Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3500 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3500 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 16, 2025 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Daines) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ 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 Licensing Transparency Act''. SEC. 2. ANNUAL LICENSING STATUS REPORT. Part I of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 792 et seq…