The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2024
HR 9541

Sponsored by Val T. Hoyle (D)

POWER Act of 2024

Would have let electric utilities use disaster restoration money for cost-effective hazard mitigation work.

Tradeoff

Would have let power utilities pair disaster repair aid with cost-effective hazard protection work. Would also have kept them eligible for Section 406 repair aid.

What's in it

See official bill text

Does not affect direct spending or revenues; CBO has not estimated effects on discretionary spending subject to .

The score of zero means the bill does not add federal program money on its own; it changes which utility work counts toward FEMA mitigation eligibility, so any real spending would depend on future .

H.R. 9541, POWER Act of 2024 · Nov 2024

Passed the House by on December 9, 2024. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Sep 11, 2024)

  2. House

    Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure(Sep 11, 2024)

  3. House

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Sep 18, 2024)

    Committee report H. Rept. 118-808.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 9, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(Dec 10, 2024)