouseMr. Graves moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  6. Jan 13, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H103-104)
  7. Jan 13, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 164.
  8. Jan 13, 2025 · HouseAt the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  9. Jan 15, 2025 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H168-169)
  10. Jan 15, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 419 - 2 (Roll no. 13). (text: 1/13/2025 CR H103)House · Roll call 13
  11. Jan 15, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 419 - 2 (Roll no. 13). (text: 1/13/2025 CR H103)House · Roll call 13
  12. Jan 15, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  13. Jan 16, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. BuildStrong America, Inc.6 reports
    $480K reported (all issues)
  2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES6 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)
  3. NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)6 reports
    $5.5M reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $8.1M reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $850K reported (all issues)
  6. Northeast Public Power Association3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  7. ALASKA POWER ASSOCIATION1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  8. Northwest Public Power Association1 report
  9. Northwest Public Power Association (NWPPA)1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.