Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act

This bill would change two parts of the Federal Power Act that let federal agencies set conditions on hydropower dam licenses. For dams on federal reservations, such as national forests or tribal lands, agency conditions would have to be aimed at reasonably reducing the direct harm the project causes to that reservation. For fish passage structures (fishways) that agencies require, the requirements would have to be aimed at reasonably reducing the project's direct harm to a fish species' population in that river system.

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Sponsors

• Cliff Bentz Republican sponsor
• 30 cosponsors